Chapter 432: The Sword Breaks the Seven Stars, Purple Qi Comes East
The South Dipper governs life, the North Dipper governs death, and the seven stars shine brightly, reflecting each other in the distance.
The Tiangang Big Dipper Formation is the essence of Chongyang Zhenren's martial arts. After more than 20 years of practice by the Quanzhen Seven Sons, their cooperation has become extremely proficient.
This move, "Gathering of Seven Stars", is the most powerful killing move in the Tiangang Beidou Formation.
The power of seven people is gathered in one place, and the power is doubled.
But opposite these shining seven stars is a brilliant sword light, which is like falling straight down from the sky.
Above the white clouds, there are flying immortals in the sky.
Ye Gucheng gathered the essence of Baiyun swordsmanship and the charm of the Eight Immortals of Shangdong, and created a peerless swordsmanship that reappeared in the world of mortals.
This move is like the blue sky and white clouds, flawless and unblemished. It strikes from a high position. The strike of the sword is brilliant and fast. It has a sword energy that is cold to the bone marrow. The edge of the sword is so terrifying that it cannot be resisted!
A ray of sword light flew diagonally, like a startling light flashing through the sky, like a rainbow streaking across the sky.
The collision of two powerful forces stirred up countless smoke and dust above the ground.
Wherever the sword light reaches, the seven stars are shattered!
By the time the smoke and dust cleared, the Quanzhen Seven Sons had fallen to the ground, all the swords in their hands were broken, and everyone was injured.
Only Ye Gucheng stood holding the sword.
"Keng!"
Feihong sheathed her sword and Ye Gucheng gave a slight salute to the Quanzhen Seventh Son lying on the ground.
"Thank you for your support!"
After saying that, he turned around and left. As soon as he took the first step, Ye Gucheng's sword intent suddenly changed qualitatively.
Far above the river, among the white clouds, a sword flies down to the sky.
Ye Gucheng enters the sword realm of Dongxuan.
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On the day Ye Gucheng left the Quanzhen Sect, Tianji Tower received the news.
In the Tianji Building, a man wearing monocle glass glasses is sitting on a recliner and looking at the information in his hand. He is the owner of the Tianji Building.
A middle-aged man was standing respectfully beside him.
"Thank you, sir! Back then, the poster included Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng in the sword poems, but everyone still didn't understand. Today, we know that the poster's far-sightedness is beyond the comparison of short-sighted people like us!"
What a guy! He’s like a licker as soon as he opens his mouth!
The owner of Tianji smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's not as mysterious as what you said. I just happened to have met Ximen and Ye Gu! That's why I dare to say! If you have met the two of them, you will also know that these two are for
Born with a sword, he is destined to be a great swordsman!"
"The original poster has a sharp gaze that ordinary people can't compare to!"
The middle-aged man continued licking aside. As the saying goes, if you lick to the end, you will get everything you want. How much your year-end bonus will be this year will depend on how well you lick!?
Seven days ago, Ximen Chuixue had a decisive battle with the Dongxuan realm master Gumu Shenjian Yingwuwu.
In the end, the sword blows blood, at the cost of slight injury, the sword cuts through nothing, and enters the realm of cave mystery.
"Then I would like to ask the Pavilion Master, how to change the evaluation and criticism of these two people in Tianji Tower?!"
The owner of the Tianji Tower pondered for a moment, "Ximen Ye Gu and two people entered the mysterious chapter of the Tianji Tower Cave. Ximen Chuixue, commented: One sword blows blood, and the red plum blossoms bloom in the snow; Ye Gucheng, commented: Flying immortals from the sky, one sword breaks the seven stars! Completed!
After that, tell the world!"
The owner of Tianji put down the information in his hand and stood up from the recliner. The world was about to become unstable again!
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Yuezhou, Siming County, Xiangshan.
But today, Xiangshan welcomed a group of uninvited guests.
