If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 338 Honshu Island
While Zhu Zhanchun was cutting off the hair, cleaning the marrow, and building foundations for his two children, Lu Jianxing and others who were sent by him to clean up the resistance forces on Kyushu Island were engaged in a bitter battle.

They were ordered to investigate the resistance forces involved in the assassination of the princess on Kyushu Island, and they wanted to take the head of the envoy back in exchange for Jin Yiwei's first-class training resources, so naturally they did not dare to neglect anything.

After all, this is a matter involving their futures. Maybe some people don't care about fame and fortune, but for the four of them who practice martial arts, being able to further improve their own strength and obtain more training resources is nothing compared to official positions. The salary is much more attractive.

Therefore, whether it is the three brothers Lu Jianxing or Ding Xiu who joined later, the four of them are very dedicated and serious about this matter.

Lu Jianxing and the others started investigating according to the old habit of Jin Yiwei, and sent out all the fans and various flags that were added this time from the hundreds of households under their command, and first inquired about the news on the street.

Although the Kyushu Guard was a newly conquered territory by the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanquan brought the Jinyiwei with him when he went on the expedition. Now, although the Jinyiwei has been completely reorganized, it does not mean that he does not even know the situation on Kyushu Island.

That is to say, there was a little confusion during the previous personnel adjustment, the control was reduced a lot, and the latest news was not available.

Now that Lu Jianxing and the other three had dispersed their subordinates, they themselves had also found out a lot of information through their official connections. The two parties quickly found clues when they combined.

As for Ding Xiu, there are not so many twists and turns. He is alone and is still not used to wearing the skin of a royal guard, so he simply takes off his official uniform, returns to his original appearance, and then goes to restaurants and hotels. I was hanging around here, trying to get some information from this aspect.

It has to be said that snakes have their own paths and rats have their own paths. This wine shop, hotel and other places are the most well-informed. Ding Xiu also quickly found out the relevant information, and also found out a very important news.

That was the person who originally planned the assassination of the princess, a special envoy sent by the shogunate. This person incited the forces on Kyushu Island to resist the Ming Dynasty.

And the more critical information is that although several months have passed since this incident, the shogunate's special envoy has not left Kyushu Island.

Because of the assassination of the princess, Zhu Zhanquan intensified the blockade of the waters near Kyushu Island, and conducted strict inspections at various ports. In addition, Meng Qinglin was also training the navy, and they usually included inspections in their daily training. Coastal defense tasks.

Therefore, this also resulted in the route that could have been used for sneak crossing being completely cut off, which also resulted in the shogunate's special envoy still hiding on Kyushu Island.

It's just that although Kyushu Island is not big, it is not that easy to dig out people.

After Lu Jianxing and Ding Xiu met, they exchanged information and then made a plan to fish the person out.

Their plan is also very simple. Now that the sea border blockade can't remove people, they can just open up a hole.

The previous blockade of the sea area was an order given by the prince himself. Of course, they did not have the right to directly release the blockade. And once the blockade was released, even if they really fished out the people, they would not know where they went.

So there was no need to go to such trouble. They found a fishing village along the coast and planned to spread the word that people could be smuggled here.

The fishermen in the fishing village have their own boats that can go out to sea, but the boats are small and cannot withstand strong winds and waves, and they cannot go to the far sea. There are also Meng Qinglin's navy patrolling the sea, making it difficult to sneak across the sea. .

However, for a household like Lu Jianxing, there is no problem in mobilizing the power at hand to get a boat for this fishing village that can go out to sea, and at the same time informing the navy to relax a little when patrolling this area, and creating an artificial smuggling route.

Of course, they don't really want to operate such a smuggling route, they just want to fish people out.

With the power in Lu Jianxing's hands, there would be no problem in controlling such a route and thoroughly checking the people on the boat.

As for what if someone with ulterior motives really used this route to sneak into Honshu Island?This route can indeed be used for smuggling from Kyushu Island to Honshu Island, but it does not mention that Kyushu Island is the territory of the shogunate!
The territories on Honshu Island near Kyushu Island and the Seto Inland Sea have now been captured by the Ming Dynasty. Even if they sneak across, they can only land in areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty. This provides conditions for the arrest of Kinyiwei.

