Since China had royal power, the battles in officialdom have far exceeded the battlefields in all dynasties. Moreover, this kind of struggle is either you die or I live, and the road to official career is almost entirely paved with blood. Power is like a gluttonous monster, it can only be fed by blood, and once the struggle for power reaches its peak, it will trigger a thrilling change.

In officialdom, when interests are shared, everyone is in harmony. Once something happens, for the sake of power and interests, the opposing sides will do whatever it takes to put their opponents to death.

"The winner is the king, and the loser is cole"!

If you are unlucky and do not kill the other party, then the other party will use tenfold, hundredfold, or even thousandfold cruel means to retaliate. The atrocities of the Zhujiu ethnic group, which is unique to China's ruling circles, are a perverted reflection of this revenge mentality.

The assassin who assassinated Cheng Jia, who dares to guarantee that no one will confess? Even if no one confesses, after Cheng Jia returns to the city with his troops, not to mention the investigation of Shun Teng, he just makes up an excuse casually, and he can also kill not a single mouse in the mansion of Ziyi and Gongzie.

What's more, there is an important witness in front of him.

"I think you're so tired and hard to go back to the city, so let's have a meal in the house." Ziyi said sinisterly.

Zhong Wuregret was thinking about how to get out, where did he dare to dine in Ziyi's mansion, in a word, he was afraid of poisoning. People said that unloading the mill killed the donkey, but I didn't expect Ziyi to want to kill the donkey before he unloaded.

"Okay, okay, thank you master." Zhong Wuregret replied casually. In his heart, he despised Ziyi very much, this kind of short-sighted, narrow-minded fool, even if he handed over Ling Yin's power to him, he couldn't hold it.

Although the assassination attempt was successful, he didn't actively think about countermeasures, but he thought about cutting off the people around him first, at least keeping the red ministers of the king of Chu, for them, there was always more strength.

"Please!" Although it was only a casual banquet, there was a beautiful maid to serve after each case, but there was no singing and dancing.

When Ziyi picked up the wine bottle, Zhong Wuregret didn't know whether to drink or not, and when he was about to wait for the opportunity to pour the wine, he suddenly rushed into a doorman in Ziyi's mansion outside the door, and he said to Ziyi in a panic: "My lord, it's not good, there was an urgent report just now, so that Lord Yin was assassinated." ”

Ziyi's wine bottle fell to the ground, and he was stunned. He looked at the man and said, "What did you say?" ”

"Lord Yin was assassinated." The man repeated.

"Hahaha...... God help me. After speaking, Ziyi looked at Zhong Wuregret fiercely and said, "Didn't you say that you saw that all the assassins were dead?" ”

"Maybe it was the assassin who was dying before he died, and he died with Cheng Jia." Zhong Wuregret argued. In the end, he didn't know whether Cheng Jia was dead or not, and the ability of the Red Chamber Assassin was not comparable to that of ordinary assassins.

However, he once told Cheng Jia about the stand-in, and he knew that people, the more they were in a high position, the more afraid they were of death, thinking of this, his heart suddenly moved.

Zhong Wuxian asked the man, "Who told you the news of Lord Yin's assassination and asked you to come in and deliver the message?" ”

The man said: "It was said by someone from Pan Taishi's Pan Mansion, who said that the urgent matter should not be delayed, and he should report it to the adults as soon as possible." ”

"Lord Zhong, you lied that the assassins assassinated Lord Chengjia, your lord is fine, but the assassins are all dead, what do you mean, is it Lord Ling Yin who you led the assassins to assassinate?" Ziyi didn't give Zhong Wuregret a chance to distinguish at all, and shouted: "Come on, arrest this traitor for me!" ”

Zhong Wuregret looked at it and complained bitterly, this room was full of secret doors, and the armor soldiers who poured out protected Ziyi and surrounded Zhong Wuregret.

If you want to rush out, I don't know how many people you will kill, the key is that he will not go out of this door if he does not show his peerless martial arts, but once he uses his martial arts, it will make people believe that he is the assassin, maybe Ziyi will also frame it, saying that King Mu was killed by him.

