Chapter 294 Seizing the Imperial Seal

When this voice sounded, Zhou An could feel a pressure coming.

In the yard in front of the imperial study, there were some flowers and plants, which were proudly blooming in the sun, but when these two simple words came out, the flowers and plants that were blooming were also suppressed by this voice.

Zhou An was standing in the front and could feel it most directly.

The pressure at this moment was like a mountain, suffocating.

But he was not afraid, but straightened his back and put his hands behind his back.

After a while, the pressure completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

The whole yard was quiet, and even if a gust of wind blew, it could be easily felt.

At this time, Zhou An pushed the door and entered the imperial study.

The imperial study of the Great Qi Kingdom was completely different from the other two countries in terms of decoration and furnishings.

At this time, Emperor Feng Teng of the Great Qi Kingdom was sitting in front of the huge desk, like a huge mountain, motionless.

When Zhou An walked in, Emperor Feng Teng cast his eyes over him, scanning him up and down, as if he wanted to see Zhou An thoroughly.

Zhou An narrowed his eyes, then bowed and said.

"I am Zhou An, the governor of Huaixi, the capital of the Great Chu State. I meet your majesty."

Some etiquette should be there, otherwise it will be said that Zhou An has lost his etiquette in other countries.

But Zhou An did not perform the three kneeling and nine kowtows ceremony, because there is an unspoken rule that is circulated in various countries.

——What is the etiquette in his own country is the same as in other countries.

Kneeling is not popular in the Great Chu State, so here, Zhou An just bowed.

Emperor Feng Teng raised his eyes slightly, his eyes were as calm as the calm sea, and no wind and waves could change his emotions.

He pointed to a place not far ahead and said slowly: "Sit down, there is tea on the table, pour it yourself."

Zhou An did not talk too much, nor did he feel restrained. He sat in his seat by himself, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip.

Then, he put down the teacup and said directly: "I wonder what the emperor wants me to discuss?"

Since he is here, there will be no awkwardness. It is better to talk about the topic directly.

When Zhou An asked this question, the corners of Emperor Feng Teng's mouth slightly raised and he smiled.

"It seems that the Great Chu Kingdom treats you very well."

Zhou An nodded: "It is indeed very good. Not only His Majesty Emperor Xingwu, but also Eunuch Wei and others are also very good to me."

Some things do not need to be hidden. After all, Eunuch Wei's attitude towards him has long been spread in the world.

Some people say that Zhou An's background in the Great Chu Kingdom is like a mountain, and this statement is not wrong at all.

"I will not waste my words with you. I will give you a high position and a generous salary and give you everything you want."

Emperor Feng Teng tapped the table with his fingers, as if thinking about the next words.

After a slight pause, he slowly said: "Whatever you want, the Great Qi Kingdom can give it to you. The Great Qi Kingdom will devote all its resources to give you power, wealth, beauties, or other things. You only need to say one sentence to become the existence above ten thousand people in the Great Qi Kingdom."

"And all you need to do is leave the Great Chu Kingdom and announce that you will join our Great Qi Kingdom. You don't have to consider the attitude of the Great Chu Kingdom. Poaching is a common thing everywhere. How about it?"

After hearing this, Zhou An finally knew what the other party wanted him to come over for.

After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's kindness, I appreciate it, but the Great Chu Kingdom treats me very well, and I will definitely not leave the Great Chu Kingdom."

He thought to himself that there was something else, but it turned out to be to recruit him.

There is actually no need to think about this matter.

It is a very simple truth that besides himself, Eunuch Wei is also extremely important to him.

Even Yuhang and Ye Shuang are also from the Great Chu Kingdom.

No matter what the situation is, it is impossible for him to leave the Great Chu Kingdom.

Moreover, although Emperor Feng Teng was trying to recruit him, in fact, what he had encountered in the Great Qi Kingdom before this was not entirely unrelated to Emperor Feng Teng.

If there had not been any hint from Emperor Feng Teng, how could the leader of Zong Xing send his avatar in, and even gather thousands of Zong Xing members, and even the Ye Dao Sect and Ye Fo Sect could deal with him smoothly and unimpeded.

These things would not have been possible without Emperor Feng Teng's hint.

Zhou An knew this very well, so his impression of Emperor Feng Teng in front of him almost took a sharp turn for the worse.

And seeing the living conditions of the people, it was even more impossible for Zhou An to stay in the Great Qi Kingdom.

