Chapter 10 Chapter 9 Conspiracy

Bai Su smiled and said, "Since we want to cooperate with him, why not make everyone happy." I took a breath, and was about to make a long speech against Bai Su's statement, but Bai Su made a gesture to prevent me from speaking, and she continued: "What kind of people are there, there is what kind of ruler. Dictatorship Those who want to be overthrown by the power of the people──There has never been a dictator in history who is willing to step down, and no one is willing to hand over his position to the people to decide. The so-called "if you don't push, he won't fall", a If a nation has been under dictatorship for a long time and still cannot enjoy democracy until now, there is a big problem here.”

Bai Su's speech has always been tactful and leeway.If these words were called to me, there must be more severe comments on the nation that is willing to accept dictatorship for a long time. In this story, since the main character is an earth king, and the main plot of the story is related to his gain and loss of power, so many discussions of this kind are all inspired during the experience of the story and connected with the whole story Being together is not aimless, so I will briefly explain it here, so that readers will not misunderstand that I have changed the style of narrating the story.

But he said that in the next few days, the earth king would stay with us except that he couldn't come to accompany us.When he didn't come by himself, he sent Uncle Tusheng and many important figures in the royal family. It seems that he wanted to surround us and prevent us from contacting people he didn't want us to meet, because I never saw the most promising successor to the throne. sea ​​high. Haigao gave me a very deep and gloomy impression. I think he must not be in a hurry. As long as King Jiatu fails the test, he can sit on the throne of King Jiatu. Even if he does nothing, there is great hope, because there has never been an earth king who can pass the test successfully, as long as the Tianjia earth king is not an exception, he will succeed.

If he is still not at ease, if he wants to do the work of Yai, of course he must try his best to destroy King Tianjiatu's actions so that he cannot pass the test. I raised this point to King Tianjiatu, and cited some possibilities.For example, if he bribed the guards outside the cave, even if he heard the sound of horns coming from the cave, he would not remove the big stones blocking the entrance of the cave, then the earth king and I would be trapped in the cave. Tianjia Tuwang rejected my idea, and he put forward a strong argument: "The teacher and I have an excellent relationship, and he will not give up the current good relationship with the Tuwang to re-establish a relationship with the new Tuwang. "

I want to say that if Heigao established a good relationship with the headmaster long ago, and promised to give the headmaster more benefits than now, the situation would be unexpected to us. But I thought about it, and I didn't say it, because all the actions to conspire to seize the throne must be carried out in secret. The situation has been repeated and repeated many times in history. I ought to have said all this; for I am already in the same boat as the King of Earth, and he is in trouble, and I am no better.But I still didn't say it. I know that a confident person like Tu Wang thinks that it is natural for everyone to accept his rule. Even if I say it, he won't listen to it.

I had no choice but to discuss with Bai Su, asking her to take care of us outside after we entered the cave.It was an extremely difficult task, because if there were no accidents, of course nothing would happen; if there were accidents, she would be alone and helpless, all on her own. Of course Bai Su would not shrink back, but she also had to consider the seriousness of the matter.She said: "Here, if there is a change, it is impossible for me to find helpers. Don't look at the many people around Tianjia Tuwang now. Once the owner changes, these people will naturally shake their heads and tails at the new owner."

I smiled and said, "This is natural, so you have to be very careful." Bai Su thought about it for a while: "Qi Bai is really weird, the incident started by him, but now he has disappeared, otherwise he would be a good helper." I snorted, "I don't know what kind of tricks this guy is playing. In fact, it's better for him to accompany the Earth King into the cave—he has the ability to break through space, even if he's trapped in the cave, he can't stop him. Really." I don’t understand why the earth king rejected him!” Bai Su didn't say anything more, those few days were spent under such circumstances.We didn't leave the palace, but we just saw on TV that the closer the day when the King of Earth will be tested, the more enthusiastic the people are, to the point where the whole country is crazy about it, and everyone is fully committed to it.

