Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 178 Oath of Oath
This dungeon is several feet high, and even if a martial arts master suddenly falls from the top of the dungeon, there is a risk of injury.

Fortunately, the prison floor was not solid, but covered with dust and wood chips, which served as an excellent cushion. Dozens of people in the lobby fell down in mid-air, and only suffered some minor scratches after landing on the bottom, and none of them were injured.

It was night time now, and even though there was a gap in the cell roof, the candlelight in the lobby could not reach the bottom of the cell.

The environment in the cell was so dark that you could hardly see your hand in front of you.

Due to the blurred vision, no one dared to act rashly. They divided into three groups, each occupying a corner, and began a tense confrontation.

This incident was caused by Wu Sangui's insidious trickery, which led to the Chuang army and the Five Poison Sect being ambushed for no reason. It is understandable that they felt very unhappy.

Liu Fangliang drew out his sword with a bang, pointed it at where Wu Sangui was standing, and said angrily, "I accepted your invitation and came to your territory to discuss cooperation, but you betrayed me and secretly attacked your ally. You are really shameless!"

Li Siyong, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't help but ask: "Now is the critical moment of the anti-Qing movement. What good will it do for you to kill us? We have 100,000 righteous brothers in the mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan. Aren't you afraid of being punished later?"

Wu Sangui hid among the guards and did not make a sound to prevent them from coming to capture him.

Prime Minister Xia replied on his behalf: "Mr. Li, please don't misunderstand. The prince sincerely invited your army to form an alliance. How could he murder Mr. Li? It's just that Mr. Li is too stubborn and insists on competing with the prince for status! As the saying goes, a snake cannot survive without a head. If you are unwilling to accept the prince's orders, how can we join hands to fight against the Qing in the future?"

His tone was earnest: "We keep Li Xianggong here because we want him to write a letter to your brother, asking him to accept the prince's control. When your brother obeys the prince's order, we will immediately escort Li Xianggong out of the country with courtesy, and our two families will still be allies!"

After hearing this, Li Siyong understood in his heart that Wu Sangui was planning to take him hostage in order to use the rebel army and make him serve as Wu Sangui's vanguard.

He laughed coldly: "The King of Pingxi is the world's number one traitor, and his reputation is notorious throughout the Central Plains. Who dares to obey your orders? If you are really sincere in resisting the Qing Dynasty, then change your designation immediately and respect my Dashun as the legitimate dynasty. If you want to change the dynasty and establish your own empire, then you will never get any help from my righteous army!"

"Bah! Don't waste your time talking to them!"

Liu Fangliang cursed: "Capture Wu Sangui first. This traitor is a talisman that can help us escape from Kunming!"

After that, he shouted to the other corner where Prince Galdan, Governor Gaolijin, and Zen Master Tianlong were standing: "You saw it clearly just now. Wu Sangui had bad intentions and plotted against our allies. He could sneak attack our army, and he will definitely sneak attack you in the future. Why don't we join hands? As long as we capture Wu Sangui, it will be easy to leave Kunming City!"

Prince Galdan smiled grimly: "Okay, you guys take the lead, and we'll help you!"

He now had no trust in the rebel army and Wu Sangui, and just wanted to wait and see what happened and reap the benefits.

Governor Gao Lijin muttered to himself and asked the interpreter Lu Gaoxuan beside him: "Don't you people in the Central Plains have a rule that when two armies are at war, you don't kill envoys. Why do they want to kill even their allies? If I had known that you were so untrustworthy, I would never have gone south to the Central Plains!"

Lu Gaoxuan did not respond. He kept looking up at the ceiling of the prison. Just now in the lobby, Huang Sixi rushed into Wu Sangui's guard team alone and sent Wu Sangui into the dungeon with a light blow. His martial arts skills were rarely seen in the world.

If Huang Sixi sneaked into the prison and started killing people inside, Lu Gaoxuan would not be sure of surviving. He had no worries about Wu Sangui and the rebel army now, but he was extremely wary of Huang Sixi.

He pulled out a dagger from his waist and said to Governor Goritsu, "There will be a bloody battle next. Your Excellency, please take out your firearms and make preparations early!"

