King of Black Mist

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sun hung whitely over the blue tiles of the Forbidden City, shining coldly. Every roof of the more than 9,000 palaces shone like a silver mirror.

In Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Jiajing stood up and walked slowly.

Next to the vermilion dragon pillar, there are two precious pots of plum blossoms, one is green calyx plum and the other is jade butterfly plum. They were just delivered by a warm car from Caoqiao this morning.

There are also infinitely charming peonies amid grace and splendor, which change colors in the morning, at midnight, and at noon.

Emperor Jiajing never paid attention to these flowers and plants that were cultivated with great pains.

Many things in the Ming Dynasty, like these flowers and plants, were top priorities for the people below, and he didn't even know.

For example, the religion.

Beginning with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty set up a Taoist Discipline Department in the local area, with one person in charge of the capital and one person in the deputy capital, who were responsible for handling the cases of monks.

After the value game started, Xia Kingdom also had a similar system. Zheng Qing was one of the people responsible for the Mingcheng player incident. After acquiring the S-level "Hungry Ghost Path", she was also promoted.

Emperor Jiajing didn't know much about these evil spirits. Occasionally, he heard that there was an evil god somewhere and issued an imperial edict. Soon someone reported that the evil god had been killed.

If Jin Yiwei matches the imperial edict, no evil spirit can survive.

"Since this religious cult is a cult, why not get rid of it?" Emperor Jiajing said.

"Your Majesty," Shao Yuanjie replied, "the divine sect is headed by the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen of Heaven, followed by the Five Heavenly Kings. The previous generation of Emperor of Heaven and Heavenly Queen spread across the two regions. Wang Yangming killed them both and reported to Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing remembered this incident.

Wang Shouren indeed wrote a memorial to quell the rebellion in Si and Tian Erzhou. In the memorial, he even said arrogant words such as "permanently eradicating the troubles of Guangdong and Guangxi for a century" and "doing twice the result with half the effort."

What did you write in the memorial at that time?

"It's close to boasting and cheating, it's a breach of trust, it's the inversion of kindness and power, and it's afraid of hurting the general body," he was scolded.

"Wang Shouren said back then that he had permanently eliminated the troubles that had plagued Guangdong and Guangxi for hundreds of years. Why did the divine religion appear again now?" Emperor Jiajing sneered, "I said at that time that this person was boasting and deceitful."

"Your Majesty is wise," Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen said at the same time.

Shao Yuanjie looked at Emperor Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, where is Li Changzhou?"

Emperor Jiajing was silent again. He walked to the incense burner with his hands behind his back.

Ambergris is refreshing and gentle.

"Your Majesty," Shao Yuanjie took a step closer, "I don't know what method Li Changzhou found to be able to use evil methods in the Forbidden City. Most of the affairs of Shicai's harem were done by him."

"Tao Zhongwen, tell me what you think." Emperor Jiajing turned his back to the two of them.

Tao Zhongwen bowed: "I dare not conclude that the headless evil in the harem is the work of Li Changzhou, but he is the most suspicious. In addition, this person is indeed the emperor of the divine religion."

"Huang Jin?"

"Back to the master," Huang Jing said softly and cautiously, "This slave is a common man. He has no talent for cultivating mysticism and alchemy. I don't know any divine religion. It's just the evil in the harem. It did happen after Zhenren Li entered the inner treasury."

He took a look at Emperor Jiajing's face and said:

"There are only three possibilities for this matter. One, it was done by Master Li; two, it was a coincidence; three, someone wanted to frame Master Li."

"Framed?" Shao Yuanjie looked at Huang Jin.

Shao Yuanjie's magic power is overwhelming, but Huang Jin is not afraid of him. Who is more powerful between the two depends on who Emperor Jiajing trusts more.

"Everything must be based on evidence. Even if Li Changzhou is the emperor of the divine religion, it cannot prove that he wants to harm me." Emperor Jiajing put his right hand on the ear of the tripod.

