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Chapter 928: The assassin nation shows its might, the young girl Axin! (Please subscribe!)

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Upon hearing that envoys from Goryeo had come to the capital to ask for help, Hua Shier asked officials from the Honglu Temple to bring the Korean envoys to meet the emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

As the envoys from Goryeo followed the officials from the Honglu Temple into the palace, they immediately prostrated themselves and paid homage, not even daring to look up at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne.

Hua Twelve asked the Goryeo envoy to stand up, and without further ado, he asked directly, "I heard that you came to our Ming Dynasty to seek help. Can you tell me what happened?"

After the Goryeo envoy stood up, he did not dare to look up, and bowed the whole time. He spoke in half-familiar Mandarin. Although he spoke haltingly, Hua Shier still understood what he meant.

This time, the Goryeo envoys came to Ming Dynasty for two things, and the first thing was slightly related to Hua Twelve.

This is the 'Country of Assassins' plan that Hua Shijiu formulated for Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami.

Fuso has already begun to implement the plan. Not only has it started to train a large number of ninja assassins, it has also sent its own assassins to attack other countries.

There is no doubt that the first one to suffer misfortune was Goryeo, for no other reason than that they were close to each other and they were also his sworn enemies.

Fuso sent ninjas to sneak into the Goryeo palace and left a letter on the Goryeo king's pillow. The letter was written in Chinese characters and could be understood by both countries.

The general meaning of the letter was that Goryeo should pay tribute to Fuso with 5,000 war horses and a certain amount of gold and silver, otherwise the king's dog head would be taken at the next visit.

You should know that although Goryeo was not rich in grain, it was rich in war horses. When Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, from the 17th year to the 28th year of Hongwu alone, the number of war horses imported from Goryeo to the Ming Dynasty reached more than 35,000. Of course, they were all paid for.

  Hua Shier estimated that Yagyu Tajima-no-kami was using Goryeo to practice, and by the way, to deal with Fuso's mortal enemy. Considering the actual situation of the mortal enemy's family, he only wanted war horses and no food, because there was none!

The Goryeo side did not take the sudden appearance of the letter seriously, thinking that it was the work of Fuso spies hiding in the Goryeo palace. Therefore, they only conducted a thorough investigation of the palace guards and servants and strengthened the defense of the palace.

But no one expected that on the agreed date, the old king did not get up. When the palace servants could not help but go to check the situation, they were shocked to find that the old king's head had been taken away.

Next to the old king's body, there was still a letter with a famous Chinese saying written on it:

"Don't say you didn't predict what you said!"

For a time, the Goryeo court was in chaos. Some people wanted to avenge the old king and advocated sending troops to Fuso, but this proposal was nothing more than blood and courage, not brainpower.

Many Koreans understood that Goryeo and Fuso had fought so many times, but except for the "Ji Hai Eastern Expedition", Goryeo had never won.

More than 30 years ago, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Fuso, he intended to expand outward, and Goryeo was the first to be struck. It took the Fuso army only one month to capture the Goryeo royal city, and three months to almost occupy the entire country of Goryeo. The Goryeo king even fled to Yizhou, Liaodong to avoid the war.

This period of history was referred to as the "Imjin Japanese Invasion" in later Goryeo history books.

If the Ming Dynasty had not sent troops to help Goryeo recover its lost territory and won a great victory in Pyongyang, Goryeo would have been destroyed.

It has only been a few years since the Imjin War. How could Goryeo have the confidence to send troops to attack Fuso?

Anyone with a brain would know that this proposal is unreliable and would not even consider it, and would look at those who proposed it as idiots.

Others suggested giving in and sending someone to communicate with Fuso to see what the other party was trying to do. If they really wanted war horses, they could see if they could negotiate the price.

But this proposal was too weak and was rejected.

Well, the king was just killed, and you're going to admit defeat to the murderer? Do you still have the face of the Koreans? How can you be the "most powerful country in the universe" in the future?

Finally, the Goryeo court made a unanimous decision to let it go. Well, support the little prince to take the throne and pretend that what happened before never happened. As long as I don’t cry out in pain, others won’t know that I was slapped in the face.

Just two days after the old king was buried, the young prince became the new king of Goryeo.

But on the second day after the little prince ascended the throne, the palace lady who served the little king found a letter next to the little king's pillow.

The content of the letter was still asking for 5,000 war horses and a certain amount of gold and silver, but this time there was a time requirement, and two words were added: every year!

If you disagree, refer to the old king’s fate.

The bigwigs in the Goryeo court were speechless. They couldn't pretend they didn't know.

Goryeo simply could not afford to provide 5,000 war horses every year. Finally, someone suggested that the young king should hide for a while. As the new king ascended the throne, he would send an envoy to inform the Ming court and ask the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to bestow a posthumous title on the old king. So they might as well let the envoy ask the Ming Dynasty for help.

