For the next period of time, Shenzhou was very calm.

It seems that except for the northern departure, other countries did not take the edict issued by the Ming Dynasty to heart, and still went their own way, doing what they should do.

And Daming's side is already making preparations for various expeditions to the west.

Under the arrangement of Yuhuatian, the troops were divided into three routes for this westward expedition.

The first way is naturally the army headed by the Ming court.

At the suggestion of Yuhuatian, Sun Chengzong served as the commander and Sun Chuanting served as the deputy marshal, leading a total of 500,000 troops to the west to attack the Great Song Dynasty.

The second way is the Ming secret agent who is mainly based on Jinyiwei.

Led by Ma Jinliang, Ding Xiu, Cao Shaoqin, Dong Tianbao, Lin Pingzhi and Ordo, each led a team of men and horses, secretly infiltrated the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, cooperated with the military, transmitted intelligence for the military, and cooperated with the outside to destroy the Great Song Dynasty.

The third way is the various major factions on the rivers and lakes.

In the name of Yuhuatian, the masters of the major factions in the rivers and lakes were summoned to form a coalition army of rivers and lakes, and the Ming army went out at the same time to invade the Great Song Dynasty, mainly to deal with the Jianghu forces of the Great Song Dynasty.

These people are led by Bai Yujing, Xie Xuan, Ye Gucheng, Lian Chengbi, A Fei and others.

Of course, the major factions in the rivers and lakes, Yuhuatian also gave them enough face.

For example, Bai Yu, the master of the Divine Sword Gate, Zhang Sanfeng, the head of Wudang, Lei Qianhu, the leader of the Supreme Alliance, Dongfang Undefeated, the leader of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, Su Can, the leader of the Beggar Gang, Yin Ji, the head of the Shenshui Palace, the head of the Iron Sword Gate, Mu Sang Daochang, and Zhuo Donglai, the head of the Big Dart Bureau, were all included in the high-level of the coalition army.

Bai Yujing and the others also gave these people enough respect, and did not directly treat them as subordinates.

As for Yuhuatian himself, he has other plans.

His purpose is to sit in the Chinese army and guard against those powerful people in the Dao Realm who are beyond the strength of various countries.

Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case.

For this expedition to the west, he can be said to have made sufficient preparations.

Of course, these things are only arranged by Yuhuatian as a whole, and the specific actions are handled by Ma Jinliang and others.

In Yuhuatian's plan, when this western expedition is over and Shenzhou is unified, he will start preparing to break through the Hedao and go to the legendary fairy world to start another journey.

Therefore, he is already delegating power at the moment, focusing on cultivating the ability of Ma Jinliang and others.

Taking advantage of this time of free time, he rarely relaxed, or went to the back mountain to discuss with Zheng He and others, or entered the palace to guide the practice of the three disciples Yuan Chengzhi, Wen Qingqing and Zhu Ciyu.

For these three disciples, especially the little emperor Zhu Ciyu, Yuhuatian also attaches great importance to them.

After all, he has no children under his knees, and after he leaves Shenzhou, the only thing that can stay in this world is his own inheritance, except for the merits and legends of unifying Shenzhou.

And Yuan Chengzhi and the three did not disappoint him.

Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing, who had only been cultivating with him for five or six years, had grown up to be able to take charge on their own.

With the assistance of various heavenly and earthly treasures, Yuan Chengzhi is only in his twenties, but he has already broken through the great master, and the sword path has also successfully entered the heart sword level, and he is only one step away from the consummation of the sword heart.

Wen Qingqing is a little slower, but he has also reached the peak of the grandmaster, and the sword is also at the level of the heart sword, not only has he been taught by Yuhuatian, but also his complete inheritance of the Golden Snake Langjun Xia Xueyi's inheritance.

This can be regarded as Yuhuatian's compensation for Xia Xueyi's death at the beginning.

Zhu Ciyu was only six years old, but he also began to come into contact with various martial arts, and his talent was also very good, and his mind far surpassed that of children of the same age.

If this continues, one day, he will become an emperor who is both civil and military.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

Time passes.

It's getting closer and closer to January.

But just when Yuhuatian came back from the palace and was about to give the order to go west, there was a sudden accident.

this day.

Ma Jinliang and the others hurriedly came, their faces solemn, and they arched their hands towards Yuhuatian: "Overseer, something happened!" ”

Yu Huatian wondered, at this time, what could happen?

But with Ma Jinliang's subsequent narration, Yuhuatian's face suddenly sank.

Ma Jinliang and others controlled Jinyiwei and were responsible for sending people to infiltrate the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time shouldered the responsibility of contacting all factions in the rivers and lakes and forming a coalition army in the rivers and lakes.

Originally, everything was going according to the original plan, and the various sects did not have any meaning to the orders of the imperial court, and they all agreed to lead the elites of the sect to the west with the army.

