American Comics: BOSS Invasion

Ning Wang Manor.

Ning Wang, already past fifty, sat squarely on the grand master's chair, sipping tea with a kind expression. His robes were luxurious, and his face was benevolent.

Although he looked like a gentle person, two rows of ministers stood before him in fearful silence, each with their heads bowed, not uttering a word.

The Prince was not at all anxious. He leisurely finished his tea, gently held the dragon-patterned cup in his hand for a while, and then slowly opened his mouth and said, "Tell me, what have you all been up to? Let this Prince broaden his horizons!"

The hall was silent, and the ministers on both sides lowered their heads even further.

"General Liu, why don't you start?"

Having been called out by the Prince, General Liu could only accept his fate. He appeared calm on the surface, but secretly lamented in his heart.

He stepped forward, clasped his fist and bowed: "Reporting to the Prince, there were indeed assassins in the imperial palace last night. I heard that more than a dozen imperial guards were lost, and it was only with great difficulty that the assassins were captured and killed!"

Ning Wang chuckled: "General Liu, you truly have good relationships. Your words are euphemistic and complete, not offending either side, interesting!"

The Prince put down the teacup in his hand: "If the imperial guards had such ability, they would have quit long ago and occupied a mountain as a tyrant in the Jianghu world, living much better than they do now!

The Peach Blossom Bandit brought 27 people, and the Nine Ghosts of Shanxi brought 6. There were also several bald heads from the Great Ming royal family. I heard that there were also several barbarian experts mixed in. Four groups in total, plus those who were on the sidelines, adding up to two or three hundred people. But in your General Liu's mouth, they are only worth a dozen imperial guards, quite interesting!"

General Liu was sweating profusely, lowering his head and daring not to speak.

The two rows of ministers hurriedly lowered their heads and clasped their fists, saying in unison: "Your official dares not!"

The Prince shook his head: "What do you dare not do? You don't say anything about bad news, and you rush forward with your eyes closed when you encounter something. If you succeed, it's your credit, and you get glory, wealth, high positions, and generous salaries. If you fail, at most you take off your official robes, return to your hometown to teach for two years, and after this Prince has been thoroughly investigated by His Majesty and no one discusses the matter anymore, you can spend some money to get things moving, and you will transform again into an overbearing official!

As soon as these words came out, cold sweat poured down the faces of the two rows of ministers.

"We dare not!"

"Dare not? Don't make me laugh. Forget it, it's no use dwelling on this issue. Now I just want to know, haven't we already figured out the imperial palace? All kinds of intelligence, every character, from front to back, inside and out.

From collecting intelligence to repeated comparisons, to finally drawing all the conclusions, we spent nearly three months. The results have just come out, and we have just made a move. There has been a change inside. Who do you say is to blame for this matter?"

The Prince sighed softly, and his kind gaze gradually disappeared, becoming increasingly sharp!

The ministers hurriedly lowered their heads, too frightened to breathe.

"There are experts in the palace! And top experts. If you don't want to die, investigate this matter for me!

The business we are doing is a head-losing deal. Now that it has been launched, this cart cannot be stopped.

Zhang Deliang, unknowingly, has taken away our biggest concern. Now is the best time, and the only opportunity in thousands of years. If anyone messes it up for me, don't blame me for being impolite."

*Crack!*

As soon as the words fell, a surging aura swept out, the tables and chairs on both sides creaked, the teacups instantly shattered, and the ministers were startled, staggering back two steps before regaining their composure.

They hurriedly stood up again, bowed deeply, and said in unison: "Please rest assured, Prince, we will definitely investigate this matter as soon as possible!"

"I hope so!"

The Prince had already narrowed his eyes and said faintly: "The rebel army in the south can't hold on for long. Although we haven't really seen the Flying Tiger Army, their combat power is definitely beyond doubt. Find some people to cause some trouble for Zhang Deliang, and don't let them arrive too quickly!"

"Yes!"

— — — —

Early in the morning, eunuchs and palace maids poured into the bedroom like a tide, and under the leadership of Eunuch Li, they skillfully dressed Qi Shan as an incomparably majestic emperor.

