Although anger is angry, it cannot be escaped.
The confidants were overjoyed and shouted out together: "Master Song, we have captured Ma Muye, and we will send the criminal out to you now."
The other military leaders were dumbfounded: some of them had the same idea, but seeing that Ma Muye was protected by these confidants, they were unsure and did not take action.
Unexpectedly... on the road of traitors, there are always companions!
Song Zheng smiled slightly and nodded to Qin Shi: "Well done."
Qin Shi bowed: "Ma Muye is greedy and mean, and is not generous to his subordinates. His confidants only follow him for power. Once he falls, no one will be willing to bury him with him."
After a while, the seven or eight confidants escorted Ma Muye out and handed them to Song Zheng along with the account books that Ma Muye had brought with him.
Song Zheng looked at the account books and said to his confidants who had "made meritorious services": "You will wipe out everything in the past. I promise to let bygones be bygones!"
Those people were obviously relieved.
Song Zheng knew, however, that he only promised to forget the past, but he would definitely not be able to use them again in the future. In a few years, he would definitely find an opportunity to send them to Saibei or the Southern Barbarians to fight against the demon clan.
Song Zheng was not so generous to other people in the army.
Surrounded by the rebel army leaders, he entered the Beishan camp, took a cursory look around, and shook his head repeatedly. Except for the personal soldiers of the army leaders, the rest of the army's equipment was extremely crude.
The ordnance that the imperial court originally stipulated to be equipped with only a few empty shells, and the real ones were sold by Ma Muye.
Song Zheng was secretly wondering: Beishan Camp had 500,000 soldiers, and the ordnance they replenished every year was a huge number. Who did Ma Muye sell these many standard magic weapons to?
He had a vague feeling that the problem might be more serious than he expected.
So he whispered an order and asked Qi Bingchen to be responsible for cleaning up the Beishan Camp. At the same time, he opened the Extremist Creature Card and released three thousand puppet warriors.
As soon as all the puppet soldiers came out, they opened their breastplates and exposed the "Tianmen Mirror". This alone shocked the entire camp.
Song Zheng originally did not want to expose the army in his hands, but now he wanted to calm down the affairs of the Beishan camp as soon as possible and buy time to find out the problem of Ma Muye, so he had to use this as a thunderous method.
Under the protection of Lu Wanmin and Sun Bianfei, he entered Ma Muye's Chinese army tent. The tent was austere, and Ma Muye, who loved money as much as his life, looked very "simple".
He spread out the account books, and with his Yin Shen cultivation, he could see all the account books clearly at a glance. Then, he activated Zhoutian Secret Spirit. Only part of the functions of this important treasure were available. There was not much time left before he could complete his self-improvement.
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After Zhou Tian's secret spirit analysis, Song Zheng was in a cold sweat.
Ma Muye has been in charge of Beishan Camp since he was awarded the title of "General Ningyuan" fifty years ago.
In the first few years, he only dared to take some free wages, then retired the old ordnance early, applied for new ordnance from the Ministry of War, and sold the old ones that were still usable.
But in the past thirty years, Ma Muye has become more and more courageous. The Beishan camp has registered military status of 500,000 with the imperial court, but the actual number of soldiers in the camp is only 100,000!
The remaining 300,000 yuan in salary was embezzled by Ma Muye and his military leaders.
Ma Muye monopolizes 80% of the total! Only two shares are given to his subordinates. It’s no wonder that once something happens to him, his subordinates will immediately turn against him.
In addition, the number of various ordnance and combat equipment allocated by the Ministry of War to Beishan Camp every year is around 100,000. However, Beishan Camp has not replaced any standard magic weapons for decades, and all of these ordnances have been replaced by Ma Muye.
The leading military chiefs were sold out.
From the account books, Song Zheng found out that the person who handled the ordnance reselling business for Ma Muye was Fei Minglou, the secretary of Beishan Camp. He gave an order: "Bring Fei Minglou here."
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The Queen Mother likes to sit alone in a huge palace, without a palace maid or a eunuch. She will put on her phoenix robe, lower the surrounding palace lanterns, leaving only one beside her, and enjoy this "lonely" feeling.
, this is the feeling of the most powerful power in the world.
She will do this when she is in a good mood, and she will do this when she is in a bad mood.
Today's battle cannot be said to be very important. After all, it is not a life or death moment. Even if she loses, she will still be the most powerful person in Hongwu.
But today's battle was of great significance. It would be Song Zheng's first defeat since he entered the capital. She and Huang Yuanhe had a tacit understanding and must break the myth of Song Zheng's "invincibility".
So far, this kind of myth is only limited to the capital city. The dignitaries of the capital have not yet realized that in fact, since Song Zheng started in Jiangnan, he has never lost!
If they further realize this, it will be a very serious tilt in the "popular sentiment". For those in power, the popular sentiment of the powerful is the real popular sentiment. Does it matter what the bastards think?
This is the world of cultivation, and everyone believes in the "great fortune", which will make many people secretly bet on Song Zheng.
But the battle deviated from their expectations at the beginning. The Queen Mother was sitting in the palace, but her mind was flickering like the candlelight beside her. She wanted to stretch out her hand, take it from the air, and kill all the ancestors of Jiangnan!
