Four Forty Eight: Peeling the skin and cramping! Fang Qingzhuo has a fragrant body!
Fang Qingyi, the young master of Yinzhou, fell into anxiety!
After the corruption of the government in the past few years, the taxes paid to the royal family by the provinces, counties, and vassal territories of the Nulang Kingdom have been greatly reduced, and it is still difficult to collect them.
This is also inevitable. When the central authority is weakened, local forces will become arrogant and arrogant.
Especially in the last two years, due to the rise of Sauron, Li Li sought help from the nobles and princes, and local forces were even more bullying.
Many industries belonging to the royal family have been infiltrated by the Yin Yuanhui and have become a hotbed of corruption for nobles and officials.
In normal times before, the kingdom's annual taxes plus the kingdom's industry revenue were about 2.6 million gold coins. But now how much revenue is actually turned over to the royal family every year? Only God knows.
Therefore, the monthly expenses required for the kingdom's operation are now borrowed from Wangcheng Jinhao by Jiali's signature, and Wangchengjinhao borrows money from Yinyuanhui.
In Fang Qingyi's view, Sauron should compromise as long as he cuts off the money of the Wrath of Waves Kingdom.
However, Sauron did not compromise.
Then Fang Qingyi threatened to expose the truth about the kingdom's huge deficit and cause the crater to explode.
Sauron still did not compromise.
Now, the gold coin reserves in the royal city's treasury have disappeared. In Fang Qingyi's view, this is the final blow to Sauron.
The gold coin inventory in the royal city's treasury is undoubtedly Sauron's greatest source of confidence.
Once these gold coins are lost, no matter how great you are, you cannot save the situation. You can only wait for the collapse of the government and the collapse of order in the kingdom.
Just like at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the total wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty amounted to more than one billion taels of silver.
But at the critical moment, Emperor Chongzhen could not even afford a few million taels of silver, and he watched the huge Ming Dynasty collapse and perish.
At this time, the financial situation faced by Sauron was even worse than that of Emperor Chongzhen.
Chongzhen just had no money, while Sauron had to face a deficit of nearly 20 million gold coins, which was more than the kingdom's ten years of taxes.
Unexpectedly, Sauron still refused to compromise. Anyway, the Imperial Guards annihilated the Yin Yuan Hui and went on a killing spree.
How dare he? How dare he?
The Yin Yuan Hui is truly the territory of Yin Continent and is recognized by the Nulang Kingdom and the entire human kingdom.
Next, Fang Qingyi had to face a situation.
What should he do? Facing the completely crazy Sauron, what should he do?
The cards in his hand have been played out, triggering the kingdom's economic crisis and causing the gold coin reserves in the royal city's treasury to disappear. This is already a king's blow, and there cannot be a bigger card.
He has no cards left in his hand and Sauron still refuses to surrender. What should he do?
Of course, Fang Qingyi absolutely did not believe that Sauron could save the situation in front of him.
However, let the Kingdom of Raging Waves completely collapse and order be destroyed?
That means that Yinzhou's previous efforts have been completely wasted.
What Yinzhou wants is a complete Nulang colony, a complete country that can continuously produce profits.
A complete chaos in the Nulang Kingdom is not in the interest of Yinzhou.
Once the situation develops to this point, it means that Yinzhou's strategy has completely failed, and the astronomical price paid has all been in vain.
As for him, the young master of Yinzhou who had just taken the throne, he naturally had no choice but to step down sadly.
Yinzhou is backed by the Dragon Temple, controls nearly half of the gold coin minting and gold coin reserves of the human kingdom, and controls the economic lifeline of the human kingdom through the Yinyuan Society. It is of course majestic and looks down upon the world.
but……
If you want to become truly powerful, it is not enough for Yinzhou to have money in your hands. You also need an army and a truly powerful force.
Therefore, Yinzhou needs a puppet country, a real colonial country.
The Beiting Kingdom is too remote, the Xiliang Kingdom is too poor, the Yan Empire is too awesome, and the Dongli Kingdom is too awesome.
