Chapter 519 The true and false Yu Mu will finally meet!
"Has she been poisoned by you?" Yu Kuan didn't expect it, "It is indeed Brother Yao. He is worthy of being the real Yao Zhenren who possesses the spirit body of medicine."
"How did you poison her? Since she is fake, she will definitely be wary of you."
Jiang Yao smiled and said: "I am one step ahead. She asked me to refine the ninth-level elixir, and I took the opportunity to refine the poison into the elixir..."
"...As long as I don't stimulate her, her poison will be difficult to detect."
Yu Kuan clapped her hands and said, "If you do well Yao'er, then this matter will be easier to handle. Originally, I wasn't 100% sure of regaining the throne. Now that she has been poisoned by you, I am 100% sure."
"Let's do this..."
After Yu Yan finished telling her plan, Jiang Yao finally understood. With her poison, her plan was indeed flawless and she would definitely be able to regain the throne.
But after she regained the throne, the aftermath was extremely difficult. Especially she had to take back the thirty-six states that had been sent away by the impostors.
The civil war in the Zhou Kingdom was inevitable, and the great situation that Yu Kuan managed to manage was suddenly ruined. The great Zhou Dynasty, which was originally soaring to the sky, was greatly curbed.
Those who took advantage were only the Ming Dynasty and surrounding countries.
After talking about the plan, Yu Yan couldn't help but sigh:
"By making such a fuss, she has given you an advantage. No, it's not that she has given you a benefit, she has simply... helped you!"
"Hateful! Annoying!"
"What else are you and her hiding from me? For example...hehe, Brother Yao, you won't take advantage and still behave, right?"
"That kind of person am I?!" Jiang Yao waved her hands quickly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
The man shook his head, looked firm, pointed at his chest, "Conscience of heaven and earth!"
Yu Kuan made a "cut" sound, her red phoenix eyes sparkling faintly, "Is it Yao'er? You didn't hug her? She didn't hug you? You won't..."
At this point, her eyes became a little dangerous and unpredictable.
"Oops!" Mr. Zhongda stomped his feet with a distressed look on his face, "I'm pretending to be her, what can I do?"
"Even if I'm serious about you, I've always been very measured, okay? Even if we are engaged and have deep love for each other, it's just...that's all, let alone her?"
"Kun'er, although I am not Liu Xiahui, who is still in love, or a closed-minded Lu man, I only have you in my heart."
"What's Liu Xiahui, Mr. Lu? I don't understand." Yu Kuan shook his head, "Okay Yao'er, my master believes in your filial piety and will not betray my sect."
Yu Kuan touched Jiang Yao's head to express comfort, "Even if I hugged her, I thought she was me and mistook green tea for a lady. Anyone who doesn't know is not guilty."
"I'm just joking with you, why should you take it seriously?"
Jiang Yao smiled and spread his hands, "Isn't that what it is? I know you are joking, but I must explain it seriously. This is my attitude."
"Haha." Yu Yan was happy, with a beautiful smile and a radiant face, "Yeah, yeah, not bad, you are really my medicine brother."
Yu Kan's laughter didn't stop, but suddenly his face changed again, and his breath became cold and stern again.
"snort…"
"I'm telling you, according to my arrangement, after I come back this time, I can occupy the southern region, and then force the Ten Thousand Immortal Army to surrender. Then the Great Zhou Dynasty will be the most powerful country in the world. When your Ming Kingdom is destroyed, the Shenzhou
Unified."
"It's such a pity that this counterfeit ruined my life and she will die a hundred times without repenting. I still don't dare to kill her!"
Jiang Yao showed a strange expression, "Uh, Ku'er, there's something I want to talk to you about. Although public affairs are public affairs and private affairs are private affairs, we can't let business affect our friendship."
"Hmph." Yu Kuan gave Jiang Yao a roll of his eyes and squeezed his hand, "What else could be going on? It's just that he wants to take advantage of others' danger and attack the southern region. Right?"
Jiang Yao rubbed his forehead, "The only person in the world who knows me is Master Kuan."
"That's right, I just want to fight in the Southern Region."
"I won't hide it from you, Kun'er. I have secretly given orders to prepare for the southern expedition."
"You must also know that the Qing army has launched a large-scale expedition to the north. I must send troops."
