Great Yu City, City Lord's Mansion!
It was still a pond with a pavilion in the center. Yi Yan was sprinkling fish food and looking at the fish in the pond. Tie Xue ran over excitedly from afar.
"Governor, the flood of the Daluo Dynasty has finally stopped!" Tie Xue said excitedly.
"What's wrong?" Yi Yan frowned and looked at Tie Xue.
"We've returned without success. According to your arrangements, Viceroy, none of the fifteen armies of the Exalted Celestial Dynasty managed to gain any benefits and returned in defeat. It's been more than three months. According to you, Xiao Wang will definitely send troops to help us in a month at most, "Tie Xue said excitedly.
Yi Yan wiped his hands with a towel and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Tie Xue was puzzled.
"Something's wrong, something's wrong!" Yi Yan said with a frown.
"What's wrong?" Tie Xue was puzzled.
"Fifteen armies, but look at those commanders. There's something wrong with them. Zhong Shan is missing, Gu Lin is missing, and the two commanders of the Daluo Dynasty are missing as well. The ones leading the troops are their deputies, "Yi Yan said with narrowed eyes.
"Uh, it seems so. But with Governor's arrangements, so what if they are there? The twenty cities seem to be connected as one. They can't attack at all, "Tie Xue said.
"No, that's not right. With them, at least those armies won't be defeated too badly, especially Zhong Shan. I can't see him on the battlefield. I'm worried that they will come to our rear and cause trouble. I keep feeling that something's wrong. I'll write a letter to His Majesty immediately and hope that His Majesty won't make any more trouble," Yi Yan said.
Xiao Wang's camp.
Xiao Wang sat at the commander's desk. Generals stood on both sides.
Xiao Wang held a letter in his hand and looked at it before passing it to Xiao Yuanfeng and the other generals.
"Father, Yi Yan really blocked it," Xiao Yuanfeng said in surprise.
"But the price is too high. Sixty cities, almost half of the Great Yu Dynasty's cities were used up." Xiao Yuandeng shook his head.
"But he still came back from the dead!" Xiao Yuanfeng said.
"Come back from the dead? Hehe, let's wait and see! "Xiao Wang shook his head.
"Father, are we still not going to send out the troops?" Xiao Yuanfeng frowned.
"Let's wait for another month. If Yi Yan is still able to block the fifteen armies, we'll go and rescue him!" Xiao Wang said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" the generals replied.
Sky City! In the imperial court.
Nalan Piaoxue looked at the news of victory. A rare smile appeared on his face.
"The heavens have blessed the Great Yu Empire. Your Majesty, the Viceroy has finally stopped the Daluo Celestial Empire!" A minister congratulated.
"Your Majesty, all of the Sumeru Stones in the treasure maps have been taken out by the commoners and the army. The price of Sumeru Stones in the market has been restored, and the commoners have stopped going out to search for treasures. Everything has returned to its former glory, and the Great Yu Empire has been restored! Congratulations, Your Majesty! "Another minister congratulated.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" The other ministers all echoed.
Indeed, the Great Yu Empire seemed to be in a good state, except for the sixty cities that had been lost. Yi Yan had stopped the Daluo Celestial Empire's army, and the remaining ninety cities had all been restored. The commoners were no longer running about, and the army was once again in position. Everything was telling the world that the Great Yu Empire of the past had returned. The powerful Great Yu Empire had returned!
"Good, Minister Zhu is right. Immediately draft a document and announce to the world that we are facing a common enemy and will defend against external enemies!" Nalan Piaoxue was also in a good mood.
Was the Great Yu Empire's situation really so good? Only Nalan Piaoxue thought so. Although the Great Yu Empire had found the Sumeru Stones, what about the spirit stones? The lost spirit stones? They could borrow the spirit stones, but what about the people's hearts? Would the hearts of the people recover just because there were no more treasures to be found? Once the hearts of the people were in chaos, it would be very difficult to gather them again.
For example, the generals guarding the city. They used to be loyal and patriotic people, but later, their hearts were in chaos, and they dared to disobey orders and leave their posts. They disobeyed the emperor's order to find the treasures. Now that there were no more treasures, they returned to defend the city. If they saw that they couldn't win, would they become deserters again? After the first loss of heart, the second and third times would be much easier. At the very least, they wouldn't resist as tenaciously as before.