"Your Majesty——" Shao Yuanjie shouted.

Tao Zhongwen's face didn't look good either.

It doesn't matter if they can use magic power in the palace. They have dragon veins in their bodies, so suppressing the Emperor and Queen will not be a problem.

The key is whether Emperor Jiajing is willing to take action against them. This is the key.

"deliver an imperial order."

Huang Jin bent down and made a gesture of listening.

Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen followed closely and bowed.

"Instruct the Immortal Marquis to destroy the Divine Sect and send the Five Heavenly Lords of the Divine Sect into the Zhenfu Division."

Emperor Jiajing was still willing to give Li Changzhou a chance, or in other words, Emperor Jiajing himself was unwilling to let go of this opportunity.

Shao Yuanjie has a way of praying for sunshine and rain, and Tao Zhongwen is good at killing evil spirits and refining elixirs, but no one can help him cultivate immortality.

"In addition," Emperor Jiajing added, "Tao Zhenren has made great achievements in killing evil spirits. He is also the Shaobao of the Jin Dynasty. He enjoys a first-class salary and presides over the Lingji Palace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tao Zhongwen saluted quickly.

It would be best if Li Changzhou had nothing else on his mind. If he had, Emperor Jiajing would ask Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen to send him on his way.

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At night, it started to snow again.

The prosperity of the prostitution industry in the Ming Dynasty was recorded by Lin Xiyuan during the Jiajing period: "Today there are tens of thousands of prostitutes in the nine streets of the two capitals."

On the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, the sound of oars and the shadows of lights create a splendid scene.

The Eight Beauties of Jinling, Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan and others will be known to all in later generations.

In addition, the capital of Yijing is naturally not bad either.

At this time, the brothels are brightly lit, with cornices and horns, row upon row, and birds and birds are heard all the time.

The snow is falling heavily, and the combination of silence and excitement makes people feel trance-like.

"Dada, please slow down!"

"Spare the slave, just throw it away quickly!"

"Don't go down there. It's such a cold day. How much urine do you have? It's drowned in the slave's mouth. I swallowed it for you. It saves you the cold. You can warm up and go down to freeze."

There are also some more elegant ones.

With his clothes open, a drunken and handsome man is listening to the music and admiring the prostitute's graceful singing and dancing with drunken eyes.

"Emperor Ming gave an order to the Emperor of Heaven to capture us, but you still dare to live happily in the capital." A suave scholar holding a jade flute walked in.

"There are three beautiful things in the world: ascending the throne and becoming an emperor, surviving tribulations and becoming immortals, and being drunk and beholding beauties." The handsome man hugged a slim woman in a pink skirt and kissed her on the face, "I can't be an emperor or an immortal. I can only look at the beauty with drunken eyes."

"Oops, disgusting~" The woman held her chest.

The handsome man's mischievous hand was held down, but the woman's strength resisted and responded. It didn't seem like stopping him, but more like holding his hand and helping him rub himself.

The dashing man laughed heartily and said to the singer: "Sing 'Bashful at First Sight'!"

The tune of the zither and pipa changed, and the singer in the green skirt sang sweetly:

"When I saw her shyness, I fell in love with her. I saw her charming and enchanting in all kinds of ways, and a twist of tenderness."

The handsome man hooked his right hand on the shoulder of the woman in the pink skirt, put his hand through the collar, and patted his knees with his left hand in tune. He was enjoying it very much and was extremely chic.

Scholar Yudi sat down and poured himself a bowl of wine.

There was a drunken commotion outside the door, and soon the sound became distant again.

"Are you really not afraid?" Scholar Jade Di asked.

"What are you afraid of?" The handsome man grabbed a whole roasted chicken with his left hand and took a big bite with the skin, meat and bones added together. "I have become the God of Thunder. The Seven Birds Knife in my hand has the power to change the world. The changes are endless. The position of Emperor of Heaven can be seated by Li Changzhou, but I can't?"

"I'm going to take an extraordinary step today!"

