Chapter 519 The Most Powerful Son

Huo Gannian stared at Yan Shijiu for a moment, then stood solemnly with his head bowed in silence, as a gesture of respect to this opponent whom he had used the longest and most ruthlessly.

The people at the door of the hall had been listening to everything inside the hall. Only when they heard that Yan Shijiu was silent and had no more conversation with Huo Gannian did they run in.

Duan Jie looked at Yan Shijiu's body, which was nailed to the dragon throne by seven arrows, and couldn't help grinning:

"Almost riddled with holes? It's just enough to quell this guy who started the Three Kingdoms War and killed so many people."

Fu Lin came over to report to Huo Gannian:

"Nan Lijun is missing. Someone saw Xiaoze taking her and fleeing towards the northeast. We don't know how she escaped. I have sent people to chase her. We will kill her and bring back her head."

Huo Gannian nodded. Zhuang Fengtian hugged his arms, touched his chin, and pondered:

"We have to hurry. Even though Nan Lijun is just a fool, as long as she's not dead, we'll be traitors without any legitimate reason! I think we should just announce it directly to the public and say that Nan Lijun is dead. How do you think that is?"

Duan Jie and Fu Lin put their arms around each other's shoulders and looked at each other, not agreeing:

"The news of the Tianwei Army entering the palace has already spread. Civil and military officials will soon be entering the palace. No one will believe it unless they see Nanli Jun's body with their own eyes."

Several people started discussing this topic, but Huo Gannian obviously didn't want to listen. He was more concerned about:

"How's Zhuang Ji doing?"

Zhuang Fengtian was interrupted from his thoughts and said "Hi!" carelessly, patting his chest and saying:

"Don't worry about my sister! She's just bringing the Black Sparrow Team to keep a close eye on your sweetheart and make sure Yun Chen doesn't leave the house! Zhuang Ji has done everything right over the years without any mistakes, so don't worry about this little thing of judging people! I just asked the messenger, and Zhuang Ji said that Yun Chen went to the palace to bid farewell to the emperor, and then returned to the Yan Mansion. Many people on the long street saw it, and everything is normal!"

After hearing this, Huo Gannian was obviously relieved and his expression looked much better.

Rong Yi was no less worried than Huo Gannian. Now that things had come to this, he quickly shouted "Rong Jiang!" outside the hall, calling everyone to gather together:

"Hurry up, hurry up! Get your confessions correct first. How are we going to explain the resurrection of the Tianwei Army and us? You guys dragged me into this whole scheme, and it makes me feel so uncomfortable. I feel so sorry for the boss! Everyone, please don't tell my boss anything! I'll chop off anyone who lets slip!"

"Get lost!" Rong Jiang came over and slapped Rong Yi on the back of the head. He signaled to Huo Gannian with his eyes and cursed: "What nonsense are you saying in front of General Huo! You are the lowest in rank now, so show some respect!" Then he said to everyone:

"We've discussed several versions of this before. I think they'll put the blame on me, saying that I was captured by the rebels when the granary was burned, and General Huo took the wrong body. The rebels captured me and sold me to Luojiang.

I discovered evidence of collusion between Yan Shijiu and Touman in Luojiang, and while General Huo was pacifying the northern border, I diligently contacted him. Then, I toiled away for two years, strategizing and planning everything, ultimately allowing General Huo and the Tianwei Army to feign death and escape, to kill the Black Scale Cavalry and save Kyoto.

After Rong Jiang finished speaking, everyone looked at him as if he was a fool:

"Why do you think you're smart enough to figure out Yan Shijiu's conspiracy? Will Yun Chen believe it?"

"Should I put all the blame on you, or should I give you all the credit? Hahahahaha!"

"You bastard, you're so ambitious! I'm reporting you! You want to be crowned king, right?"

"I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

"Hahahaha! These years of hardship in the snow and ice are unbelievable! You deserve to be crowned king!"

Everyone was arguing, making Rong Jiang blush. They started discussing how to continue to deceive Yun Chen with their testimony, but they could not reach a consensus.

Because everyone knew very well that Huo Gannian must have already made up a perfect excuse, and they only had to memorize the lines when the time came.

Thinking of Yun Chen, Rong Yi couldn't help but feel a little worried:

"I can lie and make up stories, but I can't lie about General Huo faking his own death and leaving the boss heartbroken. I have to confess. I can't even think about this one thing; the boss will be furious."

Fu Lin also frowned worriedly: "I'm afraid it's more than that."

Duan Jie seemed to be laughing at the joke and looked at Huo Gannian with a teasing look:

"This is what someone has to deal with, whether it's kneeling on a washboard or getting spanked, well, that's none of our business!"

"Hahahahahaha——" everyone laughed again.

In fact, it’s not just for Yun Chen, but more for the joy of victory.

All plans were realized, nothing was in vain, and nothing was missed.

Yan Shijiu is dead, and the Three Kingdoms are about to unify and welcome the new king. A bright future is waiting to embrace everyone, how can we not be happy!

Everyone was talking and laughing.

As he spoke, a huge black body quietly slipped in from the back hall. Fu Lin noticed it with his sharp eyes and shouted, "It's Yan Shijiu's snake!" He immediately stood in front of Huo Gannian with his sword, but he saw that the black python had no intention of attacking anyone.

