Transmigrating into Murong Fu, may you have many children and much happiness.

Chapter 322 During the Jiajing Era, Two-Legged Man Eliminates Three Evils

Although the weather was nice today, with white clouds scattered like cotton balls across the blue sky, the snow on the road made the carriage move very slowly.

Li Xunhuan leaned against the carriage, looking at Master Xinmei and Tian Qi opposite him. He seemed to find it very interesting and suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

Tian Qi glared at him and said, "Do you think we're ridiculous?"

Li Xunhuan said, "I just find it interesting."

Tian Qi said, "Interesting?"

Li Xunhuan yawned, closed his eyes, seemingly about to fall asleep, and didn't want to pay attention to him.

Tian Qi grabbed him and said, "What's so interesting about it?"

Li Xunhuan said calmly, "Sorry, I wasn't talking about you. Although there are many interesting people in the world, you are an exception. You are extremely boring."

Tian Qi's expression changed. He glared at him for a long time before finally slowly releasing his grip.

At that moment, Murong Fu burst into laughter. Tian Qi glanced at him, turned aside, and didn't dare to say anything.

Murong Fu was just contemplating matters of the court when he saw Li Xunhuan arguing with Tian Qi and found it somewhat amusing. Then, a silence fell over the carriage.

The original story does not provide a specific background story; it only states that it is set in the Ming Dynasty. However, before setting off, Murong Fu specifically inquired about the reign title of the current emperor.

Surprisingly, it was Jiajing.

"Jiajing, Jiajing, every household is clean and tidy"

This sentence was written by Hai Rui in his memorial on public order in the 45th year of the Jiajing reign (1566), and it was a satire of the so-called Emperor Wanshou Daojun's long absence from court for many years in his later years.

In fact, when Jiajing ascended the throne as a prince in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, he carried out a series of reforms to correct the abuses of the time.

The investigation and reclamation of estates seized by officials and their relatives, the return of land to the people, and the appointment of virtuous officials marked the beginning of a new era of governance and contributed to the positive situation of the Jiajing Restoration.

But later, perhaps it was the great fire in the eighteenth year of Jiajing's reign, or perhaps it was the Renyin Palace Incident in the twenty-first year of Jiajing's reign, or perhaps it was his consistent fear of the imperial physicians since his ascension to the throne.

This gradually turned him into a Taoist priest who was obsessed with cultivation. However, he was also able to figure out an ultimate art of balance without a teacher. Although he did not attend court for twenty years, the Ming Dynasty was still under his control.

However, because he indulged himself in the pursuit of Taoism, he did not eat after noon and wore no more than eight sets of clothes in each season.

However, the cost of alchemy, cultivation, and temple construction is one million taels of silver per year.

Although by the standards of an emperor, it may not be much, there is a saying that what the superiors do, the inferiors follow.

Why are most wise rulers incorruptible? Because officials under incorruptible emperors are generally not too greedy.

However, after Jiajing appointed Yan Song, the atmosphere in the court deteriorated day by day. Yan Song was Jiajing's black glove, and the emperor and his ministers formed a huge net from top to bottom.

The end result was that taxes could not be collected, with most of them ending up in the hands of nobles and aristocratic families, and much of what was collected was embezzled by Yan Song and others, or squandered by Jiajing for his Taoist practices.

Finally, the national treasury was empty, and every household was destitute...

However, this year is the twentieth year of the Jiajing reign, and this Jiajing Emperor has not yet completely fallen into depravity.

Murong Fu is now pondering how to seize his throne.

After all, Jiajing's contributions had reached their limit; any further progress would only lead to decline. But because of these twenty years...

At the beginning of his memorial on maintaining order, Hai Rui praised Emperor Jiajing to the skies, saying that Jiajing could be compared to Yao and Shun.

He was comparable to Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu.

