Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

"Trash, a bunch of useless trash!"

In the imperial study, Emperor Yong'an became furious after reading the military intelligence report sent back from Zhongdu.

All the palace ladies were silent.

Yuan Ming Zhenren, who was living in the peace locket, was originally practicing, but was disturbed by the violent fluctuations of his emotions and broke out of his meditation.

【What happened? 】

It was natural that Emperor Yong'an could not treat this "Immortal Lord" as casually as he treated his servants. When he heard her voice, he immediately restrained his emotions, dismissed his attendants, and then told the "Immortal Lord" the contents of the petition in detail.

This kind of thing is actually very embarrassing.

After many days of contact, he also found that the strategy of this "Immortal Lord" was not very brilliant.

But at this point, he is helpless against the rebellious Du'e Evil Demon and can only try to seek a solution from the "Immortal Lord", who is also a supernatural being like her.

After hearing this, Master Yuan Ming immediately fell into extreme anxiety.

That Chen Qingzhu is as difficult as ever!

Before leaving Beijing, he took away Emperor Yong'an's imperial granary, causing the already tight national treasury to become even more stretched.

This directly ruined Emperor Yong'an's talent show.

Emperor Yong'an was a mortal who loved reputation. It was impossible for him to hold a beauty show at great fanfare and cost the people a lot of money when there was no money in the national treasury or the imperial purse.

Of course, in order to maintain his own health and no longer be troubled by the sequelae of a stroke, he threw the problem back to the "Immortal Lord" Yuan Ming Zhenren.

Master Yuan Ming had no choice but to compromise in the end.

After all, it was she who needed a woman with spiritual roots as a medium, not Emperor Yong'an.

In the end, in order to save money, the originally grand talent show turned into an "incognito visit" by Emperor Yong'an in the wind and snow, while she took the opportunity to expend her spiritual power to search for women with spiritual roots.

After much difficulty, he found a woman with dual spiritual roots and brought her into the palace as a concubine. However, Emperor Yong'an was too preoccupied with state affairs to have any interest in women.

Getting close to the new concubine was also done perfunctorily for the sake of "blessings".

This directly resulted in the intermediary she had worked so hard to find only bringing her less than half of the imperial luck that Imperial Noble Consort Shuyi once had.

What's worse, she discovered that Emperor Yong'an's imperial luck had inexplicably weakened recently.

Just when I didn't know why, I saw the question book from Zhongdu.

Only then did she realize that in just a few months, Chen Qingzhu had created such a big fuss in the south.

If we continue to allow her to develop in this way, sooner or later she will devour the entire Wei Empire!

By then, Emperor Yong'an's imperial luck would no longer be able to protect her, let alone provide her with a place to practice.

[You must eliminate her forces at all costs, otherwise this evil demon will become the culprit that overthrows your Wei Dynasty! ]

Even if she didn't say it, Emperor Yong'an had a vague feeling about this.

Being pointed out by this "Immortal Lord" only made his thoughts clearer.

"Of course I know, but the generals in Zhongdu are afraid of fighting, and now they have no chips to deal with her!"

Yuan Ming Zhenren was very annoyed:

[What a bunch of good-for-nothings, what's there to be afraid of! ]

[Tell them that although the evil demon Du'e is fast, it is still trapped in a mortal body. It takes time to run around and will get tired. It needs to stop and regroup its magic power.

As long as they evacuate and hide within two minutes after attacking the Du'e Army, she won't be able to find them at all! 】

Emperor Yong'an pondered the feasibility of this matter, and finally shook his head:

"This condition is really harsh! Once the two armies engage in battle, who can guarantee that it will end within two minutes?"

"What's more, if we end it rashly, we will have no choice but to retreat and flee. If the Du'e Army is chasing us, how can we hide our whereabouts?"

What he could think of, those generals with more combat experience could naturally think of as well.

Even if we tell them these things, those cowards still won't dare to go to war.

Master Yuan Ming secretly cursed Emperor Yong'an's subordinates as a bunch of useless people, but he had to help them find another solution.

After thinking for a long time, she said:

[I remember that there are many Japanese pirates along your coast. Wouldn't it be better to ask them to attack the territory of the evil demon Du'e? ]

Only the "Immortal Lord", a person from outside the world, dared to talk about such a strategy, and no ministers dared to mention it.

Everyone was afraid of being accused of collaborating with the Japanese.

Emperor Yong'an's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"This method of Immortal Venerable seems to be quite good!"

The three prefectures of Songhu, Jinhua and Ninghai, which are occupied by the evil demon Du'e, are all near the sea.

Most of the other prefectures are not too far from these three prefectures.

The Japanese pirates came and went like the wind, with a few hundred of them here and a few hundred there. They would quickly fight and rob and then immediately change their disguises and move to the next place, always making the local defenders confused and helpless.