It just swam to Yan Shijiu's body, kept circling around and looking at him, and finally opened its black hole-like snake mouth and bit Yan Shijiu's foot.

Seeing Yan Shijiu's legs being swallowed up bit by bit and his body being torn off the dragon throne bit by bit under the power of the huge python, everyone seemed a little disgusted.

Soon, the arrows broke one by one with a "crack", and A Ling swallowed Yan Shijiu's body and the broken arrows into his stomach.

Through the pitch-black snake skin, one could vaguely make out the shape of a person, slowly sliding towards the deep abdomen.

When he slid to a certain position, A Ling stopped moving and swayed his body lazily, as if he had finally eaten his favorite delicacy and was ready to start digesting it.

"I heard that snakes are cold-blooded and will eat whoever they love the most. Look at Yan Shijiu's snake, it's eating and pooping on him, it really loves him!"

After Zhuang Fengtian finished telling this hellish joke, the others all frowned in disgust:

"Shut up!"

Fu Lin squinted his eyes and looked at A Ling for a moment, then picked up the knife, walked over lightly, and swung the knife down like lightning. With a flash of cold light, he cut off the snake's head.

The docile python had no time to react, and its head was still spitting out its tongue when it rolled to the ground.

"Go find a dragon robe."

As soon as Fu Lin finished speaking, a soldier immediately ran to the side hall and brought Nan Lijun's dragon robe.

Fu Lin stuffed the robe into the broken snake cavity. The slippery sound and the blood made everyone feel nauseous and want to vomit.

When they saw Fu Lin stuffing the dragon robe and finally pulling out a conspicuous piece of the dragon robe, everyone immediately understood his intention.

Rong Jiang gave a thumbs-up repeatedly: "I understand! It's said that the python swallowed Nan Lijun! The corner of the clothes is the proof!"

"They're all civil servants, no one has the guts to open the snake's belly to find out." Duan Jie continued, "Besides, it would be too embarrassing to spread the news that the king of a country was swallowed by a snake, so they'll probably keep it a secret. After everyone has discussed it, and the snake fluid has almost corroded the human skin, we can open it up and bury it, who cares."

Rong Yi thought this was a good idea: "Although this move is risky, the chances of success are high!"

After everyone had discussed this, they suddenly realized that Huo Gannian seemed to have said little from beginning to end, so they asked whether Zhuang Ji was taking good care of Yun Chen.

Unlike everyone else who was happy, excited and chattering, Huo Gannian seemed to have a dark cloud between his brows, making him not happy at all.

Fu Lin saw the clue and asked, "What's wrong?"

Huo Gannian shook his head and said nothing.

Fu Lin and others were not in the hall just now, and did not hear clearly the last words of Yan Shijiu before his death.

Huo Gannian didn't want to say it out loud and tried hard to ignore it, but he just couldn't forget it.

"I still won one of your moves, the most powerful one."

Yan Shijiu's words, coupled with the strange smile he wore until his death, made Huo Gannian feel uneasy for no reason.

Just now, while everyone was talking, Huo Gannian quickly went over everything in his mind.

Every move he made was steady and accurate. No matter if he was pretending to lose but secretly laying a killing plan, or completely turning the game around at a critical moment, he could be sure that every move he made was correct and every step was a win.

So which move did Yan Shijiu win against him?

The more Huo Gannian thought about it, the more annoyed he became, the more panicked he became, and his expression became more and more solemn.

The other people in the hall soon noticed that something was wrong with him, and they gradually became quiet, not daring to make jokes anymore.

Huo Gannian kept thinking back, silently repeating Yan Shijiu's last words more than ten times, and suddenly remembered the previous sentence:

"From now on, every day you sit on this throne, you will think of this very day."

"Dragon Throne?" Huo Gannian unconsciously read out these two words, and everyone in the hall immediately looked over.

On the high platform of the Golden Throne, the heavy dragon throne was covered in blood, full of arrow holes, and was twisted and distorted when the black python swallowed the corpse.

Fortunately, the dragon throne was made of precious materials and was extremely sturdy, so it did not collapse.

It's just a chair, you can see it clearly at a glance, there is nothing around it, what mystery can it hide?

Huo Gannian couldn't figure it out, and felt like he couldn't feel at ease until he figured out the problem.

He stepped forward himself, walked to the dragon throne to check, walked around the throne several times, but couldn't see anything wrong.

Among the onlookers, Zhuang Fengtian thought Huo Gannian was thinking about ascending the throne. To break the strange silence, he smiled and said:

"Don't look at it anymore. I'll ask someone to make you a new one right away. It's as big as you want. You and Yunchen can even sleep on it!"

The others laughed softly, still not daring to make any loud noise.

Huo Gannian continued to shake his head, his eyebrows almost twisted into a knot.

Finally, he set his sights behind the dragon throne.

He took two steps back and looked at the wall, and was surprised to find that the back wall, which should have been solid, was actually a wooden partition, and it looked like it could be opened and could hide people?

As if he had glimpsed the edge of something extremely terrifying, Huo Gannian slowly reached out and opened the partition.

When Huo Gannian looked into Yun Chen's deadly cold eyes, he felt as if struck by lightning, and the blood in his body ran cold.

At that moment, he seemed to hear Yan Shijiu transform into an arrogant ghost, laughing shrilly in mid-air:

"This is the move I made to defeat you! The most powerful move!!"