Later, after Zhang Juzheng, whom Jiajing had cultivated, brought about the last glorious chapter of the Ming Dynasty, the "Zhang Juzheng Reforms," ​​the Ming Dynasty was completely finished.

At this time, life in the Ming Dynasty was still relatively good. As long as the people of the feudal dynasty had food to eat, they would not think of rebelling.

Murong Fu was considering whether to force Jia Jing to abdicate by controlling the upper echelons of the system, or wait until the next great famine.

He led the people to overthrow the Ming Dynasty...

Suddenly, the horse neighed in alarm, and the driver cursed angrily. The carriage came to an abrupt stop.

Having just been embarrassed by Murong Fu's laughter, Tian Qi, as if trying to make amends, stuck his head out of the carriage and shouted:

"What's going on?! You can't even ride horses...!"

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He stopped speaking before he could finish, and his expression changed drastically!

A man stood upright beside the snow-covered road, his right hand gripping the reins of a carriage. The horse neighed and leaped, but his hand remained motionless, as if cast in iron!

That person was very strange. He was wearing a blue cloth robe with flowing sleeves. This robe would be too long on anyone, but on him, the cloth did not even cover his knees.

He was already frighteningly ugly, but on top of that he wore a strangely shaped tall hat, making him look even more imposing at first glance.

It looks like a strange, withered tree.

He could turn a galloping horse with just one hand; that strength was terrifyingly immense. But what was even more terrifying were his eyes—those eyes that didn't seem human.

His eyes were blue, both the irises and the whites of his eyes were blue, and they shone brightly like sparks.

Tian Qi had just stuck his head out when he pulled it back in; his lips were already a little pale.

Master Xinmei frowned and asked, "What happened?"

Tian Qi said, "It seems to be Yi Ku..."

Li Xunhuan laughed and said, "Hehe, another new friend."

Unfortunately, this friend, like my other friends, just wanted my head.

Li Xunhuan discovered that ever since he entered the pass, he had been constantly targeted for assassination by various people for different reasons—strangers, acquaintances, even his own brothers...

From this perspective, Yi Ku's desire to kill him is actually justified, after all... he killed Yi Ku's eldest disciple.

Master Xinmei, his expression solemn, slowly pushed open the door, walked over, and asked with his palms together, "Master Yitan?"

With a chilling gaze, the Azure Demon Hand Yi Ku swept his gaze up and down, and said coldly:

"Are you Xinhu? Or Xinmei? Is Li Xunhuan here?"

Master Xinmei said, "A monk does not lie. Besides Master Tian, ​​there are also a Li Tanyue, a Zhao Tanyue, and a Murong Tanyue in the carriage."

Yi cried, "Fine, hand over Li Xunhuan, and I'll let you go."

He said the same thing again: no matter what others said, he ignored them completely. His gloomy face was more like that of a dead person, completely expressionless.

Master Xinmei said calmly, "This humble monk will take him to Shaolin Temple."

Yi Ku said expressionlessly, "Killing you and taking Li Xunhuan with me is the same."

His left arm had been hanging down, its long sleeves fluttering, concealing his hand. Suddenly, his hand shot out, and with a flash of blue light, it reached out to grab Master Xiang Xinmei—it was none other than the infamous and feared Green Demon Hand.

Master Xinmei let out an angry shout, and four gray figures rushed over from behind. Xinmei dodged the attack, and the four gray-robed monks surrounded Yi Ku.

Amidst the mournful laughter, a wisp of green smoke suddenly shot out, and with a "whoosh," the smoke transformed into a sky full of green mist.

Master Xinmei's expression changed, and he said, "Hold your breath!"

He was so focused on warning his disciples that he forgot about himself. The word "fast" was an open vowel sound, and as soon as he uttered it, he felt a fishy smell enter his mouth.

Li Xunhuan, who was in the car, was unable to do anything because he was given a degree and bound by a cowhide rope.

Zhao Zhengyi and Tian Qi, however, were afraid of the infamous reputation of the Green Demon Hand and dared not go out.

