Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 36 Secret Guard Intelligence, Plotting Against the Sun and the Moon

"Your Highness, do you want to..."

"No need." Zhu Jinzhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "No matter whose chess piece Lin Pingzhi is, or whose abandoned piece he is testing, this seemingly insignificant young master of the escort agency may play an unexpected role at a critical moment."

"Aren't Huang Xuemei and the others back?"

"Your Highness, I have returned to report."

"Go call them over. I need them to do one more thing."

"Yes."

Li Chengen took the order and gave the instructions. Huang Xuemei and others, who were covered in dust, were quickly brought to Zhu Jinzhen.

Looking at the face that bore a 60% resemblance to Lian Nishang beside him, Zhu Jinzhen smiled knowingly, "Xuemei, Nishang, you've been so tired from the journey, I shouldn't have asked you to travel any further, but now I have two matters that I need you to take care of for me."

"Your Highness, please give me your orders. Xuemei (Nishang) will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"It's not that serious." Zhu Jinzhen chuckled and said, "The Fuwei Escort Agency has been destroyed, and Lin Zhennan and his wife have fallen into the hands of Yu Canghai of the Qingcheng Sect. I want you to rush to Hunan as quickly as possible and rescue them from the Qingcheng Sect."

Qingcheng Sect?
Huang Xuemei and Lian Nishang looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding.

Although the Qingcheng Sect is a big sect in the martial arts world and has many masters, it is not very powerful. For Huang Xuemei and Lian Nishang, only the sect leader Songmu Zhenren and Han Yinqiao, who is known as one of the Five Elders of Sichuan and Shu, are worthy of attention.

Others like Yu Canghai and Taoist Yuguan are not a threat.

"Also, Liu Zhengfeng is about to retire."

"You can investigate Qu Feiyan, the granddaughter of Demon Cult Elder Qu Yang. She's said to be quite clever and eccentric, and she might make a good match for Zhang Qing."

"Yes."

Huang Xuemei didn't think anything of it, but Lian Nishang had a headache.

The lively, active and enthusiastic Zhang Qing sometimes makes her want to sew her mouth shut with a needle. If the little girl named Qu Feiyan is assigned to her group this time, will she be able to live in peace?
"how?"

Zhu Jinzhen noticed Lian Nishang's conflicted expression and couldn't help but look at her curiously.

Lian Nishang said awkwardly, "Your Highness, if Qu Feiyan's personality is too erratic, could we recruit her into Sister Xuemei's group?"

Although in recent years, due to the relationship between Huang Xuemei and the secret guard sisters, Lian Nishang's personality has gradually become gentler, and she is no longer as cunning and domineering as before, and she is taciturn, but she is still a little introverted.

Zhang Qing alone had disturbed her several times, and if there was another Zhang Qing who might be a copy of her, Lian Nishang felt that she would not even be able to sleep well.

It was rare to see Lian Nishang in such an awkward and conflicted state, which made Zhu Jinzhen laugh. "Whether Qu Feiyan wants to recruit your Ten Heavenly Branches or Twelve Earthly Stems is up to you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Lian Nishang instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Huang Xuemei didn't care much. Among the secret guards she led, there were also some funny people with similar personalities to Zhang Qing. She was not afraid of another Qu Feiyan.

"And one more thing."

Zhu Jinzhen's expression straightened, and he said in a deep voice, "Dongfang Bubai has already left Blackwood Cliff. According to the intelligence from the secret guards, he should be in Hengyang soon to deal with the collusion between Sun Moon Sect Elder Qu Yang and Five Mountains Sword Sect's Liu Zhengfeng."

"I want you to take her down and take her place."

Then, Zhu Jinzhen ordered his men to deliver two pieces of intelligence about Dongfang Bubai to Huang Xuemei and Lian Nishang respectively.

Unfortunately, the Eastern Sect Leader in this world is not the movie version.

Otherwise, Zhu Jinzhen was genuinely curious. When the Eastern Sect Leader saw Huang Xuemei and Lian Nishang, would he suspect that his parents had secretly given birth to twin sisters? "Dongfang Bubai, female. Originally named Dongfang Bai, she was from Ximingkou Town, Yuanlin County. Fourteen years ago, her hometown was plagued by bandits, and both her parents died, leaving her family scattered. Her younger sister was rescued by the Hengshan Sect and now goes by the Dharma name Yilin. Her younger brother, Dongfang Ling, became a beggar and later fled to another country, his whereabouts unknown."

"Ten years ago, a riot broke out at Blackwood Cliff. My former teaching director, Woxing, disappeared and is now imprisoned at Plum Manor in West Lake."

"After Dongfang Bai succeeded the leader, he painstakingly practiced the Sun Moon Sect's secret martial arts, the Sunflower Manual, and even reached the celestial realm. He later called himself 'The sun rises in the east, and I am invincible,' and was vaguely known as the number one celestial being in the world."

"His lineage is suspected to be related to the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai who wreaked havoc in the Ming Dynasty fourteen years ago."

Naturally, the secret guards' intelligence could not be so detailed.

Some of it was added by Zhu Jinzhen himself, and then he sent the Xuanjia Secret Guard to trace back and improve it.

Therefore, there are almost no errors or omissions.

"That Dongfang Sect Leader who terrorized the Ming Dynasty was actually a woman?"

"Grandmaster of Celestial Phenomenon?"

"Suspected to be related to Dugu Qiubai?"

Huang Xuemei and Lian Nishang looked at each other with serious expressions.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Although Dongfang Bubai's identity as a woman is surprising, they dare not underestimate her in the slightest.

Daring to call herself undefeated, and boasting for nearly a decade without a single defeat, the Eastern Sect Leader's abilities were evident. Adding to this the suspected successor of the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai, she seemed even more dangerous.

Fortunately, according to the information from the secret guards.

Although this Eastern leader has amazing martial arts skills, cruel methods, and is cunning and scheming, her weaknesses are also very obvious, and her sister is her biggest weakness.

The only concern is...

"You don't have to care about that old bastard Dugu Qiubai."

"Back then, he was hunted for thousands of miles by Zhang Sanfeng and the masters of the Ming Dynasty. After escaping to another country, he gradually disappeared and has not caused any trouble in recent years. Before this, I used my sword power to sweep across the four directions and have already detected his whereabouts. He is not in the Ming Dynasty."

"You can do whatever you want."

"also……"

Zhu Jinzhen said this and threw out several boxes filled with them. "Inside are thirty-six Heavenly Fragrant Cardamoms. Nichang is well aware of their efficacy. They are a life-saving elixir. Each of your two groups of secret guards will be equipped with two, just in case."

Two pieces of cardamom per person?

Huang Xuemei and Lian Nishang looked at each other in surprise.

Even though I have always known that my prince is extremely capable and has unfathomable powers.

However, he was still stunned by Zhu Jinzhen's "generous" behavior.

Especially Lian Nishang, she had sneaked into the capital under Zhu Jinzhen's orders. Before obtaining a piece of Tianxiang cardamom from Princess Yunluo, she learned about the value of Tianxiang cardamom in detail.

Zhu Wusi, the Iron-hearted Godly Marquis, searched for two pieces of heavenly fragrant cardamom for twenty years.

Now her prince had thirty-six pills in one go, and he was worried that one pill per person wouldn't be enough to protect the lives of the secret guards they led, so he prepared an extra pill for his personal guards!!!
If Zhu Wusi knew that he regarded it as a treasure, established the Hulong Villa, and pursued it for twenty years, and was willing to pay any price to get a piece of Tianxiang cardamom, and that it was almost as popular as fruit wholesale in his own house, I wonder what he would think?

(End of this chapter)