That's right, although Qi Shan usually carried an aura, it was not the true imperial aura, and there was always a sense of freedom in his movements, as if the whole world could not protect him, and he could go wherever he wanted and do whatever he wanted.

But this state is not acceptable when attending court. The imperial court is the epitome of the world's system. Even if there are people in the temple with ulterior motives, and there are factional attacks, and petty corruption.

But on the surface, it always has to look the part.

As dawn approached, the grand court meeting officially began.

The entire procession was divided into civil and military teams, slowly entering in formation from the left and right bridges. The hall was extremely spacious, arranged in two rows from left to right, all the way from the dragon dais to the gate, with a length of seventy or eighty meters.

Just as the ministers had stood in place, Li Dabian walked out slowly, solemnly proclaiming: "Attend court!"

Qi Shan strode in from the side door and went straight to the dragon chair to sit down.

The ministers prostrated themselves three times, Qi Shan remained unmoved.

"Report if you have something to report, adjourn if you have nothing to report!"

With Li Dabian's shout, the ministers below began to take turns to perform, each holding a prepared memorial, verbally stating the problems they had discovered, hoping that Qi Shan could give his support.

Qi Shan remained silent, flipping through the memorials in his hand, glancing at them absentmindedly, his gaze basically surveying the entire court.

Even without the Heart Lock, Qi Shan's ability still allowed him to sense what was in everyone's heart. Even if it was not very accurate, the development of superpowers on the brain and mental power had already given Qi Shan a bit of mysterious attribute.

These ministers before him, nominally offering allegiance, each one being incredibly respectful, but in reality, who knows what thoughts they are hiding? Since ancient times, great demons have emerged from the court, and there must be no shortage of petty corruption, demons, and monsters here.

Although Qi Shan had not carefully read the memorials sent up in the morning, he knew that most of them were accumulated problems.

For example, where there were droughts, where there were rebellions, where defenses should be strengthened, the situation in the south, and the intelligence of the northern barbarians' restlessness.

Affairs flew every which way. If one were to truly put their heart into handling them, carefully considering each one, then forget ordinary people, even Qi Shan would have to spend a certain amount of time to find the correct path.

If an ordinary little emperor encountered such a situation, he would probably be so frightened that he would retreat on the spot.

In fact, this was also the ministers' goal. Convening a grand court assembly was naturally the emperor's right, but they still preferred the model of Qi Shan's predecessor, throwing all the problems to the ministers and not interfering himself.

Whether there was a Qi Shan or not actually made no difference to the ministers. Even if some problems were inquired of the emperor, after receiving the order, they still had to act on their own.

So they still preferred the state of having no one on the throne.

Qi Shan spoke very little, able to see through their thoughts, but not easily drawing conclusions.

In any case, the Great Qi Dynasty had already reached this point, whether it was a day earlier or a day later, there wasn't much difference.

Since it was a reform, it would be best to start from the top down, so that the efficiency could be much faster. If it was from the bottom up, many wars would have to be launched. Fighting was not difficult for Qi Shan, what he was mainly afraid of was too many deaths, leading to the failure of his mission in the end.

After arguing all morning, only a few disaster relief plans were decided, and the opinions on the remaining complex issues could not be unified, and they had to continue to drag on.

The ministers actually hoped that Qi Shan would make a final decision, so that they could escape responsibility, but Qi Shan remained silent.

After the court session ended, the ministers slowly left, but Qi Shan called out the Prince of Ning alone.

The prince's status was noble, and in fact, he could come or not to the grand court assembly. However, the excuse for returning to the capital this time was that the barbarians in the north were restless, preparing to ask the court for some support, so he had to come to this grand court assembly, otherwise, the reason for his return would not be justified, and it would arouse suspicion in people's hearts!

Of course, the Prince of Ning would not give others an excuse, especially in this special period, he had to be more careful.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The Prince of Ning saluted with a smile on his face. Qi Shan smiled: "Uncle, you don't need to be so polite, I have something I need Uncle to do!"

"Your Majesty, please command!"