In the end, Yinzhou chose the Kingdom of Nulang.
This is a new country, its order is still relatively fragile, and its position in the human kingdom is not stable, but it is very powerful.
In order to colonize the Kingdom of Nulang, Yinzhou has worked hard for decades.
Thirty years ago, the king at that time was still the father of Chang Bian, a wise and ruthless monarch, and there were not many opportunities for Yinzhou to take advantage of.
So, Yinzhou chose another person, the prince of Nulang Kingdom, Ji Lan.
Like the princes of other kingdoms, Zhilan went to Yanjing Temple to study after he was a teenager.
The people from Shenlong Temple and Yinzhou tried their best to brainwash Si Lan and instilled in him some very "advanced" ideas.
After Prince Jilan returned to the Kingdom of Nulang, the king of the previous generation gave him full power, allowing Prince Jilan to use his hands and feet to prepare for his future enthronement as king.
According to the late king, when you are a prince, you should not be afraid of making mistakes, just be afraid of not doing things.
With the investment of Yinzhou's astronomical gold coins, Prince Silan's political achievements were extremely brilliant. The northwest province he ruled was originally a cold place, but the annual taxes paid were actually higher than those of the southeastern provinces and Nujiang Province.
Not only that, Prince Zhilan was simply the embodiment of perfection in the eyes of officials, nobles, and princes.
Tolerance, elegance, kindness!
As long as you join the disciples of Prince Ji Lan, wealth and reputation will continue to come.
In just a few years, Prince Jilan's reputation was at its peak, and he was completely praised as a holy king by all people. His reputation even surpassed that of the previous king.
Not only that, even other princes also bowed to Prince Jilan, because they could get huge benefits from Jilan.
At that time, Changbian was just a wandering prince, wandering around with Count Sauron, traveling all over the world with a big bird, sleeping wherever he went.
It is extremely abnormal when the whole world says good things about a person.
Governing the world is not about treating guests to dinner. You will definitely offend people, even many people.
Of course, the late king discovered the danger, and sent the Black Bing Mansion to investigate Prince Bilan, and found out the Yinzhou and Yinyuanhui behind him.
The late king was a very wise man and immediately sensed the huge conspiracy and danger behind this.
He immediately warned Prince Silan and ordered him to immediately sever ties with the Yinzhou forces.
But Prince Zhilan thought that his father was jealous of him and continued to do his own thing.
However, the Yinzhou forces felt that the time had come, so they set up a trap to murder the late king and try to make Prince Silan ascend the throne in advance.
The assassination attempt in Yinzhou failed, and the late king was only injured.
Regardless of whether this assassination was planned by Prince Jilan or not, the late king knew that he had no choice. At this time, he must kill decisively, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
So, he immediately summoned the changes and returned to the royal city! Then he killed and uprooted the forces of Prince Zhilan!
The death of Prince Jilan was a huge event in the Nulang Kingdom, and it has far-reaching consequences even now.
However, this dramatic change lasted only a few days.
First, Earl Sauron escorted Zhi Bian back to the royal city, but was robbed and killed three times on the way. Moreover, the ones who did it were all the princes under Prince Zhi Lan.
Under the instruction of the late king, Zhi Bian began to eliminate Prince Zhi Lan's influence.
In those days, the whole royal city was in trembling with noise, and people were killed. The heads of two of the princes were chopped off by Zhibian himself.
Duke Jiwei and Duke Jiting were young, so they were not implicated.
As for Prince Jilan's family, the late king personally sent the eunuch Gao Ting to lead the imperial guards to annihilate them.
The eunuch Gao Ting was Gao Yin's adoptive father. He personally beheaded Prince Ji Lan and his wife.
As for the brother and sister Ji Li and Ji Ning, Gao Ting was soft-hearted and let them go instead of killing them all.
When Li Chenglian escaped with his brother and sister, Gao Ting pretended not to see it.
After the great eunuch Gao Ting returned his life to the late king, he immediately chose to commit suicide by taking poison. Because in his view, even if Zhi Lan betrayed the king, that is, his master, and he killed his master, he would have no reason to live anymore.
