The Monkey King

In the simple study room, everything is brightly illuminated by candlelight.

The lacquered gold objects shimmered slightly in the light.

The king of the Black Chicken Kingdom, who had a big beard and wore a black robe, was pacing back and forth in the middle, viciously throwing the memorial to the ground.

The ministers on both sides quietly glanced at the memorial that was thrown on the ground. Except for the general who was kneeling in front of the King of Wuji Kingdom, the rest all had an indifferent expression, as if they were used to it.

After walking back and forth several times, the king of Wuji Kingdom punched the dragon case.

There was a loud "bang", and everyone in the study room cheered up a little. The general who was kneeling on the ground looked up cautiously.

The king clenched his fists, closed his eyes tightly, panted heavily, and did not speak for a long time.

There was silence in the entire study.

After a long time, the king loosened his clenched fists, suppressed his emotions a little, and said softly: "What do you think we should do?"

With this question, all the ministers in the study immediately cheered up and looked at each other, but still no one spoke.

The general who was kneeling on the ground raised his head and saw the king staring at him. He quickly whispered: "Your Majesty, the rebellious people must be wiped out."

"How many troops and horses are needed?"

"Five...five thousand." The general stretched out his five fingers.

"How long?"

"Three…months."

The king looked at the general and asked softly: "Are you sure?"

"This..." the general said hesitantly: "It would be better if Your Majesty could extend it to half a year."

The king stepped forward and reached the general's side.

The general shrank in fear.

Bowing down, the king grabbed the general's collar, pulled him over, and asked with wide eyes: "I will give you one year. Is that okay?"

At this question, the general was completely mute and could only turn his face away, lowering his head and saying nothing.

The civil servants present also lowered their heads one by one, with an attitude of avoiding him.

The study was so quiet that only the crackling sound of candles exploding was left.

After a long time, the king let go of the general and sighed softly: "Everyone, go down."

All the ministers present quickly raised their heads. Looking at him.

The king repeated again: "Everyone, go down."

"Then. Your Majesty, this matter..."

The king looked around at everyone and asked softly: "Which one of you can solve it?"

Everyone was silent.

"If you can't solve it, just leave it to me!"

With a loud shout, the ministers hurriedly knelt down one by one, exited the study room in a panic, and scattered away.

all of a sudden. In Nuo Da's study, the king was the only one left.

Turning around, he swept all the large number of memorials stacked on his desk to the ground. He supported the desk with one hand and covered his face with the other. He sighed and couldn't help himself for a long time.

The fists were clenched tightly, and a strand of hair hung down from his forehead.

Outside the window, the canopy turned into a moth and watched quietly.

The king in front of me is the roller blind.

Although his figure and appearance. Even the voice has changed tremendously, as if he has changed into a different person, but Tianpeng can still determine with his breath that the king in front of him is the roller blind.

However, how did the roller blind become the king of the black-bone country?

And, before coming. He already knew that the king of the Wuji Kingdom had done many ridiculous things. Could it be that these things were actually done by rolling curtains?

After a moment's hesitation, the moth transformed from the canopy flapped its wings and entered the study, transformed into a human form, and gently took a step towards the rolling curtain.

The soles of the shoes made a rustling sound when they hit the ground.

Roller Blind turned his head suddenly and was stunned.

In the dim firelight, the two looked at each other quietly.

"Are you... marshal?" Roller Blind's eyes widened in disbelief. Then, he suddenly rubbed his eyes with his hands, as if he didn't believe it.

Canopy didn't answer, just stared at him quietly.

"Are you really the marshal? No...impossible, I've been looking for so many years...how could the marshal be here?" Roller Blind stretched out his hand and patted his head several times.

Canopy still didn't answer, still just looking at him quietly.

After a while, the roller shutter finally calmed down a little.

He stared blankly at the canopy, blinked his eyes, and asked in a low voice: "You...are you the marshal?"

"It's me." Tianpeng slowly raised his head and said, "Why are you here and become the king of the Wuji Kingdom?"

Roller Blind was delighted at first, and then seemed to suddenly think of something. He slowly lowered his head and stood blankly, at a loss.

I defected to the lower world out of anger just to find the canopy, but now... I have really seen it, but I feel ashamed.

He never dreamed that he would encounter Tianpeng in such a predicament.

There was no feeling of joy at all, only shame.

After standing like this for a long time, Juanliang took a deep breath, shook his head vigorously, and said: "It's hard to explain...I...at first...I just avoided the pursuit of heaven, and when I came here...I didn't expect..."

He stretched out his hands and gestured with the curtains, but he couldn't speak any more and could only sigh. He slumped to the ground as if his strength had been taken away, smiling helplessly.

