Nearest the king nearest the gallows!

People in the world often use this phrase to describe that accompanying the monarch is like accompanying a tiger, and there will be a killing disaster at any time.

But for the courtiers of the Great Zhou who have accompanied Zhou Zheng for many years, this sentence is not very applicable.

In their impression, during the years they served Zhou Zheng, Zhou Zheng gave them the impression that they were relatively tolerant, and there was almost no time for violence.

Even if the courtiers make a mistake, as long as it is not too serious, they will not care too much, let alone be convicted for their words.

But recently they found that the situation had changed, and they found that the tolerant and wise Majesty in their impression had changed, and had become moody, violent and murderous!

Above the court.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty spares your life!"

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

Several guards of the forbidden army dragged the two officials outside the hall, and the two officials were full of panic at this time, and their mouths were pleading with Zhou Zheng.

The civil and military officials in the court looked at this scene, although they couldn't bear pity in their hearts, but no one dared to plead.

Because one of these two people ended up like this because of his plea.

The cause of the matter is that the Ministry of Rites Lang Qian led into the book Zhou Zheng, saying that there is a thunder dragon swimming in the sky above the imperial city, this is auspicious from the sky, God bless my Great Zhou, Your Majesty is my Great Zhou......

In short, it was a slap of words, but it seemed that because of these words, he somehow annoyed Zhou Zheng and ordered the forbidden army to pull Qian out of the noon gate and behead him for public display!

Another person named Liu Yongshan just opened his mouth to help Qian Zhizhi ask Zhou Zheng for a favor, and Nazhi was immediately pulled away by Zhou Zheng's forbidden army.

This......

They looked at the person sitting on the top of the dragon chair cautiously and in awe, and even wondered if that person was the real Emperor Majesty, could it be someone else's fake?

This kind of suspicion is not only in their hearts, but also among the eunuchs who are waiting for Zhou Zheng.

They found that after the madman named Shen Ming made a big fuss about the imperial city, when the emperor reappeared, there were many, many abnormal and strange behaviors.

In the past, the emperor's favorite dishes and dim sum were served these days, and although they were sometimes very popular, sometimes they would get a reprimand, and even beheaded the imperial kitchen.

It's not just this place, for example, as soon as the emperor came back, he killed the concubine he loved on weekdays, and the queen was also sent to the cold palace.

For another example, when the emperor saw the historian's record of the maniac breaking into the imperial city that day, he was not angry at all, but rewarded the historian and said.

"It's really good that you, a historian, dare to truthfully record what happened that day!"

"Okay, well, then you have to record it carefully, the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Jingshi slashes the dragon, and the Venerable will see if I behead him or he beheads me when he sees it!"

But what is strange is that the emperor seemed to forget this the next day, and after reading the historian's record of the day's events again, he asked his subordinates to drag the historian out and behead him!

That's right!

The emperor's self-proclaimed self-proclaimed these days is also a little strange, sometimes he calls himself I, sometimes he says me, and sometimes he calls himself the Venerable!

Because of the abnormality of Zhou Zheng these days, those eunuchs even talked quietly underground.

"The emperor shouldn't have been taken by demons, right?"

"Was there any strange cry in the emperor's room last night?"

Such words and ideas grew in the mouths of these eunuchs.

......

Although the center of the discussion in Jingshi these days is on the sudden appearance of the thunder dragon in the sky over the imperial city, as well as Zhou Zheng's abnormal behavior in recent days.

But for the rivers and lakes, the court is too high and far away from them, and they don't care much about discussing these things, and they discuss other things.

For example, Bai Xiaosheng was defeated, and Tianji Pavilion was burned!

For example, Shen Ming used a palm technique that fell from the sky with one move, and cleaned up Bai Xiaosheng and more than 20 great grandmasters in one move, and won the name of Jianghu Mythology with absolute strength!

For example, Shen Ming single-handedly suppressed the army in front of the Forbidden City, stepped on the earth with one foot, tore open the abyss with both hands, and captured the guards of the forbidden army and the chief of the inner city in front of tens of thousands of forbidden troops!

Another example is Shen Ming's sword technique that fell from the sky with a single move, attracting thousands of thunder and lightning to bind a golden dragon!

What happened in front of the Forbidden City on Tayun Mountain, with the departure of those people in the rivers and lakes that day, was completely spread in this rivers and lakes.

There is nothing more popular in the rivers and lakes now, more famous than Shen Ming.

Reputedly!

Now that acquaintances meet on the rivers and lakes, the greetings are not the same as before: Brother X, I haven't seen each other for many years, and I happened to meet here today, so it's better to go and have two drinks together to catch up.

Instead, it was replaced: Brother X, I haven't seen him for many years, it's always good, there is a person named Shen Ming on the rivers and lakes recently, have you heard of it?

The fiery degree of this matter is even more intense than when Bai Xiaosheng was called a myth in the rivers and lakes!

Why is this so?

Without him, it's just two words!

Debate!

Yes, argue!

Regarding these things about Shen Ming, the whole rivers and lakes are arguing, they are arguing about the truth of these things!

The rivers and lakes are so big, the people who personally went to Tayun Mountain that day and saw Shen Ming's shot were only a few after all.

And among these people, who not only went to the Cloud Mountain, but also happened to return to the capital division, there were even fewer people who saw Shen Ming shattering the ground and binding the dragon in the sky.

On the other hand, the power of the Great Grandmaster, the myth of Bai Xiaosheng, and the terrifying ...... of the Forbidden City

These things have long established unbeatable facts in the minds of many Jianghu people.

And now!

Someone told them that in this world, there was a person who could do these things with the three-foot green peak in his hand, how could they dare to believe it.

......

Snowstorm.

This is a small city adjacent to the northeast border fortress, and if you go further to the northeast, you will have to go out of the border fortress and leave the territory of the Great Zhou.

The northeast is the coldest time in the lunar month, and it snows for most of the month, and in such weather, the water that is spilled can turn into ice in the blink of an eye.

Today, the sky has not cleared, and the goose-feather snow is still falling one after another.

On such days, it is undoubtedly people's favorite thing to warm up with a stove and a knife.

Therefore.

On days like these, taverns tend to be the liveliest and most popular.

After all, people are always social animals, and it is more interesting than drinking at home alone to warm up, or a group of people getting together to push cups and change lamps, and brag and fart.

Lao Lu's rivers and lakes.

This is the name of a tavern in Blizzard, and the name of the largest tavern with the best business and opening.

Very random strange name.

Many Jianghu people are attracted by the name of the tavern when they first enter this tavern, and often ask the owner why they chose such a name.

To this question, the boss will happily reply.

The old man's surname is Lu, and he used to be a Jianghu person!

But when the drinkers curiously asked the boss about his original name in the rivers and lakes, the boss often only shook his head and smiled, and then said a word.

I'm just an ordinary bad old man, who had any name in the past, don't talk about it, don't talk about it......