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

"Thank you, Lord Jiang."

Chu Xiu accepted the imperial edict and put it away, then thanked Jiang Wan'er.

"You're too kind, my lord. It's what I should do."

Jiang Wan'er shook her head and said.

"Your Majesty, there is no time to lose. Your humble servant will go to the capital garrison to see General Zhao now."

Chu Xiu cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Murong Si and spoke earnestly.

"Very well, I will not try to keep Minister Chu any longer."

Murong Si nodded slightly and said calmly.

Chu Xiu bowed and turned to walk towards the main gate of the Taiji Palace.

"Open the door!"

Jiang Wan'er moved swiftly and appeared in front of the main gate of the Taiji Palace, speaking in a deep voice.

Click...

As soon as he finished speaking, the main hall of Taiji Palace opened.

Chu Xiu strode out of Taiji Palace, left the imperial palace, and disappeared towards the direction of the capital garrison's camp.

Less than a moment.

Chu Xiu had already appeared outside the gate of the capital garrison.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

Upon seeing Chu Xiu appear, the captain of the Beijing Garrison, who was guarding outside the gate of the Beijing Garrison, quickly bowed and saluted.

"No need to be polite."

"Please trouble the general to inform them."

"Tell him that I have an extremely urgent matter to discuss with General Zhao Wuyang."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and spoke to the captain of the capital garrison.

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will report this to you immediately."

The captain of the Beijing garrison narrowed his eyes and spoke with a solemn expression.

After saying that, the captain of the Beijing garrison used his lightness skill to disappear into the military camp.

After all, for Chu Xiu to mention something so urgent, it must be something truly important, perhaps even concerning the life and death of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How could he dare to be negligent in the slightest?

In a blink of an eye.

Swish!

A middle-aged general, clad in armor and exuding an imposing aura, appeared outside the gates of the capital garrison.

It was none other than Zhao Wuyang, the Grand General of the Beijing Garrison.

"I've met the Marquis."

Zhao Wuyang clasped his hands in a fist salute to Chu Xiu and said.

"General Zhao, you're too kind."

Chu Xiu returned the greeting and said.

"My lord, please come in."

Zhao Wuyang naturally knew this wasn't the place to talk, so he extended his hand to Chu Xiu in invitation.

"it is good."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and, led by Zhao Wuyang, entered the capital garrison.

Upon entering the command tent, one will be seated according to rank and status.

Zhao Wuyang's expression turned serious as he looked at Chu Xiu and said, "Lord Marquis, is the urgent matter you mentioned related to the Yellow Heaven Sect?"

Because Murong Si had already sent someone to tell him to be ready to suppress the Yellow Heaven Sect at any time.

Therefore, he immediately guessed that Chu Xiu's arrival was very likely related to the Yellow Heaven Sect.

And there's a very high chance that the Yellow Heaven Sect is about to rebel!

"It concerns the Yellow Heaven Sect."

"The Yellow Heaven Sect intends to raise its flag and rebel in Qingzhou."

"As for the timing, our Embroidered Uniform Guard has not yet determined it."

"However, I am prepared to personally go to Qingzhou to keep abreast of the situation there."

Chu Xiu nodded and said with a serious expression.

"What does the Marquis want our Capital Garrison to do?"

A murderous glint flashed in Zhao Wuyang's eyes as he looked at Chu Xiu and asked.

"General Zhao, please take a look at the imperial edict first."

"Before coming to the capital camp, I had already gone to the palace to meet the Emperor."

Chu Xiu did not answer Zhao Wuyang's question. Instead, he took out the imperial edict that Jiang Wan'er had just given him from his sleeve, handed it to him, and said.

"it is good."

Zhao Wuyang nodded without refusing, took the imperial edict, slowly opened it, and began to read it carefully.

After reading it, Zhao Wuyang looked at Chu Xiu and said, "If you have any orders, please speak freely. This humble general will do his best to cooperate with you in suppressing the Yellow Heaven Sect uprising!"

Chu Xiu was about to speak.

