Demon Emperor

Chapter 75 The Flying Head Ghost Delivers a Message Again
in the afternoon.

Ruan Hu summoned the messenger who had come from Wu County.

It wasn't done through someone else, but through direct questioning.

Ruan Hu stood in the right wing of the main hall, surrounded by layers of heavy palace pillars and cascading brocade curtains.

The presence of layers of eunuchs and palace maids further elevates the emperor's majesty to its utmost.

Managing people is worse than managing things.

Nothing demonstrates a person's authority more than controlling and ordering people around.

By observing the cautiousness of the eunuchs and palace maids, and by witnessing the strict order within the main hall, one can discern the emperor's power and control.

At this moment.

The messenger then witnessed what divine might truly meant.

"Yu Lang, clerk of the Wuxi Patrol Office, pays his respects to Your Majesty!"

This was the first time the messenger had met the emperor, and perhaps even his first time entering the capital. At this moment, the sheer grandeur of the palace was enough to overwhelm him.

He spoke haltingly, almost as if he had a stutter.

In fact...

He was kneeling outside the palace gate; he couldn't actually go inside.

Even the emperor Ruan Hu, deep inside, didn't look out, but simply asked a question.

"Tell me, what exactly is the situation in Wu County?"

The sound echoed in the hall, gradually reaching the messenger's ears from the depths, sounding to him like celestial music from the highest heavens.

"When we arrived, the Minister of War had already summoned troops from all over the country..."

From him, Ruan Hu learned about the Wuxi Patrol Office and the local situation.

The only truly usable troops in the area were the county soldiers and the Shield Warriors. The other barbarian soldiers summoned from various places were initially willing to put in a good effort, since the Huan Shou barbarians had clashed with them quite a bit over the years.

However, with the fall of Qin Village of the Black Serpent Barbarians, the entire village was beheaded as a sacrifice to the gods, which intimidated many people.

Gong Tian of the Huan Shou Man tribe somehow managed to gather a large number of armored soldiers, and they were forced to retreat in defeat.

These people then became less willing to risk their lives.

The situation also took a sharp turn for the worse from this point on.

Ruan Hu listened quietly, occasionally asking about the details.

Even with such a simple question, the messenger was drenched in sweat while answering, and by the time the emperor finished speaking, he was completely soaked in sweat.

The emperor remained silent, lost in thought.

Wang Ru glanced at the emperor's retreating figure, then nodded towards the outside, whereupon the eunuchs took the messenger away.

He felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders.

In the evening, Ruan Hu summoned Zhou Kaigu of the Detective Agency.

Unlike the messengers from Wu County before, Zhou Kaigu went directly into the palace and came before the emperor.

Outside the hall, his face was as cold as iron.

Inside the hall, his face was beaming with a warm smile.

He nimbly approached the emperor and produced a secret letter.

"Your Majesty, this is Gong Xiu's report on the situation in Dachang County and Kuitang Pass."

"There's also the letter Pei Yuanxiao wrote to the barbarian chief Gong Tian, ​​but Gong Xiu didn't read it in its entirety. He only glanced at it briefly, and here's a copy of it."

At the Detective Office, Ruan Hu learned about the situation on the Huan Shou Man side.

It's confirmed.

The fall of Kuitang Pass and the surrender of its commander Zhu Rong were related to Pei Yuanxiao.

Pei Yuanxiao has many pawns and schemes on Ruan Hu's side, Zhu Rong being one of them, and Huang Hui, who was previously involved, was also connected with him.

Meanwhile, Ruan Hu was constantly planting people in his camp through the Detective Agency, and Gong Xiu was a deadly move, waiting for the right moment to be used.

This world.

It truly is a case of you in me and me in you.

You might think that war is all about swords and armor, but in reality, even before the two sides actually clash, a brutal, clandestine battle has already begun.

The final mobilization of troops is either a decisive battle planned by one side, or a desperate gamble by the other side in a rush.
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at night.

As soon as Ruan Hu lay down, for some reason, he thought of the flying ghost that had been sent to Wu County.

"It seems like we haven't heard anything back for many days."

As he pondered these thoughts, Ruan Hu gradually fell asleep.

And it didn't take long.

The darkness before my eyes gradually turned into smoke, and then the smoke dissipated.

Ruan Hu saw a large mountain, as well as distant canyons and rivers.

Ruan Hu had never been here before, but he guessed where he was based on the terrain.