Outside the door, the guards on midnight patrol were slowly passing by holding torches, and the firelight shone in through the window lattice.

The entire palace has been put under martial law. This is a scene that has never been seen by many generations of kings since the founding of the Wuji Kingdom.

Canopy walked to the window step by step, looked out the window, and said softly: "They said you gave many strange orders. Is that true?"

Roller Blind nodded numbly.

"Why were those orders given?"

Rolling curtain closed his eyes, sniffed twice, and said: "Because...because they elected me as king, I think, I want to make this country better."

Caressing the window lattice and paying attention to every move in the outside world, Tianpeng asked in a low voice: "Tell me what is going on specifically."

Roller Blind swallowed dryly. Staring at the empty ground, he pursed his lips and said: "At the beginning... this country was suffering from a disaster, and I was just passing by, so... I helped them solve the problem. So I was elected as the prime minister. …Originally I didn’t want to be an official, but then I thought about it. Instead of staying in the mountains and forests every day, I might as well do something practical.”

"Then what?"

"Then I became the prime minister. You know, I am in the mortal world in private, and my cultivation is still there. With my cultivation, they can't hide anything from me, naturally. It became easy for me to become the prime minister. Later. So they elected me king.”

"So you just took it?"

Roller Blind nodded slightly, and after a while, gritted his teeth and sighed: "I take it seriously. Although I am a king, I have no concubines. I eat three meals a day, just like ordinary people. I never use a sedan or carriage when I go out. I didn’t build palaces, let alone mausoleums. Even many of the original etiquette were abolished by me, and everything was simplified. Occasionally, when there were border troubles, I personally went into battle, and I used magic to solve them quietly, never resorting to military force. Cut taxes and punish corrupt officials. …Did I do something wrong?”

He stared blankly at the canopy.

Canopy glanced back, walked to him step by step, squatted down, and reached out to touch his simple black robe. He sighed softly: "Tell me about your political orders."

"Government order..." Juan Yan stretched out his hand and rubbed his face hard, and then said in a somewhat confused tone: "Famine... Disaster relief, but no matter how you save, people will still die. A person has the power to reach the sky. There is no way to cover everything. After the disaster, I thought, why do people starve to death when there is a famine?"

"Why?"

"Because there is no surplus food, the people are living in poverty. There is no surplus food. Even if I reduce taxes, there is still no surplus food. So when there is a famine, they will starve to death."

"So you're targeting big investors?"

"Yes." Roller Blind spread his hands and replied: "There is enough land, and there is actually enough food. If...if I can cut a piece of meat from some people and give it to other people, then wouldn't it be okay? Is it solved? One family has ten acres, which is more than enough to support one family, right? Marshal, do you think I did the right thing?"

He raised his head and looked at the canopy.

Canopy didn't answer, just looked at him quietly.

This plan sounds good, but the ending... is already in front of us.

"But the matter was not resolved, because the people who were cut off by me turned against them. Of course, I suppressed those at the beginning, and then serious loan sharking appeared. If they couldn't collect rent, they would charge loan sharking. Of course, I also banned it. Later... things happened one after another, like a snowball."

Rolling curtains stretched out his hand to smooth his scattered hair, and shook his head helplessly: "I am most afraid of an uprising now, it's too scary. There are people everywhere, and it can never be solved by one person. I can't come in the open, come in the open, It was time for Heaven to send troops. As a result, the fires were extinguished more and more... I tried hard to find a solution to every problem, but... it became more and more chaotic. No matter what decree was issued, it would be deformed in the end. They led my salary , in fact, they didn’t listen to me... Five hundred peasants rebelled, and ten thousand troops were sent to suppress it. After half a year, the number of suppressed troops was 80,000... They just told me... Forget it, let’s not talk about it. I really don’t understand why such a good government order turned into this. I don’t understand, what did I do wrong?”

Roller blind covered his head, wanting to cry but without tears.

The voice gradually turned into a murmur, and he said: "I really want to run... but I can't run. I wanted to create a country of equality and prosperity, but I ended up like this... Marshal, you are the most valuable There's a way. I keep coming. The one I admire the most is you. You help me think of a way, help me, help me... We can work together here to create a country that is fairer than heaven. In the Qingming court, there is no Persecution, everything is clean. Okay?"

Canopy wanted to stand up, but his hand was grabbed by the roller blind.

At this time, Tianpeng lowered his head and looked at the roller blind, and Roller blind looked at Tianpeng eagerly. For a moment, both of them froze.

After a long while, Tianpeng whispered: "I can't help you with this matter... I think there is someone who can help you, but I think you may not want to see him." (To be continued ~^~)