The young master of the Hidden Island, Fang Qingyi, was in a state of panic!
After years of corruption, the Raging Wave Kingdom's provinces, counties, and feudal vassal territories all paid a huge discount in taxes to the royal family, and they were not able to collect it all.
This was inevitable. When the authority of the central government was weakened, the local forces would become arrogant.
Especially in the last two years, because of the rise of Søren, Zhi Li had to rely on the nobles and feudal vassals, and the local forces became even more arrogant.
Many industries belonging to the royal family were infiltrated by the Yinyuan Association, and became hotbeds of corruption among the nobles and officials.
In normal times, the kingdom's annual taxes and income from the kingdom's industries were about 2.6 million gold coins. But now, how much revenue was actually turned over to the royal family? Only the heavens would know.
Therefore, the kingdom's monthly operating expenses were all borrowed from King City's Gold Bank by Zhi Li's signature, and King City's Gold Bank borrowed from the Yinyuan Association.
From Fang Qingyi's point of view, as long as he cut off the Raging Wave Kingdom's money supply, Søren should compromise.
However, Søren did not compromise.
Then, Fang Qingyi threatened to reveal the truth of the kingdom's huge deficit, causing this volcano to explode.
Søren still did not compromise.
Now, the gold coin reserves in King City's Gold Bank had disappeared. From Fang Qingyi's point of view, this was a fatal blow to Søren.
The gold coins in King City's Gold Bank were undoubtedly Søren's biggest source of confidence.
Once these gold coins were lost, no matter how capable he was, he would not be able to save the situation. He could only wait for the court to collapse, and the kingdom's order to collapse.
Just like the late Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty's wealth added up to more than a billion taels of silver.
But at the critical moment, Emperor Chong Zhen could not even take out a few million taels of silver, and could only watch as the great Ming Dynasty collapsed and perished.
And now, the financial situation that Søren faced was worse than Emperor Chong Zhen's.
Chong Zhen only had no money, but Søren had to face a deficit of nearly 20 million gold coins, more than ten years of the kingdom's taxes.
Unexpectedly, Søren still did not compromise. Anyway, he sent the Imperial Guards to wipe out the Yinyuan Association and started a massacre.
How dare he? How dare he?
The Hidden Element Association was the true territory of the Hidden Island. It was recognized by the Raging Wave Kingdom and the entire human kingdom.
Next, Fang Qingyi had no choice but to face a situation.
What should he do? What should he do when faced with a completely crazy Søren?
He had already played all the cards in his hand. Detonating the kingdom's economic crisis and causing the gold coin reserves in the capital's treasury to disappear was already a trump card. There was no way he could have a bigger one.
He no longer had any cards to play, and Søren still refused to surrender. What should he do?
Of course, Fang Qingyi absolutely did not believe that Søren could save the situation at hand.
However, to allow the Raging Wave Kingdom to completely collapse and destroy Order?
That meant that the Hidden Island's previous efforts were all for naught.
What the Hidden Island wanted was a complete Nu Lang colony, a complete country that could continuously produce benefits.
A completely chaotic Raging Wave Kingdom was not in line with the interests of the Hidden Island.
Once the situation developed to this point, it meant that the Hidden Island's strategy had completely failed. The astronomical price they had paid before was all for naught.
As for him, the young master of the Hidden Island who had just been promoted, he could only step down in dejection.
The Hidden Island was backed by the Dragon Temple and controlled nearly half of the human kingdom's gold coinage and gold coin reserves. It also controlled the human kingdom's economic lifeline through the Hidden Element Association. Of course, it was prestigious and looked down on the world.
However …
If they wanted to be truly powerful, it was not enough for the Hidden Island to have money in their hands. They also needed an army and a truly powerful force.
Therefore, the Hidden Island needed a puppet country, a real colonial country.
The Norland Kingdom was too remote, the Western Liang Kingdom was too poor, the Yan Empire was too powerful, and the Dongli Kingdom was too powerful.
In the end, the Hidden Island chose the Raging Wave Kingdom.
It was a new country with a relatively fragile order. Its position in the human kingdom was not stable, but it was still very powerful.
