Witch Wind

Chapter 179 Xingtian's Family (Part )

Lingbao County City.

The county magistrate's residence.

The Dayu Dynasty adhered to some messy rules and had a tradition of "officials do not repair their government offices". No matter how dilapidated the government office was, as shabby as a haunted house, in order to prove their integrity, officials would work in a government office with holes, leaks, and windy on all sides, and basically no one would repair the office.

The county governor's office in Lingbao County is like this, dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, making it look like a mass grave.

In the middle of the yard there are several thousand-year-old locust trees, which are covered with crows' nests. Thousands of crows of all sizes are cawed loudly all day long. The atmosphere is so depressing.

But the county magistrate's private residence was located on the main street across a back alley from the government office. It was magnificent and covered an area of ​​a thousand acres. Its specifications were not inferior to the Forbidden City Museum that Xing Tianli had seen in his previous life.

In this magnificent official residence that seemed to be presumptuous, next to the small lakeside retreat built according to the style of Jiangnan, Xing Tianli sat in the middle, while Ying Wu, Zhu Diao Chong, Mi Xiangjun, Zhao Qingqin, and a group of old monsters they brought with them, like debt collectors, stood on both sides with serious expressions.

The young eunuch possessed by Yin Xin's ghost stood quietly in the middle of the temple with a strange smile, and slowly bowed to everyone: "So, Lord Jieshi is not the one who walks in this generation of Daxia? But it doesn't matter. It's the same if you are here."

"Well, seeing you all, I can still take a step back!"

"South of the Yangtze River, to Lord Jieshi. North of the Yangtze River, to you all."

The young eunuch said sternly, "I only want the ancestral homeland of the Yu Clan, as well as the thirty-eight provinces, two hundred and twenty-seven counties, and three thousand two hundred and forty-five counties in the northeast. I have given up like this, what do you think?"

Xing Tianli's eyes flickered. He was not moved by the eunuch's words at all. He asked coldly, "What are the conditions?"

The young eunuch smiled and nodded, saying, "I need you to swear that in those thirty-eight provinces, I will act like a real emperor, with the power of life and death, taking whatever I want. If I want to go to a brothel, I can go to a brothel; if I want to ask a troupe from a meat shop to perform, they can perform for me peacefully."

"No one can control me, no one can blame me, no one can restrain me."

The young eunuch raised his hands high and said in a loud voice: "The land in the Northeast is fertile. It is 60,000 miles from east to west and 30,000 miles from north to south. Hehe, 38 provinces can support tens of billions of people. If we develop it well, its wealth will be no less than that of the south of the Yangtze River."

"I just want to be there, to learn from the later emperor Adou, who said, 'I am happy here and don't miss Shu'. Is there a problem with that?"

Xing Tianli said coldly: "Then, Queen Mother?"

The young eunuch smiled brightly and said, "It's up to you. I only want to be the real emperor, nothing else matters!"

Ying Wu and the others watched the young eunuch's performance with a subtle smile, their eyes were filled with too many inexplicable meanings. Xing Tianli realized that something was wrong, but what was wrong?
Suddenly, Ying Wu waved his hand, and a large cloud of gas gushed out, and a blood-red sand table of Jiangshan Sheji was suspended on the cloud. On this sand table, the rivers were all blood-red, the mountains and cities were all iron-black, and all the lines were filled with fierce, fierce, and extremely aggressive murderous aura.

Ying Wu pointed his finger at the sand table, and suddenly, in the northeastern direction of the vast Eastern Shenzhou, cities, rivers, and thin territorial dividing lines all flashed with sticky blood light.

He looked at the young eunuch and grinned, "How could you, the Jade Clan, eat such a big piece?"

Xing Tianli stared with his eyes wide open at the magical sand table of mountains, rivers, and the country. This sand table covered a very wide area, much wider than the huge geographical atlas in the underground hall of the Xingtian family's ancestral home in Nanxun Town. On this sand table, even the detailed geography of Saint Ross and even England were marked.

Xing Tianli looked at the sand table and nodded slowly.

In the northeast of Eastern Shenzhou, except for the two giant mountain ranges in the far east and the far north that stretch for more than 100,000 miles and intersect in a V-shaped pattern, the entire northeast is an extremely flat plain with a well-developed water system. There are more than a dozen large water systems that stretch for thousands of miles and crisscross each other, and countless tributaries nourish the entire huge plain.

