The Demon Lords

Stretching lazily,

Lord Zheng felt a bit hesitant for a moment,

with the armory cleared and the news of various rebel groups being defeated continuously coming in, he wasn’t quite sure where to go next.

Initially, he planned to go to Prince Cheng’s mansion, have a drink in the Royal Mansion, and casually lecture that young Prince Cheng, just to pass the boring time. But who would’ve expected that Gao Yi sent word saying that before he could even bring people to Prince Cheng’s mansion, the Prince Cheng himself, along with the mansion guards, had proactively come to the Governor’s Mansion.

Too sensible may be no good, it left him with nothing to do.

Fortunately, the wild people’s king beside Lord Zheng, though lacking the mental prowess of the blind, was equally adept at reading minds and immediately saw through Lord Zheng’s dilemma,

and said,

"Lord, we can now go to the Sun Mansion."

Upon hearing this,

Lord Zheng suddenly remembered,

though he left hastily, he still remembered that the first thing happened at the Sun Mansion, and the Sun Mansion was like a fuse that directly ignited the whole Ying Capital City.

Lord Zheng immediately asked,

"How did it come to be traced back to the Sun Family?"

!!!

The wild people’s king was almost moved to tears!

He had waited so long, finally getting to hear this question from Lord Zheng!

This was his handiwork, this was Gou Moli’s divine intervention, Lord, this Gouzi of mine is still useful, I can help you achieve things, throwing Gouzi back into the secret chamber or chopping me off midway would be a sheer waste!

But no matter how excited he got inside, the wild people’s king wouldn’t show it too obviously, at least not when explaining his response.

A superior can appreciate you, but you should never feel too self-satisfied, or you’ll end up being annoying.

"In response to the Lord’s question, please punish the Lord, the memorandum to search Sun Ying’s house was written by me."

"Oh?"

Lord Zheng seemed a bit surprised.

The original plan was actually simple, just to gather attention.

After amplifying the matter, to show his stance, but he hadn’t planned to target the real high gates in Ying Capital City.

But now the matter had indeed been amplified, still developing in the most favorable direction for him.

Looking at Governor Mao, who previously knelt before him to confess guilt proactively.

He might have initially prepared a memorandum to impeach Ying Capital City’s governor; tonight, he’d have to stay up all night writing a memorandum praising him as wise and godlike, a true loyalist to the Yan Empire!

"Lord, when the slave reviewed those memorandum copies, I noticed that there was a group of people around Sun Family’s eldest son, Sun Ying, who entered the examination academy by way of substitution. Normally, the Sun Family would disdain using such a method, so the slave felt suspicious and took the liberty of deciding to write a memorandum targeting Sun Ying."

"Just based on this?"

Zheng Fan was somewhat curious.

Could it really be that with such faint clues, such a big fish was caught in the net?

The wild people’s king gritted his teeth and frankly said,

"Lord, the slave had played strategy games with Situ Lei and the Dacheng State, so the slave was already familiar with the tangled and complicated relationships in Ying Capital City and the temperaments of all parties."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Fan nodded, finding this explanation agreeable.

Perhaps, this was the wild people’s king’s instinct, as if he had an emperor’s perspective when going through those memoranda lists, not in the blindly efficient manner of the blind, but rather adopting a god-like viewpoint, analyzing these memoranda as if analyzing his own subjects, eventually leading to Sun Family’s Sun Ying.

"For this, you have earned a merit."

"Thank you, Lord!"

Gou Moli was stirred; he knew this was a good start.

Lord Zheng patted the Pixiu beneath him and said to those around,

"To the Sun Estate, to the Grand Tutor Sun’s Mansion."

Sun Ying’s house had already been breached. Now, naturally, they were heading to the main house of the Sun Family.

With nothing else to do,

going to meet the former Prime Minister of Dacheng State,

Lord Zheng once joked with the blind regarding the culture in the Jin land:

saying in Jin land, behind every successful man stood a more successful man.

Now,

Lord Zheng was going to meet the man standing behind Situ Lei.

However,

just as Lord Zheng’s entourage rounded the street corner ahead,

suddenly,

a black shadow leapt out from the other side of the courtyard wall, coming with an iron mask on his head and a broken blade in hand, pouncing directly at Lord Zheng.

This was a master among traitors.

"Protect the Lord!"

Gou Moli immediately leapt from his horse, wanting to throw himself in front of Lord Zheng to block the blade, but because the Pixiu beneath Lord Zheng was two heads taller than an ordinary warhorse, Gou Moli couldn’t get over, only crashing into the Pixiu and falling to the ground.

It wasn’t that he was deliberately using this clumsy method to show loyalty while avoiding danger,

but he was clear about exactly who was protecting Lord Zheng!

After all, he had been peeling chestnuts for that person all the way!

Two armored soldiers responded immediately, trying to block with their blades, but the masked man’s broken blade released a layer of blade qi, bouncing the two soldiers away, allowing himself to fully expose his back to the opponents just to quickly close the distance with Lord Zheng!

Lord Zheng squinted his eyes, subconsciously preparing to lean back, just as he would dodge arrows on the battlefield, allowing his warhorse to shield him.

"Buzz!"

At that moment,

a sound of buzzing came by,

Longyuan flew speedily, directly colliding with the blade body of the broken blade. The masked man’s grip trembled, forcing him to turn around.

This halt,

all around,

instantly, a group of armored soldiers surrounded him tightly,

while another team of soldiers secured their Lord Zheng at the rear.

The masked man let out a chuckle,

he knew,

his assassination,

had failed.

Longyuan spun back,

landing in the hand of the white-robed figure.

The masked man raised his head to look at that figure,

and shouted,

"I never thought, the once grand Sword Saint of Jin, bowing and scraping to serve the Yan bastard nobility!"

The white-robed Sword Saint walked towards him slowly,

the surrounding soldiers cleared the way, allowing him to face the masked man directly.

The Sword Saint’s expression was somewhat desolate.

The masked man couldn’t see his expression, but from his tone, he could guess that it might be incredibly fierce at that moment.

"Yu Huaping, oh Yu Huaping, do you still remember you are a Jin person?"

"I do," the Sword Saint replied.

"You still have the nerve to admit it, and the audacity to say you remember!

Yu Huaping,

Sword Saint,

ha,

today you can block a blade for this Yan bastard,

will you toast with that wild people’s king tomorrow?"

Gou Moli, who had fallen on the ground, lifted his head at this time,

"..." Sword Saint.

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Thanks to Zu Xinyue for becoming the 128th lord of "Devil’s Reign".

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While writing this, I just saw a reader who has his college entrance exam tomorrow waiting for updates, touched, very touched.

In fact, for high school students, the college entrance exam seems to be an endpoint, but later, you will find that the college entrance exam is just the beginning of a new Chapter in your life. We actually have a broader, farther-reaching life.

Here, I wish all our high school and readers who are about to head to the exam tomorrow:

Good luck on the exams, perform perfectly, leave no regrets, and may your name be on the golden list!

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