Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 17 Double Upheaval
The news that Cheng Qian died from Ding Chunqiu's poison spread to all major sects in the martial arts world in less than three days.

While everyone felt sorry for the Murong family, they were even more worried about the precarious Murong family. They wondered whether the orphan and widowed mother could be as capable as Cheng Qian and support such a huge family fortune.

As expected, less than seven days after the news of Cheng Qian's death spread, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally issued an edict to announce it to the world.

The content was to express gratitude for the contributions made by the Murong family to the Song Dynasty. The deceased Cheng Qian was specially named a founding baron, and out of sympathy for the young age of his eldest son, his properties were placed in the inner treasury. After his eldest son came of age, the properties would be returned to the Murong family.

As soon as this imperial edict was issued, all the major sects knew that the imperial court was personally taking action to seize the Murong family's property.

Not to mention that the title conferred by the imperial court is the lowest among the twelve levels, but as for the matter of returning the property to the Murong family after the eldest son reaches adulthood, there are many ways to do it.

It would take at least seven or eight years for the eldest son to reach adulthood, and during this time, it would be enough for the Song Dynasty royal family to swallow up the Murong family's assets. When the Murong family accepted it, they would just give them an empty shell and make them suffer.

Not to mention that he could use the Murong family as a chicken to lay eggs, and then replace the Murong family's property with another one, and transfer it to the name of the Song Dynasty royal family.

Just when everyone in the court and the world felt that the power of heaven was unpredictable, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was furious in his study.

It turned out that the eunuch who was responsible for delivering the imperial edict reported that when they brought people to announce the imperial edict and prepare to take over the Murong family's property, they found that the Murong family and the Wang family had already been deserted. The people who took over the property also reported that their warehouses, factories, and businesses had already been emptied.

Only a few pieces of paper were found on the table in the hall, on which were written the secret recipes for making glass, soap, and sugar. The ink on the paper was not dry yet, as if it had just been written.

By the time they realized what was happening, they sent people to chase after the traces, but when they reached the coast, there was no trace of the man.

After asking the local fishermen, I learned that the Murong family had started sending fleets out to sea six months ago. Judging from the deep draft of their ships, they seemed to be transporting valuables.

This was because the Murong family's fleet went out to sea all year round to trade as far as Fuso, Goryeo, Liaodong, Siam and other places, and the taxes paid at sea were sufficient, so the local officials did not conduct inspections or reports, and just regarded it as ordinary maritime trade.

Along with the eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict, there were also memorials from officials in various parts of Jiangnan. These memorials all told the Song emperor the same thing. Because the Murong family had stopped operating in various parts of Jiangnan, many people had no work to do and no food to eat. The local areas could no longer be pacified, and large-scale civil unrest would occur in various parts of Jiangnan.

Looking at these reports, Emperor Song knew that Cheng Qian had been prepared. He had already arranged a way out before he was ready to take action. If he had not expected that he would suddenly encounter an accident, which prompted him to take action in advance, he might have moved the entire Yanziwu away.

After figuring out the key, the Emperor of Song was so angry that he called Murong Fu a thief who stole the country, then he vomited blood and fainted.

Cheng Qian, whom the Emperor of Song had been thinking about all the time, not only did not die, but appeared on the ship of the Murong family heading to Yizhou overseas. Standing and sitting next to him was the murderer of "Southern Murong", the "Star Old Monster" Ding Chunqiu, who had been rumored to be the murderer of "Southern Murong".

Ding Chunqiu smiled at Cheng Qian and said, "My grandson-in-law, you really set up a good plan! Not only did you help me get rid of a big worry, but you also faked your death to cause chaos in the entire Song Dynasty. I guess the little emperor of the Song Dynasty must be so angry that he must be vomiting blood now."

Cheng Qian also smiled and replied: "It is also thanks to the help of Grandpa (should be this name) that the plan can be so successful. I also want to thank you for your help over the years, which has led to the success of today's situation."

Ding Chunqiu waved his hand and said, "No, no, if it weren't for your deep planning, how would I know that Wuyazi is not dead. Thanks to your help, I was able to comprehend the Xiao Wuxiang Gong and thus greatly improve my skills. I just don't know what my grandson-in-law intends to do in the future."