The Japanese pirates under Matsuura Takanobu took advantage of the darkness and landed at a small port in Xiangshan!
Their destination was Yaozhou County. Although the journey was shorter by landing at Qiantang, the Dazhou Navy was stationed in Qiantang, so after careful analysis, they chose Xiangshan.
Compared with Zhoushan's maritime trade ships, there are more fishing boats going out to sea for fishing. There are many small landing ports here and the defense is relatively loose, making it a good place to go ashore.
Since the collapse of the former Qin Dynasty, Japanese pirates have begun to frequently harass the coast, and the initial scabies and leprosy problem has turned into gangrene on the bones.
When Yuan and Meng went south, they also thought about taking action against the Japanese pirates.
At that time, Yuan and Meng occupied the north of the river, so they sent two naval divisions from Qingzhou to expedition to Japan.
However, they encountered hurricanes on the water twice and returned in vain, so Beiyuan Daqian gave up his desire to pursue the invaders.
Not long after they occupied the northern territory, Taizu rose to prominence.
The mountains and rivers are about to become the land of China, and the sun and the moon have once again opened up to dominate the sky.
He conquered bandits in the south and conquered Yuan and Mongolia in the north, once again unified the world and established the Great Zhou Dynasty.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Japanese pirates invaded repeatedly, but Taizu's temper at that time ignored them and directly ordered the Shenwu Army to attack.
The Shenwu Army fought three large-scale battles with the Japanese pirates on the eastern coast, and they were all victorious.
In a head-on confrontation, the Japanese pirates were beaten by the main force of the Shenwu Army and lost their armor.
Of course, the Japanese pirates don’t have any decent armor!
After that, the Japanese pirates changed their tactics, from large-scale attacks to rogue pirates raiding and looting.
Murder, robbery, and then run away.
And they were all small groups, ranging from dozens to hundreds, burning, killing and looting along the coast.
This is difficult to deal with. Zhou Dynasty tried to encircle and suppress it with large armies, set up outposts, and train militiamen, but none of them had very good results.
These Japanese pirates were all Japanese samurai ronin and had certain martial arts skills.
Ordinary militiamen and small groups of city defense troops were no match for them, so this matter had always been a headache for the court.
Until ten years ago, the Green Lotus Sword Fairy Li Taibai came to the East China Sea, and set rules for the Japanese pirates on the small islands in the East China Sea with one man and one sword.
No matter which group of Japanese pirates was harassing the coast, if he learned about it, he would go to the island to vent his anger on the Japanese pirate leader.
Qinglian Sword Immortal has extraordinary martial arts and superb swordsmanship. He is invincible to these Japanese pirates. At first, the Japanese pirates did not believe in evil. After several attempts, several groups of large Japanese pirates were killed to pieces by Li Taibai, and then they began to jointly deal with him. .
In the end, the Japanese pirates from the East China Sea found a way to invite the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi from Japan, hoping to use the Dongxuan Realm to deal with the Dongxuan Realm.
But unexpectedly, Miyamoto Musashi was defeated by Li Taibai.
Seeing that they were not opponents in a head-to-head confrontation, the Japanese pirates thought of dragging the word tactic. It was impossible for Li Taibai to be stationed in the East China Sea, right?
Wait until he leaves! The East China Sea is still their world, but unexpectedly, Li Taibai rented an island from the court through his former colleagues and settled down in the East China Sea!
These Japanese pirates had no choice. The large group of Japanese pirates could only restrain the small group of Japanese pirates from going ashore to harass them at will. They themselves also transformed from Japanese pirates into pirates, robbed merchant ships, and opened the era of great pirates. They also worshiped the largest Japanese pirate among them. "One Piece!"
At this point, the problem of Japanese pirates along the southeast coast was alleviated.
Seeing Li Taibai's contribution, the imperial court simply gave the main island and nearby small islands to Li Taibai with a stroke of his pen as a reward for his efforts to defeat the bandits.
