Chapter 21: Spiritual Energy Revived

It was Huang Xu, followed by Zhao Dingshan, who was armed with a white armor and a silver spear.

"So it was you, Ah Xu, who was planning for him behind the scenes?" Li Wenru and Huang Xu have been friends for many years and are very familiar with each other's wisdom.

"That's right. I didn't expect that after we parted in Luodu, everything and everyone has changed when we meet again." Huang Xu picked up a relatively intact chair and sat down in front of Li Wenru, while Zhao Dingshan stood behind him.

"Then I guess I can't perform this drama of abandoning the imperial seal and burning Luodu?" Li Wenru raised his hand and poured a glass of wine.

Huang Xu took the wine glass and said, "Yes, Luodu has been destroyed, and I have ordered people to collect the tung oil. I wonder if Wenru has any other clever ideas?"

"What good plan do I have? The Prime Minister is dead, and all our great undertakings are over." Li Wenru looked at Dong Zhongda lying on the ground, "I can only blame myself for being careless. I never thought that the Prime Minister would be blinded by money and beauty."

“The character of a scholar is far different from that of ordinary people. He regards wine, sex, money, fame, and fortune as passing clouds. But it would be a bit too harsh to expect everyone else to be like him.” Huang Xu clinked glasses lightly.

"I wonder why Ah Xu left without saying goodbye?" Li Wenru raised his head and drank.

Huang Xu looked at him with complicated eyes: "You really don't know why I'm leaving?"

Li Wenru was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I really didn't know at the time, but I have guessed it over time. The Prime Minister is narrow-minded and vindictive. Staying by his side is like serving a vicious tiger. It will never end well. In terms of understanding people's hearts, Ah Xu is much better than me."

"Yes, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I was born timid and have to look at people in a more vicious way. But even so, I couldn't avoid being stabbed by Dong Zhongda. If I, Huang Xu, didn't have some tricks up my sleeve, and if I hadn't met your benefactor, I'm afraid you and I would only be able to meet in the afterlife." Huang Xu touched his back, thinking of the assassin sent by Dong Zhongda, and felt a little scared.

Li Wenru was silent for a long time: "What do you think of Gu Qingyuan?"

"It is destiny. I am afraid that all the fortune of the Great Xia Dynasty has been given to you, my benefactor." Huang Xu thought of Gu Qingyuan's various miraculous abilities. It can't be said that his journey was smooth sailing. It can only be said that heaven and earth worked together.

Li Wenru laughed loudly: "I never thought that Huang Xu, who never believed in fate, would be so sure of destiny in the end. It seems that he is indeed extraordinary and different from ordinary people."

Huang Xu stood up and straightened his clothes: "You will have a chance to see it." After that, he stood up and walked away. Passing by Zhao Dingshan, he said: "Watch him, he can do whatever he wants. If he wants to commit suicide, then beat him half to death. Anyway, the benefactor can save him."

After saying that, he walked out. Luodu is very big and there are still many things for him to take over.

"Old Huang, are you done catching up?" Gu Qingyuan looked at Huang Xu who strolled up to his side. He didn't care how the poor scholar in his own words could know Dong Zhongda's chief strategist. It was rare for him to be so ignorant.

"I happened to see an old friend and was in a good mood. Please don't blame me, benefactor." Huang Xu said with a smile.

Gu Qingyuan looked at the hall in front of him and said, "Then let's go in and take a look together!"

Before they had even reached halfway, palace maids had already come out to greet them, setting up the ceremonial procession. A woman led a teenager who was about ten years old and walked towards them step by step. It was the young Emperor Gu Jing and his biological mother, the Empress Dowager He.

The two came in front of Gu Qingyuan, and Gu Jing bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Uncle Emperor."

Empress Dowager He bowed immediately after, "The Great Xia state was in decline and fell into the hands of treacherous people. Fortunately, my brother was born to restore order and rectify the country. This is a blessing for the Great Xia state and the Gu family."

Gu Qingyuan and Huang Xu looked at each other. Empress Dowager He was in her thirties and Gu Qingyuan was twenty years old. He called "Royal brother" so smoothly, which showed that he was a man of good character who could bend and stretch.

"I am so sorry for your humble behavior." Gu Qingyuan quickly helped the two of them up.

