Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 90 Didn’t they say that the king was dying?

Lu Ming's "Telepathy Technique" cannot confirm who is making the judgment 100%, especially those who have awe in their hearts for him.

After all, no matter how loyal they are to him, the people loyal to the Xiaoyao Palace all have weaknesses. If some forces take advantage of the weaknesses of those servants to threaten them to do things for them, the servants of the palace may still betray him.

For those who betrayed because their weaknesses were exposed, Lu Ming could not judge whether they were traitors.

But if it was the tall and thin man like the one Lu Ming saw at the moment, Lu Ming could tell that there was something wrong with him in an instant.

The man's surprise was a bit too much, and compared with the other ordinary people in Zhuangzi, there was obviously something wrong with him.

At this moment, Chu Liang noticed that Lu Ming's gaze fell on him, and he instantly felt guilty.

Sensing Chu Liang's emotional fluctuations and the feeling of guilt, Lu Ming pointed at Chu Liang and said, "You, come here."

After hearing Lu Ming's words, Chu Liang became even more flustered.

Lu Ming chuckled in his heart, there was indeed a problem.

When Chu Liang arrived in front of Lu Ming, he immediately bowed and said, "Greetings...Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Lu Ming said directly: "You seem surprised why I am not dead?"

Hearing Lu Ming's question, Li Yunfan immediately understood what Lu Ming meant, and then surrounded Chu Liang with a group of personal guards.

Chu Liang quickly knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, I would never dare to have such thoughts."

Lu Ming said directly: "You must be a spy planted by the Blood Cloud Tower."

Hearing this, Chu Liang's pupils shrank slightly. He was not planted by the Blood Cloud Tower. He was a member of the Zhuangzi himself, but he was indeed related to the Blood Cloud Tower now.

Ever since the news that King Xiaoyao would not live long reached the village, the people in the village began to plan their escape route.

Chu Liang accidentally came into contact with a killer from the Blood Cloud Tower and was lured by the killer to join the Blood Cloud Tower and become a secret agent of the Blood Cloud Tower, searching for the magic left by the old King Xiaoyao for the Blood Cloud Tower.

Yesterday, he reported to Xueyun Tower the news that King Xiaoyao was coming to inspect Zhuangzi.

Lu Ming clearly sensed Chu Liang's inner shock and fear, and then he said directly to the soldiers: "Take him away and interrogate him."

The soldiers in the palace tied up Chu Liang without saying a word.

Lu Ming glanced at the people present at this time. When people saw Chu Liang being arrested, they suddenly became nervous.

Lu Ming said directly to everyone, "On the way to the manor, I was assassinated by an assassin from the Blood Cloud Tower. Apparently, someone told the Blood Cloud Tower yesterday that I was going to inspect the manor."

"Some of you think that I don't have much time left and want to find a way out for yourself. I understand."

"But if anyone betrays Xiaoyao Palace for this reason and is found out by this king, they will die!"

Having said that, Lu Ming's dragon energy was released, and a terrifying pressure was released from Lu Ming's body. For a moment, everyone present, even Xiao Qingyun, felt that breathing became difficult.

Lu Ming then continued:

"Of course, as long as you haven't betrayed Xiaoyao Palace, I can forgive the minor mistakes you made."

When the people in the manor knew that he was going to die, they must have done a lot of things to embezzle the property of the palace. There was also a mansion in Lu Ming's manor that was even bigger than the Xiaoyao Palace in the capital, and there were many precious things inside.

It goes without saying that when these people in the manor knew they were going to die, they must have stolen a lot of things from their own mansions and sold them.

As for the crops grown in the palace, I'm afraid that more than half of the harvest was embezzled by these people.

This village was Lu Ming's private fiefdom. Although there were tens of thousands of people living there, none of them owned any land and were dependent on the Xiaoyao Palace for their existence. The grain they grew belonged to the Xiaoyao Palace, and according to regulations, they had to hand over 70% of the grain every year.

However, in the past two years, the food supply in the farm has become less and less, even to the point where there is nothing left to collect, and the Xiaoyao Palace has to pay to feed these people.

Although the Xiaoyao Palace has been targeted in recent years and its crops are destroyed every time they are about to mature, it is not the case that no food can be harvested at all.

Lu Ming knew that these people in the manor saw that he did not come to the manor, and withdrew all the guards in the manor to Xiaoyao Palace to protect him, so they dared to be so unscrupulous.

Feeling the pressure from Lu Ming, everyone present didn't dare to breathe for a moment.

Lu Ming continued, "Commander Shi should have told you yesterday that I have another important matter to attend to at the manor today, and that is recruiting soldiers."

"Next, all young men and women between the ages of eighteen and thirty in the village will head to the training ground."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ming walked straight towards the training ground.

After Lu Ming left, the people in the village immediately started talking about it.

"Didn't they say the king was dying? Why does he look so well?"

"Could it be that the king has found the elixir left behind by the old King Xiaoyao?"

"The king seems different from before."

"What's the difference? He just learned to control the dragon energy."

"I don't know why the king recruited so many soldiers."

……

Obviously, Lu Ming's deterrence just now did not have much effect.

After a while, Lu Ming arrived at the training ground, and gradually many men and women also appeared there.

At this moment, Lu Ming suddenly thought of something and turned to Shi Yuheng and said, "Deputy Commander Shi, I remember there was an old steward in Zhuangzi. Why didn't I see him just now? Could he have passed away?"

Since the death of the old King Xiaoyao, the old steward of the Xiaoyao Palace left the Xiaoyao Palace and came to Zhuangzi to manage the entire Zhuangzi for Lu Ming.

Shi Yuheng was stunned for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, Steward Wei is unwell and has been bedridden."

Lu Ming thought about it and realized that Wei Chen should be almost eighty years old this year, so it was normal that he didn’t come to see him.

Lu Ming didn't care too much about this. He started thinking about finding another person to manage the farm.

After a while, more and more young men and women appeared on the training ground. Lu Ming said directly, "Come in groups of five, take turns standing before me. Those I choose will stand on the left, and those I don't choose will stand on the right."

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Li Yunfan and Shi Yuheng looked at each other, and they quickly asked the palace's guards to surround the entire training ground.

They believed that King Xiaoyao would definitely find a lot of traitors later.

At this time, Xiao Qingyun was full of confusion. Recruiting soldiers could be left to Li Yunfan or Shi Yuheng. There was no need for him to select them personally.

Now that he is a cultivator, he should focus on cultivating immortality. Why bother getting involved in such trivial matters?

Although she was puzzled, Xiao Qingyun did not ask any more questions. She had not said a word since they encountered the assassin.

(End of this chapter)