Chapter 37 Powerless
foot of the mountain.
The dense forest is dark and green mist.
The forest is wet all year round, and fallen leaves and animal carcasses are soaked together, forming an astonishing swamp over the years. The green fog in the forest is the miasma fermented by the swamp.
Xu Xuan flew by at a low altitude, but the miasma had no effect on him.
After passing through the jungle, there is a dry mountain stream ahead, with a cave dug by someone on the wall of the mountain stream.
Xu Xuan flew into it, and a fireball immediately floated beside him, illuminating the cave.
Twenty coffins are neatly placed in the cave.
The ground is covered with lime to keep the cave dry.
He stepped forward to open the coffin lid and took a look inside.
"It's okay, but the skin is a bit moldy."
However, this mold is still a good thing and can be used as medicine.
The corpses of zombies are refined with spiritual energy and medicinal materials and will basically not rot.
Attach a corpse-repelling charm.
Jingle Bell!
The corpse exorcism bell jingled gently.
Wow!
Twenty walking corpses all stood up, and the corpse exorcists returned to their old ways.
Due to the need to conserve spiritual energy, Xu Xuan rarely sacrifices zombies, but zombies must not be destroyed. After all, they are his most loyal subordinates.
Zombies are not afraid of life and death, are invulnerable, and can be sacrificed at any time without feeling distressed.
If it weren't for the lack of spiritual stones, Xu Xuan would have wished to refine hundreds of zombies.
Take advantage of the darkness and head north.
Of course, Xu Xuan didn't just walk there. There was a carriage to pick him up outside.
The carriage traveled through the starry night, rushing to the north.
…
In the north, there is a Taoist temple by the Yellow River. Heavy troops surrounded the Taoist temple, and bursts of blood could be heard from inside.
"Where are the people? Let me ask you, where are the people?"
Hao Ge grabbed the collar of a Taoist priest who was covered in blood and asked impatiently.
"I don't know!"
Wow!
The next moment, the Taoist priest was beheaded with a knife.
"Where's the next one, Li Jianxing?"
"have no idea!"
A series of killings filled this pure place with blood.
Ever since Haoge knew that Li Jianxing was a Taoist priest, whenever he encountered a Taoist temple, he would come down and interrogate him, killing people at every turn and using brutal methods.
These Taoist temples definitely did not know the whereabouts of Li Jianxing, and all of them were quickly killed.
Hao Ge came to the main hall. There were no candles on both sides of the statues, and the golden eyes were bright, as if watching what they were doing.
The subordinates were silent and a little scared.
After all, they still feel a little unsure about killing people in such a place, fearing the gods' revenge in the future.
Hao Ge saw what everyone was thinking and sneered: "Gods? Where are the gods? I killed so many people in the North, which god came down to save them? Destroy them!"
"yes!"
Everyone dismantled the statue of Sanqing, and a lot of the uneasiness in their hearts disappeared.
"Report! The spies found traces of Chongzhen, Li Jianxing and others in Nanyang City!"
"OK!"
Hao Ge laughed arrogantly and immediately led everyone to set off.
Nanyang.
Forest house, backyard pavilion.
"Excuse me, Lin, please."
Opposite Li Jianxing was a middle-aged man with a rather elegant temperament.
"Hey, Taoist Master, please don't be polite. I have ordered people to prepare a fast boat and we can set off early tomorrow morning." Lin Yuan smiled and said, "The female family member has caught wind and cold. Let the doctor prescribe a prescription and she will be fine."
"Thank you, member."
Li Jianxing did not tell the true identities of Chongzhen and others. The queen had caught a cold a few days ago, so everyone had no choice but to find a place in the county.
This Lin Yuanwai had been in Yunlu for a period of time before, and when he and Li Jiansheng were still young, his master rescued him from the pile of dead people.
This man can be trusted.
night.
Li Jianxing tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, always feeling uneasy.
After all, just anyone here is the kind of person who is rich and waiting for generations to come.
Thinking of this, he got up and went out, wanting to come to the pond to enjoy the breeze.
At this time, he found Lin Yuanwai standing by the lake, his expression seemed a little wrong, and there was a servant next to him.
Li Jianxing noticed something was wrong and listened attentively.
With his current hearing ability, he could still vaguely hear what the other party said.
"What did Chihu say?"
"Qianhu said it was them. The man was Emperor Chongzhen and the woman was the queen. There was a reward of a thousand taels of gold and a hereditary marquisship in the north for their capture."
