I am a fairy

Chapter 188 Be a stepping stone for Yun Zhongjun!

The chefs in Shu were very famous, and the delicacies they made were known throughout the world, just as the beautiful scenery of Shu was world-famous. The chefs in the palace of King Ba were naturally the best in the world.

But at this moment.

Outside the Ba Palace, there is the Ba Snake Temple at the foot of the city wall.

Wen Shenyou's face turned black as he looked at the yellow dog that was dead on the ground and foaming at the mouth.

If someone hadn't reminded him just now, he would have been the one foaming at the mouth.

Before he had the chance to taste the delicious food prepared by the world-famous chefs from Shu, he discovered poison in the food.

After Wen Shenyou entered the palace, he hesitated and decided to seal off the inner court of the Ba Palace. He and his subordinates occupied the Ba Snake Temple at the foot of the imperial city to handle affairs. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to guard the imperial city inside and outside, guard the armory, and patrol the streets.

Although he suppressed the urge to enter the Prince of Ba's palace, Wen Shenyou thought it would be a good idea to have something delicious to satisfy his appetite, so he summoned the Prince of Ba's royal chef.

Who knew that something like this would happen.

Wen Shenyou asked angrily: "Where is the cook?"

The guard stepped forward and reported: "I checked, he's dead."

Wen Shenyou laughed in anger: "He died just in time!"

There is also a statue of the Bashe in the temple.

The statue of the Naba snake is ferocious and terrifying, and its entire body is pitch black. It is placed in the hall and makes people feel a little eerie even at noon.

In the temple, Wen Shenyou's gloomy expression seemed to overlap with the shadow of the ancient demon.

No one said a word, but everyone knew that things would not end like this.

The other party was obviously prepared.

The purpose is also very clear.

Although Wen Shenyou won the battle and entered Badu, his roots in Bashu were shallow after all. He relied only on the name of the Wu Dynasty and the momentum he created with his "great victory".

But as soon as he dies, all the people he brings with him will fall apart in an instant, and the land of Bashu will once again return to being ownerless.

An official stepped forward, clasped his hands and spoke sternly.

"This must have been done by the eunuch clans in the city. There are not many people who are capable of doing this."

"General, please issue an immediate order to investigate this matter and execute the culprit."

"If we fail to deter these villains, there will be endless harm."

Someone spoke up, and immediately all the officers and soldiers under his command became indignant and stepped forward and shouted one after another.

"Yes."

"Someone in the city actually dared to poison the general. If we don't find this evil thief, this will be disastrous."

"I said these Ba people are unreliable."

"General, you decide what to do. We will do whatever you say."

Wen Shenyou certainly understood what his subordinate meant by this, and he even knew that this was a godsend opportunity.

He was welcomed into the city by the "people" in the city with "food and drink", which certainly reduced Wen Shenyou's losses and allowed him to capture Badu without any effort and thereby control the core center of the entire Bashu.

But this comes at a price, which means that he is just a collaborator who was welcomed into the city. The political system and alliance that originally controlled Bashu have not been damaged or fluctuated at all. These people still control everything here, and what he does next must rely entirely on these people.

If everything comes too easily, you will naturally have to bear other things.

It would be very troublesome for him to move these people, because one move would affect the whole body. What's more, the other party opened the city gate and welcomed you, an outsider. If you turn against them for no reason now, it is likely to arouse the hatred of all the people in Bashu against you.

but now.

Someone handed a knife to him.

He didn't know who that person was, but as he thought about it, he suddenly wasn't angry anymore, and even felt that he should thank that guy.

But although he was no longer angry in his heart, his face showed even more rage.

He drew his sword and slashed at the pillar.

"Evil thief!"

"How can I spare you? I will definitely kill you."

Then he roared orders.

"go?"

"Call all the officials in the city and let them take a look."

"Remember to take a look and see who didn't come in the end."

On the day.

All the civil and military officials of the Ba State in the city came and gathered in the Bashe Temple.

This temple was built by the deceased previous King Ba. It is very grand and even majestic, enough to accommodate so many people and even more than enough.

