Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 301 - 255 Jin Dynasty’s Shaobao_2

Chapter 301: Chapter 255 Jin Dynasty’s Shaobao_2

Zhu Guoneng seemed startled by what he heard and then kicked the wall fiercely, uttering a ’fuck’ under his breath.

"So, the fiercer the conflict within Yuan’s court, the greater the likelihood of Yexian heading south?"

"Approximately—"

Yu Jie was just about to say this, when his expression suddenly changed, looking towards the south. There was a streak of red light streaking across the sky towards them, much like a meteor.

He couldn’t help but frown slightly, watching that red light fall in front of him, and revealing a figure dressed in a grand red official robe.

"Mr. Shang? Shouldn’t you be in Beijing dealing with political affairs, what are you doing here? As far as I know, the Knife Demon Li Zhetian is still seen roaming around in Nanjing. He is slightly cautious because you are in Tiandi Altar in Beijing. If he knows you are not there, he will only become more unrestrained."

After recognizing the identity of the person, Zhu Guoneng quietly retreated a few steps.

He recognized the person in front of him, it was the current Minister of Rites, also the Daxueshi of Zuochun House, the cabinet deputy minister Shang Hong, and also the prestigious Mr. Shang Shang who held the highest rank in three academic fields.

There was also some bafflement in his eyes, Tiandi Altar in Beijing is where the emperor makes sacrifices to the great heaven and sovereign earth and prays for a good harvest.

But in addition, it is also a national treasure created with enormous resources by the Jin Dynasty for the purpose of restraining all demons and evil cultivators worldwide.

Legend has it that once the killing formation here is activated, it can attack from twelve thousand miles away, none can withstand it! Even a heavenly level enemy could be killed in one hit.

However, because the cost of starting the killing formation is very high, it needs to consume countless rare treasures, so unless it’s really an extremely wicked demon causing chaos in the world, the court will not use it lightly.

Originally, this Tiandi Altar was guarded in rotation by the Minister of Rites and the left and right Shilang.

However, during the Taizong Era, most of the heavenly scholars of Confucianism were called into the cabinet, so the responsibility of guarding the Tiandi Altar also shifted to the cabinet.

The person who was in charge of guarding the altar this month, was the cabinet deputy minister in front of him, Shang Hong.

"Shaobao’s news seems to be a bit outdated." Shang Hong smiled and walked to Yu Jie: "Just a day ago, Li Zhetian made another raid on the Guozi Bureau after many years, but he was severely wounded by the newly appointed Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, his invincible Shi of the sword was broken."

"What? Someone defeated Li Zhetian?"

Zhu Guoneng on the side was shocked, thinking what kind of person is Li Zhetian? He was one of the top five heavenly level cultivators in the whole Jin Dynasty, even in front of Shaobao Yu, he could also retreat intact.

Who is this Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, that he could defeat Li Zhetian? Has the Jin Dynasty produced another heavenly level cultivator?

Then he realized his mistake and quickly bowed to apologize.

Yu Jie didn’t intend to make a fuss about it, he was also extremely startled, his expression was strange: "New Hufa of Neo-Confucianism? Are you sure? As far as I remember, the newly appointed Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, is that boy from the Earl Chengyi’s family, now just a Wu cultivator at the fourth house level."

"That is him." The look in Shang Hong’s eyes was somewhat incredible: "It sounds absurd, if it hadn’t been for multiple confirmations, I wouldn’t have believed it either. I heard that he is full of Great Rectitude, pure and flawless, no less than Shaobao Yu in his prime. That night, he recited ten poems of ambition, all of them are masterpieces of all time, thus inspiring the great enthusiasm and fervor of five thousand students of Guozi Bureau, and severely damaging Li Zhetian!"

"Ten poems of ambition? All masterpieces of all time?"

Yu Jie squinted his eyes and felt even more absurd. However since it’s coming from the person in front of him, it must be well-founded.

"Masterpieces of all time! The whole literary world in Beijing is buzzing about it, the poems are being copied and circulated everywhere, so much so that the paper has become expensive in Beijing. After the Grand Secretary had a look, he highly praised it, saying that if there are ten talents in the world, this boy probably has eight, making people envious."

Shang Hong smiled, then his expression became serious: "We will talk about the matter of the Hufa later. This time I have come to seek your advice, Shaobao, on a matter of utmost importance. Please..."

He was about to ask Shaobao Yu to ask outsiders to leave when he was interrupted by Yu Jie: "Is it about the matter of dethroning the Crown Prince?"

Shang Hong was startled, then forced a smile: "Exactly! I have come to boldly ask Shaobao to persuade the Emperor on this matter."

