Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 985 Heaven's Jealousy
Luoyang.

The eternal sacred city.

Even though the world is in turmoil now, the lights here remain on all night long, and the people living here seem to be unaware of the crisis of the empire.

That was of course impossible, but every time they looked at the magnificent temple, they would calm down and silently recite in their hearts.

The Tang Dynasty will not fall.

The great Tang Dynasty will overcome the current crisis and become glorious again.

The emperor passed away in the Tianshou Palace on a sunny morning. The palace was hung with white cloth, with a hint of desolation.

Under the gazes of countless court officials, Luo Xingyun held the hand of the new emperor and walked step by step towards the highest throne in the world.

The emperor was sitting there, wearing a crown and a royal robe with dragon and phoenix patterns, his face full of nervousness. He was still a child who knew nothing, and had a natural fear of the crowds of people in front of him.

He sits on the throne, but has no power at all.

The person who really has power is Luo Xingyun who stands next to him.

The person standing in front of the Tang Dynasty officials now is the Grand Tutor, the Grand Preceptor, the Co-Prince of Fengge Luantai, the Grand Marshal of the Army, the Commander of the Tiance Army, the Commander of the Shence Army, the Super-Rank King Luo, the only important minister entrusted by the late emperor, and the emperor Luo Xingyun.

His words are the words of the Son of Heaven, his orders are the orders of the Son of Heaven, and his power is the power of the Son of Heaven.

The empire submitted to him.

The dynasty submitted to him.

The whole world submitted to him.

Naturally, this included everyone in the hall. When the bell rang, everyone's eyes turned to Luo Xingyun who was wearing the royal robes. What they saw was not only Luo Xingyun, but also the entire Luo family behind him.

Those important officials all remembered the last words of the late emperor, "Lord Luo, I have always believed that there is no closer relationship in the world than that between Ji and Jiang during the Zhou Dynasty. I hope that Li Luo in the Tang Dynasty can be the same."

The late emperor did it.

Since the late emperor's last will, the Tang Dynasty no longer belongs only to the Li family, but also to the Luo family. The current Tang Dynasty has truly become the second Zhou Dynasty.

The Ji-Jiang Alliance, after a thousand years, came again upon the Tang Dynasty.

Those important officials who accepted the will also knew that at the end of his life, the late emperor had arranged a marriage for the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The woman from the Luo family would marry into the royal family again and become the queen.

All the ministers in the hall knelt in unison, and from the top, it looked like a tide.

Luo Xingyun looked at this scene, and suddenly a chill spread throughout his body from the holy mark between his eyebrows, and then disappeared in an instant. He was a little surprised and suspicious.

The mechanical voice of the system sounded in an unknown corner.

[Family Reputation: Central Plains [Family Reputation: (Unparalleled in the world; Awe-inspiring in all the states; Pillar of the nation; A wise man in the state; A wise man in the countryside)
Zhongyuan: Unrivaled in the World

Liaodong: Unrivaled in the World

Grassland: Unrivaled

Western Regions: Unrivaled in the World

Plateau: Unparalleled in the World】

According to the system's judgment, Luo's reputation finally completely surpassed Li's.

In the past years, because most of the Li kings were relatively outstanding, the reputation of the Li family grew faster than that of the Luo family. After all, the king bears all the dirt in the world and also accepts all the praise.

What exists in the minds of all Tang Dynasty people is that the Luo family is ultimately inferior to the Li royal family.

But up to now, the Luo family has surpassed the Li family in all aspects, especially now that the Li family is in decline and the Luo family is completely needed to revitalize the situation in the Tang Dynasty. This impression is even more deeply solidified in everyone's mind.

If the Li family wants to surpass the Luo family in reputation again, perhaps a king who is outstanding in all aspects will need to appear again.

Luo Xingyun was also thinking about this question. He looked at the emperor behind him who still understood nothing.

Will this child be able to shoulder such a responsibility in the future?

Luo Xingyun didn't know, he could only pray in his heart, "Son of Heaven, please grow up quickly and grow up to an age where you can take on responsibilities."

In the nine heavens where no one can see, there are cloud-like things formed by black air. They slowly pop out from nowhere, looking sneaky and dark.

With endless majesty and endless solemnity.

But there was no emotion at all.

……

After Luo Xingyun became the only minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor, he became the de facto emperor of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, he certainly could no longer leave Luoyang and go to the front line.

After accepting the trust of the orphan, he quickly made arrangements for the situation in the world. His first order was to confer titles to the Li clan members.

