Chapter 564: The importance of Taoism is more important than the lives of the people in the world

The result of the interrogation came out very quickly. It didn’t matter whether it was true or false, but Qi Sui’an got what he wanted.

The assassin on the beam came from Beihan Kingdom, and the fake guard came from Dongyin Kingdom.

Both sides were ordered to assassinate Qi Sui’an.

The two signed and sealed documents were placed in front of Fang Zhe and Xing Xuan.

“Give me an explanation, both of you,” Qi Sui’an said slowly.

Pu Ji stood behind Qi Sui’an with a cold look in his eyes.

He was just waiting for Qi Sui’an to say something, and then he was ready to beat the two men to death.

Fang Zhe and Xing Xuan also had cold sweat on their foreheads at this moment.

They heard two pieces of news.

The first was that the Western Liang Kingdom increased its troops on the border and its offensive against Dongyin and Beihan became increasingly fierce.

It had only been two days since they arrived in Xiliang, but they had already captured five cities, and several other cities had surrendered upon hearing the news.

They have confirmed the news and it is true.

However, the Xiliang Kingdom also paid a high price. After all, the enemy was so fierce in a short period of time, and the casualties must have been heavy.

The second piece of news made them even more uncomfortable. The royal family that they had originally sidelined showed signs of reviving.

This news has not been confirmed yet, but when they saw the two official documents, they knew it was true.

The two royal families were preparing to use the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven to regain their power.

The Dongyin Kingdom could understand this, after all, King Dongyin was not dead.

The King of Beihan Kingdom was indeed a bit unexpected, after all, he only had one child.

But on second thought, the King of Beihan is just a child, but there are more than just such children in the royal family of Beihan.

So it is not impossible to think about restoration.

“You came to talk to me about offering sacrifices to the heavens, but as soon as I left, I was assassinated by Dong Yin and Bei Han at the door of the study.”

“I don’t understand. Are you planning to intensify the conflicts among our three countries or do you sincerely want my Xiliang Kingdom to hold a ceremony to worship the sky?” Qi Sui’an asked dissatisfiedly.

“This is a misunderstanding.” Fang Zhe said quickly.

“Where’s the misunderstanding? Is it that you have nothing to do with Dongyin and Beihan, or are these two assassins lying?” Qi Suian was unyielding.

“Your Majesty, there must be a treacherous villain behind this matter who is trying to sow discord and disrupt the important ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.” Xingxuan also added.

At this point, Xingxuan couldn’t sit still anymore.

If this time is not handled properly, the matter of offering sacrifices to heaven will really become a mess.

“Oh, Prince Dongyin and Prince Beihan are treacherous villains.” Qi Sui’an followed up on what the other party said and said, “Then you are right.”

“But now you are here to negotiate with our Xiliang Kingdom on behalf of two countries, and this is what happened.”

“Or you can go back and talk it over, and then tell me how to deal with it.”

Qi Sui’an looked like he was righteously trying to drive the man away.

“Your Majesty, let’s be frank.” After Fang Zhe noticed Qi Suian’s thoughts, he immediately understood what the other party wanted.

“You have too many cities to ask for, I only need you”

After what happened, they had no way of carrying on any longer, so they could only choose to submit and give Qi Suian the city he wanted.

Things in the future can only be discussed later. They must first fulfill the will of the Lord of Taoism.

“Not much, and I need more.” Qi Sui’an interrupted him: “After all, many of the cities we needed before have already been incorporated into our Xiliang Kingdom.”

“The conditions from two days ago are no longer applicable today.”

Fang Zhe had not changed much. He was prepared for the King of Xiliang’s greed.

“Okay, but,” Fang Zhe continued.

But Qi Sui’an interrupted rudely again: “If we can reach an agreement today, then it’s a done deal. If we can’t, we’ll have a different price tomorrow.”

“It was you, the Confucianists, Taoists, and the Northern Handan and Eastern Yin states, who came to ask me to do the Heavenly Sacrifice. I didn’t volunteer to do it.”

“So don’t even think about negotiating any terms with me. Either you agree to it, or we’ll break up.”

As soon as these three sentences came out, Fang Zhe shut up immediately.

His words were blocked immediately, and even if he wanted to say something later, there was nothing to say.

“Of course we can agree to the king’s conditions, but we need to return to the country first and get the king’s order.” Xing Xuan said stiffly when he heard Fang Zhe didn’t move.

What else can they do? They both agreed that there was no problem, but the soldiers of Dongyin and Beihan did not agree with what they said at all.

The only ones they could mobilize were the disciples of their own Taoist sect.

If the soldiers do not withdraw, it will certainly not be considered as fulfilling the agreement.

So formal procedures need to be followed.

More importantly, they also knew that once the cession was completed, they would inevitably lose the support of the people.

Then they had to spend a lot of money and effort to build an altar and perform a large-scale ceremony to worship the sky, which was really a double blow to the two countries of Dongyin and Beihan.

With this series of moves, it is basically certain that the country is doomed to be destroyed.

