Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 246 Is Emperor Chongzhen Crazy?

"how is this possible?"

Seeing this scene, Yan Baohuang couldn't help exclaiming, this is his domain, how could the power in his domain be used by others.

Jiao Ming also heard Yan Baohuang's exclamation, but at this time, Jiao Ming had no time to pay attention to him. The bead he released just now was a magic weapon made from dragon beads left by the elders of the previous generation of Jiao clan after their lives passed away. His strength is running out, so he can only temporarily cover up the situation here.

Once the delay is too long, Tiandao will find out the situation here. Although Tiandao will find him sooner or later, he must not be here, because once Tiandao finds him, it will definitely be lightning and thunder.

Such a big movement will inevitably attract the surrounding people to watch, and he will definitely show his original shape under the attack of Tiandao. In this way, his identity will be exposed. After all, Hu Zhongwu just made him appear, and the Dragon Temple Being attacked, Hu Zhongwu didn't doubt that there was a ghost.

puff!
Before Yan Baohuang had time to react, the huge dragon's claws pierced through his body directly, and then the endless water weapons completely tore Yan Baohuang's body apart.

But Jiao Ming didn't stop, he swept the dragon's claws again, and fished out a ball of light from the endless waters, which was Yan Baohuang's soul. The Dragon Ball in the sky fled towards the Yangtze River at high speed.

thump!
As soon as he flew to the center of the river, Jiao Ming plunged into the water and swam frantically downstream.

After swimming for less than a hundred miles, Jiao Ming stopped and looked up at the sky. At this moment, the sky and the earth were gloomy, with dark clouds like ink, covering all the stars. outraged.

Seeing this scene, Jiao Ming also knew that Tiandao had discovered him, and with a pinch of his claws, Yan Baohuang's soul was instantly shattered.

At this time, in the Dragon Temple in the distance, the original majestic statue lost its luster in an instant, as if it had become a real clay sculpture.

boom!boom!boom!
At this moment, the whole world seemed to be enraged. The thunder rumbled and resounded through the entire water area. Belly.

Deep in the bottom of the river, the endless water seemed to have a consciousness of its own. Under an inexplicable force, it turned into water snakes and crazily killed Jiao Ming.

Seeing the giant water python that was being strangled, Jiao Ming quickly put away the dragon balls covering him, and used his own body to resist the strangulation of the giant water python. Tiandao has no consciousness of his own. If the strength he displays becomes weaker, Tiandao The weaker the power used to strangle him will be, the stronger the power he displays, the more power the Heavenly Dao will mobilize.

No matter how powerful he is, he can't compare with the whole world. If the whole world meets head-on, he must be the one who is exhausted.

Under the strangulation of countless giant water pythons, soon the scales on Jiao Ming's body began to shatter, and strands of dragon blood flowed into the river, and then flowed downstream with the river.

Jiao Ming's aura also became weaker and weaker with the loss of dragon blood, like a candle in the wind, and the number of water pythons was also gradually decreasing, and their strength was gradually weakening. After a while, Jiao Ming became paralyzed. He fell down at the bottom of the river, no matter how strangled by the giant snake under the current, he remained unmoved, as if he was dead.

As time passed, Jiao Ming's aura completely disappeared, and the power of heaven also gradually dissipated, leaving only Jiao Ming lying quietly at the bottom of the river, like a corpse.

At this moment, Jiao Ming's originally closed eyes suddenly opened, looked up at the sky, and found that the power of heaven had completely disappeared, Jiao Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, and turned into a human form, but the left part of the dragon robe on his body was missing , the right corner is missing, like a beggar.

Looking at the dragon robe on his body, Jiao Ming shook his head, this dragon robe was transformed by his scales, now he is seriously injured, most of the scales were shredded by the water flow, it can no longer maintain the shape of the dragon robe.

After adjusting his breath for a while, Jiao Ming put on new clothes, and then headed towards the Dragon Temple. Yan Baohuang had already asked him to kill him. Now there is no god in the Dragon Temple, so he must go back as soon as possible, otherwise If people find out, then his efforts will be in vain.

When Jiao Ming came to the Dragon God Temple, many people had already gathered outside the Dragon God Temple, apparently they were disturbed by the divine punishment just now.

Seeing this, Jiao Ming quickly hid his figure and flew into the Dragon Temple. Looking at the statue that had lost its power, Jiao Ming touched his forehead with his finger, and then a divine thought flew into the statue. At this moment, The statue once again restored its original majesty and solemnity.

