The head of the guards couldn't understand it at all. His voice trembled as he replied, "Your Majesty..."
"The imperial physician, the imperial physician was killed by Zhou Cheng this morning."
"I swear that all the secret guards have been diligently monitoring the Zhou family. In the past month, neither the Zhou family members nor Zhou Cheng have made any unusual moves. Apart from having the guards practice with crossbows, nothing else has happened."
"Those terrifying weapons, I really don't know where they came from."
“The Zhou family’s property was looted completely, not even a single copper coin was left. But I really didn’t see anyone carrying the valuables. It’s as if these things appeared and disappeared out of thin air.”
"Your Majesty, we beg Your Majesty to make the wise decision!"
Emperor Yan was furious.
He felt terrible, as if something very important had suddenly slipped out of his control, and what was most frightening was that he didn't even know when it started.
This sense of unease grew stronger and stronger.
Emperor Yan suddenly drew his longsword and plunged it into the heart of the chief of the secret guards, saying in an icy tone, "You know nothing, so what use are you to me! Useless trash!"
Blood splattered everywhere, startling the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the warden into trembling.
The ministers' hearts stopped. They took a deep breath to calm themselves and stepped forward, whispering, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to dwell on mistakes. Zhou Cheng has already fled the capital..."
"What should we do? With Zhou Cheng gone from the capital, Zhou Zhenguang will lose his threat and leverage. He might really rebel!"
"Even now, we still don't understand where Zhou Cheng's weapons came from, how many there are, or how powerful they are. If we rashly send troops to pursue and kill him, we fear that we may never return."
“............”
Emperor Yan's brows twitched rapidly, and his entire body was filled with a chilling aura.
Suddenly,
Emperor Yan narrowed his eyes, which were flashing with cold light and greed, and sneered, "I thought he was just a good-for-nothing playboy, but I didn't expect that he had hidden his talents and deceived everyone."
"It was my oversight that I misjudged him!"
"Immediately dispatch a team to Lituo County to intercept Zhou Cheng. We don't care about the lives of the Zhou family members, but we must obtain the weapon in his possession that can intimidate thousands of troops!"
"Such a treasure is probably beyond Zhou Cheng's ability to protect! It should be presented to me. If I possess this, I will surely be able to unify the world!"
Where is the Lin family girl?
The minister quickly replied, "Your Majesty, we have already returned to the Lin family."
"Order that the Lin family daughter and the Cheng family daughter enter the palace immediately. Both of them have considerable connections with Zhou Cheng, especially the Lin family daughter. I don't believe they don't know anything about the inside story."
"What should we do with Zhou Zhenguang? Deputy General Zhang, please advise..."
After the initial shock and fear subsided, Emperor Yan calmed down.
That insatiable desire for power resurfaced.
He had also dreamed of unifying the world and becoming the emperor of the entire Central Plains, but he also knew that if Zhou Zhenguang hadn't fought desperately outside, he wouldn't have been able to defend even the poorly situated Yan Kingdom.
However--
Zhou Cheng's appearance ignited the fantasies hidden deep within Emperor Yan's bones.
He thought, since that weapon is so powerful, why can't I take it and use it for myself?
With this in mind, Emperor Yan was no longer flustered.
A surge of boundless pride welled up within him, and with narrowed, dangerous hawk-like eyes, he asked, "Zhou Zhenguang?"
"Winter is coming soon. He has no food, no warhorses, and no supplies. He is not a threat. War is costly and exhausting. Even if I don't lose a single soldier, he and his 130,000 troops will not survive this winter!"
"This world belongs to me. Zhou Zhenguang, Zhou Cheng, the Zhou family—they don't even have enough food. So what if they escaped the capital? They can't even afford to eat, what makes them think they can compete with me?"
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