At the beginning of winter, the cold wind howled by, like a sharp knife raging in the void.
Half a month has passed since Emperor Chu left the Beast Emperor City. Now a group of people appeared outside Ziwei City, looking at the towering and impregnable city in front of them.
Emperor Chu was deeply touched. Everything seemed like a lifetime ago. Everything that happened in Ziwei City was still vivid in his mind. He led his soldiers from Ziwei City to today step by step.
Although Chu State can now compete with first- and second-grade empires and is included in the list of powerful countries, Emperor Chu has different feelings towards Ziwei City.
Ziwei City is the earliest foundation of the Chu Kingdom, so Emperor Chu will not let the Demon Sealing Cult poison the people in the city.
"Enter the city!"
Emperor Chu gave an order and flew the ink dragon under his crotch. He ran straight towards the Ziwei City with lightning speed. Behind him were Huanwen, Lu Miaozi, Cao Zhengchun, Zhang Liang, Jiang Shang and hundreds of god-slaying warriors.
Da da da~
Da da da~
Horse hooves shook the sky, rumbling echoed, and the group of people moved forward quickly, raising thousands of feet of smoke and dust, like a dragon entrenching the void.
A little while.
A group of people appeared at the foot of Ziwei City. Emperor Chu did not dismount his horse. He saw Cao Zhengchun slapping his horse forward with a token in his hand. The generals who defended the city were frightened and ordered the soldiers to stand on both sides.
Emperor Chu didn't like to make public, so he didn't ask them to kneel down and worship. He wanted to crush the Demon-Sealing Sect's conspiracy as soon as possible, so he picked up the reins, clapped his horses, and galloped into Ziwei City.
Looking at the back of Emperor Chu and his entourage leaving, under the city, a soldier guarding the city mysteriously came forward to the guard and said:
"General, who is it that just entered the city? It seems that they have a lot of background. General, I heard that Duke Di disappeared in the city. Could they be sent by His Majesty to investigate the matter?"
"Guard the city gate well, don't know too much, you may lose your life easily."
The guard knew the identity of Emperor Chu. In the past, he was a lieutenant under Bai Qi. Having met Emperor Chu once, the appearance of the emperor was imprinted in his mind.
After Cao Zhengchun showed the token just now, he just raised his head and glanced at Emperor Chu. He was still the same as before, but his power became more powerful and made people shudder.
The news that Di Renjie disappeared in Ziwei City is no longer a secret, and there are rumors that Di Renjie was devoured by locusts because he was a heinous person.
Therefore, of course the general knew about Di Renjie's disappearance, and being honored as a prince was enough to show that Emperor Chu valued him. Now that Emperor Chu personally came to investigate the case, the general who defended the city must be careful in his words and deeds.
Otherwise, misfortunes will come from your mouth, and you will die if you are not careful.
"The general knows, and I won't say anything more in the future."
The soldier felt the strong icy cold air on the opponent's body and smiled bitterly. After saluting with his fist, he turned around and left quickly, fearing that he could no longer control his mouth.
An hour later.
Emperor Chu and his entourage finally led their horses across the long street of Ziwei City and appeared outside the government office. Since entering Ziwei City, Emperor Chu deliberately slowed down in order to see how many members of the Demon Sealing Cult were hidden in the city.
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Along the way, Emperor Chu was not disappointed. On both sides of the long street, there were restaurants, teahouses, inns, and demon-sealing cultists everywhere.
Anyone who doesn't know will think that Ziwei City is the headquarters of the Demon Sealing Sect. A large part of the people in the city may have forgotten that they are citizens of the Chu Kingdom.
at this time.
The people who went to report the matter returned. Behind them, the three governors, Lu Hong, Li Yuanfang and Duan Tianya, came quickly on foot. When they saw Emperor Chu standing outside the government office, they were frightened and bowed to salute.
"Okay, no need to be polite, just follow me into the house and talk about Duke Di."
Emperor Chu's tone was full of anger. As the governor of Ziwei City, Lu Hong allowed the Demon Sealing Sect to do whatever they wanted without doing anything. Emperor Chu originally did not want to blame him for all this.
But just a moment ago, when Emperor Chu was checking Lu Hong's information, he discovered that he was definitely a Demon Sealing Cult. This was simply too ironic. As an official of the Chu State, he willingly degenerated and joined the Demon Sealing Cult.
