Chapter 1797: The Final Notes of the Rebellion of the Three Princes! I (2/2)
”Let's go!” Wang Chong said, and then he paused and turned to Young Master Qingyang. ”In addition, inform Sword Dragon that the Sage Emperor has given his approval. With regards to Zhang Zheng… he can take action now.”
”Mm.”
Young Master Qingyang nodded and gave a long sigh of relief. Now that they had the Sage Emperor's permission, Sword Dragon no longer needed to hold back.
Whoosh!
As a messenger bird took to the skies, Wang Chong and Young Master Qingyang quickly passed through the palace gates and departed.
……
The skies were pitch-black. It was still around an hour until daybreak.
While everyone was focused on the Imperial Palace, very few people noticed a figure riding a warhorse out of the capital, fleeing to the northwest.
”Impossible! Impossible! How could the Great Tang's Sage Emperor be so terrifying!?”
Kim U-Seok pressed himself against the back of his horse, great waves in his mind. His mind was still repeating the scene of the Sage Emperor unleashing that heaven-sundering blow, tens of thousands of times brighter than the sun. He did not dare to imagine just how powerful this man really was.
”I have to get out of here!”
Kim U-Seok spurred his horse into an even faster gallop.
As the winds rushed past him, Kim U-Seok felt much more relieved behind the scarf wrapped around his head. Unlike the others, Kim U-Seok had prepared for both possibilities. After fleeing the Imperial Palace, he had changed into the garb of a Western Regions merchant and even pasted a fake beard onto his face.
Even the members of the Eastern Palace wouldn't have recognized him.
I'm a Goguryeon, so they've definitely put up defenses to the northeast. In contrast, the Beiting Protectorate army just marched through the northwest, so there won't be many people paying attention to it. I'll travel to the Western Turks and wait for the turmoil to die down, and then I'll go up to the Tibetan Plateau to the capital of Ü-Tsang.
I hear that Tibetan Imperial Minister Dalon Trinling is incredibly intelligent and knows how to use people, an extremely formidable character. I'll go and join his side. He'll definitely be interested in what I have to offer!
Kim U-Seok mentally calculated as he spurred his horse onward. The tens of thousands of spies under his command were the biggest chip he had in his negotiations with the foreign countries.
Neigh!
Suddenly, his horse shrieked and reared up on its hindlegs in fright. Kim U-Seok trembled and warily raised his head.
”Who is it?!”
”The one who will bury you!”
A figure emerged from the shadow of a hill. On his left shoulder was a sharp-eyed eagle.
Bzzz! Kim U-Seok's pupils constricted, and his face paled.
”It's you!”
……
Time slowly passed. As Li Heng was receiving instructions from the Sage Emperor and the lingering embers of the rebellion were being snuffed out, nearly a hundred li away from the capital, a black wisp of smoke pulsing with weak life energy floated above a mountain.
”Too frightening! Even True Lord Yellow Dragon died!
”This was a scheme, a brazen scheme concocted by that blasphemer to deal with us!”
The Tianfu Divine Lord floated in the air, staring in fright in the direction of the capital.
Su Zhengchen's attack had destroyed his fleshly body, and the Tianfu Divine Lord only had half his body left. Not even a Great General could have survived this, but the Tianfu Divine Lord was still alive.
Within the lingering dark smoke, a metal talisman slowly spun, exuding a red light that covered his shattered body and protected his soul.
Everything that had happened in the capital replayed itself in his mind.
Everything was slowly becoming clear. There was no doubt that the Great Tang's Sage Emperor had been plotting against them, and he had succeeded. The death of True Lord Yellow Dragon was a massive blow to the Celestial God Organization.
There was no record of an expert of this level dying since the founding of the organization.
”But they shouldn't celebrate just yet. This is only the beginning! The day will come when they pay the price for their transgressions! Li Taiyi… and that brat!”
With this thought, the Tianfu Divine Lord's body vanished away, moving toward the northwest.
Dawn was breaking in the east, and the turmoil in the Imperial Palace was gradually quelled by the Fifth Prince and various other parties, the fires extinguished.
It was only when everything was pacified that the common folk of the capital finally dared to leave their homes.
The Rebellion of the Three Princes might have been over, but the effects and damage of this unprecedented revolt were only now beginning to emerge.
The Great Tang had been at peace for several decades. While there had always been wars going on, these had all been at the border, never at a core area like the capital.
The common folk gathered together and began to discuss the matter. For these people who were so used to peace, this battle had been a major blow to their psyche.Please go to
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