Emperor Feng Teng did not seem to be surprised by Zhou An's answer, nodded, and said: "I knew that if these things were said, the chances of you agreeing were very slim. Okay, then you go down first, I just want to say a few words to you."

Zhou An frowned, thinking that it was just a simple recruitment, which was a bit too strange.

But since the words had already been said, the golden gossip in front of him was still auspicious, so Zhou An did not say anything more.

"Then I will take my leave." Zhou An bowed his hands, and without waiting for Emperor Feng Teng to answer, he turned around and left the imperial study.

After Zhou An left, the imperial study fell into silence again.

Emperor Feng Teng stood up and walked back and forth in the imperial study.

His aura, like a swaying black shadow, and like a sea swirling with wind, made people feel great pressure.

After a long time, Emperor Feng Teng stopped, and the aura that was like a raging sea gradually subsided.

Emperor Feng Teng sighed with a trace of regret: "Sure enough. Others are unreliable, and I still have to do it myself. Zhou An, I gave you a chance, but you didn't want it. In this case, don't blame me for being cruel."

In this imperial study, Emperor Feng Teng's voice was like ice, which made people get goose bumps.

And the murderous aura kept rippling in this imperial study, like a beast that wanted to eat people, opening its bloody mouth full of fangs.

...

Today is the first day in the palace. Zhou An and others need to stay in the palace for a small night.

After the twenty masters of the Great Qi Kingdom have finished their selection and left, they will enter the next day.

When Zhou An came to the other courtyard to rest, he practiced the pot-suppression method for a while and began to think about what happened in the imperial study today.

He always felt very strange. Emperor Feng Teng was not someone who could be dismissed with a few words. He was the emperor of a country.

The highest authority in the entire country.

He could say a word to decide the rise and fall and life and death of countless people.

So Zhou An knew that there must be something wrong here.

But unfortunately, even the divine calculation of heaven and earth could not figure out what was wrong. He only knew that it was a piece of gold, but he had no idea what he would encounter specifically.

"Maybe he is holding back a big one for me?" Zhou An thought in his heart.

But he didn't care too much about this matter now.

"By then, there will be Gui Ji behind us, so the problem should not be too big. The most important thing now is to thoroughly improve the proficiency."

Thinking of this, Zhou An continued to bury his head and practice the pot-suppression method.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, night came.

Under the moonlight, the silver moonlight sprinkled on the north of the palace, where there was a calm lake, which was sprinkled by the moonlight and covered with a layer of silver frost.

In the reflected place, it looked very beautiful.

If there were a poet here, he would definitely be able to compose one or two eternal quatrains based on this scenery.

At this moment, under this lake that was transplanted by the Great Qi State with a lot of manpower and material resources, there was a shielded space.

This space blocked the surrounding water flow, as if there was an invisible barrier, and the area was very large.

And under this barrier, there were buildings hidden deep in the bottom of the lake.

At this time, in the largest building, a middle-aged man was sitting on a huge chair, looking at a letter in his hand.

He read very slowly, as if he wanted to read every word in the letter clearly.

When he finished reading it all, he waved his hand and the letter turned into a large piece of ashes and disappeared completely.

As the letter turned into ashes, the middle-aged man aimed at the void in front of him again and pointed in the air.

Not far away, a broken jade the size of a fist appeared in the air.

The middle-aged man waved his hand slightly, and the broken jade floated in his palm, constantly emitting light.

He carefully looked at the jade in his palm, and after a long time, he held the broken jade in his hand.

The broken jade instantly merged into his palm, and then disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

And when the jade disappeared, in this huge building complex, one figure after another flashed and appeared in front of the middle-aged man.

"Ministers, meet your majesty!"

These hundreds of people appeared in this huge building, knelt down together, lowered their heads, and shouted in unison.

Everyone present had a strong aura. If they were placed in the martial arts world, they would also be big bosses, enough to intimidate one side.

The middle-aged man put his hand on the armrest of the throne, looked around, and said slowly: "I called you here to discuss important matters. Now Zhou An has arrived in the Great Qi Kingdom and has the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty in his hand."

After saying this, hundreds of strong men on the scene all looked up, with surprise in their eyes.

Many people even put their hands down, revealing a cold murderous aura on their bodies, as if a piece of unmelted ice.

The leader asked respectfully, "Your Majesty, what are your plans?"

"At the beginning, the former emperor was beaten to pieces by the Great Chu State, and only the broken corner of the jade seal remained."

The middle-aged man frowned and said slowly, "I am under all the pressure. I have to lead everyone to rebuild the Great Wind State, but it is easier said than done."

