King of Black Mist

The first day was actually fine. Emperor Jiajing only felt a little regretful when he occasionally thought of "what if Li Changzhou was killed, or if Li Changzhou thought the palace was dangerous and never returned."

This emotion passed after I suppressed it.

The night was full of excitement and favored by Concubine Yan Guifei, Concubine Wen Gong, Concubine Zhang De, and Concubine Bao Yifei, and she forgot about it.

When he woke up early the next day and walked out of the dormitory, the moon was still hanging in the sky. He felt that it was not that important whether Li Changzhou was the Emperor of God or not.

When he comes back, ask him to change the title of Emperor of Heaven and reduce the Immortal Marquis to the Immortal Uncle, and the matter will be over.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, in addition to giving banquets to the royal family and princes, Emperor Jiajing has been practicing the art of breathing.

Only for a short period of time after eating a meal does the body feel a faint sense of transparency.

That night, I favored Concubine Ma Zhen and Concubine Chen Yong, and played with a palace maid, causing some swelling and pain when urinating.

The title of Emperor of Heaven was taken by the first rebel of the divine sect. How could Li Changzhou be wrong? There is no need to demote him, he should still be the Immortal Marquis.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, a tea banquet was held at the Huangji Gate for academicians, inner court officials, etc., and the rest of the time was spent practicing.

That night, I favored Concubine Cao Duan, who was in better condition than yesterday, and ordered Concubine Wang Li and Concubine Wang Ning to attend her.

Get up in the morning and ask people to find out about the Immortal Marquis.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, at Huiji Gate, a banquet was given to the royal family, as well as to the envoys of Korea, Annan (Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), and Gorkha (now Nepal), and each had its own reward.

That night, Fu Changbin and Zhang Zhaopin took the innate elixir and mercury for the first time in a long time.

When I woke up in the morning, I felt a little dazed. After eating and breathing, I regained my composure.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I gave a banquet to the vassal king, prince, and princess in Xiyuan. I watched a play for a while and asked about the news of the Immortal Marquis three times.

That night, I continued to take Xiantian Dan Mercury, favoring Concubine Chen Jing, Concubine Wang Huai, and Concubine He Mu.

When I got up in the morning, my steps were frivolous. I slipped in front of the bedroom, fell, broke my leg, and killed three eunuchs with a stick.

"The leg injury is nothing but a minor matter. You can just take care of it for a few more months. The most worrying thing is His Majesty's health. He has had semen many times every day and has been taking mercury pills. His body is weak and is worse than it was a few years ago." Li Shizhen took his pulse and He pinched his beard and said.

Emperor Jiajing was sitting on a chair. Although his figure was haggard, he still had the majesty to control the affairs of the world.

After listening to what Li Shizhen said, her expression did not change much.

Li Changzhou was misdiagnosed by quack doctors as having excessive sexual indulgence. He was ashamed, angry and angry because he was an ordinary person.

As an emperor who has his butt wiped when he goes to the toilet and whose feces is checked by the imperial physician every day, he has no sense of shame in this regard.

Huang Jin said: "Doctor Li, even if he loses money, he doesn't lose money so fast, right? Is it an illusion that he was physically strong a few days ago?"

Li Shizhen frowned and pondered for a while.

Huang Jin was the eunuch who served him personally. He said many things that Emperor Jiajing wanted to ask but was not suitable to say. Therefore, Li Shizhen had to consider his questions again and again, because it was Emperor Jiajing who heard the answers.

Emperor Jiajing was physically strong, which indeed revealed something strange about him.

For a mortal, it would be a trivial matter for a mortal to become as strong as an ox, let alone a strong body in one day, but it was impossible for an emperor who was invulnerable to all powers.

After thinking for a while, Li Shizhen still shook his head: "Your Majesty was in good health a few days ago and there was no problem. If there is really a problem, it is because I am not good at medicine and cannot understand the mystery."

Huang Jin looked at Emperor Jiajing cautiously.

Emperor Jiajing remained silent.

Li Shizhen often persuaded Emperor Jiajing not to take "Xiantian Dan Mercury", so he was not liked. Because of this, even after Li Shizhen lost his official position, he was still called to see a doctor by princes and nobles.

After a long time, Emperor Jiajing said: "From today until the 14th, all banquets in the palace will be cancelled. I will not see anyone."

"Yes." Huang Jin lowered his head to accept the order.

"Go down." Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes.

Huang Jin and Li Shizhen bowed and exited, followed by the eunuchs and maids.