But after all, Li Taibai was one man and one sword. Although he suppressed the big Japanese pirate leader, there were still many Japanese pirate factions along the southeast coast, and there were countless small groups of ronin. There were still many small groups of Japanese pirates harassing the East China Sea.
However, the Japanese pirates who came ashore from Xiangshan this time were not from the Southeast Islands, but from the Matsuura Takanobu branch of the North Sea.
The Matsuura Takanobu family is a wealthy family in Hirado, and Hirado has always been the gateway for exchanges between Japan and the Zhou Dynasty.
That year, Da Gan made two expeditions to Japan, and they all attacked the Matsuura family's territory!
However, with the help of the "divine wind", the Matsuura family repelled the naval forces coming to Dakan in the Northern Yuan Dynasty twice, so the Matsuura family also claimed to be blessed by the divine wind.
This time, Yangzhou wealthy merchants asked them to take action, just to kidnap and kill Yangzhou Governor Wang Hua in Yaozhou County before he took office.
As Xia Lie pursued, the violations of laws and disciplines were gradually uncovered one by one. It was not only human trafficking and forcing girls into prostitution, but also involved tax evasion, land annexation, external smuggling, and even Qi Hongyun. The matter of liaison with Japanese pirates has begun to appear.
The reason why Xia Lie has not taken action now is that, firstly, the matter has not been fully investigated, and secondly, there is pressure from all parties in Yangzhou.
Although Yang Qingyuan can intimidate many people, after all, he has left now.
Those officials who have real connections with wealthy businessmen will not stop exerting pressure just because Yang Qingyuan comes forward.
After all, not everyone wants to be as smart as Yangzhou Prefect Yin Ge Chengyi.
Fortunately, Liumen did not have a formal imperial establishment and had no political affiliation with the Yangzhou government. It was directly under the jurisdiction of the Liumen headquarters and Dali Temple in the capital, so Xia Lie was able to withstand the pressure.
But if Wang Hua takes office, things will be completely different.
With the support of Wang Hua, a senior member of the imperial court, Xia Lie will be even more powerful in investigating the case. Once the evidence is verified, this will be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the "" clan!
This makes the wealthy businessmen unable to bear it any longer! They must not just sit back and wait for death!
So there was this drama about the Japanese pirates attacking and trying to kill Wang Hua before he took office.
After receiving Qi Hongyun's transaction request, Matsuura Takanobu suddenly had other ideas in his mind.
The power of the Matsuura family is not comparable to that of ordinary Japanese pirates. It is a Japanese daimyo. They can't stand ordinary plunder!
But Qi Hongyun's information gave Matsuura Takanobu a new idea.
Is it possible to obtain the support of the Zhou court through Wang Hua?!
First, they sent a group of troops to attack Yaozhou County. They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes, which aroused the hostility of the Zhou court. What's more, they even kidnapped the family of a senior official of the fourth rank of the imperial court.
Then, Matsuura Takanobu pretended not to know, rescued Wang Hua, wiped out this group of Japanese pirates, and then randomly killed some small groups of Japanese pirates, and presented their heads to the Great Zhou court.
Emperor Zhou was a benevolent king and always made clear rewards and punishments. Not only would he not embarrass Matsuura Takanobu, he might even award him a reward.
If we get the support of the Zhou court, wouldn't it be more beneficial than the benefits promised by Qi Hongyun and others!?
If they really have the support and canonization of Dazhou, the Matsuura family's prestige and power will greatly increase, and it will be possible to become the largest daimyo in Japan by then.
As for the flaw in this matter, it is nothing more than the people like Qi Hongyun who asked him to take action.
Matsuura Takanobu had already considered that Qi Hongyun would not let too many people know about the serious crime of colluding with Japanese pirates in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Then he would find someone to kill Qi Hongyun and it would be over! He had already reached an agreement with the top masters of the Japanese Aga sect.
At that time, they will sneak into Yangzhou, assassinate Qi Hongyun, and silence everyone!
