Chapter 840

Meng Wu was not about to show weakness.

Only now did Hearing Ying Zheng see that this was the two great general clans of the military, vying with each other.

"Enough!"

Hearing Ying Zheng waved his hand, signaling the two to stop their dispute, then said,

"Whether this demon beast can truly be captured alive, and whether it can truly be used by our Great Qin, is all still my guess. There is no need to mobilize forces.

Moreover, this time Wang Li and Meng Yi are following Hu Hai south, and they have an even more important mission!"

The demon beast is indeed crucial, but marrying Lin Yue Ru is even more crucial!

The Lin family's sword art, the Blazing Lands, Lin Tiannan!

Each of these three is extremely crucial!

The various great powers of the world will absolutely swarm toward the Ten Thousand Great Mountains for Lin Yue Ru.

If so, should Great Qin mobilize in force, sending elite trump-card troops like the Hundred-Battle Armor-Piercers and the Golden Flame Cavalry to capture the demon beast,

by then the news would likely reach the ears of every major power in an instant, which would not be good.

Though Hearing Ying Zheng did not explain clearly, Wang Ben and Meng Wu were no fools.

Seeing Hearing Ying Zheng step in to stop them, they thought it over briefly and grasped the gist of it.

They no longer insisted at present, merely bowing to Hearing Ying Zheng to beg pardon.

As for these two generals, Hearing Ying Zheng naturally would not rebuke them harshly.

With a wave of his hand, he let the matter drop.

"This Desire Luo Pan in Dongfang Bai's hands..."

To shift the ministers' attention, and because the Desire Luo Pan was itself one of the items on the agenda, Hearing Ying Zheng asked about it directly.

Currently, Great Qin's experts—Bai Qi and Shang Yang—still need to coordinate with Zhao Gao to speed up welcoming Prince Zichu's return.

Xuan Jian has gone far to the lands beyond the frontier, and no news has come back yet.

Master Xiaomeng has followed Hearing Fusu to the Azure Dragon Peak, also with no news.

For the moment, the experts who could be deployed—apart from Yin Zhong, who has long lived in seclusion—Great Qin seemed to have only Yanri Wang Ben, or perhaps the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Hearing Hearing Ying Zheng ask this, and recalling that the Sun Moon Sect's strength and influence were both rather ordinary,

the Moon Deity did not wait for Wang Ben to request orders again, but stepped forward instead,

"The Yin-Yang House is willing to retrieve this Desire Luo Pan for Your Majesty."

"Good! Be careful not to take Dongfang Bai's life."

Hearing Ying Zheng also felt that sending so many experts from the Yin-Yang House to take the Desire Luo Pan would not be difficult.

But then he thought of something and gave a reminder.

"Good!"

The Moon Deity did not understand why, but still agreed.

"Finally, there is this descendant of Nüwa..."

Hearing Ying Zheng furrowed his brow.

Nüwa is a great deity from myths and legends. All along, though common folk have believed it to be true,

the leaders of the various powers felt that such a great deity, since the legends, had shown no divine signs.

Therefore, those in high places did not believe in talk of gods and ghosts, let alone believe that Nüwa existed in this world.

Who would have thought that a descendant of Nüwa appearing would not imply that Nüwa herself might truly exist?

"Your Majesty! To investigate the truth of Nüwa, one must start with the Nanzhao Kingdom.

But this Nanzhao Kingdom happens to lie within the Ten Thousand Great Mountains..."

When Li Si saw this news about Nüwa, he was already pondering how to arrange matters.

Unfortunately, the Ten Thousand Great Mountains have always been rife with poisonous miasma.

Therefore, even Great Qin, whose spies cover the world, has rarely set foot in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

"Then send out spies—whether the Black Ice Platform or the Luo Net, I need you to gather more intelligence on the Ten Thousand Great Mountains as quickly as possible."

Hearing Ying Zheng also furrowed his brow.

