Even Zhu Youji's joy at receiving two pieces of good news in a row seemed to be slowly fading.
The Demon God of War continued to march, but this time at Zhu Youji's request, they did not speed up and chose to fight slowly and steadily.
Those cities that were conquered were gradually guarded by disciples from hundreds of schools of thought, and the pace of encroaching on the Qin Kingdom was moving steadily step by step.
In Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng was very anxious now, and once again called Zhao Gao in a hurry late at night.
Only this time, Zhao Gao did not come, and even the personal eunuch he sent out never came back.
Ying Zheng clearly has everything in the palace, but now he still feels very lonely!
"No, I can't wait any longer. Based on the current situation, something must have happened to Zhao Gao!!"
Ying Zheng couldn't bear it any longer, so he immediately got up and walked out.
Soon, he got up in his sedan chair and headed towards the Zhao Mansion, but when he looked at it from a distance, he frowned.
Because the Zhao Mansion is now full of flames, servants are in a hurry on the road, carrying buckets of water and rushing to put out the fire.
Ying Zheng was inside the sedan. After thinking about it, he continued to hide there and did not choose to show his face.
"Hurry up and ask for me, what happened?!"
Ying Zheng shouted impetuously, and the eunuch immediately trotted away quickly, and soon he started asking.
"To report to Your Majesty, it turns out that there was a fire in the Zhao Mansion late at night. Moreover, the fire was not big at first, but it happened to burn on the woodshed, so the fire got out of control."
After hearing these words, Ying Zheng couldn't help but frown, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
"I don't think this is an accident. I'm afraid someone set the fire deliberately!"
Although he was extremely angry in his heart, he was still a little solemn because he knew.
But what exactly happened in the Zhao Mansion? As long as his personal eunuch goes to find Zhao Gao, he will definitely put down what he is doing and come over.
But why this time...
At this moment, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Mansion.
With his eyes, he instantly saw several corpses whose bodies were burned to black charcoal and were hurriedly carried out.
It is normal to burn people to death in a fire, but the expressions of those servants were so nervous that Ying Zheng had some bad guesses.
"Hurry over and take a look, there must be an accident there!"
Ying Zheng urged and said that at this moment, he completely forgot about hiding his identity.
Because this thing is not necessary, if that thing really happens.
Because the sedan was a bit bulky, at the end of the day, Ying Zheng simply jumped off the sedan and ran over three steps as if they were two steps.
The servants on the road couldn't help coming at first because they were too anxious.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the speed at which they put out the fire is really a drop in the bucket.
However, under the firelight, the black clothes on Ying Zheng's body also turned a little red.
Many servants saw Ying Zheng and knelt down one after another, they were really scared.
Ying Zheng immediately shouted to them: "No need to salute, everyone put out the fire for me!"
Under the pressure of his identity, no matter how nervous people were, he still slowly found a way out.
Ying Zheng sped up, and after rushing over, he shouted to the people carrying the burnt corpse: "Come over here!"
Those people immediately ran over, all of them looking a little too nervous, and then placed the burned corpse on the ground.
"Who is the dead person?" Ying Zheng said with narrowed eyes.
These people, you look at me, I look at you.
Finally, someone finally plucked up the courage and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I guess it's Lord Zhao Gao."
Ying Zheng was stunned, and then felt that the whole world was spinning.
He no longer planned to confirm whether the body was real or not, and silently stood up and returned to the main hall.
It was only after returning to the main hall that he couldn't help but cry silently and murmured hoarsely to himself.
"Lao Gao, it was me who harmed you."
After saying that, he closed his eyes in pain.
In the East Emperor Taiyi Hall of the Yin Yang Family, Zhao Gao, who was supposed to be a burnt corpse, was lying in front of the East Emperor Taiyi at this moment.
However, it looks a bit miserable.
Because now he can be said to be completely bruised and there is not a single good spot on his body.
Not only that, there was a big bloody hole in his chest, where Donghuang Taiyi wore a mask and performed a strange ritual.
There were many candles placed around Zhao Gao, which looked very strange.
There was an unexpected person who was beating the gongs and drums. It was the first emperor who exuded the aura of corruption.
When the rhythm of the gongs and drums reached its highest point, and Donghuang Taiyi's dance became more and more weird, a ray of green light fell precisely on Zhao Gao.
Then, something slowly poked its head out from Zhao Gao's body. In the blink of an eye, it turned out to be a snake!
Seeing this scene, Donghuang Taiyi was still dancing, while the first emperor showed a smile.
"Donghuang Taiyi is really good. He actually uses people as nutrients to cultivate artifact embryos, and it looks like he has succeeded."
In his heart, he felt really surprised and quite happy.
After all, the artifact fragments are just fragments. Although they possess great power, the strength they exert comes at a huge cost.
In addition, it is necessary to collect all the artifact fragments in the world to complete the original appearance of the artifact.
There are many variables in this process.
Moreover, if the owner of the artifact fragments dies, no one will become their host again.
Then the artifact fragments will either disappear again and reappear in various places in the world.
Or he is reincarnated as an adult and is constantly searching for other artifact fragments subconsciously.
"The reason why I came to this world, to put it bluntly, is because of the artifact embryo. Only the artifact embryo can absorb power, swallow the fragments of the artifact in the world, and finally form a real artifact!"
Thinking of this, the first emperor couldn't help but become even more excited.
Because when he thought about what might happen, his whole body seemed to be burning with blood, and his whole body was full of strength.
Donghuang Taiyi didn't care about him now, and continued to dance with him, but the expression on his face became more and more solemn.
Zhao Gao's body lying on the ground deflated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the power of the artifact embryo became more and more powerful.
At this time, Zhao Gao began to beat the gongs and drums in his hands violently, sending the situation here to Donghuang Taiyi who was far away in another world.