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

Chapter 387 The Duke of Zhen Guo

"So you just believed his lies?"

Gao Lin asked, Liu Zhen nodded and shook his head.

"Although they were a little suspicious at the time, they gave me twenty taels of tattooed silver as travel expenses in order to get me to go."

Liu Zhen said, looking around at the Zhao family's mansion with a sigh on his face.

"You must also know what happened next... As for what happened after entering the capital, that is a secret of the imperial court. I have an appointment with the imperial court and cannot talk to outsiders."

In fact, what are the truly unspeakable things?

Gao Lin probably understood in his heart.

An evil spirit related to imperial examination success.

Presumably, the shock that will be caused within the empire will probably give the cabinet elders more headaches than any terrifying evil god the empire has ever encountered.

But he became an official through the imperial examination through crooked ways.

The prosperity and wealth exchanged will naturally have a time to return.

Gao Lin looked at the Zhao family's mansion in front of him, which was almost razed to the ground after the disaster.

I actually felt a little sad for a moment.

"For the scholars who have visited the statue of Emperor Wenchang, the court usually only gives them titles, but does not actually appoint them..."

Feeling the suspicious gaze of Gao Lin next to him, Liu Zhen replied.

"The imperial court took pity on my poor family and gave me the post of Tieling Censor to supplement my family income."

Before Gao Lin could tell whether it was true or not, a sound came from not far away.

"You are telling the truth - it seems that the elders are right to trust you -"

Several people looked up and saw a group of court officials wearing imperial uniforms entering from the west gate.

The leading young man was wearing a brocade robe and a sword at his waist.

He stared at Liu Zhen. Recently, Huang Jin checked the household register, and the Qintian Supervisor looked through the files, and found out that there was a secret mine buried in the empire that could fundamentally overthrow the empire's civil service system.

He didn't wait for the people in front of him to ask why he was here.

Then I heard the young man staring, holding his sword and speaking in a deep voice.

"I am the Duke of Ming Dynasty. Together with the Liaodong garrison and iron guards, you will all obey my orders from now on."

I heard the name of the Duke of Zhenguo.

Both Gao Lin and Liu Zhen and Li Changshou were in a daze for a moment.

When did our Ming Dynasty still have the title of Duke of Zhenguo?

But when Gao Lin saw the wry smiles on the faces of the disgraced Qin Tianjian Gao Dao behind the young man, he suddenly understood.

Isn't this the name used by Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Jiajing when he travels on tours?

Did the Ming Emperor really come to Liaodong in person?

Although it is unbelievable, Gao Lin is worthy of being from a high-ranking family in Bohai and has extremely excellent political qualities.

It was immediately understood that Zhu Houcong did not want too many people to know that the emperor's true identity had arrived in Liaodong this time.

Then he fell to the ground and kowtowed.

"The last Jurchen comforted the general Gao Lin and met the Duke of Zhen."

Li Changshou and Liu Zhen behind him also reacted and kowtowed to pay homage to the emperor in another way.

Behind Zhu Houcong, these high-level Taoist priests from the Qintian Prison once again showed a happy expression.

Gao Lin nodded with satisfaction when he saw the young emperor in front of him. He did not dare to look directly at Tianyan for too long. As he returned to the team, he couldn't help but cast his eyes on the Qintian Prison officials behind him.

Presumably these are the Qintian Prison officials who were ordered to support the two imperial guards before they arrived.

It is said that there are also contemporary Taoist Celestial Masters among them?

But Gao Lin saw that most of these bodies were covered with dust and mud. He doesn't look like one of those powerful men in Qin Tian Prison who possess the most wisdom and powerful magic.

Instead, they looked like a group of refugees fleeing for their lives.

Zhang Fawei, the leader, felt Gao Lin's questioning gaze and couldn't help but blush subconsciously.

But he didn’t explain anything. He could say that his group of people were full of ambitions and entered Liaodong with the idea of ​​​​wiping out the White Lotus Demon in one fell swoop. As a result, they fell into the trap of those Luo believers before they left the Ming Dynasty border and just entered Niumao Mountain. In the trap, the group was almost wiped out, but thanks to the emperor's help, the risk of total annihilation was avoided. Was it a lucky escape?

Although in the end they succeeded in destroying all the arrangements of the Luo believers on Niumao Mountain.

But that was when Zhu Houcong directly took action to kill the white-bone demon who was far beyond the ordinary wild gods outside the Great Wall. They took the remaining Luo Jiao remnants and defeated them and became furious.

No matter how you look at it, it is undoubtedly a bit too embarrassing for Qin Tianjian to go out in full force this time and end up being defeated as soon as they go out.

And still in front of the emperor——

Thinking of the faint sigh that accompanied the golden light falling from the sky, Zhang Fawei still wants to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, and then bury himself for a hundred and eighty years until all the insiders are dead before coming out.

"Before your matter came, Chief Liang had already told me that the imperial court had internal and external troubles back then and was unable to save you. Today the imperial court sent a special envoy to resolve the matter. Don't resent the imperial court -"

"Don't dare-"

After hearing the words of the emperor in front of him, Liu Zhen immediately replied.

Zhu Houcong watched as all the Zhao family's mansion in front of him was reduced to rubble.

His eyes darkened slightly.

"The Luo believers are really abominable. When I return to Beijing this time, I must ask the imperial court to issue an order to send an army south to conquer and order all states and counties to pursue and suppress this evil cult."

"The Luo believers have been entrenched in the southeast for a long time. If the court wants to eradicate them, I'm afraid it will take some effort. If the court has the purpose, we, Longhu Mountain, can send disciples down the mountain to assist the court in pursuing the evil path of Wuwei."

After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Zhang Fawei said quickly.

Zhang Fawei really didn't have a good impression of these Luo believers who had made themselves miserable when they first came to Liaodong.

The present one is the Luo Sect, also known as the Wuwei Sect. In the 18th year of Chenghua's reign, its leader Luo Qing claimed to have attained Taoism and became an immortal. He established the Luo Sect in the southeast. Not only did it frequently conflict with the local Buddhism, but he also vaguely wanted to invade Longhu Mountain from the west. the intentions of the diocese.

The Southern Tianshi Dao had long been at odds with Luo Jiao, but due to imperial decrees, large-scale armed conflicts did not occur.

Nowadays, the Luo believers are openly attacking the government troops, which is no different from rebellion. It is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Tianshi Dao to use the power of the imperial court to wipe out the Luo religion from the south.

"It's good if you have this intention."

Zhu Houcong replied.

He continued to look at Liu Zhen in front of him.

Obviously, Liu Zhen just didn't tell the truth to Gao Lin.

But this further proves Liu Zhen's loyalty to the court.

Before coming, Liang Chu learned that the imperial court had decided to use troops against the Northeast. After much hesitation, he still spoke out to clarify the truth.

In fact, the imperial court did not use those scholars who relied on the weird Wenchang statue to enter the officialdom, except to doubt their reliability.

Of course there are other worries.

Zhu Houcong took over the county annals and the roster he found from Pofeng Temple in Gao Lin's hands.

After a little comparison, we came to a conclusion.

really--

Looking at the columns in the county annals, there are records such as "Huang Chengzheng was promoted to Jinshi in the fifth year of his career, at the age of thirty, and died suddenly", "Zhou Yunchenghua was elected in the eighteenth year of his career, at the age of twenty-five, and died suddenly" and other records.

Then compare it with the name "Fu Shou Lu" in the Taoist temple's roster.

Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a terrible evil spirit hidden behind the scenes that sucked the souls of all living beings appeared in front of Zhu Houcong.

(End of this chapter)