Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Wuxie's first reaction upon receiving Qin Keqing's message was that something was amiss.

Blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier?

This matter, no matter how one looked at it, seemed absurd.

Such an absurd thing, appearing at this critical juncture, might indicate something suspicious.

"How could such a thing happen?"

Hearing this, Liang Wan'er was deeply shocked.

Since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, such a thing had never occurred.

Not to mention the Great Liang, throughout history, except during the era of the Dark Invasion, such a shocking event had never been heard of.

The Eastern Frontier, that was home to a billion people, such an astonishing number, a massive population.

Blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier, slaughtering a billion living beings, such cruelty and madness would inevitably be intolerable to the Heavenly Dao.

Who would dare defy the world, who would dare commit such an act against the heavens?

Jun Wuxie immediately contacted the general manager of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, who quickly replied.

"Young Master, we also just received this news and have not yet confirmed its authenticity.

In recent days, we have not received any such shocking news of a blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier.

If the news is true, a great power must be involved, otherwise it would be impossible to evade our intelligence network.

Young Master, rest assured, your subordinate will immediately send someone to the Eastern Frontier to investigate."

"Give me the addresses of your intelligence network nodes in the Eastern Frontier."

"Young Master, are you planning to go to the Eastern Frontier yourself?

If the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier is true, the current Eastern Frontier must be fraught with danger. If Young Master becomes trapped in it, I'm afraid..."

"You only need to give me the addresses, no need to say anything else."

"Then... very well."

The general manager of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion was helpless and could only give Jun Wuxie the addresses.

After severing the jade slip connection, the general manager of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion frowned deeply.

If the Young Master goes to the Eastern Frontier, it will inevitably be very dangerous. It seems that a strong person from the Pavilion must be sent to secretly protect the Young Master's safety.

It would be most prudent for him to go himself, but many matters require him to command at headquarters.

"Yaoyue, you go on this trip to the Eastern Frontier, you must protect the Young Master's safety."

"Rest assured, with me here, I will definitely protect the Young Master."

The void slightly distorted, and a mature and beautiful woman appeared out of thin air in front of the general manager.

"Does this time not affect your cultivation?"

"No, I have already passed the critical period and broken through.

Now, I am only stabilizing my realm and consolidating my foundation.

Coming out of seclusion at this time has no impact."

"That's good, with you, the Deputy General Manager, taking action, even if there are great powers involved in the frontier, with your abilities, you should be able to handle it.

When do you plan to depart?"

"I will go with the Young Master, following him secretly, which will be more secure," Yaoyue said.

The general manager nodded, "That's good too, when the time comes, let the Young Master investigate the truth himself."

...

At the same time, in the imperial court, the officials were in an uproar, all looking in shock at Qin Keqing and the others entering the Golden Luan Hall.

"Anping County Princess, what is the meaning of this?"

"Relying on His Majesty's special care for your Qin Royal Mansion, can you be so presumptuous?

To actually bring a corpse to the imperial court, what is the County Princess's intention, do you have His Majesty in your eyes at all!"

"Gentlemen, can you please close your mouths and listen to what the Anping County Princess has to say.

You are so eager to accuse before the matter is clear, when did you become so impatient?"

Liang Huang's majestic voice echoed in the hall, and the officials immediately shut their mouths.

But Liang Huang's heart sank.

The broken armor on the corpse, how did it look like armor from the Eastern Frontier?

Could it be that someone from the Eastern Frontier escaped and came to the imperial capital?

"Anping County Princess, why did you suddenly bring a corpse to the imperial court today?

Speak quickly, lest the gentlemen misunderstand."

"Your Majesty, this person's identity is the Captain of the Guard of the Eastern Frontier Governor, and he has an identity token as proof," Qin Keqing said, taking out the identity token taken from the Eastern Frontier Governor's Captain of the Guard.

Many ministers were shocked.

The Captain of the Guard of the Eastern Frontier Governor, why would he suddenly come to the imperial city, and be covered in wounds?

Could it be that something happened in the Eastern Frontier?