Although Zhong Boke's peak ancestors are everywhere and seem to be invincible, she has the ability to destroy them all with one blow.
But she sighed softly and said to the figure in the darkness behind her: "No need to hold me down, I know what to do."
Hui Yigong's spiritual thoughts were floating in the sky above the imperial city. The Queen Mother could feel various emotions from this spiritual thoughts. There were commitments to Song Zheng and disgust for the sins committed by the Holy Religion.
, there is dissatisfaction with Si Chen...
If Hui Yigong was really allowed to choose based on his personal preferences, he would undoubtedly choose Song Zheng. Even if Song Zheng failed, Huang Yuanhe, as a Wenxiu Zhenguo, would still have an advantage over her.
"Huh!" the Queen Mother snorted dissatisfiedly: "Can't women hold the power of the world? Ridiculous!"
But she couldn't take action, she couldn't give Hui Yi Gong an excuse to take action. The black shadow behind her said: "Although we guess that even if you take action, the probability that Hui Yi Gong will stop you is about 60%, but we can't take risks.
The Holy Religion has been lurking for many years and has worked hard to manage it, and it has become a prairie fire. We just need to fight steadily, and this world will definitely be ours."
The Queen Mother nodded: "I know."
There is a 40% chance that Hui Yi will not intervene to prevent his entanglement with Hong Wu from getting deeper. But as a senior Zhenguo, he is one of the top beings in the world. He has reached the true meaning of "following the law"
.He has made a promise and is more likely to stick to it.
The Queen Mother did not dare to gamble.
She looked outside the capital city again, and saw from the air that the ground was full of defeated troops, and the strong cultivators of the Holy Cult retreated quietly. She couldn't help but cursed: "Trash!"
"That's our waste too." Black Shadow said, "Be prepared to meet them. As long as you enter the imperial city, it will be safe. No matter how courageous Song Zheng is, he will not dare to let Long Yiwei rush into the imperial city."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt something and turned around in surprise: "Celestial Master Sword Sect! How could they..." Then he roared: "Ah... I hate it so much!"
The strong cultivators of Huang Tianli Holy Sect did not suffer much losses in the battle outside the city. They were not like the Saibeiti camp who needed to fight to the death. When they saw that the situation was not right, they naturally retreated quietly. They knew that they would be safe as long as they entered the imperial city.
, and the nine admirals did not dare to stop them from returning to the capital.
But he didn't expect that just after returning to the capital, the sword cultivators from the Tianshi Sword Sect suddenly appeared from all directions and blocked them firmly outside the imperial city.
At the same time, in the capital city, strange formations rose up, sealing the loopholes blocked by the Tianshi Sword Gate!
The Queen Mother and Black Shadow reacted instantly: "Admiral of the Nine Sects!"
The Nine Admirals are responsible for guarding the entire capital. In addition to the city defense formation, the city also has various strange formations and spiritual formations set up at many key locations. After all, this is the capital, and its defense is far stronger than that of an ordinary city.
The Admiral of the Nine Sects was from Huang Yuanhe, but at this moment, he suddenly cheated the Holy Cult of Huang Tianli. Of course, it was under the instruction of the Chief Assistant!
Later, the ancestors from Jiangnan led their monks to come and attack from both sides. The forced cultivators of Huang Tianli Holy Cult could hardly escape. This time they suffered heavy losses.
Huang Yuanhe secretly rejoiced in his mansion: Although the plan failed, I made a prompt decision, and Huang Tianli's losses to the holy sect were far greater than his own.
As for the victorious Song Zheng, so what if he wins, after all, he is not a strong man in the country. He is the weakest among the three forces. Even if he and the Queen Mother are weakened, they will still be far better than him.
The loss is only face, but it can greatly weaken the power of the Queen Mother. This plan is actually more rewarding than the original goal.
Next, it is time to really start discussing with Song Zheng a plan for an alliance between the two parties to jointly fight against the Queen Mother.
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Lie Beitao and Mao Zhengdao were sitting together in the Moon Tower.
The Lie family had made a decision, and the clan elders voted together to remove his father as the head of the family, thus expressing the break between the Lie family and Song Zheng.
In the eyes of the clan elders, this is "cutting off the tail to protect yourself", but in Liebeitao's view, this is downright stupidity.
In this way, can the Lie family be protected from being resented by the Empress Dowager and Huang Yuanhe? Impossible. How powerful is the Yin Shen, a powerful person who governs the country? They will keep every detail in their lives in mind. When necessary, they can recall their memories and restore everything.
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The Lie family had offended two Zhenguo, and if the Zhenguo wanted to pursue the case, it would only be a matter of thought and they would not forgive the Lie family because they had "docked their tails".
The only chance for the Lie family is to completely stand with Song Zheng and fully support Song Zheng's victory.
The clan elders thought they were smart and were still "watching the situation" and waiting for a "response" from the Queen Mother and the Chief Assistant. If necessary, they would completely expel Lie Beitao and his son from the Lie family.
Liebeitao was even more disdainful of such self-righteous calculations.
What response will the powerful people who govern the country give you? Impossible. The Lie family is like an ant, and the country is like an eagle. Do you expect the ants to kick their legs, and the goshawk above the sky to give a response?
Chapter completed!