Chapter 445 - Chapter 445: Chapter 272: Three Hundred Years Old Ah!_2

Chapter 445: Chapter 272: Three Hundred Years Old Ah!_2

After collapsing, Lu Shuyun turned around and retreated nonstop.

While retreating, he said, “Whose person are you? If you come over to my side, once I go to Qi Country, I will surely have my Uncle grant you ten thousand taels of gold. If I ascend to the throne someday, I will make you a Duke!!!”

Hearing Lu Shuyun’s words, Liang Zong laughed and said, “Crown Prince, I’m not Chu Hongfei—I won’t be easily swayed by the grand promises you paint.”

At this, Liang Zong was about to take action when Lu Shuyun quickly said, “I am the Crown Prince! You can’t kill me! Even if I have rebelled, I am still the Crown Prince appointed by the Sum Emperor. If you kill me, you won’t meet a good end!”

Liang Zong paid no attention to Lu Shuyun’s words and brought his sword down in a swift arc. The flash of the sword passed, and Lu Shuyun’s body slowly fell to the ground, though he still retained a sliver of consciousness.

At that moment, Liang Zong said, “Allow me a final introduction. I am Liang Zong, Commander of the Brocade Guard from North Country. Crown Prince, may you have a good journey ahead!”

Lu Shuyun spat out blood, his body slowly collapsing as he uttered a faint voice, “You… you are… Lu Chen’s man…”

After his last words, Lu Shuyun lost consciousness completely, and Liang Zong wasted no more time and departed.

With Lu Shuyun dead, his infiltration mission also came to an end. It was time to report back to the North Prince in North Country. Ever since the North Prince had started using the Brocade Guard, he hadn’t reported in person to the North Prince even once, not a sign of commendable servitude.

After Lu Shuyun fled, the major Aristocratic Families in Sufeng City quickly realized that Lu Shuyun had vanished, but no matter how they searched, they couldn’t find him.

Two days later, the Imperial Army breached Sufeng City. The Grandmasters of the South clashed with the Imperial Grandmasters once again. In the end, the Grandmasters of the South were completely annihilated, and three of the Imperial Grandmasters were seriously injured.

Some Aristocratic Family members took this opportunity to rush out of Sufeng City with their relatives. Although the Imperial Army attempted to block the city gates, the foundations of the Aristocratic Families were still strong, and they had a considerable number of capable people, including numerous Grandmasters, so many of them did manage to escape.

Of course, Zhao Quan also sent Imperial soldiers to chase down those fleeing Aristocratic Family members immediately. Though they killed quite a number who had fled, some still slipped through the net.

However, that was no longer important. Most of the elite of the Sufeng City Aristocratic Families were beheaded, executed on the spot, and all their wealth was confiscated. Without land or money, those that fled could no longer stir up any waves in the future.

Zhao Quan had wanted to capture Lu Shuyun and bring him back for the Sum Emperor’s personal judgment. Upon hearing that Lu Shuyun had escaped two days before the capture of the city, he had to send people to search for Lu Shuyun again.

They did find him, but it was only a corpse. With no other choice, he ordered the body to be properly laid out and transported back to the Capital city.

Thus, the disturbance in the South came to a close.

Not long after, the Sum Emperor received news that Lu Shuyun had taken his own life by the seaside. He wasn’t particularly pleased, not because he felt any guilt toward Lu Shuyun’s death. Lu Shuyun was merely one of his children; to him, if one died, then they died.

He could not be pleased because the movements in the north were becoming increasingly frequent. The soldiers from North Country were very aggressive, even provoking the Imperial Army stationed at the border of Qi Country.

Clearly, North Country wished to provoke the Imperial Court into starting a war, then find an excuse to strike back.

Fortunately, he had issued a strict order to the Imperial Army at the Qi Country border: no matter what, as long as the North Country soldiers didn’t attack Qi Country, they were not to attack the soldiers from North Country.

Recently, the Sum Emperor had also received a report from the Shadow Guard about whether Zhuge Zhongguang had broken through to the Celestial Realm.

While there was no direct evidence that Zhuge Zhongguang had reached the Celestial Realm, as they had never seen him in action, the beam of golden light that shot straight into the sky from the North Prince Mansion and the swirling clouds that appeared overhead had been witnessed by every resident of Yan County.

This phenomenon clearly wasn’t something a Grandmaster could produce, so it was very likely that Zhuge Zhongguang had indeed broken through to the Celestial Realm. Coupled with the intentional provocations by North Country soldiers at the Qi Country border, it further confirmed the speculation. The Sum Emperor grew more and more worried.

He soon transferred the elite soldiers of the Imperial Court from the South to the north, preparing for the event that North Country would indeed rebel.

Meanwhile.

In the North Land.

In Great Yu City.

After a long journey, Lu Chen and his group finally arrived at Great Yu City.

The common folk of Great Yu City had been informed in advance of Lu Chen’s arrival and had decorated their homes with lanterns and streamers as soon as they heard their King was coming.

The citizens of Great Yu City, along with the City Lord, personally came to the city gates to welcome Lu Chen’s procession.

When Lu Chen reached the gates of Great Yu City, he came out directly from the carriage.

After all, to meet his subjects, he couldn’t stay inside the carriage.

Riding his horse, Lu Chen slowly made his way through the entrance road, with crowds of people lining both sides, all very excited.

When Lu Chen reached the city gates, he saw an old man standing there, waiting respectfully.

Lu Chen then dismounted from his horse, and at that moment, the old man knelt down.

“Your servant, Xuanyuan Chaoge, pays respects to the King!”

As Xuanyuan Chaoge knelt, the common folk lining the road also knelt down, saying, “We pay respects to the King! May the King live for thousands of years!”