Section 241

"Amitabha!"

The sound was deafening, like a god or a saint. Driven by the terrifying internal force, the sound waves swept through the world.

The distorted space was smoothed out, and Xuanci's embarrassed figure appeared in everyone's sight.

Xuanci's face was as golden as paper, blood was oozing from his body, and his breath was extremely weak.

Xiao Jian ignored Xuanci, but stared solemnly into the depths of the Shaolin Temple, his pupils shrank slightly, and murmured: "Is he going to come out? He shouldn't!"

The sweeping monk has lived in seclusion for so many years, so he wouldn't run out just because of Xuanci's death, right?

"Shaolin is in peace, please be merciful!"

The majestic sound echoed in the air, but it seemed to be rootless and sourceless, and its source could not be found.

Xiao Jian carefully sensed it for a moment, but could not locate the aura of the Sweeping Monk. He couldn't help but sigh. He thought that he would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the land gods after breaking through to the Grand Master. Unexpectedly, he was still slightly inferior. He knew that the Sweeping Monk was in the Shaolin Temple. , but still couldn’t find his true identity.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Jian finally gave up on fighting the sweeping monk. Now is not the time to have a conflict with the land gods.

He turned to look at Xuanci and said calmly: "Abbot Xuanci, that's it for today. You can take care of yourself in the future!"

The grudge between Shaolin and him originally started because Shaolin caused trouble for him, but thinking about it, after today, Shaolin can be honest for a while.

Xuanci smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that things would develop to the point where he almost got involved. However, it was a good thing to know that the Shaolin Temple was protected by such a powerful senior.

Xuanci saluted Xiao Jian and then returned to Shaolin with his junior brothers.

Xiao Jian waved his hand, leading Jiumozhi and Huang Rong into the sky and disappeared into the sky.

Seeing Xiao Jian leaving, everyone started talking loudly.

In this battle, Xiao Jian broke through the Grand Master, and his strength was invincible compared to the gods on land. However, Ji Gang died, Zhu Wuli and the masters from the Murong family escaped on the spot, and another unknown master emerged from Shaolin.

One by one, any one of them would be a major event that would shock the world.

With the spread of people in the world, these explosive news spread throughout the world at an extremely fast speed.

Jinling City.

The spies of the Jin Yiwei looked frightened and galloped down the road on their horses.

"Everyone is in urgent need, get out of the way!"

While riding on horseback, he shouted loudly, causing people on both sides of the road to retreat. The spy ran straight to the outside of the Jinluan Palace without stopping.

In the main hall, Emperor Zhu Houzhao and other ministers were discussing matters. The spy ran directly into the main hall, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Shaolin Temple!"

After speaking, he handed over the secret letter in his hand. After being examined by Cao Zhengchun, the chief eunuch, he handed the secret letter to the emperor.

"How can this be?!"

When Zhu Houzhao took a look, he immediately screamed in shock and dropped the secret letter in his hand.

Ji Gang is dead?

A top grandmaster died like this?

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs were even bloodshot because of his excessive anxiety.

This abnormal scene shocked Cao Zhengchun beside him. He stepped forward to hold Zhu Houzhao's arm and said carefully: "Your Majesty, you must take care of your dragon body!"

Zhu Houzhao shook off Cao Zhengchun's hand fiercely, and shouted through gritted teeth: "Xuan Tieteng is waiting to see you!"

Everyone looked at each other, having never seen the emperor so angry.

The atmosphere in the hall was frozen, and no one dared to say a word. All they could hear was Zhu Houzhao's breathing from the throne.

Soon, Jin Yiwei went to Hulong Villa to announce the decree.

Cao Zhengchun picked up the secret letter on the ground. When he saw the content on it, he raised his eyebrows fiercely and his eyes rolled around, not knowing what he was thinking.

Soon, Zhu Wuli came to the main hall while everyone was waiting.

"Chen Zhu ignored the meeting..."

Before he could finish his salute, Zhu Houzhao slapped the dragon chair and said through gritted teeth: "Uncle Emperor, where is Ji Gang? Don't you give me an explanation?"

Zhu Wuli had already made plans and showed no sign of panic.

He had returned to Hulong Villa long ago. With his speed, it wouldn't take long to go back and forth to Shaolin Temple, much faster than Jin Yiwei's spies.

During this period of time, he was recuperating at Hulong Villa. Now his injuries have basically recovered, but he still maintains a pale complexion just to deal with Zhu Houzhao's questioning.

Zhu Wulan said in a calm tone: "Your Majesty, during the battle at Shaolin Temple, Commander Ji was killed and his body was not found!"

