These few days.
Rumors about Prince Li assassinating the Northguard Marquis had spread far beyond the capital.
Instead, in a short period of time.
It spread throughout the entire Great Zhou, and even the southern border, which King Li had intended to control, gradually appeared.
"Damn it!"
King Li's face was gloomy. He was like a furious lion, making people fear him.
"Find out who it is."
"Who is spreading these rumors?”
The furious King Li could no longer suppress his killing intent, and it enveloped the entire King Li's estate.
"Once I find out who it is, this king will definitely skin him alive and cut him into pieces.”
"To relieve the hatred in my heart."
Although he knew that this would happen, when it really happened…
King Li was still furious.
At first, it was fine. This rumor only spread in other places in the Great Zhou Dynasty and did not appear in the southern border.
But now, Southern Border had also started to appear.
Some of the commoners looked at him with suspicion and even disgust.
The prestige of the Northguard Marquis was too strong.
The support of the people of Great Zhou had also reached a peak, and no one dared to ignore it.
Even some scholars.
He even cursed King Li, his words were as vicious as they could be.
He directly criticized Prince Li as a good-for-nothing, ungrateful, and a person who betrayed his country for glory.
This also caused King Li's anger to rise.
All of a sudden, the people of Great Zhou felt a trace of resentment towards King Li.
Some of the people who had a good impression of King Li before this and even supported him were now silent.
Even though he could tell that this matter wasn't done by Prince Li.
These people's attitudes became ambiguous under the Great Zhou people's disunity.
"Your Highness."
Zhu Jing looked at Prince Li, who was already in a rage. The terrifying killing intent made his face pale.
However, he still took half a step forward with killing intent.
"The only thing we can do now is to find the real murderer and announce it to the world," he said respectfully.”
"Only then will the truth be revealed."
When King Li heard this, his anger eased a little.
"I'll give you ten days to find the person who tried to assassinate the Marquis of Zhenbei," he said coldly.”
The people's separation from him made King Li panic.
Once the people of Great Zhou were completely alienated from him and lost their hearts, then this hegemony would be ruined.
No matter how powerful his army was, it would be useless.
He who loses the hearts of the people loses the world.
After saying this, King Li flicked his sleeves and left.
"Ten days."
Zhu Jing and the others in the hall, however, had solemn expressions and were somewhat terrified.
They had no doubt that if they couldn't find the culprit within ten days, King Li would make one of them short-sighted and narrow-minded. He would order someone to assassinate the Northguard Marquis without informing them.
In this way, he could regain the lost hearts of the people.
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Northern Territory.
Outside of the North City, hundreds of miles away, on a vast grassland, Meng Tian's army was stationed.
In the tent of the central army.
Meng Tian frowned slightly, her expression not looking good.
He had thought that in less than a month, he would be able to wipe out the Hu and point his sword at the Royal Court.
But now, they had only killed their way over a hundred miles.
They were firmly blocked by the Hu, unable to advance any further.
"This person who secretly helped the Hu is very clever.”
"They know that our army is strong and that the Hu won't fight us head-on.”
At this point, Meng Tian's eyes flashed coldly.
During this period of time, the army had been harassed by the Hu many times.
But each time, only a thousand or so Hu remained.
As they were on the vast grassland, unless one was extremely familiar with the grassland, one would not be able to tell the direction at all.
Meng Tian didn't dare to let her soldiers chase too deep.
This point.
This wasn't a problem for Huo Qubing, but with the help of the person behind him, the Hu had been able to escape.
Every time Huo Qubing led his army to attack, he would leave first and not fight.
"General."
Just as Meng Tian's expression became more and more unsightly, a figure entered the tent.
"Any gains?"
Meng Tian asked in a low voice.
"No, I haven't."
"I feel as if there is a pair of eyes staring at us on this grassland.”
"No matter what we do, the Hu will be able to get the news first and come up with a countermeasure.”
Huo Qubing shook his head. What he said made Meng Tian's heart sink slightly, and her expression turned cold.
"It seems that the existence behind the Hu is even more powerful than we imagined.”
As she pondered, Meng Tian tapped her fingers on the table.
"In that case, not only is the existence behind the Hu extremely resourceful, but his level of cultivation is also likely much higher than ours.”
"Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to see our actions without us noticing.”
The two of them naturally had their own cultivation base and were not inferior to Xu Chu.
However, the other party was able to do so without them noticing.
Seeing the movements of his army, his cultivation was definitely not lower than the Immortal Realm.
"Interesting."
When Huo Qubing heard this, he immediately let out a cold smile.
An ascendance-level existence was not something that any faction could take out.
In the world, there were only a handful of forces that could reach the ascendance-level, other than the various dynasties.
However, those sects and holy lands.
He was focused on cultivation and did not get involved in worldly affairs.
Other than the sects and holy lands, the only forces that could walk out of the ascendance-level were the various dynasties.
"Other than our Great Zhou, the only dynasties that are adjacent to the grasslands occupied by the Hu are Great Qi and Great Wei.”
Meng Tian said slowly.
"General, are you saying that the person behind the Hu is from Great Qi or Great Wei?”
Hearing this, Huo Qubing couldn't help but have a headache.
Although they were brave and good at fighting, they only had 300,000 Golden Fire Cavalry.
If the Hu really had Great Qi and Great Wei behind them, then attacking the Hu would be difficult.
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At the same time.
In the depths of the grasslands, where the Hu army was stationed.
In a large tent, a pair of white-haired old men in black robes closed their eyes.
Wisps of spiritual power emanated from his body and gathered in the sky.
At first glance.
It was like a huge net that covered the entire grassland.
After a while, the old man opened his eyes.
"Looks like the other party won't make any moves for the time being.”
The old man in black slowly stood up. A smile hung on the corner of his mouth as he muttered,"With me here, as long as there are no devas in the north, this battle will continue to be in a stalemate.”
"What a pity. If it weren't for His Majesty's schemes, the Hu would have been wiped out by the invasion of the north.”
The old man shook his head regretfully after he finished speaking.
He loathed the Hu, but he could not disobey the emperor's orders.
If not for this, why would he help the Hu?
He couldn't wait for the Hu to be exterminated.
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