Two hours after Bai Chuan left, rebel Zhang Rang and other talents arrived belatedly.
Zhang Rang looked at the messy ground and the corpses lying all over the ground. Each corpse was wearing armor made of fine iron, and his expression was extremely shocked.
It was obvious that he instantly recognized this dead team as the elite forest rangers of the Great Zhou Dynasty who had been chasing them before.
But today's powerful team still has eight-level masters, but now they die here.
He kept looking at these corpses with a shocked face, and even squatted in front of the almost completely carbonized corpse dressed as a general.
He stretched out his hand and touched the armor that had melted and deformed slightly, and couldn't help but said to himself: "Even the armor made of fine iron has been burned and deformed. Is this the power of the dragon? It is really powerful."
After sighing, he stood up and exhaled a deep breath, as if to let out the shock in his heart, and then looked back at the faintly charred and crooked trees.
There is no doubt that it was created inadvertently when the dragon left.
"Qingqing, let's go. We must find Da Zhou before he really catches him."
To be honest, at this moment, Zhang Rang didn't know why he was looking for a strange beast with unknown intelligence - a dragon.
I don't know what I will do if I find them, because now even the forest rangers who are chasing them are dead so simply that they can't even put up a decent resistance, let alone them.
In his heart, he had completely given up on obtaining the power of the dragon.
Now he is still trying to trace the traces of dragons. Perhaps he grew up listening to dragon legends in the past. As a young snake catcher, he wants to really see the dragon's elegance.
This urge to see a real dragon was inadvertently cultivated by Zhou over a thousand years.
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In the early morning, before dawn.
Sun Lin looked at the glorious palace in front of him, the most noble place in the Zhou Dynasty, and the turbulent emotions in his heart impacted his heart.
As a disciple from a humble family, he really couldn't imagine that he could climb to where he is today.
He exhaled slowly and adjusted his clothes slowly.
As a newly promoted minister, he attaches great importance to today's events, because this is the first time he has set foot in this sacred place. In the future, he will work here with all ministers to contribute to the development of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although he has long heard various rumors circulating about the current Holy Emperor, saying that he is fatuous, incompetent and tyrannical.
But he believed that an official with no background who could choose to climb up like himself must have his own difficulties.
Maybe His Majesty just needs an excuse. In that case, let him be the one to remove all kinds of obstacles for His Majesty.
Countless suffering people across the world need them.
When I think about the frequent natural disasters breaking out all over the country, people are displaced.
He felt a little sad. The Great Zhou Dynasty urgently needed some good officials who could serve the country and the people.
After slowly packing up his official uniform, he stepped onto the stairs made purely of white jade.
At this moment, the stairs made of fine white jade are shining with a warm light, which is caused by the morning glow coming from the east.
He followed the crowd and exchanged greetings with other officials who came closer from time to time. At this moment, he was no longer the transparent little person that no one knew before.
After passing countless splendid palaces with carved dragons and painted phoenixes and various glazed tiles, he finally arrived at the destination of his trip - Tianhe Palace.
This is exactly where the Zhou emperor used to attend his morning court.
As he followed the skilled ministers through the somewhat unfamiliar process, he finally saw the real master of Great Zhou, the current Emperor of the Holy Zhou Dynasty.
However, the scene that appeared in front of him was somewhat contrary to his imagination.
The Holy Emperor in his imagination should be wearing a purple gold crown with tied hair, eyebrows tied with two dragons grabbing gold to wipe the forehead, wearing a two-color gold and white double dragon hollowed out large yellow arrow sleeves, and a multicolored silk knot with long tassels.
However, what really appeared in front of him was a young man with messy hair and only a loose black brocade suit. His eyes were as dark as ink, his expression was casual, and he had no trace of the majesty of an emperor at all.
If Sun Lin really had to describe it, he could only think of those dandy boys in the city who were prospering. Is this really the legendary Emperor Zhou?
However, the facts did not change according to his wishes. While he was lost in thought, the morning court of the day also began, and countless ministers handed over their memorials one after another.
At this moment, a sharp voice suddenly shouted from outside the palace: "The Lord Protector has come to see you!"
The man above was stunned for a moment, then smiled at the heavenly being standing beside him and said, "Xuan!"
Not long after, an old man with white clothes and white hair and four eyes walked in step by step. The eyes on his face were always closed, as if once they were opened, something unpredictable and terrifying would happen.
Emperor Zhou looked at the old man and smiled as if no one else was around him: "Uncle Clan, why do you have time to come to my place today?"
Then he frowned again and said: "Xiao Li, why don't you bring a chair for my clan uncle?"
"No need, Your Majesty, I have important matters to come here today." The old man ignored his attitude, shook his head and took out the prepared memorial from his sleeve, and let the people next to him pass it on. .
Seeing how solemn the clan uncle was, the man no longer pressed him. He directly took the memorial and read it, and was stunned when he saw it.