This is why the Goryeo envoys asked for help.

Before the Goryeo envoy set out, the young Goryeo king had already lived a nomadic life in northern Goryeo under the protection of the Goryeo army. The Fuso assassins were unable to assassinate the king, and killed several ministers who remained in the royal city.

After the Goryeo envoy hurriedly arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he went directly to the Honglu Temple to report and explained the situation. He said that Goryeo was in a critical situation and requested the Ming Dynasty to send troops to fight against Fuso.

Officials from top to bottom in the Honglu Temple were speechless. Everyone knew that Fuso was already the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the national policy formulated by Hua Shier for Yagyu Tajima no Kami was also improved with the help of the cabinet. This matter was caused by their own emperor.

The Honglu Temple did not dare to say a word and pretended to be ignorant of the whole process. They directly brought the envoy to ask for an audience with the emperor. It is up to you whether to meet or not, and it is up to you how to say it. Anyway, we can't explain it.

Hua Shier did not expect that Yagyu Tajima no Kami would attack Korea. After all, he wanted food, but Korea did not produce food. He probably wanted war horses, but they would be given to him.

I didn’t expect it, but what if I did it?

  Hua Shier did not have any good impression of Goryeo at all, and he was thinking of going back to pacify the Later Jin and take care of the future "most powerful country in the universe" at the same time!

He waited for the messenger to finish speaking, then coughed lightly and said:

"I understand. Although Goryeo is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiannu are now stationed outside the Great Wall. The Ming Dynasty needs to prepare for a strong enemy. I am afraid I can't help. How about this?"

Hua Twelve paused, and was about to ponder his words before sending the person away.

When the Goryeo envoy heard that the Ming Emperor was going to refuse, he immediately became anxious. When he came, he had been given a death order that he could not return to Goryeo until the matter was resolved. Moreover, if he failed to accomplish his goal, he would be dead if he returned.

He immediately kowtowed and said:

"Your Majesty, I have come here to bring gifts from our Goryeo, including one thousand war horses, twenty beauties, one five-thousand-year-old ginseng king, and ten thousand-year-old ginsengs!"

  Hua Twelve was about to say no, but when he heard the Goryeo envoy was very polite, he swallowed his words back. If you say that, I won't be sleepy anymore, he said with a smile:

"You, Goryeo, have learned our Chinese culture very well, and you can be called a country of etiquette. So, first present your gifts to me, and as for what you want, we will talk about it later!"

The officials of the Honglu Temple blushed. They thought their emperor was too materialistic and had no respect for his emperor.

The Goryeo envoy didn't think it was a big deal. Instead, he was very happy. This proved that there was still hope for them, and he was very confident in the gifts he brought.

Half an hour later, in addition to the war horses, twenty beauties, the five thousand year old ginseng king, and ten thousand year old ginsengs all appeared in front of Hua Twelve.

With the beauty in front of him, he looked at the ginsengs first. Well, there was not one with a round face.

  Ahem, I'm talking about ginseng.

Each ginseng is placed in a jade box and is in the shape of a human, some like men and some like women. The five thousand year old ginseng king is even more amazing, with a body as thick as a child's arm. If it didn't have the ginseng whiskers, it would look like a chubby white baby.

  What’s special is that there is a Taoist talisman pasted on this ginseng king!

Hua Twelve asked in surprise: "What is this Taoist talisman used for?"

The Korean envoy quickly replied: "Your Majesty, this ginseng king has become a spirit, this talisman is to prevent it from escaping!"

Hua Shier suddenly realized. Thinking about the Zhi people and Zhi horses, it was really possible that this five thousand year old ginseng could have transformed into a monster.

Nodded: "I am very satisfied!"

He had already felt it and found that every ginseng had a compelling aura and seemed to be authentic.

Turning around to look at the beauties again, well, none of them has a round face. Is what I said correct this time?

Each of them was very beautiful. Hua Twelve had Ye Gucheng's memories and knew that it was a custom for Goryeo to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty with beautiful women. The previous Ming emperors had many Goryeo beauties in their harems, but in the past only seven or eight were sent as tribute each time. This time, twenty were sent at once. It was obvious that they had something to ask for.

Scanning the faces of these beauties, his eyes suddenly stopped on the face of a Korean beauty.

The Korean beauty wore no makeup, but her complexion was like the morning glow reflecting on the snow. She was full of heroic spirit, and the look in her eyes was not as flattering as those of other beauties, but as calm as a lake.

Hua Shier saw a hint of hidden hatred in those eyes as calm as water.