The late emperor had doubts about the ability and loyalty of the Li clan, but Luo Xingyun had to guarantee the status of the Li clan.

Li Keyong, a prominent member of the royal family and as a member close to Luo Xingyun, was the first to receive the reward. He was canonized as Prince of Jin from Prince of Hedong and truly became a prince, reaching the pinnacle in terms of title.

He was also promoted in his official position, from the Jiedushi of Hedong to the one who was in charge of important military and national affairs in Shaanxi.

Of course, Luo Xingyun did not give him this official position for nothing. Li Keyong had brave warriors from the Luo family under his command, which was also a check and balance for Li Keyong.

Li Keyong didn't think too much about it. Although he was very sad about the death of the emperor, he was even more excited to see Luo Xingyun taking charge of the country's affairs.

He knew that his good days were about to come. He could very well rise from an insignificant high-ranking official to a powerful figure who held power in the world and played an influential role, as long as he clung to Luo Xingyun's thigh.

The edict issued by Li Shen before his death caused an uproar in the world, especially among those who had evil intentions. They immediately understood that Li Shen was determined to fight to the death and to eradicate those who were endangering the Tang Dynasty from the root.

The garrison of these canonized sons and daughters of the Luo family is just a plan for the future. There is only one plan now, which is to completely eliminate the unclean elements.

The current situation of the Tang Dynasty made the late emperor believe that there were major internal problems, and most of the secret envoys sent by the empire to various places had lost their effectiveness.

……

Luo Xingyun was listening to the prime ministers arguing about the current issue of money and grain. For the Tang Dynasty today, there was nothing more important than this matter.

Luo Xingyun felt a little annoyed when he heard this, until the director of the Imperial Observatory said, "Lord Luo, there were two light rains in Hebei and the Central Plains last month, but they were not heavy. As soon as they fell on the ground, they dried up."

But this news made Luo Xingyun sit up and asked in surprise: "It's raining?"

The others immediately stopped arguing and stared at the director of the Imperial Observatory. Whether it would rain or not was the most important thing for the empire.

If it weren't for the damn natural disaster, how could the empire have fallen to this point?

The Imperial Observatory was concerned about this kind of affairs. He certainly knew how important his words were. He immediately said in a deep voice: "Although Hebei is in chaos now, I dare not talk nonsense about such things. It did rain in Hebei, but it is a drop in the bucket and cannot grow crops."

"Rain is enough."

Luo Xingyun stroked the chair and said with emotion: "It's abnormal not to have rain. Maybe now it will gradually return to normal."

Luo Xingyun knew more. As the snowy plateau gradually became unsuitable for human survival, the Luo family knew that the north would gradually fall into severe cold again in the future and become gradually unsuitable for growing crops.

There have been such periods in history, and Rockwell actually anticipated this, but no one could have imagined that such large fluctuations would occur during a period of drastic climate change.

Ancient dynasties can be said to be built on climate.

Internal problems can keep a dynasty from surviving.

But the only problem that cannot be solved is climate. A dynasty prospers because of the climate and declines because of the climate. When a country is about to perish, there must be something wrong, and this wrong thing is a natural disaster.

The so-called climate, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than a mouthful of food.

After receiving the news, the imperial court meeting broke free from the emotions just now and everyone became calmer. Rain is a kind of hope and gives people endless reverie.

Perhaps the Tang Dynasty will soon have a bumper harvest. As long as production can be restored and with the support of the people, the Tang Dynasty may soon be able to restore its former glory.

Everything now seems as if it never happened, just like a dream. After waking up, no one will remember it.

In endless praise, let the Tang Dynasty continue to be infinitely glorious and great.

……

One afternoon, Luo Xingyun fainted while handling government affairs in Tianshou Palace. This was his third month as regent.

People from all walks of life were extremely concerned about this. Everyone wanted to know what had happened, and their hearts were filled with shock.

What was even more surprising was that Prince Luo dismissed the imperial physician and returned to Prince Luo's Mansion. What on earth happened?

No one knew that the high priestess of the Luo family had walked into the Luo Palace. She was the first high-ranking official of the empire to meet Luo Xingyun after this incident.

When she saw Luo Xingyun, she couldn't believe her eyes. Luo Xingyun's face was gray, a gray that lacked vitality. His eyes and hair were gray, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

This kind of scene shouldn't have happened to Luo Xingyun. The high priest stepped forward, too shocked to speak. She observed for a long time before slowly saying, "Xingyun, your vitality is fading. What happened?"

