Chapter 342: Refining (4)
Xiyun City, the Imperial Palace.
The 30,000 elite warriors brought by Jiang Yan, whose average cultivation level was in the late furnace realm, had ignited more than three of the five internal organs furnaces and more than nine acupoint furnaces on average. They stepped on the fire clouds, formed a military formation, and dominated the imperial city.
With a gleam in his eyes, Jiang Yan looked down at the imperial city and said sternly, "Zhu Zizhen, tell me the truth, what happened in Zhesun Mansion?"
Zhu Zizhen, the ruler of Qingyun State, stood alone at the entrance of the imperial palace's meeting hall, blinking his eyes and looking at Jiang Yan with a smile.
Who doesn’t know Jiang Yan?
This guy, as one of the Four Assistants and Four Vice-Admirals of Yan Dynasty, is specifically responsible for Yan Dynasty's external supervision and intelligence work.
God knows how many spies and informants he has planted in the many vassal states of the Yan Dynasty?
In previous years, Jiang Yan would tour various countries in a show of force every few years. At that time, Jiang Yan’s arrogance was...tsk tsk!
Facing the rulers of the many vassal states of the Yan Dynasty, Jiang Yan was like a grandfather, and the rulers of various countries were like grandsons. He would beat and scold them at will, and even if they made some minor mistakes, he would grab them by the braid and directly order them to be beheaded!
It's so rare to see Jiang Yan so angry!
hehe.
Thinking of something happy, the King of Qingyun actually twisted his waist and inexplicably sang a piece of Qingyun Country's popular drama: "Hey, Master... Don't be panicked!"
Jiang Yan's face suddenly turned dark.
The Jiang family masters around him, whose cultivation levels had reached the Great Perfection of the Fiery Realm and the Golden Lotus Realm, looked at King Qingyun with gloomy faces.
"Do you want to die?" Jiang Yan gritted his teeth and asked King Qingyun word by word.
Huo Yu's trusted old eunuch pounced from the Fire Cloud to Lord Qingyun. The skinny old eunuch pointed at Lord Qingyun's nose and yelled, "How dare you... Lord Qingyun, don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have a relationship with the Queen... You... are wrong..."
The old eunuch suddenly jumped back two steps and shouted in a hoarse voice: "What's wrong with your body? You, you, you..."
The old eunuch wanted to say that the health of King Qingyun was harmed by a beautiful woman sent by a prince of Yan Dynasty... That beautiful woman practiced an extremely vicious magic skill that sucked people's bone marrow and destroyed their foundation. The kings of the nearby countries all knew that King Qingyun had been a walking reed stick, a tuberculosis ghost, and a person who was not far from death over the years.
But now look at his rosy complexion and full of energy!
Feel the pure and vast fluctuations of mana in his body again ...
Moreover, the pattern of the fluctuation of this magic power is wrong.
The old eunuch narrowed his eyes and stared at the Lord of Qingyun: "Tell me quickly, what happened to your body? How could you, a person who was about to die, suddenly become, become..."
Jiang Yan roared on the fire cloud: "Tell me quickly, where is Jiang Yuan? Where is the Zhenbei Army?"
Jiang's masters all pressed down their heads, pointed at the Lord of Qingyun and shouted angrily: "Speak, speak, speak... Tell us quickly!"
The old eunuch once again jumped in front of King Qingyun, pointed at his nose and scolded him harshly.
In the palace, the loyal old guards of King Qingyun lined up and looked expressionlessly at Jiang Yan and others who were showing off their might on Huoyun.
Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Zhu Zizhen, are they what you rely on? Haha, they are just the remnants of the souls killed by the sword back then, the lucky ones who survived by chance. Do you count on this group of... trash?"
Without waiting for King Qingyun to speak, Jiang Yan pointed at the gathered guards and ordered them to be annihilated.
At this time, flames rose from all over Xiyun City and flew towards Jiang Yan. One by one , the secret spy leaders brought by Jiang Yan brought the news they had gathered from Xiyun City.
The news was simple - all the royal family members, ministers, and even wealthy businessmen who had anything to do with their Yan Dynasty had disappeared... Although their mansions had been cleaned, there were still glaring bloodstains in many places.
In Xiyun City, all were eliminated.
They spent money to inquire about the news from the people of Xiyun City, and the information they got was that more than half a month ago, many people were killed in Xiyun City, and there was a large army outside the city attacking the city, but soon there was no movement.
Jiang Yan's eyes flickered as he stared at King Qingyun.
The old eunuch who had just forced his way in front of Lord Qingyun took two steps back again. Dozens of Yan Dynasty palace guards rushed up and surrounded the old eunuch.
The old eunuch looked at the Lord of Qingyun in horror. He said in a cold voice: "Who have you hooked up with? Hyun Dynasty? Have you surrendered to Hyun Dynasty? Otherwise, how can you have the courage and strength to do such a thing ?"
King Qingyun curled his lips and laughed.
He put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "What are you talking about, Eunuch Li? I, Zhu Zizhen, am loyal to the Yan Dynasty... My Qingyun country has been working for the Yan Dynasty for generations, not to mention that my nephews may become the next emperor of the Yan Dynasty... Haha, why should I surrender to the Xuan Dynasty?"
The old eunuch hissed, "You have a rebellious streak in your heart... You have a grudge against Yan Chao!"
Lord Qingyun rolled his eyes and said, "Then, Eunuch Li, can you tell me why I am resentful towards Yan Chao? Tsk tsk, what did I do?"