Outside the Dragon God Temple, Hu Qing looked at the gathered villagers with a strange look in his eyes. He was still thinking about how to gather the villagers to the Dragon God Temple. Isn't this the best opportunity?
Thinking of this, Hu Qing approached Hu Zhongwu and said in a low voice: "Zhongwu, are you sure the Dragon God will manifest for you?"

Compared to his hard-working plan, now is the best opportunity. If he asked everyone to come, there would be doubts, but now that everyone came here spontaneously, no one would doubt it.

"Father, Dragon God has promised me."

Seeing that Hu Qing still didn't believe him, Hu Zhongwu was dissatisfied.

"That's good."

Hu Qing nodded, and then quietly came into the crowd.

At this time, the crowd was discussing a lot. Although the lightning and thunder just now were dozens of miles away, it was on the river. They all made their living by fishing, and often went fishing in that water area.

The lightning and thunder just now were not normal at all, it was more like God punishing evildoers, they all lived in the water, and it was only tens of miles away from here, if the evildoers were not dead, they would come here, They are all unlucky.

Seeing this scene, Hu Qing suddenly said: "Fellow folks, why don't you go to the temple to ask the Dragon God?"

"How?"

Hu Dapeng, the village official, frowned and said, "Aren't there any blessings in our Dragon God Temple?"

Their village is very small, and the dragon temple they built is also small. Usually, only the folks in the village will come to worship. There is no such kind of temple that invites the gods to pray.

"Cunzheng, the child is blessed by the Dragon God, and can communicate with the Dragon God. Why don't you ask the child to ask the Dragon God?"

Hearing Hu Dapeng's words, Hu Qing said quickly.

"Is your son so lucky?"

Hearing this, Hu Dapeng frowned and said, "Hu Qing, blasphemy against the Dragon God is a capital offense. If you offend the Dragon God, don't blame us for sacrificing your family to the gods!"

He also heard about Hu Zhongwu being blessed by the Dragon God, so he was not very willing to ask Hu Zhongwu about the Dragon God. Although he didn't think it was true, he had to guard against it.

Once Hu Zhongwu can really communicate with the Dragon God, Hu Zhongwu's prestige in the village will far exceed him. After all, if Hu Zhongwu has the protection of the Dragon God, the gap between him and Hu Zhongwu will be too great.

"Yes, Ah Qing."

Hu Guiyou, the patriarch at the side, also quickly persuaded: "It is a capital crime to blaspheme the Dragon God. Once the Dragon God is angry, our village will be over."

Hearing what the two said, Hu Qing sneered in his heart. He was also well aware of their worries. In fact, if it wasn't for the people in the village to support Hu Zhongwu's rebellion, he would not be bothered to intrigue with them.

After all, with Hu Zhongwu's current strength as a martial arts master, he can gain glory and wealth wherever he goes. In the eyes of martial arts masters, Hu Guiyou and the two are no longer different from ants.

"Muramasa, patriarch, I am naturally aware of this kind of thing."

After a moment of silence, Hu Qing said: "I dare not make fun of the Dragon God's reputation no matter what."

Hearing Hu Qing's words, the surrounding villagers all looked at Hu Dapeng. This matter is related to the livelihood of everyone in the village. It would be great if Hu Zhongwu could communicate with Dragon God.

"Then let your son try it."

Seeing that the villagers around him looked at him, Hu Dapeng could only say that although he was the village leader, the villagers supported him. Once the villagers stopped supporting him, others would naturally take his place.

Soon, all the villagers poured into the Dragon Temple. At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Hu Zhongwu. Seeing this, Hu Zhongwu walked to the futon in front of the statue, knelt down, and silently recited the word "Dragon God" in his mouth. God's name.

At this time, the body of the idol suddenly emitted a radiant light, and the dazzling light made everyone close their eyes involuntarily.

When the light dissipated, everyone slowly opened their eyes, and then found that the original majestic statue was slowly changing, becoming more and more like a living person.

"Wise man."

Seeing that the effect of the performance had been achieved, Jiao Ming directly turned into a living person and stepped down from the altar.

"Xiaomin pays homage to Master Dragon God!"

Seeing the dragon god speak, all the villagers in the temple hurriedly knelt down on the ground and made a big salute.

"I don't know why the sage came here?"

Jiao Ming came to Hu Zhongwu's side and helped Hu Zhongwu up. Since he came to support Hu Zhongwu, he naturally had to do better.

But Hu Dapeng and the two kneeling on the ground looked blank, they didn't expect that there would be a situation, this was more than a blessing, even if the state official came, the Dragon God would not be so polite.

"Master Dragon God, why do you call Zhongwu a sage?"