"Okay, they are very skilled in martial arts. Let's wait until the people from Qianhu come over before taking action. It's a pity, these people are too cautious."
When he heard that he was a hereditary marquis, Lin Yuanwai's eyes turned red, he was breathing heavily, and he wished he could just rush in and take all the credit.
He originally planned to poison him, but the other party was too cautious and never ate alone, or enjoyed banquets with Lin Yuan's family, so he definitely didn't have the opportunity to poison him.
Lin Yuanwai felt a little excited when he thought about the position of marquis he was about to obtain.
"Those with insight" all know that in less than three hundred years since the ancient dynasty, all the power of the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted. Only Jin Bing has the power to unify the country. Now is one of the few opportunities to change the family.
Therefore, the literati did not hesitate to abandon the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, there was movement behind him.
Lin Yuanwai turned around and saw that it was Li Jianxing.
"Taoist Priest, you..."
"I am so disappointed in you. As a gentry of the Ming Dynasty, you sucked the blood of the country, and now you want to rebel, which is disloyal. Selling your friends for glory is unjust; forgetting your ancestors and joining barbarians is unfilial."
"Listen to me..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Jianxing slashed him to death with a sword.
Then he rushed into the backyard and killed all the servants.
This thief is indeed cunning. His wife and children were sent away not long ago.
"Get up! Everyone get up!!"
Li Jianxing woke everyone up.
There were shouts of killing coming from outside the door. They should be soldiers and horses led by Nanyang Qianhu.
Fortunately, the top of the wall of Linzhai's tall courtyard is inlaid with broken porcelain pieces, making it difficult for ordinary people to climb.
Everyone guarded the gate and started fighting with the officers and soldiers.
Now even the emperor and prince took up arms to resist.
"kill!!!"
"There is an order for thousands of households! Reward a thousand taels for those caught alive, flag-raiser! The number of dead bodies will be reduced by half!"
After hearing the order, the soldiers rushed over like crazy.
Li Jianxing and others gradually despaired and felt powerless.
"Master Zhang, I'm afraid we're going to die on the spot today."
"Haha, this life is worth it!" Zhang Duxiao smiled boldly.
He has one level of immortality and two level of fame; as the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, he died for the Han family at the end of his life, which can be said to be immortal.
"Two Immortals, it's me who has caused you trouble." At this time, Chongzhen suddenly bowed his head and apologized. This attitude made Li Jianxing and the others unable to believe it, and even the prince did not believe it.
Zhu Youjian actually admitted his mistake? It was so strange that Li Jianxing thought Chongzhen would curse, "The devil has misled me."
Everyone fought from night to morning.
In the county magistrate's office, several literati looked at each other speechlessly. After a while, the old man in Tsing Yi said: "Are we just watching the emperor be killed?"
"What can we do?"
"Why……"
Everyone sighed deeply.
They wanted to surrender, and many people surrendered anyway; but if they watched the emperor die in front of them and ignored them, their reputation in the history books would be unimaginable.
Rumble…
In the evening, Haoge's army arrived. Most of the army was stationed outside the city, while a small number entered the city.
The county magistrates presented their seals and surrendered.
"Where is Chongzhen?" Hao Ge rode his horse to show off his power.
Everyone pointed in the direction and handed over their official seals. Several people were able to save their lives and were even protected by golden soldiers.
Ordinary people were not so lucky, and a massacre swept across them.
Rape, robbery, and killing continued.
Hao Ge led the elite to Lin Mansion.
In the Lin Mansion, everyone knew that they could not escape after hearing the news of the Jin barbarians outside.
This night must be an unforgettable night for this small town.
People either actively or passively accepted the fact of barbarian rule.
Near the Lin Mansion are the residences of high-ranking officials. Some of them were captured by the Jin soldiers, and some took refuge early. All of them were escorted nearby to wait for Hao Ge's fate.
They all paid attention to this historic moment.
"There is no way to save the day, there is no way to save the day..." Chongzhen, Li Jianxing, and the ambitious Hanshi from Nanyang only had this sentence in their hearts.
Mountains and rivers are broken, bones are like mountains and surnames are forgotten.
There are always too many regrets in history, and it is difficult for mortals to have the power of immortality.
Outside the mansion, Haoge's sword points at Lin's mansion, and the warrior and Baoyi gear up.
"kill!!"
"boom!!"
The next moment, fireballs fell from the sky! Fall into the crowd.
This fireball symbolizes the emergence of a new way of playing the game.