Leading this group of Japanese pirates was Matsuura Takanobu's second son, Matsuura Ergoro, with a total of 800 elite men! All of them were brave warriors under Matsuura Takanobu! In addition, there were three Yuanhua realm masters accompanying them.
Matsuura Takanobu also spent a lot of money on this plan!
"Your Highness! How should we act specifically!?"
The person who asked was a retainer of the Matsuura family, Echizen Kitajiro. He was a master of the Yuanhua realm. He studied under the Koga sect and was the third master of the Matsuura family!
"This matter is related to the foundation of my Matsuura family for eternity. My father entrusted me with such an important matter because of his trust in me. I must complete this matter without leakage!"
Echizen Kitajiro was stunned for a moment, and he immediately understood the hidden meaning of Matsuura Jigoro's words.
Although Matsuura Jigoro is the son of Matsuura Takanobu, he is only the second son. There is an elder brother above him! The purpose of winning this important job this time is to establish prestige in the family so that he can compete with Matsuura Daigoro. Now this
You are asking about your attitude. Gu Shan
Echizen Kitajiro once served as Matsuura Jigoro's swordsmanship teacher. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Echizen Kitajiro knelt down to Matsuura Jigoro with his sword and said, "I am willing to serve His Highness the Second Highness!"
A satisfied smile appeared on Matsuura Ergoro's face, "Sir, please get up!"
After receiving the allegiance of Echizen Kitajiro, Matsuura Jigoro began to make arrangements.
"Sir, there are two purposes this time. The first is to capture Wang Hua, the newly appointed governor of Yangzhou during the Great Zhou Dynasty! This matter will be left to sir! Remember, Wang Hua must not make any mistakes. He is the most important person in the entire plan.
An integral part!”
"yes!"
"The second is to conquer Yaozhou County, burn, kill and plunder, and make the matter as big as possible! It must shock the entire Zhou Dynasty! Pave the way for our second step!"
"What does His Highness mean!?"
"Seal the roads and massacre the city!"
Echizen Kitajiro was also surprised when he heard this. He did not expect that His Highness the Second Highness would have such a decisive and ruthless character. He was far superior to His Highness in this regard. It seemed that his choice was right.
"Only when the momentum is large enough, can the government and the public of the Great Zhou Dynasty be shaken. The more people we kill, the greater our father's contribution to the eradication of bandits will be! I will do this myself. This time my father gave me eight hundred
Warrior! I will give you two hundred men to capture Wang Hua alive, and I will personally lead the rest to massacre Yaozhou!"
Echizen Kitajiro looked at the resolute and ruthless Second Highness and knew that this was a perfect opportunity to show his ability and determination!
"Your Highness, I only need a hundred warriors to capture Wang Hua alive! Your Highness can lead 700 men to capture Yaozhou!"
"Oh?! Sir, please note that capturing Wang Hua alive is the top priority of the plan!"
Echizen Kitajiro's eyes were firm, "Your Highness, please rest assured, if Echizen fails, he is willing to commit suicide by committing seppuku!"
Seeing that Echizen Kitajiro was so determined, Matsuura Jigoro didn't say much. He thought that since Wang Hua was a civil servant and had not yet taken office, he would not have many guards around him. One hundred elite warriors would definitely be enough!
But to be sure, Jigoro Matsuura still said, "In that case, I will send Mr. Matsuura Tatakesuke to help!"
Matsuura Tadayake is a branch of the Matsuura family and a master of the Yuanhua realm. His martial arts is second only to Echizen Kitajiro.
"Hai!"
After completing the arrangement, Matsuura Ergoro divided the 800 warriors into ten batches, disguised themselves as merchants from the Zhou Dynasty, and went out day and night. Based on the intelligence given by Qi Hongyun, they headed for Yaozhou County.
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Yaozhou County is a county under the jurisdiction of Kuaiji Prefecture.