Looking at this posture, it is difficult for Zhong Wuregret to escape, even if he can escape with blood, the beautiful wives and concubines of Zhong Mansion will immediately encounter a catastrophe.

However, Ziyi did not plan to kill Zhong Wuregret immediately at this time, he made a wishful thinking that if Cheng Jia died, he would immediately bring Zhong Wuregret to the palace, threaten Zhong Wuregret's life, and ask the king of Chu to immediately appoint him as Ling Yin, and give him a gold seal on the spot, so as not to have many dreams at night.

Perhaps, Zhong Wuregret's life is not worth trading with the King of Chu at all, Ziyi did this just to give the King of Chu a face and a warning to submit, if he didn't agree to his request, after killing Zhong Wuregret, the next step, the ass can think of what Ziyi would do.

King Mu's Taishi has set an example. It's just that at present, the younger brother of the king of Chu is still young, and the auxiliary government, Ziyi's strength is still very thin, and his name is not right, Pan Chong will never let Ziyi go easily. Therefore, as a last resort, Ziyi does not want to go to the road of desperate bets.

Ziyi now just wants to get Ling Yin's position as soon as possible.

Cheng Jia was dead, and by the time Pan Chong rushed back to the royal city, Ziyi had already held military and political power, and Pan Chong could only bow down and obey orders.

Zhong Wuregret was secretly anxious, now that he was in Ziyi's mansion, there was no one who wanted to find someone to report the news.

At this time, what he said would definitely not work if it was not shocking, so Zhong Wuregret hurriedly shouted: "Slow, slow, the teacher listens to me." The news of Lord Yin's assassination must be a big conspiracy against the teacher. ”

Zhong Wuregret once reminded Cheng Jia intentionally or unintentionally that the army that went out could also turn around halfway. He thought about it carefully, and now he heard the news of Cheng Jia's assassination from Pan Mansion, which could prove that Cheng Jia was definitely not dead, and he was desperately rushing back to the royal city with Pan Chong.

The news came from Pan Chong's mansion, just to paralyze Ziyi and make him relax his vigilance. Not only does Ziyi want to do the phase, but Pan Chong also wants to sit in this position.

Although Pan Chong killed King Cheng and made great contributions to King Mu's enthronement, King Mu did not hand over the phase to Pan Chong, but still handed it over to the people of the Ruoao family, because King Mu was also wary of ruthless people, and he did this to restrain each other.

If Cheng Jia really died, Pan Chong and Ruo Ao's people would try their best to block the news of his death, and rush back to the royal city as soon as possible to compete with Ziyi for the position and revenge, how could they tell Ziyi early and let him fight for the position of Prime Minister Yin as soon as possible? The only explanation is that they are trying to paralyze Ziyi and make him take it lightly, and by the time the soldiers come to the city, it will be too late.

Ziyi motioned for the soldiers to stop, and he asked Zhong Wuregret, "Why do you say that it must be a big conspiracy against me?" ”

It's really a fan of the authorities, at this time, Gongzi Xie also figured out what was going on, he whispered a few words in Ziyi's ear, and Ziyi's face changed again and again.

"Lord Ziyi, my master has brought a message." At this moment, suddenly, a crisp female voice sounded at the door, and Zhong Wuregret saw that the person who came was actually the old bustard of the "Juanhua" building.

Ziyi hurriedly greeted him, only to hear the old bustard say: "The lewd thief is right, none of the assassins came back alive, the people of Juan Hualou have been dismissed, from today onwards, there will be no name of Juan Hualou in Yingdu in the future, you should quickly consider other countermeasures for the aftermath!" ”

After that, the old bustard glanced at Zhong Wuregret viciously: "Don't be complacent, there will always be a day when you can't escape." ”

"I can't escape now." Zhong Wuregret knew that the crisis had passed, and he was relaxed again.