The thirty-eight provinces in Northeast China are a granary that is as important as the four provinces of mountains and rivers.

If it weren't for the fact that after the rise of the Jade Clan, for some special reasons, they tried their best to restrict the migration of the people of the Great Jade Dynasty and develop the northeastern provinces, resulting in an extremely small number of people there and a population density of less than one percent of that of Jiangnan, then once the thirty-eight provinces were fully developed, how could the so-called "granary" still have a place for the Four Provinces of Mountains and Rivers?
Even so, the thirty-eight provinces are extremely rich in natural resources, a treasure land that makes everyone drool.

According to official information released by the Dayu Dynasty, if the entire Northeast is developed, its grain output will account for more than 70% of the total grain output of the Dayu Dynasty!

That's why Ying Wu asked Yin Xin sarcastically, why Yin Xin, a hollow emperor, could take over this precious land.

Xing Tianli looked at Ying Wu. He flicked the armrest of the chair with his finger and said in a deep voice, "So, you guys who have been walking for a long time, are you planning to stab Dayu Chao and grab the territory this time?"

He looked at the Red Diao Chong. Originally, Xing Tianli thought that only Zhu Ming behind the Red Diao Chong was ready to make a move. Unexpectedly, Ying Wu was also planning to take over the Dayu Dynasty. And since Mi Xiangjun also appeared in this occasion, there was no doubt that his ultimate goal was the same as that of Ying Wu and others.

Zhao Qingqin held the fine porcelain teacup in both hands, and was carefully looking at the thin bamboos with sparse and vigorous lines beside the rock on the teacup. Hearing Xing Tianli's question, Zhao Qingqin said softly: "Jieshi Gong didn't know? Ugh!"

Zhao Qingqi's eyes swirled.

Zhu Diao Chong put his hands together, and his eyes rolled around in a cunning manner.

Ying Wu turned his head and grinned at Xing Tianli, his eyes full of ridicule.

Mi Xiangjun was playing with his double dragon-shaped jade pendant and said in a gentlemanly manner, "Well, it's not important news. I will have to explain it to Brother Xingtian sooner or later."

"Brother Xingtian, I guess you don't know the secret agreement signed by the ancestors of each family, that is, the so-called Great Dao Holy Covenant?"

"You must be a little confused about the change of dynasties in the Eastern Kingdom of Shenzhou, right?"

"After all, Brother Xing Tian has conquered so many cities these days, and has seized some secret files from the imperial court. He has also seen some things, so he has questions."

"For example, before the Dayu Dynasty, there was the Zhu Ming Dynasty, before the Zhu Ming Dynasty, there was the Zhao Song Dynasty, before the Zhao Song Dynasty, there was the Li Tang Dynasty... How did such a succession of dynasties happen?"

Xing Tianli's eyes suddenly lit up.

He did find it strange.

He had already figured out that the emperors and generals of every dynasty in the Eastern Divine Land were all some incredibly powerful beings who had been extradited from the Earth where he was born in his previous life, generation after generation.

The emperors and generals of every dynasty, those who left their names in history or left their infamy for eternity, no matter if they were loyal or treacherous, good or bad, as long as they had a skill or special talent, were all extradited here by some terrifying mechanism that had lasted for tens of millions of years.

The history of Eastern Shenzhou is exactly the same as the Eastern history on Earth in the previous life, and it is constantly repeating and changing.

For example, after the Yu Dynasty came the Great Xia, after the Great Xia came the Great Shang, after the Great Shang came the Great Zhou, and so on, generation after generation. Even the choice of emperors in each generation was exactly the same as the history that Xing Tianli was familiar with.

However, it may be that the laws of this world are different from those of the Earth in the previous life, which has led to a long period of time between the changes of dynasties in the Eastern Shenzhou.

For example, in the Eastern Shenzhou, Emperor Zulong Shi Huangdi reigned for 3,800 years. This is recorded in folk stories and government secret files.

3,800 years after Emperor Zulong came to power, Fusu and Hu Hai came one after another, which led to the famous scene in which the Emperor was furious and personally drew his sword to hunt down Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, Li Si and others. As a result, a group of bastards directly surrendered to Dongyun Xu Fu.

That is, after the First Emperor failed in his pursuit and angrily issued the Zulong Order to hunt down Hu Hai and others, the Qin Dynasty's rule over the Eastern Shenzhou came to an abrupt end, and Liu Han easily took over the world. There was not even a full-scale war between the two sides!
Xing Tianli is strange.

