Chapter 57: Prince Yan Rebellion? (First Order)
Under the dim light, Zheng Yi was carefully looking through several secret letters.

There were seven secret letters in total, all of which contained instructions for purchasing a large number of weapons and armor from Yu Jian Villa.

In other words, evidence.

Prince Xian had already been sent away by Zheng Yi, and at this moment it was another important thing that Xiao Guizi was talking about.

Zheng Yi was well aware that someone was purchasing weapons and armor from Yu Jian Villa.

The Qingzhou rebel army, the Tianming Sect, the White Lotus Sect, and even the Wu Kingdom outside the Black Mountain Pass have all purchased weapons from Yu Jian Villa.

After all, Yujian Villa has been passed down for more than 300 years, and its ancestors were famous for sword-making.

In addition to sword forging, the villa also has advanced metallurgy methods.

As long as it is willing, it can transform from a sword-making factory to an arsenal forging other war weapons in a very short time!
Knives, guns, axes, even crossbows, crossbows and more!
This is something Zheng Yi could never tolerate.

I don’t know why the Dayu royal family has allowed a martial arts force that can create war weapons to survive for so long?

If it were him, he would have already taken control of Yu Jian Villa!
But the buyer this time is different.

King Yan!

This Prince of Yan, named Zheng Zongzhao, was the fourth brother of the late emperor and the uncle of Emperor Zhengyong.

This man had competed with the previous emperor for the throne, but failed by a single mistake and the throne slipped from his hands.

However, because his mother was the empress at the time and knelt down to beg for mercy from the late emperor, his life was spared and he was allowed to go to his fiefdom.

Originally, he had been stripped of his military and political power and had to be confined in his fiefdom to retire and wait for death.

Who would have thought that at this moment he was taking advantage of the unrest in the six northern states to secretly cultivate his followers, purchase weapons and armor, and even try to win over many sects in the north.

King Yan...what is he going to do?
The letter in his hand was the evidence that Prince Yan had purchased a large number of weapons from Yu Jian Villa.

Among them, three thousand sets of iron armor, twenty thousand sets of leather armor, and one thousand crossbows made Zheng Yi look sideways.

Zheng Yi frowned and asked, "Who else knows about this?"

Xiao Guizi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, only you and I know about this matter. Even Commander Ma doesn't know."

"You may not have anyone under your command. I will give you 500,000 taels of silver and ask you to set up the East Factory. You can take my order and go to any department in the capital to recruit people."

"The main tasks are to monitor the officials, monitor the Royal Guards, and guard the arsenal!"

Xiao Guizi's eyes suddenly lit up, and she knelt down quickly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you for your trust! I will definitely be loyal to you. Even if Your Majesty wants me to die, I will never frown!"

Supervise all officials, supervise the Jinyiwei, and guard the arsenal!

As Zheng Yi's personal eunuch, Xiao Guizi certainly knew what these three rights represented.

Today's Jinyiwei has already become a major power institution in the Dayu court.

Its spies are almost spread throughout the capital.

Even if it was just what kind of underwear an official was wearing today, the Imperial Uniform Guard could find out.

All officials in the capital city were so terrified at the mention of the Imperial Guards.

As for guarding the arsenal, that is an extremely lucrative job.

Xiao Guizi knew very well what was in the arsenal, immortal treasures!

"Get up." Zheng Yi nodded with satisfaction: "I will give you a task. This is your first task in the East Factory. You must complete it!"

"promise!"

"You, send someone to Yandi to find out all the movements of the King of Yan."

Zheng Yi ordered: "Especially the prices of salt, iron and other materials in the city. If the prices are higher than usual, immediately contact the local garrison..."

"No, the King of Yan dared to secretly purchase a large number of weapons. It seems that the troops stationed in Yan have long been bribed and corrupted by him."

"Mobilize three gold medal priests from the Temple of Worship to go with you. If you find any unusual movement by the King of Yan, capture him immediately... and kill him on the spot!"