"He is actually the Captain of the Guard of the Eastern Frontier Governor, but how did he become like this?

County Princess, where did you encounter this person?"

"Your Majesty, the Eastern Frontier Governor's Captain of the Guard came to the imperial city from the Eastern Frontier, and was chased and killed on the way, barely holding on to his last breath to report to my Qin Royal Mansion.

Before he died, he mentioned a few words."

"What words?"

Many ministers had a bad premonition in their hearts.

You must know that the Captain of the Guard of a Governor only has one task, which is to be responsible for the Governor's safety, and he cannot leave the Governor's side at ordinary times.

But now, this Captain of the Guard has appeared far away from the Eastern Frontier in the imperial city, and went to report to the Qin Royal Mansion, this matter is no small matter.

"Blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier!"

Instantly, the entire court was silent.

The officials opened their eyes wide, as if they had heard something out of this world!

The Eastern Frontier is vast, with a billion subjects of the dynasty.

Who would dare do this, blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier?

"County Princess, this matter is too outrageous.

You must know that the Eastern Frontier has a Governor with hidden soldiers guarding it, and there is also the Champion Marquis Chi Ren leading 20 million brave soldiers guarding the frontier, how could such a thing happen?

If there really is a blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier, the Governor and the Champion Marquis would have sent the news to the imperial city long ago!"

"Yes, besides, the Eastern Frontier is such a vast place, to blood sacrifice the entire Eastern Frontier, how big of an operation would that be, how could the imperial city be unaware?

At this time, the surrounding counties should be able to detect it, how could it be done silently?"

"Gentlemen, this princess can understand your skeptical attitude towards this matter, after all, it does sound incredible.

But since the Eastern Frontier Governor's Captain of the Guard was chased and killed to the imperial city, and came to my Qin Royal Mansion for rescue before his death.

Then we cannot ignore it, no matter what, we must verify the authenticity of the news.

If it is true, wouldn't a billion people in the Eastern Frontier be slaughtered and blood sacrificed?"

"What the County Princess said is reasonable, if this matter is true, then it would be too terrible.

Since someone brought the news, we must treat it seriously.

Your Majesty, this minister suggests, immediately send someone to the Eastern Frontier to investigate the authenticity of the news!"

"Your Majesty, this minister believes it is not possible!"

The Prime Minister stood up, "Your Majesty, do not lightly believe the words of a Governor's Captain of the Guard, and then send someone far away to the Eastern Frontier to investigate a message that sounds like a lie.

Just think, what kind of place is the Eastern Frontier?

That is an important border town of the dynasty, the Eastern Frontier Governor has 10 million soldiers under his command, and there are even 20 million brave and elite soldiers of the Champion Marquis guarding it.

Under such circumstances, who can harm a hair on the head of the people of the Eastern Frontier?

How could a blood sacrifice occur!

This minister believes that this news is too false, that Eastern Frontier Governor's Captain of the Guard is harboring ulterior motives and has other ulterior motives, so he fabricated such a lie, which is not worth adopting."

"This minister seconds the motion."

The Duke also stood up, "The world's beings all have mouths to speak, how many rumors are there in the world.

We ministers are in the temple, we should have the most basic information discrimination.

If, just because someone says a word, we have to adopt it, we have to verify its authenticity, then even if the departments of the dynasty increase their manpower tenfold, they will not be able to cope!"

"We ministers second the motion!"

The ministers behind the Prime Minister and the Duke all expressed their opinions.

"Well, what the Prime Minister and the Duke said is not without reason.

Since that's the case, then this matter..."

"Your Majesty, no!"

Seeing that Liang Huang seemed to be giving up on going to the Eastern Frontier to investigate, Qin Keqing immediately interrupted.

"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be judged arbitrarily as false news.

Regarding the life and death of a billion people in the Eastern Frontier, please issue an edict to thoroughly investigate the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier!"

The Grand Secretary advised.

On weekdays, he follows Liang Huang, and as a veteran of two dynasties, he knows Liang Huang's thoughts well.

In the past, he supported Liang Huang's desire to deal with the Qin Royal Mansion.