These emperors and generals, they became immortals, attained enlightenment, ascended to heaven, and came to this world. Even if they were the most incompetent kings of a fallen country, they had already experienced the "death of their own body and the destruction of their country" in their previous lives on Earth. When they came to this Eastern Kingdom of Shenzhou, even if they were stupid guys, they would not make the same mistakes as before, right? They would definitely work hard to govern the country, and they would definitely be able to distinguish between loyal and treacherous ministers around them.

They had enough time to accumulate national strength, accumulate military forces, and develop many strategies and methods to cope with emergencies.

Under such circumstances, they actually allowed dynasties to change from generation to generation.

Why?
For example, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty died such a miserable death in his previous life, but he was blessed with good fortune and became an immortal, coming to this world. He also had the strong support of the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and had hundreds of millions of soldiers and thousands of golden immortal and celestial immortal-level generals under his command. How did he let the Dayu Dynasty seize the world?

"According to the clan's secret book, the ancestors of the Yu Dynasty who first came to this world signed a covenant with the legendary saint." Mi Xiangjun smiled gently: "The Heavenly Dao Covenant presided over by the saints, the Heavenly Dao of this world supervises the changes in the court."

Mi Xiangjun stretched out a finger and waved it towards Xing Tianli.

"Under the supervision of Heaven, in fact, the change of dynasties in the Eastern Kingdom of Shenzhou is more like... abdication."

"When the founding emperor of the next dynasty ascends to heaven, the ruler of the previous dynasty, no matter how prosperously he governed the country, how prosperous the weather was, and how peaceful and prosperous the country was, will have to give up his throne, whether he is willing or not."

"This is the law of heaven, and it cannot be violated."

"Of course, the saints also sympathize with the 'hatred of annihilation of a country', so there are also provisions in the holy covenant. If anyone is dissatisfied, they can fight." Mi Xiangjun shook his finger fiercely left and right: "However, the total number of soldiers is no more than 100 million; there is only one Golden Immortal Marshal; there is no more than ten Heavenly Immortal Generals; the war period is no more than three years."

"And no matter if you win or lose, the time limit is up and you have to give up this kingdom."

Xing Tianli suddenly realized.

He asked: "So, what if you don't obey?"

Mi Xiangjun nodded gently: "If you don't obey, the punishment from heaven will come and you will turn into ashes immediately. Who dares not obey?"

Behind Mi Xiangjun, a handsome middle-aged man sighed and said, "Sage, be merciful! You are afraid that the dynasties will fight and break up this world. Aren't the common people the ones who will suffer in the end?"

Everyone nodded.

When the elites of the three ancient families mentioned the word "saint", they were all solemn and cautious. Obviously, in their cognition, the word "saint" had a very special meaning.

Another doubt popped up in Xing Tianli's mind, and he looked fiercely at Zhu Diao Chong - as mentioned before, after Zhu Ming was replaced by Dayu Dynasty, Zhu Ming stationed a large army outside the northwestern border, and built many mountain strongholds in the mountains of the northern border, raising countless soldiers in the name of "mountain bandits"!
None of the other three ancient families did this, but you, Zhu Ming, did it.

what's going on?

Just because you, Zhu Ming, are special, does that mean you can disregard the Holy Covenant of Heaven?

"Zhu Ming is a special case." Zhao Qingqi could not help showing off and interrupted Mi Xiangjun's narration: "Zhu Ming Chongzhen Emperor personally led the army and inflicted heavy casualties on the Qing army. When the three-year deadline was up, he was about to issue an edict to abdicate, but suddenly found that the end of the world had arrived, which had affected the constraints of the Holy Covenant on him."

"The binding force of the Heavenly Dao Holy Covenant is limited to the fact that he must abdicate and Zhu Ming must give up the rule of the Eastern Kingdom Shenzhou, otherwise he will still be killed."

"But other than that, the constraints of the Heavenly Dao Covenant have been weakened to the extreme."

"Emperor Chongzhen, cough."

Zhao Qingqi also looked at Zhu Diao Chong: "He, despite the pressure of the weakened Heavenly Dao constraints, at the cost of being severely injured, delayed the original three-year war deadline to thirty years. Moreover, during these thirty years, he continuously severely injured all the founding emperors and civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty."