After hearing this, Zhu Guoneng’s face turned pale and he quietly retreated a few more steps.

"Unpersuadable!"

Yu Jie shook his head, his face cold and stern, "Considering the nature of the True Emperor and the Queen Mother, how can the Emperor not worry about future affairs? How dare he hand over the throne to the Crown Prince? There are the Emperor’s own children, why must he pass it to his nephew? It is only natural that he wants to change his heir-apparent. I cannot stop him, but I will not assist him."

Shang Hong frowned deeply, "But Sir Shaobao, the Crown Prince, he is wise and benevolent and he has not slipped up even slightly till now. If we hurriedly change the country’s foundation, I’m afraid this hard-won world order and court situation will fall into turmoil and perhaps even be soaked in blood."

Yu Jie, however, turned his body and looked out at the city wall, "The Crown Prince is indeed innocent, but the Queen Mother may not be."

Shang Hong couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile, knowing that the recent actions of the Queen Mother had vexed Sir Shaobao.

She even did something as outrageous as harboring the Maitreya Teaching’s rebellion, all to obstruct the Emperor from changing his heir-apparent, truly stopping at nothing.

"The Queen Mother is indeed outrageous in her actions, but she is just wholeheartedly protecting her child and grandchild. And what do the Queen Mother’s faults have to do with the Crown Prince?"

"Mr. Shang, please return." Yu Jie, his back to him, stil remained unmoved, "After returning, please tell the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince that the throne can only be obtained straightforwardly, not indirectly."

Shang Hong let out a deep sigh, then vigorously shook his sleeves, "Please remember, Sir Shaobao, the upcoming internal chaos in the Jin Dynasty must have started today!"

But until Shang Hong had left, Yu Jie did not turn around.

He looked out at the city wall for a long time, then turned his head to give an order to a staff member behind him,"Get me the ten so-called millennium masterpieces by Li Xuan. Let me see for myself what they are made of! What qualification does he have to repel Li Zhetian? Besides, send a message to Quan Dingtian, let him make sure to have the Dao letters left by Li Xuan in the bell copied soon. I also want to see what kind of Dao it is that can be approved by my Neo-confucians predecessors."

What he did not know was that in the outer courtyard of Guozi Bureau in Nanjing, within the emptiness of the Heart Asking Bell, Wang Jing was nervously looking at the simple and unadorned stone hall in front of him.

"Go in!"

Suxin stood outside the door of the hall, looking at Wang Jing with a seemingly amused expression, "Now the protector of the Neo-confucianism is a man, but since you have come here, you are qualified to enter this hall and read what previous Neo-confucian sages left."

Wang Jing took a deep breath and abruptly stepped inside.

As he entered the stone hall, the first thing he saw was the six characters ’Preserve the Way of Heaven, Destroy Human Desire’ written by Master Yu in the center. Then, ’Confucius says, ’be benevolent’, Meng says, ’be righteous’, only when righteousness is fulfilled, benevolence achieves’, and ’the rise and fall of the world, a commoner has a responsibility’, and other works left by great scholars on both sides.

Wang Jing’s eyes suddenly spun, he was overwhelmed with emotion.

Although he had read these texts when he was young, seeing the original works left by these great scholars at this moment gave him a new understanding.

And Wang Jing’s emotional stirring lasted until he saw a piece of writing on the fourteenth line on the right.

"Unity of knowledge and action?"

Looking at the line of writing of ’no bone, spring worm, autumn snake’, Wang Jing’s pupils shrank instantly,"No good, no evil, the body of the heart, good and evil, the movement of the mind, knowing good, knowing evil, is the conscience, doing good, removing evil, is recognizing things - Li Xuan from Jinling?"

"You are fortunate to be the first person to see it."

Suxin’s expression was complicated, "Unfortunately, here the order is based on the order of the writing left. If it were based solely on the air of the text, this writing would definitely make the top five and be revered by the scholars around the world."

Before she had finished speaking, she felt the air around Wang Jing, who was standing next to her, fluctuate violently. When Suxin turned her head and looked, she found that he was glowing golden all over, a sound of Hao Qi started to fill the hall.

At the same time, Quan Dingtian who was waiting in a study, also let out a surprised sound and looked up at the Heart Asking Bell, which was not yet fully repaired.

It was Wang Jing! His good-for-nothing disciple, who actually broke through the seventh house level after entering the Heart Asking Bell!

"What on earth did he see?"

At this time, the anticipation in Quan Dingtian’s eyes was several times stronger than before.