"Keep the words in the book first, convey the love secretly, and keep it in your heart. In your heart~" The voice of the singer in the green dress trembled, as if she was frightened by the scene in front of her.

The sound of the zither and pipa is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and has a unique mood.

Scholar Yudi looked at the scene in front of him and seemed to be a little drunk.

"Is this already fun?" The curtain was lifted, the fragrant breeze blew by, and a beautiful woman in scantily clad clothes appeared out of thin air with a sweet smile.

"Xia'er came just in time, let's play together!" the handsome man greeted while moving.

The beautiful woman took a sip and spat on the handsome man's face. The handsome man was not annoyed, but laughed loudly, stretched out his hand, and stuffed his hand into the mouth of the pink-skirted woman beneath her.

The woman named Xia'er sat down next to the scholar Jade Flute, leaning softly in his arms.

The two of them were as close as a couple, admiring the handsome man's tossing, rubbing his hands on each other's body, feeling in ecstasy.

After a while, the handsome man pulled away and sat back.

The woman in the pink skirt lay there as if dead, indeed dead, with only the whites of her eyes left, and her tongue hanging out softly from her mouth.

"Then the old immortal hasn't come yet?" The handsome man took a sip of wine to quench his thirst and wiped his mouth with the hem of Xia'er's skirt.

Xia'er's face was rosy, she pulled her skirt and rolled her eyes at him.

The Jade Flute scholar said lightly: "The longer you live, the more you fear death——"

A black light wave swept over like a knife.

He raised his left hand and pointed out the jade flute.

Bang!

Air waves exploded in the room, and the woman who sang and played the pipa was burned on the wall like a pancake. When she landed on the ground, she was already dead.

A handsome man, a jade flute scholar, and a beautiful woman look at the woman playing the guzheng.

The woman pressed the strings with both hands.

"Who said I'm afraid of death?" A delicate woman's voice was an old male voice.

"You succeeded in seizing the body!" Xia'er's originally drunken expression immediately sobered up.

The woman laughed strangely and did not answer.

The Thunder Blade Heavenly Lord became the God of Thunder, and the Eternal Life Heavenly Lord succeeded in seizing the body again. His energy and spirit were perfect, and his magic power was restored to its peak.

Now they are not only worried about the Emperor of Heaven, but also worried about the defection of these two people after success.

"Okay!" Thunder Blade Heavenly Lord, who was half lying down, patted his knees hard, "When Mr. Li leaves the capital, the four of us will send him on his way!"

"It's not that simple." Scholar Yudi picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"What?" Thunder Blade Heavenly Lord looked over.

Scholar Jade Flute put down his wine glass: "Have you forgotten? Where has the Emperor been these days?"

The beautiful woman seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said:

"According to the information I got, the Emperor of Heaven made a snowfall on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, performed acrobatics on New Year's Eve, killed the Dragon King, and gained Jiajing's trust. He not only took control of the Chaotian Palace, but also entered the inner treasury."

"Are you worried that that boy's magic power will increase further and he will acquire new supernatural powers?" Thunder Sword Heavenly Lord stared at Jade Flute Scholar.

"The Taoist books in the palace are powerful, but because they are so powerful, it is impossible for Li Changzhou to learn them in such a few days." The voice of the Immortal Lord changed from male to female, the male was old and rough, the female was young. Pleasant.

"Old immortal, have you forgotten about the battle in Changbai Mountain to seize the emperor?" Scholar Jade Flute raised his eyes to look at 'her'.

After the previous generation of Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Queen was defeated at the hands of Wang Yangming, the divine sect fought in Changbai Mountain to elect a new Heavenly Emperor.

There are no rules in the divine religion. As long as a person from the divine religion can win the first place in the battle, he can become the new emperor.

In the Changbai Mountain martial arts fight, Li Changzhou faced off against an enemy and could use his opponent's spells after three moves.

The Immortal Lord uses heavy water from the North Sea to condense into mysterious seeds. In addition to constantly changing his body, he can also use heavy water to fight against enemies.