At this time, Hu Qing suddenly asked.

"Master Dragon God, this is my father."

Hu Zhongwu said quickly.

"It turned out to be the father of the sage, the god is polite."

Jiao Ming said with a smile: "Zhongwu bears the fate of the real dragon emperor, and he is the lord of the Central Plains to which the destiny belongs, so he is a sage."

Jiao Ming's words exploded in the minds of all the villagers like Hong Zhong Da Lu, instantly turning everyone's minds into chaos.

After everyone came back to their senses, everyone looked at Hu Zhongwu with fiery light, even Hu Dapeng, no one doubted the Dragon God's words, because everyone knew that in the Dragon God Temple, No demon heretic can pretend to be a dragon god.

This means that what the Dragon God said is true, that Hu Zhongwu will be the Lord of the Central Plains, that is, the emperor, and now that Hu Zhongwu is still a commoner, this also means that they all have the opportunity to fight for wealth with Hu Zhongwu.

At this time, the villagers no longer cared about the lightning and thunder that happened before. What they cared more about was how to follow Hu Zhongwu to do a great event and strive for wealth and honor.

...

With the dragon god standing up for Hu Zhongwu, Hu Zhongwu instantly established a huge prestige among the villagers, and the process of recruiting troops became extremely smooth. In just half a month, Hu Zhongwu recruited 3000 people from more than a dozen nearby villages. What a strong man.

Then he sneaked into Yilingzhou City with hundreds of strong men, and with his strong martial arts strength, he raided the state government and took Yilingzhou City, and then spread his power toward the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In less than a month, Guizhou and Badong in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River fell into the hands of Hu Zhongwu one after another.

After occupying the entire northwestern part of Jingzhou Mansion, Hu Zhongwu took the entire Jingzhou Mansion into his pocket by linking Keyidu and Jingzhou Mansion with great momentum. Under Hu Qing's suggestion, Hu Zhongwu did not continue to attack Chengtian Mansion City, but chose to attack Chengtian Mansion. Went south to Yuezhou Prefecture.

.........

Capital.

In the cabinet, Liu Yuliang, Xue Guoguan, Fu Guan, Cheng Guoxiang, Yang Sichang, and Fang Fengnian looked at the memorabilia coming from everywhere, and everyone was frowning.

"Brother Liu, there are rebels in Huguang, and the leader of the bandit, Hu Zhongwu, claims to have the destiny of the Son of Heaven. What should we do now?"

Xue Guoguan asked, Huguang's food is very important, now that Jiangnan has been lost, if Huguang loses again, then Daming will really be over.

"What does Yu Yinggui eat!"

Liu Yuliang said angrily, in order to keep Huguang, the imperial court had mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses in the Huguang area, but unexpectedly something happened.

"Brother Liu, Yu Yinggui said that 20 Chen soldiers from the puppet Qi are now in Anqing Mansion, so he dare not act rashly."

Xue Guoguan said with a wry smile, after occupying Jiangnan, Daqi once again expanded his army aggressively, with the potential to sweep the world.

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, Liu Yuliang sighed. Over the past few years, the cabinet ministers have changed batch after batch. The last time they lost Jiangnan, Zhang Zhifa and the others were all kicked out of court by Zhu Youjian. Now it seems that they are not far away. .

"Brother Yang, what is His Majesty doing now?"

After a moment of silence, Liu Yuliang looked at Yang Sichang and said, Ever since Jiangnan was lost, Zhu Youjian has been insane. In the Qianqing palace, I don't know what I'm doing?

"The last time I saw His Majesty, His Majesty was learning the art of war with Man Gui."

Hearing Liu Yuliang's words, Yang Sichang shook his head and smiled wryly.

Learn the art of war?
Hearing this, Liu Yuliang also sighed, now Zhu Youjian doesn't believe them anymore, every time he goes to ask Zhu Youjian for instructions, Zhu Youjian just let them make their own decisions, so that they don't know what to do.

"Then what should Huguang do now?"

Xue Guoguan asked again, now that Zhu Youjian doesn't care about things, if Huguang is also lost, they will all have to bear the blame, and it is still a big blame, and it is impossible to return safely.

"Let Lu Xiangsheng attack Hu Zhongwu."

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yuliang said, "Let Xiong Wencan and Zuo Liangyu deal with the Shaanxi rebels."

After finishing speaking, Liu Yuliang couldn't help sighing, now that Daming is in turmoil, Zhu Youjian doesn't care about things anymore, and he doesn't know how long Daming can last.

(End of this chapter)