Finally, the day came, and the earth king was dressed in traditional costumes, with a lot of decorations on his body. There were as many as sixteen or eighteen teeth of various beasts, which seemed quite ridiculous. One day earlier, he also asked me to dress up as their national warrior.I rejected it outright, so when the earth king rode a tall horse and was surrounded by many guards and officers and set off to the cave, although I was riding a horse beside him, I was still dressed like an ordinary person. Not as airy as the earth king. But on both sides of the road, there were crowds of people watching the excitement, and some pointed out to me, knowing that I was the assistant of the earth king to accept the test.And the king of earth has also done some publicity to me──of course it is many times exaggerated.

Bai Su had already arrived in front of the cave and was waiting for us. There were hundreds of people in the whole procession, the earth king and I were in the middle, and the leader who walked in the front was the dean. He walked in a very special way, neither riding a horse nor riding a car, but a chair carried by two big men. He sat on that chair. The identity of the dean is very mysterious, and he never sees people usually, and he will only show up when there are important events, so this is the first time I have seen him.I saw him with white hair, thin figure, gloomy face, half-opened and half-closed eyes, half asleep, half awake, not only didn't talk to anyone, he didn't even look at anyone.

Behind the Dean, there is a team of strong men. This team of strong men is responsible for moving large rocks. They are the key figures in the operation, so I pay close attention to them. I wanted to find out who was directing their actions. After asking, it turned out that they only listened to the command of the headmaster during this operation. Looking at the dean's dead face, it is obviously not easy to communicate with him, but I still have to try hard.I tried to get close to him, but there were always several tall and strong men around him, protecting him very tightly. Whenever I tried to get closer, those big guys stared at me, as if I was going to hurt the headmaster.

