A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 911: The Sky Cloud Sword and the Drunken Taoist! (Please order the whole thing!)

Hua Shier killed the Yagyu Killer God. As descendants of the Yagyu family, Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Yagyu Piaoxu were not angry at all. Instead, they felt a sense of relief.

Not to mention that the Yagyu Killer God was a traitor and turned against the Yagyu family, even the few words he said before he died were not a single word of human speech.

  Listen to what they are saying. They are asking Liu Sheng Piao Xu to give up her blood and flesh? That is your great-great-granddaughter!

As we all know, the Fuso people lack humanity or have no humanity, but what Yagyu Killer just showed was more than just inhumanity, his humanity was negative.

Therefore, Liu Sheng Piaoxu felt that it would be better not to have such an ancestor, the sooner he died the better.

Helping the coalition forces to break the city, Hua Shier's purpose of this trip to Fuso was achieved. However, there were still a lot of things to do in the Ming Dynasty. Who could understand the pain of Lee Wan-hee, my relatives? So after finishing here, he would go back.

However, before returning, the development plan of Fuso should be explained, so he immediately asked Yagyu Tajima-no-kami to find a place to talk.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami was a former retainer of the Tokugawa family and was very familiar with Fushimi Castle. He immediately took Hua Twelve to the Great Hall where the head of the Tokugawa family received his subordinates. The function of this place was similar to that of the Golden Palace, but there were no seats, only tatami mats.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami invited Hua Jushi to take the seat of honor.

Hua Shier was not polite either. He pulled Yagyu Piaoxu and sat cross-legged in the main seat. Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Ximen Chuxue sat on his left and right.

After sitting down, Ximen Chuxue couldn't help but ask Hua Twelve:

"Are you a sword master?"

Hua Twelve waved his hand: "Let's talk about this later, let me finish my business first!"

Although Ximen Chuxue was anxious to know the answer, he also understood that now was not a good time to talk about these things, so he nodded and stopped talking.

  Hua Shier looked at Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami on his right and said straight to the point:

"Master Yagyu, what do you think about the future of Fuso?"

Yagyu Tajima no Kami smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that the other party was just being polite and would not really care about his opinion. As for him, his daughter marrying the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was an honor he had never dared to think about before. He now also had his heart set on the Ming Dynasty, so he bent down and said:

"The Yagyu family is willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty and obey the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

"it is good!"

Hua Twelve smiled: "My intention is that Fusang will be renamed Fusang Province from now on, and will be a territory of the Ming Dynasty, not a vassal state. I will appoint you as the King of Fusang, and after you, one of my and Piaoxu's descendants will be chosen to inherit the throne of Fusang, and the throne will be passed down from generation to generation, forever ruling Fusang!"

Liu Sheng Piaoxu's pretty face blushed, and she looked at Hua Twelve with eyes full of love and longing for the future.

Seeing his daughter's expression, Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami knew what she was thinking. He thought that he had become the King of Fuso and his grandson would succeed him. What else could he think about? He was so satisfied that he immediately took a seat and said respectfully, imitating the tone of the Ming Dynasty opera:

"Your Majesty, I, the Lord of the Yagyu Tajima, would like to thank you for your grace. May your Majesty live long, long, long, long!"

Before, he called Hua Twelve "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty", but now he just calls him "Our Emperor", which shows that he has accepted his new identity.

  Hua Twelve laughed loudly, stretched out his hand, and an invisible force dragged Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami back:

"No need to be so polite, King Fuso!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami stood up, as if he suddenly remembered something, and frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing, that is, His Majesty the Emperor of Fuso..."

Hua Twelve's face was calm: "Fuso will no longer need an emperor, do you understand?"

Yagyu Tajima no Kami hurriedly said, "Tomorrow I will order the Emperor to be removed from his throne and sent to the countryside to retire!"

Hua Twelve shook his head: "You still don't understand what I mean. I will not leave any hidden dangers for my offspring. Do you understand?"

Only then did Yagyu Tajima no Kami realize that what Hua Twelve wanted was to cut the weeds completely!

He quickly said, "I understand!"

Hua Twelve nodded and said, "It would be better if you really understand. What about the other forces in Fusang? What are you going to do?"