Earlier, knowing nothing about Yunzhou could be excused by saying Yunzhou had long been separated from the Nine Provinces and had only suddenly returned, so ignorance was no crime.

But now, with the exposure and introduction of the Heavenly Dao Golden List and the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List,

the world has only now realized that the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, right under their noses, seem shrouded in a fog.

For ordinary people, this would naturally be easy to explain.

But Hearing Ying Zheng, as the foremost among the three great dynasties, the Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty,

how could he allow such a thing to exist?

"Your servant will go arrange this at once, and will surely obtain relevant intelligence as soon as possible."

Li Si had long resolved that once this court session was over, he would immediately dispatch spies along every route to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

"Very good! As quickly as possible!"

Hearing Ying Zheng praised him briefly, thought it over, and found that all matters had been arranged.

Just as he was preparing to discuss domestic internal affairs, a black shadow suddenly rushed in at great speed.

It went straight to Li Si's side and handed over a sealed scroll.

Li Si took it and looked, discovering it was a Black Dragon sealed scroll, and was greatly surprised.

He did not dare open it on his own, but had Chong Xin carry it directly to Hearing Ying Zheng's Great Yuan desk.

After Hearing Ying Zheng used a secret method to open the Black Dragon sealed scroll, the intelligence inside fell out.

He spread it open to look, and at just the first glance could not help but give a soft exclamation of surprise.

The more he read, the tighter his brows knit.

After finishing, a long while passed before he let out a long breath.

"Your Majesty…"

The civil and military officials watched Hearing Ying Zheng's expression shift again and again, a hundred curiosities stirring in their hearts, but in the end only Li Si dared to ask.

Hearing Ying Zheng, prompted by Li Si's question, finally came back to himself and said with a bitter smile,

"My lords, an urgent report from the Black Ice Terrace—Tie Muzhen is dead…"

"Ah…"

The civil and military officials could not help but break into an uproar.

The Great Yuan, the Great Qin, and the Great Tang were together the three top-tier imperial dynasties.

Compared to the Great Ming, the Great Song, the Great Sui, and so on, their strength and influence were far greater.

That they had reached this step could be said to be largely due to the Great Yuan's Great Khan Tie Muzhen.

It was precisely because he had risen to power that the Great Yuan's national fortunes had been flourishing day by day.

Not only did it stand shoulder to shoulder with the Great Tang, it even faintly showed the bearing of one chasing the Great Qin.

Who would have thought that suddenly news of Tie Muzhen's death would be heard.

"Your servant presumes to ask Your Majesty—how did Tie Muzhen die?"

The news of the Black Dragon Secret Scroll was clearly not something everyone could know, but Li Si could not restrain his curiosity and still asked it publicly.

Hearing Ying Zheng shook his head with a bitter smile and said,

"This is no great secret either, and what's more, I'm afraid before long this news will spread throughout the Nine Provinces!"

Speaking to here, Hearing Ying Zheng paused, then continued,

"Actually, everyone should be able to guess—besides the Qinglong Society, there is no second power capable of forcing Tie Muzhen to death."

At this point Hearing Ying Zheng briefly described the matters mentioned in the Black Dragon Secret Scroll.

The Black Ice Terrace had corresponding spies in every major power.

When the Great Yuan's upper echelons suddenly changed, the Black Ice Terrace received news at the first moment.

Only the Black Ice Terrace knew it was because the Qinglong Society had struck, purging the Great Yuan's central apparatus.

Afterwards, the Fourth Dragon Head Senior Xiaoyaozi and the Seventh Dragon Head Zhang Sanfeng arrived together, leading a host of Qinglong Society assassins and surrounding the Great Yuan's council hall so tightly that not a drop of water could leak through.

Then after that, the Great Yuan's council hall collapsed with a rumble.

Tie Muzhen perished, and the Qinglong Society departed.

Other specific details—such as the Huang Tian Great Buddha descending from beyond the heavens, seizing Xiao Jingtian, and piercing through the firmament.