Cheng Qian said solemnly, "Now that the plan has been completed, the next step is to follow the original agreement with Yelu Chongyuan. He will conquer the Liao Dynasty and become the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, and after I obtain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I will go directly south to destroy the Song Dynasty. At that time, he and I will complement each other and interfere with each other, and each will get what we need." Ding Chunqiu asked doubtfully, "Isn't my grandson-in-law afraid that Yelu Chongyuan will regret conquering the Liao Dynasty and attack you from behind while you are attacking the Song Dynasty?"

But Cheng Qian laughed and said, "I think Yelu Chongyuan will not be able to achieve anything great and will be destroyed by Yelu Hongji. I am only doing this to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and delay the speed of the Liao Kingdom's counterattack. Once I take over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and use the people of these sixteen prefectures for my own benefit, no one in the world will be able to stop me."

After hearing this, Ding Chunqiu knew that Cheng Qian had his own plan, so he stopped talking and said, "In that case, I won't ask any more questions. By the way, I haven't seen A'Luo (Madam Wang) and Yuyan for a long time. It's a good time to go over and have some family time with them, and I can also enjoy the treatment of being the Grand Father-in-law."

"Of course it should be. Grandpa has helped me for many years. Now it's just right for me to return to Liaodong and enjoy a peaceful life."

It turns out that Cheng Qian went to Xingxiu Sea in person as early as the year he married Wang Yuyan, and took advantage of the connection between Madam Wang and Ding Chunqiu (in fact, it was because Ding Chunqiu was the son of Li Qiushui, the wife of his master Wuyazi. Later, Ding Chunqiu attacked Wuyazi and caused him to be seriously injured and paralyzed because of Li Qiushui. Ding Chunqiu also loved Li Qiushui and raised Madam Wang. Madam Wang called Ding Chunqiu "Dad" all the time. It's really~~!~~!, a bloody drama), and conquered him.

In the following time, under the guidance of Cheng Qian, Ding Chunqiu successfully practiced the "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" and his poison skills became more profound. He also reciprocated by helping Cheng Qian privately deal with some competitors and some sects.

Time flies, and three months have passed since Cheng Qian faked his death and escaped.

During these three months, the Jiangnan region of the Song Dynasty was in chaos because of the withdrawal of the Murong family. Uprisings continued to occur, and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was extremely busy trying to resolve the matter.

The Liao Kingdom, as his brother, was in an even worse situation. Yelu Hongji was also troubled by his own uncle, the Liao Dynasty's crown prince, Prince of the Southern Court, Yelu Chongyuan, and his nearly 600,000 troops.

Yelu Chongyuan, who was supposed to confront the Miao army on the front line, suddenly turned his troops back and attacked Shangjing Prefecture where Yelu Hongji was, while raising the slogan of "clearing the court".

Yelu Hongji, the King of Liao, tried his best to mobilize some tribal troops and Jingzhou troops from the surrounding areas. After integrating his own palace troops, he only had about 100,000 troops.

As a result, he no longer cared about the capture of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun by the Miao Army, and focused all his efforts on defending against the attack from Yelu Chongyuan in the hope that the situation would turn around.

After conquering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Miao army appeased the local people and arranged to send a steady stream of talents from Yizhou to serve as officials in various places, divide up land, and build factories. In less than a month, they completely digested the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and incorporated them into the Miao machine, constantly injecting fresh blood into it.

After that, Cheng Qian first ordered to expand the local army by another 100,000 based on his 100,000 Miao troops. He then ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changing the country's name to "Miaojiang", proclaiming himself the emperor of Miaojiang, creating a surname "Guming" for himself, and changed his name to "Cangyue", which is "Cangyue Guming".

Wang Yuyan was canonized as the Queen of Miao, and her eldest son Murong Sheng was canonized as the Crown Prince. She, her son Murong Xing, and her daughter Murong Ziling all changed their names to "Guming".

Deng Baichuan was appointed as prime minister, and he led Gong Yeqian and other remaining ministers to handle internal affairs and conscription.

He personally led an army of more than 100,000 from the Miao region and attacked Yanmen Pass directly.

When the protagonist returns to the main world of Pili, he will form his first force.

Also, please guess the name and characters of the force that the protagonist will form.

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(End of this chapter)