Yu Kuan sneered: "King Ming's luck is really good. You can go conquer the southern region, but to the northwest is the Charming Tapir that may cross the Tianhuang River at any time. To the south, it will border Jiang Zhengyi's Qing Kingdom, so you will suffer.
"
Jiang Yao chuckled and sat up straight, "Haha, Your Majesty Zhou doesn't need to worry about this. Although our country is small, we have the ambition to encompass the whole world and sweep across all the wastelands."
"Although our country is small, anyone who bullies our great Ming Dynasty will definitely suffer a bloody blow."
"His Royal Highness Prince Ming has great ambitions, I admire him very much." Yu Kuan rolled his eyes and said, "Then your country should work hard and don't let it be destroyed."
"Even if your country is destroyed, it is better to be destroyed by me, the Great Zhou Dynasty, than by foreigners. What does King Ming think of my words?"
Jiang Yao nodded, "His Majesty the Zhou Dynasty is right. Ha, the Ming Dynasty is waiting for you to destroy it."
"However, before the Great Zhou Dynasty destroys the Ming Dynasty, I hope that your majesty should regain the throne first. Otherwise, how can we conquer the west to destroy the Ming Dynasty?"
"Haha!" Yu Kan couldn't help laughing, "Yao'er..."
Jiang Yao was also happy, and the two of them laughed together.
"Brother Yao, I want to eat the grilled fish you cooked." Yu Kuan suddenly mentioned eating, "I, the Xuannv Fairy, haven't enjoyed the fireworks of the world for a long time."
"Okay." Jiang Yao agreed happily, "It's snowing heavily, it's a good time to eat charcoal grilled fish."
"Today, let me, an ordinary person, roast a spicy and fragrant ordinary fish to offer sacrifices to the fairy empress's five internal organs temple."
Yu Kuan nodded and smiled, "That's right. No matter how immortal I am, I still have to endure the incense of the mortal world."
Soon after, Jiang Yao baked a "Zhuge Grilled Fish", an authentic earthly delicacy full of fireworks.
The two-foot-long anchovy was lying in the charcoal pot, tender on the inside and charred on the outside. It opened its mouth and blew out hot steam.
A few green coriander leaves are sprinkled on top, and bright red chili peppers are stirred in the oil soup.
The Yinshuang charcoal under the fish pot is glowing red, with a hint of charcoal smoke that blends into the aroma of grilled fish.
Delicious.
Although it is snowing heavily and freezing outside the palace, it is as warm as spring inside the palace. Even a mortal will not feel cold.
Emperor Ming of Zhou, who had rarely eaten ordinary food, ate very delicious food and had no airs about his appearance. He was very down-to-earth.
The spiritual food eaten by monks is not only good for cultivation, but also extremely delicious. However, it does not have the unique taste of ordinary food.
It is really a great pleasure to eat ordinary food by chance.
"Come on, Master Yan, this is the meat from the belly, it is the fattest." King Ming added a piece of grilled slightly burnt fish loin and placed it on Master Zhou's plate.
"Is this what it smells like?"
"Yeah, that's what it smells like."
Master Zhou took a piece of fish head and a piece of meat to Prince Ming, "King Ming, this chopstick is actually the most delicious, here it is."
As he spoke, he picked up the fish head with his chopsticks.
"...That Concubine Silkworm Medicine had ulterior motives and worked hard for decades, only to fall short of the mark. Instead, she made a wedding dress for me..."
While eating fish heads, Yu Kuan choreographed the cheap master silkworm medicine concubine.
"She has become an immortal?" Jiang Yao's face looked a little ugly, and the fish meat was no longer fragrant. "I was no longer afraid of her, but who would have thought that she would turn around and become an immortal."
Yu Kan was so satisfied with his food that he felt sweat on his forehead, "Why am I not afraid? Because I painstakingly arranged for Cui Wei in my previous life."
"With Cui Wei, I won't be afraid of my old cousin Can Yao Fei and old Hua Tou Jiang getting separated."
"Uh, Brother Yao, speaking of it, Jiang Biejie can be considered my father-in-law. It doesn't sound right for me to say that?"
Jiang Yao looked indifferent, "He is always a cunning guy, and you didn't accuse him wrongly. That's right."