Xiao Guizi raised her head suddenly, then quickly lowered it and said, "Yes!"

"Wait a minute, it's still unstable..."

Zheng Yi called Xiao Guizi again and made a decision quickly.

"Let Elder Chen go. As long as there is evidence of treason, let Elder Chen personally kill the King of Yan!"

"promise!"

Although Zheng Yi has a lot of power at his disposal now, there is only one innate warrior, Chen Liancang.

Prince Xian is still a prince after all. Only a fool would ask him to carry out an assassination mission, especially one that targets his own royal brother.

If a vassal king committed a crime, even if it was treason, he would be brought to the capital for interrogation, and then the emperor would make the final decision.

This kind of order to directly choose to assassinate the vassal king is simply... unheard of!

But for Zheng Yi, these are not a problem at all.

He is not the real Emperor Yong, and the title of Imperial Uncle has no meaning to him.

All he wants is stability for Dayu!

What about King Yan?
I believe that if Old Chen takes action, as long as King Yan does not have any backup such as innate warriors or cultivators, they will surely die!
The next day.

Your Majesty has issued an order.

Wuzhou, Yujian Villa secretly stored weapons and armor, which was a crime of treason, and the entire family was executed!

At the same time, more than 3,000 former blacksmiths and swordsmiths from Yu Jian Villa were detained by the ferocious Jin Yi Wei from the villas, shops, weapon shops, and blacksmith shops under the name of Yu Jian Villa and taken to the capital, where they were demoted to official slaves.

The battle to destroy Yu Jian Villa also spread quickly throughout the entire Dayu martial arts world like a storm because of the participation of a large number of newly recruited martial artists who had defected to the Jinyiwei and the Gongfengyuan.

"Yujian Villa was razed to the ground by the Imperial Guards overnight!"

"I saw it with my own eyes! An immortal master took action and sent down endless thunder, which turned the entire Yujian Villa into rubble!"

"I saw it too! First, a dozen huge fairy boats flew over, and then there were countless thunderbolts..."

"More than 10,000 people in Yu Jian Villa were all blown into a pulp!"

"That thunder was extremely poisonous! I could smell it even though I was several miles away..."

"There is definitely an immortal master who has surrendered to the imperial court. Your Majesty has found a true immortal!"

“How terrifying…!”

Countless martial artists were discussing the battle that destroyed Yu Jian Villa, and many warriors secretly went to the original site of Yu Jian Villa to check it out.

What came into their sight was a hillside that had been bombed to pieces, with large holes everywhere and even the ground charred black.

This time, they really believed it.

And these more than 3,000 swordsmiths, blacksmiths, etc. were sent to the capital more than ten days later.

After consulting Emperor Zhengyong, an order was issued.

"All swordsmiths and blacksmiths at Yujian Villa will be demoted to official slaves and sent to the arsenal as slaves. Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy!"

The addition of more than 3,000 swordsmiths, blacksmiths and others greatly increased the speed at which the arsenal could produce gunpowder and thunderbolts.

Especially the metallurgical secrets. After studying them, Zhan Liang and his colleagues quickly mastered the advanced metallurgical technology.

Subsequently, new steel was developed, which greatly increased the manufacturing speed of the red cannon!
With the arrival of the Enke ceremony and the implementation of the selection of concubines for His Majesty, many people suddenly flocked into the capital.

This has greatly increased the security pressure in the entire capital.

Even the imperial guards sent some people to guard the city and maintain order in the capital.

Nanyue County.

In the wilderness, a team of horse-drawn carriages belonging to the Baiyue people were meandering towards the capital.

This is the team of the Baiyue people who presented their beautiful daughter, Yuechan.

As natives of Nanyue County and one of the ethnic minorities who took the initiative to surrender to Dayu, the Nanyue people had a very special status in the Dayu Dynasty.

