Chapter 565: Purge, two countries in name only
“You. How dare you do this!!!” King Dong Yin looked at Xing Xuan and a group of Taoist disciples in anger.

His plan was indeed going smoothly. He used various means to intensify the conflict and almost ruined the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven.

But unexpectedly, Xing Xuan was even more ruthless. He directly agreed to Qi Sui’an’s request and ceded most of the territory.

When King Dongyin saw the letter from the credential presented by Xingxuan, he almost fainted.

This is really too humiliating for the country.

“It was the King who sent people to assassinate the King of Xiliang. Otherwise, why would we have to make such concessions?” Xingxuan looked at King Dongyin with cold eyes.

It was not because of him that things got ruined, otherwise the advantage would be on them. As long as they could hold on, they would be killing two birds with one stone.

“The official letter and military order have been written for Your Majesty. Please sign and seal them.” As Xingxuan said this, an eunuch walked up to Prince Dongyin holding the official documents on a tray.

King Dong Yin calmed down immediately when facing Xing Xuan’s eyes and tone.

The excessive rage impacted his reason, making him briefly forget that he had become a puppet.

Especially the partial rights that were recovered in recent days made King Dong Yin feel a little bit proud.

But at this moment, he calmed down.

“Let’s discuss this matter further.” King Dong Yin forced a smile, trying to delay time further.

However, Xing Xuan shook his head and said, “The King of Xiliang only gave us three days to withdraw our troops. I cannot afford to delay the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, and neither can you, Your Majesty.”

When he said this, murderous intent already emerged in Xingxuan’s tone.

If King Dong Yin had been sensible today, he would have been allowed to live for two more days. It would not be too late for him to die after the sacrifice to heaven was over.

If he really intends to fight to the end, he will only die of a sudden illness.

Anyway, King Dongyin is not without offspring, so it is easy to support a weak and easy-to-control person to take the throne.

They just need someone to take the blame. They don’t care who this person is. What’s most practical is to be useful.

The previous King Dong Yin was very useful, but now he is a little less useful, so Xing Xuan came up with the idea of ​​changing him.

King Dong Yin swallowed his saliva and just slumped down on the throne.

It was as if all his energy and spirit were drained away in an instant, and he looked listless.

“You are the subjects of Dongyin Kingdom, not the subjects of Xiliang Kingdom.” King Dongyin said with trembling voice, and closed his eyes: “Give it to me.”

This time, I’m afraid I can’t escape.

Between life and power, he has only one choice.

And even if he chose the latter, it would not change the final result.

Rather than dying, it is better to bear the infamy and live longer.

Seals, writing brushes, ink, and official documents were placed on the table.

Prince Dong Yin stood up slowly, and was a little unsteady when he stood. Fortunately, the eunuch helped him up, otherwise he would have fallen back down.

“Your Majesty, please cheer up. If you can’t sign well, you have to keep signing until you are satisfied.” Xingxuan didn’t care whether King Dongyin was pretending or was really devastated.

He just wanted a result.

King Dong Yin ignored Xing Xuan completely. He forced himself to concentrate when holding the pen. With his pen moving quickly, he signed all the documents in a short while.

He also personally stamped every official document with his seal.

After the ink and red seal had dried, Xingxuan carefully checked them to make sure there were no problems, and then sent them away for execution.

“I’m tired of dealing with future state affairs.” Prince Dong Yin said as he stood up and was about to leave. At this point, he had already become disheartened.

By the time he signed these documents and carried them out, Dong Yinguo was already doomed.

Another thing is that this group of Taoist disciples don’t care about the Dongyin Kingdom they support at all, and just use it as a tool.

“Since Your Majesty is so tired, I think it would be better for you to abdicate and let the third prince inherit. What do you think?” Xing Xuan interrupted King Dong Yin.

King Dong Yin’s eyes suddenly became sharp. He could accept being a puppet, but he absolutely could not lose his throne.

“No!” He used all his strength to utter these two words and fiercely refuted Xingxuan’s opinion.

However, Xingxuan shook his head: “My king, you are old, it is time to retire.”

“Especially since you have been ill for a long time, it is really not suitable for you to take care of the government affairs too much.”

When the words “long-term illness” appeared, King Dong Yin’s sharpness suddenly dimmed.

“No, you can’t do this. I am the king of Dongyin, I am…” King Dongyin no longer cared about his manners and dignity at this time, and quickly turned around and fled.

But the next moment he was held down by several Taoist disciples.

“If you want to blame someone, blame yourself, Your Majesty, for going against us.” When Xingxuan finished speaking, a Taoist disciple directly took out a dose of poison and fed it to King Dongyin.

“Go with peace of mind. The Third Young Master will be better than you, my king.”

Xingxuan looked at the struggling King Dongyin and said in a cold voice.

If not for the big changes, they would actually cooperate quite well. After all, the three sects do not need the throne, and they will be the ones to rule in the end.

Unfortunately, the emergence of the King of Xiliang caused the dispute over the orthodox lineage and Fulong to become mixed up, leading to the current chaos.
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Fang Zhe hugged King Beihan to comfort him and gave him a candy to stop him from crying.

