Chapter 71 Bureau
The sky gradually turned white, and the heavy snow that had been falling all night finally stopped.

As the sky darkened, a ray of morning light gradually moved slowly over from the horizon.

A bad guy came from afar on horseback, and then fell off his horse in the dense forest beside the river.

"Captain, there are indeed no pursuers behind us. But we have not found any trace of the chief leader and Tian Anxing..."

Duan Chengtian twisted the dry grass roots with his hands, his fat face wrinkled into a bitter look.

On the side, Miao Chengtian and Xuan Jingtian strode over, and the former asked anxiously, "Have you found my Xue'er?"

The bad guy shook his head.

"Although we are dressed in Xuanming Sect attire, we dare not go too deep into the depths, and we did not find Miss Ji..."

Xuan Jingtian held a longbow, his beautiful eyes filled with anxiety.

Fortunately, her sister was always calm and composed. She calmed down and looked at Duan Chengtian: "I wonder if Tiansuxing has any plans for Xiao Lang to stay?"

Duan Chengtian was very worried and scratched the back of his head.

"He just asked us to lead you to break out, but he didn't give us any further instructions."

As he spoke, he didn't care at all that he was a senior compared to Xiao Yan.

No one cared about this now. Miao Chengtian frowned and said, "Your chief leader is so elusive, doesn't he have any backup plan?"

"hiss……"

Duan Chengtian's forehead wrinkled, and he suddenly realized that it was Xiao Yan and Sanqianyuan who had been planning and acting all these days, and he had no idea about the whole situation.

He subconsciously wanted to look for Liang Zhi, who had been managing the Luoyang branch on his behalf, but then he remembered that the latter was still in Luoyang.

He then hesitated and said, "For now, you should hide your identities first and don't let Liang's soldiers see you. We are good at finding people, and it will be much more convenient."

Before coming out of Luoyang, they were all dressed in Xuanming Sect's attire, which made it convenient for them to travel in Liang Territory.

Miao Chengtian thought about it carefully, and then ordered Xuan Jingtian to lead a group of women to continue returning westward to Fengxiang, while he himself wanted to stay behind and mobilize the surrounding secret agents to search for people together.

Soon, the team split into two and separated into two sides.

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The northern suburbs of Luoyang.

Zhu Yougui had a gloomy face and rubbed the exploded fragments on the ground with his intact right hand, his eyes full of doubt and shock.

Then, without waiting for the news that Zhu Hanbin was chasing someone, he waved his arm like a child, and his figure turned into ghost mist and disappeared on the spot.

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Inside the imperial city, dead bodies were carried up by colleagues and pushed out on carts.

A group of Jinwu Guards who were criticized as rebels were tied up with long ropes and taken to prison.

Outside the hall, Zhu Wen's fat face trembled with anger, and his tiger eyes were wide open, as if he wanted to eat Li Zhen below.

He sat on a Hu bed, wearing a sable coat to keep warm, and looked around the palace which was still covered with blood.

"You want to hold Li Yu hostage and kill me in the name of clearing the court of evil officials?"

Li Zhen's broken forehead was still bleeding, but there was no time to treat it. He now used his other unbroken arm to support the ground and kowtowed desperately.

"I have absolutely no such intention! It is the treacherous people of Jin who have hidden themselves among the Jinwu Guards. They took advantage of my carelessness, kidnapped me and abducted the King of Jiyin..."

At the same time, he said sadly: "I wanted to die for my loyalty, but I knew that the Jin thieves had a big plan. I wanted to take the opportunity to find out their details, but I didn't expect that they would trick me into opening the imperial city. Fortunately, your majesty's divine power has destroyed the Jin thieves' evil plan in one fell swoop..."

Zhu Wen was furious and said, "How can a coward like Li Keyong infiltrate my Jinwu Guards?"

Li Zhen did not dare to look up, but kept stumbling his head, staining the ground with a smear of blood. He then cried out in grief: "Although I was lucky enough to be rescued by Governor Zhu, I know I have no face to face Your Majesty. I am so ashamed that even a thousand deaths would not be enough to apologize! I hope Your Majesty will grant me death!"

Zhu Wen's face darkened, and he finally said, "I don't think you have the guts to kill the king!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the Ghost King who was waiting beside him and said coldly, "That evil beast went to chase someone, and he hasn't come back yet?"

