Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 183 The Emperor hangs himself

Zhao Xiaolin and others defeated the Almighty Cult, killed the four guardians, drove away the Almighty Cult leader, and rescued the White Lotus Cult disciples.

The disciples gathered around Zhao Xiaolin. Zhao Xiaolin looked at everyone and asked, "Where is your deputy leader?"

When these disciples heard this, they shed tears.

It turns out that the deputy leader of the White Lotus Sect was seriously injured by the Almighty Sect and was still lying on the bed, unable to get up.

Zhao Xiaolin immediately asked her disciple to take her to see the deputy leader.

Everyone went up to the second floor and came to a remote house. This was a cave that had been transformed into a small house.

When she opened the door, she saw the deputy leader lying on the bed. When she saw everyone coming in, she thought something big had happened?

Yue Juan stepped forward and said: "Cult Leader, we defeated the Almighty Cult and killed all four of their protectors."

"Okay, okay..." the deputy leader said with difficulty, "We finally have our revenge."

The deputy leader wanted to sit up, but he didn't sit up after trying.

Yue Juan stepped forward and helped the deputy leader half-lying on the hospital bed. The deputy leader saw Zhao Xiaolin standing aside and thought it was the helper invited by Yue Juan.

Yue Juan promptly introduced: "This is the chief leader. He helped us defeat the Almighty Cult."

"Chief Leader?" The deputy leader was a little confused.

Yue Juan said: "The chief leader's mother-in-law has passed away. When she was dying, she passed the position of chief leader to chief leader Zhao. I escaped and was chased by the Almighty Cult. I was rescued by chief leader Zhao and came here again. Completely solved the Almighty Cult.”

After hearing this, the deputy leader said after a while: "I am not the leader. The leader of our sect has been missing for several months. I sent people to look for him, but there was no trace at all. I think the situation is very serious. I am just the acting leader. Affairs.”

The deputy leader said a few words, took a breath for a while, and then said: "The religion is in a big crisis. If the leader is here, he will definitely come back. Since he has not returned until now, on behalf of our religion, I respect you as the chief leader of our religion. "

The leader didn't reply, he was seriously injured, and he saw the ring on Zhao Xiaolin's finger that represented the identity of the chief leader. According to the current situation, he could only explain this.

The assistant cultivator struggled to get up to pay homage to Master Zhao. His body moved violently, and he felt a pain in his throat. With a "wow" sound, he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Zhao Xiaolin stepped forward, held her down, and said, "You are seriously injured. You must rest well."

"Thank you, Chief Master!"

The other disciples were grateful for the life-saving grace of Master Zhao, and witnessed her powerful "Thunder Palm" and "Sword Spitting Lotus" spells with their own eyes. They all knelt down on the ground willingly and shouted: "Master Zhao."

Zhao Xiaolin said: "Master's last words, although he asked me to be the chief leader, I still think that my ability is limited and I cannot lead the sect to flourish. I would like all sisters to give me more support in the future."

All the disciples knew that she was very capable, but her attitude was modest, and she was very happy in her heart.

The deputy leader who was lying on the bed said: "Chief Leader Zhao, I was seriously injured by the Almighty Cult. I really cannot lead this religion. I would like to ask the Chief Cult Leader to re-appoint the position of local leader."

Zhao Xiaolin said: "I'm new to this place and I'm not familiar with the situation. I'd better ask the leader to make the appointment."

The deputy leader said: "Then I'm not polite. The White Lotus Sect is suffering from this catastrophe and is riddled with holes. It needs someone to take charge. I recommend Yue Juan to take over. She is well versed in the teachings and treats people well. This disaster has , she was able to get out of trouble and ask the Chief Leader to rescue her, which is a great contribution to the local White Lotus Sect. I wonder if Chief Master Zhao agrees?"

Zhao Xiaolin said: "I came with Yue Juan all the way, and I think she is indeed qualified."

Yue Juan kept refusing, and the deputy leader gasped: "Don't refuse, do you think I can still get up? There has been no news from the leader for several months. If you don't take up this responsibility, we will let this sect from now on." Is the smoke gone?"