After the death of Prince Zhilan, the late king was mentally and physically exhausted. He first established Zhi as the crown prince, and a few days later abdicated and lived in seclusion.
Therefore, Chang Bian suddenly became the king!
And from the first day he became king, he was destined to stand on the opposite side of the princes and nobles.
Now, more than twenty years later, the king's change is still notorious, with conspiracy theories spreading all over the world.
In order to ascend to the throne, he killed the prince, his brothers, and finally even poisoned the late king. He was so insane and sinful!
However, the former king ordered the killing of Prince Ji Lan. The other two princes were also ordered to be killed by the former king.
However, the former king could not bear the reputation of killing his son, so Zhan Bian could only bear the reputation of killing his brother.
However, Prince Zhilan's reputation in the Nulang Kingdom is still as high as that of a white lotus. He was like a holy king, but he was harmed by a dangerous villain. It's really God's blindness.
The king changed and became Bella's treacherous king.
Stupid traitors are regarded as saints, but those who truly protect the country are regarded as traitors.
This world is so ridiculous sometimes.
But fortunately, King Shibian is very free and easy. If you think it was me who killed him, then just think of it as me.
Unlike Emperor Yongzheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who was notorious for offending the gentry all over the world. Emperor Yongzheng was a little more narrow-minded and was so angry that he even wrote a book called "Dayi Mijuelu" to defend himself. The result was useless.
This is a battle of interests, not a battle of reputation!
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More than twenty years ago, the death of Prince Jilan and his ascension to the throne meant that Yinzhou's colonization plan for the Kingdom of Nulang had temporarily failed, so they could only go into hibernation completely and start to focus on the next generation, that is,
On Li Li's head.
Now, Li Li was defeated by Sauron again.
Could it be that Yinzhou’s colonization plan will completely fail this time?
For this plan, Yinzhou has spent more than thirty years, two generations of hard work.
Moreover, even if Yinzhou could afford to delay, Fang Qingyi could not afford to delay. The failure of the colonial fury strategy meant the complete end of his political life.
Gritting his teeth suddenly, Fang Qing headed to the castle of Holy Priest Geli.
"Your Excellency Holy Priest, Sauron has gone crazy. He would rather the Kingdom of Raging Waves collapse completely than compromise with us." Fang Qing asked: "So, is it possible to send the Temple Legion to kill Sauron?"
Holy Priest Geli said in shock: "You mean, the Temple Legion will directly go to war with the Kingdom of Raging Waves?"
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King City Gold Headquarters!
A gryphon beast landed quickly, and a Shadow Pavilion warrior knelt down and said: "Your Excellency, the Princess of Yaozhou, Concubine, led the assassins to attack the princess's mansion. They were blocked by the Lord of Ashiliren and Mrs. Fang Qingzhuo. The enemy was almost completely destroyed.
They were defeated, but the demon concubine escaped successfully."
Sauron was horrified and asked in a hissing voice: "What else?"
Shadow Pavilion Samurai said: "The body of the Lord of Ashili Ren City is shrouded in frost, and he is unconscious, and his life and death are uncertain. Mrs. Fang Qingzhuo was wounded by a sword. Because the enemy's sword was poisonous, she also fainted!"
Suddenly, Sauron's hatred for the enchantress reached its peak!
He had no choice but to ask Nao Yan to go to the Tianlao to interrogate the Finance Minister Suofu. Of course he knew that this would put the Princess Mansion in danger.
But he felt that the incident happened suddenly, and Fang Qing could not find so many masters to attack the princess mansion.
Moreover, Princess Yanyan immediately arranged for thousands of troops and dozens of Shadow Pavilion masters to station in the princess's mansion, making the defense airtight.
Unexpectedly, Fang Qingyi found the enchantress Concubine, and this bitch actually attacked the princess's mansion.
Fortunately, Ashi Liren's martial arts are incredible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
But it was obvious that she was backlashed by Longyin's Juemei again, and every time she was hit, her life was in danger.
Sauron ordered: "Send five thousand guards to guard the royal city's Golden Castle and don't let anyone enter."
