The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 231: Longhushan Joins the Imperial Court

Duke Zheng was helpless, knowing that His Majesty would not listen to such unfounded words.

Stop trying to persuade me and think about those two questions seriously.

In the former case, Duke Zheng chose to remain silent, and a powerful man in the realm of heaven and man asked him to change the prisoner's will.

This is a bit of a waste of talent.

As for the latter, he nodded and said: "When it comes to the way of spirit, this old servant has not heard of anyone who can compare with Li Wuji. That Ba Shiba has just broken through to the realm of heaven and man, and his own strength is definitely not as good as that old fellow Li Wuji.

Perhaps, Li Wuji is really the best person to deal with the Eighth Master."

"Okay, it's settled. Let old monk Wuji deal with that Ba Shiba." Zhu Houzhao made the decision happily.

He turned around and said with high morale: "Let's go back to the palace to practice. I must defeat Old Man Zhang and the old monk as soon as possible."

Without anyone knowing, the two most powerful forces in the Ming Dynasty's martial arts world, and the two strongest and most dominant leaders, had made an agreement with Zhu Houzhao.

Just waiting for the right time.

Two days later, the people from Longhu Mountain arrived in the capital. When they met Zhu Houzhao, they said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, all the people from Longhu Mountain are willing to serve the country and be loyal to Your Majesty."

"Are you also willing to serve the court?" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows.

Hearing the word "also", Zhang Daoqi, the contemporary Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu and who also holds an official position in the imperial court, suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

Could it be that Shaolin really has surpassed us?

Without waiting for his answer, Zhu Houzhao asked seriously, "Is Longhushan willing to formally join the court now?"

"Yes." Zhang Daoqi could not think of anything else and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, everyone in Longhu Mountain is willing to join the court."

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao smiled happily and satisfied.

This is the true expression of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

He said expectantly: "Tell me about the strength of Longhu Mountain."

"Yes." Zhang Daoqi was slightly happy, perhaps Shaolin and even Wudang would not give this answer.

In this way, even though we don’t have Master Sun, our Longhu Mountain can be said to have taken the lead.

"Your Majesty, there are 536 people in the acquired realm, nine in the innate realm, two in the grandmaster realm, and one in the ultimate grandmaster realm in Longhu Mountain."

After a pause, he said truthfully: “Your Majesty, Longhu Mountain has a close relationship with the Heavenly Master Sun En, and Master Sun is a powerful person in the realm of heaven and man.

This time, Longhu Mountain originally invited Master Sun to join the Ming Dynasty, but Master Sun was devoted to practicing Taoism, so he refused. "

"It doesn't matter. It won't be too late to invite him later." Zhu Houzhao didn't care much about Sun En who was unwilling to join the Ming Dynasty. He looked at Zhang Daoqi with satisfaction and said, "Longhu Mountain is very strong. Now is the time for the Ming Dynasty to use people.

Just transfer three people in the Xiantian realm to join the Jinyiwei, and you will be the director of the Imperial Observatory, a third-rank official.

Another grandmaster joined the Martial Arts Hall and served as the acting hall master of the Henan Martial Arts Branch Hall. When his contributions were sufficient, the word "acting" would be removed from the title.

Grandmaster, you don't need to worry about it for now, wait until you have made contributions in the future."

"Yes." Zhang Daoqi replied, feeling satisfied.

"But before that, I have to thoroughly investigate Longhu Mountain and eliminate all the filth." Zhu Houzhao's tone changed and he said seriously.

"Yes, everyone in Longhu Mountain is ready to be investigated at any time." Zhang Daoqi's heart sank, but they had already expected this result, because they all knew His Majesty's character.

Now that I have made the decision to surrender completely, I have made all preparations.

"Well, I will ask the factory guards to thoroughly investigate Longhu Mountain. After the investigation, you can take up your posts." Zhu Houzhao said happily.

"Yes."

The matter of Longhu Mountain was decided quickly, and the order to thoroughly investigate Longhu Mountain was given to the Jinyiwei.

The imperial edict had just arrived at Jinyiwei, a place in the capital.

"boom!"

The power of heaven and earth was quickly mobilized, and a surge of momentum rose up, immediately alarming many masters in the city.

Another great master has appeared!

The imperial court was surprised, while the non-imperial court was shocked and confused.

The power of the imperial court increased too quickly.

Grand masters and powerful men appeared one after another.

"It's Lao Yan! Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao recognized him the first time and laughed happily.

Li Xunhuan, many masters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and others were also laughing.

They all recognized who this aura belonged to.

After more than a year of seclusion, I finally made a breakthrough.

The second grandmaster appeared in the Jinyiwei.

Two days later, Yan Nantian stabilized his state of mind and came out of retreat, and immediately entered the palace.

"Hahaha, Old Yan, you finally made a breakthrough." Zhu Houzhao patted Yan Nantian's shoulder and said happily.

Yan Nantian's increasingly burly body remained motionless, and he smiled with a natural boldness, "Finally, I didn't disappoint Your Majesty."

"My brothers will certainly not let me down." Zhu Houzhao said confidently.

Yan Nantian was touched, but he was not good at expressing it, so he just nodded heavily.

"It's just right that you, Old Yan, have come out of seclusion and have also broken through to the grandmaster level. Now you take your men to Jiangxi to thoroughly investigate Longhu Mountain. When you come back, I will promote you to the position of co-director of the Embroidered Uniform Guard." Zhu Houzhao said proudly.

"Your Majesty, is there a problem in Longhu Mountain?" Yan Nantian asked in surprise.

