Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 219: All Heading North, Each with Their Own Differences

When the boat was about to dock, everyone realized that there was one person missing.

The old naughty boy Zhou Botong is missing!

No one was sure whether the man was thrown out when he encountered the whirlpool, or whether he sneaked off the boat alone while sailing in the middle of the night.

Just when Guo Jing and Huang Rong were anxiously planning to ask the boat owner to turn around and look for Zhou Botong, they saw Zhou Botong riding a shark, breaking through the waves from afar, looking extremely excited.

He was waving at everyone from afar, and then he rode past everyone on a shark.

"Qiu Chuji! Go back and tell Ma Yu and the others that I'm going to come back when I get tired of playing outside."

When the sound came, Zhou Botong had already ridden the shark away again and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Zhou Botong was fine, Guo Jing and Huang Rong both breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Qiu Chuji had already discovered Zhou Botong when he fell into the sea. He was planning to fish him out, but he found that the old naughty boy was quite good at swimming and he must have learned it from Yinggu.

Qiu Chuji saw that he was as nimble as a water rat in the water, so he ignored him.

Later, when there were more things to do, I forgot about it.

The group moored their boat and went to the city to rest. While sitting in the lobby of the inn, they saw many merchants coming and going from the north and south, all of them seemed extremely excited, and they were talking about the major events that had happened recently.

It turned out that after the alliance between Song Dynasty and Mongolia, Mongolia launched a large-scale attack on Jin Dynasty. The capital Yanjing had been besieged for nearly a month, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had all belonged to Mongolia.

The power of the Jin Dynasty was declining day by day, and the Mongolian soldiers were extremely fierce. Although the Jin soldiers had ten times more people, they were defeated every time they fought. Although the Song people did not win such a great victory, most people felt "proud of it".

The Jin people destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty and bullied the Song people. Now that the Jin people are in trouble, the Song people are watching the fire from the other side of the river and feel a sense of pleasure like revenge.

Of course, there are people who understand the situation. They say that the Mongols are even more ferocious than the Jin people. If they annex the Jin Kingdom and march south, how can the Southern Song Dynasty stop them with its exhausted military force?
This kind of thing is not without precedent. The Jin Kingdom was originally weak, and it formed an alliance with the Song Dynasty to fight against the Liao people. However, during the alliance, the Jin people saw through the Song army and realized that they were unable to fight. After the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, the Jin people immediately invaded the Song Dynasty, which eventually led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Now that the Song Dynasty has formed an alliance with Mongolia, although the fight against the Jin Dynasty seems to be going particularly smoothly, the past events are inevitably brought up again, which is worrying.

"That will never be the case. The Khan is upright and honest. He sent troops to attack the Jin Dynasty only because the Jin people exploited the Mongols too harshly. Once the Jin people's prestige is destroyed, the Khan will surely withdraw his troops and live a life of recuperation, and will not interfere with the Song Dynasty." Guo Jing was in the hall, and when he heard someone say that the Mongols had evil ambitions, he could not help but slam the table and loudly refute.

This did attract a lot of attention, but it did not cause much criticism.

After all, Mongolia and the Song Dynasty are still an alliance, and Mongolia has not harmed the Song Dynasty at all. Many people are just worried about letting a wolf into the house, but it is impossible for them to directly scold Guo Jing from the perspective of future generations.

But his "self-explosion" makes people suspect that he is a Mongolian.

Many people also looked Guo Jing up and down, while lowering their heads and whispering.

Huang Rong quickly pulled Guo Jing up and left. No one wanted to continue listening to the news in the hall, so they went upstairs and gathered in a guest room.

After getting Guo Jing to sit down, Huang Rong handed him a cup of tea and said, "Brother Jing feels grateful to the Mongolian Khan and doesn't want him to be criticized. But we are Han Chinese with roots in the Central Plains and in the south of the Yangtze River. If the Mongols are of the same mind as us and want to make peace with us forever, that would be great. If they really have ulterior motives, we will never sell out our country for personal gain."

Huang Rong's words were so powerful that if one didn't know her well, one would really regard her as a heroine.

In fact, her intention was very simple. Guo Jing had a fiancée in Mongolia, and Huang Rong was also worried that her brother Jing would suddenly become depressed and plan to become the Mongolian prince consort.

After all, times have changed. In the eyes of people in the Central Plains, the former Mongolian prince consort was just the son-in-law of a Mongolian tribal leader and was not considered to be that wealthy.

But if the Mongols conquered the Jin Dynasty and unified the north, then this "Prince Consort with the Golden Sword" would be extremely valuable, much more valuable than the little prince Wanyan Kang.

