Obtain the divine power at the beginning
Chapter 573 The Evildoers
Several heavy rains made the sky look refreshed, but made people on the ground miserable.
Countless tenant farmers in the river burst into tears when they saw their crops leaning to the ground.
This year's harvest is ruined, but the rent for the land must be paid!
What should we do? Human lives are at stake! Are we going to have to eat our own children like they did in the northwest? Are we going to flee everywhere?
Eh!
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"What a miserable life! The crops were washed away by the rain. How can we survive?"
"Without a house, where can we live? Oh, God! Heaven, why don't you help us poor people? It rains heavily every day, where can we live? Woo!"
Another group of people with bruised faces and swollen noses ran out of the city, crying and looking miserable.
The prefect of Chengdu, Xiang Laixiang, ordered the demolition of more than 2,000 houses opposite the government office to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian.
The area of the new ancestral hall must be more than twice the total area of the Qiansui Temple in Fucheng, in order to please Wei Zhongxian.
Xiang Laixiang also issued an order that this year, all merchants and people under the jurisdiction of the Chengdu government would have to pay additional taxes.
As a result, life became difficult for people both inside and outside the city of Chengdu.
There were cries everywhere in and outside the city, tears flowed like a river, and the tears and rain flowed together into the vast rivers.
The river water rose rapidly, submerging countless farmlands and leaving countless tenant farmers with nothing to harvest.
The wailing sounds were drowned out by the occasional thunder in the sky.
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After Feng Zhenting took over as the governor, he ordered Wang Chao to start with the merchants in Fucheng to set an example for the prefectures, counties and cities in Sichuan, and to publicize that these were the provisions of the Ming Dynasty laws and regulations newly revised by the Donglin people, and they must be enforced with great force.
In Fucheng, some merchants who did not have time to escape were captured by Wang Chao. They sold their property and raised money to hand it over to the Fucheng government office.
Wang Chao then handed over all the silver he had looted to Xu Li.
As a result, all prefectures and states followed suit, treating merchants cruelly and viciously, regardless of the consequences.
In the Ming Dynasty, the industry and commerce that had been developed with great difficulty were completely strangled in the cradle by the dynasty and the people completely returned to slash-and-burn agriculture and returned to the era of poverty.
Countless businessmen woke up to find themselves thrown into jail, their property confiscated, and their industrial equipment destroyed.
If there was iron or copper in the equipment, it would all be melted down into iron and copper and stored in the arsenals of various prefectures and states.
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Feng Zhenting immediately demanded that all prefectures and counties pay all debts owed to Xu Li, otherwise they would be dismissed on the spot.
Although he is not a governor, his words are more effective than those of a governor.
He also ordered Xu Li to unify the construction of Thousand-Year-Old Temples in all prefectures and cities, unify the standards, and start construction at the same time.
The governors of various prefectures and counties originally wrote IOUs to Xu Li. They wanted to default on their debts, but now they can't.
Now, Feng Zhenting is in power in central Sichuan, so how dare we neglect him?
They quickly increased taxes and collected taxes, raising money to send to the Qiansui Temple Construction Bureau in Chengdu.
No prefect or governor will care about the lives of the common people anymore.
Everything is done to keep one's official position.
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Xu Li finally raised enough money, and he led his people to various prefectures and cities to force the people to relocate and hand over their houses or homesteads to the Qiansui Temple Construction Bureau to build the Qiansui Temple. The land in Sichuan was immediately filled with smoke and miasma, with cries of grief and refugees.
The rain poured down madly and fiercely, hitting the ground fiercely and causing countless bubbles to appear.
Countless mountain village bridges were submerged and countless people were left homeless.
However, no one provided disaster relief, and all the money and grain were given to Xu Lijing to build the Qiansui Temple.
Where is the money and food for disaster relief?
After Shi Tianyu was escorted to the capital and suspended pending investigation, the Ming Dynasty was no longer a peaceful place. Starving people were everywhere, and there was a tragic situation of no one living for thousands of miles. There were places where people exchanged their children for food, and the people were living in misery.
The heavy rain that continued to fall seemed to be the tears of sorrow of the people of the world.
Lightning flashed across the sky from time to time, as if representing God, severely warning the Ming court not to levy endless taxes and grain on the people. Otherwise, the Ming court would be completely destroyed. Then, Feng Zhenting made such a fuss, and the governors and provincial governors of various places in the country also took action, and no official cared about the people of the world anymore.
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Fucheng government office.
