The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"The third piece of news is that when Cao Rong set out with his troops, Zheng Min, the governor of Yizhou, personally saw him off and poured him a cup of wine."

"Our Embroidered Uniform Guard interrogated the few remaining soldiers of the Yizhou Army."

"It was learned that Cao Rong was defeated by Jiang Tiansheng in one move and was killed by Jiang Tiansheng in one move."

"It was at that time that Cao Rong discovered he had been poisoned."

"Although everyone saw the smoke appear at the time."

"However, while this sleeping smoke does have an effect on the soldiers of Yizhou, it is not enough to have such a great impact on a master like Cao Rong."

"Therefore, I suspect that the deadly poison Cao Rong was ingested was personally administered by Zheng Min!"

"However, this kind of highly toxic substance requires sleeping powder as a trigger to be truly activated."

"This greatly reduced Cao Rong's strength."

Lin Huaiyu took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said firmly, "Therefore, I have sufficient reason to suspect that Zheng Min is colluding with Murong Zhi and betraying our Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Clearly, Xie Xuan, the butcher, claimed to have annihilated the entire Yizhou army.

However, a portion of the Yizhou army soldiers were actually left behind and handed over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He clearly felt that Cao Rong, the general of the Yizhou army, had been defeated too quickly.

The water here is deep.

That's why he pretended to kill all the Yizhou soldiers, but in the end, he secretly spared a portion of them.

"Is there any evidence?"

Chu Xiu frowned, glanced at Lin Huaiyu, and said.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, there is no evidence whatsoever."

"Because Cao Rong was not the only one who drank the farewell wine before the expedition."

"Only Cao Rong has encountered a problem."

"No matter which message it is, there is no clue whatsoever."

Lin Huaiyu shook his head and said.

"Keep an eye on Zheng Min and Xu Fengwu."

"If we can't find a breakthrough with Zheng Min, we'll find a breakthrough with the Zheng family of Hanzhong and with Xu Fengwu."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then spoke to Lin Huaiyu.

Chu Xiu was not surprised at all that Lin Huaiyu could not find any concrete evidence.

Zheng Min was no ordinary person to be appointed as the governor of Yizhou.

A person like him is absolutely meticulous in his work, leaving no room for future troubles.

However, Chu Xiu always firmly believed that even the most meticulous plans can have a flaw, and eventually, there will be a leak!

As long as we keep an eye on Zheng Min, we will surely be able to find evidence that he wants to usurp the throne.

Indeed, in Chu Xiu's view, as the governor of Yizhou...

If it weren't for plotting to usurp the throne, but simply a matter of differing opinions, Zheng Min would never have been so ruthless as to secretly collude with Murong Zhi in order to eliminate Cao Rong and his 100,000 Yizhou troops.

This person is definitely up to no good and has treacherous intentions!

"Yes, Your subordinate obeys."

Lin Huaiyu said with a respectful expression.

"Now, what's the second thing?"

Chu Xiu smiled slightly and looked at Lin Huaiyu, asking a question.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, the second matter is that a secret realm has emerged in Danyang County, Yangzhou!"

"This secret realm was left behind by the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, a sacred place of swordsmanship."

"It is said that the Ten Thousand Swords Technique, a sacred site of swordsmanship, is passed down inside."

"Currently, a large number of peerless geniuses from our entire Great Zhou Dynasty are flocking to Danyang County, hoping to seize the legacy left behind by the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion."

Lin Huaiyu said with a solemn expression, "This intelligence was delivered to our Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters yesterday."

However, because of Murong Zhi's rebellion at the time, my subordinates were focused on Murong Zhi and did not see this intelligence in time.

"I just discovered this myself."

"Oh?"

"A secret realm left behind by the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, the holy land of swordsmanship?"

Chu Xiu looked at Lin Huaiyu with great interest and asked.

Although he held a high position in the imperial court, it didn't mean he was unaware that secret realms occasionally appeared in the martial arts world.

After all, this world has beings at the Celestial Realm, and even those above it.

These masters must have left behind some opportunities.

As far as he knew, the Immortal Realm above the Celestial Realm could actually be called the Cave Heaven Realm.

Once you reach this level of cultivation, you can create a grotto-heaven world!

The secret realm is actually a cave world created by beings at least at the Human Immortal realm level!

It's just that the grotto world no longer has a master.

Therefore, it is called a secret realm.

The emergence of each secret realm signifies an extraordinary opportunity!

The secret realm of a sword dao holy land like the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion is not as simple as an opportunity left by a human immortal or even a higher-level human immortal!

Rather, it signifies an earth-shattering opportunity left behind by the entire sect and the entire holy land of swordsmanship!

Even Chu Xiu was extremely interested in such a secret realm.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, that is indeed the case, according to information obtained by our Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"The true emergence of the Myriad Swords Pavilion secret realm will be tomorrow!"

Lin Huaiyu said with a serious expression.

"Tomorrow?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and said.

"Yes, my lord."

"According to information obtained by our Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"The emergence of the Myriad Swords Pavilion secret realm this time has attracted a large number of geniuses, even peerless geniuses, from our Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Among them are disciples of Wanfo Temple and Wushang Micheng Temple."

Lin Huaiyu said with a solemn expression.

"Disciples of Wanfo Temple and Wushang Micheng Temple?"

"I have seen the disciples of Wanfo Temple, but I have not yet seen the disciples of Wushang Micheng Temple."

A glint of light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes, and he said with a playful expression.

In fact, it had been some time since he destroyed the Vajra Sect, the thorn in the side of the Supreme Tantric Temple in the capital.

However, the Supreme Tantric Temple did not react at all.

This is quite different from Wanfo Temple.

At least it's more composed than Wanfo Temple.

"Yes, my lord."

"Three monks from Wanfo Temple arrived in Danyang County, Yangzhou."

"Among them, the one with the highest level of cultivation is Monk Jingxin."

"This person is at the Celestial Realm level, and it's very likely that he has already traveled a very long distance."

"The other two are Jingyan and Jingyun."

"These two are also quite remarkable; they are considered true disciples within the Wanfo Temple."

"In fact, all three of them rarely appear in public."

"I had been practicing asceticism at Wanfo Temple."

"Nobody knows their true strength."

"What we really know is that none of the three of them are ordinary disciples of Wanfo Temple."

"As for Jingyan and Jingyun, they are led by Jingxin."

"Therefore, it can be deduced that the cultivation level of tranquility is higher."

Lin Huaiyu considered for a moment before speaking to Chu Xiu.

"A true disciple of Wanfo Temple?"

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and asked, "How many people from the Supreme Esoteric Temple have come?"

The Jing generation of Wanfo Temple are true disciples.

However, the true disciples have a much wider range of knowledge.

The levels range from the Realm of Immortals to the Realm of Celestials.

Ascending to Immortality only qualifies one as an ordinary true disciple.

Wanfo Temple is one of the sacred Buddhist sites.

The truly top-tier disciples may even possess the strength of a human immortal.

After all, Wanfo Temple possesses unparalleled heritage, top-tier geniuses, and even prodigies. It is quite normal for them to have strength at the Celestial Realm level that is no weaker than that of the Human Immortal Realm level.

This is a sacred place!