Above the stars

When I saw the eldest prince Zhong Tianque again, he became more majestic and calm, with the bearing of a prince.

As you grow, so do your opponents.

After Tang Bandit saluted Zhong Tianque, Zhong Tianque looked at Tang Bandit with a smile and asked: "How is it? Going out to practice with the Grand Master, you will gain a lot, right?"

Tang Bandit followed the great master to practice for more than a year, and he went to the place where the great master Xuanyuan Mingjing attained enlightenment. This was quite a sensation in the entire practice world and attracted the attention of countless people.

There are doubts, expectations, and fears.

Skeptics are thinking about why the great master Xuanyuan Mingjing values ​​the Tang bandits so much?

Even Shen Xinglan, the talented young man who he personally accepted as his disciple, had no chance to follow him into the nine levels of ghost prison. Why did Tang Bandit have such qualifications?

Those who are looking forward to it are thinking about Xuanyuan Mingjing personally serving as the protector. How far can the Tang bandits grow in the future? Could it be that he is the disciple who can truly take over the mantle of the Grand Master?

The fearful ones are Tang Bandit's enemies. They don't want to see Tang Bandit's relationship with Grand Master Xuanyuan Mingjing be too close, and they don't want his strength to increase too exaggeratedly, or even be like "a little master is afraid of" as rumored. I can’t stop it."

"Even if I make some progress with my superficial skills, how can I be considered "quite rich"? "Tang Bandit said with a smile: "I just stay with the master, help him, and listen to him talk about the principles of life and work. "

"Don't be arrogant when you win, and don't be discouraged when you lose." Zhong Tianque looked at Tang Bandit and said loudly: "In this meeting, you are more calm and relaxed than before. This energy-raising skill is already different from before. "

Tang Bandit was secretly frightened. He kept telling others that he had nothing to gain from being in the ghost prison. He just listened to the lectures and had fun by the great master.

However, the external temperament has changed greatly.

He used to be very anxious and had a sense of urgency that time would not wait for me.

Now he is elegant and calm, neither arrogant nor impatient. One look at him shows that he has confidence in his heart.

Zhong Tianque could see it, and Zhong Daolong could naturally see it too.

They will have doubts about their current level of strength, which is not a good sign.

"I heard that my senior brother has been promoted to Grandmaster. Compared with him, my junior brother is really not worth mentioning." Tang Bandi said modestly.

Fortunately, he has a more outstanding senior brother beside him. As long as you pick him out, the excellence of others will not be considered outstanding.

Sure enough, Zhong Tianque began to comfort Tang Bandit and said loudly: "Don't belittle yourself. It is rare to meet someone like Shen Xinglan in thousands of years. To be able to ask the great master to personally deign to invite him, breaking through the realm of practice is like drinking It has never been as easy as cold water, and it will never be again."

"How long have you been practicing? In the old land, there were no powerful secrets of exercises, no guidance from famous teachers, and no systematic study. I heard that your foundation is not solid, or did Phoenix take the "Imperial Court" in the palace? "The Scripture" will make amends for you."

The Tang bandit looked "horrified" and explained hurriedly: "It's all my fault because I'm not good at cultivation, which made Her Royal Highness feel sympathy, so she took the "Emperor's Court Sutra" to help me build my foundation and practice my Qi. If Your Highness wants to blame me, just Blame it on me, it's all my fault and has nothing to do with Her Royal Highness."

Zhong Tianque patted the Tang bandit on the shoulder and comforted him: "I am telling you this not to hold anyone accountable. The Imperial Court Sutra is a secret treasure of the royal family, and it is the top skill used by the royal family to consolidate their roots and cultivate their talents. Fa. Since Phoenix brought it to you, it proves that you are destined to it and our royal family."

"Your Highness is not angry?"

"Don't be angry. What's there to be angry about?" Zhong Tianque smiled brightly, looked at Tang Bandit and said, "I mention this to tell you that your cultivation time is still short, and the foundation you laid is not strong enough. Without the guidance of a famous teacher, these are the places where you would lose to Shen Xinglan."

"However, given time, you may not lose to Shen Xinglan, and your achievements may not be inferior to him. I believe in the vision of the Grand Master, and the disciples he accepts are naturally extraordinary."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tang Bandit saluted respectfully.

"You, don't be so polite all the time." Zhong Tianque said pretending to be unhappy: "We will spend a lot of time together in the future. By then you will know what kind of person I am."

"Yes, yes, I listen to Your Highness." Tang Bandit nodded repeatedly.

Zhong Tianque was then satisfied and said, "Well, you just went to see the king, right?"

"Yes. Thanks to the invitation from the king, we chatted for a few words."

"How's it going? Is your future settled?"

"The King asked me to go to the Overwatch Council."

