The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 168: You old poisoner, now you have come to this day!

Ouyang Feng is the most skilled martial artist under Wanyan Honglie. Normally, even Wanyan Honglie cannot control him. He is aloof and arrogant, and regards the palace guards as nothing. In addition, he is skilled in poison, which makes people avoid him like the plague.

Once someone accidentally contradicted Ouyang Feng, but he was beaten ruthlessly by him. Many imperial guards were also afraid of him.

Now, he was actually held in Su Ming's hand. The imperial guards guarding outside looked at the man in front of them and couldn't help swallowing their saliva. They were secretly worried and held their bows and crossbows, shrinking back and not daring to move forward.

Drops of sweat gathered on the heads of the imperial guards. Everyone looked at Su Ming, not daring to take action. No one knew what had happened to the emperor in the hall. If they took action and this man retreated, the situation would become even more serious.

Suddenly, a soldier in the imperial army had sweat on his hands and accidentally pressed the trigger, and a crossbow arrow shot towards Su Ming with a "whoosh".

It was like poking a hornet's nest. The surrounding soldiers thought that they had received an order from above and pressed the buttons of their machines. Thousands of arrows fell like a rain of arrows. Su Ming had no choice but to retreat.

However, he looked at the oncoming arrows, stretched out his five fingers, and pressed lightly. In an instant, the Minghai Guiyuan force began to circulate rapidly, and a huge amount of true energy surged out and turned into an air wall to block in front of him. Ripples appeared in the air, the wind was gusting, his clothes were fluttering, his long black hair was dancing in the wind, and his powerful momentum swept in all directions.

The arrows hit the transparent air wall and were bounced off continuously, unable to move forward at all. They fell to the ground with a "ding-dong" sound, and did not stop until the imperial guards had shot all the arrows in the crossbow. However, the area three feet in front of Su Ming was filled with arrows.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers were dumbfounded and swallowed their saliva subconsciously, "Is this still a human being?"

"Wow!"

Just as they were stunned, the sky darkened. They looked up and saw a huge creature falling from the sky. Its wings flapped the air and blew them to and fro, making them unable to stand.

When the wind died down and they recovered, they saw a large black eagle flapping its wings and flying away from the sky above the palace.

"Fairy!"

Someone shouted, and when the soldiers below saw this scene, fear and fanaticism appeared on their faces, and they bowed their heads and knelt down. Only a few generals looked at the sky, feeling confused and uncertain. Could it be that there really are immortals in this world?

Inside the hall, Wanyan Honglie was filled with shock and anger. If Su Ming had attacked him just now, he would have been dead!

He looked at the shattered tiles on the ground and the body of the old eunuch, and couldn't help feeling that he had survived a disaster. Fortunately, he was lucky that he hadn't attacked him. It was even more ridiculous to think that before Su Ming arrived, he still wanted to capture him and force him to serve himself.

Who in the world can use such a person?
At this moment, he suddenly heard a strange roar coming from outside and the soldiers shouting "immortal". He frowned and looked at Yang Kang, "Kang'er, go and see what's going on outside?"

Yang Kang also came to his senses by now, his face was pale, and there was only one thought in his mind: he was so powerful!
He originally thought that no matter how high Su Ming's martial arts skills were, they were only at the level of the Five Supremes. Calling Ouyang Feng over would be enough to delay him, and with the help of the palace guards, it would be a sure thing to capture him. He didn't expect that Ouyang Feng would be easily dealt with by him.

Hearing Wanyan Honglie's words, Yang Kang quickly came back to his senses, "Your son obeys your command!"

He retreated respectfully and left the hall. After a while, he came back with an even uglier expression. "What happened outside?"

Yang Kang was silent for a moment, then told everyone what happened outside.

Silence, deathly silence, and silent oppression spread between the father and son.

At this point, it is too late to regret, and he can only try his best to make amends. Wanyan Honglie has only one thought in his mind: he must not provoke this person. Even if he flies on a strange beast or thousands of arrows are fired at him, he cannot be harmed. Such a master is beyond the reach of common sense.

He thought for a while and sighed deeply, "Kang'er, later you should prepare a generous gift and go to apologize in person. You must satisfy this gentleman and ask for his forgiveness. You must not become an enemy of this man."

Yang Kang was reluctant to go, but he could only bite the bullet and answer, "Father, I understand."

……

After Yang Kang left, Wanyan Honglie returned to his desk and sat down. Not far away, eunuchs were carefully cleaning up the debris. The old eunuch's body was also carried away for burial.

He recalled Su Ming's words before he left, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, "If you lose something in the north, you can make up for it in the south..."