On the ground, the dead yellow dog was still there.

Wen Shenyou stood in front of the dog's corpse, looking into the eyes of the yellow dog that had already stiffened on the ground. Just when it seemed as if he was about to wipe away his tears and shout, "Wangcai, you can't die!"

Wen Shenyou finally raised his head and looked coldly at everyone in front of him.

The State of Ba has been established for many years and has been passed down for generations. It has complex interests and many powerful families. These people are the ones in power.

"I have heard that the King of Ba was unjust and was punished by heaven to die. Moreover, the pseudo-Yan general Mu Chaotian actually wanted to take advantage of this to attack the Kingdom of Ba for no reason, and wanted to start a war and bring disaster to the people."

"I, the Emperor of Wu Dynasty, could not bear to watch the people of Ba suffer such a disaster, so I sent Wen to lead troops across thousands of mountains and rivers to come here to expel the pseudo-Yan general Mu Chaotian for you. This is how you guys treat me?"

"I know."

"Some of you don't like me, but I didn't expect you to resort to such despicable means and send people to poison me."

Wen Shenyou sneered, and his voice echoed in the main hall of the Bashe Temple.

"If it weren't for Yun Zhongjun's blessing, the heavens would protect me."

"today."

"I am afraid that I will end up like this yellow dog, lying dead here."

"But I want to tell you that your wishful thinking is wrong."

Wen Shenyou's voice became even louder. Although he was not tall, his sturdy body emitted a shout as resounding as a bell.

"My name is Wen Shenyou!"

Some people were looking at Wen Shenyou, and someone immediately stepped forward to explain.

"General, this must be a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding!"

"That's right, why would we send someone to harm the general?"

"There must be something wrong here."

"General..."

Wen Shenyou didn't listen to the explanation at all, his eyes were full of distrust.

At this time, a scholar came to Wen Shenyou and said with a bow.

"General, there are results."

Wen Shenyou: "Have you found out?"

Scribe: "The evidence is irrefutable. The cook has revealed the person behind the crime, but he couldn't bear the torture and has died."

At this time, who still cares about the cook?

Wen Shenyou took the silk cloth held up by the scholar and looked at the names on it. They were exactly the names of the heads of the families he needed to deal with the most at the moment.

Wen Shenyou glanced at the scholar, and the scholar's eyelids raised slightly.

Then, Wen Shenyou laughed angrily, looked at all the officials of the State of Ba present, and raised the silk in his hand high.

"Misunderstand?"

"Is this a misunderstanding?"

"I expelled Mu Chaotian for you and treated you kindly. I was thinking of submitting a petition to the emperor to ask for your merits, but you were treated with such cruelty in return."

"Since some of you do not admire the king's rule and still want to establish your own territory and become a traitor, I, Wen, will not be polite."

"Get it for me!"

Immediately, armored soldiers were seen rushing out from both sides and capturing a group of people on the spot. Wen Shenyou turned and walked away, looking angry, as if to indicate that the matter would not end there.

And next.

As expected, Wen Shenyou went around arresting people in the city in the name of investigating illegal plots and refusing to go to court.

A large number of people were killed and a large number of people were detained.

He took ruthless action to clean up the powerful families in the capital of the State of Ba. The entire capital of the State of Ba was in a panic, and the powerful officials turned pale when they mentioned the name of Wen Shenyou.

Wen Shenyou is no longer the man who held the scepter and hesitated and worried about whether a few corrupt officials could kill Sima Wen.
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In the Bashe Temple.

A Taoist priest came from Jinzhou and arrived in Badu exhausted.

Wen Shenyou immediately ran out to greet him: "Is the temple keeper here?"

The Taoist priest immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, General."

After meeting the Taoist and bringing him into the temple, Wen Shenyou stood in the main hall of the Bashe Temple and asked the Taoist.

"Master, do you know whose temple this is?"

The Taoist nodded and said, "This is the Ba Snake Temple. To the southwest is the Ba Kingdom, where there is a black snake with a green head and an elephant-eating snake. This refers to the ancient demon Ba Snake."

