Chapter 914: Complete Victory!【3】

Outside the Chongde Hall.

Standing outside the hall waiting.

The items he had prepared had to be brought in all the way from the Sima Gate.

Originally, letting the palace guards go would have sufficed.

But the Lesser Huangmen Zuo Feng had run the errand himself.

After waiting a short while, the Lesser Huangmen Zuo Feng arrived before Duan Yu, panting, carrying two square wooden boxes.

"Lord Duan, these are the items you requested."

Seeing the two wooden boxes, Duan Yu nodded with a solemn expression.

Then he took one of them from the hands of the Lesser Huangmen Zuo Feng.

Both wooden boxes were carved from sandalwood.

They were only slightly larger than a human head.

And from within them came a scent of decay and medicinal herbs.

Although the Lesser Huangmen Zuo Feng had not opened the boxes to take a look,

he still judged roughly what was inside based on their shape.

"Lord Duan, these contain heads, don't they?" Zuo Feng asked curiously.

Duan Yu nodded.

That was correct; they indeed contained two heads.

"Are they... the rebel leader Zhang Jiao's?" Zuo Feng's eyes widened in an instant.

Duan Yu did not answer.

But one could only say it was and it wasn't.

Before Zhang Jiao died, he had indeed said to take his head to Luoyang to claim credit.

However, Duan Yu had thought it over and over, yet could not bring himself to do it.

The dead are to be respected, and they should be laid to rest in peace.

It was easy to imagine that if Zhang Jiao's head were sent to Luoyang, it would certainly be hung upon the Pingcheng Gate to be displayed to the public.

If Zhang Ning were not his wife, or if Zhang Jiao were not his father-in-law, it would have been fine.

But out of consideration for his relationship with Zhang Ning, he could not do such a thing.

Therefore, he had sent people to return Zhang Jiao's corpse to Julu County for burial.

As for what was in the box, it was indeed a human head.

However, it was a head impersonating Zhang Jiao.

After all, the civil and military officials of the court had never seen Zhang Jiao himself.

Even if they had, it would not matter; this head had been kept for a long time and was already unrecognizable.

But even though it was an impersonation, Duan Yu still felt an immense heaviness in his heart.

Although in his final moments Zhang Jiao had found peace, in the end, Zhang Jiao had died for the sake of all the people under heaven.

And in this box, Zhang Jiao's life's work was also contained.

Turning around, Duan Yu carried the wooden boxes and stepped back into the Chongde Hall together with the Lesser Huangmen Zuo Feng.

Hundreds of gazes once again focused on Duan Yu.

Officials standing nearby had already begun to whisper to one another.

He walked straight forward until he reached the front of He Jin, Yuan Kui, Yang Ci, and Zhang Wen, then held the wooden boxes high.

"Your Majesty, this item is sufficient to prove my words."

Sitting on the dragon throne, Liu Hong clearly realized something as well; he sat up straight and leaned forward, looking toward the wooden boxes in Duan Yu's hands.

"Duan Yu, what is inside these boxes?" Liu Hong's hands were trembling slightly with excitement.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the box in my hand contains the head of the Taiping Dao rebel leader Zhang Jiao."

"And the other box contains the head of Cheng Yuanzhi, the commander of the Youzhou Huang Jin rebels who murdered the Youzhou Inspector Guo Xun."

"I ask Your Majesty to permit their display."

Hiss!

As Duan Yu's voice fell, a sound of gasping filled the great hall.

The rebel leader Zhang Jiao!

The rebel head Cheng Yuanzhi!

This!

Is this Duan Yu really going to defy the heavens?

From the start of the Taiping Dao rebellion until now, Duan Yu has cumulatively killed the Yanzhou rebel head Bu Si, the rebel leader Zhang Bao, the rebel leader Zhang Liang, and now he has even taken the heads of Zhang Jiao and the Youzhou rebel leader.

That makes a pentakill.

"Quick, open them, let me see!"

Liu Hong stood up excitedly and walked directly around the dragon desk in front of him.

Beside him, Yuan Kui and Yang Ci both looked at Duan Yu with looks of disbelief.

As the wooden boxes were opened,

one head that had already rotted significantly and another that was still relatively intact were presented before everyone.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jiao was already slain by me before he departed from Xiaquyang for Heishan. After slaying Zhang Jiao, I controlled his daughter Zhang Ning and elevated her as the Saintess of the Taiping Dao."

"Because of this, I gained control over the Huang Jin rebel soldiers."

"But later, as we were about to arrive at Heishan, the Youzhou Huang Jin rebel commander Cheng Yuanzhi discovered some clues, and I slew Cheng Yuanzhi as well."

"Now, I have completely gained control over the million Huang Jin rebel soldiers."

As he spoke, Duan Yu bent down and took another item out from the wooden box. ===== CHAPTER 916 =====