Above the sky, Su Ming threw Ouyang Feng on the back of the eagle and looked at the distant sky. They had done enough today and it was time to leave. Too much is as bad as too little, and there was no point in saying more.

Smart people like Wanyan Honglie are generally stubborn and only willing to believe what they hear, see, and think, and are not as easy to accept other people's suggestions as Yang Kang.

The loss in the north can be made up in the south. This action has been realized in history a long time ago. Now, Su Ming has just brought it forward.

Although the Jin Dynasty seemed to be able to survive, it actually had no way to retreat because they did not have sufficient strategic depth and a broad living space, unlike the Song Dynasty which could easily survive in a corner.

The successive defeats led to a large number of conflicts in the country, including conflicts between the Jin nobles and the Han landlords, conflicts within the Jin people, and so on. The accumulation of these conflicts made the Jin Kingdom a powder keg.

If this contradiction cannot be resolved, the Jin Dynasty will inevitably fall apart. The Kaifeng court is too weak to suppress the local forces, and the local forces will not sit idly by and watch themselves being sucked dry by the court.

The internal conflicts in the Jin Dynasty were huge and lasted for decades. Even if Wanyan Aguda was reborn, he would not be able to solve them. The rigid system and the dilapidated military were no longer problems that could be solved by one or two wise emperors.

Unless the Jin Kingdom is willing to give up the prosperous Central Plains and lead its people back to the Baishan Black Waters to resume the hard life of fishing and hunting, then a hundred years later, perhaps it will be able to return to the Baishan Black Waters and make a comeback.

But the question is, are the Jin nobles willing to do so?

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After being used to a good life, who would be willing to go outside the Great Wall and become a savage?

Besides, Genghis Khan and the Mongolia he established are not the Khitan established by Yelu Abaoji. In history, even though the Mongolian Empire was driven back to the desert by the Ming Dynasty, it maintained its political system and became a major concern for the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.

It was only because the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty bled each other, and the Ming Dynasty was away at the time, that the Later Jin Dynasty took advantage.

In short, if Wanyan Honglie did not want the central court to lose its control over the local areas, he could only divert conflicts, and the fastest and most effective way to divert conflicts externally was war.

Looking at the surrounding countries, the Jin Kingdom could only bully the Song Dynasty and make up for itself by cutting its flesh.

After thinking all night, Wanyan Honglie finally figured out the meaning behind these four words, but he couldn't make a decision. The Jin Dynasty he ruled was like walking on the edge of a cliff, and one wrong step would result in it being shattered to pieces.

From a rational point of view, the most important thing for the Jin Dynasty to do now is to accumulate strength, recuperate, and prepare for war. Logically speaking, it should not start a war lightly, and it is especially taboo to fight on two fronts, as it is easy to be caught in a pincer attack.

But combined with the internal situation of the Jin Kingdom and Su Ming's words, Wanyan Honglie understood that the Jin Kingdom had no time left and the enemy would not give him this opportunity. After a long time, he finally made a decision: "Come here, summon the Prime Minister, the Privy Councilor and others to the palace to discuss matters."

……

The eagle flew very steadily in the sky, and in less than a cup of tea it flew to a small hill dozens of miles away from Kaifeng.

"Oh!"

Su Ming threw Ouyang Feng to the ground, jumped off the eagle's back, walked to the eagle, reached out and touched its head. Feeling Su Ming's hand, it tilted its head, looking like it was enjoying it.

After touching it for a while, he patted the eagle's head and said, "Go!"

"Wow!"

The eagle raised its head, its eyes sharp, straightened its body, flapped its wings, and disappeared into the sky.

After leaving Dugu Sword Tomb, Su Ming mostly traveled alone and did not use the eagle as a mount. Anyway, he was not in a hurry, so he might as well take this opportunity to observe the situations of various countries.

"Ouyang Feng, now that you're awake, get up."

As Su Ming finished speaking, Ouyang Feng suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes full of surprise, "I think I have a unique skill in holding my breath, how did you know I was awake?"

Su Ming sat on a stone nearby and said calmly, "Your tricks may fool others, but not me. You just woke up, and your blood and qi are slightly fluctuating. Ordinary people cannot detect it, but you cannot hide it from me."

Ouyang Feng no longer pretended to be asleep. He stood up from the ground while forcing himself to endure the pain in his body. He no longer had the arrogance he had before. "Who are you? I have never heard of someone like you in the martial arts world."

Su Ming raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but laugh, "There are countless hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the world. You don't really think that the Five Supremes are the best masters in the world, do you?"