In the inner hall, Wang Chao heard Fang Shizhong's report that he had adopted Xun Jinchi as his godson. He happily raised his finger to praise Fang Shizhong and said, "Well done, Lord Fang, you did a good job. Don't be in a hurry for the Yao family's property, just take it step by step. Now, the two of us have dug a huge pit for Xun Jinchi, and Xun Jinchi has dug another huge pit for Yao Luyang. We are just waiting for Yao Luyang and his family to jump into these two huge pits."
Fang Shizhong also raised his finger and praised Wang Chao for his good fortune, saying flatteringly: "Sir Wang, now, the people in the prefectures and states in Sichuan are cursing, and although our Fucheng will also have a poor harvest, because Shi Lang did not touch the people's taxes, we have become the best government office in Sichuan. Sir Xu has reported our situation to the court. I guess it will not be long before His Majesty will reward you with a promotion. Sir Wang is really lucky. From now on, good luck will continue to rise step by step."
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"Ha ha!"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
After laughing, Fang Shizhong proposed to help Wang Chao take Tang Meiling as a concubine, saying, "Lord Wang is young and strong, and in good health. I suggest that we do Xun Jinchi some favors in a while, and take this opportunity to propose a marriage between Wang and Yao. After the marriage is completed, the millions of taels of silver from the Yao family will be yours, Lord Wang."
Wang Chao smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, and said triumphantly: "Haha! All right, Lord Fang, I will go to Chengdu in person and ask Lord Feng to recommend you for the position of Tongzhi of Fucheng Prefecture." He immediately conferred an official title and made a wish as encouragement.
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"Thank you!" Fang Shizhong bowed to Wang Chao, left the inner hall, and went to find Xun Jinchi for a secret discussion.
Xun Jinchi is still young, how can he be a match for Wang Chao and Fang Shizhong, two old villains?
He fell step by step into the huge pit dug for him by Wang Chao and Fang Shizhong.
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The summer rain is pouring.
The earth was a vast ocean, and the eaves were covered with dense curtains of water.
The strong wind was whistling.
The sky was filled with loud rumbling sounds of thunder.
Dazzling lightning flashed across the sky from time to time.
In the heavy rain, in Yao Mansion by the Little West Lake in the New City District of Fucheng.
Because Yao Luyang and Tang Meiling often received false news, "good news" and various happy news from Xun Jinchi's carrier pigeons, they took a carriage back to Fucheng from Kyoto, thinking that Fucheng had really become a paradise on earth under the governance of the dynasty.
Little did they know that Xun Jinchi had already been bribed by Wang Chao and Fang Shizhong.
Now, Yao Luyang has fallen into the huge pit dug for him by his beloved disciple Xun Jinchi.
When Yao Luyang and his daughter returned to Fucheng, they were immediately watched by people sent by Wang Chao.
All around the Yao residence were new detectives from the Fucheng government office.
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These detectives never patrolled the public security, they just kept an eye on Yao Luyang's family all day long.
Yao Luyang and his family are not allowed to leave this small West Lake.
Otherwise, kill without mercy.
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Only then did Yao Luyang realize that he had been tricked by Xun Jinchi. He cursed Xun Jinchi several times, calling him a good-for-nothing and an ungrateful person. Every time he drew his sword, he wanted to kill Xun Jinchi. However, the constables would rush into Yao's mansion, pointing at Yao Luyang with knives and swords in hand, and scolding him for disrupting farming and seriously violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty. They wanted to arrest Yao Luyang and put him in prison.
Yao Luyang became ill due to anger.
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Tang Meiling just sneered and was not afraid of these detectives at all.
There are many hidden experts, so personal safety is not a problem at all.
However, he did not rush into it and waited patiently for the opportunity.
Xun Jinchi was secretly proud, so he came to persuade Yao Luyang every day to let Yao Luyang marry Tang Meiling to Wang Chao as a concubine, in exchange for Fucheng's business resources, making the Yao family richer in the future.
Yao Luyang always lay on the chair with a wet towel covering his forehead, pretending to be sick and not speaking, and ignoring such a bad disciple as Xun Jinchi.
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On this day, several uninvited guests came into the Yao Mansion.
The one who led these uninvited guests was Zhuo Shicai, who introduced them to Yao Luyang: "Mr. Yao, this is Wang Haoxian, the deputy leader of the Mahayana sect, this is Li Zhiyong, the deputy leader, this is Zou Tieying, the famous 'grinding whip' in the martial arts world, and Lei Shenghai, the 'pen'. " Zhuo Shicai's appearance in the Yao residence like this really shocked everyone in the Yao residence.
