The Daqian Iron Cavalry swept Xianbei, and Xianbei, who fought with the Yan army, retreated again and again. As long as there are no accidents, the war in Liaodong has basically stabilized.

The war in the Western Regions is still scorching, and the imperial army has just entered Longyou, which is still far from the Western Regions. The grasslands are still chaotic, but the Northland counties are beginning to be invaded piecemeal. However, these were quickly repulsed by the border army, and most of them were killed.

With the great victory, the world seems to have gradually settled down.

After last winter's heavy snowfall, the drought disappeared, and this year's rain is plentiful, the grain is basically harvested, and the people are beginning to settle down.

Seeing that the situation is stable, the news from the Jiangnan Inspector Yushi and the embroidered envoy is also normal, and it seems that the world has calmed down again.

But at this time, the dark guard suddenly came with news that something seemed to be wrong in Jiangnan.

After receiving this news, Wang Yi immediately frowned, he sent an inspection of the imperial history and the embroidered clothes envoy to deliver the news that was all normal, but the secret guard said that there was something abnormal.

Faced with this situation, Wang Yi's first reaction was that there was a big problem in Jiangnan.

The secret guard and the embroidered clothes make the patrol of the imperial history different, everything is in the dark, and it is a member of the clan that has been carefully cultivated in the family, and the loyalty is extremely high.

The inspection of the imperial history and the embroidery envoy all went wrong, and nine times out of ten they were plotted, and even some of them were dead. The notes that were sent were completely written by someone else.

Seeing this situation, Wang Yi did not have a reason, and immediately called several cronies, informed them of what happened in Jiangnan, and then ordered them to go south to investigate.

Even just in case, Wang Yi also ordered the Jinling garrison to be ready at any time, and handed over the tiger talisman to his younger brother Wang Zhuo to mobilize the Jinling garrison, and once the matter was too big, the army could be directly mobilized.

When everything was ready, Wang Zhuo immediately led people south.

Wang Zhuo did not go in the name of Qincha or inspecting the imperial history, but went south in the name of inspecting Wujing.

After coming to Jiangzhou, Wang Zhuo invited all the embroidered envoys and three inspectors to the imperial history, and as a result, all the embroidered envoys and the imperial historians came to see that these people came, Wang Zhuo and the banquet discussed with these people, to Wang Zhuo's surprise, these people were not controlled.

After seeing this situation, Wang Zhuo's heart was not full of joy, but was full of worry. What are the conditions that make these embroidered envoys and the three patrol imperial historians all betray the imperial court.

After seeing that these people still looked respectful, Wang Zhuo remained silent on the surface, encouraged these people, and then took out the prepared edict and asked half of them to continue to inspect Jiangnan, and the other half returned to the capital to report on their work and prepare to be sent to other places.

After these people left, Wang Zhuo closed the government and sent people to send invitations, inviting Jiangzhou county guards, nobles, and officials to come to the banquet three days later.

At the same time, an ordinary-looking carriage quietly entered the city, and then came to an ordinary-looking mansion, everything seemed ordinary and uncharacteristic.

After about an hour, Wang Zhuo saw a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance in the study.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, see His Royal Highness, the leader of the secret guard Jiangzhou!"

"You don't need to be polite to get up." Wang Zhuo helped him up, and then began to ask, "Jun has been here for two years, have you found anything wrong?" ”

"Your Highness, Jiangzhou seems to be normal, but after the secret guards, it seems that it has become a monolith."

"Ironclad? What do you mean? Wang Zhuo was surprised.

"It seems that the officials and nobles in Jiangzhou have joined forces, and everything seems to be normal on the surface, but in fact it is completely different."

"They joined forces to fool the imperial court, and the officials who came to inspect the imperial court were easily co-opted by them."

Hearing this, Wang Zhuo immediately realized the seriousness of this problem, if the secret guard's statement was true, then the entire Jiangzhou City had been controlled by others.

"How did they do it?" Wang Zhuo said with a solemn face.

"It is said to be a goddess of the old Chu country." The secret guard said: "We secretly inquired, and it is said that this goddess who went abroad was able to communicate with the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and obtain divine revelations. ”

"Those people all believed in the goddess, and became a believer in the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, developing in secret."

"So the goddess of Chu State? Donghuang Taiyi? Wang Zhuo sneered when he heard this: "What a goddess, it's just a witch who pretends to be a god and a ghost!" If there is really a miracle, when the old Chu was destroyed by our Huai Kingdom, why didn't you ask the Eastern Emperor Taiyi to make a move? ”

"Eastern Emperor Taiyi? The ancestors once said that those gods and goddesses in this heaven and earth have long ceased to exist, perhaps they existed in ancient times, but now they are gone. Only the ancestors are still in heaven watching the land of Bangzhou. ”

"Therefore, the goddess of Chu State, pretending to be a god and playing ghosts, actually dares to make small moves in Daqian, she is really looking for death!"

Wang Zhuo's face was gloomy, and he didn't believe in the witch of the Chu Kingdom at all. As a descendant, he knew very well that the ancestors had always existed, and those so-called gods may have disappeared or not existed at all.

"Your Highness, that witch of the late Chu State was able to wipe out all the officials and nobles of Jiangzhou, it must be a bit strange and should not be underestimated." The Dark Guard said.

"I see!" Wang Zhuo nodded.

Jiangzhou, as the capital of the old Chu State, flourished in witchcraft here, and there were many new gods, and its Middle East Emperor Taiyi has always been the god believed in this area. In addition to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, there are also gods such as Yunzhongjun and Taisiming here.

At that time, the Huai Kingdom swept the world, but it was forbidden to sacrifice blood, and human sacrifice was not allowed, and the sacrifice standards were stipulated, and in addition to the emperor who could sacrifice with three animals and six animals, ordinary people and temples could only sacrifice with small three animals.

At the same time, many temples that did not conform to the will of the imperial court were destroyed. cleaned up a large number of obscene shrines and wild gods, and directly canceled the fact that many gods in the old land of Chu were not allowed to sacrifice.

Because the state of Chu likes witchcraft, it used to use a lot of blood rituals to slaughter captives for sacrifice, and the Huai State suppressed it many times back then, and now there are a lot fewer sacrifices here.

Now there is a goddess who has appeared, and has also attracted a large number of officials and nobles, which makes Wang Zhuo very vigilant, and immediately sent people to Jinling and Nanyang, dispatched a large army, and at the same time sent envoys to secretly recruit peasant soldiers.

Three days later, Wang Zhuo held a feast in the mansion and invited Jiangzhou officials and nobles to attend. At the banquet, Wang Zhuo had an exchange with these people, and on the surface, everything was the same as what the dark guard said, and there was no problem.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zhuo was also convinced that there was nothing more than a big problem here. Wang Zhuo invited those nobles and wanted to have an in-depth conversation with them, but those nobles did not have a deep friendship with him.

Wang Zhuo's heart became more and more puzzled.

(End of chapter)