in2ebook Chapter 999 Flying into the Sky and Gone!
Chapter 999 Flying into the Sky and Gone!
Chapter 999 Flying Up to the Sky and Gone! Seeing his father's tense expression finally ease, Tuoba Di felt a great weight lifted from his heart. He quickly bowed and lowered his head, his tone tinged with guilt: "It is my duty to share the burdens of Father. However, my abilities are limited, and I only have this much gold left."
The Emperor's gaze fell greedily on the box of gold ingots, and his covetousness for the Western Chu Kingdom grew even stronger.
He looked up at Tuoba Di and said "Good! Good!" twice. Then he waved to his personal eunuch chief steward to move the wooden box into the inner room and store it properly.
He then asked Tuoba Di with suspicion, "Di'er, what's wrong with your father-in-law, General Zhen? It's been over an hour, why haven't we seen him yet?"
No sooner had the words been spoken than hurried footsteps sounded outside the hall, and a young eunuch rushed in. "Your Majesty! The Second Prince and General Tuoba request an audience!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Dan's face instantly lit up with joy, and he slammed his hand on the armrest of his dragon throne: "Quick! Let them in!"
Tuoba Di breathed a sigh of relief, approached the Emperor Dan, and said happily, "Father, it seems they have dealt with those people."
The Emperor nodded in agreement, his gaze already fixed on the palace entrance. He saw Tuoba Feng and Tuoba Zeyang enter side-by-side, their armor still covered in damp dust.
There were dark red bloodstains on his clothes, as if he had just come from the battlefield.
As soon as the two entered the hall, they knelt down with a thud and bowed in unison: "Your humble servants pay their respects to Your Majesty!"
"Get up!" the Emperor Dan said urgently, and before the two of them could stand properly, he said in a deep voice, "Have those people been dealt with?"
Upon hearing this, Tuoba Feng and Tuoba Zeyang stiffened abruptly and knelt down heavily with a thud.
Seeing the two of them like this, Emperor Dan's heart sank, and a bad premonition instantly rose within him.
"What happened? Tell me the truth!"
Tuoba Feng's face was solemn as he looked at his father, the emperor, and said in a trembling voice, "Father, those... those people from the Western Chu Kingdom, the Northern Yue Kingdom, and the Southern Frontier Kingdom... all ran away together."
"Feng'er! What did you say?" The Emperor slammed his hand on the table, making the teacups on it shake. His eyes widened as he stared intently at the two kneeling men. "They ran away? Didn't you have the soldiers close the city gates? Where is Zhen Song? Tell him to come see me!" The Emperor asked angrily, his eyes blazing at the two kneeling men.
Tuoba Feng knew that his father would be furious if he heard about this, and if he were to reveal that General Zhen was dead, it would only add fuel to the fire.
He wanted to delay before speaking, so he carefully said, "Father, they didn't leave through the city gate. Moreover... not only did they leave, but they also wounded many of our soldiers, causing us heavy losses."
"Second brother, what do you mean by that?" Tuoba Di asked, his face full of confusion. "They didn't leave through the city gate, so do they all know how to use light-footed kung fu? They injured our people, what exactly happened?"
“Father, brother…” Tuoba Feng swallowed hard, his eyes filled with horror as he spoke, “They… they found a huge creature in the backyard of the inn, and in the end, they all went into that strange, huge creature.”
"A behemoth?" Danhuang frowned, his face full of doubt.
Seeing that Tuoba Feng was speechless for a moment, Tuoba Zeyang quickly took over the conversation and said urgently, "Your Majesty, that behemoth is extremely large. We can see them inside, but that strange behemoth is harder than a rock."
After they went inside, Lord Zhen dispatched several hundred archers to fire a hail of arrows at the massive creature, but they couldn't even make a single hole in it.
When the Emperor and Crown Prince Tuoba Di heard this, their faces showed disbelief, as if they were talking about a fantasy.
Tuoba Di couldn't help but ask, "Zeyang, are you kidding me? It can't be pierced by hundreds of arrows? How can such a strange thing exist in this world?"
Seeing that his father and elder brother did not believe him, Tuoba Feng hurriedly added, "Father, everything my cousin Zeyang said is true! Not only did our men fail to harm the people inside, but our archers... were all killed by them!"
Emperor Dan then realized the seriousness of the situation, and his face instantly darkened. "Feng'er, is what you're saying true? What methods did they use to kill hundreds of archers?"
"Father, how dare I deceive you!" Tuoba Feng raised his head, his eyes filled with fear. "They have a strange weapon. We only heard a 'rat-a-tat-tat' sound, and our archers fell one after another without even a chance to fight back!"
"Second brother, are they still in the backyard of the post station?" Tuoba Di hurriedly asked. "Let's send more men over. Don't we have small fire mines? Let's use them to blow up that behemoth. I don't believe we can't deal with them!"
Tuoba Feng shook his head: "Brother Crown Prince, that's what we thought at first too. But... but they also have small fire grenades, and their power is much greater than ours!"
The Emperor Dan's initially dignified expression gradually turned to astonishment as Tuoba Feng recounted the story. He abruptly stood up from his dragon throne and asked urgently, "What did you say? They have small fire grenades? What exactly is going on! Explain yourself clearly! And where is General Zhen? Send someone to summon him immediately and let him tell me himself!"
When Tuoba Feng and Tuoba Zeyang heard the Emperor mention Zhen Song again, they both stiffened, realizing they could no longer hide the truth.
Tuoba Zeyang gritted his teeth, his voice trembling slightly: "Your Majesty...! General Zhen... he..."
Seeing him stammering, the Emperor Dan spoke sternly: "Why are you speaking so hesitantly!"
Tuoba Zeyang gritted his teeth, raised his head, and said, "Your Majesty, General Zhen... he is seriously injured... the imperial physicians are rushing to treat him." He did not say that he was dead at this time, and they did indeed deliberately send the imperial physicians to save General Zhen.
These words struck like a bolt from the blue, plunging the hall into an instant, deathly silence. The Emperor stood frozen, his face turning from shock to ashen. He stared intently at Tuoba Zeyang, his voice hoarse: "What did you say? General Zhen is seriously injured?"
Tuoba Feng quickly added, "Father, General Zhen was initially only injured by their strange weapons, but while my cousin and I were fighting against the people inside that behemoth, one of General Zhen's soldiers rushed over and stabbed him several more times."
"Your Majesty, it was the Second Prince who stepped forward and killed that soldier, saving General Zhen from his sword."
"Go! Send all the people from the Imperial Hospital to try to save them! I will personally kill them. No matter how powerful their behemoth is, we will smash it with our own people."
"Father! They...their enormous creature has flown into the sky and gone!"