In fact, he didn't need to remind him, because Governor Goritsu had already grabbed a short-handled musket and fired a bullet into the sky with a "bang!" "Whoever dares to get close to me, I will turn him into a beehive!"

As the gunshots stopped, dozens of people in the dungeon immediately started to riot.

"Don't be impulsive!"

Seeing that a bloody battle was about to break out, Prime Minister Xia hurriedly tried to dissuade them: "If you are unwilling to form an alliance, we promise to release you safely and will not embarrass you! But if you force your move, it will be dark here. If you are unfortunate enough to injure the prince, you won't be able to leave then!"

At this moment, he and Wu Sangui were both extremely depressed. The trap in the lobby could ensure foolproofness after being triggered, and could easily capture Chuang's army and the Five Poison Sect.

According to Wu Sangui's original intention, he planned to imprison Li Siyong and slowly use coercion and inducement to control him.

Wu Sangui understood that the Chuang army had a strong sense of autonomy and would never obey his command. Instead, they would compete with him for the justice of recovering the Central Plains.

In order to make the most of the rebel army, Wu Sangui did not hesitate to use sinister means and launched a surprise attack to capture Li Siyong alive.

As for Prince Galdan, Governor Golijin and Zen Master Tianlong, they had no conflict of interest with Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui was sincerely allying with them.

Originally, Wu Sangui had made a plan. After capturing Li Siyong, he would present heavy gifts to Prince Galdan, Governor Golijin and Zen Master Tianlong, and personally escort them out of Kunming.

Who would have known that there was actually a great master hidden in the Chuang army and the Five Poison Sect, who disrupted Wu Sangui's entire plan.

Not only that, Wu Sangui himself was thrown into a dungeon, which was really a case of losing the rice while trying to steal the chicken.

Wu Sangui watched Li Siyong and Liu Fangliang attacking him, and suddenly said to the guards around him: "I don't have many heirs, so I decided to adopt all of you as my sons. When you get out of the dungeon, I will immediately confer you the title of prince. When I conquer the world in the future, I will share my wealth and glory with you!"

When the guard beside him heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you so much, father! I am willing to die for you!"

The three personal bodyguards, Bao Zhu, Fan Zheng and Zhang Tianmeng, shouted the loudest.

But before they finished speaking, Huang Sixi suddenly fell from the roof of the prison and happened to land right among them.

"Protect my father..."

Shouts and cries of killing immediately rang out.

But after a moment, the sound stopped abruptly.

On the other side, Prince Galdan, Governor Golijin and Zen Master Tianlong saw that the guards around Wu Sangui collapsed in groups, and they dared not get closer and retreated quickly.

When Governor Gao Lijin saw Huang Sixi killing people everywhere, he determined that Huang Sixi was the most threatening person in the dungeon, so he quietly raised his short-handled musket, ready to kill Huang Sixi with one shot.

But before Governor Goritsu could pull the trigger, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew.

There was a loud 'Puff!'

Governor Goritsu felt a pain in his heart and discovered that a dagger had pierced his chest. All his strength was drained away.

The muskets could no longer be fired.

Governor Goritsu groaned and fell to the ground. At the moment of his death, he was still wondering: "He was surrounded by more than a dozen people, how did he notice me? I was so far away from him, how did he stab me with a dagger? It's unscientific, it's unscientific!"

Seeing Governor Gao Lijin dead, Lu Gaoxuan was very nervous, and hurriedly squatted to pick up the rifle. As a result, a strong energy rushed towards him and hit his "Tan Zhong point". He was immediately fixed in place and could no longer move.

This energy was released by Huang Sixi using his "Finger Magic".

After pointing at Lu Gaoxuan, he continued to attack Prince Galdan, Zen Master Tianlong and others with his fingers.

After a while, except for Zen Master Tianlong who avoided the attack of the Qi with his outstanding Qinggong, the rest of them were all paralyzed on the spot. Zen Master Tianlong saw that Huang Sixi could launch finger force through the air and his ability to identify in the dim environment was better than his own, so he was unwilling to fight with Huang Sixi, and used the gecko climbing skill to prepare to climb to the top of the prison.

