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Chapter 83 Your Majesty, there is news from the four northwestern prefectures.

Within a single day, several urgent dispatches arrived in Luoyang.

This immediately created a tense and solemn atmosphere in Luoyang.

The death of Grand Tutor Wen Zhong had already cast a shadow over the capital city, but the subsequent arrival of several urgent imperial edicts only intensified this shadow.

Everyone realized that something terrible must have happened.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for several urgent dispatches to the palace to arrive in one day.

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The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen looked at the eight urgent letters laid out in front of him, his face extremely gloomy.

As he had predicted, in the four northern states, apart from Yan State, where hundreds of thousands of rioters had already gathered and raised their flags in rebellion, the other three states also saw their own uprisings and city sieges.

These eight urgent letters, delivered by express courier, were urgent requests for assistance from various prefectures in the four northern states.

Including the urgent 800-li dispatch from Yanzhou, there are a total of nine urgent 800-li dispatches.

Within a single day, nine urgent dispatches were dispatched.

What concept is this?
Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has never been a case of nine urgent dispatches in a single day.

The four northern provinces are in complete chaos.

Zhou Chen looked gloomy.

Although he had expected it, Zhou Chen still couldn't hide the gloom in his heart when he actually received these urgent letters from the four northern states.

In particular, there was the urgent message from Daizhou: "The carefree king Zhou Qian has raised the banner of rebellion in Daizhou under the pretext of 'tyrannical and incompetent rulers,' and has already gathered over 100,000 troops, occupying half of Daizhou."

This urgent message made Zhou Chen's face turn extremely gloomy.

Wasn't Prince Zhou Qian accompanying Grand Tutor Wen Zhong to provide disaster relief and quell popular uprisings in the four northwestern prefectures?
Grand Tutor Wen Zhong died in battle, and the entire army of 30,000 Divine Martial Guards was wiped out. How did the carefree Prince Zhou Qian escape?

Did they even flee to Daizhou and raise a rebellion?

And how did Zhou Qian, the carefree king, gather hundreds of thousands of troops in such a short time?

Who leaked the news from Luoyang to Prince Zhou Qian, informing him that his palace had been raided?

A series of questions arose in Zhou Chen's mind.

Zhou Chen didn't simply assume that the carefree prince Zhou Qian hadn't received news of the raid on his palace and had gone to Daizhou to raise a rebellion.

This is simply not common sense.

Clearly, it was only after the Prince of Xiaoyao learned that his palace had been raided that he fled to Daizhou and raised a banner of rebellion.

Just as Zhou Chen was frowning and deep in thought about these issues, Cao Zhengchun walked in with a solemn expression.

Everyone knows that within a single day, several urgent messages were delivered to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The atmosphere in the Hall of Mental Cultivation was solemn.

No one dared to be careless.

Cao Zhengchun was no exception.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards sent to the four northwestern prefectures have sent back a message."

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Cao Zhengchun took out a letter with the distinctive mark of the Eastern Depot from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Chen.

"Oh!"

A glint of light flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

Zhou Chen had been waiting for news from the four northwestern prefectures. He wanted to see what had happened in those prefectures that had caused the death of the pillar of his Great Zhou and the annihilation of his most elite 30,000 Divine Martial Guards.

Now, we've finally waited for this moment.

Zhou Chen immediately took the letter from Cao Zhengchun and tore it open. The letter contained a few words, but not a small number either.

Zhou Chen glanced at it.

The first thing you see is "Grand Tutor Wen Zhong was besieged by nine Grandmasters of the Yellow Heaven Sect and died from exhaustion."

Upon seeing this message, Zhou Chen's pupils contracted slightly.

Nine Grandmasters?
What kind of power could produce nine Grandmaster-level experts at once?
Do you really think that grandmasters are worthless and can be found everywhere?
Zhou Chen continued reading, his expression growing increasingly grim.

After Zhou Chen finished reading the contents of the letter, he slammed it down on the dragon desk.

"The Yellow Heaven Sect!"

"You're really looking for death."

Zhou Chen's face was ashen, his expression revealing murderous intent.

Zhou Chen never expected that the troubles in the four northwestern prefectures were actually caused by the Yellow Heaven Sect.

It was the Yellow Heaven Army of the Yellow Heaven Sect that ambushed 30,000 Divine Martial Guards, causing their complete annihilation.

The Yellow Heaven Sect also dispatched nine Grandmaster-level experts to besiege Grand Tutor Wen Zhong, resulting in his death.

All the changes stemmed from the Yellow Heaven Sect.

"A sect that's half-baked in the martial arts world actually dared to overthrow my Great Zhou, and even killed the pillar of my Great Zhou, causing the annihilation of 30,000 Divine Martial Guards. How wonderful." Zhou Chen's eyes flashed with a cold light.

Based on the information relayed back by the Imperial Guards, Zhou Chen knew that the Yellow Heaven Sect's plan was not formed in a short period of time.

It is a long period of preparation.

The fact that Huang Tianjun was able to annihilate the entire 30,000-strong Divine Martial Guard is the best explanation.

Half of the urgent letters sent earlier were about the Huang Tianjun rebels.

Zhou Chen initially thought that Huang Tianjun was no different from those rioters, just an ordinary mob rebellion.

Now it seems he was wrong; the rebellion of the Yellow Heaven Army of the Yellow Heaven Sect was probably premeditated.

Zhou Chen looked up at Cao Zhengchun and said, "Cao Zhengchun, immediately summon all officials to court."

Whether the Yellow Heaven Cult was premeditated or simply a rebellion of ordinary people, it doesn't matter.

They dared to kill Wen Zhong, the pillar of his Great Zhou Dynasty, causing the blood of 30,000 Divine Martial Guards to spill across the four northwestern prefectures.

Zhou Chen will make them pay for their crimes in blood and completely annihilate them.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Cao Zhengchun replied and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After Cao Zhengchun left, Zhou Chen looked at the letter in his hand again, his eyes dark and gloomy.

In this letter, the Imperial Guard not only recounted the events surrounding the death of Grand Tutor Wen Zhong and the annihilation of the entire 30,000-strong Divine Martial Guard, but also the subsequent events.

There is also some information about the Yellow Heaven Sect rebels.

After the Yellow Heaven Sect rebels occupied the four northwestern prefectures, they began to sweep across the entire Yong and You prefectures.

Yongzhou was mostly captured, as was Youzhou. Even in Yanzhou and Daizhou, the Yellow Heaven Army of the Yellow Heaven Sect was active.

It can be said that the largest rebel force in the four northern continents today is the Yellow Heaven Army of the Yellow Heaven Sect.

Besides the information about the Yellow Heaven Sect rebels, what Zhou Chen cared about most was the information about Prince Xiaoyao, Zhou Qian, and Prince Kang, Zhou Qi.

Grand Tutor Wen Zhong died in battle in Xi'an Prefecture, and the entire army of 30,000 Shenwu Guards was wiped out. Prince Xiaoyao Zhou Qian and Prince Kang Zhou Qi were captured by the Huangtian Sect rebels and eventually surrendered to them, forming an alliance to raise the flag and rebel.

Zhou Chen's eyes were glued to this message.

He had just been pondering how Zhou Qian, the Prince of Xiaoyao, had escaped to Daizhou and raised a banner of rebellion.

It turns out he was captured by the Yellow Heaven Sect rebels, but eventually surrendered and even formed a rebellion alliance with them.

What a fine example for royalty!
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(End of this chapter)