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Chapter 493: The King of Heaven is not dead, the King of Heaven is going to the Northern Expedition! (Please subscribe, please vote)

It was late at night, and in the East Prince's Mansion in Fengyang, candlelight flickered constantly. Yang Xiuqing sat down on the main seat with a majestic horse and a golden sword, and his confidants gathered around him in a circle, each with a frown on his face and an extremely gloomy expression.

Daozi, who had just returned from outside in the evening, was now lying at Yang Xiuqing's feet, sobbing and reporting one piece of bad news after another: "Luo Yaoguo has contacted Brother Tian, ​​and the soul of the King of Heaven has also returned to heaven!"

"King Wu did lose contact with his superiors for a while before, so he didn't know about the death of the King of Heaven at the first place. According to King Wu himself, after the King of Heaven died, he challenged Brother Tian to a battle, which lasted for seven days and seven nights. Brother Tian suffered new injuries before his old ones healed, so he had to retreat to heal his wounds, and thus lost contact with the outside world. King Wu's Tongtian Mirror relies on a magic weapon called 'Star Chain' in Brother Tian's hand to communicate with his superiors across boundaries. As soon as Brother Tian retreated, the 'Star Chain' stopped working, and communication across boundaries was impossible. However, Brother Tian's injuries have stabilized, and he has just come out of retreat, so King Wu can contact his superiors again!"

The lies Daozi said were all made up by Luo Yaoguo. It was unknown whether Luo Yaoguo believed them or not, but Daozi believed them without a doubt. Yang Xiuqing and his group of confidants were half-believing and half-doubting, and the more they listened, the more nervous they became.

"Daozi, who won the battle between Brother and the Heavenly King that day?" Yang Xiuqing's brows were twisted into a knot.

In fact, he has been secretly worshipping Brother Tian these days, but he doesn't know if Brother Tian will accept him as his younger brother. Anyway, Brother Tian has not paid any attention to him so far, so he is very uncertain.

"Brother Tian won!" Daozi sobbed with tears in her eyes, "According to King Wu, Brother Tian was seriously injured. He used his flying sword 'Dongfeng' to chop the Heavenly King's shield 'Iron Dome' into pieces, and also injured and subdued the Heavenly King. Fortunately, the Virgin Mary arrived in time and saved the Heavenly King's life. Now the Heavenly King is under house arrest in the Virgin Mary's paradise to heal his wounds..."

Fortunately, fortunately, “God” is still here!
Yang Xiuqing and others felt slightly relieved.

Daozi continued, "But Brother Tian is also seriously injured. He probably won't be able to display his magical powers in the mortal world in a short period of time. At most, he can reveal some secrets to King Wu."

Okay, you don’t have to worry about being dealt with by Brother Tian for the time being!

Yang Xiuqing finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Did the King of Wu tell me what secrets Brother Tian had revealed?"

"I just said one thing," Daozi said, "The Yellow River will change its course in June and July this year. It will not flow into the sea through the Huai River, but through Shandong. The King of Wu has already sent people to post notices everywhere in Haizhou and Xuzhou, telling the people this as good news."

"In June or July?" Yang Xiuqing frowned even more. "Did they say when exactly? Did they say where the Yellow River broke its banks?"

Daozi said, "King Wu said that the breach date was August 8st in the Western calendar, and the location was Tongwaxiang in Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture." She paused, and then said, "But the King Wu did not let anyone publicize the specific time and location of the Yellow River breach."

As she spoke, Daozi took out the handwritten letter that Luo Yaoguo had asked her to give to Yang Xiuqing and held it high up: "Your Highness, this is a letter from the King of Wu to you. He wants to hold a meeting on the first day of the seventh month of this year in Lushan, Jiangxi Province to discuss the funeral of the King of Heaven, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and... and your concealment of the news of the King of Heaven's death and deceiving the kings and the people of the country!"

"Haha..." Yang Xiuqing took the letter and threw it to a young man with a short beard and sharp eyes standing beside him, "Qianfang, read it to everyone."

"Yes."

This young man was called Hou Qianfang, and he was Yang Xiuqing's number one confidant. He was the chief envoy of the Heavenly Dynasty, the second minister of the Ministry of Personnel in the East Palace, and the head of the Luosha Hall. To put it bluntly, the Luosha Hall was Yang Xiuqing's own intelligence agency!

Most of the content in the letter was similar to what Daozi had just said, except for one thing that Daozi really didn't dare to say. That was Luo Yaoguo began to object to the identities of Yang Xiuqing, Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, Hong Xuanjiao, Shi Dakai, Wei Changhui and other "family members of the Heavenly Father".

He no longer acknowledged these people as the children of Heavenly Father, but instead described them as disciples of the Virgin Mary, who had come to earth on the orders of the Virgin Mary to assist Hong Xiuquan, the second son of Heavenly Father.

The identities of Luo Yaoguo and Maria remain unchanged. Luo Yaoguo is the disciple and adopted son of God the Father, while Maria is still the disciple of the Virgin Mary.

When Hou Qianfang finished his faith, the hall was already dead silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the face of Yang Xiuqing, who had always been known as the "Fourth Son of God" and the "Holy Wind", or "Holy Spirit."

From the "Holy Spirit" to the disciple of the Virgin Mary, isn't this gap a bit too big?

Holy Spirit! It is the Trinity with Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother, much more noble than the Virgin Mary!

Moreover, Luo Yaoguo claimed to be the adopted son of Heavenly Father and his disciple. An adopted son is also a son! In this way, in the theocratic system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Luo Yaoguo became the fifth god under Heavenly Father, Mother God, Heavenly Brother, and Heavenly King.

