Romance of Gods

Chapter 210 Proclaiming Emperor ([-])

Mr. Ao Sanye followed the man to Qingliang Mountain. After jumping in from the entrance of the cave, he found that a tunnel leading directly into the city had been dug, with no end visible at a glance.

The man said: "When we first started digging, we found that the soil here was fairly hard, but the further we went in, the softer the soil became. Almost as soon as we touched it with our hands, large chunks of soil collapsed."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Mr. Ao San was a little surprised when he heard this.

The two of them walked forward for about five or six miles, and could faintly hear the fierce sound of artillery fire coming from above the thick barrier. This should be the area around the city gate. Chen Yan and others were still digging earth not far away.

At this time, they were faced with a thick foundation, which was far more difficult to dig than others.

Mr. Ao Sanye lightly touched the cave wall next to him. In an instant, the seemingly hard soil fell to the ground with a crash. At the same time, some dark matter like roots was exposed.

Mr. Ao Sanye tried to cut off a root. Instantly, a thick reddish-brown liquid dripped from the incision, which was extremely fishy.

When he saw it, he just thought it was some rotten plant roots and didn't take it seriously, but the surprisingly soft soil made him extremely excited.

Unexpectedly, he just had an idea and actually found a shortcut. What kind of city could he attack? He just waited for the arrival of the large army and mobilized everyone to dig the ground together. I bet that the city defense was unbreakable and it would collapse thousands of miles away.

"Brother, you have accomplished another great feat!" Mr. Ao Sanye walked up to Chen Yan and the others and praised them sincerely. Then he asked, "By the way, what were those monsters you just found underground?"

Chen Yan heard this and said, "Isn't the scene in front of me weird enough?"

Ao Sanye thought the same thing, so he stopped asking any more questions and worked together with everyone to dig the foundation.

Chen Yan and Cao Chunhua looked at each other and worked hard. In fact, they had indeed witnessed some horrific scenes that were out of the ordinary.

But the scene was like a flash in the pan, disappearing soon after it appeared, but they believed that as long as they continued to dig deeper, they would definitely see it again.

The foundation is far stronger than imagined. Although it is made of piled stones, the construction workmanship is exquisite, just like a whole cliff. Although everyone has amazing eyesight, they patiently observed for a long time before they found the joints.

Because there were many experts guarding the city, everyone worked extremely carefully to expose the target. It took less than an hour to dig here from Qingliang Mountain, but it took a full two hours to open a narrow passage from the foundation. More.

According to time estimates, the outside world is now shrouded in dark rain.

After passing the city gate, everyone speeded up, but just after walking a dozen feet, Mr. Ao suddenly said "tsk" in surprise, "What is this?"

Chen Yan and others also saw it. These were the things they had seen before. On the cave wall several feet square in front of everyone, hundreds of pale and withered faces appeared. They were crowded together. , like a bee pupa waiting to be fed in a hive.

Groups of jet-black roots tangled together like maggots struggled out of their facial features, opening their eye sockets, mouths, and nostrils. The strange scene was chilling.

Mr. Ao Sanye tried to touch the cheek of one of them. Suddenly, the man's skin started to spasm involuntarily, like freshly cut beef.

If Ao Sanye is ruthless and has experienced life and death, his eyes widened when he saw this, "This... these people are still alive!"

Although the other actors had already witnessed this scene, they could not help but narrow their eyes at this moment, unwilling to look directly.

Chen Yan nodded and affirmed: "Yes, they are still alive."

Because from the information he spied, although the condition of these people was extremely weak, it still showed that they were alive.

Mr. Ao San was shocked. What was going on? Why were there so many living dead buried under the majestic Ming Dynasty?

Everyone looked at each other and carefully dug up the floating soil around these people, only to see that their bodies were either incomplete or complete, with black roots as dense as spider webs connected behind them.

The source of these tree roots is the city, and they are distributed in all directions, and where they extend, there are still many living corpses connected to them.

Everyone continued to dig inside, and as soon as the root system connecting the living corpses was cut off, the bodies that fell to the ground turned into dust on the spot and merged with the soil as if they were liberated.

But what followed were more living corpses. It could be said that the underground of the capital was completely occupied by these corpses and dark roots.

Mr. Ao Sanye sighed with excitement at this time: "No wonder this tunnel is so easy to dig. The seemingly indestructible city has been riddled with holes inside. The majestic empire is so weak... If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, who would How dare you believe it?"

Chen Yan and others continued to dig deeper. The closer they got to the inside of the city, the more horrifying the scenes they saw became, so much so that they soon became numb.

