Chapter 5524: Pacification of the Empire
Along with Lu Ji's well-timed words of persuasion to surrender, nearly one million soldiers defending the imperial city all made the same move.
The sound of countless weapons falling to the ground could be heard one after another. Whether it was the generals or soldiers defending the imperial city, they all chose to surrender without a doubt.
The main reason for this is naturally the death of the emperor.
But an equally important factor was that these nearly one million imperial city defenders gathered together, but were simply unable to defeat Lu Ji, who had less than 200,000 men.
Lu Ji clearly only had 200,000 soldiers, but at this moment they were like an iron wall, blocking all those who attempted to enter the palace.
In fact, even Lu Ji himself did not expect this. In his eyes, with the combat power of millions of people, he would inevitably face a dangerous battle.
However, when he actually started fighting with these guys, Lu Ji discovered that only a very small number of these soldiers could be considered a threat.
Many other soldiers seemed to have degenerated from birds of prey and beasts into harmless flies.
Apart from gathering together to make more noise, there is no other use for them.
After failing to capture the city for a long time, these soldiers had already begun to think of retreating.
Especially when they thought that they were facing the top general who had dominated the entire empire for nearly a hundred years, these soldiers felt even more frightened.
After a period of time, the riots ended completely.
The gathered defenders of the imperial city have completely accepted the fact that the emperor is dead, and are now treating all the injured under Lu Ji's command.
In addition, all members of the royal family were brought out in public and their crimes were identified by the soldiers in the army.
Now that the world has changed, many soldiers who have long harbored resentment against the royal family have spoken out about the humiliation they have suffered.
As so many crimes accumulated, no member of the royal family was spared.
In the end, with the princes crying and begging for mercy, heads fell to the ground one by one.
From then on, the Tianyu Empire was completely liberated from the hands of the royal family.
"Lord of the Nations, are you sure you won't stay any longer?"
In front of the Imperial Wharf, Zhang Yifeng and his group looked at Wan Renxue and his group who were about to return to the Snow Country on a warship.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhang. However, the emperor is now dead, and all members of the royal family have received the punishment they deserve."
"This will certainly herald the end of our alliance."
"The Snow Country has a lot of work to do and there are many government affairs waiting for me to deal with when I return. Please forgive me for not being able to stay for long."
Wan Renxue smiled slightly and bowed to Zhang Yifeng and the others.
Zhang Yifeng did not ask any further questions after hearing this, and watched Wan Renxue and others board the warship and head towards the Snow Country.
"Lord Wan Guo, you are truly a heroine."
Lu Ji stood beside Zhang Yifeng and said with emotion.
Zhang Yifeng nodded without comment. Now everything in the empire had to be rebuilt from scratch.
If Wan Renxue was willing, he could stay in the empire and take the opportunity to gain some power.
Even with her achievements, she could have gained the supreme power of the empire.
However, Wan Renxue decided to retreat at the right time and chose to return to the Snow Country.
This alone is enough to make people admire him.
After all, this also proves that Wanrenxue has always maintained his original intention, which is to make the Snow Country truly stable.
"Senior Lu Ji, the empire is in a state of disrepair and needs to be rebuilt."
"It is not a good thing for the position of the head of this country to remain vacant for a long time. What do you think about this, Senior?"
Zhang Yifeng pondered for a moment and asked Lu Ji.
What he meant was simply whether Lu Ji was interested in being the king of the Tianyu Empire.
"Mr. Zhang, please don't do that. I am just a warrior and I cannot interfere in the affairs of my country."
"This matter is still under discussion. Who should become the next leader of the empire is a very serious matter."
"None of us wants to see another emperor appear after one is eliminated."
Lu Ji shook his head and said in a deep voice.
There are many candidates for the future helmsman of the empire, even more than those present here.
Even commoners of the empire can try to ascend this throne.
Whether it was Lu Ji or Zhao Yunting, they had only one requirement for the new king, and that was that he must be a wise king.
"Oh, I can't get involved too much in this matter."
"Once Senior Fire King's magic power has recovered, I will set out on the real goal of this trip."
Zhang Yifeng looked at Lu Ji and said with a chuckle.
He could see that Lu Ji really wanted him to recommend a candidate, but Zhang Yifeng simply didn't have the leisure time to do such things.
Now that the source of the troubles in the Tianyu Empire has been eliminated, it is time for Zhang Yifeng to embark on the journey to the dark space.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang has worked so hard, so I won't bother you with this little thing."
Lu Ji looked calm and spoke in a concentrated voice.
After seeing off Wan Renxue, everyone present dispersed.
It is worth mentioning that the Ji family also returned to the empire this time.
And at that time, members of the Ji family were active on the battlefield at the main gate of the imperial palace.
In other words, the person who was abnormally active was none other than Ji Huanying, whose bloodline had also been activated.
Zhang Yifeng did not stay long and soon returned to his temporary residence.
The Fire King in the room was closing his eyes and concentrating on accumulating his magical power. Xuanyuan Li and the other two were standing beside him, not daring to make a sound.
They didn't know why, but the Fire King was in an unusually hot temper today.
Even if they made the slightest noise, it would ignite the Fire King's wrath, and he would release a ball of fire to chase them.
Therefore, the three of them now dared only stand beside the Fire King in silence, not daring to make a sound.
"There's someone waiting for you outside for a long time, go check it out."
Upon noticing Zhang Yifeng's return, the Fire King did not open his eyes to greet him, but just spoke in a deep voice.
"Oh?"
Zhang Yifeng raised his eyebrows, and the next moment he came to the yard outside the house.
"From this aura, you should be the owner of Zui Xiang Lou, right?"
Zhang Yifeng's eyes fell on the stone table in the yard and he asked in a low voice.
"I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to still remember me. I'm really flattered."
Not long after, a figure slowly appeared in front of the stone table. It was Liu Zhang, the owner of Zui Xiang Lou.
And this Liu Zhang was the one who told Zhang Yifeng that Su Zhirou had appeared in the Snow Country.
"Boss, what's the important matter that brought you here?"
Zhang Yifeng looked at Liu Zhang with confusion.
"Mr. Zhang, do you want to know the information about the inner armor you are wearing?"
Liu Zhang stood there, pursed his lips, and asked in a low voice.
"Hmm? Your Excellency, do you know the origin of this inner armor I'm wearing?"
Zhang Yifeng's eyes became serious and he stared at Liu Zhang.
He did not ask why Liu Zhang knew about the existence of the inner armor on him. There was no point in asking such a question at the moment.
"Of course, it depends on whether Mr. Zhang wants to know."
Liu Zhang replied calmly, as if everything was under control.
"Heh...it's interesting."
