Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 182: The Dragon Cult and Luding Mountain

Forbidden City.

While Luo Liru was in Burma taking over the fleet of the Dragon Subduing Society, Huang Sixi was also busy preparing for his ascension to the throne in the capital.

Huang Sixi was not a man who liked to show off. He originally requested that the coronation ceremony be kept simple, but the soldiers who followed him in battle disagreed. The civil officials in charge also disagreed and insisted on holding a grand ceremony for him.

Huang Sixi finally did not stick to his own opinion. After all, the starting point of this ceremony was to promote orthodoxy and praise Huang Sixi's unprecedented achievement in recovering the Central Plains, which would be conducive to stabilizing the situation in the world.

Since Huang Sixi was obsessed with the path of breaking through the barriers and was unwilling to spend his entire life in the "bloody world", he was not so enthusiastic about the great achievements of being an emperor who enjoyed the throne.

However, as Huang Sixi expelled the Tartars and recovered the entire Central Plains, he seemed to have no other way to go. Ascending the throne to become emperor was his best choice at the moment.

He had repeatedly considered whether it was feasible for the Central Plains to have no emperor. The final answer was that it was not feasible, at least not in the current feudal era.

First of all, all the civil and military officers under his command were eager to serve him and were obsessed with getting promoted to higher positions, becoming dukes and ministers. They forced him to ascend the throne and become emperor, and then reward him according to his merits. This concept had become deeply rooted in their minds.

If Huang Sixi was unwilling to give these meritorious officials a superior status and privileges, then they would collectively leave Huang Sixi and look for another powerful leader who was willing to reward them according to their merits, and then wear the yellow robe.

As the saying goes, when awake, one holds the power of the world, when drunk, one lies on the lap of a beauty. The Central Plains is not short of ambitious people with power over the world. They are always preparing to usurp the throne, and then enfeoff their sons as vassal kings, so that their descendants can occupy the country and enjoy wealth forever.

If Huang Sixi had not become emperor, there would have been countless people in power who wanted to be emperor in the future and would have continued to stir up wars and disputes, even if it meant mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Since Huang Sixi started his rebellion, he has tried every means to quell the war in order to preserve the vitality of the Central Plains. He absolutely does not want any ambitious person to stir up bloody turmoil in the Central Plains again for power in the future.

But Huang Sixi thought about it and couldn't find a way to solve this dilemma.

On the one hand, he wanted to leave this world, but on the other hand, he didn't want his achievements in recovering the Central Plains to go to waste.

In the past three years, he had fought wars all over the Central Plains. He was confident that he could expel the Tartars, but he had never come up with a proper plan on how to govern the world after regaining the Central Plains.

When he broke into the Forbidden City and was surrounded by people who advised him to become emperor, he finally decided to stay.

After all, he has been fighting for the world for several years and doesn't want to give up halfway.

Moreover, when he returned to the 'Blooded Jianghu', he gained sixty years of life. Even if he wasted sixty years here, it would not affect his future ventures into other rivers and lakes.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi stopped worrying about it.

He decided to follow the rules of this era, ascend the throne as emperor, reward his meritorious officials, and confer titles on nobles.

First, govern the world in the same way as in the past when dynasties changed, and then slowly consider solutions.

On the second day after Huang Sixi ascended the throne, he appointed He Tieshou as queen.

He did not follow the convention that the harem was not allowed to interfere in political affairs. One month after he entered the Forbidden City, he handed over the imperial power to He Tieshou, asking He Tieshou to temporarily serve as regent. He then led his troops to leave the capital alone and went to Liaodong to hunt down the remnants of the Qing Dynasty.

As early as three years ago, when Huang Sixi recovered Hubei Province and met Hu Guinan in Jingzhou City, he arranged for Hu Guinan to station troops in Liaodong to cut off the Qing court's retreat.