If they could be allowed to harass the area ruled by the evil demon Du'e, they would surely be able to turn the area occupied by the evil demon upside down.

By then, if the people knew that it was the evil demon Du'e who brought about the crazy revenge of the Japanese pirates -

The people’s support won over by distributing land will disappear in an instant!

Emperor Yong'an accepted the proposal without hesitation, but then he became concerned:

"Even if the Japanese pirates are not well-informed, after what happened last year, I'm afraid they are afraid of the evil demon. How can they be willing to work for the court now?"

The Immortal Venerable said as a matter of course:

[There will always be brave men under a big reward. As long as you give the order, whoever occupies the prefecture will own it. The imperial court will never harass them, so how could they not come! ]

[Occupying the Jiangnan Prefecture, with tens of millions of people to plunder and enslave at any time, isn't it better than being trapped on a small island and braving the wind and waves to become bandits twice a year? ]

[You told them the weakness of the evil demon Du'e, and it would be hard for them not to be tempted.]

Emperor Yongan frowned.

It would be a great shame and humiliation for him to openly cede the land of Jiangnan to a group of Japanese pirates.

But at this point, he could only let them fight each other with the evil demon Du'e.

He carefully thought about every detail of this plan, and was still filled with worries.

"Although this idea may work, it is by no means a long-term solution. As long as there is enough time, with the ability of the evil demon Du'e, I am afraid that he will be able to wipe out those Japanese pirates in the end..."

Yuan Ming Zhenren said:

[That's easy. You can use this time to exchange guards between the Zhongdu camp and the other armies!

The newly arrived troops are unaware of the Du'e Demon's reputation, and as long as they are offered a large reward, they will definitely fight to kill the civilians under the Du'e Demon's rule. 】

[At that time, the soldiers and civilians under her rule will be furious, and the evil demon Du'e will have no choice but to raise his butcher knife against the ordinary soldiers of your Great Wei! In this way, at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers or civilians will die directly or indirectly because of her. ]

[She was born as an evil demon against the will of heaven. She should have done good deeds to survive. After committing such a huge sin of killing, don't even think that heaven will forgive her! ]

The more Master Yuan Ming spoke, the more he felt that this was a brilliant plan.

The spiritual energy in this world is thin, and Chen Qingzhu's actions clearly show that he is taking the path of practicing with the power of merit.

Having committed such a huge sin of killing, her cultivation will definitely come to a standstill.

As long as Chen Qingzhu cannot break through the foundation-building stage, her situation will be safe, and she will even have enough time to fight back.

Although Emperor Yong'an did not completely trust the "Immortal Lord", when he recalled what the evil demon Du'e had done, he realized that he had indeed been doing good deeds.

Moreover, the "Immortal Lord" wanted to kill the evil demon Du'e just as he did, so it was impossible for him to be deceived on this matter.

Thinking of this, he finally smiled with relief:

"Okay, then let's do as the Immortal Master says!"

After formulating a strategy, he sent the elite Jinyiwei with a secret decree written by himself, and ordered them to split into several groups to contact the Japanese pirates on the islands off the sea.

In another month, it will be the time for the Japanese pirates to go ashore and plunder every year.

With the imperial edict written by him personally and stamped with the imperial seal, how could those already daring Japanese pirates not be tempted?

At that time, he would wait for the Japanese pirate army to cause chaos everywhere under the rule of the evil demon Du'e, and wait for the evil demon Du'e to commit endless killings and be wiped out by the Heavenly Dao!

(I'm so sleepy, I'll make up a chapter tomorrow.)

Chen Qingzhu, who was carefully plotted by Emperor Yong'an and Master Yuanming, had just arrived at Dongfan Island, about 1,500 miles away from Songhu.

The main reason why I came to such a far place is that in just over a month, it will be May again.

As we all know, May and September every year are the times when Japanese pirates land and plunder.

By then, any place in the entire Jiangnan region might become a disaster area visited by Japanese pirates.

In order to allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, the government needs to spend a lot of time and energy to guide them, and the people themselves need to work hard and save for many years.

But it only took the gangsters half an hour to destroy everything.

Chen Qingzhu couldn't tolerate such a thing happening.

But most of her current troops are used to divide the land, and a small part has to be used to maintain the daily defense of rivers and towns. She cannot spare any additional troops to defend the coastline.

So, before the land distribution began, when Zheng Yuannai wrote a letter asking about arrangements for the defense against the Japanese pirates this year, she already had a plan.

It is better to cut the grass at its root than to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

She wanted to wipe out most of the Japanese pirates before they attacked the coast.

This is undoubtedly no small matter, and it is definitely not something she can accomplish alone.