Of course, if it were just these, this woman would not attract Hua Shier's attention. There was nothing wrong with her hating him. She could just let the Jinyiwei catch her and torture her and she would know everything. No one could withstand the torture of the Jinyiwei.

  But this woman has a face like a 'savage girlfriend', which is unusual. Ah Xian, there must be a plot inserted. Hua Twelve looked at the woman and asked the Goryeo envoy with interest:

"What's her name?"

Before the Goryeo envoy could reply, the woman spoke up herself: "Ya Xin, my name is Ya Xin!"

  As soon as she spoke, the Goryeo envoy was startled and immediately started to scold her in Goryeo. Hua Twelve glanced at the envoy:

"Do you have a say here?"

This sentence frightened the messenger so much that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed hard: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Hua Shier waved his sleeves and said, "Go down. I will consider the request for help. Just wait for the news!"

The Goryeo envoy had no choice but to leave the palace under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple.

As soon as the messenger left, Hua Shier asked Cao Zhengchun to send all the thousand-year-old ginseng to the Yangxin Palace, and then asked him to arrange for all the Korean beauties to be sent to the palace as maids, and that Yaxin would be arranged to serve by his side.

After he finished speaking, he went back to the Yangxin Palace. Cao Zhengchun walked up to Yaxin and said, "Miss, you are so lucky. I would like to congratulate you here!"

Yaxin pursed her lips without saying anything, then followed the group of beauties down.

Not long after Hua Shier returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, the Ginseng King and the Thousand-Year Ginseng were delivered to him. He put these things directly into the storage space and saved them for future use.

Yaxin was not sent here immediately. Before serving the emperor, she needed to learn palace etiquette for three days.

Ah Xian hasn't acted in many costume dramas, and Hua Shier already knew which plot Yaxin was the character in.

Ashin in the North seems to be a costume zombie movie. I don’t know if this Yaxin is the same Ashin. It would be interesting if it is.

Hua Shier no longer had the idea of ​​seclusion at this time. He thought about going back to Goryeo. It was impossible for him to settle the issue for Goryeo because all her people were in Fuso. This time he would go to Goryeo to see if he could bring Goryeo back to the territory of Ming Dynasty like he did with Fuso.

In addition, he heard from Xu Fei'niang that the Emei Sect had opened a detached residence in Changbai Mountain, and he also wanted to go and check it out, as there was a plot going to be made against the Emei Sect.

The magic weapon of his concubine's previous life is in the hands of Xuantian Sect, so he must get his own things back. Even if Li Yingqiong doesn't use it, he can use it. He can't let an outsider get it for free.

Thinking of the Emei Sect, Hua Shier recalled what Cao Zhengchun had said about Emei becoming a hell of ghosts. He decided not to continue his retreat and just go and take a look. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Cao Zhengchun's voice outside asking for a meeting.

Hua Twelve laughed. This was really like talking about Cao Cao. Cao Cao was here. He immediately said, "Come in!"

  After Cao Zhengchun came in, he greeted Hua Twelve first, and then said with a serious look:

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with that Korean woman named Yaxin. When the palace maid examined her, she found calluses on her palms and fingers. These are obviously the marks left by years of practicing weapons and bows and arrows. I'm afraid this woman entered the palace with ulterior motives!"

What Cao Zhengchun said further confirmed Hua Shier's guess that this Yaxin was that Ah Xin, but he still couldn't understand why there was hatred in Yaxin's eyes towards him, as he had never even been to Goryeo.

If you can't figure it out, don't worry about it. Just ask Yaxin himself in three days.

Hua Twelve said to Cao Zhengchun: "You did a good job, but you don't need to pay attention to this matter anymore. I know what's going on and I will handle it myself!"

Cao Zhengchun quickly agreed and also flattered the emperor, saying that the emperor's civil and military achievements were unparalleled in the world, unprecedented and unrivaled. No matter what conspiracy Goryeo had, the emperor could see through it and it would not succeed.

Everyone loves to hear flattery. Hua Twelve cursed with a smile, then said, "I want to go to Emei Sect. You should come with me now!"

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pressed Cao Zhengchun's unconsciousness point. After the old eunuch fell unconscious, he took out the magic door, took Lao Cao, opened the door and arrived outside the city of Chengdu.

He carried Cao Zhengchun into the air and soon arrived at the foot of Mount Emei, where he released the old eunuch from his acupuncture points.

When Cao Zhengchun came to his senses, he found that he had arrived at Mount Emei. He was confused for a moment and asked Hua Twelve:

"Your Majesty, how long have I been unconscious?"

Hua Twelve laughed and said, "It takes less than an incense stick to reach Emei Mountain so quickly. This is my secret method. Don't ask me about it. Take me to Ningbi Cliff to have a look!"

