SFS Chapter 601 You know nothing about her strength
Chapter 601 You know nothing about her strength
Jiang Shiliang subconsciously wanted to argue: "I..."
Xie Ying interrupted him before he could finish, "You actually feigned submission, tricked me into coming here, and then used the longevity Gu to attack me! What a shameless trick!"
Jiang Shiliang was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot. He defended himself with bloodshot teeth, "I... didn't... it was... the longevity Gu... that suddenly lost control..."
The longevity Gu suddenly emerged from his chest, causing him serious injuries. Song Xingzhou's shot then penetrated his stomach and the bullet entered his spine.
At this time, he could no longer sit up straight and could only lean limply on the dragon throne, trying to press the gunshot wound on his upper abdomen with his hand to reduce the bleeding.
However, even so, his time is running out.
Unless Xie Ying came to his rescue, or had someone perform surgery on him immediately, clean his abdominal cavity, remove the bullet, and suture his torn stomach.
Otherwise he will die soon.
But he is not only the emperor of Southern Xinjiang, but also the enemy of Song Xingzhou, so Xie Ying naturally will not save him.
As soon as she entered the hall, she deliberately activated her wood-related abilities to trigger the longevity Gu in Jiang Shiliang's body.
This thing likes to devour vitality. Once it senses the powerful vitality in her body, it naturally can't bear it.
Once the longevity Gu attacks her, Song Xingzhou will naturally have a reason to kill Jiang Shiliang.
As for Gao Taisheng...
This man was originally a beggar and almost froze to death on the street in winter.
Song Xingzhou's father felt sorry for him and arranged for someone to treat him, which saved his life.
At that time, Song's father was not called Changming, but Jiang Shixian.
He was the legitimate son of the Queen of Southern Xinjiang. He was made the Crown Prince at a young age and was taught to be kind and virtuous by the Grand Tutor.
He is just too saintly and doesn't understand the evil nature of human nature.
After waking up, Gao Taisheng said he wanted to repay his gratitude and became Jiang Shixian's bodyguard, and from then on he rose to prominence.
Later, he betrayed Jiang Shixian, colluded with Jiang Shiliang, framed Jiang Shixian, and made Jiang Shixian the deposed crown prince.
After Song Xingzhou's mother escaped with Jiang Shixian, Gao Taisheng followed the new saint to hunt them down, personally destroyed Jiang Shixian's appearance, and slit his throat.
He also set a fire to destroy the body.
Given Jiang Shixian's injuries at the time, it was almost impossible for him to survive.
But he was not destined to die. When he was injured, a strange man happened to be hiding nearby. He made a noise that scared away Gao Taisheng and others and saved Jiang Shixian.
At that time, Song Xingzhou's family was hiding in seclusion in the territory of Xia State. Gao Taisheng and others secretly entered Xia State to kill people. If they were caught by Xia State officers and soldiers, the consequences would be unimaginable.
That's why they left in a hurry after they were sure that Jiang Shixian was dead.
Song Xingzhou has always hidden this hatred in his heart, but Jiang Shiliang has become the emperor of Southern Xinjiang, and it is not easy for Song Xingzhou to take revenge.
So he kept waiting.
When the Xia Kingdom conquered the Yan Kingdom and its national strength continued to increase, he finally got the chance to take revenge!
As early as after the Xia Kingdom conquered the Yan Kingdom, it opened a trading post in a border city adjacent to the southern border.
It was said to be a mutual exchange of resources, but in fact it was to show the strength and good things of Xia Kingdom to southern Xinjiang.
In recent years, goods from the Xia Kingdom have continuously entered southern Xinjiang through the market. Not only have they been exchanged for ivory, spices and jade from southern Xinjiang, but the people of southern Xinjiang have also become more and more yearning for the Xia Kingdom.
Whether it is Xia's glass mirrors and rouge and powder, or silk, cotton cloth, porcelain and glassware, they are all in short supply in southern Xinjiang.
Bicycles, new horse-drawn carriages and chariots were even rarer treasures that only dignitaries and wealthy families could own.
Most people in southern Xinjiang can only envy.
Even the water pressure wells in the market are the envy of many people in southern Xinjiang.
The principle of the water pressure well is not complicated. Since the invention of rubber, Situ Yuan asked craftsmen to build a water pressure well.
But at the beginning there was too little rubber, and the water well needed a long water pipe to draw water from underground.
Therefore, the cost is constantly decreasing, but it is also a bit troublesome to build.
At the beginning, ordinary people could not afford it at all.
Xie Ying and Situ Yuan did not promote it, and only used it themselves and their close friends.
It was not until the conquest of Yan State that Situ Yuan was granted a fiefdom that he promoted pressurized water wells within the fiefdom.
At that time, Yang Tao had been in Hejian Prefecture for three years. Seeing that pressurized water wells were convenient to use, he paid for it out of his own pocket and built one hundred pressurized water wells for the people of Hejian Prefecture, which made the people love him very much.
Situ Yuan's success in governing his fiefdom also made Emperor Taihe determined to divide the land and distribute the tax burden according to the acreage.