"Even if we steal some of the national fortune of the Great Chu State, we cannot develop thoroughly. That is, in the Great Qi State, he needs someone to check and balance other countries, so he took me and everyone present, but we cannot be vassals of others."

At this point, the people present looked at each other and nodded in unison, indicating that this was indeed the case.

The Great Wind State was the previous dynasty that was overthrown by the Great Chu State.

And these people are the remnants of those previous dynasties.

Even if they escaped by chance, it would be impossible to avoid the encirclement and pursuit of the Great Chu State.

No matter how deep they hide, they will suffer a blow like a storm.

At that time, the Great Qi Kingdom suddenly rescued them secretly and hid them at the bottom of the lake in the palace, giving them a place to settle down.

As for why they did this, everyone present understood clearly that they just wanted something to check and balance the Great Chu Kingdom.

They understood very well and knew that they were being used, but there was nothing they could do.

Because being used is always better than being destroyed.

So they temporarily settled here.

The middle-aged man was named Meng Yun, which was the surname of the country of Dafeng, and he was the prince of Dafeng who escaped.

His father paid a huge price to send him out, and even died on the spot under that situation, just to let him complete the cause of restoring the country.

Only he knew how much pressure and humiliation he had suffered, and he had survived until now.

For example, now, he is living under someone else's roof, like a dog.

For the former prince of Dafeng, Meng Yun felt ashamed.

Not long ago, this letter arrived, mentioning the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, which gave him a glimmer of hope for the restoration of the country.

Meng Yun patted the armrest of the throne, attracting everyone's attention, and slowly said: "I want to kill Zhou An and seize the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, but I don't want to do it openly."

After saying this, the people present showed puzzled expressions.

They didn't understand what Meng Yun meant.

Want to kill, but can't kill openly, then how to kill?

Meng Yun looked around and continued: "If I do it openly, there are spies from other countries in the palace. If they see that it is me who does it, I am afraid that the affairs of the Great Qi Kingdom will be exposed, and I will not be able to escape, so I have to change another way."

At this point, Meng Yun raised his right hand again.

On his right hand, the broken jade stone loomed, and finally floated in front of everyone.

This is the national destiny that was stolen from the Great Chu Kingdom, and it is also their weak and slim hope.

This hope is so weak that they all think it is impossible.

But now, everything impossible will become possible.

"Tonight is a special night. I will communicate with you about this broken national destiny, connect the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty with the national destiny, steal the jade seal, and finally establish a country here with the remaining national destiny of the Great Domain Dynasty."

Meng Yun's tone was extremely serious, and the atmosphere around him became solemn.

What is being discussed now is an extremely important matter. Only he knows how big a decision needs to be made to make this decision.

The jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty is an ownerless thing and can be communicated through similar national destiny.

But it also means that the national destiny of the Great Chu State in his hands will be completely assimilated.

And the result of assimilation is that he can control the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty.

At the moment of control, he has only two choices.

One is to disperse the national destiny, and the other is to establish a country immediately.

If it is the first one, then he doesn't need to do this.

So, only the second one can be chosen.

As for why he must choose one of the two, it is because when he controls the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, it is no longer something he can control.

If he didn't make a decision in a short time, he would inevitably suffer a serious backlash.

He made the decision to establish a country on the spot.

This trip could only succeed, not fail.

If he failed, then the only thing waiting for him was complete destruction.

"I also know very well what Emperor Feng Teng wants to do. Emperor Feng Teng wants to take this opportunity to kill Zhou An. This is a deal. If Zhou An is killed, I can get the jade seal. I can also see clearly how big the risk is behind this deal, but I have no choice. There is only this road, no other way."

"If this opportunity is given up, there will be no chance for me to overthrow the Great Chu Kingdom in the future."

As Meng Yun said this, the people present fell silent, as if they were also making a choice.

These are all old ministers of the Dafeng Kingdom, and they all support Meng Yun to become the next emperor.

But when it comes to life and death, they also have the right to participate, which is why Meng Yun called them over.

After about half an hour, the silence was finally broken completely.

When the silence was broken, the decision was made.

"Your Majesty, we will follow you until death. As long as Your Majesty makes a choice, we are willing to die." The leader said loudly.

The others remained silent, and seemed to acquiesce to this sentence.

Meng Yun heard this, nodded, looked at the broken jade in his hand, and said slowly: "So, it is now."

After he finished speaking, without any waiting, he circulated the Qi in his body and urged the broken jade in front of him.

When the jade was urged, cracks appeared inch by inch immediately.

