With the governor's wife dead, only Xuan Sitian knew the whereabouts of the White Tiger Emperor's Jade.
Xuan Sitian thought to himself, "The secret path this bitch spoke of is indeed hidden. Normal people wouldn't be able to find it."
"Men, throw this bitch's corpse outside the camp and feed it to the magical beasts. Hmph, reckless woman. If it weren't for the Emperor's Jade, do you think I would've tolerated you for so many years? The Zhou State is within my reach. Not to mention the Grand Emperor City, even if I have to sacrifice the lives of everyone around me, I would still do it, "the governor laughed loudly.
His actions caused his guards to feel a chill in their hearts.
"The governor killed the madam. Could it be that something happened in the Grand Emperor City?" The guards didn't dare to make any noise. They carried the corpse outside the camp.
"Don't ask too much. Didn't you see what happened to the madam? Why do I feel like the governor has been a bit off recently? "The guards sighed. When they reached the entrance of the camp, they happened to run into the Marquis of Jiayuan.
"Stop right there. Why are you sneaking around? What are you moving out of the camp for?" The Marquis of Jiayuan's face darkened.
Recently, he had suffered quite a bit of oppression from the Grand Emperor City's governor.
Originally, he only wanted to ask the Marquis of Jiayuan for help. Who would've thought that Xuan Sitian would directly take away his military power? Now, he had become the commander-in-chief of the camp.
"Piss off. Since when did you have the right to care about the governor's matters?" The two guards said disdainfully.
They looked down on the Marquis of Jiayuan from the bottom of their hearts. As a general of the Zhou State, he colluded with an external force and committed treason. The governor was actually working with someone like that.
The two guards no longer paid any attention to the Marquis of Jiayuan. They carried the corpse out of the camp, found an empty area, and threw the corpse out.
After the two guards left, the Marquis of Jiayuan sneakily walked out.
He looked at the corpse and recognised that it was the madam of the Grand Emperor City.
He then examined the wound and discovered that the madam had been strangled to death.
The madam of the Grand Emperor City was dead?
Could it be that something really did happen in the Grand Emperor City? Was what was written in the letter true?
The Marquis of Jiayuan hurriedly returned to his room and closed the door. He walked to the illumination formation and secretly took out a letter.
The letter was written by the Regent Of Great Zhou a few days ago.
At first, Marquis Jiayuan didn't believe it, but from the looks of it, the Prince Regent really was still alive.
"The disappearance of the Prince Regent is just a pretense. The purpose is to attack Grand Emperor City. If that's really the case, then I'll definitely die in this rebellion. It's over, it's over." The Marquis of Jiayuan had always been a two-faced and cowardly person.
After thinking about it for an entire night, the state of the city lord's wife's death lingered in his mind. Around daybreak, the Marquis of Jiayuan snuck away. Before he left, he took some of the gold coins and other valuables from the treasury.
The Marquis of Jiayuan didn't even bring his family. He only brought two storage rings with large amounts of money and rushed in the direction of Penglai.
Later on, when the new Qin Emperor ascended to the throne, the Tang Yuan and Li Shao declined, and the Zhou State could not tolerate traitors. As for the Immortal Abode, it was an otherworldly place and would not accept a traitor like him.
After thinking about it, the only place the Marquis of Jiayuan could seek refuge was the Penglai Zao State.
However, the Marquis of Jiayuan didn't expect to run into Cheng Bai and Bu Jiuxiao before he could escape the Zhou State.
"You! Why are you here?! "The Marquis of Jiayuan trembled with fear.
"Tsk tsk, the Prince Regent was right. That coward was indeed preparing to escape. She even figured out that you must be preparing to escape to Penglai. "Cheng Bai smiled mischievously while Bu Jiuxiao glared at the Marquis of Jiayuan.
The two approached step by step. The Marquis of Jiayuan was so frightened that he knelt and begged for mercy. After a series of miserable cries, everything returned to normal.
Bu Jiuxiao kicked away the Marquis of Jiayuan's lifeless corpse and found several storage rings on him.
"Tsk tsk, the Marquis of Jiayuan is quite black-hearted. Most of the valuable items and military funds in the barracks were taken by him, right? It looks like Xuan Sitian won't be able to hold on for much longer. "Cheng Bai checked the resources in the storage rings and clicked his tongue.
Without this military fund, the City Lord of Grand Emperor's group probably wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
"Bring this news to Yun Sheng first. She should have another plan." With that, Bu Jiuxiao ordered someone to send the news to Grand Emperor City.
At this moment, the City Lord of Grand Emperor City was still immersed in his beautiful dream of becoming the emperor of Zhou State.
"City Lord! City Lord, bad news! The Marquis of Jiayuan has disappeared. Someone said that the Regent Of Great Zhou has returned. After the news spread, the morale of the soldiers in the barracks collapsed. Many soldiers want to defect. "A guard rushed into the commander-in-chief's barracks.
Xuan Sitian's entire body trembled when he heard this.
The Marquis of Jiayuan, who forsook righteousness at the sight of profit, actually cowered at such a critical juncture!
The City Lord of Grand Emperor City was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
Although he had colluded with the Marquis of Jiayuan in this rebellion, most of the troops were gathered by the Marquis of Jiayuan. He had only brought a portion of Grand Emperor City's elites.
"Defend. We must defend even if we die. If anyone dares to defect, kill them all!" Xuan Sitian's face was cold and emotionless.
Why did the originally favorable situation suddenly take a turn for the worse overnight?
The fall of Grand Emperor City and the betrayal of the Marquis of Jiayuan had all happened in one day. Why was it so coincidental?
The City Lord of Grand Emperor City had already sensed that something was wrong. However, even someone as cunning as him couldn't figure out which step had gone wrong.
However, the City Lord of Grand Emperor City didn't expect that there was an even worse situation waiting for him.
Within Grand Emperor City, Yun Sheng had already received news of the Marquis of Jiayuan's death.
"Xuan Sitian is still unwilling to withdraw his troops. This person is more composed than we expected." Long Feng had already made arrangements within Grand Emperor City and was only waiting for Xuan Sitian's return.
She didn't expect Xuan Sitian to still be able to hold on after knowing that Grand Emperor City had fallen and that the Marquis of Jiayuan had defected.
"It's fine. I've already asked Uncle Huo and Master Zong Ren to prepare for the follow-up. All we have to do now is wait." Yun Sheng was very calm. She didn't believe that the "last straw" she had prepared wouldn't crush Xuan Sitian to death.
After staying in Grand Emperor City for a few days, Yun Sheng and Long Feng busied themselves with setting up the defenses in the city. They planned to deal a fatal blow to Xuan Sitian when he returned.
On the other side, while Yun Sheng was extremely busy, Baby Sheep was having a great time playing.
Ever since Baby Sheep learned to speak the human language, it liked to interact with people.
Especially some of the children in the city. When they saw how cute Baby Sheep was, they had a lot of fun playing with it.
Baby Sheep relied on its special ability to break all kinds of magical restrictions and had always been the number one master of hide and seek among magical beasts.
On this day, Baby Sheep hid in a house as usual. After waiting for a long time, no one came to look for it.
Baby Sheep didn't know that the house it was casually hiding in was actually the City Lord's residence.
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