The Grand Void – Becoming a Dragon

Huaian, Fengcheng.

Under the protection of heavy soldiers, King Chen has returned to Fengcheng.

Master Zhao was behind him, his old face was as plain as water, but his eyes were slightly complicated.

Just two hours ago, Mr. Zhao had issued a decree to seal down the shops and warehouses of Zhuang's business in the city, and seize the personnel of Zhuang's business.

The last time it was just a seizure, this time it was an arrest.

Last time it was seized, he could maintain it a little bit and ordered his subordinates to slow down everything in secret to give convenience to Zhuang's firm, but this time...he didn't dare to show favoritism, but fulfilled King Chen's order with a thunderous force.

After this incident, once the capital is convicted, most of the people in Zhuang's firm will probably lose their heads.

Although Mr. Zhao is more inclined to Zhuang Ming.

But the rebellion is an irrefutable fact.

Although I don't know why Zhuang Ming's scheming became so reckless and impulsive.

But it is impossible for him to be buried with Zhuang Ming.

"My lord, there is news from the commander-in-chief."

"read."

"The commander-in-chief personally led the Zhennan Army with more than 20,000 elites, and they have formed a siege on Zhongwang Mountain."

"The Zhennan army is worthy of being an elite." Chen Wang nodded slightly, slightly satisfied, and said: "Orders and prohibitions, they are as immovable as a mountain, and as fast as a strong wind, but their movements are fast."

"In addition." The man in black continued: "The commander-in-chief asked you to kill the traitors in Zhongwangshan in the news."

"Pass down the king's order..."

King Chen paused for a moment, and said, "Stop attacking and continue encircling."

Hearing the words, the man in black saluted and said, "Yes."

Chen Wang said flatly: "I ordered you to investigate before. Zhuang Ming and his two powerful men have all been put to death, and he himself took a fast horse and escaped from Yaocheng. Where did he go?"

The man in black hurriedly responded: "Just as Zhuang Ming escaped from Yaocheng, the subordinate ordered the experts around him who are good at tracking traces to find out his whereabouts, but they haven't reported yet."

Chen Wang said slowly: "Although Zhuang Ming's wisdom is high, and the city is heavy, but he lost two great martial arts experts, and he is only a mere sick and disabled body, so he can't escape far."

The man in black replied: "As the prince said, he definitely cannot escape."

Chen Wang nodded slightly.

Mr. Zhao looked complicated, but he didn't speak.

It's just that his eyes fell on the people who were kneeling on the ground in front of King Chen.

These few people were once the stewards of Zhuang's firm, and Song Tianyuan instigated them to rebel, and they were even ordered by Song Tianyuan to enter Zhuang's firm.

Later, he was picked up by Zhuang's firm, and the evidence of the crime was verified and sent to the government.

Mr. Zhao originally wanted to punish these people severely and get rid of them, but he didn't know that King Chen came to Huai'an to take office within a few days and transferred these people away.

But now these few people were called out by King Chen, and received a lot of courtesy.

Because these people are too familiar with Zhuang's business, whether they want to investigate Zhuang's business or forge criminal evidence in it, they will be of great use.

This time, in order to be more on the safe side, King Chen had to create evidence that Zhuang Ming had committed treason in the Zhuang's firm.

"You have been in the Zhuang's Firm for many years, and you are quite familiar with Zhuang Ming. Do you have any idea to guess his whereabouts?"

With a cold expression, Chen Wang looked at the stewards.

The stewards and the others looked at each other, only to see Steward Sun take a step forward.

"My lord, Zhuang Ming is resourceful and ruthless. He destroyed the fetish presented to the emperor this time, and then assassinated you. He also ordered his subordinates to openly resist the law and kill the soldiers of the court. He knows that he must die."

"And the villa where he stayed in Zhongwang Mountain not long ago is well known."

"With his intellect, he must have imagined that the government will not only seal up his business, but also send troops to encircle and suppress Zhongwang Mountain."

Speaking of this, Guanshi Sun hesitated for a while, and then continued: "According to the villain's speculation, this Zhuang Ming will probably not return to Zhongwang Mountain, but will find another way and escape for his life."

Chen Wang nodded slightly, feeling reasonable.

Mr. Zhao thought the same way.

Zhuang's business is of course important.

But now for Zhuang's firm, this is a certain death situation.

Zhuang Ming is not a stupid person, he knows that he is helpless, so it is impossible for him to be buried with Zhuang's firm.

As a superior, presumably Zhuang Ming would choose to give up his family business to save his life.

"The so-called three caves of the cunning rabbit, with Zhuang Ming's city mansion, there must be more than one lair."

Chen Wang secretly said in his heart: "The Qianlong Villa in Zhongwangshan is only on the surface, but it may not be impossible to start from Zhongwangshan and find clues."

He was thinking about Zhuang Ming's whereabouts and wanted to look for clues from Wangshan, so he just sent troops to encircle him, and did not order the slaughter yet.

Surrounded but not attacked, people panic.

After a while, people's hearts collapsed.

When there is internal turmoil, there must be someone who wants to give up the villa to survive, and if he wants to do many things, it will be effortless.

In addition to this, there is another point that is very important.

Because in his eyes, the villa on Zhongwang Mountain has already belonged to him, King Chen.

Therefore, it is best for the villa to be destroyed without attacking itself, and to remain intact.

——

Zhongdingfu.

Outside Yaocheng.

The scholar rubbed his brows with a troubled look on his face.

"teacher……"

"..."

"That Mr. Thirteen robbed the sacred stone earlier, what shall we do?"