Emperor Jiajing was alone in the palace, with the green smoke of Xingshen Incense curling up. He stood up, walked lamely to the incense burner and cauldron, and leaned on it. For a long time, the cauldron did not move at all.

The green smoke of the Xingshen Incense went from being straight to scattered pieces by his breath.

On the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth days of the lunar month, Emperor Jiajing's health deteriorated day by day, and there was a big problem with his sexual intercourse. He could only manage it by taking the innate elixir of mercury.

On the night of the tenth day of the lunar month.

"Your Majesty, be careful of catching a cold." Huang Jin walked to the window and wanted to close it.

"Go away!" Emperor Jiajing shouted angrily.

Huang Jin's body trembled, but he didn't feel much fear in his heart. He knew that he would be scolded for doing so, but some scoldings must be endured in order to be loyal.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the moon was already full, and in five days it would be the Lantern Festival. Emperor Jiajing was soaking his feet while looking out the window.

At this time, a eunuch on duty walked in quickly from the door and knelt outside the Nuan Pavilion.

Huang Jin walked out and after listening to the report, he dismissed the eunuch on duty and walked in again.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Immortal Marquis!"

Emperor Jiajing was still looking at the bright moon outside the window.

"I just received the news that on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Shenxian Hou was on the Bohai Sea and put four of the Five Heavenly Lords of the Shen Sect to death! He also killed the leader of the White Lotus Religion, the Taoist Huo Ju, and the thieves of the Lingbao Sect!"

Emperor Jiajing said nothing, and Huang Jin's excited expression gradually turned into uneasiness.

"Huang Jin."

"The slave is here!" Huang Jin responded quietly but firmly.

"Where is the Immortal Hou Ren?"

"This -" Huang Jin looked at the ground for a while, then peeked at Emperor Jiajing's expression, "Maybe he was injured and is recovering."

"What place is more suitable to recuperate than the palace? Are you afraid that I will harm him?"

"Master, if you want to execute a person, do you still need to wait for him to be injured? The Immortal Marquis must know this!"

"Then why didn't he come back to life?" Emperor Jiajing sneered and turned to look at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin couldn't feel any dragon vein energy, but that didn't stop him from trembling.

He trembled and said: "Master, Master, if you don't want to harm the Immortal Marquis, of course there are others who want to harm him."

Emperor Jiajing looked at him: "Who?"

"Master, when evil spirits appeared in the palace, I speculated that maybe someone wanted to frame the Immortal Marquis." After saying that, Huang Jin kowtowed his head and did not dare to look at Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing's voice was like heaven, coming from above his head: "Continue talking."

"Master, do you know who is the only one among the Five Heavenly Lords of the Divine Sect who has survived? She is the biological sister of the Immortal Marquis. To fulfill the master's will, the Immortal Marquis must kill his biological sister."

In the silent Nuan Pavilion, the only sound was Emperor Jiajing's increasingly heavy breathing.

boom!

As if the hidden divine power in his body had exploded, Emperor Jiajing kicked out the pinewood basin in which his feet were soaked, and hit the wall with a loud noise.

Amidst the sounds of panicked footsteps, a group of eunuchs on duty rushed in. Seeing that Emperor Jiajing was fine, they hurriedly knelt outside.

"Master, don't catch a cold!" Huang Jin cried, throwing himself on the ground and covering Emperor Jiajing's feet with his body.

Emperor Jiajing kicked him away again.

"Shao Yuanjie, how dare you mistake me!" Emperor Jiajing roared throughout Nuan Pavilion.

As if thunder was rolling above his head, or like he was flying through a hail of bullets, Huang Jin crawled and covered Emperor Jiajing's feet with his body.

At the same time, in the west of the palace city, inside the Apparition Palace.

With the roar of Emperor Jiajing, "Poof!" Shao Yuanjie spit out a large mouthful of blood. His lifespan, which was supposed to end in 1539, would not last until the first full moon in 1540.

"Quick, quick, call Master Tao!" His disciples panicked.

Tao Zhongwen, who was reading Taoist books in Lingji Palace, rushed over immediately after getting the news. Shao Yuanjie was already dying.

"Brother Zhongkang!" Tao Zhongwen held Shao Yuanjie's hand and called out his words.

The two studied Taoism together and became close friends. Shao Yuanjie was appreciated by Emperor Jiajing. His first thought was to call Tao Zhongwen so that he could enjoy the glory and wealth together and read the supreme Taoist books in the palace together.

"I have left a suicide note to His Majesty, recommending you to him. Ahem, Zhongwen, please stop the Demon Emperor and protect our Ming Dynasty!"

