Chapter 108 Ambush from all sides
Although the Thirty-Six Guards of the Imperial City are directly responsible to His Majesty the Emperor most of the time, if His Majesty the Emperor has any problems, the Minister of Guard Affairs will be responsible.

Even with such a premise, the status of the Minister of Guards is unquestionable, because in many cases His Majesty the Emperor will not directly lead troops to fight.

Although Nie Sha did not have any talent in military affairs, she was strong enough and Ning Zhongyu trusted her enough.

After hearing what Cao Wen Zheng said, Nie Sha frowned, but did not ask any more questions and immediately followed him out.

When there was no one around, he asked in a low voice, "Manager Cao, has anything happened to the fake emperor?"

"It seems that he has been bewitched by the fox demon that sneaked into the palace. There is something wrong with his spiritual sea, and he needs Nie Weishi's Awakening Jade to save him." Cao Wen Zheng said with a wry smile.

Nie Sha asked in confusion: "How could something go wrong hiding in the imperial study? Aren't there many experts guarding around? How did the fox demon sneak in?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the fox demon that can use such an exquisite soul-capturing technique must be a great demon king of level 20, not much inferior to us. Although the imperial study is guarded by the Jinwu Guards and Yulin Guards, they are simply unable to prevent demons and monsters of this level." Cao Wen Zheng said helplessly.

Nie Sha said speechlessly: "Can't you send more experts to protect the fake emperor? Now that something like this has happened, what if he can't wake up? What will happen next?"

"After all, he is just a fake emperor. We can't ask the Grand Master to protect him. Who knows that there will be monsters of this level targeting the fake emperor." Cao Wenzheng said helplessly: "Now I am afraid that the fox demon has obtained some secrets from the fake emperor. Once it is leaked, things will be bad."

Nie Sha quickened his pace: "So the most important thing right now is to quickly rescue the fake emperor and ask him if he has revealed his identity. Let's go to the imperial study quickly."

Without Cao Wenzhen's urging, Nie Sha quickened his pace.

On the way, Cao Wenzheng also told her something: "Nie Weishi, not long after the fake emperor got into trouble, Minister Jin came to report an urgent matter and happened to discover this matter, so he is also in the imperial study at this moment."

"What's the urgent matter?" Nie Sha's face turned ugly and a trace of vigilance emerged in his heart.

Cao Wenzheng quickly explained, "It's about the Huangsha River embankment. According to the monitoring of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, there will be heavy rains in the Huangsha River basin this summer, but the river embankment has been in disrepair for many years."

"Minister Jin is worried that something might go wrong, and he will inevitably cause trouble for the Minister of Revenue, so he has been coming to the fake emperor these past few days, hoping that the fake emperor will use some of last year's taxes to build the river embankment."

"So that's what happened." Nie Sha relaxed her vigilance. She had also heard about the incident at Huangsha River.

After all, Ning Zhongyu asked her to stay outside not only to find a prescription to cure Long Gen's disease, but also to keep an eye on the movements inside and outside the court to prevent Cao Wen Zheng from monopolizing power.

Nie Sha naturally knew about what the Imperial Observatory said about floods in the Huangsha River basin this year, so he also understood Jin Longyu's actions.

"Your Majesty is busy healing and practicing, and the old emperor is obsessed with breaking through the shackles of gods and demons. How can he allocate resources to him? Find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible."

Nie Sha said coldly: "If you are afraid of being held responsible, then just pay for it yourself. Jin Longyu has embezzled a lot of money over the years, it's time to give some of it to help the common people."

“This…” Cao Wenzheng smiled bitterly: “If Jin Longyu was willing to take it, he wouldn’t have been pestering the fake emperor all this time.”

Nie Sha waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about him. He will be safe after the summer. If there is a flood, we can just sell the people in the Huangsha River Basin to the surrounding monsters and demons."

"We're going to die anyway, so we might as well die with some value. We have such a large population in Daning, and if one generation dies, there will always be another."

Seeing Nie Sha being so indifferent, Cao Wen Zheng remained silent. In fact, he felt the same way.

The two of them quickened their pace and came to the imperial study. After closing the door, they went straight to the secret retreat room at the back. They soon saw Lu Changjing lying "unconscious" on the bed, and Jin Longyu guarding the bedside.

"Wei Shi Nie, Zong Guan Cao, you are here. His Majesty has been in a coma for some time and there is no sign of waking up. Please come and see what is going on." Jin Longyu hurriedly came forward.

Nie Sha pushed him aside and took out the top-level spiritual weapon, the Awakening Jade. With the injection of spiritual power, it immediately burst out with brilliant light.

It is said to be a top-level spiritual weapon, but in fact, half of it has reached the level of a divine weapon. It is a rare spiritual defense treasure.

Not only can it resist various mental attacks, but it can also refresh the mind and clear the brain, and it also has a significant auxiliary effect on cultivation. It is precisely because of this that Lu Changjing and his friends staged such a drama to trick Nie Sha over and also trick her out of the Refreshing Jade.

"The monster is still here!"

But what was unexpected was that just as the Awakening Jade was about to approach Lu Changjing, Nie Sha noticed Qingqiu Xiaoyu hiding under the jade bed, and immediately activated the Awakening Jade and bombarded it towards Qingqiu Xiaoyu.

“Death!”

Nie Sha used the Awakening Jade to amplify the power of the secret spiritual technique, intending to kill Qingqiu Xiaoyu.

"Psychomania!"

Seeing this, Qingqiu Xiaoyu stopped dodging and also used her secret technique to fight against Nie Sha's secret technique.

"Boom..."

Accompanied by a shrill cry, the unconscious Lu Changjing suddenly took action.

"Shocking thorn!"

"Shocking disaster!"

……

The Shocking Soul Spear knocked Nie Sha's Awakening Soul Jade away, and the Shocking Soul Tribulation shot into his eyes.

"The Pure Spirit Talisman!"

But at the critical moment of life and death, what was unexpected was that Nie Sha actually reacted and activated the personal talisman to block the power of Jingmu Jie.

"Soul-breaking!"

"Demon chant!"

……

However, the mental and sound secret techniques that followed were not something Nie Sha could resist, causing her to fall unconscious for a moment.

"Soul-picking technique!"

Just this moment was enough for Lu Changjing's soul-picking technique to take effect and directly took away a wisp of Nie Sha's three souls and seven spirits.

At the same time, this wisp of three souls and seven spirits was activated, causing Nie Sha to faint directly and fall to the ground unable to move.

Cao Wenzhen and Jin Longyu quickly took action and looted all the spiritual weapons, spiritual talismans, spiritual pills, magic talismans... on his body, and then tied him up tightly with their true energy and ropes. After ensuring that there was no threat, they threw him in front of Lu Changjing.

Naturally, all kinds of resources and treasures were handed over to Lu Changjing, and then he stood respectfully aside, waiting for Lu Changjing's instructions.

"Clap clap clap..."

Lu Changjing casually slapped Cao Wenzheng a few times and said, "Well done. You can go down first. I will take care of Nie Sha."

(End of this chapter)