“Are they all here?” Fang Zhe’s eyes swept across the heads neatly placed in the palace.

There were men, women, young and old, including the biological mother, uncles and uncles of the King of Beihan. These people were the composition of the royal family of Beihan. It was because of them that they were forced to cede most of the territory of Beihan.

“A bunch of bastards who are more likely to cause trouble than to do good.” After getting confirmation, Fang Zhe cursed and continued, “Let’s find a place to bury them.”

The head was quickly removed, and a middle-aged general wearing armor and carrying a long sword on his waist entered the hall and asked, “I need an explanation.”

Wen Zhixing, the general of the Northern Handan Kingdom, was responsible for defending against external enemies and wars, so the order to withdraw troops also came to him.

He did not have much conflict with the Confucian disciples, but rather seemed to be cooperating with them.

“Why do you want to withdraw your troops?” Wen Zhixing didn’t care that Fang Zhe killed the royal family of Beihan and left only a young King of Beihan. He just wanted to know why the troops had to be withdrawn.

“The sacrifice to heaven cannot be delayed. This is a deal between us and the King of Xiliang.” Fang Zhe’s expression softened.

Compared to the Beihan royal family who have always been a drag, Wen Zhixing, the Beihan general, actually cooperated with them very happily.

As for the continuous defeats and few victories? Given the general environment, Wen Zhixing could not change the situation even if he put himself in it.

“We can cede it, but with so much, plus the sacrifice to heaven, the Northern Han Kingdom will surely perish.”

“You promised to give me power, what about now?” Wen Zhixing said coldly.

We are all just cooperating, there is no such thing as loyalty to the emperor or patriotism.

If they really had this idea, the royal family of Beihan would not have died so easily.

“You.” Fang Zhe rubbed his temple: “There is still a chance.”

“After offering sacrifice to heaven, we can…”

“There’s no chance.” Wen Zhixing interrupted Fang Zhe: “You can lie to others, but it’s a bit naive to lie to me.”

“So what do you want?” Fang Zhe asked directly.

“Surrender!” A cold light flashed in Wen Zhixing’s eyes: “I will take the entire Northern Han Kingdom as a token of my surrender, and I will also be able to hold a high position and power in the Western Liang Kingdom.”

Such decisive words completely confused Fang Zhe.

From Wen Zhixing’s perspective, there is indeed no problem, but the problem is that their Confucian orthodoxy is not good enough.

“The Three Kingdoms Heaven Sacrifice must be carried out. Even if you want to surrender, you can only do so after this.”

“Otherwise, you and I will not be able to bear the wrath of the saints, Buddhas and immortals.” Fang Zhe did not stop him.

Because there is really no possibility of winning.

Wen Zhixing thought for a moment, then said, “Okay, but I need to contact the King of Xiliang first, and I also need a token of my allegiance.”

His eyes fell on King Beihan.

“No, the King of Beihan is still useful, so I can’t give it to you.” Fang Zhe refused, and then said, “The royal family of Beihan.”

“The Zhucheng Jingguan was sent to the King of Xiliang. The sincerity may be a little low, but it was given.”

This is called waste physical utilization.

Wen Zhixing was naturally unhappy, but he was constrained by the fact that Confucianism now occupied most of the power of the Northern Han Kingdom.

He, too, was restrained and contained.

It’s not like there haven’t been ideas to replace it before, but either there was no chance to implement it or it was easily suppressed and forced to withdraw.

“Okay, the BeiHan royal family is the BeiHan royal family.” After Wen Zhixing said this, he turned and left.

I got what I wanted. Even though it’s not satisfactory, it’s better than nothing.

Moreover, after this incident, he has completely broken with Confucianism, and he should think about what he should do after changing jobs.

For example, how to please the new boss in order to increase one’s power and status.

“This person really changes his attitude according to the situation.”

“Hypocritical, really hypocritical.” Fang Zhe cursed.

However, he did not think of getting rid of Wen Zhixing, as he was still of some use to him.

Since Wen Zhixing wanted to change his allegiance, he would certainly do his best to promote the withdrawal of troops and accept the Xiliang Kingdom to settle in.

This is no small matter and is extremely energy-consuming.

If Wen Zhixing were really dealt with, it might not be possible to do the job well if someone else did the job.

Fang Zhe will focus on the matters of offering sacrifices to heaven in the future, and will not have the energy to deal with the Northern Handan Kingdom.

With the traitor Wen Zhixing around, he doesn’t have to worry about these things.

As for betrayal? It doesn’t matter, because the results of Dongyin Kingdom and Beihan Kingdom have been seen.

At the same time, the final winner of this Fulong Dao dispute can be said to be the Buddhist Taoist lineage affiliated with the Western Liang Kingdom, and struggling is of no avail.

Fortunately, there is still hope. The three masters of the Taoist tradition will certainly not watch the Taoist tradition lose its balance, and there will definitely be a corresponding solution during the sacrifice to heaven.

They have no advantage in the Fulong Dao dispute, but the Buddha, the master of the Taoist tradition, has to face two masters of the Taoist tradition, the saint and the immortal, so the advantage is obvious.

Not to mention overtaking, just making up to the balance will do.

(End of this chapter)