There is no soil in front of him, and he is surrounded by living corpses that are parasitized by black roots and are hesitating. You can see the whole thing at a glance.

A sensational drawing has appeared in the minds of Chen Yan and others. Under the vast city covering an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of acres, there is the largest peanut plant in the world.

The wildly growing root system extends to every corner of the ground, perhaps tens of thousands of feet deep into the ground. Millions and tens of millions of fruits are attached to the roots, crowded together in an airtight manner.

They used their lives to stage a fruitful autumn at the end of the empire.

Unknowingly, everyone had sneaked eight or nine miles into the city, surrounded by living corpses silently watching them.

Compared with the fruits in the fringe areas, the vitality of these fruits seems to be much more vivid. There are many babies scratching their palms, but their facial features have been invaded by the roots and they are unable to cry.

During this period, their bodies will age at a rate visible to the naked eye, and the spasms will become severe. The pain they have to bear during this period is self-evident.

When Chen Yan and others saw this, they all cut off the roots to give these people a happy time.

Lou Huowang said: "These roots seem to be absorbing nutrients from these people, dear, what kind of terrifying plants do they need so much fertilizer?"

Chen Yan said: "Do you still remember the capitation tax implemented in the world?"

Everyone suddenly realized that of course they knew that every household in the Ming Dynasty had to throw people into wells every year to avoid other taxes. However, the government's exploitation of the people overtly and covertly became more and more crazy. This was also the reason for the uprising in the world. Key factor.

Cao Chunhua said: "You mean... after those people were thrown into the well, they came under the imperial capital and became fertilizer for the strange roots?"

Chen Yan said: "I once heard the eunuch who guarded the strange well say that the people thrown into the well were medicinal materials. Maybe the Ming Emperor really raised a demon tree that needed to feed human life. After absorbing the vitality of these people, the tree It will produce the magical fruit that prolongs life. The so-called discovery of the secret of immortality is based on this evil method."

"Hey!"

Suddenly, Mr. Ao Sanye on the side let out a muffled shout.

Everyone looked at the sound and saw him slashing with his hand, and a thick tree root that was biting towards him like a python was immediately cut off, and smelly juice spurted out from the broken joint like a faucet!

Immediately afterwards, roots greedily attacked everyone from all directions.

The sword in Chen Yan's hand flashed, and dozens of long roots were cut off. At this point, these roots were already quite aggressive. Judging from the scale of the underground tree roots exposed, if you continue to go deeper, you still don’t know what you will encounter.

"go!"

Ao Sanye shouted loudly, and everyone climbed up at the same time, using the roots as ropes. While climbing up, they smashed the living corpses and debris blocking the road. After climbing for more than ten feet, the surroundings returned to calm, and they could see the soil again.

With a pop, Chen Yan took out his knife and stabbed the ground, and moist, fresh air rushed in.

"Proceed with caution."

Mr. Ao Sanye warned and took the lead to break out of the ground. Chen Yan raised his hand to stop the others, signaling not to act rashly.

After about a few breaths, I heard someone outside say: "Okay, everyone, come out."

After several people crawled out of the ground, they saw Ao Sanye standing in the center of the courtyard, with more than a dozen corpses lying scattered beside him. Judging from their uniform clothing, they must be from the government.

Mr. Ao Sanye smiled and said: "We are lucky. This should be a government office. I just don't know what level it is, so let's do the surgery here first."

Everyone nodded and agreed, and they began to walk towards the center of the courtyard, sneaking and assassinating all the way. Everywhere they passed was full of corpses.

Fuya, back hall.

An old man in black with snow-white skin was sitting across from a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face, drinking tea and talking.

The old man smiled and said: "Your Majesty said that at this time of internal and external troubles, Mr. Laofu Yin is still working hard to stabilize the situation."

The middle-aged man cupped his hands and said: "How can you say that you are doing something with your father's orders? What's more, managing the capital is your duty. I don't know why your majesty sent Eunuch Hong here specially. Is there anything else you want to explain?"

The old man nodded and said: "Master Gao is worthy of being a dragon and a phoenix among men, and he has held the important position of Jinling Prefecture Yin at the age of thirty. He is indeed very clear-minded. Of course I am not here just to talk nonsense. To be honest with Master Gao, When I come this time, I do have something to remind Mr. Gao in advance."

"Eunuch, please speak."

"In the next few days, the chaos in the city may exceed Master Gao's imagination, so Master Gao must be mentally prepared."