As a result, when Zen Master Tianlong climbed halfway, he struck him with a palm strike, hitting him right in the back. He fell to the bottom of the prison with a "bang" like a kite with a broken string.

At this point, except for Chuang Jun and the Five Poison Sect, the rest of the people in the prison were either killed instantly by Huang Sixi or subdued by Huang Sixi's acupoint pressing.

Li Siyong, Liu Fangliang, Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong, Fang Yi and Su Gang were stunned when they saw Huang Sixi cut the Gordian knot and easily control the situation.

They all thought to themselves: "The Dragon-Subduing Hero, the King of Assassins, is truly worthy of his reputation!"

After Huang Sixi subdued everyone, he did not stop for a moment and immediately signaled Liu Dahong: "Master Liu, come here and change into Wu Sangui's official uniform!"

Liu Dahang obeyed the order and immediately walked to Wu Sangui's side and started to change his clothes.

But Liu Dahong did not understand Huang Sixi's behavior and asked: "My husband, do you want me to pretend to be Wu Sangui? But I don't look like Wu Sangui."

"It doesn't matter!"

Huang Sixi said: "I know the art of disguise, I can disguise Master Liu as Wu Sangui."

Afterwards, he instructed Mu Jiansheng to impersonate Prime Minister Xia and Su Gang to impersonate Wu Yingxiong. The other dozen or so generals of the Mu Palace took off the official uniforms of Baozhu, Fan Zheng, Zhang Tianmeng and other personal guards and changed their appearances one after another.

After everyone had completed their disguises, Huang Sixi used corpse powder to destroy the bodies of Wu Sangui, Xia Guoxiang, Wu Yingxiong and others, and then used his lightness skills to lead everyone out of the dungeon and back to the lobby.

Mu Jiansheng and Liu Dahong looked down at the prison and asked Huang Sixi, "Mr. Li and General Liu are still down there, aren't you going to rescue them?"

Huang Sixi glanced at Li Siyong and Liu Fangliang, shook his head and said, "They are only loyal to the Dashun Chuangjun. Saving them will only get in the way. Let them live in the dungeon first! When I control the entire Yunnan-Yunnan region, I will release them!"

Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong and others all looked puzzled: "How does my husband plan to control the power of Yunnan?"

Huang Sixi has his own strategy. The military power of Yunnan and Yunnan is in the hands of the ten generals under Wu Sangui. Huang Sixi will first hold a few Hongmen Banquets, kill these ten generals and their confidants, then disband the troops of the ten generals, and then dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers from the Five Poison Sect to replace them and take over the military power in various parts of Yunnan and Yunnan.

As long as he has the military power in his hands, the entire Yunnan and Yunnan will fall into Huang Sixi's pocket.

In the following months, Huang Sixi frequently summoned the ten generals in the name of "Wu Sangui" and "Wu Yingxiong".

After he purged the ten generals, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Five Poison Sect also quietly entered various places in Yunnan and Yunnan, gradually taking control of the military power.

On this day, Huang Sixi confirmed that the power of government offices and military camps in Yunnan and Yunnan had fallen into his hands, and he decided to step out from behind the scenes.

He summoned Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong and others to the lobby of the Pingxi Palace and said, "Now that Yunnan and Yunnan have changed hands, the Pingxi Palace no longer has any need to exist. You go and prepare a swearing-in ceremony. In the name of the Dragon Subduing Hero, I will announce to the world that the Dragon Subduing Hero has successfully wiped out the Pingxi Palace and used Yunnan and Yunnan as the base for the uprising. We will swear to fight against the Qing Dynasty, drive out the Tartars and Qing, and restore the Central Plains! On the day of the swearing-in ceremony, I will sacrifice Wu Sangui's family members to the flag!"

Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong and the others all smiled: "We have been pretending to be Wu Sangui's followers for so long, and now we can finally take off our disguise! But my husband..."

On behalf of the Mu Palace, Mu Jiansheng asked Huang Sixi, "Sir, what is the name you plan to raise an army under? Are you going to 'fight against the Qing and restore the Ming' as a descendant of the Ming court, or 'drive out the barbarians and revive the Han' like the Chuang army did?"

