Chapter 722: Capturing Lin Zhen
Inside the Southern Liang Palace, Liang Zhihuan had just finished a secret meeting.
After so many days of confrontation, negotiation, compromise and deal-making, he finally dealt with all the opposition forces.
Now no one would refuse him from taking action against Lin Zhen, not even if Lin Zhen was a hero.
Nanliang is his kingdom, and he is the only king here. No one else can compete with him.
"Shi Xiaomao, are you ready?"
"Everything is ready, Your Majesty. The 10,000 Realm King masters of the Royal Guards are all in place, and there are also seven immortal masters. These people are our confidants and are absolutely trustworthy. They will definitely not make the same mistakes as last time."
"Humph! That's great. What happened last time? Could it be that Lin Zhen has become so strong that he can kill the immortal warrior?"
"Your Majesty, this matter is really hard to say. The madman himself is a bit unreliable. I didn't expect him to succeed at the beginning, but I didn't expect him to die. Think about it carefully. The regional king of Lin Zhen District, no matter how talented he is, can never be the opponent of the immortal warrior."
Liang Zhihuan snorted coldly: "No matter what he is capable of, no one can save him this time. Even the Alchemist Guild cannot protect him. Let the people be prepared. After we announce Lin Zhen's crime, we will let them protest to the Alchemist Guild. Those alchemists are all from Nanliang. It is impossible for them to harbor Lin Zhen forever."
"Everything is ready, just waiting for your Majesty's order."
"Okay, I will issue an imperial decree right now to arrest Lin Zhen!"
Liang Zhihuan strode to the dragon table, picked up the pen and quickly wrote the imperial edict.
"The Southern Liang Emperor Liang Zhihuan issued an edict: There is a thief named Lin Zhen, also known as Huahua Taisui, who was originally a wanted criminal, but deceived his superiors and subordinates to sneak into the Alchemist Guild, committing numerous crimes and attracting the wrath of both humans and gods! The current crown prince and queen were both deceived by this man, and his crime is extremely heinous."
"Although this person won the first place in the God's Punishment Star, it is not enough to forgive his sins. The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. I now sentence Lin Zhen to be imprisoned in the water prison for a thousand years. He must be arrested and brought to justice immediately. No one may obstruct, otherwise it will be considered treason. I decree this!"
Bang~!
The emperor's imperial seal was stamped on it, and this strongly worded and murderous imperial edict was freshly issued.
Shi Xiaomao has forwarded the entire process to the dimensional universe.
Now the wind direction in the dimensional universe has changed. After the royal family's repeated efforts and guidance, the people who follow the crowd have gradually been brainwashed.
More and more people have accepted the fact that Lin Zhen is a bastard. Even if Nanliang achieves better results, it does not need such a scumbag.
Therefore, this video in which the emperor personally issued an edict announcing Lin Zhen's crimes was forwarded crazily in the dimensional universe.
The emperor personally judged Lin Zhen's crime, and this kid will never have a chance to turn things around in Southern Liang.
And after Liang Zhihuan issued the order, someone immediately announced that Lin Zhen was currently hiding in the Alchemist Guild.
After receiving this news, a large number of people took to the streets and began to head towards the Alchemist Guild.
In the past, the threshold for admission to the Alchemist Guild was even higher than that of the Imperial Palace. Only the rich or noble could come here. Ordinary people could not afford those expensive elixirs, let alone climb the alchemist ladder.
But today is different. With the emperor's order, everyone feels confident.
Groups of people came out of their homes and joined the demonstration, putting pressure on the Alchemist Guild to hand over the person unconditionally!
"Hand over the wanted criminal Lin Zhen!"
"What's so great about an alchemist? Alchemy skills cannot override the law, and cannot override the imperial power!"
"Nan Liang belongs to the Liang family, not your Alchemist Guild. Let him go!"
"Hiddening a wanted criminal is as bad as harboring a wanted criminal. If you don't let him go, we'll break down the door and come in!"
More and more people gathered in front of the guild, and the crowd was so large that there was no end in sight. Under the instigation of many people with ulterior motives, the emotions of these people were ignited.
There is no one in the Metaverse who is not a warrior. Regardless of their strength, they all have some ability. If a real fight breaks out, these people will also be a strong fighting force.
Those who came from the Alchemist Guild to buy elixirs had already been scared and hid aside, but gradually, many people who came to ask for elixirs also joined the demonstration.
When you were looking for medicinal materials just now, you alchemists were the bosses. Now they want to have a taste of being the bosses too! And it’s not just the common people here. Soon, the Royal Guards arrived.
The Royal Guards are very powerful, and every soldier in the Royal Guards is a powerful king.
And this time there are several leaders of immortal warriors. The highest commander among them is Shi Xiaomao's father, Shi Zhonglie, the previous chief of the guards, who is now in the immortal realm.
Shi Zhonglie, dressed in golden armor, stood in front of the Alchemist Guild and roared.
"President Nalan Chenxi! Vice President Dwayne! We are all fellow villagers, let's listen to the public opinion now! I hope you won't make things difficult for me. Lin Zhen has been arrested. If you don't want to make everyone unhappy, you'd better hand Lin Zhen over immediately. I'll give you three minutes!"
"If there's still no movement after three minutes, I'll bring people in to search!"
His roar immediately attracted countless people's applause, and many people even posted videos and took photos, expressing their relief that Nanliang had such a powerful army.
After Shi Zhonglie finished speaking, the soldiers of the Imperial Guards strung their bows and drew their swords. A murderous atmosphere rose in front of the Alchemist Guild.