After all, I don't need to arrest people directly. After you go ashore and leave, you can then notify the Honshu Island Guards to arrest people. The effect will be the same.

So Lu Jianxing took his brothers and subordinates to set up an ambush around the fishing village, and then asked Ding Xiu to come forward to deliver the news, saying that through his junior brother's relationship, he had secured all the forces and now had a smuggling route.

All that's left is to set up a net to catch fish.

I have to say that their plan went very smoothly. They quickly fished out the so-called special envoy of the shogunate and successfully captured him.

This guy has been hiding on Kyushu Island for several months, and his life has been miserable. Now that he has finally returned to the territory of the shogunate, he naturally wants to run away immediately.

You said the errand was not completed?He almost caught Lan Qier. It was the void monk who messed up the matter, not him.

And you let him, a mortal, face King Zheng and the people around him who can kill practitioners like chickens?It would be too much to force someone to do something difficult.

In fact, the shogunate's special envoy had already found a way to send back the relevant news. The shogunate did not ask him to commit seppuku or anything like that. They just asked him to find a way to make some noise on Kyushu Island to contain the Ming army's attack.

Now that he has stayed on Kyushu Island for a few more months, it is enough for him to go back and do business in every aspect.

Therefore, the special envoy of the shogunate did not have any psychological burden. Instead, he looked forward to returning to the control of the shogunate army as soon as possible.

When the special envoy of the shogunate showed up in the fishing village, Lu Jianxing and others, who had been waiting for a long time, naturally would not let him go, and smoothly captured him, an ordinary person.

Not even a decent resistance.

Although this special envoy of the shogunate is just an ordinary person, he is the mastermind of the assassination of the princess, so he can be regarded as a big fish.

Therefore, Lu Jianxing did not kill him directly, but conducted some torture.

This is Jin Yiwei's cooking skills. Even though Lu Jianxing was just an unpopular little general banner, his skills were still passable.

Therefore, after giving the special envoy of the shogunate a serious eye-opener and seeing the Ming Dynasty's torture art, he handed over a lot of important information.For example, the shogunate was supported by practitioners and the Japanese protoss. The plan to influence King Zheng by assassinating or kidnapping the princess was proposed by a "big boss" in the shogunate.

There are practitioners behind the shogunate. This was already known to Zheng Fan and the Ming Dynasty when the Void Monk appeared last time, and it is not surprising.

However, the Japanese protoss had a hand in the background, and the news was not that simple.

The Ming Dynasty is also conferring gods, but so far there is only the deity Queen Xu, and A Qing only takes on the title of god and has not truly become a god.

And how could a mere Japanese country have both gods and practitioners?
Even if the Ming Dynasty experienced Liu Bowen's slaying of the dragon veins and the extraordinary power has faded, it doesn't mean that a small country like Japan is better than the Ming Dynasty in this regard, right?
It's just that the special envoy of the shogunate knew very little about this matter. It is said that only key figures in the shogunate knew the whole story. The Japanese king family also knew a little bit, but the Japanese king who was sent to the Ming Dynasty did not know about this Japanese kingdom. The core secret.

After learning such important information, Lu Jianxing naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately wanted to return to Fugang with the shogunate's envoy to report the matter to Zhu Zhanjue, but was stopped by Ding Xiu.

Unlike Lu Jianxing, who has a strict character, Ding Xiu, who has been doing business without capital before, is a person who likes to gain wealth through risk, so he wants to play a big game.

"Lu Baihu, if we go back and do business like this, at most we have completed the mission. If you can get a word of praise in front of the prince, it will be over." Ding Xiu persuaded Lu Jianxing, and then put on the temptation: "But what if we Even the head of the big shot in the shogunate army was picked off and brought back. By the way, we also found out why the gods were behind the Japanese country. The prince will remember your great achievements!

At that time, let alone the cultivation resources of a few of us, even if you turn a hundred households into a thousand households, isn't it just a matter of a word from the prince? "

Facing the temptation proposed by Ding Xiu, Lu Jianxing was shaken.

Later, under the persuasion of the other two sworn brothers, Lu Jianxing agreed to Ding Xiu's proposal and decided to simply use the smuggling route they had to go to the shogunate's territory to find the "big boss" of the shogunate, and then bring the Japanese to Japan. Why is there information about the support of gods being dug out?

