It turned out that the Japanese who attacked the merchant ship were the little incense lord looking for someone to pretend, with such energy, there are few in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the identity of the little incense lord is not simple.

"It turned out to be Shangguan's doing, and the villain wondered how it could be so coincidental, Qu Yang met the Japanese as soon as he went to sea. Yang Lianting said.

"Hmph. Xiao Xiangzhu snorted coldly: "It's not that you are not doing things well, but you were recognized by Xiao Xiaoqu Yang." ”

Yang Lianting lowered his head, kowtowed again, and said: "It's the villain's negligence, the villain must be more careful in his actions in the future, and he will never spoil Shangguan's big things again." ”

"You don't have another chance. Xiao Xiang's eyes showed a fierce light and said: "Although Qu Yang is dead, no one knows whether he has told others your identity." ”

"No, it won't. Yang Lianting trembled with fear and said: "Qu Yang has no friends in the Sun Moon Divine Sect, only one granddaughter, and now even Liu Zhengfeng's family is buried in the sea, and no one will know the identity of his subordinates." ”

"It's better to be so. Xiao Xiang said: "You keep a low profile during this time, and after the rumors pass, you will find a way to provoke the dispute between the Sun Moon God Sect and the Wuyue Sword Sect, and it is best to let the East be undefeated and pro-Songshan Sect!"

Yang Lianting said with a sad face: "After Dongfang Undefeated has practiced into the Sunflower Treasure Book, his ambition has been exhausted, and his temperament and appearance have changed greatly, if he is exposed to the members of the Divine Sect, it may be inappropriate." ”

"The Songshan faction and the Shaolin Temple are too close, if the Divine Sect sends troops to Songshan on a large scale, I am afraid that Shaolin will be forced to cooperate with the Songshan faction. ”

After Yang Lianting said the difficulty, he looked at the little incense master carefully, and when he saw the latter's eyes full of coldness, his heart trembled.

"Yang Lianting, don't forget your identity, you have been the head of the Sun Moon Divine Sect for a long time, have you forgotten your mission and even considered the life and death of the Sun Moon Divine Sect!"

"The little one doesn't dare, the little one will always remember that he is the secret stake of the Jinyi Guard, he is a person of the court in life, and he is a ghost of the court in death!" Yang Lianting said in fear.

It turned out that Yang Lianting was an undercover agent arranged by the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty in the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, and it seemed that the purpose was to provoke disputes in the rivers and lakes.

"Just remember. Lord Xiao Xiang said with satisfaction: "Your task is to complete the order I have given, and other issues are not for you to consider." ”

"Yes. Yang Lianting bowed his head and said.

"Remember this lesson, if your identity is known again, Jinyiwei doesn't mind sending another secret stake. After leaving these words, the little incense lord left Yang Lianting's room alone.

In front of outsiders, it was Yang Lianting who met the little incense master, but in fact, their relationship was just the opposite, Yang Lianting was just a slave in front of the little incense master.

What Yang Lianting and Xiaoxiang Master never expected was that they thought that Qu Yang's grandson and Liu Zhengfeng's family, who were buried in the sea, happened to be staying in Hangzhou at this time.

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In a house by the West Lake in Hangzhou, Liu Zhengfeng's family and Qu Yang's grandson are thanking Wang Zhong for his great kindness.

It turned out that they did not die in the sea, and secretly came to Hangzhou to live in seclusion.

Ever since Wang Zhong learned from Qu Yang that Yang Lianting was an undercover agent of Jinyi Wei'an in the Sun and Moon God Sect, Wang Zhong knew about it.

What kind of institution is Jinyiwei, that is the spy agency of the Ming Dynasty, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei has become a nightmare for many people, whether it is a corrupt official or a clear doctor, whether it is the right way in the rivers and lakes, or a giant of the Demon Gate, Jinyiwei is respectful.

