Chapter two hundred and forty third: tit for tat
Mingxi suddenly felt a moment of deity, and his light golden pupils stared at the shadow with curiosity. It was actually the first time he saw Di Zhong. Compared with the last time he spoke to him with Xiao Qianye's body, the original person appeared in front of him. Another completely different feeling was that this was the person who had walked side by side with his ancestor Sun and Moon Gods. Even if he was just transformed into a faint afterimage with the magic splitting technique, he could still sense his former style from this white light.
Di Zhong was also looking for the shadow of fellow practitioners from this young man. The Donghuang back then was really as radiant as the rising sun. He was a friend who stood tall and respected him.
Thinking of the scattered fragments floating in the distant memory, Di Zhong couldn't help but lean towards the window, pushing a crack slightly, raised his head and stared at the coronal sword that was still hanging in the sky, sighed infinitely with emotion, and said indifferently: "He once used that sword to compete with me in martial arts. It was a sword formed by collecting the divine power of the heavenly world that has been condensed from thousands of years of sunlight. It requires the blood of the Eastern Emperor to transform into the form of a sword. You have no martial arts foundation, but now you can make the coronal sword hanging in the sky. I have to admire you. Although you are young and sick, you may be really a bit extraordinary, which makes me look at you with admiration."
"After speaking, I can only condense it, and I cannot make it a sharp sword in my hand again like my ancestors." Mingxi smiled calmly. He walked down from his seat and carefully closed the window, and then continued, "The giant sword hangs over the imperial city, and its only function is deterrence. If you meet someone like you, it will not be able to send any effect."
"It's not okay to have force alone." Di Zhong continued, looking at Xiao Qianye with a faint smile on his lips, and deliberately shook his head, "Look at him, he is much stronger than you, and he is still restricted by you every time. Now he is in your trap again, making me unable to rest well."
His words sounded like blame, but in fact they contained a bit of inexplicable pampering, which suddenly made Mingxi helpless and didn't know how to continue.
Xiao Qianye didn't move. He just stared at the afterimage, afraid that when this guy would fall into a deep sleep again, he could not wake up.
"But, although only force is not enough, it is even worse." Seeing his nervous look, Di Zhong knew that if he was teasing, he would inevitably make him angry again. He had to hold back the smile in his heart. He coughed lightly, and then said seriously, "That's what your situation is now, right? With Feiyuan's current understanding of the heaven world, he can almost passively wait for destruction. Dong Ming cannot protect him. As an emperor, you have to bear the doubts from the ministers and the people. If the next three major realms repeat the same mistakes, what will happen? Actually, I can guess."
"Oh?" Mingxi was surprised that he would say so directly, as if all his plans had been seen through by him at first sight. Di Zhong was like an unceremonious elder, not treating the young man in front of him as the king of the country. Instead, he strode over and patted the other party on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "After taking such a big turn, can you really just send Xiao Yi out for free, right?"
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Di Zhong's eyes looked at Mingxi face to face, and no one escaped. He was slightly surprised by the young face.
"On the one hand, I want to send him away, and on the other hand, I secretly attack Xiao'er. You might as well tell me honestly, are you trying to soothe the people or to restrain him?"
When Mingxi heard this, he calmed down and said with a smile: "It's true that I can't hide it from your eyes, but anyone who sits in my position will only make the same choice. I don't know what kind of relationship Xiao Qianye and you are now, but if I infer it from my eyes, it's probably inseparable...or it's impossible to separate at all. The more he remembers the heavens, the more dangerous it will be for Feiyuan. I can't use his short twenty years of life to bet on the long and uncountable years of age."
"This is not wrong. You are meticulous and considerate. You are a qualified emperor talent." Di Zhongyou sighed, and he rushed to Xiao Qianye in a flash. Looking at his angry and hidden expression, he raised his hand and shook the other person's head hard, and continued, "You... I said I wouldn't let you take her with me. If you don't listen to your advice, you will cause trouble for me again?"
"I..." Xiao Qianye pursed his lips awkwardly, and he was indeed inappropriate and could not defend himself.
Di Zhong complained unyieldingly: "Hmph, you two, one of you acts a little bit coquettish, the other becomes soft-hearted. I can't do anything to you."
Mingxi smiled stiffly. He never expected that this person named "God of War" would chatter like a nagging elder and scold him as if no one else was there.
"But I agree with this matter after all, and I can't blame you completely." At the end of the conversation, Di Zhong's tone changed and he took all the responsibility on his shoulders. Xiao Qianye was stunned for a moment, and wanted to argue and was forced back to his seat by Di Zhong. He waved his hand and was silent for a moment, and said, "Actually, Yanbo Island is not safe. Xi Hui can go wherever I can go. He did his best to the heaven world without reservation, but for outsiders, especially the divine bird... I really don't dare to leave Xiao'er alone there easily."