"Okay." Yu Kan smiled, "Old Slippery is a bit henpecked. I'm afraid he will be blown over by Concubine Canyao's pillow again and come against us."
"Brother Yao, let me say it first. Although the old slippery man is my father-in-law, if he messes with me, I will definitely not show mercy."
"It's okay." Jiang Yao also smiled, "If he comes to deal with you, just kill him."
Yu Kuan shook his head, "You worked too hard in your previous life and wasted a lot of precious resources. In the end, you were closely monitored."
"Otherwise, you might have the opportunity to arrange a back-up like Cui Wei."
When Jiang Yao heard this, he suddenly sacrificed the Mu Yuan Pearl and performed a trick, and a figure appeared in front of Yu Kan.
"Kuan'er, look at it."
Yu Kuan saw this man wearing the Sui-style official uniform from the time of Li Sui's restoration, and his aura was astonishing.
No, he is not a human, but a monster: a medicine puppet!
The next moment, Yu Yan showed an extremely shocked look, "Immortal level medicine puppet!"
She could not have imagined that Jiang Yao actually hid an immortal-level medicine puppet!
Then, she felt that the appearance of this medicine puppet was very familiar.
"This, isn't this your confidant in the previous life, Ji Tuo?" Yu Yan finally recognized it, "This is your arrangement in the previous life? Why didn't I know?"
Jiang Yao shook his head, "This is not my arrangement. Ji Tuo became a Yao puppet by accident, and it was also an accident that I discovered him."
"I didn't deliberately arrange a backup plan in my previous life. I didn't have to spend any money to meet the fairy-level medicine puppet transformed by Ji Tuo, and I was able to accept him as my servant. Kuan'er, this is your luck."
"Okay Yao'er." Yu Kuan also felt speechless, "That's okay. You are indeed very lucky. I'm a little jealous."
She smiled again and said, "Master, I'm very happy for you. At least you have an immortal-level powerhouse as your helper."
"However, you still lack one thing. Without this thing, your fairy-level medicine puppet will not be of much use."
Jiang Yao asked Yao Puppet to return to Mu Yuanzhu, "You mean the Tongjing Pearl?"
"It's the Tongjing Pearl." Yu Kuan nodded, "Without this thing, it would be difficult for Ji Tuo to function."
King Ming sighed, "I am worried that this thing has not been found."
What are Tongjing Beads?
The Tongjing Bead is the most special magic weapon of life space.
Its life space is not higher than that of Mu Yuanzhu, but it has a very special function.
This function is to directly connect to the larger environment outside the bead space, so it is called a connection bead.
The life space of the Mu Yuan Pearl is completely independent of the external environment. The main function of the Mu Yuan Pearl is not to serve as a life space.
For example, Ji Tuo is in Jiang Yao's Mu Yuan Pearl space. If Jiang Yao is in danger, Ji Tuo doesn't know about it. He needs Jiang Yao to summon him in order to help Jiang Yao.
At the same time, if Jiang Yao summons Ji Tuo, he must first sacrifice the Mu Yuan Pearl and then summon Ji Tuo.
Although this time is very short, the question is, will the enemy give you this time?
If Jiang Yao met the immortal Concubine Silkworm Yao, he would be imprisoned by Concubine Silkworm Yao's fairy realm immediately, and he would have no chance or ability to use any magic weapon.
When there is time to sacrifice Mu Yuanzhu to summon Ji Tuo, Concubine Canyao can kill him several times.
Then, even if there are ten Ji Tuo, they can only stay in the cave in Mu Yuanzhu, not knowing that the master has been killed.
If the owner doesn't actively call it, it won't come out.
This is very fatal.
It's like you have a very powerful weapon in the warehouse. It seems to be a powerful deterrent, but unfortunately you will be killed by the enemy before you have time to take it out and use it.
The Boundary Bead is different. This bead has no other function except to accommodate life. What’s great about it is that it can be connected to the outside world!
If Ji Tuo stays in the Tongjing Pearl, then when Jiang Yao encounters danger, Ji Tuo in the Tongjing Pearl will sense it, and it will appear on its own initiative without the need to deliberately summon it.
Or, Jiang Yao didn't need to sacrifice the Realm Clearance Pearl at all, just a thought could make Ji Tuo appear.
It was as if Ji Tuo was following him as a bodyguard.