But there is no other way. Between the Fulong Dao Zheng and the Taoist orthodoxy, they can only choose the latter.

“With your abilities, it shouldn’t be a problem to solve it within a day.” Qi Sui’an wasn’t unreasonable, of course he thought he could solve it in the next second. But that wasn’t right.

“The order should be issued tomorrow at the earliest and the withdrawal should be completed within three days.” Fang Zhe gave a time limit.

After knowing the exact time, Qi Sui’an stopped insisting on it.

“Okay, it’s a deal.”

“I’ll give you three days.” Qi Sui’an slammed the table and said, “If you don’t withdraw your troops within three days, there will be no talk of offering sacrifices to the heavens.”

“Evacuate in three days. The occupation has nothing to do with us.” Xingxuan added.

It would be troublesome if Qi Suian played rogue and insisted that they did not get the land within three days and then broke the contract.

“Don’t worry, I am one and two.”

“I won’t use such petty literary tricks.” Qi Sui’an said disdainfully.

“In that case, please ask the king to write a letter.” Fang Zhe would definitely not just listen to Qi Suian’s one-sided words, he had to put it in black and white.

Qi Sui’an agreed immediately, and the two letters were quickly written and stamped with the seal.

After the two of them took it, they looked through it carefully several times and put it away after they felt there was no problem.

“Then I won’t see you off. Please go ahead.”

“I still have to wait for good news from you all.” Qi Sui’an directly ordered them to leave.

The purpose has been achieved, so why keep them? Everyone is busy and has no time to entertain them.

Fang Zhe and Xing Xuan didn’t say anything, they just bowed politely and got up to leave.

Cede the city, is also beneficial to them, then they can let the two royal families take the blame and use this as an opportunity to directly carry out a large-scale purge.

This will allow power to be more concentrated in their hands.
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“Chanxin and Lanbo are here to visit?” Shouyi, the sixth-level Taoist master, looked puzzled.

These two have never gotten along, so why did they suddenly come together to visit him today?
Although the three masters of the Taoist traditions ordered all the people in the sixth realm to reflect on their mistakes in seclusion, their real intention was just to prevent them from interfering in the Fulong Taoist dispute.

They can still move around and visit, and as long as they don’t cross the line, there is actually no big problem.

It is not uncommon for people in the sixth realm to visit each other across sects, but in most cases, it will not happen that two people from different sects come together.

Rare and rare.

“I don’t know if it was a coincidence that we met on the road, or if he had some plan.” Shouyi understood what it meant to not visit someone for no reason.

It cannot be said that there is no friendship between the two parties, but it can be said that they wish to strangle each other to death.

Therefore, if there is no interest relationship, it is impossible to visit in person.

As for winning over? There is no room for easing the enemies of the Taoism, and winning over can only win over people within the Taoism, not the enemies.

“Did anyone tell me why?” Shouyi asked the boy who came to report.

The boy said quickly, “Nothing has been said, but Bodhisattva Chanxin and the State Scholar Lanbo were talking happily, which was very different from the usual tense situation.”

When this description came out, Shouyi became even more confused.

“Could it be for the Heavenly Sacrifice? Isn’t this the responsibility of the three kingdoms of East, West and North? Why are they here?” Shouyi muttered, and finally said, “Go and invite these two in.”

Since you’re here, there must be something going on. You have to meet him no matter how unhappy you are.

After all, they are people of the same level as me, and there are two of them.

The two were soon welcomed in, and just as the boy had said, they were indeed chatting and laughing in harmony.

“You two are not here to visit me just to have a cup of tea, are you?” Shouyi said first.

But the two of them continued to chat and laugh, with no intention of paying attention.

In an instant, Shouyi felt a bad premonition, and this premonition began to spread from his heart.

It turned into an indescribable strange feeling.

He forced himself to suppress the urge to leave and looked at the two of them.

The two of them turned their heads quickly and looked at him with a slightly absurd smile without saying a word.

Shouyi couldn’t help but swallow his saliva, then he stood up and tried to escape without caring about anything else.

Although he didn’t know what had happened, the threats these two people made to him were obvious.

After he stood up and took a step, his body involuntarily moved back and sat back down.

“You guys…” Shouyi’s expression changed drastically. This was not his intention at all, but his body was moving.

“Awake, awake, finally awake.” Lan Bo’s face was filled with joy.

“With Shouyi, the Taoist tradition also belongs to us. That’s great.” A look of joy also appeared on Chanxin’s face.

At this moment, Shouyi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He was completely unable to understand what was happening.

“Yes, yes, that’s great.” Shouyi couldn’t help but sigh.

This was not his intention at all, but he just couldn’t control himself.

“In two days at most, I can make all the Taoist priests and true masters become part of us.”

“I will definitely give them a big surprise then.” Shouyi continued.

The real Shouyi certainly knows who he is talking about. They are nothing more than the gods, Buddhas and saints who are the masters of the Taoist tradition.

At this moment, he only felt that a horrible conspiracy enveloped the entire world.

(End of this chapter)