Many ministers in the court looked down on them, but they had to win over the Baiyue people.

The beautiful girl Yuechan presented by the Baiyue tribe did not need to go through a preliminary audition. She could be sent directly to the palace after her identity was verified.

Their status is far higher than that of ordinary concubines, and their lowest rank after entering the palace will be Madam.

You may even be named a noble!

Inside the carriage, a little girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a lot of silver jewelry and looking like an elf, was lifting the curtains and looking outside with interest.

Next to her, there was another lively maid squatting.

"Sister, have we gotten out of South Vietnam yet? I'm so nervous!"

Yuechan smiled and said, "Of course not. The high priest has already promised me that I will be the woman of Emperor Dayu from now on!"

"Emperor Dayu..."

Maid Ani's eyes sparkled as she asked, "Isn't it that Emperor Dayu is handsome? Is he tall? Is he fair?"

"how could I know?"

"Also, I heard that Emperor Dayu will marry hundreds of women. He is even more powerful than the clan leader!"

"Humph!"

Yuechan snorted softly, "My man can only like me!"

"If it doesn't work, I will use the love poison to control him and make him love only me..."

"Love Gu? But, but he is the Emperor of Dayu. Didn't the old priest say that he must..."

"stop!"

Just then, there was a sound of horse hooves and a lot of shouting from the rear of the team.

Maid Ani immediately became excited, "It's General Xu! Sister, it's General Xu who's here to see you!"

He quickly stuck his head out and said, "General Xu! We are here, we are here~!"

Soon, a team of fully armed soldiers passed by the convoy and stopped it.

Leading the group was a burly man wearing dark armor.

The man was about twenty years old, with a calm look in his eyes and a faint scar on his cheek.

When he saw Yuechan's carriage, he said with fiery eyes: "Yuechan! Come out! I have something to tell you."

"General Xuanwu."

After a few breaths, Yuechan walked down the driveway and said, "I have been betrothed by the old priest to your Emperor Dayu. Please don't bother me anymore."

"The Emperor? How can that consumptive bastard be worthy of you?"

Xu Xuanwu said with fiery eyes: "Yuechan, promise to marry me, okay? I am willing to give everything for you!"

"As long as you nod, I will take you around the world immediately. I will take you wherever you want to go!"

"Aren't you afraid of your emperor?"

"emperor?"

Xu Xuanwu gritted his teeth and said, "As long as my father is here, the emperor can't do anything to me."

"Now the entire Great Yu Dynasty depends on my father. Who dares to stop me?!" Yuechan shook her head and pursed her lips and said, "General Xuanwu, you already have a wife and three concubines. I'm sorry that Yuechan cannot marry you."

"The person I want to marry is Emperor Dayu!"

"you……"

At this time, another group of soldiers caught up.

The leading man was none other than Shu Yue, the chief of the Baiyue tribe.

"General Xu! Why are you stopping my Baiyue carriage? Come back quickly, I still want to drink with you, hahahaha..."

"Shuyue..."

Xu Xuanwu gritted his teeth and said that without his father around, he was no match for Shu Yue.

After a struggle, he could only watch the carriage escorting Yuechan go farther and farther away.

I was so angry that my throat was about to burst, but there was nothing I could do.

"Emperor, Emperor's brother-in-law... What if I were the emperor?"

……

Inside the Qiankun Hall.

Zheng Yi sat cross-legged in front of a large tripod made entirely of precious jade.

The entire tripod is grayish white in color. It is more than one meter tall and about ten feet wide. It is very precious.

The moonlight in the courtyard fell like flowing water, illuminating the entire earth and Zheng Yi as if they were covered with a layer of moon-white frost.

Even the surface of the huge tripod seemed to be covered with frost.

This big tripod was presented by the Baiyue people in Nanyue County. It is named "Wu Yu Wang Ding" and is made of special local jade in Nanyue County. It has the effect of warming the blood.