His waist gradually straightened, and he no longer leaned on the dragon chair. His expression gradually changed from casual at the beginning to serious.
The man who became serious at this moment truly had a hint of the majesty of an emperor, instead of being a dissolute playboy.
A few minutes later, Zhou Tianzi, who had finished reading quickly, looked at the old man below with serious eyes, and solemnly said: "This matter has been confirmed?"
"The Forest Guard Zhou Li has been heard by all the snake hunters in the Duanlong Mountains."
The old man replied.
Emperor Zhou stopped asking. He slowly leaned against the dragon chair behind him, frowned and closed his eyes to think.
The strange questions and answers between the two people left all the ministers around him confused. However, no one who was familiar with His Majesty's unstable character dared to speak.
Everyone just stared at the memorial in his hand with curiosity, wanting to immediately grab the memorial from the Holy Master's hand to find out.
After a long time, Zhou Tianzi opened his eyes again. He stood up, his dark eyes were extremely sharp at the moment, and he said loudly:
"I remember that it is closest to Youzhou. If this is the case, then I will give an order to Zhou Renyi to recruit all the troops stationed there and rush to the Duanlong Mountains immediately."
As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar. Among them, the newly appointed minister Sun Lin was the most violent. In excitement, he separated from everyone and stepped forward and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, this must not be done. Youzhou is closest to the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Once the Youzhou army leaves, the group of prairie barbarians will drive directly into Youzhou in an instant, burning, killing and looting wantonly. The great Youzhou will be destroyed in one day. , Your Majesty, this must never be done! This is an eternal crime, and it will be despised by all people!"
Emperor Zhou was not upset after hearing this. He turned around and asked with a smile, "If I insist on doing this, what will happen to you?"
"My lord, my lord," Sun Lin, who thought His Majesty would be furious, was even ready to speak again, because what he just said was already disrespectful to a certain extent.
But he didn't expect his attitude to be so weird, and Sun Lin couldn't react for a while.
At this time, he suddenly glanced at the pillar next to him, and with a flash of inspiration in his mind, he walked to the pillar, pointed at it and said:
"Then, I will smash my head against the pillar of the main hall and die to show my will! I advise the Holy One to wake up!"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Lin stared at Emperor Zhou, because as a minister, these words had come out, and the Holy Emperor would not risk such disapproval.
But he didn't know that the other people in the palace looked at him as if they were looking at a dead person.
"That's it." Zhou Tianzi's tone seemed to be a little relaxed, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his voice changed and he said with a smile: "In that case, you go ahead!"
"Wha, what?" Things changed too suddenly. The joy in Sun Lin's eyes was not fully revealed for a moment, but it turned into astonishment in an instant. He couldn't react directly. He stuttered for a while and said: "My lord, my lord." …”
However, Emperor Zhou didn't have the patience anymore. He narrowed his sharp eyes and came closer, saying softly: "It's a collision."
Without waiting for his response, he stretched out a white-looking hand and grabbed his neck. It was as easy as picking up a bamboo pole and smashed it straight towards the pillar of the hall.
"Boom!!"
In an instant, a clear and thick voice sounded, echoing in the hall, and Sun Lin was seen to have lost his breath, and his whole body slumped down.
Seeing this, Zhou Tianzi smacked his lips and threw it away, saying in disappointment, "It's boring, just die like this? If you really take the initiative to bump into you, maybe I will still look down on you."
No one dared to say anything during the whole process, even the white-haired old man lowered his eyes and stopped paying attention.
Obviously this kind of thing doesn't happen once or twice. Everyone who can live longer knows not to offend the Holy One easily.
This is true even if he is the Protector of the Country. The king is the king, and the ministers are ministers. You must not overstep your authority without authorization!
"Hey, who is it? Come over and clean it up quickly. Since this official position is vacant, you can quickly choose another one from the group of substitutes."
Zhou Tianzi smiled and ignored this episode, and then said to everyone, "Since you don't have any objections, hurry up. I want to see that dragon captured alive and brought back immediately."
After saying that, he ignored everyone and left directly.
A group of shocked ministers were left behind: "A dragon?! Really appeared?!"
Then there was a sudden realization. No wonder the Holy One, who had always been careless and only enjoyed himself, paid such serious attention to him for the first time.
At the same time, some smart people gathered around the Lord Protector who had not yet left, while others pounced directly on the memorial that the Holy One had left behind before he left.
As for how to deal with it after knowing it, only God knows.
You must know that most of the people in this palace are not simple. There are countless high-mountain sects and aristocratic families.
Things are about to change.
An invisible whirlpool is about to slowly form at the foot of the Duanlong Mountain Range.
As for the people of Youzhou after the garrison army left?
The coming prairie barbarians?
Who here cares?
Is it possible that they can fight till the end of time? It’s really a joke.
The one who really cares is now lying on the ground, and no one has paid attention to it yet.
As the red blood spread, several slaves and eunuchs came over to clean up...
(End of chapter)