Mu Wangfu and others were all die-hard Ming loyalists, and they only accepted the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, most of the people in the Central Plains today still miss the previous dynasty. If they could raise an army in the name of the Ming court, they would not only be able to gain the support of the people, but also attract anti-Qing forces from all over the world to come and join them.

Huang Sixi did not give a definite answer. He only said, "When the Qing court entered the pass, loyal officials and righteous men from all over the Central Plains all supported the descendants of Emperor Taizu as kings, each establishing their own legitimacy and ruling their own country! Even today, righteous armies from all over the country are still fighting over who is the legitimate ruler of the Ming court. Who is the legitimate ruler supported by your Mu Palace?"

Mu Jiansheng replied without hesitation: "The one we support is naturally the lineage of Emperor Yongli of Guiwang!"

Huang Sixi asked again: "In today's world, the rebel army that still regards the Ming court as the legitimate government is the Prince of Yanping's Mansion on Taiwan Island. Who does the Prince of Yanping support as the legitimate government?"

Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong and others looked at each other. They knew that the Prince of Yanping was the most powerful army for restoring the Ming Dynasty. The Tiandihui, a well-known organization in the Central Plains martial arts world, was a force under the Prince of Yanping's mansion.

Mu Jiansheng groaned for a moment and said, "The Prince of Yanping's Mansion regards the Prince of Tang as the orthodox one, which is different from our Prince Mu's Mansion!"

The King of Tang was the Longwu Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

When the rebel army captured the capital and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the Ming court officials far away in Nanjing began to support the new emperor.

Initially, Prince Fu became the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Jinling, known as the Hongguang Emperor.

Later, Prince Fu was killed by the Tartars, and Prince Tang was supported as the emperor. This Prince Tang was supported by a group of people from the Zheng family, Prince of Yanping.

But at the same time, another group of Qing officials in Yunnan and Yunnan supported Prince Gui as the emperor, and the Mu Palace was a die-hard supporter of Prince Gui.

In addition, Ming court generals Zhang Huangyan and Liu Jingyi promoted Prince Dai Lu as the emperor in Zhejiang.

At that time, the King of Tang, the King of Gui, and the King of Lu each had their own supporters, but unfortunately none of the three kings were capable of reviving the country, and they were successively hunted down by the Qing army.

After the death of the three kings, the heroes and righteous men in the world did not forget the Ming Dynasty. They found the descendants of the three kings, took them as their leaders, and continued their cause of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

The Mu Palace supported the descendants of Prince Gui and they became the Gui faction.

The Prince of Yanping's Mansion and the Tiandihui supported the descendants of the Tang king and became the Tang faction.

Zhang Huangyan's son Zhang Huazhao and Liu Jingyi's daughter Liu Yufang supported the grandson of King Lu and became the Lu faction.

Until the situation of Tang, Gui and Lu factions coexisting was formed.

Who is the orthodox one?

Huang Sixi explained this situation to Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong and others, and then said: "I want to hold a swearing-in ceremony. I really want to use the Ming court as the legitimate government, but the descendants of the Ming court are divided into three factions. No matter which faction I lean towards, it will definitely cause the anti-Qing army to split!"

Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong and others all nodded. It was precisely because the Tang, Gui and Lu factions were unable to cooperate sincerely that they were defeated one by one by the Tartars.

Mu Jiansheng asked, "Sir, is there any way to prevent the split of the anti-Qing righteous men in the world?"

Huang Sixi glanced at the Mu Palace and others, and shook his head slightly: "Everyone is doing their own thing, I don't have a better solution! But we can invite the Tianxia Yijun to Yunnan, and discuss a proper cooperation strategy at the swearing-in ceremony!"

Long before Huang Sixi entered Kunming, the great scholar Gu Yanwu, the Golden Snake Hero Yuan Chengzhi, the Tianshan Hero Yang Yuncong, Chen Jinnan of the Tiandihui, Zheng Keshuang of the Prince of Yanping and other rebel forces had already rushed to Kunming, waiting for news from the Dragon Subduing Hero.

Huang Sixi just happened to invite them together to solve the problem of the name for the uprising against the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)