In his opinion, the Qin Royal Mansion is indeed a huge hidden danger to the stability of imperial power.

If the Qin King rebelled, it would be detrimental to the stability of the country, detrimental to the people of the dynasty, and would also lead to internal division of the dynasty, collapse of order, and the suffering of the people.

But since Liang Huang wanted to kill Yuan Chu, he felt uneasy.

His Majesty is too crazy, once he provokes the Jinyun Immortal Sect, what kind of disaster it will bring to Great Liang, how many innocent people will be affected, it is impossible to imagine.

Today, such shocking news came from the Eastern Frontier, but His Majesty actually wants to adopt the advice of the Prime Minister and the Duke and others, and give up sending people to the Eastern Frontier to verify.

"Grand Secretary, what you said is wrong, the Prime Minister and the Duke have already explained the reason very clearly..."

"Nonsense!"

The Grand Secretary interrupted the Prime Minister's words, "How can other news be compared with this news?

What you said about the world's people all having mouths to speak, and there being many rumors in the world, is just sophistry, avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial!

May I ask the Prime Minister and the Duke, how many Governor's Captains of the Guard are there in the dynasty?

Of those you call those who have mouths can fabricate rumors, how many fabricate lies at the cost of being chased and killed to the point of exhaustion?

Logically speaking, those who can become the Governor's Captain of the Guard are certainly not reckless men.

If they were to fabricate lies, how could they fabricate such an incredible thing?

Therefore, this minister suggests, send someone to the Eastern Frontier to investigate!"

"What the Grand Secretary said is extremely true, please thoroughly investigate this matter, Your Majesty!"

"We ministers second the motion, please thoroughly investigate this matter, Your Majesty!"

The ministers who supported the Grand Secretary all stood up.

"What the Grand Secretary said is also very reasonable."

Liang Huang nodded, then fell silent.

"Your Majesty, unfounded things, do not consume manpower and material resources for this!"

The Prime Minister was still advising, insisting on his own opinion.

"Alright, Prime Minister, stop talking."

Liang Huang raised his head and said, "I have already made a decision in my heart.

The blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier does sound absurd, but it concerns the lives of ten billion people in the Eastern Frontier.

If I ignore it, the world will say that I don't care about my people's lives.

Minister of War, I appoint you as Imperial Envoy, carrying my imperial decree, to immediately go to the Eastern Frontier to investigate the blood sacrifice. I give you three days to give me an accurate result!

"Your subject obeys!"

The Minister of War stepped forward, knelt to receive the decree, and took the imperial decree from the Chief Eunuch.

"Princess, I have already made arrangements. A conclusion will be reached in three days. You may return to the Qin Prince's mansion and await the news."

"Your subject takes her leave."

Qin Keqing left with Qin Yu and the others, also taking away the remains of the Captain of the Guard.

"Today's court session ends here. Dismiss!"

Emperor Liang rose and left, and the officials gradually departed.

"Prime Minister, Duke, His Majesty requests that the two of you proceed to the Imperial Study for important matters."

The Prime Minister and Duke in the crowd received the Chief Eunuch's message.

They slowed their pace and slowly walked to the back of the crowd.

After everyone else had gone far away, they turned and headed towards the Imperial Study.

When they arrived at the Imperial Study, they saw Emperor Liang standing there with his back to them.

"Prime Minister, Duke, you are both veterans of two dynasties.

Over the years, you have been loyal and devoted, and I have seen it all.

However, I wonder if you are loyal to the dynasty or to me?"

Upon hearing this, the Prime Minister and Duke's hearts skipped a beat.

His Majesty's sudden question seems to have a deeper meaning.

Could it be related to the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier?

Both of them were old foxes, having been in the court for a long time. How could they not understand the heart of the emperor?

"Your Majesty, your subject is loyal to the dynasty and even more loyal to Your Majesty!

Your subject is first and foremost Your Majesty's subject, and only then an official of the dynasty.

For Your Majesty, your subject is willing to go through fire and water!

Your subject will obey Your Majesty's will at all times!"