This thing has another use in Nanyue County, which is to cultivate poisonous insects!

Placing poisonous insects in a container made of black jade can keep them active, restrain their breath, and achieve better cultivation effects.

As for Zheng Yi's Black Jade King Cauldron, it was presented to him by Shen Xing together with the Moonlight Gu.

At this moment, it became the best container for Zheng Yi to cultivate the Moonlight Gu, or should I say, the Blood Moon Gu!
Inside the Black Jade King Cauldron, there were more than a dozen Moonlight Gu entangled together, gnawing at each other and fighting each other, just to fight for a drop of blood essence that Zheng Yi had just dropped into the cauldron!

Cultivate Blood Moon Gu!

The previous moonlight insect mother had already given birth, and the first batch laid seventeen eggs.

According to the "Dongyun Spirit Insect Blood Sacrifice Method" and the Nanyue County's secret method of practicing Gu, the spiritual insects of the Gu type win by numbers.

However, there must be a queen insect, a king insect, or several leader-level spirit insects to command the insect swarm to attack.

What Zheng Yi is doing today is to cultivate the king insect in the insect swarm!
This method can not only cultivate the king insect, but also cultivate the ferocity and murderous intent of the spirit insects, making this group of moonlight insects even more ferocious.

"Squeak..."

"Hiss..."

Seventeen Moonlight Gu were fighting and devouring each other fiercely. They used their tiny mouths to bite their own kind and swallow them in big mouthfuls.

While fighting, they also squirmed towards the direction of Zheng Yi's essence and blood, rolling their bodies in the essence and blood, constantly absorbing the power of the essence and blood.

At the same time, rays of moonlight shone on them, slowly seeping into their bodies, healing their injuries and replenishing the essence of moonlight in their bodies.

Finally, after a fierce fight and devouring, only eleven of the seventeen Moonlight Gu survived.

The other six Moonlight Gu all became food for these eleven Moonlight Gu.

Their bodies became white and plump, just like a dozen silkworms about to make cocoons.

The difference is that there is a faint red thread on their bodies, revealing their differences.

Seeing this, Zheng Yi did not hesitate to drip out eleven more drops of blood, which fell on their bodies.

The power mixed with blood essence and moonlight essence was gradually absorbed by these eleven moonlight Gu.

Eleven drops of blood mean eleven years of life!

It is impossible for an ordinary cultivator to have such a great courage to cultivate the Moonlight Gu at the cost of his own lifespan.

"Squeak~"

Suddenly, one of the eleven poisonous insects let out a series of screams.

I saw it suddenly turned its head and bit its companion next to it, tearing it apart with big bites.

The companion who was being bitten also screamed, turned around and started biting the Moonlight Gu.

Seeing this, the other Moonlight Gu actually swam to other places and continued to absorb the essence of blood and moonlight.

"what?"

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up slightly, and he did not stop the Moonlight Gu, but looked at it with interest.

"The other Moonlight Gu have almost eaten enough, and have absorbed enough Moonlight Essence and Blood Essence. They will fall into a short 'digestion' state."

"This state makes them like a cat that has eaten a lot. They need to sleep for a while to digest the various energies in their bodies."

"Blood essence, moonlight essence, I didn't expect this moonlight Gu to have the time and physique to fight!"

"It seems that the potential of this Gu worm is very different. Maybe it is the same as the mother worm..."

After a while, the biting noises of the two poisonous insects finally stopped.

In the end, the bitten poisonous insect was directly swallowed up by this poisonous insect.

Along with the two drops of essence and blood, they were also absorbed by it.

The size of the entire insect is much larger than other ordinary moonlight Gu, and is as big as a cherry tomato.

Even through her moon-white body, she could clearly see the blood-red thread.

As for the other nine Moonlight Gu, they were obviously weaker than this Gu insect, both in size and blood-colored threads.