They dared to face Little Li Flying Dagger, ranked third on the Weapon Ranking, but dared not confront Green Demon Hand, ranked ninth.

It's simply because Li Xunhuan is a gentleman and wouldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, but the Green Demon Hand would.

They didn't want to go out, but they had no choice.

Murong Fu kicked them in the back and buttocks with both feet, and the two felt as if they were floating on clouds. Then they found themselves rushing out of the carriage and heading towards the sky full of blue mist.

What appeared to Master Xinmei as a vast expanse of blue mist was actually just an area surrounding the carriage.

Tian Qi and Zhao Zhengyi, one with a round body and the other with a tall and strong build, both stirred up a gust of wind, clearing away the blue mist completely.

The two then precisely collided with Yi Ku.

Yi Ku thought dealing with these people would be a piece of cake, as he had learned about Li Xunhuan even earlier than Mr. Tie Di.

However, because his reputation in the martial arts world was not as good as Tie Di's, and he knew that he was no match for Li Xunhuan, he had endured until now.

They knew that Li Xunhuan had lost his strength, and that those escorting him were only experts inferior to themselves.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhengyi and Tian Qi displayed such unrestrained martial arts skills that they directly used their techniques to penetrate the poisonous creatures, attacking themselves with their heads and abdomens respectively...

Yi Ku felt a tremendous force, and wisps of poisonous mist were brought in front of him by the two men. The impact caused Yi Ku's breathing to become disordered, and he inhaled the poisonous mist.

The three then crashed into a huge cedar tree trunk. The trunk, which would take two people to encircle, was cracked by the impact of the three and nearly collapsed.

Zhao Zhengyi, who headbutted Yi Ku, died on the spot, while Tian Qi, who broke Yi Ku's ribs with his abdomen, was still alive.

But there was only one bite left.

Yi Ku's martial arts skills were superior to the two of them, but because he had inhaled the poisonous fog and was seriously injured, he was unable to suppress it. At this moment, he desperately wanted to inhale air, but he was powerless to do so.

Because of the protection of the Azure Demon Hand, the arm on which it wore was not severed like the other arm.

But now, when he tried to take out the antidote from his pocket, it felt like there was a distance between them that he couldn't reach.

Finally, his eyes were fixed on the carriage, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

He originally thought that dealing with Xinmei and the others here and taking Li Xunhuan away would be a piece of cake... but he never expected that he would lose his life in vain.

He saw the horrific state of Tian Qi and Zhao Zhengyi, still pinning him down, and realized he had misunderstood.

How could someone with real strength be in such a miserable state? It's likely that there was a master in the carriage who used these two as hidden weapons to throw at him.

He hates it!

Qiu Du was his only son, but because he had too many enemies, Qiu Du was fostered away from home for a long time when he was young.

When he grew a little older, he took him in as his disciple.

Before his adventures in the martial world, he specially gave him a Green Demon Hand for self-defense.

The Azure Demon Hand represents Yi Ku, which not only enhances his son's strength but also earns him face from many others.

But Little Li Flying Dagger didn't give him any face.

However, what Yi Ku didn't know was that Qiu Du had already given the Green Demon Hand to Lin Xian'er. Although Li Xunhuan recognized Qiu Du, he didn't give Yi Ku any face.

But none of that mattered anymore; Yi slowly closed her eyes.

The four grey-robed monks, seeing that in the blink of an eye, the two heroes had rushed out and killed Yi Ku and themselves, couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief.

After all, the four of them were still young, and this was their first time coming down the mountain. They had no experience in the martial arts world and didn't know what to do, so they all looked at Xinmei.

Master Xinmei chanted a Buddhist prayer: Amitabha.

He then glanced at Li Xunhuan and Murong Fu. Li Xunhuan remained calm, while Murong Fu got up and stepped down from the carriage.

Master Xinmei said nothing and walked towards the three people with Murong Fu.