"What else can I do? Go after them first and see what's going on."

"Can't you always calculate the general trend?" The scholar was quite speechless, and said, "Why didn't you calculate such a variable?"

"The reason why the variable is variable is because you can't see through it... As a teacher, you can't see through this person in the first place. Who knew that he could be so decisive that he made up his mind to snatch it on the spot?"

Originally, both master and apprentice had already ambushed outside Yaocheng.

King Chen ordered people to escort the sacred stone, and strictly guarded it all the way. When he arrived at Zhongding Mansion, he was considered to be lax.

Therefore, the two masters and apprentices have been setting up outside Yaocheng for more than two days. There are many traps and traps. They are going to create chaos when the sacred stone is sent out of Yaocheng.

This opportunity is rare, not to be missed, never to be missed.

King Chen has 50,000 Zhennan troops in his hands, and he has sent additional manpower to meet the sacred stone.

When the two armies meet, there is no hope of taking it.

Who would have thought that Zhuang Ming came out of nowhere?

"This person must have seen the difference in the divine stone."

The voice in the bronze mirror was full of complexity, and said: "Speaking of which, there are rumors in Huai'an that this man's city is extremely deep, he makes plans before moving, he is cautious, and never takes risks...I never thought that when the opportunity comes, he can really make a decisive decision without any risk. Don't hesitate, if he doesn't have such courage, the god stone will belong to us."

The scholar hesitated and said, "Go and see now? If he is killed by King Chen, maybe we can take advantage of the chaos... to find an opportunity..."

——

"Report! My lord, I have found Zhuang Ming's whereabouts."

"Where is he?"

"Huai'an Fengcheng, Zhongwang Mountain, and Qianlong Villa."

"What?"

In the presence, no matter whether it was Chen Wang, Mr. Zhao, or those in charge, they all felt astonished.

This Zhuang Ming knew that the imperial court would send troops to Zhongwang Mountain, or did he return to Zhongwang Mountain?

Could it be that he knew that there was no life left, so he was disheartened, so he simply gave up absconding and returned to Zhongwang Mountain to wait for death?

But this is not like Zhuang Ming's behavior.

"Is the news confirmed to be true?"

"There is no doubt about it!"

"good!"

Murderous intent appeared on Chen Wang's face.

He didn't care what Zhuang Ming was doing, but he returned to the villa in Zhongwang Mountain to wait to die.

But this time, he will definitely chop Zhuang Ming into pieces!

"This king doesn't care why you want to destroy the fetish, or why you want to die in the lair."

"But since you want to die, this king will send you on your way."

——

Huaian, Fengcheng.

Zhongwang Mountain, Qianlong Villa.

At sunset, Zhuang Ming came back here alone.

Seeing this, everyone felt incredible.

The young master, who is usually dressed in white clothes like snow and spotless, is dressed in messy clothes this time, and he is quite embarrassed.

Moreover, the two adults Qian Yang and Yin Ming who have always followed the young master did not follow.

The young master's face was extremely pale, he just gave orders to close the villa, then hurriedly ordered someone to help him back to his room, and ordered no one to disturb him, so he has not shown up till now.

However, just an hour after the young master came back, an army began to gather at the foot of the mountain, tens of thousands of them were elite soldiers.

"Under the mountain is the Zhennan Army."

Bai Qing looked solemn, and said in a low voice: "The most elite troops of the sixteen prefectures of Huai'an appeared at the foot of the mountain, and within a quarter of an hour, they surrounded Qianlong Villa. It has been nearly an hour, but there has been no movement."

There was a person beside him who said in a low voice: "When Manager Zhou saw this, he went down the mountain to find out the situation. He wanted to talk to the commander of the Zhennan Army and ask him why he came here... He was shot and killed by an arrow before he had gone thirty steps away. His body is still there. There, I couldn't get it back."

Bai Qing's complexion changed, and he said in a low voice, "The visitor is not kind."

The person next to him hesitated and said: "The young master came back this time. He was not as calm as before. He looked quite embarrassed. He hurried back to the room and has not come out yet. Besides, the two adults, Qian Yang and Yin Ming, did not come back with the young master. ..."

Bai Qing took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "After the young master returned, within an hour, the Zhennan army surrounded the mountain, and the visitors were not friendly. Although they surrounded and did not attack, those who stepped out of the mountain villa did not ask a word. Kill with one arrow."

Everyone around looked at each other in blank dismay.

They were all the ones who intercepted and killed the officials, plundered the government's belongings, burned the military workshop, and poisoned the horses under the order of Zhuang Ming in the previous time.

These days, they have all recuperated in the Qianlong Villa, apparently for the purpose of calming down and recuperating.

In fact, it is unavoidable that there is a sense of restraint here in order to avoid news leaks.

"Judging from the current situation, could it be that it happened that day, and it has already happened?"

Just now the young man hesitated and said: "The government got the evidence and sent troops to encircle and suppress us?"

Following this sentence, he suddenly fell silent.

The other people around were also silent.

The atmosphere became extremely silent for a moment.

Bai Qing frowned. He had the highest martial arts skills and the highest status in the field.

He knew in his heart that the last time he was ordered to do something rebellious, it showed that these people were all dead men loyal to Zhuang's firm.

However, the last time he acted, after all, he did it secretly, and the young master planned it, and he was ready for the finale. Although he was close to death, it was not without a way out.

But this time, the government army suppressed the border.

This is a dead end situation.

Even a dead man is not a dead man.

Between life and death, people's hearts are in turmoil.

At this moment, they are caught in a certain death situation, and it is inevitable that they still have complicated thoughts in their hearts.