Originally, Gu Qingyuan should kneel here, but now Gu Qingyuan can't kneel down. He can kneel to the heaven, earth, and teachers, but he can't kneel to the emperor. He doesn't want to play the game of "below me, respect and inferiority, above me, and equality". He just has a big fist and a hard back. It seems that I am not a good person. It's not unfair to bear the crime of contempt for the emperor. This can also be regarded as another kind of self-realization, Gu Qingyuan thought silently.

Gu Qingyuan didn't kneel, and Huang Xu would be even less likely to kneel. Empress Dowager He and the others just pretended not to see anything.

"Brother Emperor, how is Luo Du doing?" asked Empress Dowager He.

"The coalition forces have invaded Luodu, and the traitor Dong has been killed by me. Everything is under control. The Queen Mother does not need to worry." Gu Qingyuan replied.

As the group walked into the palace, Huang Xu looked back. Behind him was Luodu, which was brightly lit and filled with fierce fighting.

We have everything going for us, right time, right place, and right people. If we still can't take over this world, I, Huang Xu, would be unworthy of being your advisor.

Two years later.

"My benefactor, aren't you going to court today?" Huang Xu said to Gu Qingyuan who was studying something.

"No, no, I won't go. I'll just be there to watch. What's the point of going? If there's anything, just discuss it with Zhang Zaichun, Li Wenru and others." Gu Qingyuan answered with his head down.

Now Gu Qingyuan has been granted the title of the false emperor, and has been granted the nine gifts. He does not need to bow when entering the court, and is not required to use his name when praising or worshipping. He is the commander-in-chief of all military forces at home and abroad, and has been granted the title of regent. This is a series of rebellious packages.

Nearly half of the Thirteen States were taken, leaving only the Tiance Prefecture led by Li Shiqiong and the Cao-Sun coalition formed by Cao Man and Sun Juhu, who were somehow mixed together.

"I remember that I didn't want to be the emperor!" After Huang Xu reluctantly took his leave, Gu Qingyuan sighed.

Gu Qingyuan had no intention of coveting the throne of the emperor. The idea of ​​sleeping on the lap of a beauty while drunk and ruling the world when awake was just something he had fantasized about in his previous life. Gu Qingyuan was more interested in increasing his own strength. Unfortunately, he could only get a glimpse of it from the martial arts he named "The Secret of Immortality". Compared with immortality, the throne was nothing. At best, it was just a tool to achieve immortality.

But the civil and military officials under Gu Qingyuan's command did not think so. Since Gu Qingyuan, like Cao Gong, assisted the emperor to command the princes, literati and military officials have come to join him. Among the civil officials alone, there are the direct descendants headed by Huang Xu, who are all the old team of Donglai, as well as the famous families headed by Zhang Zaichun, and the humble scholars headed by Li Wenru, not to mention the military officers who are unwilling to submit to each other.

A group of extremely fierce men, a pure dream lineup, directly swept through half of Daxia, and the remaining two major forces of Li, Cao and Sun could only survive.

Gu Qingyuan was too lazy to care. Let them do whatever they want. The worst that could happen is that they would just run away. If they could play well with the monarch offline system, then let them do what they want.

"However, it seems that the monarch is now offline." Gu Qingyuan muttered to himself. He didn't care about anything now. At most, he would take a look at the summary report handed over by Huang Xu. The jade seal was kept by Huang Xu, and it made no difference whether he was there or not.

"Spiritual energy is reviving. I didn't expect it to really come!" Gu Qingyuan couldn't help but say as he felt his own strength increasing slightly.

About a year and a half ago, a great battle drove the Demon Cult leader Zhang Li out of the Central Plains. Zhang Li headed westwards, killing so many barbarians that they were probably about to flee to the border of the continental plates. The remaining princes, both large and small, surrendered upon hearing the news.

Except for Li Shiqiong and the Cao-Sun alliance, there was still a small group of military leaders in the world. The rest were either killed or joined Gu Qingyuan. It was then that Gu Qingyuan felt that the restraints that had been bothering him were released, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth slowly recovered.

"Could it be that the magic weapon acts as a key? The power within it is gathered together to trigger the revival of spiritual energy? There can't be some bloody story where the immortal martial ancestor wakes up and lives a new life, right?" Gu Qingyuan thought of the third-rate novels he had read and felt a headache.

Thousands of miles away from here, a pair of eyes suddenly opened!

(End of this chapter)