Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 335 All Disguises Exposed, Yan Party Destroyed (Seeking Double Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month)
In the Guangze Prince's Mansion, far away in the capital city of Minzhou, the moon was bright and the stars were few.

Seven days ago, after Crown Prince Han Moo-gyu suffered a sudden stroke and died in bed, many servants absconded with the mansion's valuables.

The concubines were also freed from the "Spell of Longing for One's Wife," regained their senses, and were overcome with shame and indignation. One by one, they fled back to their parents' homes.

Only a group of officials and guards who were obliged to stay behind at the palace due to imperial orders remained.

Their attitude was also very perfunctory. After dinner, they would gather together to gamble and play mahjong, and they didn't even do the routine inspections.

After all, the only person left in the entire Prince's mansion is an old man lying on a sickbed who could die at any moment. What trouble could he possibly cause on his own?
Therefore, neither the officials and guards sent by the imperial court nor Han Qinyu, the Prince of Guangze who was in a spiritual state, noticed anything unusual at the door of the master bedroom in the backyard.

A giant gunpowder barrel filled with potent purple gunpowder has been silently buried for seven days under the cover of the "Openly Repairing the Plank Road While Secretly Crossing the Chencang Pass" power that Wang Cheng had borrowed with his promise!
Just as the ghostly deity in front of the Renshou Palace in Yujing City casually crushed the Five Thunder Talisman.

Another Five Thunder Talisman pasted on the gunpowder barrel suddenly lit up.

The ground in front of the master bedroom door swelled slightly, and the destructive aura of an impending attack instantly shattered the disguise.

The aged body in the room jolted awake under the deadly threat, and just then turned its head to look out the window.

"what?"

Boom——! ! !
The intense shockwave, accompanied by flashes of lightning, instantly tore apart the array and altar set up around the body.

The carefully constructed protective measures only lasted for a short while.

Then the entire courtyard, along with the flowers, trees, mud, bricks, and the wide-eyed Prince Guangze, all flew high into the sky.

The purple gunpowder refined by the Shenxiao Taoist priest also attracted the descent of Taoist energy, and several ferocious fire dragons with full scales and armor were born in the flames, repeatedly cleansing and sweeping away everything in the sky.

Furniture, trees, flowers, books, and all other flammable materials were almost instantly vaporized.

Fortunately, the Prince of Guangze was wearing a black jade tortoise charm around his neck, which emitted a giant tortoise phantom filled with water vapor, slightly resisting the earth-shattering explosion.

It was so badly injured that it bled from all seven orifices, burned off its limbs, ears, and blinded itself. From a distance, it looked like half a piece of wood burning in flames.

At the critical moment, a divine light suddenly shone between his brows.

The three forms of the [Vajrapani Manjushri] that had been combined in front of Renshou Palace were instantly destroyed.

The Bodhisattva of Ten Thousand Abodes, whose form of a ghost or deity of the highest grade returned, instantly left his body and spread out a circle of Dharma light, thus preserving the last half of his physical body.

Bai Yang, in his incarnation as King Jing, Han Zaizhen, had just gained sixty years of lifespan, which was transformed into "Longevity Fire" and frantically poured into him, thus saving the life of Qing Yang's incarnation.

Yet it still couldn't help but let out a mournful wail in the night sky:
"Ahhhhh, the great cause of the nation was already within my grasp!"
An assassin! The person who hid the powder keg here must be the same assassin who killed Han Wu-gui!
I swear I will grind you to dust!

The Prince of Guangze was filled with pain and hatred. His face was contorted with rage, and he gritted his teeth, looking like a demon in the dim light of the fire.

However, both Han Wugui and Ao Jun had enemies everywhere, and he couldn't pinpoint a target for the time being.

The only clue is Poyang Lake, the place where Ao Jun practiced his Dao. No one may know who killed the person, but it is obvious who benefited.

"No matter who you are, you will die a horrible death!"

He was worried that Yu Long and Qi Hu were already on their way, so he didn't dare to leave his body again to return to the Renshou Palace battlefield, or even stay. Instead, he transformed into a beam of light and shot into the East Sea, disappearing from sight.

"puff--!"

In front of Renshou Palace, Bai Yang, in disguise as King Jing, Han Zaizhen, froze on his face with the joy of the moment before his great undertaking was accomplished, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The strongest strike in his palm, the [Wheel of Heaven], missed its mark, only turning a section of the collapsed beam beneath his feet into dust.

As the avatar of Qingyang departed, his aura plummeted, leaving him with no advantage against the frail and aged ruler of the state.

