My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 225 Wang Zuo Arrives
Zhu Houcong was shocked.

The White Lotus Sect claims that Maitreya will come to the world, and that the peaceful and prosperous era they claim to create could possibly bring all mankind with him to heaven.

Kind of outrageous.

"It's a pity that the common people in the world are suffering, but I can't save them——"

Zhu Houcong sighed.

Zhu Houcong had only been on the throne for two years, and the north was invaded every year. As soon as the southwest was pacified, he sent his troops to the east. People along the eastern coast suffered heavy casualties under the attacks of the sharks. In order to recruit large armies and transport heavy equipment, the Ming court conscripted tens of thousands of civilians. count--

Although Zhu Houcong had tried his best to prevent the imperial court from placing additional burdens on the people by using troops against the four directions, it was a pity that the price of conquering the four directions would inevitably fall on the people at the lowest level.

Before gaining hegemony, people must first think about whether they can afford the price of gaining hegemony.

"When you summoned me, I was passing by the capital and saw something strange on Taizu's demon-suppressing sword in the direction of Changling——"

Hearing the reminder from the divine bird, Zhu Houcong's eyes flashed slightly.

"When the war in the southeast is over, I will go to Changling to pay homage to Emperor Taizu——"

The divine bird nodded slightly.

At this time, the sounds of clashing soldiers and leather and the sound of intensive horse hooves came from outside the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

Everyone looked back and saw a group of Ming army knights wearing Forbidden Army armor galloping towards them, followed by a large number of ordinary soldiers from the garrison around Nanjing and the Eastern Expedition Army.

Immediately, Wang Zuo saw Zhu Houcong standing on the ruins of the Main Hall holding the King of Qin's sword at a glance.

He immediately galloped over on horseback.

"Your Majesty - the end will come later -"

Wang Zuo looked at the mess around him. The glazed corpse Buddhas in front of him all had their eyes wide open. The golden dust was floating in the air, and accompanied by the raging flames, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple in front of him was illuminated like daylight. He knew that a war must have just broken out. Shi Zheng was ashamed because he could not fulfill his duty to protect the emperor.

"It doesn't matter. Is there any unusual movement in Jinling——"

Zhu Houcong helped Wang Zuo up from the ruins and asked with concern.

It doesn't matter whether you protect yourself or not, as long as you have the heart to do so.

There must be some emperors who will ask you to sacrifice your lives to protect them.

Young man, don't be too happy. In the future, the new emperor will face a group of vassal brothers who are heavily armed and eyeing the central government. There will be many uncomfortable times for you, the royal guards.

However, looking at Wang Zuo who was so moved in front of him, Zhu Houcong was not interested in pua, but asked about Jinling's reaction.

Wanfo Temple has accumulated so many big thunders over the past thousands of years. As a local leader, it is impossible for the Jinling government to know nothing about it.

"Master Peng and the others have already captured the leader of the thieves lurking in Nanjing City. They will kill him as soon as His Majesty returns to the city."

Wang Zuo looked at the people beside Zhu Houcong.

Apparently many of the thieves captured by Jinling were of high status and it is inconvenient to speak directly here.

A scapegoat?

Zhu Houcong thought in his mind.

Obviously, it is impossible for those bugs in Jinling City not to know about these little tricks that Wanfo Temple has been doing behind the scenes over the years.

But they had no intention of stopping it, and instead let it go.

Obviously, some of them are not only fully aware of the existence of these corpse Buddhas in Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, but also hope to use the power of these corpse Buddhas in Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to achieve certain goals of their own.

It's just that the strength shown by Ming Ting is too strong now, causing these people to jump ship one after another.

Throw a scapegoat to avoid risk.

Although those bugs are a powerful tool for controlling the bureaucratic machine, they have too many thoughts. After returning, they still need to learn from Emperor Taizong and continue to set many restrictions on them and take more precautions against them.

Zhu Houcong thought in his mind.

"You lead the forbidden soldiers and fire gunners to kill the Buddhas and demons together. The other soldiers guard the passages of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and you must not let any corpse Buddha escape." "Yes -"

"I'll order the Imperial Heavenly Supervisor officials to go to the Nanjing Classics Office to retrieve the files, check all records about humanoid creatures riding whales in the deep sea, and wait for my summons."

"Go-"

Wang Zuo stood up. He had no doubts about his father's order, and immediately began to summon the imperial army to set up defenses everywhere, block the roads, and began to try to clear out the Corpse Buddha.

Zhu Houcong turned his head and looked at the golden dust beside him.

"This is the light that awakens the world as spoken by the White Lotus Sect. If ordinary people inhale too much, they will become like those corpse Buddhas. They will lose their reason and be manic and bloodthirsty."

Seeing this, the divine bird explained.

On the side, Tang Cai'er, who had been robbed of her identity as the narrator, had dull eyes. She was obviously very aware of the dangerous situation in which the demon girl of the White Lotus Sect fell into the hands of the imperial court. She closed her mouth that she just opened and turned around as she was robbed of the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. He looked at the magical bird next to him.

Although I am angry, I dare not speakjpg
Hearing this, Zhu Houcong frowned.

"But this process will be very slow. A little absorption is not a bad thing for these mortals-"

The divine bird explained.

This was also one of the means used by the White Lotus Sect to create miracles to win over people's hearts in the late Yuan Dynasty.

After these holy monks' spiritual energy has been diluted countless times by the monsters of the White Lotus Sect, not only will there be no harm to mortals after absorbing it, but they can also strengthen the body and double the spirit.

From this, believers can be gathered and a large army can be summoned to fight against Yuanting.

"The Buddha's light here is still too strong, and let me summon the mysterious wind——"

The divine bird soared into the sky.

Accompanied by a loud cry.

The nine-day wind blew again from west to east, directly blowing most of the golden dust into the sea bit by bit.

"Won't things in the sea be affected?"

Seeing the movements of the divine bird, Tang Cai'er couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, but that's not something we should worry about."

The divine bird retreated after its success and slowly fell to the earth. It looked at the fish and shrimps in the river with the Buddha's light shining on their heads and their compassionate faces, just like saints coming to the world.

Who knows how Tang Cai'er saw compassion on the faces of a bunch of fish and shrimps.

But the next moment, these compassionate fish looked at their compatriots gathered around the bright light, opened their big mouths, and bit down on the surrounding fish and shrimps, biting off half of their bodies. The strong smell of blood lingered in the air. Spreading in the river, those marine creatures immersed in the sound of Buddha were awakened in an instant.

When he realized what was happening, he swung his tail fin wildly and ran away.

This is true for fish and shrimp, not to mention the shark tribe.

Presumably, in order to deal with these sharks who suddenly did not believe in Poseidon and converted to Maitreya, the major tribes along the coast were probably very busy during this time.

"Since someone has taken care of the corpse Buddha, we can free up our hands to deal with the original thing under the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple -"

Zhu Houcong listened to the familiar sound of war drums and firing guns of the Ming army in his ears, and turned his gaze in the direction of the mountain gate.

After all, regarding those things, there is still a blood debt from the Xianzong period 40 years ago that needs to be settled.

……

"kill--"

The cold stone steps, the ferocious corpse Buddha, and the collapsed temple exude an ominous atmosphere.

All this made these prisoners who were shackled, had a long iron rope passed through their bones, were trampled under the feet of the Ming warriors in armor, and the bright long knives were pressed close to their necks.

(End of this chapter)