I thought it was just the past and the present

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Xiao Qi threw down the memorial, stretched his muscles and bones, he was done with today's work, it's time to sleep...

He twisted his neck and turned around, and saw the white-haired and white-browed man standing behind him, and the servants including Wen Yougong in the room had their heads tilted, sleeping soundly standing up.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

"I've seen an immortal." Xiao Qi straightened his head and nodded, he didn't think this monk was here to kill him or threaten him.If he could do that, that Lu Jiyun would have done it when he first came, and he wouldn't wait for these latecomers, "I don't know why the immortal came here late at night?"

The boss slapped Xiao Qi, raised the whisk in his hand, and the whisk swept across his face, the old face of the boss turned into a young face.It's not stunning, it's not ugly, it can only be said that it is an ordinary person, with small eyes, a nose that is not very high, and a mouth... just like that.But his eyes are like water, and his temperament is gentle, giving people an indescribable sense of comfort.

"This deity, Mao Qian, is the Elder Dharma Protector of Tian Yizong in Ziwei Mountain, and his title is Venerable Xingran. A close friend nicknamed this deity, Qingmeizi."

Xiao Qi: "..."

Suddenly, I felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, and besides... this Venerable didn't just call him casually, did he?

"Your Majesty also knows that these Majesty may be confused. However, I will deceive Your Majesty first, please forgive me, and please forgive me." Mao Qian smiled, claiming that he had changed from his real deity to His Majesty again, and Extremely polite and bowed to Xiao Qi again.

Xiao Qi stood up, let go of this ceremony, he didn't even dare to speak.

"Discovering the Small World is certainly a big event, but to me, Tian Yizong, it's not too big—in the end, no matter who gets the Small World, Tian Yizong will have a piece of it, otherwise... The small world in my hand is about to become a life-threatening talisman for those sects. When I come down here, I don’t want to fight for it, but because I just left the customs recently, and it’s time to go out to practice. However, if If I use my original identity, the rest of the sects may not dare to fight for it, and on the contrary, I will lose the fun of training."

"..." Xiao Qi understood - this is a big account, knowing that a new map has been opened in the novice area, he opened a small account to join in the fun.

"But... I didn't expect to meet someone like His Majesty..." At this time, Mao Qian's smile suddenly became subtle, "What we cultivators do is indeed as His Majesty said, it depends on talent and family background Background, looking at treasures and spiritual objects, but... at my current level, what I need to look at is my heart and understanding. To be honest, I was just a nobody back then."

Mao Qian stretched out his little finger, with a slightly sad expression on his face: "It's just that most of the proud sons of the same age as me have fallen now. Instead, it's the little people like me who stumbled all the way to the present day."

"... Congratulations to the immortal." Xiao Qi can also say this sentence, right?He didn't quite understand why this Mao Qian talked so much at length with him.

"At this age, I feel lonely climbing the ladder alone. I want to find a like-minded person to join the road..."

Xiao Qi: "..." Are you kidding me?

Xiao Qi's expression made Mao Qian smile: "It's also that group of children who have set a wrong example, making His Majesty think that as long as they mention Shuangxiu, they are here to make a deal with His Majesty. If this is the case, let me be a villain , let’s talk about something that they haven’t told His Majesty. Your Majesty thinks that... you have not answered, or you really said that you will see off the guests, so we are going to leave?”

"Your Majesty, you have seized the destiny of heaven and turned the world around. Even though many monks have been driven away today, when you are in power for fifty years, the gate of this small world will be opened to the greatest extent. Whether you want it or not, there will be a large number of monks , and even demons and ghosts enter this world.”

"Besides, during the year when the gate of the realm was opened, no matter the monks or monsters, they can do nothing but kill you! The monks have to be a bit taboo, and dare not kill more people in order to pass the catastrophe smoothly, but those monsters and ghosts, But they are all lawless things."

Seeing Xiao Qi's ugly face, Mao Qian said more and more happily: "Furthermore... the dragon energy on your body is also a great tonic for monks. Don't look at those little guys who mention double cultivation. I don’t want to, but I’m afraid in my heart that everyone is willing to do it. Your Majesty, you don’t know the art of dual cultivation, and I’m afraid that you will not be a double cultivation, but you will be regarded as a furnace.”

"Your Majesty, don't think that you are shocking me. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the people. Most monks regard ordinary people as nothing. What you said during the day today is just an ant to them Weiyan. But if you and I practice dual cultivation, this small world is still yours, and whatever you want to make this small world look like, this place will look like."

"Thank you Immortal Mao for thinking about me." Xiao Qi held his breath, "Then I don't know what benefits the Immortal can get."

"If I tell you, will His Majesty believe it?"