Surrounded by those big men, the dean doesn't look at anyone—if he wants to talk to him, he must at least make eye contact with him, and he doesn't even have this chance, so how can he speak? On one occasion, his gaze was fixed on the strange thing in my hand. Although his eyes were still half-opened and half-closed, one could feel that his gaze became very strange when he looked at the strange thing. This strange gaze showed that he had a certain understanding of that strange thing. He, like the king of earth, had the right to enter the treasury, and of course he had seen this strange thing before, and knew that it was almost weightless.But my heart moved: He is the patriarch. In theory, he is the one who is closest to the god among all people. If the strange thing is really left by the god, will his understanding of it be higher than everyone else? ? Thinking of this, I purposely raised the strange thing up and kept turning it, like playing with a flower gun, to attract his attention. If he opens his mouth, I can ask him what's so weird about this strange thing . But he stared at the strange thing for a while, then withdrew his eyes, still with such a half-dead look. I couldn't do anything, so I had to say to Tu Wang: "You said that the relationship between the head teacher and you is very good, why is he not happy like everyone else, but seems to have something sad?" The earth king replied: "He is the patriarch, and he must maintain a sense of mystery in front of the public: and he is really worried about me, afraid that he will not be able to get out after entering the cave—if Haigao becomes the earth king, he may not be able to get along with him. " I asked again: "The situation in the cave, he doesn't know?" The Earth King shook his head: "No one has ever entered the cave, except for those who have entered and never come out. Therefore, no one outside the cave knows what is going on in the cave." He said these few words very cumbersomely, after saying that, he looked directly at me again.I understood what he meant, saying that if I was afraid, I might as well bring it up. Of course I am not afraid, and I also admire his courage to desperately keep the throne.Perhaps as he once said, he said that he was born to be an earth king, and if he was not an earth king, he would be nothing.So he had to go into that cave, and would rather never come out. I didn't say anything at the time, I just shrugged my shoulders and said that I don't need to discuss this issue any more. The marching speed of the procession was very slow, and the earth king had to constantly receive the cheers of the people, and sometimes the people rushed forward to bless the earth king with religious ceremonies, and the earth king stopped to accept the blessing. Stop and go, about 20 kilometers away, walked for a full ten hours, and by the time I arrived at the cave, it was already sunset. There were even more people in the open space in front of the cave—I estimate that at least two-thirds of the 300,000 people in the country came out to participate in the grand ceremony along the way. A passage was left in the open space, leading directly to the front of the cave.The patriarch and the group of big men arrived first, and after the patriarch stopped, he was still sitting on the chair, while those big men walked towards the big stones piled up in front of the cave. Originally there was no human voice, so we can see how the incident was so breathtaking that everyone held their breath. All of a sudden, I only heard the sound of the wind at the foot of the mountain, and the sound of "De De" hooves of the earth king and my mount walking forward, and even all the other people who were walking also lowered their footsteps and made no sound. The scene suddenly became solemn and solemn. When the earth king and I came close, even the sound of hooves stopped, leaving only the sound of the mountain wind, which added a bit of bleakness, like "the phoenix is ​​rustling and the water is cold, The smell of a strong man gone and never coming back". I saw Bai Su was near the entrance of the cave, with a group of officials.As soon as I met her eyes, she immediately said to me with her lips: "There is no further news, and no one knows what is going on in this cave." I also replied with my lips: "It doesn't matter, no matter how dangerous and unpredictable, I have broken through." Bai Su didn't say anything more, her face looked calm, but I knew she was really worried in her heart──There were three earth kings and three assistants before, and they didn't come out after entering. This fact is very shocking Thrilling. I always feel that it's a little strange that I participated in this matter, especially now that Qi Bai doesn't know where he is, and he doesn't have a reputation. But things have been like this, and it is not worth it, so I have to go forward bravely in the usual spirit of adventure. At this time, the earth king signaled me to get off the horse, and the two of us walked forward side by side, and came to the head teacher.Still not looking at anyone, the Patriarch reached out and took out a horn from the voluminous red robe he was wearing. The horn is not very big, about the same as an ordinary buffalo horn.He moved the horn to his mouth, and as soon as he got a breath, he started to blow. In an instant, I just felt dizzy, and I didn't know what happened.Although the horn was not big, the sound it produced was extremely loud and piercing.Because it was suddenly stimulated by such a powerful sound, it almost reached the limit that people can bear, so there is a feeling of spinning. The dean stopped blowing after two or three blows, and I regained my composure. Only then did I realize that everyone else covered their ears with their hands. Probably only me, Tu Wang, Bai Su, and the dean themselves did not do that. From this we can see that the horn makes such an astonishing sound, which is well known to everyone, but Bai Su and I are outsiders, so we didn't know about it. I immediately glared at the king of earth, and the king of earth said in a very low voice: "The two of us can't cover our ears—we are warriors!" I want to say something else, he has already taken a step forward, the headmaster stood up, handed the horn to the earth king with both hands, the earth king also took it with both hands, and solemnly put it in his waist. Only then did I remember that this horn was used by the earth king after passing the test: after blowing it, people outside