After a little thought, Wang Zhong understood the purpose of the imperial court in placing undercover agents in the Sun Moon God Cult.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, started from the Jianghu sect "Mingjiao", and later sat on the world, in order to worry that the power of the rivers and lakes would be too large and threaten the imperial power, he has been adopting a policy of suppression.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the six major factions of the rivers and lakes were well-known in the rivers and lakes, but now in addition to the Shaolin Wudang, which has long taken refuge in the imperial court, how much news does the other four factions have.

Emei has been depressed for a hundred years, and it has long been reduced from a martial arts sect to a nunnery, and the Kunlun faction and the Kongtong faction have also disappeared from the rivers and lakes.

Behind all this, there is the shadow of the imperial court.

In fact, Wang Zhong had a guess before. In Master Jin's martial arts world, the rivers and lakes and the imperial court have always been close to each other, and in several huge works, the forces of the rivers and lakes have participated in the great changes in the change of dynasty.

But in the world of "smiling proud rivers and lakes", the imperial court is almost invisible, except for Liu Zhengfeng who spent money to get the title of general, there is only General Wu Tiande, who Ling Huchong later pretended.

Could it be that the court of "smiling proud of the world" is completely detached from the rivers and lakes?

Apparently not.

The imperial court has been silently influencing the rivers and lakes for more than a hundred years, and the purpose is very simple, that is, to weaken the strength of the rivers and lakes so that they cannot affect the power of the imperial court.

Zhu Yuanzhang started from the rivers and lakes, and naturally understood how great and terrifying the power of the rivers and lakes was.

In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the forces of the rivers and lakes could affect the wars between countries.

Guo Jing, the condor hero in the late Southern Song Dynasty, delayed the unification of the Yuan Dynasty for more than 40 years in one fell swoop.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the strength of the rivers and lakes was even more terrifying, a Ming religion was rampant in the world, and the rebel army suddenly rose up, and it overthrew the powerful Mongols in one fell swoop and established the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the mean and ungrateful emperor, although he is the first emperor through the ages, his desire for power far exceeds that of previous dynasties, and even the prime minister system that has been inherited through the ages has ended up by him.

For the rivers and lakes, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally has his own methods. In short, it is to divide and encroach, provoke and weaken, and break them one by one.

Zhu Yuanzhang first dealt with his old club "Mingjiao", a religious sect from the Tang Dynasty, which had disappeared under Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression.

followed by Emei, Kongtong and Kunlun, who were not strong, and the inheritance of the three factions was cut off by the imperial court.

Looking at what happened to the Huashan faction, Wang Zhong was able to get a glimpse of the imperial court's methods, first let Shaolin make a "Sunflower Treasure Book" to split the powerful Huashan, and then provoke black and white, first attack Wudang, grab the "Tai Chi Quan Sutra", and then attack Huashan, grab the "Sunflower Treasure Book".

In the end, the ten elders of the Demon Sect and the elites of the Wuyue Sword Sect were all buried in Huashan Siguo Cliff, the strength of the rivers and lakes was greatly reduced, and the power of the imperial court increased greatly.

Under a series of operations of the Ming court, the overall strength of the rivers and lakes declined, and many miraculous skills were lost, and they could no longer affect the court.

Thinking about Yang Lianting, a good man, why did he stoop to the east and be undefeated, is it really just for the power of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, not a means of the imperial court, in order to let Yang Lianting take power, so that the Sun Moon Divine Sect and the Wuyue Sword Sect can fight for life and death, the most combative and defeated, further eliminate the forces of the rivers and lakes, and the imperial court will enjoy the benefits of the fisherman.

Since he figured everything out, Wang Zhong knew that Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng had to die, otherwise the court would not let Liu Zhengfeng's family go, and his task would not be completed.

Therefore, Wang Zhong deliberately arranged for Liu Zhengfeng's family to go to sea and give Jinyiwei a chance to kill them, and Wang Zhong secretly helped Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng get out of trouble, secretly Chen Cang, and changed his face to live in seclusion in Hangzhou.

The reason why Hangzhou was chosen was because Qi Jiguang was in Hangzhou, and Wang Zhong asked him to help him a lot, at the cost of the Songshan faction to help Qi Jiguang fight against the Japanese.

The second reason is that there is a plum village in Hangzhou.