Wen Shenyou: "But in this country of Ba, this Ba snake is not a demon, but a god."

Taoist: "In the wild land, it is not surprising to worship evil monsters and fierce demons as gods."

Wen Shenyou: "I heard that the python eats elephants and its bones come out when it is three years old. It seems that this python is really big. It can be called a giant monster."

Elephants were considered rare animals in this era. Wen Shenyou had never seen one, but someone from the south had presented it to the capital. Therefore, he knew that it was about one or two feet tall. For a snake like that to be able to swallow such a giant, it must be extremely large.

However, Wen Shenyou called this python a demon, but he had another intention.

The Taoist heard it and spoke immediately.

"No matter what, it's just a demon ear."

"No matter how ferocious and powerful this python was in the past, wasn't it killed by that ancient god in the end?"

Wen Shenyou laughed and nodded in agreement.

He turned around and pointed at the statue of the python high up.

"indeed so."

"So, please ask the Taoist priest to move the statue of this demon down and welcome the statue of Yunzhongjun into this temple, so that the world will know that no matter how fierce the demon is, it must submit to the Immortal Saint."

Taoist: "What about this demon statue?"

Wen Shenyou: "Just put it at Yun Zhongjun's feet and use it as a stepping stone!"

The Taoist laughed loudly: "That's right."

The Taoist priests come here to serve as temple priests and welcome the gods of the earth.

However, it is impossible to place a small earth god in such a grand temple. We can only worship Yun Zhongjun and then open a small hall next to it to place the statue of the earth god.

Wen Shenyou: "When will the Taoist priest prepare to welcome the gods?"

The Taoist said, "The gods have not yet arrived, and preparations have not yet been made. I have used divination, and the welcoming ceremony should be scheduled for three days later!"

Wen Shenyou nodded: "Then three days later, I will definitely be there to watch the ceremony and worship."

The Taoist bowed and said, "Thank you, General Wen."

After the Taoist priest finished talking to Wen Shenyou, they left the hall and began to prepare for the welcoming ceremony.

After the Taoist left, the scholars and subordinates behind Wen Shenyou stood up.

"General!"

"This snake is highly respected in Badi. Even the King of Ba worships it every year. If the general does this at this time, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

Wen Shenyou said, "That's what I want."

The scribe asked, "What does the general mean?"

Wen Shenyou: "Although you and I found an excuse to capture a group of people, it is still a minority after all. It can't shake their foundation in Bashu at all. These people have complex forces and are united as one. If we don't break this iron plate, how can we take over Bashu?"

"Moreover, these people seem to have been dormant recently. They seem to have completely submitted to me and my dynasty, so I can't find any excuse to touch them. However, they are making frequent moves in private."

"You and I have seen it all. Before I entered Badu, these people were fighting for power and deceiving each other at all costs, even killing the young master to seize the throne."

"These people are so ambitious that they have no intention of submitting to our dynasty. They just surrender because I came with a great victory."

"If we give them the chance, you and I will die without a burial place."

"If you don't do something now, you won't be able to do anything later."

The scholar nodded: "So the general is planning to destroy the Bashe Temple, welcome the statue of Yunzhongjun and the four gods of the earth to Shu, so that these dormant people can find an excuse and reason to connect with each other, and then think they have found a flaw and jump out?"

However, the scribe still found the problem.

"What if they don't move?"

Wen Shenyou walked to the statue of the Basagophagus, looked at it and said.

"If they watched helplessly as the Bashe that they had worshipped for thousands of years was driven out of the temple by me and trampled under the feet of the statue of Yun Zhongjun, and they still knelt there indifferently."

"Then they will never be able to stand up again when facing me."

"I have plenty of ways to slowly divide them, which can also be regarded as breaking this iron plate into pieces with one punch."

Wen Shenyou knew very well that everything he had now was due to his victory over Mu Chaotian and the army of the Ba Kingdom, and this was also the time when his power was at its peak.

If you don't do it now, some things will not be able to be done later.

He does more than just do it.

And you can't take it slow, you have to strike with thunder.