"Supervisory Yuan? What a great place. I have suggested it to my father before, but I didn't expect him to actually put you there." Zhong Tianque said with a smile: "You have a high position and you can be promoted quickly after handling a few cases." Position. Hahaha, the king values ​​you very much."

"The emperor's kindness is so great that I don't even know how to repay it. I can only bow down to the best of my ability and die." Tang Bandi said gratefully.

But I was sneering in my heart. Do you, father and son, think I am an ignorant child?

The Overwatch Council can indeed be described as "high and powerful", but because this department does relatively offensive work, it often kills people.

Therefore, officials in this system can only be promoted internally, and it is quite difficult to work in other departments.

The Zhong family and his son put themselves in the Supervisory Yuan because they wanted to turn themselves into sharp knives and point directly at the hearts of the nine major families.

After he has offended the nine major families to death, or hacked the nine major families to death, will he still have a way to survive?

The cunning rabbit dies and the lackey is cooked.

There is nothing new under the sun, it has been that way since time immemorial.

"Why die? You are not allowed to talk about life or death in front of me in the future. Your road to wealth has just begun." Zhong Tianque said with a hearty smile.

As expected of father and son, even their lines are the same.

"Thank you Your Highness for giving me this opportunity. I will never let Your Highness down." Tang Bandi once again expressed his loyalty.

"Well. If you treat me as a national scholar, I will treat you as a national scholar." Zhong Tianque did not forget to promise a piece of cake to the Tang bandits, and said loudly: "As long as you are willing to work hard, after a hundred years from my father, I will be lucky enough to become As the leader of a country, it is no longer a matter of being granted the title of candidate or prime minister."

Tang Bandit's eyes were hot, his mood became even more exciting, and he said in a deep voice: "I am willing to serve His Highness to the death."

"It's easy to talk." Zhong Tianque grabbed Tang Bandit who wanted to bow and saluted, and said loudly: "I have said it, there is no need to be polite between you and me. The future is long, let's get along well."

"Yes. If your Highness needs anything, please feel free to ask."

"Yes." Zhong Tianque hesitated for a while, but finally held back and said, "There is no need for the moment. You first go to the Supervisory Yuan to join the job. After you stabilize, you will inevitably be asked to make suggestions for me."

"It is my honor to serve His Highness."

Zhong Tianque's respectful and even "humble" attitude towards Tang Bandit was very useful. They were both disciples of the great master. Look at Tang Bandit and then look at Shen Xinglan.

Who doesn't like well-mannered children?

"Now that you're in the palace, why don't you go sit in the Phoenix Building?" Zhong Tianque asked with a smile.

"I'd like to go, but I'm afraid it won't be convenient." Tang Bandit said sheepishly.

"What's the inconvenience of this? Friendships are natural and natural. Do you have any other relationship with Phoenix?"

"No, no, Her Royal Highness the Princess and I are pure and pure, and we can learn from the world." Tang Bandit quickly denied.

"Isn't that okay? Just wait, I'll notify Phoenix, and then I'll have someone take you there directly."

"Thank you so much, Your Highness."

After the Tang bandits left, a bald man came out of the room, looked at Zhong Tianque and asked, "Why didn't Your Highness leave that matter to him?"

Zhong Tianque looked at Qian Tai'an and asked aloud: "Do you think he is loyal to the royal family or to me?"

"This... I can't tell for the time being." Qian Tai'an said with a smile: "I have had too little contact with him, and I haven't asked him to do anything. I don't understand his character yet."

"If there is no friendship, then you can only look at the interests. The short-term interests are on the side of the king, and the long-term interests are on the side of His Highness. Everyone knows that His Highness is the future wise king. If he wants to have a good development, Being loyal to His Highness is his best choice.”

"Having said that." Zhong Tianque nodded and said aloud: "But I still don't feel confident about him. Although he is very respectful and keeps saying that he will die for me. But the matter is very important, so it is better to be more cautious. .”

"Your Highness is right." Qian Tai'an nodded with a smile and said, "Let's take a look at his performance in the Overwatch Council first. If he is not loyal to the royal family, then there is no need to talk about other things."

"Yan Wenli should have prepared test questions for him, right?"

"Dean Yan is the confidant of the king. He knows better than anyone else what the king wants to do." Qian Tai'an said with a gloomy expression and deep eyes: "The bandit of Tang is the sword, and Dean Yan is the sword wielder." People. The nine major families are in great danger."

"But..." Zhong Tianque looked at Qian Tai'an and asked in a low voice: "Is father really the opponent of the nine major families?"

"The nine major families usually check each other, are hostile to each other, and often stab each other in the back. However, this is to show your father, to make the king of the country feel at ease with them. Your father knows it, and they themselves know it. .”

"However, if the Overwatch Council really wants to raise its butcher knife against the nine major families and cut off an arm or a leg, they will endure it and cooperate to put this drama through."