Let’s just talk about the Shaolin Temple at the foot of Mount Shaoshi. Although the monks closed the mountain because of the scandal a hundred years ago, it does not mean that there are no masters in the temple. Although they may not be figures like the Sweeping Monk, there must be at least some masters at the level of the Five Great Masters.

There is no doubt about this.

Even the tiny Western Region Tantric Buddhism can have a master like King Jinlun, so there is no reason why the Shaolin Temple with its profound heritage cannot produce eminent monks. The closure of the Shaolin Temple does not mean it is isolating itself from the world or cutting off communication.

Normally, they would also send monks to travel around the world to look for children with excellent physiques and take them in as their disciples. After all, there were countless temples in the world, and as long as they didn't use the name of Shaolin Temple, who would be able to recognize them?

If this were not the case, how could Shaolin Temple have participated in the siege of the Mingjiao's Guangmingding by the six major sects at the end of the Yuan Dynasty?

Hearing this, Ouyang Feng's face darkened, but he did not refute. He obviously wanted to understand the key point. He looked at Su Ming with calm eyes, "What do you want me to do?"

Ouyang Feng was undoubtedly a cunning and clever man. Su Ming could kill him easily but spared his life. It was obvious that he had some ulterior motive, and that was why he was so calm.

"Let's be frank. I'm very curious about your methods of refining and manufacturing poisons. Give them to me and I'll let you go without harming your life. How about that?"

Ouyang Feng was very puzzled and asked, "Your martial arts are already the best in the world, why do you still want to learn these poison techniques from me?"

Su Ming smiled slightly and said nonsense, "It is always good to have many skills. One can polish jade with stones from other mountains. Although poison is a minor skill, it can sometimes play an extraordinary role. Isn't it worth it to exchange these means for your life?"

You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. These insidious things are the easiest to trap people and are difficult to guard against. Su Ming does not want to fall into this trap one day, so it is very necessary to understand them in advance.

Maybe when he really develops a body that is immune to all poisons one day, he will no longer need these things, so it would not hurt to learn them.

Although Ouyang Feng was a despicable man, he was able to bend and stretch. Although the poison technique was his hard work, it was nothing compared to his life, so he nodded in agreement.

At night, firewood was burning on the hillside. Su Ming was roasting a pheasant. Suddenly, a cool voice sounded, "Oh, I finally found you. It really took this old beggar a long time to find you."

The person who came was none other than Hong Qigong.

Su Ming was not surprised. He stayed here to wait for Hong Qigong. "Seventh Brother, you came just in time. The chicken is almost cooked."

Hong Qigong came to the fire, sniffed and laughed, "I can smell it from a long distance, just give me the chicken butt." As he said that, he gulped down a mouthful of wine. Just as he turned his head, he suddenly saw Ouyang Feng beside him, and the wine in his mouth immediately spurted out, "Old Poisonous Man, why are you here?"

As he spoke, he pulled Xiao Xiao away, as if anyone would be poisoned if they got close to him.

Ouyang Feng snorted faintly, his expression flickering in the light of the fire.

Su Ming flipped the pheasant and explained, "Don't worry, Seventh Brother, I captured him from the palace, and he won't cause any trouble during this period."

Hong Qigong immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Ouyang Feng was famous and he had to be wary of him. No, should he capture him?
He looked at Ouyang Feng, his old face filled with a pleased smile, "Old poisoner, you have come to this day too!"

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Taiyuan Shanxi.

After the two powerful families were raided, the powerful families in Shanxi surrendered one after another and offered their hidden household registrations and lands. Su Ming registered these people as civilians and gave them lands. The remaining unowned lands were concentrated and awarded to meritorious soldiers in the army to expand the size of the government soldiers.

The current soldiers require a considerable investment, but over time, these soldiers will become his basic base to maintain the power of the warriors. In troubled times, the only way to succeed is to hold on to the gun tightly.

With Genghis Khan's order in hand, Guo Jing had to change direction and give up deploying troops in Hebei. He just took control of the dangerous passes in various parts of Jinzhong and then withdrew his troops.

He originally thought that after the situation in the Western Regions eased, Mongolia would once again attack the Jin Dynasty. However, as news of Genghis Khan leading his army to the west continued to arrive, he realized that it would be impossible for Mongolia to attack the Jin Dynasty within the next two years.

Since the Khan has given up power, they can only rely on themselves to fight the Jin Dynasty. The idea of ​​borrowing power from Mongolia has failed.

After the autumn harvest, the treasury was full, grain and fodder were gathered, taxes from all over the country were also delivered to Taiyuan one after another, and the newly trained army gradually showed results. Guo Jing planned to send troops to attack Guanzhong again.

(End of this chapter)