"Squeak~"

Suddenly, the Moonlight Gu raised its head slightly, opened its mouth, and spit out a moon blade as big as a fingernail.

With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the moon blade suddenly hit the edge of the Black Jade King Cauldron and cut off a fingernail-sized piece of black jade in one go!

"Good guy!"

Zheng Yi was also surprised. How could this Moonlight Gu master the Moon Blade attack so quickly?

In addition to normal biting attacks, the Moonlight Gu can also use the moonlight essence stored in its body to spit out moon blades.

The more moonlight you absorb, the more magic power contained in your body, and the more powerful the moon blade you shoot out will be!

"Zhizhizhi?"

Suddenly, a blood-red flying insect as big as a baby's fist crawled out from Zheng Yi's left shoulder.

This flying insect is like a moth, but it is blood red.

The moonlight shone on its body, and a layer of moon-white halo appeared on the surface.

Blood Moon Gu, the queen insect.

This is the first Moonlight Gu queen bred by Zheng Yi, and it has now grown to this stage.

He once did an experiment and found that the moon blade emitted by the Blood Moon Gu was blood red.

With one strike, it easily penetrated the three-inch thick steel!
If this kind of power hits a human, it is enough to kill a warrior in the innate realm!
As soon as the Blood Moon Gu queen appeared, the nine Moonlight Gu in the Black Jade King Cauldron immediately lay down obediently in it, with their heads pressed against the jade cauldron.

And the Moonlight Gu actually raised its head and stared at the Blood Moon Gu queen with its small eyes.

"Buzzing..."

The Blood Moon Gu queen spread her wings, almost turning into a phantom as she landed in the Black Jade King Cauldron, and with one claw she swatted the Moonlight Gu to the ground.

I gave birth to you!
How dare you glare at me?!
The Blood Moon Gu slapped the Moonlight Gu with its claws, scaring the Moonlight Gu so much that it kept squeaking and crawling around to avoid the old mother's claws.

Zheng Yi couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. Why did it feel like an old mother disciplining a naughty child?

"Don't kill it, I still have a use for it."

"Squeak, squeak, squeak...!"

What answered him was a series of screams from the Blood Moon Gu queen insects.

As soon as he thought about it, the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror appeared in his mind.

Lines of handwriting also appeared suddenly.

[Owner: Zheng Yi]

【Talent: Yin and Yang】

【Lifespan: 24/113】

[Kung Fu: The second level of "White Lotus Reincarnation Divine Art" (125/1000)]

[The third level of "Hundred Battles Blood Blade" (11225/100000)]

【Comprehensive Strength: First Class】

[Innate Spiritual Energy Progress (Level 5): 10/]

Because of the cultivation of Moonlight Gu, the lifespan is only 113 years left, and Zheng Yi's nervousness becomes more and more obvious.

"Over 90 years old, does that mean I can live another years? Too little!"

"I've only cultivated a dozen Moonlight Gu and they've already been consumed like this. What should I do next?"

"We still have to get the concubine into the palace as soon as possible!"

Zheng Yi's mind moved, and the Blood Moon Gu climbed onto his shoulder again.

His tone also turned cold: "Chong'er, I have a task for you."

"Go ahead, don't let me down."

"Buzzing..."

The Blood Moon Gu spread its wings as thin as a cicada's wing, quickly stood up, and almost turned into a beam of blood light and shot out.

And the direction it was flying towards was... the Cining Palace!

In addition to being able to launch moon blades to attack, the Blood Moon Gu also has the ability to absorb people's energy and intimidate them.

Since you don't want dignity, then I will give you dignity!
"Your Majesty~"

Liu Chengen walked in quickly and said, "Your Majesty, which lady's palace are you going to sleep in tonight?"

"Just go to...Bipin's place."

"By the way, I can also visit Concubine Zhen and Jie'er Yu'er."

The "White Lotus Reincarnation Divine Art" is only the second level, he needs to continue working hard to break through as soon as possible.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)