"It's strange to say!" Qi Shan shook his head: "Last night I was admiring flowers and reading in the back garden, when suddenly I heard continuous screams. I ordered people to go and take a look, only to find a dozen guards lying on the ground, and opposite them were a pile of corpses, at least a hundred or eighty people.

Although the matter of assassins in the palace is rare, it is not non-existent, but so many people entering in a row makes me have to suspect whether there is something wrong with the inner palace?"

"But this matter involves the royal family after all. If I hand it over to the ministers, I would still be a little worried. After thinking about it, the best person to investigate this matter is still Uncle."

"So that's how it is!" The Prince of Ning pondered for a moment, then said: "To be honest, Your Majesty, I have also heard some rumors about the assassins' attack before. I originally thought it was just some nonsense, but after hearing what Your Majesty said, I know that it is true. It seems that the inner palace really needs to be cleaned up."

"Leave this matter to me, but Your Majesty must give more consideration to my previous requests. The northern barbarians are making no small moves, as if they are about to invade at any time. I can't stay here for too long, please urge the ministers to allocate supplies as soon as possible, I have to set off as soon as possible!"

Qi Shan nodded: "I will talk to the cabinet!"

The Prince of Ning saluted and turned to leave.

As soon as he stepped out of the hall, Qi Shan revealed a smile, his left hand suddenly stretched out and forcibly grabbed a bug from the void.

This bug was born strangely, looking extremely smooth on the surface, with only three bamboo joints and sixteen legs underneath.

It struggled constantly when caught in his hand, making a sharp cry.

Qi Shan looked at it a few times and found that it was actually a kind of Gu worm that he had seen when he was flipping through a book a few days ago.

Don't look at how ugly this thing looks, it has a very beautiful name called Drunken Immortal.

This thing is actually harmless and non-toxic, even if you get bitten, it's no big deal.

But once you drink alcohol, even if it's just a simple sip, it will instantly magnify the poison by 1000 times. Ordinary people will be drunk to death in the blink of an eye just by smelling the aroma of alcohol.

If it was Qi Shan's predecessor, after being bitten, he would only need to drink a small glass of wine, and he would have to die of old age that night.

At that time, you wouldn't dare to write about serious matters, and unofficial history would have to use this matter to ridicule him.

Let future generations know that this emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom died from drinking!

Qi Shan smiled: "You're really impatient! It's good that you can jump out on your own!"

Qi Shan carefully looked at the Drunken Immortal and threw it into the small house.

This thing is obviously a living thing. Although it is a bit special, it should not be a problem in the face of the cloning level of the Biochemical Crisis world.

Maybe his scientists can also make some special weapons based on the amplifying element in this worm.

It's been so long since I came to this world, and the first relatively useful harvest was obtained from the enemy, which is quite interesting.

But since you have already made the first move, it is impolite not to reciprocate, I have to say hello!

Qi Shan raised his head slightly and said softly: "Da Wa!"

As soon as the voice fell, a figure appeared beside Qi Shan.

The puppet is still the same puppet, but it is completely different in the activated and standby states. The previous puppet could be called a mummy, because its surface was indeed dry, as if it had been dehydrated.

The reason why it can still stand firmly, in addition to its hard bones and physical fitness that is completely unlike a human, is that it relies on the armor all over its body to hold it up.

Now that Qi Shan has poured a gourd of energy into it, the whole person is like a car that has been filled with fuel, ready to rush onto the highway at any time.

So the puppet's current physical condition is surprisingly good, and Qi Shan looked at the armor on his body and felt it was really unpleasant, so he simply used the ability of atomic recombination to change him into a black cloak.

So the puppet's current shape is very similar to a bamboo forest knight, and if he is equipped with a sword, he will be even more like a hero.

As for the name, Qi Shan was too lazy to use his brain, and since it was born because of the gourd, he simply followed the name of the Calabash Brothers.

Moreover, calling him Da Wa is also quite nice! .

Looking at the somewhat dashing black-cloaked man in front of him, Qi Shan smiled: "Go to the Prince of Ning's mansion after dark, say hello! See if the Prince of Ning's mansion has anything else, if not, kill them all, don't be nostalgic, go quickly and return quickly!"