Therefore, before the land distribution began, she sent out an army of a thousand men, with each fleet consisting of fifty men under a general flag.

Starting from Songhu, it covered all the sea areas where Japanese pirates appeared in a fan shape.

For the safety of the soldiers, she did not need them to go to the island for in-depth exploration, but only to determine which islands were inhabited.

Now, three months have passed, the fleets that explored the sea area have returned one after another, and the sea map has been completed.

After determining which islands were inhabited, Chen Qingzhu secretly went out to sea with a map and a large number of prepared storage talismans.

When the army goes to sea, it needs to prepare a lot of things and the momentum is huge.

But since she has water-related spiritual roots, all she needs to go out to sea is a small boat that can float on the water.

She called back Rong Niang, who was away in charge of dividing the land, in advance and asked her to go to sea with her.

In order to hurry and reach the sea more than a thousand miles away as quickly as possible and search for islands and Japanese pirates in the sea, she needs to activate the Water Control Technique all the way.

But with her current cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining, she can only hold out for about an hour, during which she needs about two quarters of an hour to meditate and restore the spiritual energy in her Dantian.

This would expose her weaknesses and show that she is not omnipotent.

During this period, the boat may deviate from its direction due to currents or wind and waves, and she needs someone to remember how much the boat has deviated.

Therefore, the person who stays with her must be someone she can absolutely trust.

Rongniang is her daughter, she has an excellent memory and has practiced martial arts, so she is the best choice.

Moreover, he would be away from Nandu for at least a month this time, so bringing Rong Niang with him would make her feel more at ease.

Although Rong Niang was obsessed with personally handling government affairs, she was able to distinguish priorities.

Mother needs her, and nothing is more important than this.

She left her government affairs behind and happily followed Chen Qingzhu out to sea.

After a day's journey on the sea, the two men soon arrived at Dongfan Island, the southernmost island of the Japanese pirates' activities.

Dongfan Island is the largest island in the overseas of Wei except for Japan. Its size is at least equivalent to three or four prefectures on the land of Wei.

Compared to the Liuli Islands which are easily attacked by wind and waves, the environment here is more suitable for living, and there is more than one pirate force entrenched here.

In addition to the local people, there are several large Japanese pirate forces that frequently invade the mainland, as well as many blond-haired and blue-eyed pirates who are said to be from faraway overseas.

These people possessed artillery and muskets that were no less powerful than those of the Wei Dynasty, and were the main targets of the Japanese pirates' sales of stolen goods.

*

In a manor at the southern end of Dongfan Island, in a small, dim slave room, Shi Sanmei was lying in a pile of straw, covered in wounds, her eyes full of empty despair.

Yesterday, she and a dozen other women with relatively plump figures were called by the boss to entertain the golden-haired barbarians who came to visit.

It won't be long before the boss and his men go to plunder Wei again. They are tired of the women they robbed last year, so it doesn't matter to them whether they are alive or dead.

New ones will come soon to fill the gap, so let those golden-haired monsters have their fun.

The golden-haired monsters she encountered were particularly rude and violent, and she was almost half dead after being tormented all night.

She didn't dare to look at her own body at all. The pain she felt all the time and the things that had fallen out made her feel how broken it was.

The door was pushed open, and Sister Yuan, who lived in the same room, brought a large sweet potato wrapped in leaves and a stoneware bowl of water, and said with concern:

"Third sister, eat something. You will get better soon after eating."

Shi Sanmei didn't have the strength to speak, but turbid tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

Is it getting better quickly?

impossible.

The last person who was abused like her had her lower body festering and festered, and she died of pain.

She still can't forget the scene she saw at that time. When the girl died, her lower body was covered with pus, blood, rotten flesh, and maggots wriggling.

She didn't dare to imagine how much pain the girl was in before she died.

And now, she will die in the same way.

She was really scared.

If she couldn't escape death, she would rather die quickly.

Not long after, Sister Yuan hurriedly left the house and went to the weaving workshop to work.

These female slaves would be taken away by the Japanese pirates for entertainment at night, and they were busy during the day as they had prescribed weaving tasks to complete every day.

Hearing that there was no sound outside the house, Shi Sanmei struggled to get up with all her strength, picked up the coarse porcelain bowl filled with water on the ground, and smashed it against the wooden pillar of the house.

After hitting it several times, I finally heard a crisp sound.

She picked out a sharp piece from the broken pieces of porcelain bowl and stabbed it hard into her neck.

She felt a sharp pain and reached out her hand to touch it. She felt warm and sticky all over her hands and then she let herself fall on the haystack with peace of mind.

Those bandits killed people by cutting their necks, so she should be dead soon.

I feel so sorry for Sister Yuan and the others who live in the same room with me.

But she was so scared and in so much pain that she couldn't hold on any longer...