So if Concubine Silkworm Yao wanted to kill Jiang Yao, she would first have to face the powerful Ji Tuo.
So Yu Yan was right to the point. It wasn't enough to have powerful helpers, he also needed the realm-clearing beads.
"It's a pity that I don't have this treasure either." Yu Kuang frowned slightly, "This thing was a rare treasure in the Immortal Palace back then."
"Moreover, the Tongjing Pearl needs to consume a lot of resources to be re-refined every few thousand years, otherwise it will be scrapped."
"Even if I could retain the Realm-Connecting Pearl in my previous life, it has been so long ago and I haven't been regularly refining it, so it would have been annihilated long ago."
Jiang Yao pondered for a long time, "According to the impostor, there is a mysterious oasis unknown to the outside world in the deepest part of the Infernal Desert..."
"Perhaps you can find the Tongjing Pearl in that place. The most important thing is that the top medicinal material Jinqishi is among the refining materials for the Tongjing Pearl."
"That's right." Yu Kuan nodded, "The Tongjing Pearl does have medicinal properties. Refining it requires the cooperation of the Artifact Immortal and the Medicine Immortal. Since it has the aura of medicine, Ling Yun can sense it."
"But that place is very dangerous. Don't go in easily."
…
After Yu Kan and Jiang Yao finished the grilled fish, they chatted for a long time and discussed many things in secret before leaving Jingxuan Palace with the Tianxin Daming Pill sent by Jiang Yao.
"If I destroy Ming, I will marry you. If you destroy Zhou, you will marry me."
This is what Yu Kuan gave to Jiang Yao before he left.
Whoever marries whom depends on who is more powerful. The winner will marry and the loser will marry.
After Yu Kuan left, Jiang Yao made a series of arrangements.
Soon, Qin Yu, who had returned to Beijing, came to Jingxuan Palace to see Jiang Yao.
"My lord, Qin Yu, has met my lord."
"Zizhou excuses himself and sits down to talk."
"Thank you, Lord."
Although Jiang Yao has been king for several years, Qin Yu is still accustomed to calling Jiang Yao his lord. Not many officials in the Manchu Dynasty still call him their lord.
Most people call Jiang Yao "King" or "Your Highness".
Qin Yu's medicine cultivation is already at the fifth level of the Medicine Saint, and his martial arts cultivation is also a quasi-sage. However, he is not yet eighty years old.
"A sneeze..." Qin Yu just sat down and sneezed.
He touched his nose and couldn't help but hit him again.
"Uh, strange, I rarely sneeze..." Qin Zizhou was a little embarrassed.
Jiang Yao smiled half-heartedly, and said in a wicked way: "It's not Zi Zhou who offended someone, and others are scolding Zi Zhou behind his back, right?"
"Haha." Qin Yu was amused, "No way? I don't want to offend too many people, and I haven't sneezed before."
Jiang Yao couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
"Lord." Qin Yu handed over a jade slip, "Within two months, my Ming Dynasty can mobilize all the military and horse resources."
Jiang Yao glanced at it and frowned, "Are the troops too few? Can there be more?"
Qin Yu shook his head, "My lord, this is already the limit of two months of preparation. In the first year of Hongwu, my lord issued an order to reorganize the Ming army and eliminate the warriors of Wuzong, leaving only soldiers with cultivation level above Wuzong."
"Although our Ming Dynasty has a high average cultivation level and more and more Wuzong monks, with the addition of the new army, the Wuzong soldiers only have one million people."
The fourteen states of the Ming Dynasty were actually not small. However, Jiang Yao insisted on eliminating the second-level Wu Zunbing, resulting in the Ming army having only one million soldiers.
Most of them are new recruits who have been trained in the past few years and are not yet proficient in the field of military formations and battles.
Qin Yu continued: "The real elite of the Wuzong, not counting the ghost soldiers and the beast army, are only 300,000. Coupled with the tight time and the hasty preparation, the most that can be taken away is 200,000."
"It's a pity that the 12,000 Feilong City heavy cavalry have not been trained well and cannot be used now."
Qin Yu is right. Two hundred thousand soldiers, even if they are all third-level Wuzong soldiers, are not enough to conquer the southern region and fight the powerful Qing army.
"My lord, I have discussed with them that this southern expedition will require an army of 600,000 Wuzong troops."
