King Yan's subordinates worked hard to control public opinion about the Guning Academy incident, and even created several fictitious incidents in order to divert the topic.
The scope of influence of this matter was strictly controlled, and just when public opinion was gradually declining, changes occurred again.
There is a huge metal tower in Tai Sui City, seven stories high.
This is the first building built in Tai Sui City, and it is also one of the buildings copied from Tai Sui Hall. The name of the tower is a prayer to express the thoughts of the people in the city.
In front of the pagoda, there is a huge pear tree with four people hugging each other. Every year during the flower blooming season, countless people come here to pray sincerely and then wrap a red ribbon around it.
After such a long period of development, the prayer tower at this moment, with red ribbons fluttering in the wind, has become a place of love in Tai Sui City.
It has become a special scenery in Tai Sui City.
But today, the pear tree in front of the tower suddenly turned into a sea of fire. The fierce fire swallowed up the entire pear tree in an instant. The ribbons wrapped around it were swallowed up by the ruthless fire and turned into ashes.
The fire lasted for three hours, and most of the entire pear tree had been burned to black charcoal. The fire even spread to the prayer tower, but it was controlled immediately, and the surrounding people saw it.
At this scene, his eyes suddenly widened and he was filled with anger.
Suddenly, the originally controlled public opinion exploded throughout the city.
No matter how hard King Yan's subordinates tried, they could not control the spread of the news. Suddenly, the news that the prayer tower was burned and Guning Academy was reduced to ruins became known throughout the city.
Public opinion was boiling, and a large number of people began to clamor outside the city lord's mansion to let the city lord come out.
In the city lord's palace at this time.
Snap!
Situ Mingfeng slapped the white jade teacup in front of him away. The teacup flew out and hit the ground with a bang, breaking into countless pieces and scattering on the ground.
"Is this what you promised me to be foolproof?"
"From the time what happened at Guning Academy to today, for three whole days, you didn't even find out anything. Now that the prayer tower has been burned, people's resentment is boiling, and people are surrounding the city lord's palace. This is what you did.
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Situ Ming had a plump face with an angry face, and his eyes seemed to be bursting with fire. He was tall and tall, wearing a blue robe with two ferocious pythons entwining himself on the robe.
"Zuo Yuanting, don't pretend to be dead down there, get out of here."
A person below walked out tremblingly, and after just a few steps, he knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates underestimated the enemy. I didn't expect them to be so cruel, since they would directly set fire to the prayer tower."
Zuo Yuanting lowered his head, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. The prayer tower has a special meaning to the entire Taisui City, and even the Taisui Palace.
He had guessed that the group of guys would target the location of the other two formation bases, so he set up an ambush, but he didn't expect that these guys would be so ruthless.
A fire burned and ignited the prayer tower. If the surrounding people had not discovered it in time, the entire prayer tower would have been reduced to ruins by now.
"Huh, can you just say that you underestimate the enemy?"
"Tai Sui Palace is an extremely important part of the dynasty's plan, and it is also an important bridge position for us to attack the other two dynasties. If something unexpected happens, you cannot bear this responsibility, and neither can I."
Situ Mingfeng's face was gloomy. Controlling Tai Sui City was only the first step. Their ultimate goal was to control the Tai Sui Palace behind Tai Sui City.
The Taisui Palace has a long history, and if you attack rashly, you will definitely suffer considerable damage.
However, if the people of Tai Sui City are used as a hostage, the difficulty of capturing Tai Sui Palace will be reduced to a minimum.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, they are just a bunch of clowns. Since they are hiding in the dark and want to disrupt the situation in Tai Sui City, it means they are not as powerful as us."
"Three days, give me three more days, and I will find these clowns and make them kneel in front of the prince and behead them one by one."
Zuo Yuanting lowered his head, with murderous intent in his eyes, and issued a military order.
"Okay, three days. I'll give you three more days. If you still can't catch him, I'll chop you up first."
Situ Mingfeng stood up from his seat with a groan, and his cold tone echoed in the hall.
"I am sending an order to Xu Zhanxu to ask our city lord to come out of the water prison and tell him that if he dares to mess around, his relatives and friends from the nine tribes will be waiting for him on the way to Huangquan."
A soldier in black armor turned and left to convey Situ Mingfeng's order.
At the same time, Situ Mingfeng quickly made arrangements, and orders were conveyed from here one after another, radiating towards the entire Tai Sui City.
The guard team formed by casual cultivators also received new orders and walked fully armed on the streets of Taisu City, taking advantage of the two events that happened.
Situ Mingfeng mobilized his power with great fanfare and continued to gallop throughout Tai Sui City. The power of Tai Sui Palace that had not been replaced was also inexplicably held accountable.
The next day, the city lord of Taisu City, who had disappeared for half a month, appeared and announced that he had found out that the two recent incidents were caused by other forces.
It was announced that the whole city had entered a state of martial law, and the East City Gate, West City Gate, and North City Gate were closed, leaving only the South City Gate to allow entry and exit, and the two most suspected forces were announced.
They are the Dakang Dynasty and the Xuanming Sword Sect.
These are the other two forces bordering Dongji Mountain where Taisui Palace is located.
Among the crowd, Qin Changan and Xue Jinqiu stood at the back, with the latter looking solemn and frowning.
"As expected of someone who can sit in the position of a prince, he took advantage of the situation and not only broke our original plan, but also took the situation back into his own hands."
Qin Changan sighed softly and looked at the thin city lord standing in the distance. The man who was already standing beside him, clutching the sword at his waist, although he didn't know why the city lord was so cooperative, but in such a way
Then things turned against them again.
"What should we do now? Three sides of the Sifang City Gate are closed. There will definitely be a full-scale pursuit. It is only a matter of time before we are discovered."
"The most important thing is that the commotion we made was to arouse public opinion and put pressure, but we didn't expect that since the city lord would come forward, our plan would have no effect."
Xue Jinqiu's face was full of anxiety. They didn't have much time. Once the news of the Blood Wasteland's escape reached the Liyang Dynasty, they would most likely take the next step.
Judging from what they just said, these guys clearly want to use the Taisui Palace as a springboard to deal with the other two forces.
"If they want to play cat and mouse, let's play it."
"But before playing the game, we have to send some gifts to the prince and say hello, otherwise it will be quite rude."
A smile appeared on Qin Changan's face, his eyes looked at the two people in the crowd with swords at their waists, and he slowly leaned over.