As he spoke, he lifted Cao Zhengchun into the air again, asked the old eunuch to show the way, and soon they arrived near Ningbi Cliff.

The sky within a ten-mile radius around Ningbi Cliff was gray, making people feel depressed. On the surrounding trees, strips of dried intestines were floating in the wind.

In the grass and among the trees, bones are found in the forest.

Gusts of cold wind blew through the forest, making sounds like the howling of ghosts, and the surrounding evil energy penetrated into the cracks between bones.

Cao Zhengchun used the Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu to resist the Yin Qi and said to Hua Twelve:

"Your Majesty, this place is filled with gloomy winds during the day, and ordinary people cannot get close to it. At night, hundreds of ghosts roam the night. The Immortal Changfeng brought me here to take a look once at night, and they almost didn't make it out. It's too scary!"

Hua Twelve looked at the scene in front of him and reminded:

"In such a dangerous place, we must put some warning things to prevent innocent people from mistakenly entering and being killed by those evil spirits!"

He only wanted to cheat Emei but didn't want to hurt innocent people. This matter must be explained clearly.

Cao Zhengchun's alliance responded, "There are still people from the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard who have not withdrawn here. I will go there later and tell them what to do and ask them to do it immediately!"

Hua Twelve nodded and said thoughtfully, "It's written on the warning that this is the headquarters of the Emei Sect, no one is allowed to enter!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his eyebrows: "Just go now!"

Cao Zhengchun bowed and stepped back, took a few steps, then turned around and walked away using his lightness skills.

As soon as he left, Hua Twelve said calmly, "Come out!"

The next moment, a figure walked out from behind a tree not far away. It was the Drunken Taoist who he had met once before.

The drunk Taoist had a complicated expression: "Your Majesty is such a cruel method!"

Hua Shier chuckled: "I don't think you are ruthless enough in dealing with traitors!" Well, the ancestral graves haven't been dug up yet.

The drunk Taoist was silent for a while, sighed deeply, and didn't say anything, as if he agreed with Hua Twelve's statement.

Seeing that the drunk Taoist seemed to agree with him, Hua Twelve could not help but ask tentatively:

"I heard that Emei surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty and opened another palace in Changbai Mountain. Taoist priest, why didn't you go to Changbai Mountain to join in the celebration?"

The drunk Taoist was slightly surprised when he heard this, then suddenly realized, angry and helpless, and finally smiled bitterly:

"Don't be afraid of your majesty laughing at me, I just learned from your majesty that I have opened another palace in Emei."

It turned out that the Drunken Taoist had a disagreement with the people of Emei that day, and returned to Biyun Temple in a fit of anger, and was isolated as a result. The Emei Sect did not even inform him, a fellow disciple, of their move. It was only after he came out of seclusion from his training that he heard that the area near Ningbi Cliff had become a ghost area, so he came to check it out, and happened to meet Hua Twelve.

  The drunk Taoist was probably upset, so he didn't laugh at others. He told Hua Twelve about the dirty deeds of the Emei people and their isolation of him. Hua Twelve's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Master, you are so kind. Emei has become a traitor now. How about you leave Emei and join my Imperial Master's Mansion?"

The drunk Taoist refused without thinking: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I am from Emei. Although I don't agree with the master's approach, I can't betray my master. I will just stay in seclusion in Biyun Temple and practice in seclusion, and don't help either side!"

After saying this, he bowed and flew away on his sword.

Hua Twelve had a good impression of the Drunken Taoist before, and this time his impression was even better. He thought that the Drunken Taoist's name could be crossed out from the list of people to dig up ancestral graves.

An hour later, Cao Zhengchun and his men arrived. They were all experts with strong blood and energy who could resist the invasion of Yin Qi. Each of them carried a stone tablet with newly engraved words on it: "The headquarters of the Emei Sect of the Demon Cult. Anyone who enters without permission will be killed!"

A stone tablet was erected a little further away from the ghost realm, and the reputation of the Ningbi Cliff Demon Cult's headquarters was finally confirmed.

When it was night, Hua Twelve glanced at Ningbi Cliff from afar. In the eyes of Erlang Shen, he saw countless ghosts wandering outside the mist of the Liangyi Microdust Array, wailing and wailing, with a ghostly aura.

He nodded with satisfaction, knocked Cao Zhengchun unconscious, and took him back to the capital.

  Three days later, Hua Twelve met Yaxin again. After dismissing his attendants, he got straight to the point and asked:

"Why do you hate me?"

  Yaxin suddenly pulled out the wooden hairpin on her head and stabbed directly at Hua Twelve. Judging from her skills, she was indeed well-trained and had the strength of at least a third-rate warrior, similar to Ma Chunhua back then!

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