"Speaking or not is the matter of the gods, and believing or not is the matter of the subordinates."

"Your Majesty is on full alert." Mao Qian laughed a few times, "Your Majesty has already cultivated to become a god, and your Majesty's dragon energy is no longer useful to you. Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I want to marry Your Majesty." The reason for being a Taoist companion, in fact, I said earlier, it is because the practice is useless to me, and I should go to the world to experience it. We cultivators come from mortals. Although we are higher than mortals, we have to return to mortals in the end. Only then can we escape Five Elements."

"Your Majesty is now [-] years old. I have seen a lot of people, monks, monsters, evil spirits, and all kinds of creatures. After two openings of the small world, there is only one person, Your Majesty. Although he is a mortal, his heart and humanity are far higher than Ordinary people. Listening to His Majesty's words during the day has actually slightly touched his realm."

"..." You think too much, I just got the light of jumping left and right, there are really heroes with big hearts, there are many in this world, it's just that you are rare and strange.But you can't say it face to face, "I need to think about it, and ask the immortal to give me some time."

The meaning is very clear, that is, those who say double cultivation want Xiao Qi's "body", but what Mao Qian wants is Xiao Qi's "heart".

Neither are good things.

"That's natural." Mao Qian looked at Xiao Qi with eyes that he felt affectionate, but Xiao Qi felt like looking at pork for a moment, and then disappeared.

Originally in a good mood, Xiao Qi thought he could sleep well, but this time lying on the bed was very uncomfortable. Although he closed his eyes, he didn't fall asleep all night.

I can't believe Mao Qian's words, but he said that there will be a period of time when the door of this small world will be opened, and all kinds of monsters and ghosts can come in... I am afraid it is true.This can more properly explain why no one came in Guangde in ten years, and the opening of the small world to the big world is parabolic.Before the top of the parabola, there will be a protective layer, and when it reaches the top, the protective layer will be broken.

However, it does not have to be 50 years in power!

——Xiao Qi felt that he should use the greatest malice to speculate on these monks, he felt that it would be 40 or [-] years.

Then, if you agree, it will be fish for monks to live forever; if you don't agree, ghosts and ghosts will come to harvest it decades later.

The former is to cut flesh with a blunt knife until the people of the whole world are swallowed by thousands of cuts, while the latter is to stab with a knife, and the good situation may be ruined in one fell swoop.Two roads... how to choose?

Waking up in the morning, after so many years, Xiao Qi felt a little dizzy for the first time, but he still insisted on working as usual. At noon, his voice was a little hoarse and he coughed again and again, which turned out to be a cold.

Wen Yougong was frightened. This is the first time that His Majesty has been ill in decades!When people inside and outside the palace heard that His Majesty was sick, they were all in a panic.After all, His Majesty is not young.

Fortunately, after drinking two doses of medicine, Xiao Qi stopped coughing and everyone felt relieved.However, only Wen Yougong found out that although His Majesty usually doesn't like to talk, recently he prefers to think about things with his eyes closed...

Xiao Qi recovered from his illness and became that qualified emperor again. He didn't expel the group of monks in a hurry, but still waited until the agreed one month to give them a chance.

But...the "answer sheets" these monks handed back did not satisfy Xiao Qi.

Most of them still didn't go out for a walk, and the answer on how to make the people better was still the rhetoric a month ago.The monk's arrogance, treating ordinary people as nothing, is vividly displayed in these people.

Even, these people thought Xiao Qi was just putting on airs, right?They're all a bunch of idiots.

The answers given by a few people are all about what makes the family run a school, let the family run a medical center, let the family give cattle to the family, let the family study fine seeds, let the family...

Xiao Qi looked at these plans, and then at the monks who handed in these plans, they all blushed!There is no concept of country in the realm of comprehension. Although the family can barely be regarded as a country, no country means no country.Let the aristocratic family harm their own interests, do things that are not beneficial to the cultivation of their own descendants and the development of their own family, what will they do?

What Xiao Qi wants is not the momentary kindness of the family, but a long-term plan.

There were three other people who didn't give Xiao Qi an answer, when Xiao Qi asked, they just gave Xiao Qi a salute, then turned around and left.

These are truly conscientious and intelligent people. They have seen Xiao Qi's world and understood where this prosperous age came from.What he wants is not a soaring immortal among tens of millions of people, but if tens of millions of people can thrive and live a prosperous life.In terms of governing the people, they have no unspeakable advantages in the realm of comprehension.

Even... Those great powers who have fallen for the well-being of the cultivation world, compared with this mortal Majesty, can't tell which one is better?

Only the big guy with white eyebrows and white beard, who had turned into white eyebrows and beard again, stood on the side watching his nose, nose, nose, nose, and heart, without saying a word.

