Chapter 582: 184: Heading to the Shangwu Dynasty! Annihilate the Blood Gu Sect Disciples! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter, Please Subscribe)_4
The chaos in the Imperial City and the Imperial Palace has finally ended!
But the destruction caused by the Sect Disciples of the Blood Gu Sect within the Imperial City and inside the Imperial Palace,
is clearly evident to all!
Fan Wu, who had roamed the Imperial City all night, quietly looked at the corpses strewn across the streets, breathed in the bloodstained air, and listened to the continuous cries and sobs ringing in his ears.
Such a purgatory-like scene appearing in any county city except the Imperial City wouldn’t have been surprising.
Because that’s how chaotic the Great Zhou Dynasty was!
But such a scene, occurring within the Great Zhou Imperial City, was different. After all, this was considered to be the safest place within the Great Zhou Dynasty.
For the safest and core center of a dynasty to suffer such a catastrophe was definitely a huge blow to the dynasty itself.
For the Imperial Court, too, it was absolutely a tarnishing of its dignity.
But there was no way around it...
The destruction caused by the Zhenhai King in league with the Blood Gu Sect, along with some corrupt officials who were bribed, was not to be underestimated.
"Alas... who knows how many people died." A disheveled civilian of the Imperial City, while helping to gather the corpses with straw mats, shook his head mournfully and muttered to himself, "Just this one street has lost seven or eight people. There are many streets like this one in the Imperial City."
"Who knows?" said another civilian bitterly, "Who would have thought that before one even started to sleep, the whole Imperial City would erupt into chaos. Fortunately, the chaos should be over now, it’s like having picked up a life."
"Yes! We who have survived are already lucky, surely it’s because of some great virtue in our past life that we’re allowed to live through this one."
"Alas... I only moved here because the Imperial City is supposed to be safer than other places, spending so much silver to do so. But who would have thought that the Imperial City would become even more dangerous than the outside, wasn’t all that silver spent in vain? Damn it, I might as well have stayed in my hometown!"
"Isn’t that the truth? I heard that the Blood Gu Sect caused the commotion last night."
"The Blood Gu Sect? Is that the same sect that has been constantly rebelling?"
"Hmph! The Imperial Court is utterly useless, to let these traitors infiltrate the Imperial City, nothing but a bunch of good-for-nothing leeches, they all should be dragged out and beheaded!"
"Shh! Do you want to die? Are those officials something you can just slander?"
"Be careful not to get caught by the government!"
"..."
Civilians one after another were abuzz with discussions about last night’s events.
From their tone and the content of their conversations, it was evident that their fear from last night hadn’t dissipated.
Instead, as time progressively went on, they became more and more frightened.
After all, if such an event could happen once, then there was a great chance it could happen a second time.
Or even a third time.
Or a fourth!
These people had managed to escape this time because they felt lucky, but luck was an uncertain thing... There was no telling that next time, they might be the ones to die.
...
"It seems that the Great Zhou Dynasty’s fate isn’t so quickly depleted; the Mu Family’s reign over the Great Zhou might still last for several more years," an old man with white hair said within an inn in the Imperial City.
"Only a few more years, I reckon?" a middle-aged man commented, "The Blood Gu Sect’s uprising in the Imperial City is regarded as a failure, but I think they won’t let it go at that."
Based on what I know about the Blood Gu Sect, once they commit to a goal, they’re like rabid dogs.
"They probably won’t stop until they reach their goal."
"Indeed!" another person chimed in, "What’s more, after such a major event, even if the Blood Gu Sect wanted to stop, the Crown Prince probably wouldn’t let it rest. He’s certain to command a thorough investigation into the matter. Who knows, something might actually turn up."
"Just watch, the chaos within the dynasty is far from over!" a lean person said ominously, "Don’t forget, the Zhenhai King seems to be involved in this too!"
"Everyone probably knows what sort of person the Zhenhai King is—an ambitious one."
Upon hearing this,
the white-haired old man spoke, "Well, we’ll see what changes the situation brings next. During this time, it’s best not to provoke the Crown Prince. To be on the safe side, it’s even more important not to get entangled with the Blood Gu Sect and the Zhenhai King."
"Absolutely, absolutely!" the people beside him nodded and agreed.
But that was just a verbal accord.
A joke, right?
In such a situation, how could they not make contact with the Zhenhai King?
After all, what if the Crown Prince couldn’t defeat the Zhenhai King? Back then, the Zhenhai King was a man who could stand toe-to-toe with the Emperor; could the Crown Prince really suppress him?
These great clans within the Imperial City liked nothing better than to hedge their bets.
Because then, no matter who won,
they would not lose.
This was something,
they were adept at!
"By the way," someone suddenly recalled something and frowned, "Have you heard of someone from Qiulong Temple named Fan Wu? I got some news that the reason the Imperial Palace came out unscathed last night was thanks to the intervention of this Fan Wu from Qiulong Temple."