But just seven days ago, a sect suddenly announced that it had broken away from the alliance and did not want to participate in the western expedition.

And the reasons given are also very reasonable.

The head of the sect claimed that he was a small sect and did not want to participate in this matter, so as not to end up with a life and death fate.

Moreover, in his opinion, now that the countries are stable, the world is peaceful, and the people are living well, he doesn't want the court to start another war, otherwise it will be the people who will suffer in the end.

Of course, he finally mentioned that he only represented himself in this remark, and he was a soft-spoken person who did not dare to discuss the government and politics.

But as soon as this remark came out, it quickly spread all over the world.

For a while, many Jianghu sects also broke away from the alliance, and the reasons given were exactly the same.

Gradually, more and more similar voices rang out.

Even many people agree with this remark, feeling that life is now very stable, and there is no need to start a war, otherwise at the beginning of the war, the imperial court will increase taxes, and they will suffer in the end.

The matter intensified.

In just a few days, it spread all over the world, and the people talked about it.

Even, the people in many places around the Ming Dynasty, under the instigation of well-intentioned people, forcibly attacked the local government, petitioned the imperial court to give up the western expedition, recuperate, and give the people a way to live.

The court was roasted on a fire.

Originally, Jinyiwei's people wanted to suppress these remarks first, but later found that this matter spread too quickly, and more and more forces and people were involved, and it couldn't be stopped at all.

By the time it was reported to Ma Jinliang and others, it was too late.

Therefore, Ma Jinliang could only choose one side to send someone to investigate the source of the matter first, and then he personally came to report Yuhuatian.

After listening to Ma Jinliang's story, Yuhuatian's face became extremely gloomy.

The expedition is imminent, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen suddenly.

The various factions in the rivers and lakes that were originally obedient to the imperial court announced their withdrawal from the alliance one after another, and did not want to participate in the western expedition?

Who gave them the courage to rebel against the imperial court?

Moreover, this matter spread so quickly that even the common people began to talk about it and oppose the war?

And who is pushing it in the shadows?

A series of accidents, if no one is behind the scenes, I am afraid that fools will not believe it.

This incident is obviously aimed at him.

He wanted to launch a westward expedition and unify Shenzhou, but someone tried to sabotage his plan and stir up the people's hearts to stop him from going west?

Yu Huatian's eyes were cold, he looked at Ma Jinliang, and said, "How is the investigation?" ”

"Still investigating!"

Ma Jinliang said in a deep voice: "Now the entire Ming Dynasty is discussing this matter, and some people agree with the Western Expedition, and some people oppose it, but there are still the majority of opponents. ”

"Those people who are attacking the government in various places must have someone behind them to take the lead in agitation, and the lowly position has already been investigated."

"There are also those Jianghu sects that have broken away from the alliance, and they have also been closely monitored to investigate the reasons for their sudden change of mind."

Yu Huatian nodded and asked, "Are any of the top sects breaking away from the alliance?" ”

"Nope."

Ma Jinliang shook his head and said: "Most of them are second- and third-rate small forces, such as the Divine Sword Sect, the Wudang Sect, the Supreme Alliance, and the Beggar Gang, and other top forces, there is no problem. ”

Yu Huatian nodded slightly, and breathed a sigh of relief: "This is normal, if even these top forces are infiltrated, this matter is really a bit troublesome...... Well? ”

Before the words fell, Yu Huatian frowned and suddenly looked outside.

"Stepping on ......"

There was a rush of footsteps.

Immediately after, a tall figure with a ponytail walked in quickly, and it was Ding Xiu.

At this time, with an extremely anxious look on his face, he walked quickly, and said, "Overseer, something is wrong!" ”

"I just received the news, Bai Yu, the master of the Divine Sword Gate, suddenly fell, and the northwest area has been completely chaotic!"

Yu Huatian's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly got up.

"What did you say?!"

Yu Huatian's face was ugly, and he stared at Ding Xiu: "Bai Bai Yu is dead?!" ”

Ding Xiu nodded: "It's an urgent report from our people, and there is no problem with the news." ”

When Yu Huatian heard this, his face became even more gloomy.

I just thought that there would be no problems with these top sects, but I didn't expect this to happen.

Moreover, Bai Yu is also a celestial, and he died suddenly?

"Have you found out the cause of death?"

Yuhuatian said in a deep voice.

Ding Xiu shook his head: "There is no news yet, but the biggest possibility is that he killed, although Bai Yu is nearly a hundred years old, he has opened the bridge between heaven and earth, at this age, he can only be regarded as in the prime of life, and he has never heard of any secret diseases before, so there is no problem with his body." ”

Homicide!

Yuhuatian took a deep breath.

Bai Yu is a triple heaven and man, plus the ultimate cultivation of the sword path, his strength is even comparable to the quadruple of heaven and man, and even the fifth level of heaven and man.