A heavy drop of water weighs a thousand pounds. When the Immortal Lord takes action, it rains heavily and everything collapses.

Li Changzhou stood in the heavy rain of Chongshui for half an hour, and even took control of Chongshui.

Heavy rainstorms filled the sky and hung in the air, just like the North Sea hanging upside down. The faint blue light illuminated the face of the Immortal Lord at that time, making it extremely ugly.

"With such a talent, what kind of Taoism can't be learned?" said the Yudi scholar.

The beautiful woman also said: "The Five Elements Qi Sword is unparalleled in the world, and he has taken the time to learn it. It must be an earth-shattering magical power."

The Immortal Lord frowned and only looked at the physical body, which looked so delicate and endearing.

"Including Tianhou and Dapeng." He spoke with a strange double voice, and he laughed sharply, "I think we might as well escape early. When that kid fails to complete his mission, Jiajing will naturally take care of him."

"What the hell are you afraid of!" Thunder Sword Heavenly Lord shouted, "Yu Di and Xia'er are trying to contain Tian Hou and Dapeng. I will join forces with you and we can kill him in less than two hundred rounds!"

"Don't forget," the beautiful woman reminded him, "there is also the goddess Gushe."

"Goddess Gushe?" Changsheng Tianjun was puzzled.

"The Heavenly Emperor of Immortality was busy choosing a physical body some time ago, didn't you know?" the beautiful woman said with a smile, "The Emperor of Heaven is determined to become an immortal. He visited famous mountains and rivers to learn Taoism. He just captured the Jiutian Palace and Chunyang Palace in Hengshan that day. Passing by Gushe Mountain, I saw the goddess Gushe by the river, and they fell in love at first sight and hooked up."

Changsheng Tianjun stood up and said, "I won't interfere in this matter anymore. You can just play."

As he spoke, his figure faded away.

"You have no guts," Thunder Blade Heavenly Lord took a sip of wine, "Even if you live for tens of thousands of years, what's the fun in being like a bastard?"

"Prince of Immortality, wait a moment!" Jade Flute scholar stood up, "I already knew about the Goddess Gushe, but I still came. Does Monarch of Immortality not want to hear the reason?"

"Tell me about it." The figure of the Immortal Lord is half hidden and half visible, like a ghost.

"Li Changzhou fought for the throne of the Heavenly Emperor in the past, for the secret method of the divine religion. In recent years, he has challenged various sects and offended as many people as he has stolen." Scholar Yudi paused, "These people are willing to fight with us Join forces.”

The room was quiet for a while.

Thunder Sword Heavenly Lord leaned back, supporting his head with one hand and holding a wine glass with the other, and sneered: "Could it be that Xuanmen leader Long Hushan also sent someone here?"

"One, Zhang Yongxu."

The beautiful woman's expression changed, and then she smiled seductively.

The body of the Immortal Lord condensed into a solid body.

Thunder Blade Heavenly Lord laughed, as if he heard something very funny.

"It's coming, it's coming~" Xia'er said with a sweet smile, "The previous generation of Heavenly Master Zhang Yanyi was killed by the Five Elements Qi Knife. How could Zhang Yongxu not avenge his father's murder?"

"In addition to Zhang Yongxu, there are also Hengshan Jiutian Palace and Chunyang Palace that you mentioned just now; the sixth generation lawyer of the Longmen Sect, Fu Yangzi; the heads of the Bailian Sect, Huo Ju Tao, and Lingbao Tao; Feng Shui masters Liao Wenzheng; including the four of us, there are 12 people in total."

"Okay! With so many real people, not to mention one Heavenly Emperor, even two of them will die!" Thunder Sword Heavenly Lord said excitedly.

"If you sow melons, you will reap melons, and if you sow beans, you will reap beans," the Jade Flute scholar said with a gentle smile, "The Emperor of Heaven has been rampant these years, and it is time for him to repay his debts."