The latter bowed.

"The Hades left too late, so it may not be this fast."

"You useless piece of shit, you're claiming to be a master of the Great Heavenly Rank." Zhu Wen's face was full of disgust, and then he looked at Li Zhen: "Do you have any basis for what you said about the Jin State's spies infiltrating the Imperial Guards and the Xuanming Sect?" Li Zhen, who knew he had saved his life, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead, but still lowered his head and trembled, "The villains who held me hostage were very arrogant, claiming to be the commander of the Jin State, and they first mobilized the Jinwuwei to cause chaos, and then they were able to pretend to be people from the Xuanming Sect and break out of the encirclement of Governor Zhu in the first place. Someone must have tipped off!"

Zhu Wen stroked his full beard, his expression changing from gloomy to bright.

At this time, a general of the imperial guards strode over.

"Your Majesty, the Hades Emperor is back."

"Alone?"

The commander of the Imperial Guard hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "There is indeed only one Dark Emperor."

"Tell him to get over here!"

After a moment, Zhu Yougui bowed with a look of fear on his face and entered the palace gate.

Zhu Wen threw the heater next to him and said, "You evil creature, where is Li Yuren?"

Zhu Yougui did not dare to delay and immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have indeed caught up with Li Yu, but he..."

"I just want to ask you, is he alive or dead?"

Zhu Yougui was a little frustrated and extremely angry, but he could only reply: "He will definitely die!"

"Where is the body?"

"Father, please believe me for once. Although I have not brought back Li Yu's body yet, it is filled with my evil spirit, and there is only one way out, which is death."

Zhu Wen looked at the Ghost King, "Youwen, is that so?"

The latter responded respectfully: "The Dark Emperor is right. Those who are struck by evil spirits cannot be saved by human power."

"Is there no doctor in the world who can remove this evil spirit?"

The Ghost King hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly felt a cold gaze sweeping over him, so he said firmly: "No one can solve it!"

Zhu Wen finally felt at ease.

"I have ordered that Li Zhen be demoted three ranks and removed from his post to reflect on his mistakes. As for you, Zhu Yougui, you are nothing but a piece of trash. You claim to be invincible, but you can't even bring back a corpse! Return to the capital and practice martial arts for me."

A vicious look flashed in Zhu Yougui's eyes, but he said nothing and rested his forehead on the ground.

Li Zhen felt as if he had been pardoned and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

"I have drafted an imperial edict to post a notice stating that Li Keyong is ambitious and wants to kidnap Jiyin Prince Li Yu and take him to Hedong. In the chaos of the battle, the emperor of the previous dynasty was unfortunately killed by the Jin thieves. I am deeply saddened and feel ashamed of the previous emperor Zhaozong. I am now drafting a letter of accusation to choose a day to attack Jin!"

"Promote Zhu Hanbin to the position of commander of the left and right divisions of the Dragon and Tiger Army to commend him for his service in protecting the emperor. Also, promote Prince Jun Zhu Youzhen to concurrently serve as the official of the Imperial City Department to thoroughly investigate the Imperial Army and the Xuanming Sect's internal spies, and appoint Zhu Youwen to supervise it."

It was not until this moment that Zhu Yougui raised his head slightly in shock.

How did this guy Zhu Youzhen suddenly appear?

Outside the hall, beside Zhu Wen, the Ghost King secretly gave him a look.

Zhu Yougui then put on a sinister look and bowed his head to obey the order.

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Tokyo, Bianliang.

In the official residence of the Imperial City Office, a note was handed to Cui Yu.

"I am very satisfied with the cooperation with Mr. Cui this time."

Cui Yu had a cold face and kept stroking his long beard.

The new confidant whispered, "Lord, you gave Zhu Hanbin the power to mobilize the Luoyang branch of Xuanming Sect. Shouldn't we be on guard? If the Dark Emperor knows..."

"What are you afraid of? If Zhu Hanbin wasn't stupid, he wouldn't have revealed that it was someone who gave him the token. Besides..." Cui Yu narrowed his eyes, burned the note, and said, "Wasn't it Prince Jun who ordered Zhong Xiaokui to mobilize the Luoyang branch?"

"I have already sent a letter to inform Prince Jun. Since His Highness has already taken power, how did you find out about me?"

　I was so sleepy at night that I fell asleep...

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