Luo Xingyun told her what he knew.

"A huge blood-red sword with black mist wafting from it. I vaguely saw the word 'sky', which then transformed into the word 'kill' and stabbed me in my dream. Since then, I have felt a little unwell, until it developed into what it is now."

It was hard to describe the look on Luo Xingyun's face. "Sister, this might be the price of touching a taboo. We might have made a wrong bet."

Touching taboos.

When this word was uttered, a look of uneasiness flashed across the high priest's face, but she knew that Luo Xingyun asked her to come here not just to say these words, so she waited in silence for Luo Xingyun to continue speaking.

Luo Xingyun pondered for a moment and then asked: "Sister, you said this is the key to the family's release. Now that you see me like this, do you have any new clues?

Or any new feelings?"

The high priest only hesitated for a moment, then looked at Luo Xingyun with sparkling eyes, "Xingyun, you are the person involved now, and you should be the one who knows this matter best. The book says that there is great terror between life and death.

But throughout history, the life and death of most people is just a moment, and people like you who stay between life and death for so long have almost never existed.

Now is the time for you to find what I once predicted."

"Beep, beep."

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard from outside, followed by hurried knocks on the door. Luo Xingyun asked the person outside to come in, and saw the housekeeper of Luo Wangfu hurried in.

As soon as he came in, he said with a sad face: "Master, His Royal Highness Prince Jin sent a letter from the front line, saying that His Royal Highness Prince Yong passed away at the front line."

The original King Yong of the Tang Dynasty naturally no longer exists in the court system. Instead, he is replaced by the former Duke of Yong who was promoted to King Yong. He was one of the eight kings and twelve dukes of the Luo family who were promoted in the late emperor's will.

Prince Yong Luo Xingchen was photographed at the Guanzhong front line after Luo Xingyun returned to Luoyang to preside over government affairs. The situation of the war in the world has become very clear now.

The main enemies were the Yan State that occupied Guanzhong, Zhu Wen in Hexi, the Song State that was determined to make things difficult for the Central Plains, and finally the chaotic Hebei, Hedong and Liaodong.

Luo Xingchen used to be the prime minister. Now he goes to Guanzhong to partner with Li Keyong. He is responsible for confidential documents and logistics and food, while Li Keyong is responsible for commanding troops in combat. Both of them are Luo Xingyun's confidants.

But no one expected that Luo Xingchen would suddenly pass away. At that moment, Luo Xingyun even suspected that Li Keyong had done something, but this thought disappeared in an instant. It was impossible.

Luo Xingyun was completely unable to care about his grief. A strong sense of uneasiness rose in his heart, and he asked with difficulty: "What happened? Have any letters or something been sent?"

"His Royal Highness Prince Yong has sent a suicide note."

suicide note.

This proves that Luo Xingchen was conscious before his death, or at least knew how he died. He definitely did not die in battle, otherwise it would have been Li Keyong who sent the letter.

Luo Xingyun unfolded the letter and read it quickly. His hands began to tremble instantly. He felt a chill rushing from his back to the back of his head, and the letter in his hand fell to the ground.

The high priest was even more curious about what could have happened to make his brother, who had experienced many battles, so frightened and dispirited.

She picked up the letter from the ground and read it.

The reaction was almost exactly the same as Luo Xingyun's. The two looked at each other, their eyes full of horror.

The reason for this is that what Luo Xingchen wrote in the letter is really hard to believe. Luo Xingchen actually had a dream before he died, and this dream was exactly the same as Luo Xingyun's dream. It was also a blood-colored sword, black mist, and then the word "天" was seen first, and then the word "杀" was seen, and then Luo Xingchen's body appeared. In just three days, he reached the critical moment of life and death.

Before he died, he realized something, so he wrote this letter and sent it to Luoyang, and then he waited quietly for death.

The housekeeper left the house.

Luo Xingyun and the high priest looked at each other. There was sadness in their eyes, but more of it was fear of the future.

"I am not the only one who will be punished after stepping out of the taboo."

Luo Xingyun realized this very painfully. This incident of Luo Xingchen proved that he was not alone.

"Xingchen passed away just three days after what happened, but Xingyun, you just said that it has been five days since you had the dream and you are still alive. You can even talk to me here.

Is there any connection between these two things?”

The high priest quickly found a blind spot in this matter. How could such a difference occur in such an indifferent matter?

"And the stars dream before you do."