It is true that you can only know a person’s face but not his heart; it is easier to draw the skin than the bones of a tiger!
Yao Luyang asked Zhuo Shicai in horror: "Manager Zhuo, so you are also a member of the Mahayana sect?"
His heart was like a raging storm, his body was shaking and he almost fell to the ground.
Tang Meiling watched calmly, but in her heart she was very excited and thought to herself: Good things are coming. I have finally waited for a civil strife in the Ming Dynasty. As long as this civil strife starts, I can return to Liaodong and return to the arms of the Khan. Haha! That's great!
When I was hiding in Middle-earth, I had to observe people and things all the time, which made my life very uncomfortable.
Shengjing is better, or Liaoyang is better!
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Zhuo Shicai nodded and said shamelessly: "I only used Shi Tianyu's help to raise money and food for my sect, smelt iron and create countless weapons for my sect. Mr. Yao, I have always been grateful to you and Mr. Shi for your protection!"
Yao Luyang glared at Zhuo Shicai but did not dare to get angry.
He was also very angry with Shi Tianyu, thinking that since Shi Tianyu used people in such a way, it was no wonder that he was thrown into prison and died a miserable death.
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Wang Haoxian put his palms together and said to Yao Luyang sincerely: "Yao Weng, Xu Hongru led the followers to start an uprising in Qi and Lu. Although he failed, the elites of the sect are still there. Especially before that, Master Heyin came to the Middle Earth from afar and brought countless money and food from the Batu Khanate. He vigorously developed the followers, brought back Wang's brothers, and gathered the elites of the martial arts world.
Now, all the prefectures and states in Sichuan are vying to build a shrine for Wei Yan. Heaven is angry and people are resentful. It is also a good time for our sect to gather old members and start an uprising in Sichuan. If Yao Weng can support the righteous army, after the uprising, Yao Weng will be the founding hero of our sect!"
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Yao Luyang naturally wouldn't be fooled.
Moreover, all his assets were divided among his son Yao Chaohai and daughter Tang Meiling, and he did not have anything valuable on him.
Therefore, Yao Luyang asked calmly: "Since Master Heyin has brought countless money and food from the Batu Khanate, and Yao has also heard that Shangguan Shu of the Money Gang has donated hundreds of millions of taels of silver to your church, how can your church be short of money? Hasn't Shopkeeper Zhuo been donating money and food to your church? Hasn't he been providing weapons to your church? Your church is not short of money and food, weapons and horses!" ~~
Wang Haoxian sighed and said, "Xie Zhichuan, the former chief military advisor of our sect, was so proud of his mastery of the Fifteen Deadly Swords that he kept challenging the Stone Demon. The same was true of Tang Guan, the former chief liaison officer of our sect.
As a result, in the battle of Guiwang Mountain in Pingting County, all the money and food of our sect’s headquarters disappeared.
It is said that it was moved away by the stone demon using witchcraft.
However, the truth of this matter is unknown.
Therefore, our sect is still short of a huge amount of money and food, but we hope that Mr. Yao can provide financial support. Our sect will be grateful.”
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Tang Meiling was stunned for a moment, her mind racing, she thought to herself: No wonder Shi Tianyu has never been short of money and food.
It turns out that he knows witchcraft.
It turned out that every time Shi Tianyu eliminated a gang, he would gain a huge amount of money and food.
No wonder, all those beautiful wives and concubines who were said to be with Shi Tianyu have disappeared. So that's why.
Shi Tianyu has so many wives and concubines, and so much money and grain, there must be a place to hide them!
Why did Shi Tianyu never take me to the place where he hid his money, food and beauties?
Where is the golden house where he hides his mistress?
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Li Zhiyong also hurriedly persuaded Yao Luyang, clasping his hands together, and said: "Mr. Yao, the Ming Dynasty court has been using eunuchs, and has been troubled by external and internal troubles. The vitality has been exhausted. More than 200 years ago, the leaders of the Red Turban Uprising Army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, and Zou Pusheng, were actually all members of our sect.
It can be said that the fickle and treacherous Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a member of our sect, and later he switched to the Ming Cult to hide.
However, after he succeeded, in order to cover up the shame of his life experience, he labeled our religion as traitors and hunted us down.
However, our sect and the Ming Cult have never been completely wiped out.
Nowadays, there are also people from the Ming Cult. Among them, the new leader of the Ming Cult is Helan Minyue, the pretty maid beside the Stone Demon.
That Helan Minyue wore a black iron ring on her left thumb, which was a token that only the leader of the Ming Cult could possess, and she also had the Holy Fire Token of the Ming Cult's headquarters pinned on her waist. So, Mr. Yao, don't be fooled by the stone demon, wake up."