Just as the old eunuch was about to speak, Jiang Yan pointed at the Lord of Qingyun and said, "Capture...anyone else who dares to stand in my way will be killed without mercy...These guys should have died decades ago, all of them will be slaughtered!"
Jiang Yan looked at the Lord of Qingyun with cold eyes: "Not only will I kill them all, I will also slaughter all nine of their clans... Zhu Zizhen, do you have any objections?"
Lord Qingyun spread his hands and laughed: "Assistant Jiang, you are welcome to do as you please."
He laughed, "As long as you can do it, in my Qingyun Country, in my Xiyun City, you can kill whoever you want, including me!"
Lowering his head and stretching his neck, Lord Qingyun patted : "Including me, little king, hehe, you are welcome to do whatever you want... Hehe, over the years, I remember that you ordered the execution of no less than ten kings, right?"
"Not more than this one of mine, not more than this one of mine!"
"In fact, you should have chopped off my head decades ago."
"You didn't do it back then, but now..."
Jiang Yan said coldly: "If you are really related to the Zhenbei Army, it is not too late to kill you today."
The King of Qingyun raised his head and looked at Jiang Yan and the old eunuch with a smile: "But, you two, if the prince... no, not if... the prince is indeed, really, related to Jiang Yuan and the Zhenbei Army..."
Jiang Yan and the old eunuch's faces changed suddenly.
Lord Qingyun said coldly: "Jiang Yuan led his troops to attack, but was captured alive. With his cooperation, millions of people in the Zhenbei Army laid down their weapons and surrendered without any resistance!"
"That's the whole story!"
The Lord of Qingyun laughed loudly and said, "I admit that I did it... What do you want to do to me? What can you do to me?"
A cloud of fire rose up from under the old eunuch's feet, carrying him back into the air.
As an old monster who has lived in the palace all his life, Eunuch Li felt a great danger from the words, actions and expressions of the Lord of Qingyun... No one is more familiar with the "monarch" as a "strange creature" than him. Although the Qingyun Kingdom is weak, the Lord of Qingyun is also a "monarch".
The words and actions of Lord Qingyun at this moment clearly revealed great malice and danger.
So, if something is wrong, run away!
Jiang Yan, however, brought a large group of people, suppressed Huoyun, and kept approaching the Lord of Qingyun: "In this case, I want your life... Zhu Zizhen, you, you..."
Jiang Yan lowered his voice and asked, "What conspiracy did you use to plot against General Jiang Yuan, the Northern Guardian?"
The King of Qingyun said in public that Jiang Yuan was afraid of death and it was his cooperation that made millions of elite soldiers of the Zhenbei Army voluntarily lay down their weapons and surrender.
Jiang Yuan cannot be charged with this crime.
Even if there is, it cannot be blamed on Jiang Yuantou.
Otherwise, Jiang Yuan would have died. The Jiang family was wealthy and powerful, and Jiang Yan had dozens of sons, so they didn't need Jiang Yuan.
However, if Jiang Yuan was accused of being "cowardly" and "surrendering voluntarily", then the entire Jiang family would be disgraced and would fall into an extremely passive situation in the subsequent battle for the throne.
In other words, due to the disappearance of Jiang Yuan and the Zhenbei Army, the Jiang family is now in a very passive position.
"Zhu Zizhen, think carefully about what you should and shouldn't say..." Jiang Yan lowered his voice: "It's just a momentary fluke. Do you think that your Qingyun country can fight against the entire Yan Dynasty?"
Jiang Yan reprimanded the King of Qingyun in a low and stern voice: "Don't even mention the Yan Dynasty. Even if the Yi Kingdom and other countries that you once swept through join forces, there are more than a dozen countries whose national strength is not much different from your Qingyun Kingdom..."
A figure rushed out from the hall behind Lord Qingyun. Wearing a monk's robe and holding a Zen staff, Yu Dianhu, dressed in the standard attire of a great monk, rushed out and said, "Noisy... You are talking so much nonsense... My lord, when you need to fight, fight. When you need to attack, attack!"
Yu Dianhu spoke very quickly. In just a dozen words, he had already thrown dozens of sticks and punches at Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan felt the evil wind blowing towards him, and a flash of fire appeared on his body. A purple-gold fire shield formed by twelve fire dragons entwined around him spurted out, expanding to a size of hundreds of feet in an instant, emitting thick flames, protecting him and the Jiang family's direct descendants around him.
A dull bombardment sounded.
Yu Dianhu's punch was so powerful and violent that the flames trembled violently. Twelve circling and dancing fire dragons had just spewed out from the fire cover, but before they could do anything, they were blasted into a dim light by the violent blow and fled back to the purple-gold fire cover wailing.
With a loud 'clang', the flames were completely extinguished, and the purple-gold fire cover was blasted into its original shape, becoming the size of a fist. It was blasted away for dozens of miles by Yu Dianhu's Zen stick and flew directly to Jinshan Temple dozens of miles away.
A golden light, carrying a large amount of golden light as dense as rain, shot up into the sky from the direction of Jinshan Temple.
Lu Yi came flying with a large group of people, and the purple-gold fire shield was blasted towards him. Lu Yi shouted "Hey", caught the purple-gold fire shield, and when he saw that he didn't recognize this magic weapon, he crushed it into pieces.
The moment the purple-gold fire shield was shattered, Jiang Yan's body shook and steaming blood spurted out of his nostrils and mouth at the same time.
