Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 65: News of the Dragon Shocks Everyone

The golden rooster crows at dawn and the sun rises in the east.

The people in Jiayuguan and even most of Shaanxi who couldn't sleep were filled with even deeper doubts and curiosity.

After all, for everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty, the dragon was a mythical beast that only existed in myths and legends. Now it suddenly appeared in Jiayuguan without any warning and then disappeared strangely. Who wouldn't be curious?

Especially Zhu Houzhao, who was placed under house arrest in a side hall of the Tiance Palace.

He tossed and turned all night.

"First, there were the deafening roars of dragons and the howling of thunder, but no wind or rain."

"Then there was a haunted howling that lasted the entire night."

"What on earth is Prince Su doing?"

Zhu Houzhao sat cross-legged on the bed, puzzled.

Especially the continuous screams in the second half of last night were even more terrifying. Since last night, the hairs on Zhu Houzhao's body have never softened.

He had been to the Dongchang Prison and witnessed the tortures in the Jinyiwei Prison and the Dali Temple Prison.

But even those places that are considered by the outside world to be the eighteen levels of hell are not even one-tenth as terrifying as those screams.

"Its daybreak."

"Prince Su, it's time for you to see me, right?"

Zhu Houzhao raised his bloodshot eyes and looked out the window which had been left open all night, somewhat lost in thought.

Lian Chengbi's mansion.

Lu Xiaofeng, Ximen Chuxue, Hua Manlou, and Sikong Zhaixing have been sitting opposite each other for a whole night.

"Sikong Zhaixing, do you think that the Azure Dragon that suddenly appeared from the depths of the Tiance Mansion and then mysteriously disappeared was the work of His Royal Highness Prince Su?"

"I really don't know, don't ask me again!" Sikong Zhaixing buried his head on the table. From last night until now, Lu Xiaofeng has asked him this question over and over a dozen times.

Too annoying.

However, Lu Xiaofeng felt that as a secret guard, he must know something and refused to let him go.

Sikong Zhaixing rolled his eyes, smiled wickedly, and suggested, "Lu Xiaoji, if you really want to know, why don't you go and ask His Highness yourself later?"

"Forget it then."

Lu Xiaofeng decisively gave up his curiosity and lowered his head to drink. Tian Ce and Cang Yun had such a big commotion last night, and so many Grand Masters of Tian Xiang and Zhi Xuan had died one after another. He didn't want to offend them.

"Tsk, coward." Sikong Zhaixing rolled his eyes.

At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.

After Lian Chengbi returned, he immediately gave Sikong Zhaixing, Lu Xiaofeng and the others an apologetic smile, clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness urgently summoned me last night, so I was excused. How about I drink three cups as a punishment?"

"Haha, that's the best."

They all smiled and nodded.

After Lian Chengbi sat down, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't contain his curiosity and asked knowingly, "Brother Lian was summoned by His Royal Highness Prince Su last night. Did you see the mighty dragon?"

Lian Chengbi looked at Lu Xiaofeng deeply, with a faint smile on his face: "Brother Lu, it's better not to be curious about this matter."

In fact, Lian Chengbi didn't know either.

Although the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was also summoned last night, they were responsible for the outer defense.

The most core issue is under the responsibility of the top management of Tiance and Cangyun.

Before returning, Commander Lu's murderous intent was almost condensed into substance. He obviously believed that there was a traitor within the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, which led to the loss of some of His Highness's trust.

In fact, not only Commander Lu, Lian Chengbi, but even most of the soldiers of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry probably had such a guess.

Although he has not completely lost the trust of his Highness.

But through what happened last night, Commander Lu and Lian Chengbi both knew that, at least in the short term, they would definitely "fall out of favor" before they could confirm whether the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was completely clean.

With so many top-secret missions, His Highness probably wouldn't even think about the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry anymore. The worry between Lian Chengbi's brows couldn't be hidden from the eyes and ears of everyone present. Lu Xiaofeng was even more curious. What had happened last night that made this great Grandmaster, who was so feared by the Ming Dynasty, look like this?

……

Lintao Prefecture.

Zhu Wusi was in a luxurious mansion somewhere, reading the news sent from Hulong Villa.

"Did a dragon appear at Jiayu Pass last night?"

"It only lasted for less than an hour before suddenly disappearing?"

Zhu Wusi's pupils shrank sharply as he thought of a possibility.

"Could this be a sign that something bad is going to happen to the Emperor?"

According to the intelligence from the Huolong Villa, a huge dragon appeared in the depths of the Tiance Mansion in Jiayuguan last night and stayed there for a very short time. Apart from causing a panic, it left as suddenly as it appeared and left as suddenly.

Zhu Wusi noticed something unusual between the lines of the intelligence from the Huolong Villa.

The dragon that turned into golden light and disappeared in Jiayuguan was probably not a real dragon!
"If that is truly a sign of the Emperor's death, then..."

Zhu Wusi's breath was choked, and he was so shocked by this guess that he lost his composure. But thinking of the Prince Su's Mansion, thinking of Zhu Jinzhen, and thinking of the Tianxiang cardamom in the other's hand, Zhu Wusi had to force himself to calm down.

"Keep checking."

"I want to know what happened in Tiance Mansion last night."

"Yes!"

Zhu Wusi walked to the window, looked at the rising sun, and murmured softly: "Prince Su, do you really dare to risk the wrath of the world and kill the emperor and usurp the throne?"

……

As the dawn broke and the sky in the east turned white, the entire Jiayuguan Pass was set off.

The word "crowded" is not enough to describe the noise today.

In the second half of last night, the sky was shaken by the roar of dragons and the sound of thunder. Even ordinary people who were sleeping soundly could sense something was wrong, not to mention the traveling merchants from other countries, the martial artists, and so on.

Holy dragon!
For ordinary people, it is the Dragon King of the Four Seas, the Dragon Lord, the divine beast in charge of weather and rain.

Any topic is not worth mentioning in front of the divine dragons, mythical beasts, and myths shining into reality.

In the early morning, all forces, whether well-informed or not, from border generals and officials to martial artists and ordinary people, were caught in this terrible storm.

"Hey, Aunt Li, have you heard?"

"Everyone's talking about it on the streets. How could I not have heard about it? Besides, I saw it with my own eyes last night when I got up to go to the bathroom. The Dragon King was several thousand feet tall!"

"real or fake?"

"How can I lie to you? Let me tell you..."

"what are you guys saying?"

"You don't know?" Aunt Li seemed to have discovered something in an instant. With a complacent tone and a look of contempt, she began to tell the neighbors who had just woken up and had no idea what had happened about the news of the dragon appearing last night.

The other people nearby, who had no idea what was happening, stood there in a daze.

"Did a dragon appear in Jiayuguan last night?"

"Pah, what's a dragon? That's the Dragon Lord, the Dragon King."

"Ah, yes, Aunt Li, please continue."

"Let me tell you, the Dragon King's body is as big as more than ten mountains..."

"Wait, Aunt Li, didn't you just say it was several thousand feet wide?"

"Are you still listening?"

"Listen, listen, go on."

(End of this chapter)