The two knelt on the ground, vowing and stating their position and attitude.

Today, they saw that His Majesty seemed to be avoiding the matter of the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier, which is why they advised him in that way.

"Very good, among all the civil and military officials, you two ministers understand my heart the most.

Well, what do you two think about the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier? Do you think it is true or false?"

"If Your Majesty says it is true, then it is true. If Your Majesty says it is false, then it is false. Your subjects follow Your Majesty's will."

"Hahaha!"

Emperor Liang laughed loudly, turned around, and took a deep look at the Prime Minister and Duke. "Tell the Minister of War that the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier is false.

Under my rule, if such a thing happened, once the news spread, the entire dynasty would know, and my prestige would suffer a huge blow.

In the future, the history books will record this about me."

"Your subjects understand and are willing to share Your Majesty's worries!"

"Well, go."

"Yes, your subjects take their leave."

After the Prime Minister and Duke left the Imperial Study, they secretly wiped the sweat from their foreheads.

Today's Emperor's aura was too frightening, making them tremble with fear.

The two exchanged a look, and neither of them mentioned the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier again.

They hurriedly left the palace.

After the Prime Minister returned to his mansion, he immediately summoned the Minister of War to his residence.

… …

Qin Prince's Mansion.

"Princess, are you still worried about the Eastern Frontier?

His Majesty has already sent someone to investigate, and the results will be out in three days,"

Qin Yu said, seeing Qin Keqing's worried expression.

"I'm afraid things aren't that simple."

Qin Keqing shook her head.

In court today, she felt that something was not quite right, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Thinking of this, she contacted Jun Wuxie.

"Lord Jun, Emperor Liang has appointed the Minister of War as Imperial Envoy to investigate the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier, requiring him to provide the investigation results within three days.

But I feel that something is not quite right with this matter… …"

"I already know about this."

Jun Wuxie's voice came from the jade slip, "The blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier is likely not simple, and there are many strange things about it.

You don't need to worry about this matter. Just wait quietly for three days and see the results of the Minister of War's investigation.

My people have also gone to the Eastern Frontier. When the information from both sides is compared, we will know what's going on."

"Alright, when will Lord Jun return to the Prince's Mansion? How long will you stay in Yaohua Palace?"

"Wait a few more days until the results of the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier are out.

My presence in Yaohua Palace can make Emperor Liang lower his guard, creating the illusion that he is indulging in the tenderness of the Eldest Princess."

"Okay, I know. I'll wait for you to come back to the Qin Prince's Mansion."

Qin Keqing finished speaking and cut off the connection with the jade slip.

Inside Yaohua Palace, Jun Wuxie looked at the jade slip in his hand and smiled dumbly.

"The Princess is jealous."

Liang Wan'er said softly: "Regardless of whether the relationship between you and the Princess as betrothed is true or not.

After all, in name, there is this relationship, and the Princess has a sense of possessiveness in her heart, which is also human nature."

Jun Wuxie smiled without saying a word. Keqing was indeed jealous.

Although her tone didn't reveal anything, he could feel that she had a bit of jealousy in her heart when she said that sentence.

"My Lord, do you think the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier is related to Liang Buqun?"

Before this, Liang Wan'er had never thought about this.

But after the events in court today, she couldn't help but associate the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier with Emperor Liang.

Although she herself felt that this idea was very absurd and outrageous.

However, in these extraordinary times, with Liang Buqun's character of using any means to achieve his goals, it is not entirely impossible.

"It's possible, but there is currently no evidence to support it.

In three days, when the results of the Minister of War's investigation are returned, we will know whether it is related to Emperor Liang."

"Alas, I really don't want it to be related to him.

He is the ruler of the dynasty… …"

Liang Wan'er had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

If the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier is true and Emperor Liang is involved, she will feel guilty.

She couldn't help but think, if she hadn't listened to her father and fought for the throne back then, what would the Great Liang be like now?

Many things would not have happened.

The Qin Prince's Mansion would not have been targeted, and there would not have been such a horrific thing as the blood sacrifice in the Eastern Frontier.

What is the truth after all?