When the Yagyu family rebelled this time, many forces saw that the wind was not blowing in their favor and came to surrender. However, this surrender was not submission, but like the other princes when King Wu attacked King Zhou, they followed the lead to fight a favorable battle and then waited to divide the fruits of victory.

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami listened to Hua Twelve's question and expressed his thoughts:

"The Oda, Takeda, Tokugawa, Hojo, Uesugi, Mori, and Imagawa families are all heroes in this campaign against the Tokugawa family. We will reward them according to their merits tomorrow!"

  Hua Twelve smiled faintly:

"Some of these families followed Oda Nobunaga, some followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and later followed Tokugawa Ieyasu, and now they all follow you."

"What I want to say is that these are all ungrateful bastards. They can support you in overthrowing the Tokugawa family today, but driven by interests, they will help others overthrow you in the future. Are you going to keep them around to make yourself unhappy?"

"Ah this."

Yagyu Tajima no Kami's eyelids twitched. He finally understood what Hua Twelve meant. This Ming emperor not only wanted to target the emperor, but also the princes and big families.

  Hua Twelve made the decision for him directly:

"Tomorrow you will personally write a letter to invite the heads of these forces and important figures to come to Kyoto in a month. Tell them that you want to discuss how to deal with the problems of the Emperor and the Tokugawa family, and at the same time, distribute benefits according to merit!"

"When all these people arrive, kill them all, and then the Ming army will help you wipe out their remaining forces. I want you to completely unify Fuso in the shortest possible time!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami said with some concern: "Your Majesty, the power of these families cannot be underestimated. If we attack them at the same time, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle them with just our men!"

Hua Twelve waved his hand: "I will not fight a battle that I am not sure of. I will consider what you said!"

Just kidding. Not to mention that the magic door can pull people in at any time, the hot weapons in his storage space are almost moldy from being idle. With the scale of a war at the level of a rural brawl in Fuso, a row of heavy machine guns can probably handle it.

After making a plan with Yagyu Tajima no Kami, Hua Shier was about to find an empty room and use the magic door to return to Ming Dynasty, but Ximen Chuxue stopped him and asked him about the previous incident of killing Yagyu Killer God with a flying sword, and asked him if he was a sword immortal.

Hua Twelve shook his head, then nodded and said with a smile: "I am not a sword immortal, but I know how to control a sword!"

"Is there really a sword immortal?"

Ximen Chuxue's eyes widened. He had always believed that their group had reached the ceiling of individual combat power, but he never expected that there really was a legendary sword immortal in this world.

Thinking about how Hua Shier killed the Yagyu Killer God, Ximen Chuxue's heart was burning with excitement, as if he had seen a new world.

Hua Twelve said with a half-smile: "Of course there are sword immortals. Are you interested in the art of controlling swords?"

Ximen Chuixue nodded: "Can you teach me the art of wielding a sword?"

Hua Shier smiled: "Xiao Xi is now a member of the Baolong clan, which means she is one of us, and she has even been stabbed for Daming. It's not impossible for me to teach you, but... I'll have to pay you more!"

The extra money he mentioned was of course not real money, but Ximen Chuxue's loyalty.

Ximen Chuxue was very conflicted about this, but Hua Twelve came up with a compromise idea:

"As long as you agree to assist me for a hundred years, I will immediately teach you the art of controlling the sword!"

Even Ximen Chuxue, who has a cold personality, was so angry that he laughed: "A hundred years? What's the difference between that and a lifetime?"

Hua Twelve chuckled, "Of course it's different. Learning the art of controlling a sword is like stepping into the gate of immortality. You can follow me in the cultivation world in the future. Longevity is not an extravagant hope. A mere one or two inches, no, a mere hundred years, what does it matter? Who knows, one day you will be able to complete your merits and be ranked among the immortals, and live as long as the heavens!"

  Ximen Chuxue thought about it carefully, and wanted to see that extraordinary world more and more, so he made up his mind:

"Okay, I promise you. I, Ximen Chuxue, swear."

  Hua Twelve waited for him to finish his oath, then took out the sword control secret book and stuffed it into his hand:

"This is a gift for you. Study it slowly. If you have any questions, ask me. You should recover from your injuries in the next two days. I will take you to see a real sword immortal in a few days!"