In order to colonize the Raging Wave Kingdom, the Hidden Island had put in decades of effort.
…
Thirty years ago, the king at that time was still his father. He was a wise and ruthless monarch, and the Hidden Island did not have many opportunities to take advantage of.
Therefore, the Hidden Island chose another person, and that was the prince of the Raging Wave Kingdom, Bolan.
Like the princes of other kingdoms, Bolan went to the Yanjing Temple to study when he was a teenager.
The people of the Dragon Temple and the Hidden Island tried their best to brainwash Bolan, instilling him with some very "advanced" ideas.
After Crown Prince Bolan returned to the Raging Wave Kingdom, the previous king gave him full power to let Bolan do his best to prepare for his future ascension to the throne.
In the eyes of the previous king, the crown prince should not be afraid of making mistakes, but afraid of not doing things.
With the Hidden Continent's astronomical investment of gold coins, Crown Prince Ling Lan's political achievements were incomparably glorious. The Northwest Administrative Province that he governed was originally a bitterly cold land, but the taxes that he paid every year were actually higher than the Southeast Administrative Province and the Nujiang Province.
Not only that, in the eyes of the officials, nobles, and princes, Crown Prince Bolan was simply the embodiment of perfection.
Tolerant, cultured, and benevolent!
As long as one joined the Crown Prince Bolan's side, wealth and fame would be endless.
In just a few years, Crown Prince Bolan's reputation was like the sun in the sky. He was completely praised by the people as a king, and his illustrious reputation even surpassed that of the previous king.
Not only that, even the other princes worshipped Crown Prince Bolan, because they could obtain great benefits from Bolan.
At that time, Bolan was just a frivolous prince, wandering around with Count Zoro. A big bird roamed the world, sleeping wherever he went.
When the whole world said that a person was good, it was extremely abnormal.
Governing the world was not like treating people to a meal, one would definitely offend people, and even many people.
Of course, the previous king realized the danger, and also sent Black Ice Mansion to investigate Crown Prince Bolan, and found out about the Hidden Island and the Hidden Yuan Association behind him.
The previous king was a very wise man, and immediately smelled the great conspiracy and danger behind it.
He immediately warned Crown Prince Bolan, and ordered him to immediately draw a clear line between him and the Hidden Island faction.
Crown Prince Bolan thought that his father was jealous of him, and continued to do as he pleased.
The Hidden Island faction felt that the time had come, and thus set up a trap to murder the previous king, in an attempt to let Crown Prince Bolan ascend the throne in advance.
The assassination attempt on the Hidden Island failed, and the previous king was only injured.
Regardless of whether this assassination attempt was a plot by Crown Prince Bolan, the previous king knew that he had no other choice. At this time, he had to be decisive, or else the consequences would be unimaginable.
Thus, he immediately gathered Bolan and returned to Royal City! Then, he would kill Crown Prince Bolan's faction, and uproot them!
The death of Crown Prince Bolan was a huge matter in the Raging Wave Kingdom, and it still had a far-reaching impact.
However, this upheaval only lasted for a few days from beginning to end.
First, Count Sauron escorted Bolan back to Royal City, and along the way, he was ambushed three times. Moreover, the assassins were all princes under Crown Prince Bolan.
Under the previous king's orders, Bolan began to exterminate Crown Prince Bolan's faction.
During those few days, the entire Royal City was in a state of panic, and heads were rolling on the ground. Two of the princes' heads were personally chopped off by Bolan.
Duke Si Wei and Duke Ling Ting were young, so they were not implicated.
As for Crown Prince Bolan's entire family, the previous king personally sent Eunuch Gao Ting to lead the imperial guards to exterminate them.
Eunuch Gao Ting was Gao Yin's adoptive father, and he had personally chopped off the heads of Crown Prince Bolan and his wife.
As for the siblings Zhi Li and Zhi Ning, Gao Ting had let them off in a moment of soft-heartedness, and did not kill them all.
When Li Chenglian escaped with Zhi Li and his sister, Gao Ting pretended not to see them.
After Eunuch Gao Ting reported to the previous king, he immediately chose to commit suicide by poison. From his point of view, even if Bolan had betrayed the king, he was still his master. If he killed his master, there was no reason for him to live.