Faced with such a scene, the Alchemist Guild finally opened its doors.
Nalan Chenxi walked out in an alchemist's robe.
"Captain Shi, what are you doing?"
"Hey, President Nalan, let's not pretend to be ignorant. I'm here to arrest the wanted criminal Lin Zhen. Is he in the guild now? Hand him over so that we can all live in peace. Otherwise, I, Old Shi, will not be polite."
Nalan Chenxi's face darkened: "If you dare to break in, I will order someone to kill you immediately!"
Shi Zhonglie also raised his eyebrows: "Yes! I know that the Alchemist Guild is very powerful, and Nanliang may not even take your guild seriously, but look behind me, there are millions of people here who support the arrest of Lin Zhen. Can you kill all these people and drive them away!"
"Support Captain Shi! Arrest Lin Zhen!"
"Support Captain Shi! Arrest Lin Zhen!"
Led by someone, countless people roared loudly, shaking the mountains and rivers.
Nalan Chenxi looked at the crowd of common people and finally let out a long sigh: "Shi Zhonglie, you don't have to go to so much trouble. I can tell you clearly that Lin Zhen is not in the guild at the moment."
"What? Where did he go? Our people have been monitoring him the whole time, and they definitely haven't seen Lin Zhen come out."
"Haha! What can you useless surveillance guys do? Lin Zhen comes and goes as he pleases. When you came over, Lin Zhen had already left."
After saying that, Nalan Chenxi directly released a video.
It turned out that when the people gathered just now, Lin Zhen disguised himself as a person buying medicine and blended into the crowd silently.
This video was deliberately recorded by Lin Zhen himself and then sent to Nalan Chenxi.
"He's not far! He's in the crowd!"
Someone shouted, and the people present looked at each other, trying to find Lin Zhen, but how could someone who deliberately hid be found so easily?
Shi Zhonglie was stunned for a moment and then shouted, "Notify all teleportation arrays to close and all monitoring equipment to turn on. Don't let Lin Zhen leave the capital, and don't let him sneak into the endless sea of stars. He is definitely still nearby!"
These things had been prepared long ago, and the teleportation array had even been closed for a few days, so there was no possibility for Lin Zhen to escape.
After giving the order, Shi Zhonglie immediately asked Liang Zhihuan what to do.
Soon he received orders from Liang Zhihuan.
Catch! A city-wide arrest!
According to Liang Zhihuan's order, Lin Zhen was extremely cunning and good at hiding. He required all the people in the city to act as soldiers and observe any suspicious people around them. As long as they reported any clues, the royal family would even give them a bonus.
Although Shi Zhonglie did not think that Lin Zhen could be captured in this way, he still passed the order on.
Since Lin Zhen had already left the guild, there was no need to keep so many people here, and the crowd began to disperse one after another.
Nalan Chenxi glanced at the departing crowd and sighed slightly.
"Brother Lin, you are too stubborn. It is not appropriate to confront the royal family under such circumstances. I hope everything goes well for you. I don't want to hear that you have been captured in a certain place."
********* "Has the message been conveyed?" Liang Zhihuan asked.
"Your Majesty, it has been reported that there are sentries and secret agents everywhere in the city. The people have also organized themselves and said that they must bring Lin Zhen to justice. Even if he hides in a rat hole, they will dig deep to find him!"
Liang Zhihuan nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Very good, this is the effect we want, to completely ruin his reputation. Even if he can hide for a while, there is no place for him in Nanliang anymore. He will leave sooner or later."
Shi Zhonglie was still a little unwilling: "What a pity, this guy is too cunning, he actually hid in the crowd beforehand and took advantage of the chaos to blend into the parade. I feel it will be difficult to catch him."
Liang Zhihuan sneered: "It's not that difficult. This bastard seduced the queen, but he never really succeeded. He will definitely not be so easily willing. As long as the queen is truly with me, I wonder if he can still resist!"
Liang Zhihuan gnashed his teeth and said, "You dare to cuckold me? I will give you one back now!"
Shi Zhonglie couldn't help but feel ashamed. The emperor was so angry that he was confused. That was your queen. Who could you cuckold?
Liang Zhihuan immediately asked, "How is the situation with the Queen?"
"Everything went well, Your Majesty. Aunt Tie has sent news. Thanks to her efforts, the Queen did not completely lose her memory. Her memory still stayed hundreds of years ago. She remembers Your Majesty and her master and fellow disciples, but she has even forgotten Huahua Taisui, let alone Lin Zhen."
"Oh! So good?"
"That's exactly right. Moreover, the people from the Tianqingye sect kept telling her what was happening. In her mind, Lin Zhen is already an unforgivable bastard who had deceived her. She lost her memory because of Lin Zhen."
This was also the strategy Liang Zhihuan had formulated. After all, many things could not be completely hidden from Ning Qingxuan, so the best way was to make the best of a bad situation and make Ning Qingxuan completely hate Lin Zhen.
After all, everyone is cursing Lin Zhen now, and Ning Qingxuan, who has lost her memory, can't help but believe it.
"That's good. When the queen's memory stabilizes, I will go and bring her back. I have waited for her for so many years, and she should give me something in return. I believe she is mentally prepared for this."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Liang Zhihuan looked out the window with a smug look in his eyes: "Lin Zhen, you still can't beat me after all!"
Even though I was drunk, I managed to hold on and didn't default on my homework today.
I saw a reader (please call me Ran Guoguo) said that he was getting married, so Heitu would like to wish him a happy wedding, a baby soon, a cook at home, a good-looking girl at work, a mean girl by his side, and someone far away who he misses! (End of this chapter)
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