Early the next morning, when Hu Zongxian mobilized his army to attack the city, he unexpectedly found that the city gate was opened. The Japanese pirates who were originally guarding the city put down their weapons under the leadership of the chief, and went out of the city to kneel.
The leader of the Japanese pirates, Zhang Lian, looked embarrassed. His cronies were killed last night, and all the treasures he had used all his methods to collect were also taken away! Right now, his limbs were tightly tied with thick ropes, unable to move, and the bruises on his face lingered for a long time, like a dead pig that could only be slaughtered.
"You ungrateful people, how do I usually treat you?"
"Do you think there will be a good outcome if you surrender? Humph, I'll be waiting for you below!"
Even though Zhang Lian's limbs were tied, his mouth was not idle and he was still cursing.
"It's really noisy. Come on, please shut his mouth!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier stuffed a ball of rags he found from nowhere into Zhang Lian's mouth.
As soon as the rag entered his mouth, Zhang Lian felt keenly that it was a rag used to wipe feet! A strong stench filled his mouth, making him burst into tears and retching.
"Hmm~" Zhang Lian's mouth was blocked and he could no longer speak.
"Hmph, finally be honest! Send an envoy over there." Seeing Zhang Lian's end, the leader couldn't help but feel a flash of joy in his heart, and then ordered his subordinates.
"yes!"
…
In the main tent of the Ming army, the envoy sent by the Japanese pirates knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "My lords, we were all coerced by the thief Zhang Lian, and we had no choice but to make such a big mistake! Now that we are lost, we know the way. When we return, we have captured the thief Zhang Lian and handed him over to you for disposal."
"In addition, as far as I know, Zhang Lian is also related to the Japanese pirate leader Wang Zhi, and the Fujian riots are inseparable from him!"
As if to prove his worth, the messenger then added.
"This Wang Zhi is really hateful. When I catch him, I will kill him with a thousand knives!" After hearing this, Hu Zongxian slammed the table and said in a deep voice.
"My lord, please calm down. When the time comes, I will escort Zhang Lian to the Jinyi Guards. Don't be afraid that he won't speak." Upon seeing this, Tan Lun quickly spoke out to comfort him.
"That's right. After entering the Jinyi Guards, no one can resist and keep silent." Qi Jiguang on the side also added.
After hearing this, Hu Zongxian waved his hand and sent the envoy back: "Go back and report. Just say that we have agreed to your request."
"Thank you, sir, for saving my life! Thank you for saving my life! I will go back and report it now." Upon seeing this, the envoy was ecstatic and kept kowtowing on the ground to express his gratitude.
After the envoy sent by the Japanese pirates left, Hu Zongxian sighed and said with emotion: "If I had known this, I would not have lowered my face and asked the navy of the Ministry of War for help!"
"Sir, there is no need to blame yourself. You did this for the sake of the overall situation of suppressing the Japanese. Without your plan, this battle would not have gone so smoothly." Qi Jiguang saw this and comforted him.
"Forget it, give the order to the entire army to enter the city!"
"yes!"
…
Capital City, Yangxin Hall.
Jiajing sat on the futon, his eyes seeming to be closed. Since his strength broke through the third level of Qi Refining, Jiajing's perception of the surrounding things has improved to a higher level!
He could even sense the movement of earthworms in the soil, and Li Lisheng's master and apprentice also translated most of the formation secrets. After Jiajing calmed down and studied them, it was of great benefit.
Suddenly, Jiajing seemed to feel something. He opened his eyes suddenly and slowly injected mana according to the previous method. But what was different from before was that Jiajing's control of his own mana had reached a new level.
The lavender mana gathered into a singular point, and then the gathered mana quickly dispersed and turned into countless lavender threads. Jiajing calmed down, carefully comprehended, and followed the spirit gathering array diagram in his mind, bit by bit. The ground began to restore itself, from points to lines, and from lines to surfaces. Gradually, an obscure formation was completed.
Jiajing carefully controlled the completed formation, gradually expanded it, and eventually enveloped the entire Yangxin Hall.
The next step is to place the spirit stones into the array eyes and let the spirit gathering array operate on its own!
Jiajing held his breath and gathered his energy, took out the spirit stone from the storage bag, and carefully placed it on the array eye. The difference from before was that as soon as the spirit stone came into contact with the array eye, it would emit a bright light. With the light, the entire spirit gathering formation also began to move on its own! Jiajing could sense that the concentration of spiritual energy in the Nourishing Heart Hall began to slowly increase.
"Hahaha, I succeeded! I succeeded!" Jiajing couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this. He didn't know how many failures he had experienced. Now, the Spirit Gathering Array was finally built successfully, and his practice efficiency would be doubled.
Overjoyed, Jiajing cast a spell to hide the spirit gathering formation. Unless there were monks of the same level present, no one would be able to detect it.
At this moment, Lu Fang's voice came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty!"
"Come in." Jiajing said, picked up a book and started reading.
"Your Majesty, what you asked me to do earlier has been completed by my servant. Here is the dragon bone that the man dug out!" After Lu Fang said that, two young eunuchs came in carrying a wooden box.
When Lu Fang entered the Yangxin Hall, she was keenly aware that today's Yangxin Hall seemed a little different from before, but Lu Fang couldn't tell what was different.
Lu Fang felt very comfortable since she entered the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, and her heart calmed down inexplicably. The fatigue accumulated previously was swept away, and her old body was nourished. Lu Fang had not experienced this kind of energy for a long time. Feeling full of energy, Lu Fang took a few breaths of air greedily, with a look of intoxication on her face.
"Oh, let me take a look?" Jiajing said with interest, then put down the book in his hand, came to the wooden box containing the keel, and opened it.
"Is this the dragon bone?" Jiajing asked, rubbing the yellowed bones in his hands.
"Your Majesty, I sent someone to collect this from that man!" Lu Fang replied respectfully.
"How much money did it cost?"
"Your Majesty, it cost less than ten taels!"
"Um?"
"Your Majesty, the man saw that the people sent by the servant were very popular, so he did not dare to ask for a high price."
"Well, you did a good job on this. Come on down."
"yes."
After Lu Fang left, Jiajing picked up a dragon bone and observed it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what to do. Then Jiajing tried to inject some magic power into it. Unexpectedly, the dragon bone became crystal clear the moment it came into contact with the magic power. All the dark yellow color faded away, like a piece of mutton-fat jade.
Immediately afterwards, a suffocating pressure came, making people want to kneel down and surrender!
"Hmph, I'm not afraid of living dragons, so why should I be afraid of you, a dragon that has been dead for who knows how long?" Jiajing saw this and couldn't help but said in a deep voice.
"Thirty-six thunder places, seventy-two yin gates, the general movement of the original Qi, turning the Qi into the thunder sky, thunder is coming!"
Jiajing recited the mantra and at the same time mobilized the magic power in his body. Suddenly, several thunderbolts as thick as his arms emerged. The weather in the mid-air also changed from sunny to overcast, and thunder roared!
Just when Jiajing was about to strike down the lightning, he felt his body light up, and the suffocating pressure from before disappeared in an instant.
"The weather in the capital is really getting weirder and weirder. Why does it thunder so often? Huh, it must be because the officials in the Qintian Prison are lazy, cunning, and not using their best intentions! Otherwise, how come the recent weather in the capital cannot be predicted? "
On the way back to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Lu Fang saw another thunderous thunder in the air and couldn't help but think of this.
(End of chapter)