Hu Guinan lived up to Huang Sixi's expectations. He had already led his troops to capture Shengjing and was just waiting for the remnants of the Qing Dynasty to retreat to Liaodong, and then launched a encirclement and suppression campaign. Regardless of whether Huang Sixi went to Liaodong or not, the remnants of the Qing Dynasty would not be able to make a comeback in Liaodong.

So nominally, Huang Sixi rushed to Liaodong to hunt down the remnants of the Tartars, but in fact it was to resolve the border threat from the Yellow-haired Barbarians in the Rakshasa Kingdom in the north, and by the way, he went to Luding Mountain to take out the Tartar treasure.

Hu Guinan had been lurking in Liaodong for decades and had built an army that was fully capable of blocking the Tartars' retreat. There was no need for Huang Sixi to send troops in a hurry. He did not even take the land route, but boarded a ship directly in Tianjin and sailed north to Liaodong.

The accompanying general was Mu Jiansheng, the former prince of the Mu Palace.

In his early years, Hu Guinan served as the military advisor of Prince Mu's Mansion. After lurking in Liaodong, all his actions were based on the generals of Prince Mu's Mansion.

Huang Sixi took Mu Jiansheng with him and waited for him to rush to Liaodong so that they could unite with Hu Guinan's troops.

But before landing, Huang Sixi made a detour to Shenlong Island.

Three years ago, Huang Sixi and Li Siyong, a rebel army leader, went to meet Wu Sangui together. At the banquet, they met the Mongolian rebel prince Galdan, the Tibetan monk Tianlong Zen Master, and the governor of the Rakshasa Kingdom Gao Lijin.

Among these rebels, except Huangmao Yigaolijin who was killed on the spot by Huang Sixi, the rest were all imprisoned by Huang Sixi and did not die immediately. Huang Sixi did this naturally for emergency needs.

On this trip to Shenlong Island, Gao Lijin's interpreter Lu Gaoxuan was brought out of prison by Huang Sixi and marched north with the army.

On this day, in the cabin of the main ship of the Dragon Subduing Army, Huang Sixi specially summoned Lu Gaoxuan.

Lu Gaoxuan was imprisoned by Huang Sixi for three years, but instead of complaining, he was very grateful to Huang Sixi.

When he saw Huang Sixi in the cabin, he immediately knelt down and said prostrate, "I bow to your majesty. Your majesty has cured me of the poison of the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills. Your grace is like a rebirth. No matter what your majesty orders, I will never refuse!"

The Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills are the same as the Three Corpses Brain Pills of the Sun and Moon Sect, both of which are highly poisonous substances that can control the human body.

This was personally refined by the leader of the Shenlong Sect.

After swallowing the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills, they will remain in the body permanently and the antidote must be taken once every year. If the antidote is not taken within the time limit, the body will be invaded by the poison, and tall people will become short and fat people will become thin. Not only will the body suffer, but there will also be sequelae of unconsciousness.

The fat and thin monk, the guardian of the Shenlong Sect, took the antidote of the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill overdue, which caused his body to mutate and his mind to become insane.

Lu Gaoxuan is also the guardian of the Shenlong Sect. Three years ago, he followed the order of the Shenlong Sect leader Hong Antong and followed the Luosha Kingdom Governor Gao Lijin to the south to Yunnan and Yunnan to serve as Gao Lijin's interpreter.

Since the Dragon Sect has strict rules, those who leave the sect need to take the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills, and Lu Gaoxuan was not spared. Three years ago, Lu Gaoxuan was captured and imprisoned by Huang Sixi. He stayed away from the Dragon Sect and knew that he could not be given an antidote. He was ready to die from the poison, but was summoned by Huang Sixi, who took away the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills for him. At that time, Lu Gaoxuan was grateful to Huang Sixi, but Huang Sixi was on the Northern Expedition and did not need him for the time being, so he placed him under house arrest in Kunming City until Huang Sixi entered the capital and transferred him to his side to obey orders.