Great Emperor Nalan's document quickly announced to Sky City, and it radiated toward the cities even further away.
While Sky City was celebrating, the entire city of Sky City was celebrating. The fifth step of the Heavenbreaker Plan had begun!
Zhu Cunli, the Minister Zhu that Nalan Piaoxue had mentioned, the Great Yu Empire's Minister of Rites, Sky City's Patriarch of the Zhu Family! He had suddenly been nominated!
Not by Nalan Piaoxue, but by the commoners.
At some unknown time, a list had appeared in the hands of the commoners.
When the market changed, Zhu Cunli's family had conspired with several merchants to drive up prices. Most of the Zhu Family's descendants had participated and earned a lot of spirit stones. This wasn't the key. The key was that the Sumeru Stones had been hyped up. In this most important market collapse, the Zhu Family had also invested a lot of money to drive up the price of Sumeru Stones and obtain a sea of spirit stones. Countless spirit stones.
Moreover, during this period, the Zhu Family had also borrowed money to a large number of commoners in the form of rolling interest. As a result, countless commoners still owed Zhu Cunli a lot of spirit stones and interest.
The country's parasites? No, at that time, everyone had gone crazy. How could the Zhu Family give up such a good opportunity? Zhu Cunli didn't need to speak, and the family's descendants frantically followed the trend.
Zhu Cunli also learned about it later. He had only participated in the spirit stone allocation during the Sumeru Stones' hype.
However, this was enough. This was because from beginning to end, the Zhu Family's every transaction, even the direction of spirit stones, was listed in detail.
How detailed was this list? Even the Zhu Family themselves might not be able to come up with such a detailed list of spirit stones. What was even more precious was that this detailed list was divided into many parts and collected from the mouths of different commoners.
When the Great Yu Empire was at its most dangerous, this official of the Great Yu Empire had taken the lead to disrupt the country's economy? If Zhu Cunli had informed His Majesty earlier, how could the Great Yu Market have collapsed? How could the commoners have been displaced? As a result, a large number of commoners had left the city because of a lack of spirit stones.
Scourge, scourge of Sky City, scourge of the Great Yu Empire!
Zhu Cunli!
For a time, countless people were filled with righteous indignation. They couldn't vent their anger on the Great Yu Empire, so they focused on Zhu Cunli.
Two days later, a 'People's Book' suddenly appeared. It begged Emperor Nalan to dismiss Zhu Cunli and return justice to the commoners, His Majesty, Sky City, and the Great Yu Empire.
For a time, the Zhu Family seemed to have become the public enemy. They were criticized beyond recognition.
It was unknown who was the first to place the People's Book on the square in front of the imperial palace. Some people knelt and begged Emperor Nalan to punish Zhu Cunli severely and return justice to the commoners.
Not long after, someone filled in another name and wrote their name on the People's Book.
Most of these people owed the Zhu Family money. They were the people who had lent them spirit stones at a high interest rate. Yes, if the Zhu Family was gone, would they still have to return the money? This' scourge '.
There were also the friends of these people who owed the Zhu Family money.
More and more people came.
Not long after, the People's Book became the People's Book of 50,000.
There was also a strange phenomenon. The dozens of people who had knelt in front of the imperial palace slowly disappeared among the commoners. The number of people kneeling increased, but some of the people who had knelt at the beginning disappeared.
Nalan Piaoxue angrily shouted, "How dare you, Zhu Cunli!"
In the main hall, the officials kept quiet out of fear!
Zhu Cunli knelt and begged for mercy. "Your Majesty, I know my mistake. I only agreed to lend money because my sons begged me. I didn't participate."
Nalan Piaoxue angrily shouted, "Hmph, Zhu Cunli, the dignified Minister of Rites, colluded with unscrupulous merchants and caused chaos in the Great Yu Market. The commoners lost their homes. Now, the people are angry and the people are criticizing you, but you don't repent. The Great Yu Imperial Dynasty almost died in your hands!"
In Nalan Piaoxue's opinion, if Zhu Cunli reported the truth of the market, not to mention Yi Yan, even he would be able to see that something was wrong and save the Great Yu Empire from disaster. Sixty cities were lost because of these corrupt officials!
Yi Yan had said before leaving that the people's anger couldn't be provoked and couldn't be disobeyed!