"I originally wanted to bring her by my side. At least I still have the strength to protect her. However, the number of evil spirits in Fengtianquan's eyes was really beyond expectations, forcing me to appear incarnation, which led to my spiritual sense being dissipated and falling into a deep sleep."
He looked at his body to himself, and could not speed up his speech: "When I wake up, it will be the current situation. To be honest, if I really want to force Xiao'er to go with me, no one in the imperial capital has the ability to stop me, but at that time, who will become your new bargaining chip?"
Mingxi pursed his lips and said nothing, his hands clenched into fists in his sleeves. Di Zhong snorted coldly and opened his mind mercilessly: "Qianye is from Feiyuan after all, and he must have many close people. If you insist on forcing Xiao'er to keep Xiao'er, it's just that you can see that he likes her. Men are always the easiest to fall into the hands of your beloved woman, but if you settle for the second best, his master, his subordinates, and even his parents' home that he has not been in contact for a long time will become your bargaining chips."
"You saw it all, so you showed up?" Mingxi was finally a little nervous, but he was not a very human, so he immediately calmed down.
"I know that with your identity, many things cannot help but behave. Whether they are for the people of the world or for their own selfishness, I can understand you." Di Zhong looked at him coldly and said carefully, "But many things are too overwhelming, and there will be problems sooner or later."
"I know." Mingxi just responded very lightly, with a confused expression. "I know I can't turn back from the beginning, so I've planned to burn both jade and stones early in the morning."
"All jades and stones are burned..." Di Zhong repeated these four words in surprise, and glanced at Mingxi with a bleak smile, "Not everyone can have such powerful power as you, which is strong enough to do whatever you want. There is no stop in front of you, and there is no threat. But for all things in the world, just living peacefully is going to do their best! If I have other choices, I don't want to keep threatening Xiao Qianye. Why should I push the only candidate to save Feiyuan to the upper heaven?"
He rubbed his forehead, forcibly staying calm, as if he was ignited by a ball of flames, and he complained in pain: "Do you know, King Chen said something to me before leaving, and he said - the imperial power is dangerous, and he loses the protection of wings, I wish you long-term peace and stability."
"Ha... Long-term peace, long-term peace!" Mingxi angrily clenched his hand into a fist and smashed it to the wall. Such hysterical loss of composure made the people present look sternly at the same time, pursing their lips and listening quietly. "It was not until today that I realized how difficult it is to walk out from under the wings and become the wing that shelters the wind and rain! I can no longer protect the people I want to protect as I used to. Everything I do must take into account the interests of ministers, powerful people, and the people!"
Mingxi looked at Xiao Qianye, his face changed drastically, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Dongming, the number of deaths reported to me at present is 1.2 million, which is four times the number of people killed in the tsunami in North Bank City! This number is still growing, and everyone is panic now, but I still can't punish you or anyone around you!"
"Mingxi..." Xiao Yibai's eyes were as cold as cold frost. He stayed without regard to his brother's obstruction, but he expected that such a day would come, as an emperor, he would definitely bear inhuman pressure. At least as his brother, he could still share some of his burden as a "hostage". Who would have expected that this incompetent body would deteriorate, which would make his already busy friends worry.
He even wanted his younger brother to come back and take him away, so he did not hesitate to design the intention of attracting his younger brother, and then dispatched Zhu Yan, and ambush Yun Xiao together with eight generals from the military pavilion!
Xiao Qianye looked at Di Zhong, both of them were still in motion, but the moment of eyes staggering, it seemed as if there was a consensus. Di Zhong stood with his hands behind his back and said lightly: "I understand everything you said, but there is one thing I have to tell you now. You are worried that Xiao Yibai's condition will worsen and want to send him out for treatment as soon as possible. But have you ever thought that Xiao'er is a mixed-race Lingfeng clan, and now she has lost the protection of Chen Yue's power. If you force her to keep her in the imperial capital, are you really sure that she can live well?"
Mingxi's heart trembled, and Di Zhong's words poked his wounds. This was a fact that he ignored when he had no choice but to do so, because in his heart, Yun Xiao's life and death were actually not as important as Xiao Yibai.
But he cannot express this emotion at this time, as it will anger Xiao Qianye and it will not be worth the loss.
Emperor Zhong had already noticed the abnormality from the gloom in the emperor's eyes, and continued to persuade: "The court officials in the imperial capital, such as Jingshougong, if you ask them to come directly to Qianye, I'm afraid no one dares to be this outstanding bird, but if you ask them to bully a woman... Humph, that's probably a thousand ways to play, right?"
Mingxi's face turned pale, and although his mind was in a mess, he did not speak out to refute.
Di Zhong's tone was calm and his expression was very calm. Instead, he smiled and blurted out: "It's better to let us see Xiao'er first. Her temperament may be soft-hearted for a while and may not be able to stay with her."
Mingxi was stunned for a moment, and he really couldn't see what Di Zhong was thinking at this time.
"Okay." After a long time, the emperor's voice was like a string that was about to break, making a desperate decision, "Then let her decide."
Chapter completed!