Ximen Chuxue tightly grasped the secret book, his heart pounding, and nodded heavily. Hua Shier used the Anywhere Door to return to the Forbidden City from Fusang, and then dealt with the mess of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was facing serious internal and external troubles, but there was no need to worry about external troubles for the time being, because the Later Jin would usually harass the Ming Dynasty from September to March of the following year, so the Tartars would generally not invade the border until the autumn harvest.

As for internal troubles, getting rid of the vassal kings allowed the Ming Dynasty to go into battle with ease, and the large amount of land obtained temporarily solved the problem of refugees. Next, Hua Shier would take action against those gentry and businessmen.

Many gentry annexed land by means of trickery and plunder, and then found ways to pay less taxes or no taxes. These people were parasites on the Ming Dynasty and must be eliminated one by one.

In response to this, Hua Shier came up with a dirty trick to deal with them, which was similar to the way he got the throne.

He first asked the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot to collect intelligence on these people, and then selected targets from among the gentry and nobles who had committed many evil deeds.

Hua Shier first chose a target that was nearby, Zhang Fanian, a gentry from northern Zhili. His family owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, but he hid the land and did not pay taxes. He also refused to pay the Liao salary. He also relied on his wealth and power, and had a godfather who was a eunuch in the palace, to do all kinds of evil and commit so many murders that he could not count them on one hand.

"It's him!"

Now T1000 no longer needs to pretend to be Zhu Youxi, Hua Shier immediately assigns T1000 a new task.

Three days later, Zhang Fannian took the initiative to go to the Ministry of Revenue, willing to donate all his property without compensation, and then ran to Shuntian Prefecture to surrender himself, and took the initiative to confess the murders he had committed. At the same time, without asking for a reduction in sentence, he reported the fact that his two sons had beaten people to death and then paid money to settle the matter.

Because these cases involved many officials and eunuchs in the palace, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture did not dare to act on his own and immediately went to the palace to ask to see Hua Twelve.

This Shuntian prefect was Hua Twelve's own man. He only said one word: "Handle impartially. You don't have to be afraid of anyone with my support!"

The Ministry of Revenue went to take over Zhang Faonian's property, and Shuntian Prefecture went to arrest his two sons. In the end, the murders were uncovered, and Zhang Faonian and his sons were both traitors and executed immediately.

Zhang Fanyan's two sons could not figure out until their death whether their father was crazy. Not only did he surrender himself, but he also reported them. Doesn't this mean that the Zhang family is doomed to extinction?

Not to mention that his two sons didn't understand, Zhang Fannian himself didn't understand either. He just went out for a drink that day, and then everything went black before his eyes. When he woke up, he found himself on the execution ground, with a foot binding stuffed in his mouth, and he couldn't even scream.

Only Hua Shier knew that the Zhang Fanian who turned himself in was actually the liquid robot T1000, and the Zhang Fanian who was to be beheaded was the real Zhang Fanian.

Except for Zhang Fanian, all the officials who had once protected him, including the eunuch in the palace, were sentenced and their property was confiscated.

With this job, Hua Shier earned 900,000 taels of silver and 10,000 acres of fertile farmland.

  Hua Shier looked at the list sent by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which contained the densely packed names of local gentry, and he shouted excitedly in his heart:

"There is hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty!"

After coming back for half a month, he calculated that Ximen Chuxue's injuries should have healed, so he opened the portal again and went to Fuso.

As soon as I came out of the house I was in last time, I met Yagyu Tajima no Mori and Ximen Chuxue who were studying an ancient bronze sword in the yard.

Seeing Hua Twelve, Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami was surprised at how this cheap son-in-law was always elusive, but he did not show it, instead he offered the ancient bronze sword with both hands:

"Your Majesty, this is one of the three sacred artifacts that has been treasured and worshipped by the Emperor of Fuso, the Murasaki Sword. In my opinion, only Your Majesty is worthy of using this sword!"

Hua Twelve nodded to indicate that he liked what he heard. He took the ancient sword and saw that the sword was two feet and eight inches long, with cloud patterns on the blade. It was very simple and ancient, but it looked like an ordinary bronze sword and there was nothing special about it.

"Is this a divine weapon?" Hua Twelve thought to myself that I was a little disgusted.