Huang Sixi knew that he was a veteran of the Shenlong Sect, so he asked him, "The Shenlong Sect's headquarters is located off the coast of Liaodong. How did you become the interpreter for Gao Lijin, the governor of Luosha State?"

Lu Gaoxuan answered in detail: "Your Majesty, I served in the Shenlong Sect in my early years. The leader of the Shenlong Sect, Hong Antong, was ambitious and wanted to get involved in the Central Plains. He secretly raised a group of soldiers, but he was ambitious but incompetent and did not have the ability to recover the Central Plains. So he took a risk and colluded with the Huangmaoyi of Luosha State."

The Shenlong Sect and the Rakshasa Kingdom were both frontier forces adjacent to Liaodong, so it was not surprising that the two sides had secret dealings with each other.

Huang Sixi asked, "So you were ordered by Hong Antong to be Gao Lijin's interpreter?"

Lu Gaoxuan nodded vigorously: "I am originally from the Central Plains. The Tartars plundered my hometown. I had no choice but to go to sea for refuge. I happened to meet Hong Antong's fleet. I was confused and worked for Hong Antong! This man has a vicious mind and uses poison to control the followers. Everyone in the sect dares to be angry but dares not speak out. As long as your majesty gives an order, I am willing to act as a pioneer and help your majesty to flatten Shenlong Island!"

Mu Jiansheng, who was standing next to Huang Sixi, suddenly shouted, "What ability do you have to destroy Shenlong Island? Do you know that deceiving the emperor is a capital crime?"

Lu Gaoxuan immediately lowered his head and dared not say anything more.

Huang Sixi smiled slightly and said to Mu Jiansheng: "You don't need to scare him. At least he knows the location of Shenlong Island and recognizes the leader of Shenlong Sect. We brought him here this time to capture Shenlong Sect leader Hong Antong so that we can attack the city of Luosha Kingdom!"

This was also Huang Sixi's strategy. First, he would break into Shenlong Island and capture Hong Antong. Then, in the name of Hong Antong, he would enter the cities of Yaksa and Nerchinsk built by the Luosha people in the northern border of Liaodong. By taking down these two strongholds, he could minimize the damage to the Dragon Subduing Army.

Hearing that Huang Sixi admired him very much, Lu Gaoxuan gradually became bolder.

He raised his head again and revealed all the intelligence he knew about Luosha to Huang Sixi: "Your Majesty, three years ago, I was ordered by Hong Antong to be an interpreter for Gao Lijin. In fact, Gao Lijin was unwilling to go south, but there was a Luosha princess stationed in Yaksa City. The princess was curious about the situation in the Central Plains, so she ordered Gao Lijin to go south to collect intelligence from the Central Plains!"

The princess of Rakshasa Kingdom that Lu Gaoxuan mentioned actually existed and was called Princess Sophia by the Dragon Sect.

The emperor of the Rakshasa Kingdom was called the Tsar, also known as Theotu III in the Rakshasa Kingdom. Sophia was the Tsar's biological sister.

Since Theotu III was disabled and had difficulty in moving, he could only handle all matters of the Rakshasa Empire on his bed. It is conceivable how loose his control over the imperial power of the Rakshasa Empire was.

His elder sister Sophia was an indulgent person by nature and had countless lovers in Rakshasa Country. He never had a way to discipline her, which led to Sophia doing whatever she wanted.

Governor Gao Lijin, who went to Kunming to form an alliance with Wu Sangui three years ago, was actually one of Sophia's lovers. Gao Lijin was handsome and suave, and was deeply loved by Sophia.

However, Golitsyn was not valued in Russia and was forced to come to the East to open up new land. He led a musketeer team to build cities in Nerchinsk and Yaksa, attempting to invade Mongolia, Liaodong and other places.

The Tartar treasure that Huang Sixi is looking for this time, Luding Mountain, is right next to the city of Yaksa. This location is at the junction of two major rivers and was coveted by both the Tartars and the Russians in the past.