"Unless we can get the full support of the Yue clan and let the princess (Jiang Nan) send troops to support us, we can stop the Qing army with fewer enemies and more enemies."
"As long as we maintain stability for a few months and wait for Ming reinforcements to continue moving south, this battle will be easy to fight."
Jiang Yao nodded, "Let me tell you about Yue Anshi and the princess. What else does Zi Zhou think?"
"Lord." Qin Yu had already made a plan and said without thinking: "Jin Yiwei said that there are 100,000 female troops under Li Xi and Li Luo'er, all of whom are third-level wizards."
"Moreover, they are also enemies of the Qing army. Li Xi has resisted the Qing Dynasty for many years and has already had a big feud with the Qing army."
"Although these soldiers and horses are borrowed from the Chu army, our Ming Dynasty happens to be allies with the Chu State and we happen to fight side by side."
"The Chu army can increase its offensive and contain the Qing army's northern expedition. As long as we unite with Chu to resist the Qing, it will not be difficult to conquer the southern region."
"Nowadays, the Liang Kingdom is unable to protect itself and is barely surviving. It has no time to support the Qing Kingdom."
When Qin Yu said this, he produced a map:
"Second, the Qing army's northern expedition was divided into three groups. Our army can win first and then lose, and then lure the enemy deep into the city, deliberately defending Fuyao Mountain City, and attracting the main force of the Qing army's northern expedition to attack."
"Our army can also be divided into three groups. After dividing the troops, we can then join forces..."
"When the main force of the Qing army's northern expedition gathers in Fuyao Mountain City, our army can gather together and annihilate them. We should be able to win a brutal victory..."
"...Why choose Fuyao Mountain City? Fuyao Mountain City is not only a battleground for military strategists, but also Kunshui leads to the Longjiang River. The Qing army can take advantage of the sea turtles that are good at water and are more likely to be attracted."
"Furthermore, this place can hide the beast army and ghost soldiers..."
After listening to Qin Yu's words, Jiang Yao couldn't help but nodded and said:
"Zizhou is determined. This strategy can not only ensure a steady attack without risk, but also maximize the advantages of our army. It is the safest and most likely to win strategy."
"Okay, let's implement this plan. Zizhou, I will personally serve as the general during the Southern Expedition and lead the main force of the Chinese army. The command of the left army will be left to you."
Jiang Yaoshou pointed at the map, "The Left Route Army has 50,000 Wuzong soldiers and 5,000 Wuzhen soldiers. I will give you 20,000 pieces of level 5 armor."
Qin Yu was overjoyed when he heard that 20,000 pairs of level five armors had been allocated.
Twenty thousand pairs of level five armor can triple the combat power of the left army!
"The 50,000 Wuzong of the Right Route Army will be handed over to Duanmu to lead." Jiang Yao continued.
"The Central Army has one hundred thousand Wuzong and ten thousand Wuzhen, led by me personally."
"Leave the beast army under the command of your sister Qin Que."
Qin Yu saw that Jiang Yao said nothing and couldn't help asking: "Where are the ghost soldiers?"
The ghost army of the Ming army is also a considerable force. Why doesn’t the Lord appoint a leader of the ghost army?
Jiang Yao showed a mysterious smile and said, "Ghost soldiers... we already have a candidate for the head coach. She hasn't arrived yet, but she should be arriving soon."
The candidate chosen by Jiang Yao to be the leader of the ghost army is of course Ghost Emperor Jin Hui's disciple, his cheap senior sister: Mei Hua Wuniang.
Meihua Wuniang and Fenshan Jiuniang were both disciples of Jin Hui. Meihua Wuniang was once a powerful ghost and immortal, but now her cultivation level has dropped to half-immortal.
When she comes to lead the ghost soldiers, she will definitely surprise Jiang Yao and the Qing army as well.
Meihua Wuniang was sent by the ghost master Jin Hui to go down the mountain to help her.
Counting the days, she is almost there.
"Zizhou, the Qing army has invaded the Southern Territory, and time waits for no one. In two months at most, the Ming Dynasty cavalry must support the Southern Territory!"
"Don't worry, Lord! In less than two months, at most fifty days, our army will be ready to send troops."
………
It is not mentioned that the kings and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were plotting to conquer the south, only that Yu Kuan, the Lord of Zhou, had already arrived at Wangtang Mountain at this time.