Even though Huang Rong knew that Guo Jing was not a vain person, she still felt a little worried. Guo Jing was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily: "Rong'er is right. Although I believe that the Khan will not betray his promise, if this is true, then I have no choice but to cut off my relationship with him."

Huang Rong smiled brightly, but she felt that the Mongol Khan would be most likely to betray his loyalty.

At this time, Huang Rong had no thoughts about worrying about the country and the people. She only wanted to be with her brother Jing forever.

Wanyan Kang was silent for a while, but he stood up, clasped his fists and said to Qiu Chuji: "Master! Please help me take care of Nianci."

Mu Nianci grabbed Wanyan Kang's arm and pleaded, "Didn't we agree to ignore everything and travel around the country together?"

Wanyan Kang gritted his teeth, showing a struggling expression, and then said: "After all, he raised me. He can be ruthless, but I cannot be disloyal. If the Mongolian army really attacks Zhongdu, I just need to rescue him."

Then he patted the back of Mu Nianci's hand and said, "You know how good my martial arts are. If I want to leave, no one can stop me."

Mu Nianci still tightly grasped Wanyan Kang's sleeve and shook her head vigorously.

But Wanyan Kang was determined to leave, so Mu Nianci could only say, "In that case, I will go with you."

Qiu Chuji hurriedly stopped him: "Okay! Okay! Nianci will follow me first, and let Kang'er go to Zhongdu to check the situation first. If there is anything wrong, I will go to rescue them."

Qiu Chuji knew very well that Wanyan Kang did this not only to save Wanyan Honglie, but more importantly, he wanted to take this opportunity to step onto the power stage of the Jin Dynasty.

With the demon fetus entering his body, the 'humanity' displayed by Wanyan Kang was neither real nor fake, but his desires were extremely strong.

So far, Wanyan Kang has only been able to satisfy his desire for "killing". Power, wealth, beauty, etc. are all unsatisfied.

How can you subdue the demon fetus when you are so suppressed?
Seeing Qiu Chuji speaking, Mu Nianci said nothing more, but repeatedly reminded Wanyan Kang that if something went wrong, he should withdraw immediately and not get involved.

So, the whole team chose to head north, but their destinations were different.

Guo Jing and Huang Rong went north to the desert to pick up their mother and seven masters. Wanyan Kang went north and his destination was Zhongdu. Needless to say, this.

Dugu Qiubai would of course return to his secluded place and continue to live in seclusion. At the same time, he also sorted out the gains from his communication with Qiu Chuji. Since the marriage of Guo Jing and Huang Rong had been finalized, it was impossible for him to follow Guo Jing as a nanny.

As for Qiu Chuji, he planned to take Mu Nianci to the Quanzhen Sect in Zhongnan Mountain.

Originally, the Mongolian army, relying on its advantages in cavalry and archery, was destined to sweep across the world under the leadership of Temujin. Although it was not easy to destroy the Jin Dynasty, it would certainly become easier as long as advantages accumulated. However, Wanyan Kang was not an ordinary person.

His purpose of going to Zhongdu was to save people and to seize power. After the demon fetus was unlocked by 50%, many extraordinary abilities were also unlocked. As long as he used his supernatural powers, many resistances and obstacles would be solved in an instant. As long as Wanyan Kang could gather a team, it would not be impossible for him to fight against the Mongols by using the shell of the Jin Dynasty.

Qiu Chuji alone knew that Wanyan Kang had already extracted the Liancheng Jue from Guo Jing. If he could open the Liancheng treasure, he would have the money and food to raise an army and expand his strength.

Moreover, although the Jin Dynasty was exhausted, its foundation was still there. The Mongols were able to gradually sweep across the Eurasian continent not only because of the Mongols' ability to fight, but also because they picked up a large amount of wealth and capital from the "corpses" of the Jin Dynasty, Western Xia and other countries.

If we interrupt their historical process, they will not be so scary anymore.

It can be imagined that the north and the Central Plains will become the battlefield for the decisive battle between the Jin Dynasty and Mongolia. The geographical location of Zhongnan Mountain is also special. Qiu Chuji also needs to have a good talk with Ma Yu and others about the future choices and direction of Quanzhen Sect when he returns to the mountain this time.

There is nothing wrong with replacing Mongolia with Jin, replacing Wanyan with Yang, catching up with the Sui Dynasty, and continuing the Han Dynasty.

I just hope that in the future, after Yang Kang has reached the pinnacle of power and all his desires have been satisfied, he can pull himself away and wake up, instead of indulging in them and getting worse and worse.

(End of this chapter)