Xiao Qi made a bow to these monks: "Although I have never been to Hongyun Great World, I have never seen the scenery of the cultivation world, but from everyone's body, what is the cultivation world like? What day, I already know."

Although he looked gentle, everyone always felt that his words were ironic. Some of the monks were embarrassed and ashamed, and some were angry and angry.Xiao Qiquan presumed he didn't see their faces, and said still: "In that case, please leave this field. This small world, it's better if there are no immortals!"

"You!" "Bold!" "Ignorant mortal!" "Stupid!" "Sinister!"

The monks were furious, and most of them assumed an offensive posture.

Xiao Qi was also nervous, even scared, he took a step back.

But the moment he spoke, these monks standing in front of him suddenly flickered, half of them disappeared, and the remaining half seemed to have turned into paper figures.It flickered again, and the paper man disappeared.There was only one Mao Qian who was like a light and shadow left.

Mao Qian kept looking at Xiao Qi, waiting for him to repent, but Xiao Qi also kept looking at him with a firm expression, without any wavering.

Mao Qian smiled wistfully: "Your Majesty should think of it. A person who regards His Majesty as the father of the world will naturally only make this choice. It's just... Your Majesty's approach is still a little impulsive. That's all, the deal between Your Majesty and Your Majesty , has always been there."

After saying the last word, Mao Qian also turned into nothingness, and Xiao Qi sat down on the chair - he was in power, it had been a long, long time... he didn't feel this cold sweat dripping.

"Your Majesty? Ouch~ Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? But you feel uncomfortable again?" The monks in the room just now, Wen Yougong, who was obviously also in the room, turned into a wooden man. When the group of monks disappeared, Wen Yougong came back to his senses , I saw Xiao Qi sweating profusely.

Xiao Qi let him fiddle with it, wiped off his sweat, and went to bed early to sleep.

The children of the Xiao family's clan that Xiao Qi searched all over the world were finally selected into the palace. Even if he widened the scope, a total of twelve children were selected. From this we can see that the Xiao family is a real person few.

These children are called His Highness in the palace, and they are also ranked according to age, but their names are not included in the gold book, and they are not allowed to call Xiao Qi Father Huang.

Xiao Qi didn't see them at first, he only put them into the palace school, and followed the officials and noble children of Beijing who were selected every three years to study.In Xiao Qi's hand, from the moment they entered the palace, they made separate books for them, each person's personality and behavior style were recorded one by one.

Xiao Qi didn't engage in fishing law enforcement, and didn't treat them specially. Children of this age have not yet determined their personalities, and Xiao Qi has no intention of provoking their flaws artificially. Everything is done according to the rules of Gong Xue.After two months, the twelve children basically knew the rules, and the most ignorant and arrogant also understood that even if they were chosen as "His Royal Highness", they still had to shrink their necks.

It was only now that Xiao Qi started to meet them, read books with them, asked them what they thought, took them to farm and catch fish together, and made private visits in Weifu.

After such a year, Xiao Qi sent four of them home, and the other eight did not stay in the palace, but each of them gave them a Huangzhuang to serve them.

Three years later, the five children were officially named princes, and the other three were sent home one by one. The two changed their names and surnames, and no one knew where they went.These five children lived in the palace for a month, and then both were kicked out, and each of them was divided into a county and became a county magistrate.

In another three years, the five princes returned to the capital, two of them were demoted to common people, no matter where they came from, and four of them became kings.one more?The two children who didn't know where they went before suddenly came back, and the four kings took turns in each department.

In this way, another three years have passed. This year, the capital’s situation suddenly turned bad. It began to rain at the beginning of the year, and it continued to rain for three or two days. The biggest rain lasted for half a month. The low-lying areas of the capital It has become a country of Ze.Fortunately, although the country has had good weather and weather in these years, it has never slacked off, the disaster relief was timely, and there were no casualties.

Watching the heavy rain after another, Xiao Qi knew that the time had come.

"Why is Your Majesty forcing himself so hard?" Mu Zhen's expression was filled with heartache, this was not the first time he asked.In the past ten years, Xiao Qi used himself as seven or eight people, and was busy day after day until dawn. Wen Yougong, the eunuch who dominated Xiao Qi all day long, couldn't stand it, and had to "split favors".In the previous 30 years, Xiao Qi was also diligent, but he didn't reach the bottom where he wanted to force himself to death.

But Xiao Qi gave him a helpless smile every time, even though the smile was getting more and more tired, he never explained much.

Xiao Qi looked at Mu Zhen, actually a little uneasy, because he saw the big pillow in modern times, and the big pillow admitted that he used other forces to get there.Different from Xiao Qi's confused left and right jumps, the big pillow is active.Then there must be an object for him to make such an active behavior.