"Wushan!"

What the mind thinks, the night dreams. And indeed, the flying ghost came to deliver a message to its master.

The messenger from the Wuxi Patrol Office gave Ruan Hu inside information, while Zhou Kaigu from the Detective Office provided Ruan Hu with intelligence about the enemy.

but.

However, the Flying Head Ghost was able to dispel the real fog and allow Ruan Hu to see the situation firsthand.

Moreover, this flying head ghost would occasionally bring Ruan Hu some surprises, helping him find a way to solve the problem.

The Changgui and Ruan Hu occasionally obtained Changhun and Changpo, which were different. They were like inanimate objects, but they were combined with the structure of three souls and seven spirits, and thus gave rise to a divine being with intelligence.

Most of the time, it doesn't need Ruan Hu to drive it; it knows what to do on its own.

Last time.

The flying head ghost made Ruan Hu quickly understand the current situation in Wu County, and also allowed him to use the Detective Bureau to infiltrate the Huan Shou Barbarians.

This time, Ruan Hu didn't know what the Flying Head Ghost would give back, but he had a faint sense of anticipation.

But what followed was not good news.

The view sweeps past Wushan and enters a county town, which is Dachang County, which has been seized by the Huanshou barbarians.

Ruan Hu saw the barbarian soldiers in Dachang County. He could see that these barbarian soldiers had become more and more elite, and they had many more weapons and armor.

Moreover, they have begun to utilize rivers to transport various supplies and provisions.

The scene shifts, and we are now at Kuitang Pass.

The scenes here are even more terrifying.

There are more soldiers here, especially the soldiers who were originally from Kuitang Pass. Now they are mixed with the rebels, which has greatly increased the rebels' strength.

However, there were still some hidden dangers. Some of the soldiers guarding Kuitang Pass were unwilling to surrender to the barbarian king Gong Tian.

after all.

What is Gong Tian anyway? Although he calls himself the Barbarian King, he's just a barbarian.

At that moment, Ruan Hu saw a group of soldiers being bound and pushed to the foot of the city wall. A fierce-looking general stared at him. This burly man with a leopard-like head and round eyes should be Zhu Rong.

"Are you dissatisfied?"

"Zhu Rong, you have betrayed His Majesty, are you not afraid of dying without a burial place?"

"I'll make sure you die a horrible death right now."

"Chopped!"

"kill!"

Zhu Rong killed several people, then looked at the others, seemingly intimidating them.

However, one can also see the strong dissatisfaction in these people's eyes, but they are simply holding back their anger.

The third scene Ruan Hu saw.

At this moment, the flying-headed demon had already flown out of Wushan.
"This is already Ling County."

What came into view were batches of boats and ships heading this way, as well as soldiers who were transporting stockpiled grain and fodder and were ready for battle.

Lingxi City.

This place is the entrance to the Western Lands.

These men were Pei Yuanxiao's elite troops in Ling County, and at this moment they were all secretly gathering in western Ling County, which must mean they were preparing to launch a military campaign against the western region.

"really!"

Ruan Hu frowned in his sleep.

In fact, he had anticipated this, because of Zhu Rong's betrayal.

This is a very important piece. He controls the Kuitang Pass, an extremely important pass, which can be said to be the most important pass in the western region.

Pei Yuanxiao's decision to use him at this time must mean he has already made a decision.

"The situation has indeed become extremely critical!"

The Huan Shou barbarians had already wreaked havoc in Wu County, and Zhu Rong surrendered Kuitang Pass.

At this time, Pei Yuanxiao was not only using the Huan Shou Man to continuously bleed Ruan Hu, but also controlling the situation behind the scenes and watching him suffer defeat.

Or should they take a desperate gamble, completely expose their ambitions, lead their troops into Xicheng, and gamble their fate with Ruan Hu, the emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty?

Next.

Ruan Hu was facing a life-or-death situation.

The scene circled around Lingxi City once, and then gradually disappeared into the darkness.

The first three acts.

These were all scenes that the Flying Head Ghost had seen a few days ago, and now he was telling Ruan Hu about them through a dream.

Having read all this, Ruan Hu had gained a deeper understanding of the critical situation, but at this moment he was more concerned and curious about something else.

Where is that flying-headed ghost now?

"What are you doing now?"

Ruan Hu knew the situation was critical and at a life-or-death juncture, and the Flying Head Ghost should know the same.

(End of this chapter)