He leaned back sharply, dodging a blow from Huang Chao's "Equalization Sword" that Emperor Shaozhi was about to strike.

Whether they were sincere or not, all the ministers present were overjoyed.

"Your Majesty is blessed with good fortune!"

"As expected of the name 'Ghostly Jealousy,' a seemingly ordinary Five Thunder Talisman actually defeated this traitor from Guangze!"

However, at the same time.

"puff--!"

The next sound of someone vomiting blood drew everyone's attention.

Everyone turned to look and discovered that this "amazingly powerful" little Five Thunder Talisman, in addition to causing Prince Jing, Han Zaizhen, to vomit blood, had also caused another person to spit out blood as well.

It was none other than Yan Donglou, the blind, lame, and unremarkable "genius" from the Yan family!

Wu Shan, the Minister of Rites who was acting as the head of the Imperial Clan Court, suddenly realized:

"I understand now. This Yan Donglou is the incarnation of the Red Sun, the embodiment of the Three-World-Transforming King!"

The Prince of Guangze is seventy-two this year, the Prince of Jing is twenty-four, and Yan Donglou was born in the eighth year of Emperor Wuzong's reign, making him exactly forty-eight years old this year. It all matches up.

There was a great uproar in the field.

"So that's how it is. No wonder he has such a vast knowledge and an extraordinary memory. He is born with knowledge and knows all the obscure classics perfectly. He can do what the Grand Secretary cannot."

It turned out she had been reborn into a second life.

"No wonder he commented on seventeen wealthy people. It turns out he had been harboring malicious intentions all along, wanting everyone to be suspicious, and laying the groundwork for his actions today."

"Prefect Lu saved the Emperor and exposed the traitor; he deserves the greatest credit today."

Yan Donglou, no, it was the Prince of Guangze, who wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gave a bitter smile.

Looking at the White Scale Guards who were gradually surrounding him because he had no robe to cover himself, he never expected that his words would come true.

The plan went slightly wrong; not only did the plan to kill Shaozhi fail, but it also exposed the long-lurking incarnation.

This was originally a safety net and escape route that he had set up forty-eight years in advance. For many years, he never took action himself but was only responsible for covering up the main body.

They accomplished a series of major tasks, including seizing the white hat, raiding Yao Guangxiao's tomb to steal his cassock, gathering intelligence on the Guishan Book Society, and collecting funds for the rebellion.

Even if there were a one in ten thousand mistake, Yan Donglou and the Yan faction under his actual control would still be a thorn deeply embedded in Emperor Shaozhi's heart.

At most, they would only be politically affected because they were deceived by "Prince Jing".

As long as they don't make any fundamental mistakes and possess irreplaceable value, they can continue to stand firm.

Now it's all over. Only Prince Guangze himself knows that the culprit is not the Five Thunder Talisman that the gods envy, but the unknown assassin who ruined his entire lineage.

“Besides Poyang Lake, Lu Yunchen must also have a connection with this person.”

"You scoundrels! If I don't kill you, I swear I'm not fit to be a man!"

Han Qinyu had no chance of escaping. Just as his main body, Qingyang, escaped from Minzhou, his Hongyang and Baiyang avatars transformed into two afterimages and retreated together.

call out!call out!
However, when Bai Yang, disguised as King Jing, retreated, he flicked his sleeve and took away the [Kunlun Qin Inscription Stone] that could locate the immortal medicine.

As Hongyang, disguised as Yan Donglou, retreated, he flicked his sleeves and used a [Snail Shell Dojo] hidden in his sleeve to trap a group of Yan's loyal followers and their families who were caught off guard.

Luo Wenlong and Wang Cuiqiao, who had originally thought they could finally live a peaceful life, were also caught up in it.

Clearly, by taking on the wings of these treacherous officials who had once colluded with him, it means that King Guangze has not given up on finding an opportunity to make a comeback in the future.

This also means that the core members of the Yan Party, who had been tyrannical and domineering in Dazhao for many years, have all been lost.

In the future, when faced with attacks and purges from the upright faction, they are destined for complete annihilation.

Once the two incarnations joined forces, the cassock covered both Baiyang and Hongyang, and apart from Emperor Shaozhi, no one else could get close enough to kill them.

King Guangze originally thought the same thing.

Suddenly, a large mechanical bird appeared out from the side.

"Traitor, don't run away!"

Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was his "elder brother," the Third Prince Yu, Han Zaiji, who was riding the [Wind God], one of the seventy-two celestial treasures, rushing towards him.

Prince Yu's entire body was encased in a bird-shaped, divinely crafted treasure, with only his face visible.

