Seeing Wanyan Da's furious expression, Zekun had no choice but to speak again, "Your Majesty, perhaps the messenger encountered something..."
"Enough!" Wanyan Da interrupted Zekun directly. "You take men and search for him yourself. If you can't find him, don't come back."
"Yes," Zekun replied hastily.
"What brings you here to see me?" Wanyan Da asked.
If Zekun were alright, he wouldn't come looking for him.
Ze Kun felt a headache coming on when he thought about what he had to report. Given the king's current mood, hearing about this would probably make him even angrier.
But since the king had asked, he couldn't refuse to answer, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, we have found Gao Hongyuan."
Previously, a servant in Gao Hongyuan's household reported that his master priest had not returned home for several days and could not be contacted.
At first, the servants in the manor thought that Gao Hongyuan had been left in the palace by the king or queen, and they didn't pay much attention.
But four or five days passed, and he still hadn't returned home.
As was customary, if Gao Hongyuan did not return home for several days, he would always send someone back to inform him.
Such an unusual occurrence struck the servants of the household as odd, and without delay, they reported it to the police.
This matter naturally reached the palace.
Although Gao Hongyuan's Gu poison was cured, as Lin Wanqing said, he cannot be entirely blamed for this.
Wanyan Da also knew that Gu masters were hard to find in the world, and if used well, they could be a powerful tool.
Therefore, he did not take Gao Hongyuan's life, nor did he summon Gao Hongyuan to the palace during this period.
Gao Hongyuan has disappeared.
Upon hearing this news, Wanyan Da instinctively assumed that Gao Hongyuan had fled because he was afraid that he would kill him.
But then again, that doesn't make sense. If that were the case, Gao Hongyuan should have escaped long ago, instead of waiting until now.
Considering that Xiao Yanchu had recently been in Jingqiang, Wanyan Da also felt that something was wrong, so he immediately sent someone to find Gao Hongyuan.
He then forgot about it because he was busy.
Today, Zekun told him that they had found the person, and Wanyan Da only then remembered this matter and asked, "Where is the person?"
"This morning I received news that a body was found on the riverbank outside Jingqiang. It appeared to have been washed ashore by the river and looked like Gao Hongyuan. I rushed over and confirmed that it was indeed Gao Hongyuan."
Wanyan Da frowned. "How did he die?"
“There’s a hole in his chest, and his heart is gone. It doesn’t look like his heart was ripped out with a sharp weapon; it looks more like… more like it was eaten by something,” Zekun said truthfully.
have eaten?
Wanyan Da thought of the Demon Gu King. Lin Wanqing had told him that Gao Hongyuan's Demon Gu King was kept in his heart.
Could it be that his heart was eaten by the Demon King?
Wanyan Da knew that the Gu worms would turn on their masters, so it wouldn't be surprising if Gao Hongyuan's heart was eaten by the demon Gu King because of the backlash.
But why did it happen so coincidentally, not earlier or later, but right when Xiao Yanchu and Su Ruojin were in Jingqiang?
And even if it was a backlash, how could his corpse appear on the riverbank in the suburbs?
Have you found any clues?
Ze Kun shook his head. "There are no leads yet. I've already sent people to investigate."
Just then, a guard rushed into the room, "Your Majesty, we have found Qin Wang."
Ze Kun was overjoyed; this news came at just the right time.
Now that the loyalist has been found, the king's anger can be somewhat appeased.
"Where?" Wanyan Da felt relieved when he heard that Qin Wang had been found, and he no longer cared about Gao Hongyuan.
He had already decided that once Qin returned to Jingqiang, he would lead troops into battle with three times the strength of the Great Chu border army, determined to take down Mohan and vent his anger.
Originally, Wanyan Da wanted to use the Demon Gu King again, even if the other party had a way to remove the Gu, he could still use it to weaken the military strength of the Great Chu. Unexpectedly, Gao Hongyuan died, and now he can only suppress the enemy with military force.
The guard's voice became somewhat soft, "Your Majesty, Qin Wang... Qin Wang is dead."
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