According to ancient records, Yaozhou was the place granted by Shun in ancient times. Emperor Shun's surname was Yao, so it was called Yaozhou.
The ancestral home of Wang Hua, the newly appointed governor of Yangzhou, is here.
In fact, in today's court, the Yuezhou clan is extremely powerful. Qian Muqian, the bachelor of Wenyuange, and Yu Yanyi, the bachelor of Wuyingdian, are all Yuezhou people.
Among the young people, Wang Hua, the governor of Yangzhou, and Yao Jie, the governor of Jiaozhou... were also from Yuezhou.
Fortunately, in Yanyi, Qian Muqian did not deliberately form a party, otherwise the Yue Party would be the largest geopolitical faction in the DPRK!
Wang Hua was demoted from the capital and appointed governor of Yangzhou. He should have gone to Yangzhou immediately to take up his post, but his wife was about to give birth, so Wang Hua begged the court to allow him to return to his hometown to recuperate for a period of time, and then go to Yangzhou to take up his post after his wife gave birth.
The Central Committee of the Cabinet was grateful for the deep love between husband and wife, and the birth of a child was a major ethical event, so he graciously granted Wang Hua three months of paternity leave!
"How is Madam?!"
Wang Hua looked at the doctor in front of him and asked with concern.
"Please rest assured, Mr. Wang, my wife's pulse is as smooth as a bead, and the slippery veins are very obvious. This is a sign of a normal childbirth. It should mean that a happy event is approaching!"
"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor!"
As he said this, Wang Hua took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and said, "This is a little bit of my thoughts, please ask the doctor!"
At this moment, Wang Hua is still in the joy of becoming a father and doesn't even call himself an official.
Faced with such a happy event, the doctor was not polite and accepted the money as soon as he took it.
"In the next few days, you can prepare Wenpo to deliver the baby!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
After the doctor gave some instructions, the palace servants sent him out of the gate.
Just when Wang Hua's mother was giving instructions about the birth, a servant suddenly came to report.
"Master, a group of weirdos came to town today?!"
"Oh?! What's wrong!?" Wang Hua asked suspiciously.
The servant immediately told what he had just seen.
"Today's market, a group of merchants came, but their clothes looked a bit weird, and many of them were equipped with swords! People on the side wanted to go up and ask what the goods were, but they were chased away!
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Wang Hua frowned. The great Zhou Dynasty promoted martial arts and allowed ordinary people to wear swords, but a group of merchants wore swords and sold goods. That was strange.
The Wang family is located in a town at the northern foot of Longquan Mountain. This place is not close to the official road. Generally, few passing merchants stop here.
"Let everyone at home be on guard. This group of people is indeed a bit strange! Go and find out where they are staying!"
"yes!"
After finding out that there was nothing unusual about this group of merchants staying at an inn in the town, Wang Hua guessed that they were from Jianghu, so he didn't think much about it.
At around midnight the next day, this group of people moved. It was a small group of Japanese pirates led by Echizen Kitajiro.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Echizen Kitajiro quietly walked toward the royal residence.
The royal family was also a big family in Yaozhou. Without knowing the number of servants in the palace, Echizen Kitajiro still erred on the side of caution and chose to attack at night.
When he first arrived and sneaked into the palace, he heard sudden noises in the palace.
Echizen Kitajiro immediately changed from a night attack to a strong attack!
"Attack it!"
Under the command of Echizen Kitajiro, this group of ronin warriors launched an attack on the palace!
"who!?"
The servants of the palace suddenly saw a group of people rushing towards the door and immediately asked.
"kill!"
But the visitor didn't answer, and he killed the servant who asked the question with a knife.
Instantly, there were loud shouts of death all around.
At this moment, the palace is not stable either. Wang Hua's wife, Zheng Yue'er, is about to give birth!
"Madam! Madam, don't be afraid!"
Wang Hua stood beside his wife's bed, holding her hand and comforting her, and at the same time asked the maid beside him.