"No, Longhushan has decided to join the imperial court. Before using them, I must thoroughly investigate them all. Have they committed any crimes?
Those who persecute the people must not escape punishment just because they join the court." Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

Yan Nantian was delighted at first, as he knew the role that Longhu Mountain would play after joining the imperial court. He then said solemnly, “Yes, I will never let go of anyone who harms the people.”

"Well, business is more important. Old Yan, go quickly and come back early. I will have a celebration for you. Then I will invite Old Li, Old Zhao and the others to come and have a good drink." Zhu Houzhao said loudly. "Yes." Yan Nantian responded expectantly.

The next day, Yan Nantian took a few people to Jiangxi.

He knew that this trip to Jiangxi to thoroughly investigate Longhu Mountain was a matter of great importance, otherwise he would not have been allowed to lead the team after just breaking through the customs.

Longhu Mountain is very powerful, and only a grandmaster is suitable to lead the team.

With Guo Bujing not around, he was the only grandmaster among the Jinyiwei.

Naturally, he wouldn't be careless at all.

At this time, the news that Yan Nantian had broken through to the Grand Master level, and that all members of Longhu Mountain had joined the Ming court and were being thoroughly investigated, spread to all high-level officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The vast majority of people were silent, angry, unwilling and terrified.

The power of the Ming Dynasty court increased too quickly.

We will not talk about Yan Nantian’s breakthrough to the Grand Master level for now. The key point is that all the people in Longhu Mountain have joined the Ming Dynasty court.

Longhu Mountain is not considered a martial arts force and does not interfere in the affairs of the martial arts world, but which martial arts force dares to underestimate Longhu Mountain?

Even Shaolin and Wudang have to pay attention to Longhu Mountain.

With the addition of Longhu Mountain, the strength of the imperial court will increase further.

Anyone who is dissatisfied with the court's policies would feel a mountain of pressure.

The influence of Longhu Mountain also began to ferment.

Those martial arts forces related to Taoism began to lean towards the imperial court.

Especially in Jiangxi, Longhu Mountain is a real local tyrant, unmatched by anyone.

Many things are changing quietly.

In addition, the imperial court will conduct a thorough investigation into the Longhu Mountain incident.

Longhu Mountain took the initiative to join the imperial court, but was still thoroughly investigated.

This makes many people even more uneasy and resistant.

But no matter what these people thought, at this time when Wudang and Shaolin were silent and Longhu Mountain joined the court, no one dared to jump out and cause trouble.

It’s really because the power of the Ming Dynasty court was too strong.

Even a powerful empire like the Mongols suffered heavy losses.

While everything was going smoothly in the Ming Dynasty, Guo Bujing in the Sui Dynasty was also doing well.

When they surrounded and killed Pang Ban that day, after Pang Ban joined forces with Ba Shiba, the person chasing the two became Zhang Sanfeng alone and he no longer needed help from others.

In addition, Wang Shouren and others were already busy with their work, so they returned to Ming Dynasty first.

Only Guo Bujing stayed and took charge of the situation.

Opening the transportation of Yang Gong's treasury and supervising the talents and food provided by the Sui State are all very important matters. There must be a person of sufficient weight left behind to make the handover and communicate with the Sui State.

Guo Bujing is naturally the most suitable one.

There is no need to worry about danger. After this incident, the relationship between the Ming and Sui dynasties was broken.

Unless Yang Guang was really crazy, he would not dare to take action against Guo Bujing.

Yang Guang was naturally not really crazy, so now he still had to protect Guo Bujing's safety.

Otherwise he couldn't explain it at all.

Of course, the safety of a great master is not so easy to endanger.

Guo Bujing was in charge of the overall situation and everything went smoothly.

That night, an uninvited guest showed up.

"Good agility!" Guo Bujing looked at the figure who appeared several feet in front of him like a phantom without alarming any guards, and couldn't help but praise: "With such an identity and such a temperament, could it be that you are the Evil King?"

"It is an honor for Shi to have my name heard by hero Guo Ju." The man was dressed in a scholar's robe, polite and courteous, with an extraordinary temperament, making people feel like spring breeze.

However, there was indifference in his eyes, an indifference that treated all living beings as ants.

"You are too polite, Evil King. The name of Evil King is known to the world, and Guo has long heard of it." Guo said disrespectfully, as if he was not at all wary.

"Mr. Guo Ju, thank you for your praise. To be honest, I, Shi, have come here to ask for a favor." Shi Zhixuan clasped his hands and bowed.

"Please speak, Evil King." Guo Bujing smiled without changing his expression.

"Mr. Yang's treasure house has been opened by your Excellency, and I, Shi, would like to ask for something in the treasure house." Shi Zhixuan also chuckled.

Although he is still asking for help, his temperament is not inferior at all.

"What is it?" Guo Bujing asked with a little curiosity.

"The relics of the Evil Emperor." Shi Zhixuan said frankly.

“So it’s the evil emperor’s relic!” Guo Bujing suddenly realized, then shook his head and sighed, “The evil king has made a wasted trip. This item is a world-famous treasure and must be handed over to my great Ming emperor, not to the evil king.”

Shi Zhixuan's expression was not surprised, and he said without any change: "Shi can exchange it for a heavier treasure."

"Oh!" Guo Bujing's expression changed slightly. He didn't say anything, but just looked at Shi Zhixuan.

Shi Zhixuan snorted in his heart. He knew that, if nothing unexpected happened, Guo Bujing must have known how important the Evil Emperor's relics were to him.

This is to control him.

But he had to be controlled.

Because the power held by both sides is completely on not the same level.

(Chapter 3, thank you for your support.)
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