Their alliance is like a meticulously planned conspiracy.
It is puzzling and incomprehensible.
Is someone pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Who is it? What is their purpose?
Just as everyone was wondering, Liu Wen, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Xiang Kingdom, issued a shocking ultimatum.
He threatened the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital.
They demanded that Lu Yan, the prefect of Shannan Prefecture, release Princess Mingyue.
Return Jianmen Pass to its original location and release Mu Qing, Zhao Mu, and Tu Rong, a general from Java.
Otherwise, Liu Wen would massacre the city and turn the capital into a bloodbath!
This ultimatum spread to every corner of the Great Tong Dynasty at top speed.
The world was in uproar and shocked.
"Shannan Mansion?"
Someone muttered to themselves, their eyes filled with doubt.
Where is that?
Many others looked blank; they had never heard of this place before.
"That godforsaken, desolate place?"
Some people recalled certain rumors.
Regarding that remote, impoverished Shannan Prefecture, which was constantly harassed by barbarian tribes.
"That place actually has a prefect?"
Some people expressed doubts about this, in their view.
A place like Shannan Prefecture is not worth the court appointing officials to.
"What's even more baffling are the demands that Liu Wen made."
"Just who is this Lu Yan?"
"What exactly did he do to make the Northern Xiang Kingdom and Java Kingdom join forces to attack Da Tong?"
People simply couldn't fathom how a mere prefect of Shannan Prefecture could be so powerful.
What extraordinary abilities does he possess that could make two nations fight for him?
They couldn't even imagine what it would be like if the capital were truly massacred.
For a time, everyone was asking who this Lu Yan was.
They even threatened to massacre the entire city?
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