A master of this level, even if he faces a realm higher than him, that is, a strong man with a sixfold heaven and man, he is afraid of being invincible, and he will never fall.

In other words, the person who killed him was at least a powerhouse of the Seventh Heaven and Man, or even a higher level!

Yuhuatian looked at Ding Xiu and was about to tell him to check it in person, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the house.

This time, it was Cao Zhengchun.

"Overseer, something happened in the palace!"

Cao Zhengchun's first sentence made everyone change color again.

Yu Huatian frowned: "What's going on again?" ”

Cao Zhengchun's face was solemn, and he said in a low voice:

"At the court meeting this morning, a number of officials headed by Shangshu of the Criminal Department jointly played a joint performance, asking the Queen Mother to be sympathetic to the people and give up the western expedition."

"The Queen Mother didn't agree, and two of the ministers even crashed to death on the pillar, so as to die."

"The matter is big, and Niangniang is not good to refuse directly, so she temporarily suppressed the matter, and at this moment Niangniang is still in the cabinet to discuss with Lord Hai Rui and others, and sent the old slave to ask the overseer to discuss."

After Cao Zhengchun finished speaking, Ma Jinliang and Ding Xiu were shocked.

Something happened to the DPRK and China?

And it's also related to this expedition to the west?!

This...... How coincidental is it?

Yu Huatian's face also sank again.

But this time, instead of speaking in a hurry, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Although the incident happened suddenly, years of tempering have long made his heart extremely tenacious and not surprised.

Now that something has happened, there's no point in talking about anything else, and finding a way to solve it is the most important thing.

"It seems that the enemy this time is really not very simple."

After being silent for a long time, Yuhuatian suddenly smiled: "The rivers and lakes, the people, and then the imperial court, put pressure on the three parties to let this seat give up the westward expedition?" ”

"Interesting, really interesting!"

Ma Jinliang and the three looked at each other.

The expedition is imminent, and so many changes have happened suddenly, how can the Overseer still laugh?

Ma Jinliang frowned and said: "Overseer, there are still seven days, that is, the day of the Western Expedition, and now that there are so many changes all of a sudden, will the Western Expedition continue?" ”

"Go on, why not!"

Yu Huatian came back to his senses, chuckled, and nodded: "The plan for the western expedition remains unchanged, and it is imperative to set out in seven days!" ”

"Then the ...... of Chaozhong," Cao Zhengchun said tentatively.

Yu Huatian said lightly: "The affairs in the palace, this seat will solve it personally." ”

After speaking, he looked at Ma Jinliang and Ding Xiu, and said, "You two go and invite Bai Yujing and them, let them go to the Divine Sword Gate in person, check the cause of Bai Yu's death, and see if the murderer is still in Daming." ”

"I want to see who has such great ability to break into the eyes of this seat to make trouble."

Although it is only seven days before the day of the expedition, with the realm of Bai Yujing and others, they can travel in the sky and go to the Divine Sword Gate, which is just a few hours of kung fu.

Relying on the manpower of Jinyiwei alone, it may take a lot of effort to investigate these things.

But Bai Yujing and the others made a move, so it was naturally much easier.

Since the other party dares not to talk about martial arts and make trouble from within the Ming Dynasty, then don't blame me for not talking about martial arts, and directly ask Bai Yujing and others to take action.

If the other party knew about these series of changes, it would lead to so many strong people intervening, and they would be very surprised, right?

A sneer flashed in Yu Huatian's eyes.

"By the way, since something happened to the Divine Sword Sect, presumably several other top sects, I'm afraid they won't be quiet, please Bai Yujing and them split up and go to all the major sects to take a look."

After explaining, Yu Huatian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he continued to command.

Just in case, it's better to keep an eye on it.

Nowadays, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the strongest Jianghu sects are the Shendaomen and Wudang factions.

Because there are only these two major sects, there are strong people in heaven and man.

But now even the Divine Sword Gate has an accident.

The other factions will not necessarily be safe.

"Yes!"

Ma Jinliang and Ding Xiu also understood this truth, and immediately saluted, then turned around at the same time and left quickly.

Yuhuatian also turned his head to look at Cao Zhengchun, and said lightly: "Let's go, let's also take a look, who gave them the courage to dare to oppose this seat, and even did not hesitate to directly hit the pillar for this reason." ”

"Yes, Overseer."

Cao Zhengchun bowed, his heart suddenly calmed down, and he began to mourn in silence for those ministers.

At this time, those who dare to fight against the Overseer are either mad or foolish.

But whether those ministers are crazy or stupid, since the overseer himself has taken action, then these few are definitely going to be cold.

"Alas...... Why bother? ”

Cao Zhengchun shook his head and sighed secretly in his heart.

In this world, there is always no shortage of such people who kill themselves! (End of chapter)