Yagyu Tajima no Kami hurriedly said: "This magic sword can only be revealed when held. If it is placed aside, it will be enshrouded in mist and people will not be able to see it!"

"Oh?"

Hua Shier directly inserted the first divine sword of Fuso into the floor tiles in the courtyard. With a bang, it went in more than half a foot, then he let go and waited to see the changes in the sword.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's eyelids twitched. You really don't feel sorry for this thing that's not China's national treasure.

Just after Hua Twelve let go, a light cloud of mist began to rise from the sword. After a moment, the thick mist had already covered the sword.

Hua Twelve felt the slight coolness coming from the clouds and mist, and immediately said happily:

"Great stuff, it can be used as an air conditioner!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Ximen Chuxue were both confused, as neither of them knew what an air conditioner was.

Apart from the fact that it generated mist on its own, Hua Shier did not find anything special about the sword. Thinking that it was a sacred weapon of Fuso, he took a rope and tied it around his waist.

I asked Yagyu Tajima-no-kami how things were going, and the latter reported that many heads of families from all over the country had already arrived in Kyoto, and only those who were far away were still on the way, so the one-month deadline should not be delayed.

Hua Twelve nodded, told him to continue, and pulled Ximen Chuxue into the same room, then said with a smile:

"Today I will take you to see a real sword immortal!"

Hua Shier pulled a door out of thin air as he spoke, and in front of Ximen Chuxue, who had his eyes wide open, he held the door handle and imagined in his mind the scenery of Chengdu Prefecture that he had visited in "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer".

Both worlds are set in the Ming Dynasty, and both are Chengdu Prefecture, so Hua Shier decided to give it a try. Sure enough, after opening the door, Chengdu Prefecture was right across from him.

"Let's go!"

Hua Shier pulled the stunned Ximen Chuxue through the Anywhere Door and waved his hand to close it. The latter saw the surrounding scenery and the pedestrians dressed in Chinese clothes in the distance, and asked hurriedly:

"Isn't this Fuso?"

"Of course not, this is Chengdu Prefecture!"

Hua Twelve winked at Ximen Chuixue and said, "This door is my secret. Remember not to tell anyone else. If you keep telling others, you will be killed!"

Ximen Chuxue: “.” This emperor is really stupid!

The two entered Chengdu Prefecture, and Hua Shier found a restaurant to have lunch and inquired about the news of Biyun Temple.

The laughing monk who killed the thousand households of the Ming Dynasty was a disciple of the Emei Sect. Hua Shier wanted to seek justice, so he naturally had to find the Emei Sect to argue. However, the Emei Sect's immortal palace was at Ningbi Cliff, and he could not go there at all, nor could he find it.

Fortunately, Hua Shier remembered that the second-generation leader of the Emei Sect, Miaoyi Zhenren Qi Shuming, had a junior brother named Zui Daoren, who was practicing in the Biyun Temple in Chengdu.

Moreover, this drunk Taoist priest is one of the few reasonable people in the Emei Sect.

While they were having the meal, they had already found out that Biyun Temple was near the Wuhou Temple. The owner knew that they were from the capital and was kind enough to show them the way.

After the meal, Hua Shier gave the boss ten taels of silver, and the extra money was considered a thank you gift for showing him the way.

Together with Ximen Chuxue, we followed the direction pointed by the boss and found a thatched hut near the Wuhou Temple. There was a plaque on the door with the words "Biyun Temple" inscribed on it. The house was not very big with only a dozen rooms, but it had a quiet environment.

At this time, the door of Biyun Nunnery was locked. Hua Twelve was about to go forward and knock on the door, but the door opened stubbornly. The person who opened the door was a Taoist priest wearing a single garment, very tattered, with a large red lacquered gourd filled with wine hanging around his waist.

The Taoist seemed to have known that someone was coming. After opening the door, he stared intently. When he saw Tsinghua No. 12, he saluted with both hands and bowed down:

"I was just drunk and lying on a green stone when I suddenly saw purple air coming from the east. It turned out that a distinguished guest had arrived. It was a relief for a foreigner to see a distinguished guest!"

Thanks to: 08a, Brother Xiao Xiaohu in the Demon World for the reward, and thanks to the brothers who voted for monthly votes and recommendation votes, thank you very much.