However, after they conquered the State of Yan, they could more easily deal with the local corrupt officials and local tyrants, and distribute the land under their names to the people for cultivation.
But this cannot be done in summer.
After all, most of those local powerful people have officials in the court, so Emperor Taihe could not start a big war, otherwise it would easily cause a big chaos.
At that time, the Xia Kingdom had just taken over the Yan area, which was already unstable. Once there was chaos in the Xia area again, the Yan people would definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble.
Therefore, whether it was Emperor Taihe, Situ Yuan or Xie Ying, they all acted very cautiously.
Emperor Taihe first spent nearly four years to deal with corrupt officials and local tyrants in Yan in batches, and gradually distributed land to the people in Yan and distributed the land tax according to the acreage.
At the same time, schools were built to allow students from Yan to take the imperial examinations.
Four years later, the people of Yan were inclined towards Daxia and less likely to cause trouble, so the government began to implement the tax system in Xia, forcing wealthy households to pay taxes according to the amount of land they owned.
This move naturally caused an uproar in the world. The rich were dissatisfied, but the poor people secretly applauded.
In order to prevent these wealthy families from causing trouble, Emperor Taihe, at the suggestion of Situ Yuan, promulgated the Patent Law, established a Patent Office, publicized successfully applied for patent inventions, encouraged people to invent and apply for patents, and open factories.
If wealthy families wanted to open factories, they had to apply to local authorities first. There were also strict requirements for the location of the factories, which could not occupy arable land or destroy forests.
Those wealthy families were originally gnashing their teeth at the land-based tax system, but after seeing the many patents published by the Patent Office, they immediately gave up their resistance.
Those published patents include not only patents for firing glass and colored glaze, but also patents for making glass mirrors and perfumed dew. Each one is a goose that lays golden eggs!
However, the content disclosed is not complete. If you want to see the complete formula and process flow, you have to spend money to purchase the patent rights.
The wealthy families were naturally very excited, so they called their friends to discuss purchasing patents and opening factories.
However, when they went to the government to inquire, they found out that if they wanted to open a factory, they had to obtain approval from the government and were not allowed to occupy arable land.
The government also selected suitable wasteland for them to build factories, but in order to obtain the wasteland from the government, they had to exchange their farmland for it.
Some people were hesitant, while others resolutely changed land, bought patents and opened factories.
Once these people made a lot of money, the rest of the rich families naturally followed suit.
With the profits brought by the factory, these wealthy families naturally would not make trouble over that little land tax.
As more and more factories were built, commodity prices naturally went down.
As a result, even the poorest people benefited greatly. Not only were their land taxes lowered, but they could also work in factories and earn wages.
Many things, including pressurized water wells, bicycles and rickshaws, also became popular.
Rickshaws are rickshaws used to pull people on the streets, also known as Taiping cars. To distinguish them from private cars, the roofs are uniformly painted in a khaki color, making them more resistant to dirt.
Because of the existence of the market, the people of southern Xinjiang could hardly watch as the people of the neighboring Xia Kingdom lived better and better lives.
As the saying goes, people worry not about scarcity but inequality. We are all the same people, but our neighbors are getting richer and richer, while we continue to live a hard life of eating coarse grains and vegetables. Who can be willing to accept this?
In recent years, more and more people in southern Xinjiang have wanted to marry their daughters to the Xia Kingdom and become relatives with the Xia people.
The wealthy families in southern Xinjiang were also proud to marry women from the Xia Kingdom.
When Song Xingzhou saw this situation, he immediately realized that the time was ripe, so he specially found Xie Ying and proposed to attack southern Xinjiang.
Xie Ying naturally also wanted to take over Southern Xinjiang, but she couldn't do it without a legitimate reason.
Song Xingzhou then found evidence that people from Southern Xinjiang had secretly bribed and lured Xia State craftsmen, and Xia State used this as an excuse to declare war on Southern Xinjiang.
After the war broke out, they did not encounter much decent resistance and often encountered people from southern Xinjiang surrendering voluntarily.
They had only one condition, which was to incorporate Southern Xinjiang into the Xia Kingdom and live the same life as the people of the Xia Kingdom.
Song Xingzhou has been waiting for this opportunity for revenge for many years. Now that he is standing in front of his enemy, he naturally will not be polite to him anymore.
Xie Ying was also willing to help him.
She looked at Jiang Shiliang and Gao Taisheng coldly, then glanced at the other people from southern Xinjiang present. Seeing that their expressions were different, but they had no intention of stepping forward to protect the emperor, she couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, took out her whistle and blew it hard.
The sharp whistle sounded from far away in an instant.
Soon, two cries were heard outside.
Two golden eagles flew into the hall, circled fiercely in the sky, and stared straight at the people from southern Xinjiang in the hall.
Immediately afterwards, a black starling flew down from the golden eagle's back, cursing.
"Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Damn it! Damn it!"
While cursing, it looked at Jiang Shiliang with its black eyes, as if it was afraid that Jiang Shiliang didn't know it was scolding him.