So, in the end, what he did was still unable to change the invasion of cultivators or demons and ghosts?

But there was one thing he didn't understand, if... it was useless and wrong for him to do this, why didn't the big pillow warn him?Because you can't say it?But when they get along with each other in daily life, at least the ecological actions will show a little bit, and they never have... Or is it because they in the future can't change the past?

But Xiao Qi felt that it was wrong, because the big pillow was only jealous of the small pillow at the beginning, but later he realized that he was real. Vinegar), he stopped asking about ancient things, as if he didn’t care too much about ancient times?

Helpless, Xiao Qi now has no way to return to modern times no matter what, even he doesn't know...after that, is it true...

Take a deep breath, since the determination has been made, it cannot be changed!

So this time Little Pillow didn't get an answer, so he could only leave the palace helplessly.

On the Longevity Day of this year, due to continuous heavy rain, Xiao Qi canceled the big banquet, and only let the close ministers come to the palace to get together.But when Mu Zhen reached the door, he was taken aside and told to come in later.Mu Zhen felt something was wrong, but the emperor's order was absolute, no one would let him in ahead of time!

When the rest of the officials entered the palace, the first sentence Xiao Qi said made them kneel down on the ground limply!

"I was bitten by a poisonous snake."

"Your Majesty!" "Call the imperial physician!" "Cut the wound quickly!"

"Shut up!" Xiao Qi slapped the table. He used a silver ring snake. After being bitten by a silver ring snake, it would take a few hours for him to die of respiratory failure. If you can go in your sleep, there will be no obvious traces on the body, and you can't let the successor come up with a wrong position, "I don't call others today, but you, because you can stand !"

"Your Majesty... You, don't be too steady..." All the ministers cried. If other things can be stable, this matter is definitely not stable.

"I told you that the candidate for the next emperor will be placed behind the wordless plaque, but I will also give you a will, take them all." Wen Yougong, who was crying with snot and tears all over his face, took out a volume of imperial edicts, One serving per person, "Okay, get out of here when you're done, let Mu Zhen come in!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" "Snake venom is not unsolvable!" "Your Majesty, don't be so overwhelmed!"

"I thought all of you could figure it out. I put this poison on myself. If I collapsed in my sleep tomorrow, it would be a joy or a funeral. But if I suspect that I was poisoned, what would happen? You know better than me. , Wipe your face clean and get out!"

All the ministers stop making trouble, this Majesty has always been arbitrary, although I don't understand why he is so decisive even in the matter of death, but... who made this His Majesty?All the ministers wiped away their tears, hid the edict, and left with dull eyes.

Mu Zhen was waiting outside, already feeling restless, but when he saw the expressions of the ministers coming out, he felt chills in his heart...

"Little pillow... There are many things I can't explain to them, and they will even think I'm crazy, so I can only tell you, and I can only ask you."

"His Majesty?"

"Little pillow, our world is not only ancient, but also immortal."

"!!!"

Xiao Qi explained everything about Lu Jiyun ten years ago to Mu Zhen in detail: "... I suspected that Mao Qian had concealed the time of the report before, judging from the abnormal heavy rain this year, it is true. Demons and ghosts Even if it’s not this year, the day when Qi is alive is not far away.”

"Your Majesty, you are also from modern times, how can you believe such unscientific things?!"

"You and I time travel, do you think it's scientific? I saw those cultivators with my own eyes, and even expelled them with my own words. Little pillow, from tomorrow onwards, you are the only person in this world who knows, I..."

"Your Majesty!" Xiao Qi didn't tell him that he was directly poisoned by the snake venom. Mu Zhen was still a little dazed for the first half of the time, but now it is obvious what Xiao Qi wants to do, "Your Majesty, think twice before acting! As long as you live, you will have everything. possible!"

"If that kid is unusable, you can kill him and stand on your own." Xiao Qi took out a will from the box on the table with his own hands, "The will has two sides, and the same is true for other people. Level, let me pass on the imperial decree to you. I know that you must be unwilling to do it from the very beginning, and it will take a period of buffering. But I also know that you must be able to afford this world."

Not giving Mu Zhen a chance to speak at all, Xiao Qi directly stuffed the imperial decree into Mu Zhen's arms.

Mu Zhen threw away the imperial decree, rushed forward and grabbed Xiao Qi's shoulder: "Your Majesty, why do you need to take that dead end? Even if the cultivation world really rushes, even if your decades of hard work are ruined, as long as you continue Now, we can always make a comeback!"

"If... this happened ten years earlier, I agree with what you said, but it's too late..."