After Crown Prince Bolan's death, the previous king was exhausted. First, he appointed Bolan as the crown prince, and a few days later, he abdicated the throne and went into seclusion.
Thus, Bolan suddenly became the king!
From the first day he became the king, he was destined to stand against the feudal princes and nobles.
Now, more than 20 years had passed, but Bolan was still infamous, and conspiracy theories were spreading all over the world.
They said that in order to ascend the throne, he killed the crown prince, killed his own brother, and even poisoned the previous king. He was insane and had committed heinous crimes!
However, Crown Prince Bolan was killed under the orders of the previous king. As for the other two princes, they were also killed under the orders of the previous king.
However, the previous king could not bear the infamy of killing his son, so Bolan could only bear the infamy of killing his brother.
Crown Prince Bolan's reputation in the Raging Wave Kingdom was still like a white lotus flower. He was like a living saint, but in the end, he was killed by Bolan. The heavens were really blind.
As for Bolan, he became a treacherous and despicable king.
A foolish traitor was treated as a saint, but the true protector of the country was treated as a traitor.
This world was so ridiculous sometimes.
Fortunately, Bolan was very carefree. If you think I killed him, then just treat it as I did.
Unlike the Qing Emperor Yongzheng, who was infamous for offending the gentry of the world. This Yongzheng Emperor was a little narrow-minded. He was so angry that he wrote a book called "The Great Righteousness Mystique" to defend himself. In the end, it was useless. This was a battle of interests, not a battle of reputation!
…
Twenty years ago, Crown Prince Bolan died and Bolan ascended to the throne. This meant that the Hidden Island's plan to colonize the Raging Wave Kingdom had temporarily failed. Therefore, they could only lay low and start to set their sights on the next generation, which was Zhi Li.
Now, Zhi Li was defeated by Søren.
Could it be that this time, the Hidden Island's colonization plan was going to fail completely?
For this plan, the Hidden Island had spent more than thirty years, the effort of two generations.
Moreover, even if the Hidden Island could afford to delay, Fang Qingyi could not. The failure of the Raging Wave Colony Strategy meant the complete end of his political life.
Gritting his teeth, Fang Qingyi went to Holy Priest Geli's castle.
"Your Excellency Holy Priest, Søren has gone mad. He would rather the Raging Wave Kingdom completely collapse than compromise with us." Fang Qingyi said, "So, is it possible to send the Temple Legion to kill Søren?"
Holy Priest Geli said in shock, "You mean, the Temple Legion will directly go to war with the Raging Wave Kingdom?"
…
King's City Gold Headquarters!
A griffin landed quickly, and a Shadow Pavilion Warrior knelt down and said, "Your Excellency, Princess of Elf Continent Wan Wan led assassins to attack the Princess Residence, but was stopped by Castellan Ashita Liren and Madam Fang Qingzhuo. The enemy was almost completely wiped out, but the demoness Wan Wan successfully escaped."
Søren was shocked, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What else?"
The Shadow Pavilion Warrior said, "Castellan Ashita Liren's body is covered in frost, and she is unconscious. Her fate is unknown. Madam Fang Qingzhuo was wounded by a sword, and because the enemy's sword was poisoned, she is unconscious as well! "
Instantly, Søren's hatred for the demoness Wan Wan reached its peak!
He had no choice but to let Jung Yeon go to the Heavenly Prison to interrogate Finance Minister Solf, and he knew that this would put the Princess Residence in danger.
But he felt that it was too sudden, and Fang Qingyi could not find enough experts to attack the Princess Residence.
Moreover, Princess Jung Yeon had immediately arranged for thousands of troops, and dozens of Shadow Pavilion Warriors to be stationed in the Princess Residence. The defense was already impenetrable.
He did not expect Fang Qingyi to find the demoness Wan Wan, and this bitch really went to attack the Princess Residence.
Fortunately, Ashita Liren's martial arts were heaven-defying, or the consequences would be unimaginable.
But it was clear that she had once again suffered the backlash of the Yin Dragon Meridian, and every time it happened, she was one step closer to death.