"Wow!"

All the ministers were in an uproar.

"How is this possible? How could Master Ji die?"

"Master Ji is the pinnacle of the Grand Master. Is the Shaolin Temple preparing to go to war with the imperial court?"

"Shaolin Temple's ambitions must not be indulged!"

“If Shaolin is not eliminated, how will the imperial court’s face remain?”

Everyone said something, and I started to denounce it.

"Shut up!"

Zhu Houzhao yelled, causing everyone to shut their mouths, and they were too afraid to say another word.

Then Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Wuwu and said in a cold tone: "Do you think everyone in the world is a fool? It was clearly you who diverted trouble to the east, which led to Ji Gang's death. You should be punished for your crime!"

The anger in Zhu Houzhao's heart almost made him lose his mind.

Ji Gang was his confidant general, and he was so powerful that he was among the top even in the imperial court. Now that he is dead, he is still inextricably linked to Zhu Wuwu, and he cannot allow him not to think too much about it.

Zhu ignored his still calm look, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I had no choice but to do this. The situation was urgent, and it was a fluke that I was able to escape with my life, so..."

At this point, Zhu Wuwang pretended to be sad and said in a deep voice: "In order to atone for my sins, I am willing to imprison myself in Longshan Villa as a punishment!"

After two battles with Xiao Jian, he also learned that he needed to retreat for a while to avoid facing Xiao Jian again.

"you!"

Zhu Houzhao pointed at Zhu Wuwu's nose and almost carried it away in anger.

But after all, Zhu Wuwu was his imperial uncle and had the strength of a top grandmaster. Now that he proposed to imprison himself at Dragon Villa, he could not punish him excessively and could only wave him away.

However, he would not just let Ji Gang's death go!

The ministers below also knew about this and began to speak out.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Jian has no superior, you must not let him go!"

Chapter 196 Nameless shock!

The ministers of the imperial court began to criticize Xiao Jian verbally and writingly.

After the Ming Dynasty established its own country, ministers of Ji Gang's level have never been killed. If the court does not show any sign, will they be the next to be killed?

It’s really scary to think about it!

Zhu Houzhao gradually suppressed the anger in his heart, and his eyes swept over the ministers.

Forget about the civil servants in the civil service department, to deal with the people in the arena, the ministers in charge of military force in the court had to take action. Then his eyes fell on Tengce, the big boss of the military department.

As a general, Tengce's cultivation has already reached the peak of a grand master. He has countless capable generals under his command. If he were to take action, Xiao Jian would not be a problem.

As the largest military department in the Ming Dynasty, the Military Department has countless hidden masters.

There are even rumors that the great general at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty was half a land fairy, but it was so long ago that it is impossible to know whether it is true or false.

"General Teng, Xiao Jian has despised the imperial court and committed a heinous crime. How about the general punishing him?"

Zhu Houzhao asked politely, even if he was the emperor, he still had to treat this general with caution.

"this……"

Teng Ce frowned. It was not appropriate for his majestic general to pursue and kill a man from the Jianghu. Moreover, since Xiao Jian could kill Ji Gang, his strength must not be simple.

It was a thankless task for him to do this. After a sudden thought, Tengce cupped his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Sui, Tang, Liao and other countries have been in turmoil recently. The military is focusing on guarding against foreign enemies, and it really can't spare its energy. !”

A trace of displeasure flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, but Tengce's reasons were sufficient and he couldn't say much.

Cao Zhengchun, who was standing next to him, noticed Zhu Houzhao's displeasure. He rolled his eyes and said sharply: "General Teng, it's just Xiao Jian. I'm not asking you to send out a large army. Just arrange for a few masters to kill him." ?”

Tengce's face was gloomy. This castrated dog is really indifferent!

Ji Gang was killed. The masters of Jinyiwei were not anxious. Why are you, Cao Zhengchun, anxious?

Looking at the emperor's persistent gaze, Tengce could only grit his teeth and said: "The military can mobilize several experts, but this matter still requires the assistance of Dongchang and Jinyiwei."

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and immediately said: "Okay! Then the military will take the lead, with Jin Yiwei and Dongchang assisting from the side!"

Cao Zhengchun raised his hand to refuse, but was ignored by Zhu Houzhao.

Xiao Jian didn't know that the court was planning to attack him, and he wouldn't care if he knew.

His cultivation is enough to protect himself in front of any force.

Along the way, he took Jiumozhi and Huang Rong to the Chinese Pavilion leisurely.

In the barren mountains behind the Zhonghua Pavilion, Wuming was teaching Fengyun and the others how to practice Maha Wuliang.