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Zhuo Shicai seized the opportunity and said, "Warden Yao, there are many people in the martial arts world who criticize your cooperation with the Stone Demon. If you can help the rebels, those rumors will be broken. This time, the head of the Wolong Sect, You Yanfei, has also come out to help our sect."
He took the opportunity to threaten Yao Luyang, and his words were like a sharp knife, piercing Yao Luyang's heart.
Li Zhiyong also threatened Yao Luyang, saying: "You Yanfei's martial arts skills are far superior to You Yinghao, but You Yanfei is low-key and rarely shows up in the martial arts world. The Stone Demon killed the entire You family in order to avenge your sect. You Yanfei will definitely seek revenge on your sect."
When Yao Luyang heard that You Yan had flown out of the mountain, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and couldn't hold the cup in his hand.
Bang! The cup slipped from his palm and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
Yao Luyang angrily rebuked Li Zhiguo again with a trembling voice, cursing: "You are talking nonsense. Shi Tianyu only destroyed the Iron Palm Gang and did not kill the You family."
"Dad!" Tang Meiling hurriedly supported her trembling father.
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Li Zhiyong sneered and gave an example as evidence, saying: "In the dense forest from Fucheng to Yunnan, there is a big pit with a sign on it, indicating that it is the tomb of the You family, and the murderer is Shi Tianyu. Before, the martial arts world accidentally discovered it, and after digging the pit, they found that it was indeed the bones of the You family. Now, the martial arts world has carried the bodies of the You family to the ruins of Xiongjiazhuang in the northwest, and announced it to the world. Now, all the martial arts heroes in the world want to kill the stone demon to avenge the You family."
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"What? What what?" Yao Luyang screamed again, speechless and sweating.
The cool rain poured down on the earth, creating bursts of mist like smoke.
Seeing this, Wang Haoxian, Li Zhiyong and his party did not press Yao Luyang, but drank tea and waited quietly for good news.
He hoped that by threatening Yao Luyang, he would be able to obtain a huge amount of financial support from Yao Luyang.
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Yao Luyang was able to become the richest man in Sichuan, so he was definitely not an ordinary person. He was extremely smart, but he usually appeared foolish while being wise.
After a little thought, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he thought of a way to escape from Fucheng!
So Yao Luyang said, "Okay! I will donate some money and food to your church.
However, I was framed by Lu Wangyue before, so I didn’t dare to withdraw the silver in the Chengdu bank. My property is also in Chengdu. Can Master Wang send someone to help me and escort me out of Fucheng to Chengdu to withdraw the silver? "
However, Zou Tieying saw through Yao Luyang's plan to escape from Fucheng.
I have already known Yao Luyang's current situation clearly.
Zou Tieying then sneered and said, "Mr. Yao, you don't have any money on you, do you?"
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It was raining heavily and it was hard to escape on the road.
Therefore, Yao Luyang still followed his own plan to escape from Fucheng, and said sincerely, "If I had silver, I wouldn't be trapped here. Of course, I have some silver with me, you can take it.
Ling'er, you must give all the gold, silver and treasures in your house to all the heroes.
Shopkeeper Zhuo, if you don't believe me, please join the other heroes in searching my house."
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Wang Haoxian wanted to win people's hearts and didn't want to force it on someone of Yao Luyang's status.
After all, an uprising is not an ordinary event and requires the support of all people in the world.
So Wang Haoxian said, "I dare not. People in my sect believe in Mr. Yao's righteousness."
Tang Meiling also understood Yao Luyang's escape plan, so she turned and walked into the bedroom, took out some earrings, jewelry, a few gold ingots, and a few large silver ingots, wrapped them together, handed them to Zou Tieying, and said, "My hero, here are some gold and silver jewelry, worth about two thousand taels of silver. Although it's not much, please accept this small gift from the Yao family for the sake of the disaster that the Yao family has just suffered."
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"Thank you, young lady, and thank you, Mr. Yao." Wang Haoxian gestured to Zou Tieying to accept it, put his palms together, bowed, and greeted Yao Luyang repeatedly.
Seeing that he had gained something, Li Zhiyong stood up and said goodbye. He bowed to Yao Luyang and said, "Mr. Yao, it's getting late. I'm leaving now."
However, he had no intention of protecting Yao Luyang to Chengdu to get the huge sum of money.