After Shao Yuanjie finished shouting, his body had stiffened, and he held Tao Zhongwen in his hands like stone.

Tao Zhongwen's eyes were red and he said word by word: "Don't worry, I will kill the Demon Emperor with my own hands and use his head as a blood sacrifice for you!"

The breath flickered in and out, and Tao Zhongwen actually felt as if he had left this world.

In the Apparition Palace, Shao Yuanjie's disciples were distraught and did not notice the vision. Some players hiding inside looked at Tao Zhongwen in surprise and horror.

If he had dragon veins in his body, or if the world and environment were changed, Tao Zhongwen would probably become an immortal!

He is worthy of being the Taoist priest who served as Emperor Jiajing’s favorite minister for twenty years in history!

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On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Li Changzhou returned to the Forbidden City, taking with him the five corpses he had disguised himself with—it was easy to find corpses in this era. I had invaded the Xuan Mansion last spring and there were thieves everywhere.

Emperor Jiajing took a look at the body of "Dapeng Tianjun". She was wearing a green dress and looked pretty, but she was not qualified to be Li Changzhou's sister.

This is the Immortal Lord.

In reality, the Immortal Lord has turned into a young girl of twenty-eight years, but in front of Emperor Jiajing, one cannot talk about reality and must talk about logic, so the Immortal Lord is the corpse of another old thief.

Emperor Jiajing looked away from the corpse and waved his hand. Huang Jin directed the eunuchs on duty to move the corpse away.

"Thank you for your hard work, Marquis Shenxian." Emperor Jiajing picked up a jasper cup from the red sandalwood coffee table next to it, which was inlaid with a picture of fish playing with colorful lotus and inlaid with conch, agate, jade and Chinese jade, and took a sip of hot tea.

"It's not hard. Your Majesty, the purpose of killing these people is actually the same as when I joined the cult and entered the palace to meet the saint."

"oh?"

"For the sake of longevity." Li Changzhou said, "Firstly, I am not greedy for money, and secondly, I am not lustful. In my life, I first seek boundless magic power, and secondly, I seek longevity and long-term vision. I join the Divine Religion and learn the secret methods of the Divine Religion for the sake of immortality. I choose various major sects. , for the sake of immortality; to enter the palace and serve His Majesty, also for the sake of immortality."

"Immortality, longevity," Emperor Jiajing put down the jade cup, "How to live forever?"

Li Changzhou looked at Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, do you believe me?"

"A real person climbed a thousand-foot snow-capped mountain, walked thousands of miles of desert, and suffered in hell, creating endless killing karma - I believe in you and your heart for seeking the truth."

"Okay." Li Changzhou said, "Your Majesty, I have found my way to immortality, your Majesty's door to seek truth."

Emperor Jiajing narrowed his eyes slightly.

"you say."

"Take out the dragon vein."

Emperor Jiajing didn't ask how to get it. He asked: "Do I still have the throne of emperor?"

"Cut the dragon vein into two. I will use one half for immortality and the other half to build a golden crown for your majesty. If the dragon vein is separated from the body, your majesty can practice Taoism; with the golden crown on your body and the blood of the Zhu family, the emperor will be here."

"half?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Jiajing said: "Let me think about the inheritance of our ancestors."

"Of course." Li Changzhou smiled and said, "The door to the Tao has been found. There is no need to build a foundation, but Your Majesty can continue to practice."

"Okay." Emperor Jiajing nodded.

This time he did not bring any maids or concubines to serve him.

Two hours later, Emperor Jiajing's complexion was rosy, his foot injury had healed, and he became powerful again.

After Li Changzhou left, Emperor Jiajing thought for a while and first called Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen assured Emperor Jiajing that there were no hidden dangers in his body, and finally said that it was not necessarily good for his body to recover in one day, and that the right way was to take care of him slowly.

After Li Shizhen left, eighteen more doctors were appointed, and each one said that the dragon body was strong.

Finally, there is Tao Zhongwen.

People are very surprised. Yesterday Emperor Jiajing wanted to have Shao Yuanjie buried. After getting his suicide note, he remembered the friendship over the years and ordered Shao Yuanjie to be buried lavishly.

Emperor Jiajing still trusted Tao Zhongwen, who was highly recommended in Shao Yuanjie's suicide note, and he did have some abilities.

Emperor Jiajing was born with a talent. He was very good at being an emperor. He knew one thing very well: no matter what his preferences and situation were, he must never let his subordinates have only one power.

If he completely trusted Li Changzhou, he believed that he would not gain immortality. Only by restraining each other could Li Changzhou pay more.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Tao Zhongwen's hair turned white.