"Killing? You can't. Six hundred years ago, the world had just fallen into the end of the law. If you kill them, it will go against the will of the saints. I'm afraid Zhu Ming will also be buried with them." Zhu Diao Chong put his hands together and laughed softly, "But if you injure them seriously, it's no problem."

"So, after Zhu Ming, the Great Jade Dynasty was established by the Jade Clan."

Zhu Diao Chong's face twitched. It could be seen that he, with his solemn appearance and Buddha's light all over his body, had barely managed to control himself from rolling on the ground holding his belly and laughing wildly.

He chuckled and said, "Poor Manchus, those unlucky people. When they ascended to the Eastern Kingdom, they immediately sensed the existence of the Heavenly Covenant. They immediately gathered their army with great enthusiasm, preparing to replace the Ming Dynasty, and even said a lot of treasonous words to Emperor Chongzhen."

"What was the result? After a fierce battle, hehe, the great way of heaven and earth is unpredictable, and the speed of time in this world is a bit puzzling... Anyway, I, Zhu Ming, have managed this world for more than 20,000 years and accumulated power. I beat the wild boars of the Qing Dynasty and made them piss and pee. One by one, they were seriously injured and on the verge of death."

"There were even a few guys whose souls were broken into two pieces and they could only sleep."

"As a result, the Jade Clan, who they had chosen to be cannon fodder, joined forces with the demons that had formed symbiotic contracts with the Jade Clan over the generations to fight back... Hehe, Emperor Chongzhen had reached his limit and could no longer withstand the pressure from heaven and earth, so he took the Ming forces with him. The Qing Dynasty was gone, and the Great Jade Dynasty was born." Zhu Diao Chong smiled as he looked at the little eunuch with an almost transparent face: "Isn't it interesting? Really interesting. Hehe."

"Look at the official history books published by the Great Yu Dynasty now. Where is the slightest trace of his Aixinjueluo clan?"

"The great Jade Ancestor Jade Lynx, so wise and brave, drew his sword in the troubled times, commanded an army of hundreds of millions, and after thirty years of hard fighting, overthrew the previous dynasty. From then on, the sea was peaceful and the rivers were clear, and the people enjoyed peace!"

"Isn't this what the history books of the Dayu Dynasty wrote? Isn't it interesting? Hahaha!"

Zhu Diao Chong couldn't hold back his laughter, and laughed wildly, holding his belly.

Zhao Qingqi said quietly, "It is the end of the Dharma era, and the constraints of heaven and earth are slowly weakening. Zhu Ming has given up the throne, but they have stationed countless soldiers in the remote border areas of the northwest and north, under the guise of horse bandits and outlaws. They have only prevented Emperor Chongzhen's injuries from healing, that's all."

Ying Wu coughed lightly: "But things have changed again."

Zhu Diao Chong wiped the tears from his eyes, slowly stood up, took out a string of snow-white bodhi beads, pinched them between his fingers and spun them rapidly, and said softly: "But things have changed again. In the past six months, the injuries that had been suppressed and unable to heal for six hundred years, Emperor Chongzhen, have begun to heal."

"When the Emperor noticed that his injuries were beginning to heal, his first decree was to dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers from eighteen mountain strongholds to break through fifty-four large and small cities in the northern border and kill tens of thousands of corrupt officials of the Dayu Dynasty, but he did not receive any punishment from the heavens."

Zhu Diao Chong said softly, "This young monk and some of our clansmen clearly felt the power of our master's remote initiation. Their cultivation has greatly improved, and they have even awakened their wisdom and realized that the great changes in the world are happening right before their eyes."

"The Heavenly Dao Covenant signed by the three ancient families no longer has any binding force."

Zhu Diao Chong said softly: "In the last days of the law, it is not easy for the ancestors to take action, but let the soldiers of the secular world fight a little, let all the families take a serious, careful, and clear look, dare to ask who will be the master of this world!"

Xing Tianli's pupils shrank.

"You guys, want to start a fight?" he asked Zhu Diaochong seriously.

"The grudges are too deep." Zhu Diao Chong coughed lightly, "According to the information I have received, Liu Han has not said anything yet, but someone in Cao Wei has already said that they want to level the Sima family's ancestral tombs."

"Don't bother talking about these things." Ying Wu waved his hand impatiently. "The hatreds among the families, haha, are endless. After so much nonsense, let's get back to the point. What right do you, Yin Xin, a dog, have to negotiate terms with us?"

(End of this chapter)