The energy source is not the [Thunderfire Cardinal], but the [Seven Aperture Creation Furnace] which directly burned a massive amount of incense and religious money from the previous generation of creations.

Driven by the power of the will of all beings, one can achieve the combat power of the top three ranks even with external aids alone.

Most of the seventy-two Heavenly Treasures were destroyed in the great wars of past dynasties, leaving fewer than ten remaining. [Feng Bo] is one of them.

Chirp chirp chirp.
He unleashed the Plague Department's supernatural power of the highest rank, the Eight Winds of Plague, and the raging winds around him transformed into countless dark blue-green evil birds that sought an opening and pecked wildly at King Jing's protective aura.

He was completely unaffected by Yao Guangxiao's cassock.

Then everyone present remembered that not everyone was an outsider who could have both options; he, the "crown prince," was also a contender for the highest power.

Moreover, his performance drew everyone's attention.

Despite being just a fifth-rank Taoist priest, he was able to abandon his usual timidity and caution, and ride his Wind God to stand in front of the "royal brother" who had just defeated the emperor.

Many people can guess the motivation.

There's no other reason than that this is the confidence that only children have!

"Please address Your Majesty as Crown Prince!" "You shall remain in this position until the very end, and never let me have it!" These words were words of righteous indignation to the Crown Prince, but to the only son, they were an irreplaceable source of confidence.

In a failed rebellion, the "crown prince," whose position was originally precarious, became the biggest winner.

No one can truly understand the feelings Prince Yu experienced at that moment, a feeling of going from hell to heaven.

"I thought that after tonight, my only fate would be to be imprisoned until death, but I never expected that things would take such a turn for the better."

Prince Guangze, I thank you for taking away my imperial brother.

And then there's Lu Yunchen. What he did was definitely not just shooting out a Five Thunder Talisman. There must be something else that I don't know about.

Now that I am Father Emperor's only son, all my dreams can be realized.

Of the 1,892 things he wanted to do most was what was written on the last page of "The Influence of Sea Power": "Go and find it! The eunuch Zheng He has hidden all his treasures there!"

If he could escape this cage-like capital city, he would like to go to sea and become a king of the seas!

"Once I take power, I will definitely open up the seas! I will summon the Prince of Jinghai to the capital, reward him handsomely, and have him update my subsequent works on behalf of me!"
"If he doesn't write 30,000 words a day, he won't get any food, hahaha."

Outside Renshou Palace, they probably saw an opportunity to take advantage.

Because Lu Yunchen was on duty in the alchemy room, the supervising eunuch and deputy captain who was temporarily in charge of the [Nine-Bend Turbid River Ship] suddenly ordered the Heavenly Craft Treasure Ship to rush out of the water next to him.

They wanted to use the massive size of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Ship to slow down Prince Guangze's escape.

Wow.
Heavy rain fell from the sky, each slightly yellowish raindrop weighing a ton, forming a vast rain curtain, which he had incorporated into the rainwater as part of the Heavenly Crafted Treasure Ship.

Unexpectedly, this played right into the hands of the Prince of Guangze:

"One-eyed stone man, summon him!"

Reaching out into the rain, he was about to forcibly seize the national treasure, the One-Eyed Stone Man, which represented the destiny of the Han family.

Prince Yu arrived just in time and managed to block the attack slightly, but Emperor Shaozhi's Junping Sword had already struck from behind, severing his arm in two.

His arm lay on the ground, looking like a snake with its head cut off, his fingers still twitching and moving erratically.

"what--!"

The Prince of Guangze cried out in despair and dared not be greedy again. Ignoring the local Emperor Shihuang's divine energy, he tore apart the [Heavenly Escape Talisman] and disappeared instantly.

Next, the imperial guards of Yujing City launched a massive search of the entire city, eradicating all forces connected to Prince Jing and Yan Donglou overnight.

Yan Jiexi, who was already 81 years old, was also startled awake from his sickbed.

Upon learning from the White Scale Guard that the son she had painstakingly given birth to was actually the reincarnation of that old ghost, the Prince of Guangze, she was stunned for a moment.

He felt exactly the same way as Emperor Shaozhi.

But at this moment, what he was most worried about was not the future of the Yan Party.

Unlike the emperor, who had another son, Prince Yu, as a potential successor, he only had this one son, born to him late in life.

Although he was a beast who indulged in illicit relations with his concubines even while mourning his wife's death, he was still his only son.

He subconsciously asked a question that struck at the very core: "Are my Yan family's grandsons mine, or those of that old scoundrel Guangze?"

(End of this chapter)