And the "big boss" of the shogunate who proposed the assassination of the princess happened to be the person who knew the secret. This made Lu Jianxing and others feel that it was a blind cat that met a dead mouse.

It's just that although the plan is good, there are more or less mistakes in the execution. Although the four of them have good cultivation, their kung fu is not weak at all. It is not a problem for them to be ordinary people like NO.80. But the problem is that those who deal with them are not ordinary people.

They originally arrived at Honshu Island smoothly, and also sneaked into the shogunate army's sphere of influence. They found the "big boss" of the shogunate. They originally planned to kidnap him and torture him for information, but because the four of them were far taller than For ordinary Japanese, their tall bodies are too conspicuous and exposed.

Then he was ordered to be encircled and suppressed by the furious "big boss" of the shogunate, and he also provoked the shogunate's biggest support and trump card, practitioners from Mount Koya and Mount Hiei, as well as a god.

Although in the eyes of Lu Jianxing and others, this was just an ordinary hairy god, the opponent's strength was able to overwhelm the four of them, which inevitably put the four of them into a tough fight.

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At this time, on Honshu Island, the armies of King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong, who were still beating the shogunate army to the point where they could not lift their heads, stopped their large-scale offensive and began to work hard.

The reason is also very simple. The Japanese king who is now nominally recognized by the Ming Dynasty is Zhu Zhanji's concubine.

Although the emperor acquiesced to the plan of the six vassal kings to carve up the Japanese country, as Zhu Zhanquan gave the female Japanese king to his eldest brother as a concubine, the legitimacy and righteousness of the Japanese country had returned to the Ming Dynasty.

In order for the Ming Dynasty to be able to rule the Japanese country legitimately, it was necessary to leave some private space for the Japanese kings.

Therefore, the places still occupied by the shogunate are actually the territories allocated by the imperial court to the Japanese kings.

It's just that these territories are still controlled by the "shogunate rebels". They have to wait until the Ming army conquers these places before they can be returned to the Japanese kings.

As a result, King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong on the island lost interest in continuing the attack after they captured the territory that had been agreed upon in advance and assigned to them by the court.

Among them, King Ning can be said to have taken possession of Shijian Yinshan and paid great attention to the Japanese country. Not to mention staying in the Japanese country, he was the only one among the four vassal kings who was still maintaining the offensive, and from time to time pulled out a piece of equipment controlled by the shogunate army. The two cities or villages are gradually eating away at the power of the shogunate army.

As for the three kings of Liaodong, after they conquered the territories that had been divided for them, they found that there were no large gold mines in their territories like those of the other three kings, so they did not have much influence on the land of Japan. interest.

After all, the Japanese country is a small country, and its scenery cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty. If there is gold and silver in the bag, it will be another matter. But now they have only found some scattered gold and silver mines in their respective territories. Although the output is not bad, But it's not that attractive either.

Therefore, not long ago, the three kings of Liaodong had left Japan and returned to their respective fiefdoms in the Ming Dynasty on the pretext of attending the Qinqin meeting, preparing to visit the emperor in Beijing every two years.

As soon as the three kings left, the army they left behind naturally began to work hard. Although they did not lose their territory, they did not launch any major offensive.

After all, war costs money, and it costs a lot of money. Who would be willing to keep fighting without enough benefits?

And for the three kings of Liaodong and King Ning who were mainly involved in the attack on Honshu Island, it would actually be of no benefit to them to destroy the shogunate.

If the existence of the shogunate is maintained, although there will always be an endless stream of local resistance forces, this is not actually a problem. On the contrary, it is easier to eradicate them because they rise up.

And this also made it easier for several feudal kings to continue to maintain large armies.

You must know that the money and food for the Japanese conquest came from the Ministry of Revenue, not from the pockets of the feudal princes themselves.

Although it is true that some of the food came from the fiefdoms of several feudal kings, this was not the entire military food supply.

Most of the sources of grain for the Japanese expedition still depended on allocations from the Ministry of Revenue. Although as several feudal lords established territory in the Japanese country, the Ministry of Revenue had reduced this part of the allocation and asked them to use grain. However, it did not say Stop this supply.

But if several vassal princes get angry and really destroy the shogunate army, the court will stop the supply of this part of the food and fodder.

(End of this chapter)