Nalan Piaoxue angrily shouted, "Men, seize Zhu Cunli!"
"Yes!" A group of guards rushed up the hall and grabbed Zhu Cunli.
"Your Majesty, I know my mistake. Please have mercy!" Zhu Cunli shouted and begged for mercy.
However, Nalan Piaoxue was furious.
"Hmph, mercy? Not only will I kill you, but I will also kill your entire clan and announce it to the world as a warning! "Nalan Piaoxue shouted angrily.
"No!" Zhu Cunli shouted anxiously.
However, he was dragged out by the guards.
"Hmph!" Nalan Piaoxue flung his sleeves and dismissed the court!
In the court, the officials didn't dare to breathe loudly! They bowed and waited for Nalan Piaoxue to leave.
Zhu Cunli was killed on the General Execution Stage. Zhu Cunli's entire clan was killed. There were four hundred people in total. At the General Execution Stage, all of their heads fell to the ground.
Many people had seen that day! Those who owed Zhu Cunli money all clapped their hands and cheered!
The people arranged by Zhong Shan also clapped their hands and cheered.
Zhu Cunli was dead! His entire clan was killed. Who was next?
Among the officials, most of their families had participated in the Sumeru Stone hype. Who could ignore it? If you didn't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place. The common people didn't know much, but when the Heavenly Collapse Plan was launched, Zhong Shan had sent people to pay attention and collected enough evidence.
Zhu Cunli was just a precedent, an official who wasn't deeply involved. There were many who were deeply involved, but they hadn't been exposed yet.
Zhu Cunli's entire clan was wiped out!
The 'public anger' was extinguished. However, there could be a lot of 'public anger'. Zhong Shan could take out as much as he wanted.
In the Minister of Revenue's home. In the largest meeting hall.
"Patriarch, Patriarch, it's not good. Look, this is some information that suddenly appeared on the market!" A servant took out some paper and handed it to the Patriarch, the Minister of Revenue.
After reading the paper, the Minister of Revenue's eyes widened.
"Father, what's wrong?"
"Yes, Laifu, what's the news?"
… … …
… … …
Everyone in the hall was puzzled. The Patriarch gently handed the paper to everyone, took a deep breath, and sat down with his eyes closed.
Everyone passed it around! All of them panicked, nervous, incomparably nervous.
"What should we do?"
"What should we do? Someone, someone must be deliberately targeting us. This, this evidence is even more detailed than the Zhu Family's. If the Zhu Family's entire clan is wiped out, then … "
The Zhu Family was terrified. Some of the more cowardly ones were even trembling.
After all the chatter, they all looked at the Patriarch.
Taking a deep breath, the Patriarch finally opened his eyes.
"Father, what should we do?" one of them asked anxiously.
Looking at everyone, the Patriarch said, "It seems that we can't stay in Sky City any longer. Inform the entire family to be careful and leave the city at five!"
"Leave the city at five? Father … "that person said anxiously.
"Either our clan is wiped out by His Majesty, or we leave quickly. If we don't leave now, we won't have another chance in the future. The world is so big, where can we not survive? Leave! "the Patriarch ordered.
"Yes!" everyone said in pain.
There were many other situations like the Minister of Revenue's clan. On this day, many of the Great Yu Empire's most famous courtiers suddenly received a large amount of evidence that their clan had been wiped out.
Flee! Among the Patriarchs, only a few were prepared to ask for forgiveness from His Majesty. Most of them fled through the night.
They fled. The next morning, in the imperial court, Nalan Piaoxue looked at the courtiers in twos and threes and was slightly puzzled. But soon, someone found the source.
They fled to avoid punishment?
"Flee, flee! A bunch of trash, raising you is like raising vermin! "Emperor Nalan shouted angrily.
The courtiers in twos and threes didn't dare to interrupt, but they felt that something bad was about to happen.
Emperor Nalan left in a fit of anger. In his opinion, it didn't matter if these courtiers were gone. He could just promote some more. A bunch of good-for-nothings who couldn't do anything but harm the imperial court. They deserved to be killed!
When he reached the door of his sleeping quarters, Emperor Nalan suddenly stopped and said to a eunuch behind him, "Write a decree for me. These traitors are all traitors. Everyone has the right to kill them. They are wanted throughout the Great Yu Empire!"