As the cracks appeared, the broken jade immediately turned into a pile of powder, forming a small sphere, floating on Meng Yun's palm.

Meng Yun took a deep breath and held the sphere made of powder.

The sphere immediately flowed through his palm and merged into his blood.

His palm began to crack inch by inch from the position of his arm, and his face became extremely pale, as if he had suffered great pain and trembled.

Blood flowed out of Meng Yun's eyes and instantly covered his cheeks.

And his pupils turned golden, which contained a lot of the national destiny of the Great Chu Kingdom.

"Begin!"

Meng Yun used his golden eyes to scan the surroundings. His eyes, like the sun, saw the trace of national destiny contained in everyone present, and drew it out from it and gathered it above his head.

Finally, a golden cloud formed above his head.

With Meng Yun's shout, the golden cloud rushed into the sky, turned into a golden light that no one could see, and disappeared.

In the imperial study, Emperor Feng Teng stood by the window, watching the golden light disappear, with a slight smile on his lips.

"In this way, Zhou An will die, and I will have another ally. It is just around the corner to destroy the Great Chu Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom."

"With the foundation of the Great Qi Kingdom, it is easy to deal with the Great Wind Kingdom, and finally turn around and destroy the Barbarian Kingdom!"

Emperor Feng Teng showed excitement in his eyes, and his robes kept fluttering.

"After so many years, I may become the second great dynasty in the world and unify the whole world!" He seemed to have seen the future, and the joy in his heart deepened. In the courtyard, Zhou An was practicing the pot-suppressing method. His proficiency was rising. Heiyu sat in the iron pot, calling hoarsely. As a qualified employee, Heiyu is now as steady as an old dog, and can be shaken by Zhou An anytime and anywhere. Even when sitting in the iron pot, Heiyu still held the chair in his hand, and he didn't seem to want to leave. After working for a while, Zhou An put Heiyu down, prepared to drink some water and rest, and continued to work hard. But at this moment, Zhou An felt something wrong. Something was shaking slightly in his chest. Zhou An immediately looked down and found that it was the pink purse that was shaking in his chest. "Something's wrong!" Zhou An immediately put away the iron pot and finally opened the pink purse. At this time, he found that the thing shaking in the pink purse was the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty.

At this time, something abnormal suddenly appeared, and this happened not long after he met Emperor Feng Teng. Zhou An knew that there must be something wrong with the abnormal situation.

It is very likely to be directly related to Emperor Feng Teng.

Without saying a word, he closed the pink purse.

Although this could not stop the vibration of the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, he immediately circulated the Qi in his body and began to perform the divine calculation based on this incident.

As a result, the original golden color in front of him turned into a black mass.

Zhou An looked puzzled and solemn.

He was a little confused as to why the great fortune turned into a great disaster.

However, after careful thinking, he came to a conclusion.

"Perhaps before I left, those who were related to the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty did not make a decision, and when the decision was made, it became a sign of great disaster."

Zhou An came to this conclusion.

He thought this conclusion should be correct.

But now is not the time to continue to push it in detail, but to solve this problem.

Zhou An tried to use the attribute of the general trend to reverse the good and bad.

In this black, only a trace of gold was revealed, which can only be said to be more bad than good.

With his calculation this time, a lot of time has passed, and the shaking of the pink purse has become more and more vigorous.

Zhou An didn't know what strange tricks the other party used, but if he didn't solve it, what was waiting for him might be extremely dangerous.

He fell into thought.

"The one who can communicate with the Great Domain Dynasty's jade seal must use the national destiny to communicate. Emperor Fengteng will not do it, and the emperors of other countries will not do it either."

"Because this is more harmful than beneficial to them, in this case, it is for others to communicate with the national destiny."

"But being able to communicate out of thin air, even the Wild Dao Sect and the Wild Buddhist Sect can't do it, unless there is something similar."

"Wait! Something similar, I seem to know who it is, it's someone from the previous dynasty!"

Today, Zhou An already has a wealth of knowledge, and he only needs to simply ponder to know who is behind the scenes.

Zhou An looked at the Great Domain Dynasty's jade seal in front of him, and he already had a solution.

In front of him, as he put forward this plan, the terrifying black color turned into a golden color.

Zhou An's mouth corners slightly raised: "You can't imagine that I have a strong backer in the spiritual space."

After he finished speaking, he circulated the Qi in his body.

Then the scenery in front of him began to become blurred, and he was heading towards the spiritual space.

(The line of Eunuch Wei is about to come out) (End of this chapter)