Søren ordered, "Send five thousand imperial guards to guard the Golden Castle, and do not let anyone enter."
"Yes!" Heining said curiously.
"Hahaha …" Fang Zeming laughed loudly and said, "Søren, you have exhausted all your tricks. Go and kneel to my Young Master and beg for mercy!"
Søren said coldly, "Peel off all his skin, and then I will personally give it to Fang Qingyi!"
As soon as he said this, Fang Zeming's expression changed, and he said hoarsely, "Søren, you dare, you dare …"
Two Shadow Pavilion Warriors stepped forward and pressed him to the ground.
A eunuch stepped forward with a small knife and gently cut open Fang Zeming's ankle.
Like a butcher dismembering an ox, this eunuch was extremely skilled, and he peeled off the skin of Fang Zeming, the head shopkeeper of the Golden Castle.
"Ah … Ah … Ah …" This member of the Hidden Island's direct line of descent let out an extremely shrill scream.
Søren rode on the griffin, and under the protection of Zhuang Zhixuan and more than ten Shadow Pavilion Warriors, he quickly returned to the Princess Residence on the griffin.
…
After returning to the Princess Residence, in the secret underground chamber, Søren saw two unconscious beauties.
One was the peerless beauty Ashita Liren, who was shrouded in frost.
The other was the gentle and virtuous Fang Qingzhuo.
He was faced with a choice: to save Fang Qingzhuo first, or to save Ashita Liren first.
After a slight hesitation, Søren decided to save Fang Qingzhuo first, because saving Ashita Liren would take a long time, and even his own life would be in danger.
Therefore, it was easy first, but difficult later!
Moreover, at this time, Fang Qingzhuo's breathing was very weak, like she would stop breathing at any time.
At this time, in the secret chamber, Jung Yeon and Zhi Ning were both inside. Princess Jung Yeon had already returned from the Imperial Prison, and Zhi Ning was holding Fang Qingzhuo's hand tightly.
"Husband, Sauve has already confessed. There is indeed such an account book," Princess Jung Yeon said. "Of course, perhaps this account book is useless now."
Because the gold coin reserves of the Golden Castle had disappeared, the account book in Sauve's hands was indeed meaningless.
"Yan, go up and protect me. Don't let anyone get close," Søren said.
Princess Jung Yeon nodded and walked up.
"Zhi Ning, go out too," Søren said.
Princess Zhi Ning hesitated for a moment, then nodded and walked out.
"I beg you, you must save sister-in-law," Zhi Ning said in a sobbing voice, "We owe her, we won't be able to repay her for the rest of our lives."
"I will," Søren said.
Zhi Ning walked out of the secret chamber while looking back three times.
The only people in the secret chamber were Søren and the two unconscious women.
Søren took out a dagger and made a small cut on Fang Qingzhuo's wrist, then made a small cut on his own hand.
Their blood mixed together. Eros followed the blood vessels and entered Fang Qingzhuo's body, then began to examine her entire body.
"Eros, how is it?" Søren asked.
Eros replied, "It's a very strange poison. It doesn't circulate throughout the entire body, only lingering around the heart, constantly devouring life force"
Søren said, "Then can you devour this poison and suck it out from Fang Qingzhuo's body?"
"You can't!" Eros said, "This poison is very strange. If I devour it, it will pass through your body and also devour your life force"
Søren asked, "Then what do we do?"
Eros said, "Make a small cut on her heart, I'll expel this poison bit by bit"
Søren was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Taking a deep breath, he directly untied Fang Qingzhuo's clothes, revealing her snow-white chest.
Then Søren took out a golden needle and pierced it into Fang Qingzhuo's heart.
After that, he gently flipped Fang Qingzhuo's delicate body, making her lie on her side. This way, when Eros expelled the poison, it would flow out of her body through the golden needle.
"Make another cut on her chest, because that place is closer to the heart, I'll expel the poison more efficiently" Eros said.
Søren was stunned for a moment, then made another cut on Fang Qingzhuo's chest. Bright red blood flowed out.
Then he pressed his finger on the wound on Fang Qingzhuo's chest, letting their blood mix together.
Eros's energy tentacles once again entered Fang Qingzhuo's heart through the blood.
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