Although Luo Xingchen's message was just delivered, the time of the dream was earlier than Luo Xingyun's.

Although Luo Xingchen's death is tragic, what is more important is to get some useful things. The Luo family cannot be devastated by this strange incident.

Now both of them speculated that this matter had something to do with God. The God who had not appeared for a long time appeared again this time.

The two discussed for a while but had no clue. The high priest did not leave Luo Wang Mansion, but slept in Luo Xingyun's outer room. She had to keep an eye on Luo Xingyun's condition at all times.

Luo Xingyun was lying on the bed. He was not in a good mood and soon fell into a deep sleep. Then he was soon awakened by a nightmare.

In the dream, his brothers and sisters died one by one at the hands of God, and the entire Luo family was covered in blood.

He ran and ran in the darkness, but could not catch up with the bloody sword and could only watch.

After he woke up with a start, he felt an extremely painful fatigue, as if he had not slept well for several days and nights, but his eyelids were still forced to stay open.

But apart from this feeling of fatigue, he didn't know if it was his illusion, but there was always a chill lingering on his stigmata, and he seemed to be able to feel the stigmata's joy.

This holy mark that had bestowed two thousand years of glory upon the Luo family actually made him feel excited.

Luo Xingyun had just woken up from a nightmare. At this moment, he felt that he was in a vast grassland. Above his head was the azure sky and white clouds. The wind blew the grass low and he could see cattle and sheep. It was truly a paradise.

It's a pity that he was too sleepy.

At this moment, he felt that his soul was free but his body was tired. It was a very strange feeling, the first time he had ever felt this way before.

Then he heard a call, he woke up from the illusion of the grassland, and saw his sister looking at him with worry on her face.

"Xingyun, what happened? You seemed distracted just now."

Luo Xingyun was very smart. He knew that everything he did now might contain a huge secret, so he told his story in full.

His words were logically clear and his descriptions were accurate, making the high priest feel as if he was there.

“The shackles of the family are really opening.”

After Luo Xingyun finished speaking, the high priest immediately came to this conclusion, "The freedom of the soul is a sign that the shackles of the family have been opened. In the history of the family, there have been such changes in the family before and after Luo Mingong."

"Sister, can you contact Su Wang or Luo Shen? Can you give us some clues?"

Luo Xingyun pondered for a long time and still felt that they could not just speculate on this matter by themselves. What if there were clues?

The connection between the Luo family and their ancestors was severed after Lord Luo Wen ascended to heaven again.

Now they can only hope to get something from the high priest. Luo Xingyun is unwilling to do so because pursuing these things may cause harm to the high priest. However, the situation has come to this point now, and the life and death involved is no longer a matter of one person, so he can't care about the high priest.

……

In fact, Luo Su and Ji Ling from the Void Heaven both knew what was happening now.

Because that black cloud appeared in front of the two of them without any hesitation.

Even if they didn't know what it was before, now that they saw it, they knew what it was. Luo Su and Ji Lingjun both looked a little ugly.

"Is that what our ancestors talked about, the thing that has been suppressing our family?"

"Destiny."

Both of them knew how badly the Luo family had been suppressed by this thing over the past two thousand years. They had unrivaled strength, but they lived a miserable life.

Ji Lingjun said with emotion: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Mandate of Heaven was almost destroyed, and at that time people thought it had completely disappeared.

I didn’t expect that “He” was lingering on just to target the family, and at this moment, he launched a fatal attack on the family.”

Luo Su observed carefully, "Didn't our ancestors say that this thing has no intelligence?"

Ji Lingjun nodded and said, "That's right, it's like he's following the rules, there's no sense in it."

Luo Su pointed at the edge of the black cloud and suddenly said, "Little Lingjun, do you think he is getting smaller?"

Ji Lingjun looked carefully and saw that the black cloud was indeed getting smaller, and it was getting smaller very obviously.

Ji Lingjun raised his hand and rolled up a peach blossom braid, in which a large amount of luck points were rolled up. Then the scene of the human world appeared in the eyes of the two again. The majestic black cloud fell into the body of King Yong Luo Xingchen, and then Luo Xingchen died.

"I see!"

Luo Su sighed, "Two hundred years ago, I have been worried about what will happen today. After Li and Luo become one, what will happen if the Luo family crosses the line in all aspects?

Over the past two hundred years, the family's reputation has grown stronger and stronger, gradually surpassing the Li family in almost all places.