"Yes!" Heining said curiously.
"Hahaha..." Fang Zeming laughed and said, "Saulun, you are at the end of your rope, go kneel down and beg for mercy from my young master!"
Sauron said coldly: "Tear off all his skin, and then I will give it to Fang Qingyi myself!"
As soon as these words came out, Fang Zeming's expression changed with horror, and he hissed: "Solon, you dare, you dare..."
Two Shadow Pavilion warriors stepped forward and pushed him to the ground.
A eunuch stepped forward, took a knife, and gently cut open Fang Zeming's ankle.
Just like a butler removing an ox, this eunuch was extremely skilled and peeled off the skin alive from Fang Zeming, the chief proprietor of the Royal City's Golden House.
"Ah...ah...ah..." This direct member of the Hidden Continent let out an extremely miserable howl.
Sauron mounted the griffin beast, and under the protection of Zhuang Zhixuan and a dozen Shadow Pavilion warriors, rode the griffin beast back to the princess's mansion quickly.
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After returning to the princess, Sauron saw two unconscious beauties in the underground chamber.
One is the peerless beauty Ashiliren shrouded in frost.
One is the gentle and virtuous Fang Qingzhuo.
He faced a choice, whether to save Fang Qingzhuo first or save Ashi Liren first.
After hesitating for a while, Sauron decided to save Fang Qingzhuo first, because it would take a long time to save Ashili, and even his own life would be in danger.
So first it’s easy and then it’s hard!
Moreover, Fang Qingzhuo's breathing was very weak at this time, as if he was going to die at any time.
At this time, both Ji Yan and Ji Ning were inside the secret room. Princess Ji Yan had returned from the prison, and Ji Ning held Fang Qingzhuo's hand tightly.
"Husband, Suofu has confessed that there is indeed such a ledger." Princess Yanyan said: "Of course, maybe this ledger is useless now."
Because the gold coin reserve of the Royal City Gold has disappeared, the account book in Sov's hand is indeed of little significance.
"Yan, go up and protect me. Don't let anyone get close." Sauron said.
Princess Yanyan nodded and walked up.
"Zhen Ning, you also go out." Sauron said.
Princess Zhenning hesitated for a moment, nodded, and walked out.
"Please save my sister-in-law." Zhen Ning cried, "We owe her something we will never be able to repay in our lifetime."
"I will." Sauron said.
Zeng Ning went out without looking back three times.
There were only Sauron and two unconscious women in the entire secret room.
Sauron took out a dagger and cut a cut on Fang Qingzhuo's wrist, and then cut a cut on his own hand.
The two people's blood blended together, and the demon star entered Fang Qingzhuo's body along the bloodline and began to explore her entire body.
"How about the demon star?" Sauron asked.
Yao Xing said: "It is a very strange poison. It does not circulate throughout the body, but only lingers around the heart, constantly devouring life."
Sauron said: "Can you swallow this poison and suck it out of Fang Qingzhuo's body?"
"No!" Yao Xing said: "This kind of poison is very strange. If I devour it, it will pass through your body and swallow up your vitality."
Sauron said: "What should we do?"
Yao Xing said: "You make an opening in her heart, and I will squeeze out this strange poison bit by bit."
Sauron was stunned, then nodded.
Taking a deep breath, he unbuttoned Fang Qingzhuo's clothes, revealing his snow-white chest.
Then Sauron took out a golden needle and stabbed Fang Qingzhuo in the heart.
Then, she gently turned Fang Qingzhuo's delicate body and asked her to lie on her side, so that when Yao Xing expels the strange poison, it will flow out of the body along the golden needle.
"You make another incision on her chest, because that place is closer to the heart and I can detoxify more efficiently," Yao Xing said.
Sauron was stunned and cut an incision on Fang Qingzhuo's chest, and bright red blood flowed out.
Then, he pressed his fingers on the wound on Fang Qingzhuo's chest, letting the blood of the two people fuse.
The demon star's energy tentacles once again entered Fang Qingzhuo's heart through the blood.
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