"Yes!" the eunuch behind him immediately replied.
Courtiers? There were many people in the imperial court who were mediocre and didn't have any achievements. They couldn't even make the slightest decision. They could only rely on the kindness of the previous emperor to flaunt their seniority in exchange for their clan's wealth and smooth cultivation.
However, Emperor Nalan forgot one thing. These people were all people of virtue and prestige. In other words, in the eyes of outsiders, these people were the true powerhouses of the Great Yu Empire.
This group of 'pillars' and 'backbones' of the Great Yu Empire had abandoned the Great Yu Empire and left one after another. Even if Zhong Shan's people didn't fan the flames, people would have guessed.
What happened? What happened to Sky City? What happened to His Majesty? Why did so many courtiers flee one after another? They were the pillars of the Great Yu Empire, the symbol of the Great Yu Empire's system.
Even they had defected? It wasn't just one person, but a group. Everyone!
What was going on? What happened to Sky City? Did His Majesty think that he would definitely lose and start slaughtering the courtiers?
Of course, these people who fled naturally wouldn't tell the truth. They would naturally flatter themselves. The Ministry of Rites Minister Zhu Cunli's nine familial extermination was proof that the Great Yu Empire was finished. Completely finished. Even His Majesty Nalan Piaoxue didn't think highly of it and started slaughtering the courtiers in disappointment.
Was the Great Yu Empire going to lose?
This was already the people's guess, not to mention that Zhong Shan had arranged people to keep an eye on it.
Another month later!
Great Yu City, City Lord's Manor, Central Hall.
Tie Xue ran into the hall excitedly. "Governor, good news, good news. Xiao Wang, just now, Xiao Wang's envoy arrived. He said that he will send reinforcements the day after tomorrow!"
Tie Xue was excited. He had finally made it through. Another month had passed. The Great Yu Empire was saved. The moment Tie Xue received the news, his first thought was to report it to the Governor.
He rushed into the hall, only to see Yi Yan, the Viceroy, reading the letter from the Sky Castle with cold sweat all over his forehead.
Yi Yan turned a deaf ear to Tie Xue's excitement.
"Governor?" Tie Xue called out tentatively.
"It's over. The sky is falling!" Yi Yan said as he threw the letter in his hand away in disappointment.
"Governor, what's wrong?" Tie Xue was surprised.
Tie Xue pushed the letter in his hand and immediately grabbed it to read it.
"It's nothing. Your Majesty did well and killed them well. This group of trash should have been abolished long ago and promoted again!" Tie Xue said excitedly as he read the letter.
Yi Yan looked at Tie Xue and shook his head with difficulty. He smiled bitterly, as if he didn't know what to say.
"Governor, what's wrong?" Tie Xue asked doubtfully.
"Abolish? They should have been abolished long ago, but not now. Absolutely not! "Yi Yan said.
"Why?" Tie Xue was puzzled.
"Because these people are no longer simple courtiers. They have become pawns of the Great Havenlaw Empire. Wherever they go, they will announce to the world that Sky City has fallen," Yi Yan said angrily.
"No way. They wouldn't say that, would they?" Tie Xue said in disbelief.
"They wouldn't, but Zhong Shan would!" Yi Yan shouted angrily.
"Zhong Shan? No, that can't be! But we're still fine here! "Tie Xue said in disbelief.
"Still fine? Hehe, we are fine here, but this time, the rumors are going to destroy nearly 60 cities. What will the City Lords of the four directions think when they see the fleeing courtiers passing by them? Zhong Shan will spread the news that Sky City has fallen and the Great Yu Empire no longer exists. What will the city lords do then? After the previous few shocks, the hearts of the city lords are already very weak. These rumors are enough to make them afraid. Moreover, the courtiers are 'evidence' that Sky City has fallen. How can they not believe it? If the people of the Great Havenlaw Empire suddenly appear to offer amnesty …! "Yi Yan became more and more terrified as he spoke.
When Tie Xue heard Yi Yan's words, he opened his mouth and stared blankly at Yi Yan. "No way, it can't be that coincidental, right?"
"Yes, definitely, because all of this was planned. It was all planned. Your servant did not teach Your Majesty well, Your Majesty! "Yi Yan said with a somewhat deranged expression.
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