Ziyi pondered for a while, and Gongzixie whispered a few words in his ear. Ziyi waved his hand. He said to the soldiers, "Stand down." ”

The soldiers retreated through the secret door again, and in an instant, the room was unusually quiet. The old bustard in the "Juanhua" building has left with the soldiers, and in the empty hall, only Zhong Wuregret, Ziyi, and Gongzixie are left.

"How did you know that it was a big conspiracy against me as soon as you heard the report from the Pan Mansion?" Ziyi asked.

Zhong Wuregret was unequivocal: "I have already said what I should say, but the teacher doesn't believe me, and I can't help it." It is my responsibility to worry about my teachers, and it is my obligation to sacrifice for my teachers. With my loyalty, relying on my sacrifice, as long as I can exchange a little safety for the teacher, it is worth it! I wake up laughing in my sleep. ”

"Okay, okay" Ziyi's face softened greatly, and he waved his hand and continued: "In your opinion, how to deal with it now?" ”

"Build a high city and accumulate grain. Slow proportions. Zhong Wuregret said.

Gongzi Xie continued: "Lord Zhong is right, right now, Cheng Jia and Pan Chong must be desperately rushing to the royal city. The idea of building a city high to defend against the enemy, accumulating grain to hold on, and slowly weighing the appearance, without giving people the truth, is really high. ”

"What else do you think?" In a hurry, Ziyi couldn't come up with any ideas, so she had to ask Zhong Wuregret.

Zhong Wuregret said in a hurry: "The master can first send troops to surround the mansions of Master Pan and Lord Ling Yin, but they must not touch a single hair of their family. In this way, if there is a situation that is unfavorable to the master, the master can also negotiate with them on terms. However, once their family members were injured, they had no scruples, and once they broke through the royal city, it was impossible for the master to surrender. ”

Speaking of the future, he pretended to be very sad: "Not to mention the life of the master's family, even so many Meiji are over, it's distressing!" Just thinking about it makes my heart bleed. ”

Hearing this, Ziyi scolded in her heart: "You whore, it's a pity that Meiji in my family, in your eyes, what am I?" However, Ziyi had to agree with Zhong Wuregret's thoughts.

This is the case of the so-called rush to the doctor. Unexpectedly, Zhong Wuregret's words surprised him even more: "It's not enough to just besiege Doufu and Panfu, you have to hold the King of Chu in your hands at all times." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Childe Xie asked.

"Do you know what it means to 'coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes'?" Zhou Tianzi sometimes has no choice but to say something, because it is not that he wants to say it, but that he has to say it. In that case, why can't you 'coerce the king to order the ministers'? Zhong Wuregret said: "Now, there is only a good-looking and useless beauty guard around the king, what is not what the master says, what the king will do?" ”

Gongzi Xie was a little emotional: "You are the king's red minister, and doing this is disloyal to the king!" ”

"If you have milk, you are a mother, and now you can't manage so much. I think only by following the master closely, can there be a bright future, the master is the phase, I will be Sima, when the time comes, it is not me who is looking for a beauty, but a beauty who will automatically come to me. After saying that, Zhong Wuregret laughed lewdly, as if the matter had come true.

"Yes, yes, when the time comes, I will never lose you as a teacher." Ziyi said busily.

"Lord Zhong, you see ...... top priority now," Gongzi Xie asked.

"The army of the city defense was originally a subordinate of Lord Ling Yin, if it is really Lord Ling Yin who led the army to besiege the city, I am afraid that they will be unreliable, so the two adults must be ready to flee at any time. When he arrived in other counties, the king of Chu issued an order to make a big deal again. Adults can pack their valuables in the car in advance, so that they can be prepared in case they need to leave.

On the other hand, while Chengjia has not returned. Hurry up and mobilize the people to do a good job in the defense of the city. As for me, I will return to the palace and stay by the side of the king of Chu to listen to the dispatch of Lord Hou at any time. Zhong Wuregret said.

Zhong Wuregret ostensibly thought about Ziyi and them, but in fact, he already harbored evil intentions in his heart.

He took a fancy to Ziyi and Gongzixie's huge family wealth.