"Sit." Emperor Jiajing pointed to the stool.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair: "Master Tao, I have something to ask you."

"Your Majesty, please tell me. I know everything I know."

Emperor Jiajing glanced at Tao Zhongwen, his attitude was more respectful than before.

"Are you dissatisfied?" Emperor Jiajing looked at him and asked.

"Brother Zhongkang was supposed to die last year. Being able to survive past the first month is already a gift from His Majesty." Tao Zhongwen lowered his head.

Emperor Jiajing nodded: "What I want to ask you is about the Immortal Marquis."

Tao Zhongwen took a breath: "Your Majesty, please speak."

Emperor Jiajing explained Li Changzhou's method of immortality and the door to Taoism.

"What do you think, Master Tao?"

"I don't know." Tao Zhongwen shook his head, "But Your Majesty allows Pindao to use the dragon veins, and Pindao is willing to do divination for Your Majesty."

"allow."

Emperor Jiajing knew something about the dragon veins and had given Shao Yuanjie the right to use them.

The eunuch holding the golden seal came over with the golden seal box. Tao Zhongwen took it with both hands and opened it, revealing the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's jade seal inside.

A mysterious and powerful force descended on Tao Zhongwen, which was more profound than Shao Yuanjie's previous "borrowing force".

He recited the magic formula silently, looking at the past and present of the land of China.

The Ming Dynasty is the "winner" of China at this moment, and is naturally qualified to look through the past of China and peek into the future.

At this glance, we can see the demise of the Republic of China and the establishment of the Xia Kingdom, until the moment before the start of the value game - we can see that this is already the Qing Dynasty with no dragon veins, no accomplished monks, and no real "winner".

This also proves that this period of history does not affect victory or defeat.

Any history that affects victory or defeat will face the "winner", which is a dead end.

The reason why a "winner" is a "winner" is because he has defeated everyone at any time, in any space, in any dimension, and in any aspect.

The ancient gods, including the King of Wind and Light, naturally understood this truth, but how could they not argue with it?

When ordinary people face death, they must do everything they can to fight for a chance to survive. How can a person who can become a god be willing to become a loser!

Just like what Emperor Jiajing said before, if you want immortality, if you want the emperor's immortality, what's the point of being a slave or a servant?

Tao Zhongwen had no idea of ​​prying into that taboo history.

As a monk who is good at divination, he understands the horror of destiny better than other monks.

"How?" Emperor Jiajing sat up slightly and looked at Tao Zhongwen.

Tao Zhongwen put down the jade seal, his breath weak.

"If your Majesty agrees, there will be a catastrophe of life and death in one year; one hundred and four years later, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos, and those who disrupt the Ming Dynasty will have the surname Li."

Just like Li Changzhou didn't tell the truth when he said he took the dragon's veins to become an immortal - he took four-fifths, Tao Zhongwen didn't tell the truth either. Luan Daming's surname was indeed Li, but not Li Changzhou.

"Is it Li Changzhou?" Emperor Jiajing asked.

"The secret of heaven is obscure and a poor man cannot see it clearly." Tao Zhongwen replied.

"What is the catastrophe of life and death?"

"Your Majesty will cultivate Taoism as the emperor. If you succeed, the country will remain unchanged for thousands of years. Heaven will not allow it, the earth will not allow it, and the people will not allow it."

"Are you saying that there are constant natural and man-made disasters? There are still people who would assassinate me?"

"The secret of heaven is unpredictable and cannot be seen unless it is a great opportunity. Pindao has tried his best."

Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment, relaxed his tense body, and leaned back in his chair: "Let me ask you, have I entered Taoism?"

This is related to the survival of the Ming Dynasty, but the image of Shao Yuanjie vomiting blood and dying flashed in his mind. Tao Zhongwen said:

"Into the."

Only by answering like this will Li Changzhou reveal his flaws and he can avenge Shao Yuanjie;

It is precisely because of this answer that history continues along the destiny. Emperor Jiajing entered Taoism, Emperor Jiajing failed, and the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of Li Zicheng in 104 AD.

Tao Zhongwen continued the destiny, but what he ultimately wanted to do was to change the destiny. He wanted Li Changzhou to die when he became an immortal.

Once Li Changzhou dies, Emperor Jiajing will no longer be able to enter Taoism, and his destiny will change.

Can you really do it yourself? Tao Zhongwen didn't know.

Now that you have decided to do it, you don’t need to be clear about it.

"You go down first, let me think about it."

Tao Zhongwen resigned and began to prepare - Emperor Jiajing's answer, he had already seen it in the future.