"Aren't Wen Po ready yet?!"
At this moment, a servant suddenly broke in. Originally, he shouldn't be here at this time, but now he doesn't care so much!
"Master! It's bad! There are enemies outside!"
Wang Hua's expression changed slightly when he heard this, but he immediately regained his composure. His wife was about to give birth at this moment, and he could not let anyone affect his wife and children!
Wang Hua shook Zheng Yue'er's hand again, then stood up and walked out of the room.
As soon as he left the room, Wang Hua, who was originally gentle, immediately became determined and decisive.
"Immediately have the remaining servants gather here and distribute the sticks, swords, bows and arrows at home, anything that can be used as weapons. By the way! Where is Brother Chen?!"
"Master Chen has gone to fight against the foreign enemies!"
Brother Chen in Wang Hua's mouth is Chen Yi, a master of the Diancang sect. He was once wrongfully imprisoned, but was later cleared by Wang Hua and followed Wang Hua to protect his safety.
"Let Brother Chen withdraw and defend the courtyard. We don't know how many enemies there are at this moment! We must be careful!"
"yes!"
The servants immediately conveyed Wang Hua's words and the Wang family's servants began to gather in the courtyard. However, within a short period of time, the Wang family had lost nearly twenty people.
When Chen Yi retreated to the courtyard, Wang Hua took stock and found that there were only more than 20 capable warriors left!
Faced with such a situation, Wang Hua looked solemn. It seemed that the night was not going to be very good!
Listening to the painful screams of the lady in the room, Wang Hua's eyes became firm again.
"Follow me to defend against the enemy!"
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On a mountain road, Yang Qingyuan was on his way with Zhou Zhiruo and Lin Xuemin.
"Master, why do we have to travel all night?"
Yang Qingyuan rubbed his nose in embarrassment. Of course, their schedule was not so rushed, but Yang Qingyuan just looked at the wrong map and missed Sutou, so he simply stopped resting.
Zhou Zhiruo and Lin Xuemin are both masters of the Yuanhua Realm, and their physiques are far superior to ordinary people. Let alone not sleeping for one night, even if they don't sleep for three days, it won't be a big problem!
But on the surface, Yang Qingyuan definitely couldn't show it. Instead, he lectured, "Humph! Since you have become my apprentice, you are also a member of the world! Isn't it normal for people in the world to sleep in the open air?!"
Zhou Zhiruo on the side, an old dog licker, immediately agreed, "Exactly, when I followed the master to travel around the world, I couldn't always find a place to stay!"
Lin Xuemin pouted and continued to ask, "Master, where are we going?"
"Didn't I tell you that I would pay a visit to your Wang Shibo's house?"
"Of course I know we are looking for Wang Shibo! But we have been wandering around Longquan Mountain for most of the night! Master, you are not lost, are you?"
Yang Qingyuan: "..."
In fact, Yang Qingyuan cannot be blamed for getting lost. There are many hills in Yuezhou and the mountain roads are winding. Yang Qingyuan only knows that Wang Hua’s ancestral home is in Longquan Mountain, but he doesn’t know where it is specifically. There is no place to ask for directions in this wilderness, so he can only ask for directions.
Go with your gut!
The three of them have been walking for almost a whole night, but they still haven't found the right direction...
Just when Yang Qingyuan didn't know how to answer, he saw the sky break and the earth shine brightly!
But Yang Qingyuan's keen Qi machine sensed that today's sunrise was a little unusual.
Tianfu Daotong, open!
Yang Qingyuan used his Taoist pupils to observe the qi of heaven and earth, but he saw something strange in the east.
The majestic purple air lingers for a long time.
The purple air comes thirty thousand miles from the east.
Yang Qingyuan smiled knowingly and seemed to be able to catch up, "Let's go! It's not far ahead!"
After saying that, he led Zhou Zhiruo and Lin Xuemin towards the direction where the purple energy gathered.