Zhoujing is originally a huge mountain city, and Wangtang Mountain is just one of the mountains outside Zhoujing.
However, Wangtang Mountain is of great significance to the Zhou State and the Yu family.
Because Wangtang Mountain is the location of the ancestral mausoleums of the Yu clan’s successive feudal lords.
The leaders of the Yu clan for tens of thousands of years are buried in the Yu Shen Valley in Wangtang Mountain. The Yu Shen Valley is the ancestral tomb of the Yu family, and the formation restrictions are extremely strict.
Ordinary people have no way to enter.
Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, the leader of the Yu clan will enter the ancestral temple of the Yu God Valley to personally worship the ancestors.
On this day, only the senior members of the direct lineage of the Yu family could enter the ancestral temple.
After the establishment of the Zhou Kingdom, the Zhou Lord Yu Kuan would lead his ministers to make grand sacrifices at Wangtang Mountain every year.
Over the years, the etiquette system of the Zhou Kingdom has been formed.
Even Yu Kuan would come to Wangtang Mountain on this day.
Of course it would be easier for Yu Yan to sneak into the Ancestral Temple than anyone else.
She entered the ancestral temple without a trace, without arousing anyone's suspicion.
Looking at the quiet, empty and deserted palace, Yu Kan couldn't help but feel a kind of loneliness.
This place was originally her ancestral mausoleum, and she was extremely familiar with it. But now, she actually wanted to sneak in.
That "Sage Lord Zhou" almost took away everything from her!
Huh, tomorrow is the first day of the first lunar month.
Since the impostor pretends to be the Lord of Zhou, of course he will come.
Yu Kuan made arrangements and hid in the depths of the hall.
One day and one night passed quickly.
At noon on the second day, the huge palace door clicked, the formation opened again, and a ray of sunlight suddenly shone in.
In the square outside the magnificent ancestral temple, stood a group of dark ministers, relying on the grand.
The square was filled with smoke and the atmosphere was very solemn.
"Dong——"
"clang--"
As the bells and drums rang, the ancestral sacrifices for the twelfth year of the Great Zhou Dynasty began.
Colorful clouds carrying a gorgeous and tall phoenix with fire and cloud patterns appeared in the square.
The jade bells hung on the four corners of Luan Jiayun's chariot make a crisp sound like the sound of fairy music.
Behind the cloud chariot, hundreds of powerful bodyguards surrounded it like stars holding the moon. The ones with the lowest cultivation level were all the Martial Gods Perfection.
This extremely noble cloud chariot descended on colorful auspicious clouds, and then a beautiful girl with a phoenix crown in a high bun and a sultry black patterned robe appeared in front of everyone.
This girl is solemnly dressed, has a noble demeanor, and is so beautiful that people dare not look at her. She is the sage "Yu Kuan" praised by hundreds of officials in the Zhou Dynasty today.
She was obviously just a girl of several decades, but the pressure of a superior person was like mountains and seas.
"Your Majesty." When the ministers saw her appearance, they bowed their hands and saluted.
"Excuse me, sir." Lord Zhou smiled slightly and waved his sleeves gracefully.
Immediately, she raised her lotus steps gracefully and climbed up the steps.
Followed by Ye Wang Yu Xuan, Yunyang Princess Yu Shu and other royal family members.
As soon as these people entered, the palace door was immediately closed, and all the formations were blocked.
Officials were not allowed to enter and could only stand in the square.
Lord Zhou entered the empty and quiet ancestral temple and frowned imperceptibly.
She walked under the huge shrine, and the King of Ye, Yu Xuan, immediately handed her a handful of incense.
According to the rules, only the previous Valve Master, now the Zhou Master, is qualified to light the first incense stick.
Lord Zhou was just about to light the first incense stick when suddenly a very beautiful voice sounded:
"This first stick of incense should be ordered by me, not you."
Immediately, a graceful figure appeared in Lord Zhou's eyes.
"Is it you?" Lord Zhou didn't show any panic at all. Instead, he smiled and said calmly:
"You are finally here. Very good. I have been waiting for you for a long time..."
PS: These prices tell me: after you lose the freedom of fruits and ice cream, you will lose the freedom of vegetables.
Asking for all kinds of support, Crab, good night.