The Heavenly Father, the Mother Mother, the Heavenly Brother, and the Heavenly King are not in the mortal world now, so isn’t Luo Yaoguo the number one god of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the mortal world?
Yang Xiuqing's face was livid, and he glanced at several of his confidants: "What do you think?" Bian Sanniang, who had joined Yang Xiuqing together with Daozi and became his confidant, said with a cold face and clenched fists: "King of the East, King of Wu wants to usurp power. He wants to be the new king of heaven!"

"Eastern King, we can't let him succeed. At worst, we have to fight him!" The man who was shouting for war was a burly man with a pair of tiger eyes under his thick eyebrows that showed his determination and courage. His name was Gu Longxian. He was a fierce general cultivated by Yang Xiuqing and was loyal to Yang, the Eastern King.

"Let's fight!" Huang Wenjin, another fierce general under Yang Xiuqing, clenched his fist and swung it heavily, "The Qing demons are also fighting among themselves. We just have a chance to fight with Luo!"

"Yes!" Yang Fuqing also advocated war. "Luo is not only targeting you, the East King. He is also targeting the West King, the South King, the North King, the Wing King and the West Queen's wife. We can unite with the other kings to support the Young Heavenly King and fight against this traitor!"

"Your Highness the King of the East, give the order! I am willing to be the vanguard!" This was a yellow-robed general with thick eyebrows and broad eyes, a dignified posture, and an air of bravery. He was Lin Qirong, a brave general under Yang Xiuqing.

Yang Xiuqing's confidants spoke one after another, calling for war and killing, but his number one confidant Hou Qianfang and another Minister of Personnel in the East Palace, Li Shouchun, remained silent.

"Qianfang, Shouchun, what do you think?" Yang Xiuqing asked his two confidants.

"King of the East," Hou Qianfang clasped his fists, "Luo Yaoguo plans to hold a meeting on the first day of July. This is the celestial calendar. Converted to the Western calendar, it should be mid-August."

"So what?" asked the fierce general Gu Longxian with his tiger eyes wide open.

Yang Xiuqing said quietly: "The news of the Yellow River bursting and changing its course has arrived."

Hou Qianfang added, "Moreover, if you want to raise an army in the name of supporting the Young Heavenly King, you must first admit that the Heavenly King is gone, and we have been hiding this from everyone!" He paused, and waved the letter in his hand, "What can this letter prove? Will the West King, South King, North King, and Wing King really join forces with you, East King, because of this letter? King Wu didn't reveal that they were just disciples of the Holy Mother. If he didn't reveal it, there is something to talk about! If the Yellow River's diversion is true, it means that Brother Tian is really spreading information to Luo Yaoguo. It's obvious who he is."

Li Shouchun frowned, looking even more pessimistic than Hou Qianfang: "Now the Heavenly King has passed away, and Brother Tian is supporting Luo Yaoguo. I think as long as Luo Yaoguo doesn't mention that the Western King, Southern King, Northern King, and Wing King are disciples of the Holy Mother, they won't jump to the wall. Even if he mentions it, they may not jump up!"

This is a bit too much!
What does "even if it is mentioned, they will not jump" mean? Isn't this implying that what Luo Yaoguo said is right?
Yang Xiuqing's face turned pale: "So, I want to kowtow to Luo Yaoguo and apologize for my crime?"

Li Shouchun did not seem to notice Yang Xiuqing's displeasure, and just shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. Luo Yaoguo wants nothing more than to take charge of the Heavenly Kingdom. The King of the East may be able to reach an agreement with him."

"No!" Hou Qianfang said, "The King of the East must not tolerate this any longer! And you must not admit that the King of Heaven died on the battlefield of Baoying, otherwise Luo Yaoguo will definitely use this mistake to pursue him relentlessly!"

Yang Xiuqing's face was still dark: "Qianfang, do you mean to fight them?"

Hou Qianfang still shook his head: "I'm afraid we can't defeat them. Luo Yaoguo and Zhu Ba's army is in Xuzhou and Haizhou, and Su Sanniang and Maria have led their troops to occupy Puzikou, which has formed a pincer attack on us from the north and south. The King of the West and the Queen of the West have always been friendly with Luo Yaoguo."

"Then what should I do?" Yang Xiuqing asked, "I can't fight back, and I can't endure it. What should I do?"

Hou Qianfang clasped his fists and said, "Of course the Heavenly King is resurrected and is heading north!"

"The Heavenly King is resurrected?" Yang Xiuqing was stunned. "How?"

Hou Qianfang said: "The King of Heaven is not really dead, he just went to heaven. He was alive, but he can't come down for the time being! But I believe that as long as he is given the opportunity, he will definitely come down to the mortal world again, and join us in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to destroy the Qing monsters! So you, King of the East, are just marching north under the banner of the King of Heaven. Maybe when you reach Beijing, the King of Heaven will be happy and really come down from the sky! Even if the King of Heaven doesn't come down for the time being, you, King of the East, can say that the King of Heaven has returned to heaven to report and ordered you to assist the young King of Heaven to ascend the throne. I think this must be the King of Heaven's intention. You are just faithfully carrying out the King of Heaven's wishes, and you are right no matter what you do."

"Good! Well said!" Yang Xiuqing clapped his hands and laughed, "Let's do it." He looked down at Daozi, "Daozi, go to Haizhou again and tell him that the Heavenly King appeared in my dream and told me to march north to Beijing under his banner first! I have to send troops now and have no time to go to Mount Lushan. He wants to hold a meeting of kings. It won't be too late to hold it after I take Beijing!"

Daozi finally showed a look of joy and answered loudly: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)