would remove the big stones and let people out after hearing it. This horn can make such an astonishing sound. If it is blown in a cave, the sound can be transmitted outside through the boulder, so there should be no problem. But at this moment, I thought of a problem. The three earth kings who went into the cave to accept the test, of course, each of them also brought a horn, but I don't know what kind of horn they brought in?Is it also conferred by the patriarch?If the horns brought in are all awarded by the patriarch, then if the patriarch tampers with the horn, when people want to come out, they can’t blow it. In the cave, the entrance of the cave is sealed by such a big stone, how can it be? Didn't it mean that the sky should not be called the earth is not working? Although the dean blew twice just now and made an astonishing sound, it may also be like the situation in "Smart Robbery's Birthday Guide"—the barrel of wine with sweat medicine, the robber himself took two sips to prove that there is no problem ? As soon as I thought of this, when the earth king took the horn and took a step back, I immediately stepped forward and whispered beside him: "You should try blowing this horn twice." My proposal can be said to be thoughtful.Unexpectedly, the earth king gave me a hard look, and hit my chest hard with his elbow. Although he didn't make a sound, the body language was very strong-obviously asking me to stop saying this kind of thing. But I insisted: "You must try it!" The earth king's expression became extremely ugly, and his hand was naturally pressed on the dagger at his waist.It seems that he hates me so much that he wants to stab me to death! I knew that the earth king didn't want me to say anything more, but the matter was very important, so I repeated the sentence just now in spite of everything, and raised my voice and tone to show my persistence. At that time, the earth king must have known that it was absolutely inappropriate for him to be angry, so although he was extremely angry, he couldn't express it, and because of this, his expression became very terrifying. I saw the muscles on his face twitching, his eyes seemed to spew fire, and there was a strange sound in his throat. He approached me, raised his foot, and stepped on my instep heavily. Of course I wasn't going to get him to step on it, so he stepped on the ground and it turned into a kind of hard stamping. Regardless of his reaction, I was about to raise my voice again and say my proposal for the third time, when the dean who was already sitting on the chair suddenly looked at me, his eyes were gloomy, and he spoke: "Tianjia, that assistant of yours , the behavior seems very abnormal!" Not only his eyes are gloomy, but also his voice is so cold that it is very uncomfortable to listen to; but unexpectedly, this guy who has no modern atmosphere in his body speaks a very standard Oxford English-this language , it is most effective when it is sarcastic.So his words were like a sharp knife, stabbing at the earth king, which made the earth king couldn't bear it any longer. He gritted his teeth and uttered a sentence from his mouth, cursing at me, "You stupid bastard, shut your stinky mouth!" !" Maybe he is used to scolding, but I am not used to being scolded.So at this time, not only was he furious, but I was also angry, and sneered: "If I'm a stupid thing, you are even more stupid than me—you picked me as an assistant, but you didn't listen to me!" Before Tu Wang could react, the dean had already let out two sinister laughter: "Tianjia, why don't you just listen to him?" At this moment, the earth king couldn't bear it any longer, and yelled at me, "Why should I listen to you! If you can't make sense, I'll kill you!" Originally, the conversation between us was carried out with our voices lowered. Except for some people who were right in front of us, no one else noticed that there was anything wrong with the matter.But the earth king's loud roar immediately attracted attention, and many people whispered to each other, and the buzzing sound after wave spread like waves. It can be said that it is very bad for such a situation to happen in a place where tens of thousands of people gather.And amidst the voices, there was another person laughing. Although I couldn't see this person, I could tell that it was Hai Gao who was gloating. I feel that the matter must be settled at once, or great confusion may be caused.I made a quick decision and raised my voice as close to a roar as possible: "You should try blowing this horn—if you can't blow it, you will never have a chance to get out of the cave again!" The earth king obviously didn't think my proposal was really useful, he just knew that if he didn't do what I said, I would keep going on forever, so he took the horn and pointed it at my ear, Just blow hard. He does.Of course, it wasn't An's kindness. The sound of the horn just now was so amazing that it was blown in my ear, and it was probably enough to burst the iron eardrum.And in his anger, he did what I said, but he really had no choice but to do it because he knew me very well and knew that I would persevere and never give up, so he did it in a fit of anger. It is precisely because he has a deep understanding of me that the development of the matter is in his favor. At that time, he blew hard, and I quickly half-turned to avoid the horn from aiming at my ear.But the earth king's cheeks went from bulging to flat, obviously he had blown out all his breath, but the horn didn't make any sound! Although there are many people on the open space.It was already silent, but only then did I know what dead silence is. There is really no sound at all—the sound of the wind, of course, still exists.But because the palpitations in my heart were too severe, my sense of hearing lost its function at that moment, so that I couldn't hear any sound. Tianjiatu King's adaptability was fully demonstrated in less than three minutes. When he couldn't blow the sound at the beginning, he was stunned for less than ten seconds, which is absolutely normal—even I, who expected that the horn might be tricky, waited for seven or eight seconds when it was actually confirmed. Zhong's astonishment! I was probably the first one to react among all the people. I jumped up on a big rock, pointed at the teacher, and wanted to yell, "The teacher wants to kill the king of Tianjiatu", but because I was too nervous, I opened my eyes wide. mouth, but no sound came out. Later, when I told Hong Ling