After that, we have to find a way to slowly win over the hearts of the people of Bashu.

But the more this happens, the more he will kill those who oppose him. This is the time to kill them all.

Wen Shenyou was looking at the statue of the Basah. At this moment, he was suddenly filled with emotion and talked about another thing with the scholar.

"Do you know why Lord Yunzhong issued a decree to mercilessly crush the 100,000-strong Northern Yan army into dust with a bolt of lightning?"

Wen Shenyou was thinking about this question and he also gave his own answer.

"This is not only a thunderous method, but also the greatest mercy in the world."

"Because once you kill, you don't have to kill again."

Wen Shenyou looked at the scholar and made up his mind.

"Three days later."

"In this temple, I will stand under the statue of Yun Zhongjun and kill these evil spirits."

"Take over this land of Bashu once and for all, and never again."

The staff looked at Wen Shenyou and bowed.

"I understand."

late at night.

In a large house, people wearing Shu brocade cloaks entered one after another and began to plot in the dark room around the lights.

"This cannot go on any longer."

"That Wen Shenyou, although young, is ruthless. I don't think his purpose is to seek revenge for someone poisoning him. He has made up his mind from the beginning to deal with you and me!"

"What do you mean by being poisoned? I think he manipulated it all and put it on display for us. He had no good intentions from the beginning."

"This Wu Dynasty man is truly unfilial. He is so mean."

"He also wants to destroy the Ba Snake Temple. I think that every dynasty in the Ba Kingdom has worshipped the Ba Snake, but the worship has stopped in this generation."

"Absolutely not."

"It's unbearable!"

"We must kill Wen Shenyou. If we continue to sit here and wait for death, you and I will both die without a burial place."
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This day.

In front of the original Bashe Temple, the large plaque with the three characters "Bashe Temple" written in ancient seal script was taken down, and a plaque of "Yunzhong Temple" was hung up unknowingly.

The temple was crowded but not messy. Some were kneeling on the ground in an orderly manner, or standing on the sides or at the door.

The Taoists performed rituals, the shamans danced, and the musicians played drums.

"Dong-dong-dong-dong!"

"In the beginning of the ancient times, who preached it?"

"The upper and lower are not formed, why test it?"

In the grand ceremony, with loud prayers to the sky.

The statue of Yun Zhongjun was carried on the divine chariot across the long street little by little, heading towards the temple.

along the way.

People kept beating drums, beautiful women sang ancient poems, and carried flower baskets and scattered flowers and leaves.

On both sides of the street, many people heard about Yun Zhongjun for the first time, and saw "Yun Zhongjun" for the first time. Everyone in the city was talking about it.

Someone is curious.

Some people hate it.

Some people have expressionless faces.

But no matter what, they could not stop the divine chariot from crossing the long street under the sun.

The weather is clear today. Under the vast clouds, the statue of the god on the divine chariot seems to have really walked out of the clouds and entered the land of Bashu.

As the statue was completely carried into the temple and enshrined on the high platform, the real ceremony of welcoming the gods began.

The people standing outside knelt on the ground one after another.

The leader was Wen Shenyou, and a Taoist priest shouted under the statue.

"The Dharmakaya returns to its place!"

“Welcome the gods!”

at this time.

Among the crowd in the streets and alleys, some people whispered to each other, and then quietly gathered together.

A large number of strong men rushed out of some nearby mansions, quietly hid in the alleys, then opened bamboo baskets and took out swords and weapons, some of them even put on armor.

A large number of people began to gather openly or secretly, heading towards the former Bashe Temple, today's Yunzhong Temple.

And the other side.

In the Yangtze River.

A towering tree appeared in the distance, moving against the current. A figure stepped on the tree and crossed the river.

Some people in the city were offering sacrifices to Yun Zhongjun, some were welcoming Yun Zhongjun, some were preventing the statue of Yun Zhongjun from entering their Bashe Temple, and some were going to kill evil spirits and monsters under the statue of Yun Zhongjun.

But no one expected it.

The real Yun Zhongjun is really coming towards Bashu at this moment.

(End of this chapter)