"But Yan Wenli has an extreme personality. He grew up in the grass, but he hates the powerful and powerful to the core, and he can't wait to get rid of them. If he were the one who wielded the sword, he would definitely chop off their heads with the sword."

"When life and death are at stake, when the nine major families will become one, Yan Wenli will be defeated, and the Overwatch Council will be purged from top to bottom."

"Then why does father insist on doing this?"

Qian Tai'an looked at Zhong Tianque and said in a deep voice: "For His Highness."

"for me?"

"The king is old." Qian Tai'an waved to all the bodyguards and servants around him to step back. He poured a cup of hot tea for Zhong Tianque with his own hands and said softly: "If he wants to pass the throne to His Highness, he has to help clean up the surrounding area." obstacles. Just as the late emperor did for the country's ruler."

"The case of destroying the Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes." Qian Tai'an still felt a thrilling feeling when he mentioned the old events. Just because it was the most murderous and influential case since the founding of Phoenix.

Until now, it has not been completely eliminated. From time to time, I hear news about Tang Liyu's party.

"Tang Li's contribution is too great. He fought from Jizhou to Moyang, from Hengchong to Southern Xinjiang. Even the foreigners north of Dushan were conquered by him and used by him."

"Yamato was destroyed, and seventeen small countries gathered together to form the Kaman Federation. The Os Empire had almost no soldiers available. In that country, Tang Li's name can stop the children from crying. The soldiers only know that Tang exists, but they don't know that there is a bell."

"If the late emperor wants the king to ascend the throne and take charge of Thunder, he can only destroy the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty is not destroyed, will the army listen to the king or Tang Li?"

"How important is the army? It is the foundation of everything. The king, the king, and the ministers. If the power of the ministers is greater than that of the monarch, it will breed undue greed and ambition."

"So, Tang Li must be destroyed, and the Tang family must be killed."

The Tang family was killed on charges of treason and conspiracy.

This is the only crime that is so severe and ruthless that no matter how you kill someone, you will not get the sympathy of the people.

And they have been crucified on the pillar of shame for generations, and they will never be able to get over it.

If they can still have descendants.

However, the senior officials of the imperial family and some knowledgeable people knew the real reason why they were exterminated.

Great achievement!

This is also the reason why Qian Tai'an dared to talk about the inside story of the Tang Dynasty extermination case in front of Zhong Tianque. It was not to overturn the case for the Tang family, but because he knew that His Highness the First Prince was very clear about this.

If even he felt that Tang Li's death was due to treason, then there was something wrong with the prince's IQ, so he had better find someone else to join him.

A wise person does not speak secret words, and a smart person does not need to say those hypocritical words.

"Times make heroes. The reason Tang Li was able to reach that height was because at that time we were fighting against the Oss Empire for many years, almost to the point of never ending."

"Os wants to devour the Phoenix, and we also want to drive them to the Dead Sea. Tang Li is really a genius in using military force. With his perfect combination and surprising victory, he defeated Aos every step of the way."

Qian Tai'an paid attention to Zhong Tianque's face, and changed the subject knowingly, saying: "Although the current nine major families are not as influential in the military as the Tang family back then, their influence in all aspects of life is far greater than that of the Tang family. .”

"The Yu family is a relative of the state. It owns the largest construction group in the world and is responsible for the construction and maintenance of major cities. The Shen family controls agriculture, water sources, and a large number of troops. These are the foundation of people's lives."

"The Shi family has interstellar transportation and e-commerce department stores. The Dongguo family has mineral energy, and the Qin family has a monopoly on media and information dissemination. Needless to say, there are also public losers, machinery, arms, and new energy technology. Although the empire is also developing its own machinery company, , the combined creative power of all machinery companies is less than a fraction of that of Public Losers.”

"They are like a huge spider web. There is me in you, and you in me. They keep cutting, and the reason is still chaotic. If His Highness takes over the position rashly, won't he become the prey wrapped in this big web? ?”

"At that time, will the Zhong family be respected, or will the opinions of the nine major families be dominant? As time goes by, this web will become bigger and bigger, and the spider silk will become stronger and stronger."

"Therefore, the king cannot wait, nor dare to wait."

Zhong Tianque's face was as dark as water, and he said loudly: "I know that my father has worked hard. The nine major families should be killed."

"Yes." Qian Tai'an nodded and said: "The nine major families should be killed. Back then, the late emperor used the power of the nine major families to join forces and wipe out the Tang family that was in charge of the military."

"Now, let's punish these new nine major families, either by wooing them with kindness, or by exterminating them all, or by using them as their own. In short, the empire can only have one leader, and that is the Zhong family."

"So, what should we do if our father goes to war against the nine major families?" Zhong Tianque looked at Qian Tai'an and asked.