Creation of the Universe

That night, carriages and horses left the north, south, and west gates of Jinning City one after another, and the soldiers guarding the city did not question them as usual, but let them pass one by one.

According to the rules, all carriages and horses leaving Jinning City at night must show their credentials, but today is an exception for them. The soldiers guarding the city seemed nonchalant. After opening the city gate, they waved to the coachmen to hurry up, as if they did not want to delay for a moment.

The soldiers didn't even ask for any benefits as usual.

It happened that at this time a team of royal horsemen who had returned from outside the city arrived at the city gate. When the people sitting in the carriage saw this, they couldn't help but lower their heads in suspicion.

After a moment, he shouted questions to several soldiers.

"What's going on? How can you let them go without checking their credentials? If something goes wrong, will you be able to take responsibility?"

The official who came forward to obstruct was named Zhang Yong, an internal official in the Jinning Prince's Palace. Although his official title was not high, he was a close minister to the Jinning Prince, so his style when he went out was no less than those of the high-ranking officials.

Several soldiers looked at each other, somewhat at a loss as to what to do. The coachman, who was about to drive away, also stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

It is not difficult to see from their reactions that there seems to be a problem here, so it is completely worth questioning in detail. Maybe you will find something serious, and if you are lucky, you may even be able to make a contribution.

Zhang Yong was thinking about it in his mind and preparing to get off the carriage to check what was going on, but at this moment a bearded man appeared outside the window of his carriage.

"There's nothing wrong with these carriages and horses. I was the one who let them pass. Sir Zhang is being a bit nosy."

The person who said this was Zhao Ji, the city patrol commander. He looked down upon people like Zhang Yong who only knew how to flatter and speak sweet words, so he never gave him a good look whenever he met him.

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, then said sarcastically, "Everything should be done according to the rules. Even if Lord Zhao is the patrol commander, he is no exception!"

"I just said, there's no problem here. Is it you or me who is in charge of the city patrol?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Zhang Yong was favored by King Jinning and was also highly regarded by the Queen, so he always felt that he was superior to some foreign officials.

Now seeing that Zhao Ji dared to speak to him like this, he walked out of the carriage and walked towards the team of carriages and horses.

"It's already three o'clock in the morning, and so many carriages and horses are leaving the city at the same time. I want to see what's hiding inside. If I find out anything, you, Zhao Ji, will be in big trouble!"

Zhao Ji quickly stepped forward, blocking Zhang Yong's way, and warned him proudly: "Zhang Yong, some things are better left unseen than known. As a person, you should not be too curious. That way you can live longer."

"Hehe, I think you're feeling guilty, you're really afraid that I'll find out something!

Get out of my way! Do you want me to report this to the prince and queen?"

Under Zhang Yong's scolding, Zhao Ji quietly stepped aside and said, "You chose this path yourself."

"Zhao Ji, I think you're just waiting to die."

After saying that, Zhang Yong reached out to lift the curtain of the carriage in front of him, intending to find out who was hiding inside. Unexpectedly, a sword suddenly shot out from inside and pierced him through the heart.

No one can tell whether he finally saw the face inside clearly before he died, but he must have regretted not listening to Zhao Ji's words. Why bother to meddle in other people's business?

As soon as Zhang Yong died, the other accompanying personnel immediately panicked. Zhao Ji waved his hand and ordered his men to kill all the people in the palace present. After that, they quickly cleaned up the scene without leaving any trace.

After everything was taken care of, Zhao Ji carefully walked to the carriage and reported: "Sir, everything has been handled properly here. No one will be discovered in the short term. But they are all from the palace after all, so I believe they can't hide it for too long."

Shen Zhan stepped down from the carriage and told the coachman, "Okay, the obstacles have been cleared. You can set off as planned."

The driver responded and immediately whipped the horse and drove off into the distant darkness.

Zhao Ji watched the team go away and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Half an hour ago, he learned that a team of his men went to a courtyard during patrol to arrest someone spreading rumors, but in the end they never returned and the entire team disappeared.

So he followed the previous clues and went there, but he didn't expect that the inconspicuous courtyard was an absolute trap. He unexpectedly met Shen Zhan, the instigator of spreading rumors in the city recently.

General Hu Wei lived in the military camp with his troops all year round and had almost no contact with Shen Zhan, who was living in the Jinning Palace at the time. Therefore, it was not surprising that he could not recognize Shen Zhan's appearance.

However, this Zhao Ji was once a native of the Jinning Palace. He recognized Shen Zhan at a glance and was very shocked.

As expected, he was severely beaten by Shen Zhan, and then he found that this eighth son of the former King of Jinning had already cultivated a lot of skills, and his cultivation level was so high that he couldn't believe it.

After Shen Zhan demonstrated his powerful strength, Zhao Ji surrendered obediently and went to the city gate in person to help the carriages and horses leave the city as quickly as possible. As for who were on the carriages and horses, he didn't know and didn't dare to ask.

Zhao Ji knew in his heart that after tonight, the situation in Jinning City would probably change completely.

The next morning, Shen Zhan woke up, dressed neatly, and called Shen Yunli, and the two of them appeared on the streets of Jinning in a swaggering manner. Many people recognized them and showed surprised expressions.

"Isn't that Princess Wuwei, Shen Yunli? Didn't she disappear for no apparent reason after going to Beiliang?"

"I heard that too, but now she's walking down the street in perfect health. It seems all the previous news was fake!"

Shen Yunli's appearance quickly became the focus, and Shen Zhan also attracted countless strange looks.

"That handsome young man looks so familiar? Could he also be one of the princes in the palace? But which one could it be?"

Since Shen Zhan had already left the Shen family and completely severed ties with the palace, the people in the city who were unaware of the truth could not remember that there was such a rebellious prince like him.

Under the attention of the people, Shen Zhan brought Shen Yunli to the Jinning Palace, the place where they were born and grew up, but it never gave them the warmth of home. Now that they came back again, they felt that this place was even colder than they had imagined.

There is no warmth at all.

The guards of the palace were slow to react at first, and it took them a long time to realize that it was Shen Zhan and Shen Yunli who had returned!