With the power structure of the White Lotus Sect, the sect leader is supreme, and the subordinates are the left and right protectors, the prime minister's affairs in the rivers and lakes, and then the Lotus Messenger is in charge of the internal affairs of the sect, and the four Tianwei Venerables are in charge of the rewards and punishments of the sect, and the five generals of heaven, earth, people, gods and ghosts lead the Quartet sect and take charge of the conquest. Although these people in power have different statuses, they are generally not subordinate to each other because of their different functions. In addition to this, there are five elders who represent the White Lotus Sect to walk the rivers and lakes. They have a transcendent status, they can manage anything, or they can ignore nothing, and their will represents the beliefs of the White Lotus Sect.

The hall of the nameless village in Matou Mountain has been cleaned up, the door is closed, although the moonlight outside the house does not shine in, but the hall is brightly lit.

On the top chair, the Buddha Mother Tang Sai'er sat quietly, and behind her stood her personal guards Ah Da and Ah Er, not far in front of him, five chairs were lined up in two or three rows. On the seat at the front sat the left and right protectors of the White Lotus Sect: Sikong Xuan and Wusheng. In the back three chairs, two men and one woman are seated. They are the three lotus messengers of the White Lotus Sect: "White Lotus Messenger" Song Yi, "Green Leaf Messenger" Shi Zhen, and "Golden Lotus Messenger" Zhao Niangzi.

"The lifeless old mother descends to the earth, and the light of all living beings will last forever" Tang Sai'er sang loudly, holding a lotus seal in his hand and placing it on his chest, with a solemn expression.

"Born and raised for thousands of years, do not fall into the heart of the reincarnation of the Buddha" Everyone in front of him, including Ah Da Ah Er behind him, sang closely, and at the same time put the treasure bottle seal on his forehead.

Tang Sai'er opened his hands, and countless gold and silver powders came out of his palms, fluttering and sprinkling, intersecting in mid-air, and vaguely everyone seemed to see a picture of the birth of a childless old mother.

In a moment, the dust cleared, and there seemed to be a strange fragrance in the hall.

"Great monk!" Song Yi, the White Lotus Envoy, spoke first, "Where did you choose。。。。。 ”

Wusheng was the only monk here, and Song Yi's words were clearly addressed to him.

"What, the donor is not satisfied?" Wusheng stood with one palm in front of his chest with his right hand, and looked at Song Yi respectfully.

Song Yi, as a White Lotus messenger, was the earliest to join the religion and was a figure of the older generation. Now that he is in his sixties, he speaks with great weight.

"Monk, I've done my best... "Wusheng defended" It has to be in the Xuzhou Mansion, it has to be remote, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and finally there must be a deep cave, so many conditions, it is not easy for me to find this place." ”

"Forget it, it's not easy to be lifeless, so don't be picky. Song Yi's side, the golden lotus messenger Zhao Niangzi also spoke out to convince her, and her voice was charming.

"Hmph" Song Yi snorted coldly and didn't speak.

"Let's get down to business, what time is it?" Tang Sai'er said, her voice crisp and moving.

"It's almost time," Ah Da whispered.

"Elder Scorpion should be almost there, right?" Tang Sai'er looked at the door.

"It's already here" The door opened, and an old man wearing a sky-blue soft smoke Luo Jin suit, with an ink-colored tiger stripe belt tied around his waist, walked in with his head held high, and arched his hand, "See the Buddha's mother, the subordinate golden scorpion has come to return to life." ”

Through the gate, you can see that on the square of the cottage, there are about one or two thousand people gathered, dressed simply, everyone is carrying a sword at their waists, and their faces seem to be a little strange, which seems to be a little different from the people of the Central Plains, but they can't say it.

Tang Sai'er nodded with satisfaction, "The old scorpion has worked hard"

Sikong Xuan also stood up and looked around, "My subordinates have contacted Fengyunzhuang in Qiandeng Town, Nanjing, a few days ago, and they agreed to help me teach when necessary. ”

"Hehe" The scorpion elder sneered and looked at Sikong Xuan sarcastically.

"What?" Sikong Xuan was a little confused.

"It seems that you don't know yet," the old scorpion shook his head, "Fengyun Village is gone." ”

"?!" Sikong Xuan frowned, "What do you mean?"

"That's what it means," the old scorpion looked arrogant, and the matter of Fang Tianyou's nine yin white bone claws was leaked, and the result was flattened. Do you want to go into more detail?"

Sikong Xuan was silent for a moment, knelt on the ground facing Tang Sai'er, "The subordinates are not doing well, please ask the Buddha's mother to surrender."

Elder Scorpion looked at him, "That kind of little person, just give some money, and he can't hide his magic skills."

Although Sikong Xuan has an average relationship with Elder Scorpion, there is no need to trick him with this kind of thing that he will know at a glance.

"Forget it," Tang Sai'er waved his hand, "Anyway, it was just an idle move, of course it would be better to have it, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it." ”

As she spoke, Tang Sai'er looked at the Green Leaf Envoy Shi Zhen again.

"Buddha Mother" Shi Zhen stood up, "The Nine Dragon Pillars are being built, and they will be completed as scheduled, please rest assured that the Buddha Mother is." ”

"En," Tang Sai'er nodded.

"Buddha Mother" Scorpion Elder stepped forward: "Do you want to meet them now?"

"Wait a minute," Tang Sai'er waved his hand, "You can first talk about the process of this trip to the southeast." ”

"Yes"

Elder Scorpion pondered for a moment and said, "Since the emperor Lao'er forbade the sea, the life of the people in the southeast coastal areas has not been easy, especially Suzhou, which has been heavily taxed, and there are many complaints against the imperial court. ”

"Now on the surface, they are still subservient to the imperial court, but secretly they are all in collusion with Fang Guozhen, the sea dragon king. They gave Fang Guozhen supplies, and Fang Guozhen helped them smuggle goods. If there is no such relationship, it is estimated that Suzhou will be hollowed out by Zhu Yuanzhang. ”

Speaking of this Fang Guozhen, we have to mention Zhang Shicheng back then. Zhang Shicheng, as a force competing for the world, started in the southeast, and his base camp was in Suzhou. Although he lost the war in the end, he was very kind to the people of the southeast, especially the people of Suzhou, and the people of Suzhou were also grateful to him. When Zhu Yuanzhang's troops were trapped in Suzhou, Zhang Shicheng led the people of Suzhou to hold out for nine months when they ran out of ammunition and food, causing great losses to Zhu Yuanzhang's army. It is precisely because of this that after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he was very bad for the people of Suzhou, and the local tax burden was very heavy.

Fang Guozhen was Zhang Shicheng's subordinate back then, and he escaped by luck in a big war at that time, and then led the remnants to go to sea, relying on several isolated islands on the sea to continue to confront Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty.

After all, the army of the Ming Dynasty was not good at naval warfare, especially Fang Guozhen had the support of the local people along the coast, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to take him.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang is not a person who admits defeat, and the final decision he came up with was to ban the sea. If you don't go to the sea, you will be trapped. Although pirates have been floating on the sea for a long time, they still have to go ashore to replenish their supplies.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang's sea ban order did cause a lot of trouble to Fang Guozhen, and his subordinates were shaken and almost disbanded. Well, people are forced. I don't know what to think, Fang Guozhen set his sights on another place that could provide him with supplies---- Japan.