Seeing that the deputy leader said pitifully, Yue Juan could only nod in agreement.

The leader's matter has been resolved, and Zhao Xiaolin is happy to see that the disciples treat her with great respect.

Zhao Xiaolin said: "Master's last words were to unite all the White Lotus Sect in the world. As the saying goes, unity is powerful. Master has calculated that in five years, our White Lotus Sect will be prosperous."

The disciples of the White Lotus Sect were all excited after hearing this.

The female disciples in the sect were all persecuted by the Almighty Cult. As the new leader, Yue Juan led everyone to heal the injured, bury the dead disciples in the sect, and transport the dead disciples of the Almighty Cult to the mountains for burial.

It's been a busy few days. Zhao Xiaolin was greatly relieved to see that Yue Juan had handled the affairs of the church in an orderly manner when she took office.

Zhao Xiaolin and Yang Shucheng lived in the mountains for four or five days.

Zhao Xiaolin also wanted to unify the Saintess Cult in the western part of the Dabie Mountains, so she took Yue Juan to the deputy leader's room and told them the reason for her departure.

Seeing that the Chief Hierarch had important things to do, they couldn't force him to stay. They just asked the Chief Hierarch to stay for a few more days in a roundabout way so that they could explain the teachings of their religion again.

Zhao Xiaolin couldn't refuse, so she sat on the lotus altar, surrounded by all the disciples. She taught the "Lotus Sutra" of her religion and taught some magic spells.

Three or four days passed in this way.

Zhao Xiaolin was leaving with Yang Shucheng, and Yue Juan said she would send a few disciples to follow.

Zhao Xiaolin declined and asked them to strictly guard the mountain and not give others any opportunities.

The disciples of the White Lotus Sect kept escorting Zhao Xiaolin out of the Dabie Mountains, and then all the disciples reluctantly returned to the mountain.

Zhao Xiaolin and Yang Shucheng are now standing in the south of Dabie Mountain. Prepare to walk westward along the Dabie Mountains.

In just ten days in the mountain, earth-shaking changes have already taken place outside the mountain.

Li Zicheng, Emperor of Dashun, led an army of hundreds of thousands, starting from Xi'an, crossing the Yellow River, rushing through Shanxi, arriving at Hebei, and set off towards the capital. Along the way, the army was losing ground, and the army was retreating steadily, and they were about to invade the capital soon.

Zhang Xianzhong, the "King of the Great West" who occupied Wuchang, saw that Li Zicheng was about to invade the capital. He was not convinced. He also rebelled against the king on the 18th Route. Now that Li Zicheng was going to be the emperor of the world, seeing that he was in the limelight, he could not compete with him.

Zhang Xianzhong thought about it and didn't want to fall under Li Zicheng, so he decided to go to the west and find a good place made in heaven to become an emperor and live out the experience of being an emperor.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong's troops left Wuchang more than 20 days ago and headed west.

When Zuo Liangyu, who was besieging Zhang Xianzhong, saw Zhang Xianzhong evacuating on his own initiative, he thought it was a fraud and did not dare to send troops to pursue him. Now that it was discovered that Zhang Xianzhong's army was far away from Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu hurriedly wrote to the court, saying that he had beaten Zhang Xianzhong away.

But before his memorial was sent to the capital, the capital had been captured by Li Zicheng.

Emperor Chongzhen heard the news in the palace and hurriedly asked people to ring the court bell, but there was not a single eunuch left, and they had all fled long ago.

The emperor had no choice but to ring the bell at home, making the mountain ring loudly. For a long time, not even a single minister came to court. They were all busy welcoming the new emperor Li Zicheng.

The emperor was really alone. He had no choice but to walk out of the palace and outside the North Palace Gate. There was no one on the royal road.

The emperor walked to Meishan Mountain and looked from a high distance to see the roar of cannons outside the city. Now that the imperial city was magnificent, it was no longer his, and he had to give it up even if he couldn't bear it. The emperor thought for a while and finally hanged himself.