Jiang Shiliang was so angry that he spat out blood again, but saw the starling flying straight towards Xie Ying.
Then, Xie Ying suddenly laughed sarcastically and handed the longevity Gu between her fingers to it.
"Eat."
Jiang Shiliang's face turned pale with fear, and he subconsciously stretched out his arm, trying to stop him: "Don't—"
But he could only watch helplessly as the foul-mouthed mynah bird grabbed the longevity Gu in one mouthful and swallowed it.
He was so angry that he yelled, "You're looking for death!"
This was actually said to the starling. The longevity Gu was extremely ferocious. How could a tiny starling be its opponent? It would only become its delicious meal!
Jiang Shiliang stared at the starling, waiting for it to scream and die.
Unexpectedly, the starling combed its fur proudly and started to taunt: "Silly!"
Not only did Jiang Shiliang fail to see the tragic death of the starling, he also felt a sudden sharp pain in his heart!
He immediately realized a terrible truth - his longevity Gu was dead!
"No—it's impossible—"
Jiang Shiliang screamed miserably!
He is now seriously injured, and only by getting the longevity Gu back can he recover from his injuries.
But now, his longevity Gu is dead!
What would he do in the future? Could the Saint give him a second Longevity Gu?
Jiang Shiliang knew that this was simply impossible!
The saint hid in the temple and refused his summons, making her position clear!
She refused to continue to obey him and wanted to join a new master!
but……
Jiang Shiliang looked at Xie Ying, and suddenly raised the corner of his mouth in a mocking manner, revealing a mouthful of blood-stained teeth with a ferocious smile.
This Princess Fu'an is obviously not a good person. She was able to catch the longevity Gu, so she probably has the ability to control the Gu worm!
That bitch Bai Ling wanted to surrender to the Xia Kingdom and continue her glorious life, but I'm afraid she has made a wrong calculation!
Thinking of this, Jiang Shiliang immediately said weakly, "The longevity Gu... was given to me by the Saint Maiden... I... I really didn't expect... it would suddenly attack Her Royal Highness... It must... must be... Saint Bai Ling who did something... trying... trying to harm Her Royal Highness..."
All the people from Southern Xinjiang present looked at Jiang Shiliang in surprise. They didn't expect that he would choose to frame the Saint of Southern Xinjiang at this time!
However, after everyone thought about it carefully, they felt that Jiang Shiliang should not dare to attack the Princess of Xia.
So, could it be that the sudden attack of the longevity Gu on Princess Fu'an just now was really done by Saint Bai Ling?
At this time, Jiang Shiliang continued, "The Longevity Gu... has always been cultivated by the Holy Temple. Its cultivation method is a secret of the Holy Temple. Even I, as the Emperor of Southern Border, cannot know it...
I... I never knew that longevity Gu needed to be fed by living people... And the temple's Gu maidens were not only good at raising Gu, but also at inflicting and removing Gu on people...
There are many miasma and poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang, and the people are often harmed and can only rely on the witches to save them. Therefore, the people in southern Xinjiang believe in these witches in the temple very much.
The current Saint of the Temple is named Bai Ling. She is not only ambitious but also extremely vicious. She must have a great conspiracy to attack Your Highness. Your Highness must be careful of this person!
In fact, Jiang Shiliang had long been very dissatisfied with the Temple, but he did not dare to take action.
This time, Saint Bai Ling refused his summons, which made him even more murderous.
If the longevity Gu had not suddenly rioted, he would have led Southern Xinjiang to submit to the Xia Kingdom. In the future, he would have needed the help of the Temple and would naturally not have fallen out with Bai Ling.
But as the longevity Gu suddenly erupted, he was seriously injured and on the verge of death. The only longevity Gu that could save him was eaten by a foul-mouthed mynah bird, and he died beyond redemption.
He had completely lost hope, so how could he let Bai Ling continue to be proud?
Since Bai Ling betrayed him first, don't blame him for retaliating!
If he dies, the entire temple will be buried with him!
And as for this Princess Fu'an, he wanted to see how this yellow-haired girl would end up!
If she lets go of the temple, how can she, Princess Fu'an, have any dignity left?
But if the temple is destroyed, the people of southern Xinjiang will definitely riot!
What should she do?
Jiang Shiliang's smile became more and more ferocious, and his eyes looking at Xie Ying were full of gloating.
Xie Ying glanced at him mockingly, then turned and left.
"The temple, right? I'll go take a look right away."
She strode out of the Golden Palace, jumped on her horse, and rode away.
The horseshoes stepped on the palace road, making a crisp sound.
Jiang Shiliang couldn't help but smile widely as he listened to the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.
Then he was suddenly stunned.
Jiang Shiliang looked at Song Xingzhou in confusion: "She is going to the temple, why don't you follow her?"
Song Xingzhou looked at him mockingly, "It seems you have no idea of Her Royal Highness's strength. How could the Southern Frontier Temple, a mere organization, be her match?"
Jiang Shiliang: “…”