In the capital, deep inside the palace, there is a secret room.
"Why!"
Empress Liang Zhao looked at the emaciated corpse in front of her, which was haggard and without any breath, and sighed.
"Sure enough, he is no longer here..."
Empress Liang Zhao was a little helpless, but this situation was reasonable. After all, according to deductions, this senior with the blood of the Dahuang Liang family had been in seclusion for many years. Even if the Queen Mother behaved like this, he did not show up.
Empress Liang Zhao's judgment was that she had either fallen or was too depleted of energy and blood to survive. Even if he knew that the Empress Dowager was causing harm to the country, there was nothing he could do and he could only choose to pretend to be dead and stand by.
Now it seems that it is obviously the former.
"Pity......"
Empress Liang Zhao shook her head, turned and left.
After Empress Liang Zhao left the secret room, the fingers of that dry and decaying body suddenly moved.
"Sala tree, yin and yang are reversed, half withered and prosperous..."
A rotten and old voice gradually came out from the lifeless corpse... The voice changed from old and decayed to gradually younger, as if it had been reborn.
The dry and decayed body gradually cracked open, and a palm as white as new tore through the body and suddenly stretched out.
The corpse is alive?
...
Empress Liang Zhao returned to the imperial study and looked at the memorial documents, feeling a little complicated. She knew very well that under the protection of the three masters, Liu Dao and Zhou Xiong would not be able to succeed. Once something happened to them, it would definitely be a huge blow to Dahuang. .
"Indecisiveness leads to disaster."
"Since it is impossible to succeed, let them come back. The chaos in Qingzhou has become a certainty and will be difficult to break."
After thinking this, Empress Liang Zhao did not hesitate, picked up the ink pen and wrote a line of orders.
[The operation is cancelled, return to the capital immediately. 】
"Send this to Qingzhou City and give it to the two of you to worship and ask them to act according to the orders on the note." Empress Liang Zhao handed the note to the members of the Dragon Guard and ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The members of the Dragon Guard did not dare to neglect. After saluting, they left quickly.
Hope it's not too late... Empress Liang Zhao sighed in her heart that the Qingzhou Incident was about to happen again.
We can only hope that with the intervention of the Dragon Guards and the Enshrined Grandmaster, this incident will not cause too big a storm...
"Simulator, can you re-enact the Qingzhou Incident?" Empress Liang Zhao called to the simulator in her heart.
[Events that have been simulated cannot be simulated again. 】
Looking at the simulator's response, Empress Liang Zhao frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and continued to ask: "After the last simulation of the Qingzhou famine, it turned into the Qingzhou Incident. Didn't I simulate it twice?"
[As the deduction results change, the host can repeat the simulation. 】
"In other words, the reason why it cannot be simulated is because the future has not changed?" Empress Liang Zhao suddenly caught the loophole in the simulator and asked.
This time, the simulator's response paused for tens of seconds before gradually appearing.
[The future is uncontrollable, and the future scene deduced is just a possibility deduced by the simulator. The choices made by the host will change the corresponding future, just like the Qingzhou Famine turned into the Qingzhou Incident. This all stems from the host's choice. 】
[Affected by unknown forces, the future of the Qingzhou Incident has changed...]
[Due to repeated simulation, it is currently not available for simulation. 】
"The future has changed?"
"Is it because of Zhou Zhenwen's suggestion?"
"Is it because I sent the two grandmasters from the Enshrinement Hall to Qingzhou?"
"Or maybe I went to the secret room?"
Empress Liang Zhao was puzzled. From her point of view, Zhang Qi and the Tianlang Kingdom had a huge advantage in the current situation. Under the protection of the three martial arts masters, it was difficult for Liu Dao and Zhou Xiong to succeed.
No matter which aspect you look at it, the rebellion in Qingzhou is a certainty.
"Even if Ouyang Wudi, the former leader of the Red Whale Gang, takes action, he won't have much advantage in a three-on-three situation..."
"After all, Zhang Qi's territory in Qingzhou City, once the imperial army and private soldiers are mobilized, even if it is enshrined by the imperial court, there will be no way to attack it."
Empress Liang Zhao only felt that there was little hope, and perhaps she could only rely on Zhou Zhenwen's military skills and formations to break the situation in the end.
"Let's go to the Zhou Mansion tomorrow. Since he is 'sick', as the king of a country, I should also go and express condolences to show your kindness." Empress Liang Zhao secretly thought in her heart.
...
Qingzhou City, west of the city, is a manor.
Zhang Qi summoned the officials and briefly discussed government affairs, then let them leave on the grounds that the thieves had not been caught yet and it was not suitable to stay here for a long time.
"Prefect Zhang, since the imperial court already knows what you have done, I think there is no need for you to hide and forbear anymore. Why not take this opportunity to stir up turmoil in Qingzhou and seek self-protection?"
The man in black, Tianhu, walked in from outside the door and said in an unhurried tone: "This time, with the protection of our martial arts master from the Tianlang Kingdom, you can be fine, Governor Zhang, but our martial arts master cannot always To protect Governor Zhang, only by holding military power can you, Governor Zhang, protect yourself!"
"This time it's the martial arts master from the Consecration Hall, but next time I don't know what it will be..."
"If the imperial court is allowed to assemble a large army first and march into Qingzhou, then even if you, Governor Zhang, want to rebel, it will be too late!"
What Tianhu said made Zhang Qi look a little unhappy.
He naturally knew that the other party was forcing him!
But this was a conspiracy. At this point, he and the Sirius Kingdom were already like grasshoppers on the same rope. They both prospered and suffered losses.
The wilderness can no longer accommodate him.
If he doesn't fight back now, his value in the Sirius Kingdom will soon be exhausted...
Once the value is exhausted, Zhang Qi believes that these martial arts masters from the Sirius Kingdom will leave immediately and will not care about his life or death.
this is the truth.
How can there be an arrow to turn back when the bow is drawn?
He can't look back! !
"I understand. I will start contacting the prefects and county magistrates of each county and ask them to respond to me. In three days, we will start." Zhang Qi nodded and replied.
"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news from Prefect Zhang." Tianhu smiled with satisfaction, turned and left.
Zhang Qi took a deep breath and started writing letters at his desk.
With his connections and prestige, it would be easy to succeed.
In particular, the granary reserves were stolen, and the officials of various counties and counties were not exempt from the blame. They also received their own benefits, and now they have no way out except to rebel against themselves.
If they rebelled, they could also be said to be coerced by themselves and couldn't help themselves!
If you don’t rebel, if this matter is exposed, everyone will die!
Any smart person can calculate this account!
Tianhu came to Huyan Zhenyi's room and told him the good news.
Hu Yanzhen gently turned the beads and said in a calm tone: "Well, you did a good job!"
"Thank you, Lord Huyan, for your compliment!" Tianhu's face was filled with joy. Being able to gain the appreciation of this big man, his rise to fame is not far away.
"Continue to keep an eye on him until he sends out all the letters to the counties." Hu Yanzhen ordered.
"Yes, Master Huyan." Tianhu nodded quickly and said, "Then I will leave first."
"Go." Hu Yanzhen nodded slightly.
After Tianhu left, Hu Yanzhen said, "How are your arrangements going?"
Hujie Lie's rough voice sounded in the room: "The arrangements have been made. As long as those two masters dare to come! They will never come back!"
"Master Huyan, please rest assured! The people from the Tianlang Department have been assembled and can be dispatched at any time!" Dugu Jiaye's feminine voice also sounded.
"Yeah." Hu Yanzhen said softly and said nothing more.
The trap has been set, just waiting for the prey to fall into the urn...