Yao Luyang was helpless and did not dare to force them, so he stood up to see them off, clasped his hands and said, "My fellow heroes, I dare not see you off so far before your mission is accomplished. Please forgive me." Wang Haoxian and his party quickly disappeared in the rain and fog.
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Yao Luyang looked at the pattering rain, sighed to the sky, and said with emotion: "Alas! It's true that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat! I didn't expect the Yao family to cause so many troubles. Life is so difficult! Even if you have money, you will get into trouble. Without money, you will be bullied. It's difficult! It's difficult!"
Tang Meiling remembered that Yao Luyang loved her very much after all, so she persuaded him, "Dad, let's go back to the hall and have a good rest."
He reached out to support Yao Luyang and went back to the hall to sit down.
He also made a pot of hot tea for Yao Luyang.
Yao Luyang took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "I didn't expect Zhuo Shicai to use Shi Tianyu. Shi Tianyu is doomed this time. Fortunately, Dad was very cautious and did not marry you to Shi Tianyu easily. Although this person is smart and iron-fisted, he is not a lucky charm."
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Tang Meiling was a little worried when she heard that Shi Tianyu might commit a more serious crime because of Zhuo Shicai.
I love Shi Tianyu very much, and I am really afraid that Shi Tianyu will be in danger next.
After all, Kyoto is different from other places.
There are many experts in Kyoto.
Even though Shi Tianyu is good at martial arts, he may not be able to escape from the crowd of masters.
If there is anyone in Middle-earth that Tang Meiling is nostalgic for now, it is only Shi Tianyu.
So Tang Meiling persuaded Yao Luyang, saying, "Dad, let's go to Kyoto to find Mr. Shi. I believe Mr. Shi will be fine. Mr. Shi is a lucky man. He has been detained in Beijing for more than a month, but there is no news about him in the court or the public.
This shows that Mr. Shi is safe, and the dog emperor will not really want to kill Mr. Shi."
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Yao Luyang said sadly, "I'm afraid we can't leave even if we want to. Wang Haoxian will definitely not be satisfied with just this little money from us. Alas! Fortunately, Dad had foresight! Ling'er, you must hide the money well. I don't know when Wang Haoxian and his gang will attack Dad, and your brother is not doing well. The Yao family will rely on you in the future."
Tang Meiling had already transferred the money away, so she smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry, your daughter will definitely hide all the silver."
After Xun Jinchi, who was lurking in Yao's mansion, overheard such an important secret, he quickly slipped away to report the situation to his biological father Fang Shizhong.
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After receiving the report, Fang Shizhong thought: It turns out that Yao Luyang is still colluding with gangsters. Hehe, with this handle, it seems that it will not be difficult to promote the marriage between Wang and Yao. As long as this is achieved, there will be hope for this old man to be promoted step by step.
Therefore, Fang Shizhong asked Xun Jinchi to continue to sneak back to Yao Mansion and secretly monitor Yao Luyang and his daughter, and report any developments at any time.
Xun Jinchi left happily.
Fang Shizhong also braved the pouring rain and ran to the palace to report the situation to Wang Chao.
Haha!
After Wang Chao received the report, he laughed triumphantly towards the sky.
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A dazzling flash of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by a series of rumbling thunder.
The rain is getting heavier.
Li Zhiyong was in the carriage and closed the curtains tightly.
However, because of the heavy rain, he came up with a plan, so he suggested to Master Heyin, and said sideways: "Master, it is raining so hard, many refugees whose houses were demolished in the prefectures and cities for the construction of the ancestral temple must be homeless. Let's assign people now, use the silver to buy some food for the refugees, invite the refugees to Pujue Temple to take shelter from the rain and eat, and then encourage them to join the rebel army. I think it won't be difficult."
Master Heyin nodded and said, "Well! Mr. Zou, it would be best if you invite some martial artists to disguise themselves as officials and make matters worse. Go to Chengdu and other big cities and extort money from merchants to force them to join the rebel army. Also, send people to keep a close eye on the Yao family. After we open the court, we will need the Yao family's money!"
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Li Zhiyong quickly complimented Master He Yin: "Well, the leader is really far-sighted and thoughtful."
He then said to Zou Tieying who was driving the carriage in front: "Zou, you should split up and act immediately to win over more people in the martial arts world. Anyway, we want to establish the Mahayana Dynasty, and there are countless vacancies. Immediately implement the plan according to the leader's method."
Wang Haoxian quickly got out of the carriage, took the reins and drove the carriage.
Zou Tieying and Lei Shenghai jumped off the carriage in a jungle, climbed up a tree, and disappeared in the rain and fog.
~~(End of this chapter)
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