The Tatars first buried the treasure in Luding Mountain outside the city of Yaksa. They originally planned to make the entire area outside the mountain their territory. However, Gao Lijin came later and snatched this fertile land from the Tatars. After several struggles, the Tatars were still unable to expel the Russians. They could only regard Luding Mountain as the border between the Tatars and the Russian Kingdom. This was also a helpless move.

After Golitsin established himself in Yaksa, Princess Sophia of Rakshasa missed her old lover. However, she was playful by nature, and when she heard about the ancient mysteries of Far Eastern China, she left the capital of Rakshasa and traveled thousands of miles to Yaksa.

At this time, Gao Lijin happened to form an alliance with the Shenlong Sect and the Western Mongolians, trying to join forces to attack the Central Plains.

The Mongolian prince Galdan invited Gao Lijin to go south to Yunnan to discuss an alliance with Wu Sangui. At that time, the leader of the Shenlong Sect, Hong Antong, was also present. The three parties hit it off and decided to meet with Wu Sangui.

As a result, the alliance was ruined by Huang Sixi.

However, Lu Gaoxuan met Princess Sophia three years ago. He had no idea whether the princess of Rakshasa Kingdom was still in Yaksa City.

Huang Sixi didn't care much either. He said, "Let's go to Shenlong Island first. Once we catch Hong Antong, we will naturally know the whereabouts of Princess Huangmaoyi."

In fact, whether Princess Luosha is in Liaodong or not has no effect on Huang Sixi's plan to govern Liaodong. This time he personally led his troops to Liaodong in order to solve the eastward expansion of Luosha Kingdom.

The lair of these Rakshasas is more than ten thousand miles away from the Central Plains, and logistical supply is extremely difficult. They simply do not have the ability or determination to occupy the vast Far East.

The Tatars are not clear about the situation in the Far East and are afraid of the Russians like a tiger. They have given away their vast rivers and mountains to them in vain. Huang Sixi will definitely not give up the fertile land of Liaodong. The Russians must return to their old nest. Huang Sixi will fight to the end for all the land in the Far East.

After Huang Sixi finished chatting with Lu Gaoxuan, the fleet sailed on the sea for another half day and finally arrived at Shenlong Island.

Huang Sixi's main ship was stationed to the west of Shenlong Island. He immediately issued an order, ordering Mu Jiansheng to lead the gunboats to launch an attack from the east, south and north of Shenlong Island respectively.

The Shenlong Island was originally not very large, and after being bombarded by the Red Cannon, it became a mess.

There are not many disciples of the Shenlong Sect on the island, less than a thousand in total.

This time, the Dragon Subduing Army led by Huang Sixi had tens of thousands of troops. They surrounded the island from all sides and quickly forced Hong Antong and others into a cave.

Huang Sixi learned that Hong Antong had led the core members of the Shenlong Sect and was hiding in a cave, so he went to the island to find out what was going on.

After reaching the cave entrance, Huang Sixi signaled Lu Gaoxuan to shout inside.

Lu Gaoxuan understood and said loudly: "Your Majesty can remove the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill. I have been in Kunming for three years and have been safe and sound so far, all thanks to Your Majesty! Your Majesty came to the island this time only to kill the main culprit. As long as everyone captures Hong Antong, His Majesty guarantees that you can all get rid of the poison pill!"

As the shouting died down, the sound of fighting was heard in the cave.

After a while, several warriors with blood-stained clothes walked out of the cave.

Lu Gaoxuan immediately pointed them out to Huang Sixi: "They are the Black Dragon Envoy Zhang Danyue, the White Dragon Envoy Zhong Zhiling, the Yellow Dragon Envoy Yin Jin and the Red Dragon Envoy Wugen Daoren... Your Majesty, the leader's wife Su Quan also obeyed your decree, and they killed Hong Antong together!"

Huang Sixi went forward and took a look, only to see four men and one woman carrying a dead body out of the cave. The body was that of the Dragon Sect leader Hong Antong.

(End of this chapter)