"Oh? Now that the rebels are attacking the city, people in the city are already panicking to the extreme. I really can't think of anything else that could make the situation even more chaotic."

The old man's face darkened and he said slowly: "Although Your Majesty loves the people as his own son, the current situation is forcing us. Eunuch Wei suggested that in order to take the overall situation into consideration, some people can be abandoned, so the Chief of Ceremonies decided to prepare more gifts."

"What!" The middle-aged man stood up in disbelief and said in a trembling voice: "How can this be done! If we add more gifts at this moment, wouldn't we force the people in the city to rebel?"

"That's wrong." The old man waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down. "How can we deal with common sense in an emergency? As long as we can get through this, the imperial court will immediately exempt the world from taxes for three years. This will benefit the world. A feat. Don’t you want to share your worries for the court and your majesty, Lord Gao?”

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said resolutely: "I'm sorry that I can't obey my order in this matter. As long as I stabilize the current situation and hand over the great cause of resisting the thieves to Mr. Zhang Ge, it won't be long before the world can decide for itself, so why bother?" To exploit the people?"

boom!

The old man put his palm on the table and became furious, "Mr. Gao, when you keep your mouth shut and open your mouth, you are doing nothing to His Majesty. You are committing a serious crime of contempt for Your Majesty!"

"The reason for lowering my rank is purely for the sake of the country and the country. If my father-in-law thinks that I have done something wrong, he can have the court remove me from the position of governor. As long as I am still alive, I will never agree to increase my salary."

The old man's expression gradually relaxed at this time, and he suddenly smiled and said: "I'm afraid I can't tolerate Master Gao anymore. Jinyiwei and Xichang have already begun to impose taxes, and they are using your name, Master Gao."

"What...you!"

The old man smiled, stood up and was about to leave. When he reached the threshold, he stopped, turned around and said, "Master Gao, you are the pillar of the imperial court. You must help His Majesty share his worries and live a good life."

When the middle-aged man heard the words, he felt like something was stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter even half a word. How could he not know the deep meaning behind these words.

The imperial court wanted him to take the blame for the extra tax, so that public resentment would come towards him. He had become the victim chosen by the imperial court.

The old man walked out of the house, but after just a dozen steps, his body was like a flying cannonball, and he rushed into the house with a bang, slamming to the ground, and blood spurted from his mouth.

The middle-aged man saw the terrifying situation and shouted: "Who is coming!"

Chen Yan strode to the door with a knife in hand and said calmly: "The person who took your life."

The middle-aged man felt as if he was faced with a formidable enemy, and just as he was about to take action, there was a roar, and tiles above his head flew like rain, and a black figure fell from the sky. With a clang, various weapons were quickly placed on his throat.

"Those who abandon the world will eventually be abandoned by the world. The heroes of the world are here to eliminate harm for the people today!"

Mr. Ao laughed loudly and snapped the middle-aged man's neck. The old eunuch lying on the ground tried to get up and fight back, but his head was crushed by a kick.

"This is actually the Jinling government office. God is really helping me. Today, we are going to make a big fuss in the palace!"

When Chen Yan and others left the government office, there was a raging fire behind them. When the fire began to spread and residents all over the street came out to put out the fire, several people had already rushed to the next location.

They walked through the city like an iron barrel, as if they were entering a deserted land. Everywhere they passed, whether it was an official office or a shop, was boiling with fire.

Jinling City, which was already tense, was suddenly in chaos, with chickens and dogs jumping around, and countless people running naked on the streets.

At the same time, Chen Yan and others had already started heading to the west gate.

Mr. Ao San said: "We don't need to take action. They started the chaos themselves. This court wants to increase taxes, so they want to stuff the people in the city alive into the well as sacrifices at this moment.

This move will definitely cause public resentment to boil. As soon as a large number of our troops arrive, Jinling City will be destroyed immediately. "

Cao Chunhua said: "Let's go to the west gate now and kill the defenders from behind. That Zhang Juzheng is a man. As long as he dies, the court will never be able to recover."

Just as he was talking, the sound of artillery fire that had been ringing out in the west suddenly stopped.

Chen Yan frowned and said, "Something happened."

Others also felt bad. They were able to attack east and west and sneak into the city. Naturally, Zhang Juzheng would not be stupid and just fire artillery at the incoming enemy. It seemed that he had already started to fight back.

Just when they were about to leave, it was like dark clouds falling from the sky, and with the sound of hunting wind, hundreds of people descended from the sky and surrounded them.

The leader smiled and said: "Everyone, if you want to leave after setting the fire, wouldn't it be impolite?"

(End of this chapter)