A knife in love

Chapter 1845

Li Qiufeng heard Liu Sheng Zongyan mention the battle of the Xingxian King's Tomb, and thought that countless masters of the Central Plains martial arts were killed in Anluzhou. It was all the Fusang people like Liu Sheng Zongyan. He hated it and couldn't help but sneered. , said in the mouth: "Mr. Liu Sheng is extremely skilled in martial arts, and is also very wise. He cleverly ambushed in King Xingxian's tomb and intercepted and killed the heroes of the rivers and lakes who went to search for evidence of King Xingxian's treason. In the end, these martial arts masters were wiped out in one fell swoop. Even Dongchang None of them and Jin Yiwei were spared. However, Mr. Liu Sheng and his group had almost no casualties, and finally retreated unscathed. Fortunately, Li did not participate in this battle, otherwise he might have died under the sword of Mr. Liu Sheng."

Liu Sheng Zongyan shook his head, gave a wry smile, and said, "Lord Li, you are mocking this old man. I think the person who told you about the battle at Xingxian King's Tomb pushed all the murders on the old man." body. In fact, the mastermind of this incident was the big boss of the Ming court. And the people who did the killing were not just the people led by the old man. There were no less than 500 people from the rivers and lakes who broke into King Xingxian’s tomb that day. There were only more than [-] people. Although we set up traps in Xingxian King's Mausoleum in advance, but only relying on the old man's group, if we want to kill Mount Tai, Huashan, Songshan, Kongtong, Beggars, etc. Master Li, do you think it is possible to wipe out all the masters of the major gangs?"

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he couldn't help thinking of a few things from the past.In fact, ever since he learned about the battle of Xingxian King's Tomb from Zhuang Hengyun and others, he had doubts in his heart.This battle involved all major gangs in the Jianghu, but so many martial arts masters died, but there was no disturbance in the Jianghu.At first, Li Qiufeng thought that this matter involved royal secrets. Although the major sects suffered heavy losses, they did not dare to confront the imperial court, so they kept silent about it.For this reason, although Li Qiufeng wanted to ask Liu Yong, the star-picking swordsman of the Huashan faction several times, whether the Huashan faction also sent masters to participate in this campaign, he still held back in the end.However, the question in his heart has not been resolved, because he has fought against the Liusheng clan many times, and he knows that although these killers are ruthless, have strange sword moves, extremely high lightness skills, and extremely vicious hidden weapons, but in terms of martial arts, they are not as good as Taishan, Huashan, Kunlun, etc. , Emei, Qingcheng and other major gangs are far behind.As long as you avoid the sneak attack of these killers and deal with them carefully, although it is not easy to defeat this group of people, it is not difficult for the disciples of the various sects to escape.But why more than 1000 martial arts masters were wiped out in the Xingxian King's Tomb, and only a few insignificant people such as Yu Changyuan escaped. Isn't it too weird?

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng was in doubt, looked at Liu Sheng Zongyan, and said: "I also ask Mr. Liu Sheng to enlighten me."

Liu Sheng Zongyan chuckled, and said: "We were able to wipe out the heroes of the martial arts at the Xingxian King's Mausoleum in one fell swoop, because the people who came forward to kill were the clansmen led by the old man, but behind us there are hundreds of people who are rarely in the Jianghu. There are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers ambushing outside the mausoleum of the martial arts masters who showed their faces. Such a meticulous network, no matter how high the martial arts skills of these Jianghu figures are, how can they escape?"

At this point, Liu Sheng Zongyan took a look at Li Qiufeng, and then said, "Lord Li, I think you have already guessed that the battle of presenting the royal tomb is a scam. Emperor Zhengde first trusted Liu Jin, and then Qian Ning , Jiang Bin gained power, these people use Dongchang and Jinyiwei to monitor all officials, from cabinet scholars to prefectural and county officials, everyone is like a thorn in their backs, lest they will be framed by Jinyiwei's spies and Dongchang fans, and lose their official positions. For trivial matters, I'm afraid there is a danger of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. So many officials have resentment towards the emperor. In the end, some people did not hesitate to take the risk and conspired to kill Emperor Zhengde and help the new emperor to ascend the throne. Only in this way can they keep their official positions, keep themselves and family life.

"Actually, Zhengde is not a foolish emperor, although he is absurd. It's just that he was born to be the emperor, and he has no choice. If he was born into an ordinary family, he might be much happier in his life. After he became emperor, I want to imitate Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and defeat the Tartar soldiers in the north, and drive away the homeless warriors from Fusang in the south. However, the court and local officials, big and small, only want to get promoted and get rich, marry wives and take concubines. Bows and arrows, go to battle? Therefore, the court chiefs, civil servants and military generals all persuaded Emperor Zhengde not to use swords, lest he end up in the same fate as Emperor Yingzong.

"Zhengde has no choice but to mess around in the palace. Since the minister is unreliable, he supports the eunuch Liu Jin, and makes Dongchang and Jinyiwei confront the courtiers. Although Zhengde is the emperor, he is young after all. How can he be the opponent of those old foxes in the court? These bigwigs refused to stand up against Liu Jin at all, but hid behind their backs. On the one hand, they fought against Liu Jinxu and did not directly conflict with him, but on the other hand, they fanned the flames and made the court officials, local governors, prefects, and county magistrates The impeachment of Liu Jin. Although Liu Jin is cunning, he is just an eunuch who can't read half of the characters. Many officials died, but he couldn't move any of the big bosses who were hiding behind his back to get rid of him. In the end, these big bosses set up a trap, and Liu Jin, an idiot, really jumped into it, and lost Zhengde's favor The bosses took the opportunity to report all kinds of illegal things about Liu Jin to the emperor, accusing him of treason. Masanori was fooled, so he immediately sent someone to follow Liu Jin to collect criminal evidence and bring Liu Jin down.

"Actually, it is not difficult to kill Liu Jin. As long as the emperor makes an imperial decree, the eunuch will be captured without a fight. But Liu Jin is not the only one that the bosses want to kill. They also want to kill all his clansmen, as well as him in Dongchang, Jin Yiwei, and even the imperial court and all the party members from all over the country were all captured, so that they could eradicate the roots and eliminate future troubles. Therefore, only by letting Liu Jin commit the crime of treason can the house of this great eunuch be raided, his clan wiped out, and his family be killed. Beheaded all his accomplices!

"The bosses made a plan. While exposing Liu Jin's treason in front of the emperor, trying to assassinate Zhengde, he ascended the throne and sat in the palace by himself. At the same time, he deliberately leaked the news that the emperor wanted to capture Liu Jin. In the end, Liu Jin was forced to rebel if he didn't rebel. The bosses had already made arrangements. Before Liu Jin could make a move, they preemptively took down Liu Jin and his henchmen in one fell swoop, and killed 6000 people. The fate of Qian Ning and Jiang Bin was the same as that of Liu Jin. In fact, These people are bad enough, but if they want to kill Zhengde, that would be wronging them. Because Zhengde gave them their authority, overthrowing Zhengde will only do them harm, not good. Those who really want to kill Zhengde, They are many officials from the imperial court and the local government. It’s just that although Zhengde likes to mess around, he treats his servants very well. Whether it’s Dongchang or Jinyiwei, all the people who serve him are loyal to him and swear to death. Loyalty. These people are strong in martial arts and eager to protect the Lord, if we don't get rid of them, killing Zhengde is tantamount to nonsense."

(End of this chapter)