and Wen Baoyu what happened, Wen Baoyu actually laughed at me: "Why are you so nervous?" Bai Su explained on my behalf: "At that time there were tens of thousands of people in the open space, and the patriarch's treachery was exposed. If he had other plots, he had to pay immediately. On that side, I don’t know how many people are on the side of the earth king. In short, there will be no fewer people on both sides. If there is an immediate conflict, it will be a bloody fight between tens of thousands of people. Can you not be nervous?" In Bai Su's words, he accurately stated the situation at that time. Later, when the situation developed, such a situation did not appear. I don’t think it was the luck of King Tianjiatu, but that the headmaster didn’t recognize his plan. He thought that as long as King Tianjiatu entered the cave, everything would be fine. Don't bother him any more. He never dreamed that there would be me, under such circumstances, asking the earth king to try to blow the horn. Ordinarily, the earth king would never accept such a proposal, and the earth king was indeed very angry and did not want to accept it.At that time, the dean still didn't panic at all, and even told the king of the earth to listen to me in a dark way. He thought that the king of the earth had no reason to do anything. However, he didn't expect that I am me, unique, and I must do it when I talk about it.It is rare that the earth king understood this truth, so he was forced to blow the horn in a fit of rage, and finally exposed the patriarch's conspiracy! Right now I was standing on the big rock, just pointing at the headmaster, without making a sound, seeing the half-dead headmaster, his face was ashen, almost 90% dead! At this moment, the earth king with a livid face had already reacted, and he also jumped onto the big rock and stood by my side. He didn't speak, but used simple actions to explain what happened to everyone who could see him. He raised the horn and blew it hard again. Tens of thousands of people can see it, no matter how hard the horn is blown.No sound came out, which was more effective than any words. Then the earth king raised his hand, like me, pointing to the dean. The fingers of the two of us were like powerful magic wands. In an instant, the people beside the head teacher retreated like a tide. Some of the big men hesitated for a moment, but they still retreated with the crowd. . In a blink of an eye, there was a large space next to the headmaster, and only the headmaster was sitting alone on the chair. Seeing this situation, I breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the situation was in the Tuwang's favour, even if the dean had some opposition, he couldn't use it at this time. Tens of thousands of people are still holding their breath, waiting for the development of the situation. There was no blood on the dean's face, his body staggered, and he stood up.With trembling hands, he took off the red robe on his body, took a step forward, spread the robe on the ground, and untied some things tied to his body, holding them in both hands, as if offering to the king of earth, and the king of earth immediately The guard strode towards him, took what was in his hand, came to the stone, and placed it at the earth king's feet. The earth king didn't even look at it, his sharp eyes were still fixed on the dean.I looked down and saw it was a small pair of speakers. I leaned over to take it in my hand, and immediately understood the dean's trick. I did the same, raised the device high, and pressed a button, and the small speaker in the device emitted a loud and piercing horn sound. I didn't say a word, but my actions said it all. All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were focused on the headmaster, and the eyes that I could touch were full of humble expressions. The earth king waved his hand, and four more guards walked over, supported the dean, and carried him outside. The crowd was still silent and gave way to a passage.The four guards carried the headmaster all the way forward, and they didn't know where they would take the headmaster. At this time, the earth king's face was considered bloody, and then he became very excited, and his eyes turned to a group of people wearing robes of various colors. Most of these people were the subordinates of the head teacher and held various positions in the church. Following the earth king's gaze, the group of people immediately came forward and stood in front of the big rock, all of them looked terrified, and fixed on the earth king. The King of Earth jumped down from the big rock, walked over to pick up the red robe that was spread on the ground, and then came to a person wearing a yellow robe, took off the yellow robe for him, and put on the red robe. The man was overjoyed and made a strange salute to the earth king, and then gave his original yellow robe to a man in green robe. The man was also very happy and changed into it immediately. Then he gave his green robe to a man in blue.This continues until at last one of the group of gray robes is replaced by a new robe.These people changed into new robes one by one, and their movements were very coherent and smooth, which seemed very interesting. Although I don't fully understand what they are up to, I do know a little bit about it. The color of the robes on these people, of course, represented their status in the church, and those who could wear red robes were the head teachers. The earth king just appointed a new patriarch, and the new patriarch promoted others.It means that many people are promoted to a higher level, and everyone is happy. The reason why I narrated this passage in great detail is because in this matter, it can be seen that the earth king's handling methods are extremely clever.He understands that the most important thing at this time is to stabilize people's hearts, so he will first give great benefits to the people in the teaching, and whether he will settle the score afterwards is a matter for the future, at least during the period after the earth king entered the cave. Here, the new dean will never betray the earth king again, and even if Haigao's opposition forces want to do something, the new dean will stand on the earth king's side. It can be said that the earth king solved a conspiracy and betrayal without any effort, and the wonderful thing is that from the beginning to the end, no one said a word at all, and everything was carried out in extreme silence, like a mime.