Until now, the family's reputation in the Central Plains has surpassed that of the Li family.

So that triggered the emergence of this thing.”

Luo Su pointed to the dark clouds in the sky and said, "This is the biggest taboo of the Luo family."

“That could be a good thing.”

Ji Lingjun suddenly said, and then she pointed to the black cloud in the sky and said: "Ancestor, you see, the area of ​​the black cloud is a bit small. The damage to the family this time is at most the extent of the demise of Bang Zhou, or even less than that.

When Bang Zhou was destroyed, the family might have lost even the title, but this time, the family can still retain its vitality. "

For Luo Su and Ji Lingjun, death is a trivial matter. Although King Su has not yet awakened, he already has a vague feeling.

After hearing what Ji Lingjun said, Luo Su observed again and said, "His power is too weak. Even if the heaven triggers the taboo, it will not cause much harm to the family.

This was probably his last struggle, otherwise he would not have been able to not take action when the family itself triggered the taboo with such a good opportunity."

As expected of Luo Su, he was able to determine the current state of the heaven just from a few clues.

That incident at the end of the Han Dynasty almost destroyed the Mandate of Heaven. In addition, Ji Zhao had been constantly eroding the authority of Heaven in the Pillar of Heaven. Now, he was just taking advantage of the fact that Luo himself had triggered the taboo to make a final desperate effort.

But unfortunately, he was still too weak. Even with his final desperate struggle, he could only cause heavy losses to the Luo family. It was impossible to destroy the Luo family.

Luo Su and Ji Ling both breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Su cast his gaze towards the human world and sighed softly, "It's a pity that even this little bit of power, when it falls on the human world, is an unbearable burden for life."

A speck of dust from the times can become a mountain when it falls on a person.

The same principle applies to God and the Luo family.

The Luo family is unrivaled in the world, but now enemies are coming from the sky, what can you do?

You can only fill it with your life.

Ji Lingjun also sighed, stretched out his hand and scattered all the peach petals, and the scene of the human world disappeared instantly.

"what?"

At this time, the high priest's call reached the Void Heaven. This call was extremely weak because Ji Zhao had not appeared in the Void Heaven for too long.

Ji Lingjun couldn't hear clearly, but she knew what it was at once, looking at the peach blossom forest that covered the sky.

She stepped slowly with her right foot, and countless petals floated up instantly. This used up an unknown amount of luck points, and then a few words were transmitted.

The high priest was just trying a last-ditch effort, but he didn't expect to get a response. The response was a bit vague, but it gave general instructions.

Just the instructions given made her sad and happy.

……

Luo Xingyun knew roughly everything.

He began to arrange his funeral arrangements.

The important officials of the court finally knew what had happened.

Prince Yong had just died in Guanzhong, and then news came that Prince Song had died on his way to Lingnan. The accident happened before Prince Song even left Jiangnan.

Then it was the King of Wu who set out with the King of Song, only four days apart.

Each piece of news was so shocking that one didn't know what had happened and it just made one feel terrified.

Everyone looked at the calm King Luo, but they didn't know what to say. Since King Luo was so calm, he must know what happened or he had anticipated it.

The biggest question now is, who should the emperor be entrusted to?
Luo Xingyun didn’t know how many people in the Luo family would die, nor did he know who would be the next to die. Among those who had passed away now, there were both men and women, all of them were princes of the Luo family and the most powerful people in the Luo family.

This is no accident.

God is consciously eliminating the most useful people from the Luo family.

The next person to be recalled, will he become the regent of the empire or die?

Luo Xingyun didn’t know.

But he still has to do it.

He lay on the sickbed and said quietly: "I am about to go to see the late emperor, but the order of the empire cannot be destroyed.

The emperor is still young and needs a new regent. Now I have to choose another chief regent.

This is a list, if one person dies, the next person will take his place."

Luo Xingyun was silent for a while. He did not say anything about the other princes of the Luo family. He was not sure whether those people could survive.

"The first one is Duke Anguo."

Duke Anguo is the high priest of the Luo family. He is Luo Xingyun’s first choice, and women may be better able to raise a young emperor.

Luo Xingyun said the names of the direct descendants of the Luo family one by one. There were both boys and girls, either adult heirs or young but famous ones.

Hearing these names, everyone was a little confused.

Prince Luo, is it necessary to record all the sixteen-year-old sons?

Could it be that the Luo family would die and only the children would be left?

a long time.

Luo Xingyun closed his eyes.

he died.

(End of this chapter)