The group of people followed closely behind Emperor Chu and walked quickly to the front hall of the government office. Emperor Chu sat down in the upper position with his sleeves rolled up, his eyes resting on Li Yuanfang:
"Yuanfang, tell me what's going on with Mr. Di. It's been half a month. Can you find any clues in the city?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Master Di disappeared twenty days ago. Afterwards, Wei Chen and Tianya led the Jinyi Guards to destroy more than ten hiding places of the Demon Sealing Cult in the city, but there was still no trace of Master Di."
"Furthermore, any demon-sealing believers who are captured alive would rather die than reveal any valuable information."
Li Yuanfang spoke, with a sad look on his brows. Emperor Chu was not surprised at all. He had seen this manipulation method of the Demon Sealing Cult many times.
However, for him, the Demon-Sealing Cult has no secrets in his eyes. Just like Lu Hong in front of him at this moment, Emperor Chu started searching for souls and learned from his memory the real hiding place of the Demon-Sealing Cult.
It is located in the Chen Mansion, the largest aristocratic family in the city.
The strongest aristocratic families in Ziwei City were originally some families related to Meng Ye. After the last rectification ordered by Emperor Chu, all the aristocratic families fell. The Chen family rose up strongly and became the largest aristocratic family in Ziwei City.
The Emperor of Chu did not expect that the Chen family, enjoying the protection of the Chu State, would secretly collude with the Demon Sealing Cult. How could such an ungrateful person be allowed to stay?
"Lu Hong, the Demon Sealing Sect is so rampant in Ziwei City. As the governor, don't you have anything to say?"
"Your Majesty, I am scared. The Demon Sealing Cult is acting strangely and behaves strangely, and the people in the city believe in it as a holy religion. I don't dare to use too strong methods, for fear that it will cause chaos among the people, which will be self-defeating."
Lu Hong seemed to be submissive and worried, but he was secretly happy in his heart, because with the arrival of Emperor Chu, their big plan could finally be implemented.
At the moment, Lu Hong was secretly thinking about how to deal with the matter half-heartedly, and then went to seek the real person's opinion on how to deal with Emperor Chu next.
But he never dreamed that Emperor Chu knew him so well that even the thoughts in his mind could not escape Emperor Chu's inspection.
"I finally understand what Lu Qing means. Ai Qing has always been thinking about the empire. You are really loyal!"
"However, I hate people who lie the most. Anyone who tries to destroy the people of Chu will be killed! Anyone who insults the people of Chu will be punished!"
"Aiqing used to bully the people, but now he is blatantly bullying the emperor. If I don't punish you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
"Zhengchun, cut off all the meridians in his body and take him with me to the Chen Mansion."
A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Chu's lips. He gave an order, and a tragic wailing sounded in the front hall. Cao Zhengchun easily reduced Lu Hong to a useless person.
"Your Majesty, why do you want to go to Chen Mansion?"
Jiang Shang was a little curious, how did Emperor Chu know that Lu Hong was deceiving the emperor, and why he went to the Chen Mansion. He always felt that Emperor Chu had a good idea of everything in the city.
But Emperor Chu led everyone here, how did he do it?
"Ziya, Lu Hong is just a small official, but he has a spiritual ring. If he hadn't been corrupt and perverted the law in the past, taking away people's wealth and anointing, it would be impossible for him to have a spiritual ring with his salary."
"Zhengchun, take off the spiritual ring and show it to Mr. Jiang!"
"List?"
Jiang Shang took the spiritual ring from Cao Zhengchun. It was just the lowest-level spiritual ring, but it was engraved with the word Chen. Emperor Chu learned from Lu Hong's mind that the reason why the Chen family could become the largest family in Ziwei City was
Just because they know how to refine weapons, this low-level spiritual ring came from the Chen family.
Whoosh!
Emperor Chu's mind was moved. Two letters appeared in the spiritual ring in Jiang Shang's hand. They were written by the head of the Chen family to Lu Hong. Emperor Chu had already checked the contents. They were Chen Bo's invitation to Lu Hong to join the Demon Sealing Sect. The other letter was
The content was to ask Lu Hong to take Di Renjie to the Chen Mansion.
"Your Majesty, you are very perceptive and have a sharp eye. All conspiracies are in vain in front of Your Majesty."
Jiang Shang browsed the two letters and admired Emperor Chu's keen observation. In less than a stick of incense, he found the hiding place of the Demon Sealing Sect in Ziwei City.
"Zhengchun, take Lu Hong with you, and everyone will set off with me to the Chen Mansion."
"Yuanfang, Tianya sent an order to all the imperial guards in the city to surround the Chen Mansion. Anyone who escapes from the Chen Mansion will be killed without mercy." (To be continued)