The captain of the Beijing Garrison, who was guarding outside the gate of the garrison, came to the commander's tent and respectfully called out, "Reporting to the General, reporting to the Marquis, Lin Huaiyu, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, has arrived. He says he has important matters to report to the Marquis."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu and Zhao Wuyang exchanged a glance, their expressions turning serious.

Lin Huaiyu came to the Beijing garrison to report to Chu Xiu at this time, instead of waiting for Chu Xiu to return to the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

This means that something extremely urgent must be happening.

It's even possible that the Yellow Heaven Sect has already rebelled!

"Bring him in."

Zhao Wuyang said loudly.

"Yes."

The captain of the Beijing garrison responded and used his light-footed skill to leave.

In a moment.

Lin Huaiyu entered the command tent and bowed respectfully to Chu Xiu and the other man, saying, "Greetings, Lord Marquis, greetings, General."

"No gift."

"Speak, but has the Yellow Heaven Sect already rebelled in Qingzhou?"

Chu Xiu waved his hand and looked intently at Lin Huaiyu, asking a question.

Zhao Wuyang also had a solemn expression, staring intently at Lin Huaiyu.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, it is the Yellow Heaven Sect that has rebelled in Qingzhou!"

"Xiao Qingcang, the ninth holy son of the Huangtian Sect, led a group of Huangtian Sect masters to kill Li Chengfeng, the governor of Qingzhou. Jiang Yun, the governor of Qingzhou, led 50,000 state soldiers to surrender to Xiao Qingcang."

"With Jiang Yun's help, the entire Qingzhou City has fallen into Xiao Qingcang's hands."

"Then, the prefects and commanders of the seven prefectures of Qingzhou were also attacked by the Huangtian Sect's experts. They either submitted to the Huangtian Sect or were killed."

"They were all captured by the Yellow Heaven Sect."

"In less than a day, the entire Qingzhou region fell into Xiao Qingcang's hands."

"Furthermore, because the Yellow Heaven Sect acted so quickly, almost none of the state and county troops of our Great Zhou Dynasty in Qingzhou were lost; they all fell into the hands of the Yellow Heaven Sect!"

"This is where 85,000 soldiers are stationed."

"The Yellow Heaven Sect has also raised a large number of troops throughout Qingzhou. Now, Xiao Qingcang claims to have 500,000 troops and controls the entire Qingzhou region!"

Lin Huaiyu took a deep breath to calm himself down, but his voice still trembled slightly as he spoke.

Zhao Wuyang's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected the Huangtian Sect to act so quickly, clearly having taken over the entire Qingzhou region in just one day.

Although Zhao Wuyang did not take Xiao Qingcang's 500,000 troops seriously, in his view, these 500,000 troops were a complete rabble, as vulnerable as clay chickens and earthen dogs in front of the capital garrison.

What truly shocked him was the strength of the Yellow Heaven Sect.

"Any more?"

Chu Xiu said without changing his expression.

He had guessed from the beginning that the Yellow Heaven Sect must be very powerful.

If they didn't have such strength, the Yellow Heaven Sect wouldn't have raised its banner in rebellion.

It would be strange if the Yellow Heaven Sect didn't have such strength.

Compared to the Yellow Heaven Sect, Zhao Wang Murong Zhi's rebellion was nothing more than child's play and not worth mentioning.

"Reporting to the Marquis, Xiao Qingcang did three things after taking over Qingzhou."

"The first thing to do is to purge our Jinyiwei's thousand-household and hundred-household units in Qingzhou."

"The casualties in the Qingzhou Thousand-Household Garrison and the Hundred-Household Garrisons of the Seven Counties of Qingzhou were extremely heavy."

"Most of the Imperial Guards have probably already died at the hands of the Yellow Heaven Cult."

"This message was only managed to be delivered by one of our Embroidered Uniform Guard agents in Qingzhou after overcoming numerous difficulties."

"The spy had just delivered the message when he succumbed to his injuries and died."

Lin Huaiyu said with a bitter smile.