Chapter 202: Brothers (II)
(The title is written incorrectly, it should be two hundred and three chapters...... )
When Zhou Ruiwu heard this, his body trembled violently, and a layer of shock surged in his eyes, and he exclaimed: "Brother Huang!"
Emperor Jingwen shook his head slowly and with some difficulty, and said, "Kill me, for yourself, and for the sake of the entire Eastern Zhou Kingdom." ”
"Why?" Zhou Ruiwu's voice trembled, and the prince who was decisive and resolute suddenly choked.
Emperor Jingwen is five years older than Zhou Ruiwu, and has been taking care of Zhou Ruiwu since he was a child.
Emperor Jingwen raised his eyes and looked towards the top of the secret room.
On the secret room was a layer of hard stone walls, he naturally couldn't see the outside world, but Zhou Ruiwu seemed to see the outside sky from Emperor Jingwen's eyes, Haotian was endless, the stars were shining, there was light and darkness.
Emperor Jingwen said: "Because I offended those people, I had to die." ”
Zhou Ruiwu frowned, and said in disbelief: "Ten ...... The Twelve Priests?"
Emperor Jingwen is one of the emperors, and the only people who can be qualified to let him say the word "offend" on this continent are the twelve priests who are high, even if they are the gods and generals under the twelve priests, their strength may be stronger than that of the human emperor, but their status is equal.
Emperor Jingwen closed his eyes, as if there were rolling dark clouds floating in the sky, covering the entire starry sky, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were already pitch black.
Zhou Ruiwu said again: "The twelve priests have always cared about the affairs of the world, how can the imperial brother be ...... Anger them?"
Emperor Jingwen said lightly: "Everyone in the world says, 'useless is a scholar', and in their eyes, I am afraid that I am the biggest scholar in the Eastern Zhou Kingdom." ”
Speaking of this, the corners of Emperor Jingwen's mouth raised slightly, and he seemed to be a little self-deprecating.
Emperor Jingwen said: "However, scholars and scholars, born from books, naturally read a lot of books. The more books you read, the more you will discover things that others can't. ”
"What did the royal brother find?"
"A secret, the secret of the world where you and I live...... and the status of the twelve priests. ”
"What!?" Zhou Ruiwu was shocked again, although he was prepared, he was still shocked by Emperor Jingwen's words.
The Twelve Priests have existed for thousands of years, and this continent has existed for an unknown number of years, and people today have long regarded the Twelve Priests of the Hanging Court Sect as gods who exist with the world, who will think about their identity, and who will think about the original appearance of this world?
All of them practiced and won the list under the orders of the Twelve Priests and the Hanging Court Sect, hoping that one day they would be able to glorify their ancestors, and the small group of people with the best talents and the most willing to endure hardships wanted to be able to be summoned by the Twelve Priests to become divine soldiers or divine generals on Hanging Court Island in person.
Practitioners are attracted to power, and almost no one pays attention to anything else.
I will pay attention to others, I'm afraid it's really only scholars.
And ordinary scholars will not think too deeply, only scholars like Emperor Jingwen have the opportunity to discover some things.
Luckily, he found out.
Unfortunately, he was also discovered by the Twelve Priests.
So, he had to die.
......
"Brother Emperor, what did you find?" Zhou Ruiwu asked, he desperately wanted to know what kind of secret needed to be kept by the Twelve Priests for thousands of years, and caused his Imperial Brother to be executed by the Twelve Priests after discovering it?
Emperor Jingwen shook his head and said with a slight smile: "Ruiwu, just let this secret go with me, you know that it will not be good for you." ”
After a pause, he added, "What's more, the Twelve Priests will not allow anyone who knows this secret to live. The Eastern Zhou Kingdom still needs you to live, so you can't even know about it. ”
"Not only can't you know that secret, but you have to pretend you don't even know what I just said to you, or else you'll ......"
Emperor Jingwen stared at Zhou Ruiwu's eyes, asking him to remember what he said.
Zhou Ruiwu's eyes were red, his fists were clenched, and he roared in a low voice: "If I can't even avenge the imperial brother's revenge, I really can't ......."
"Ruiwu!" Emperor Jingwen's eyes suddenly became a little cold, "The country is small, if you can't even tell the difference, are you still worthy of the surname Zhou?!"
Zhou Ruiwu endured the pain in his heart and pursed his lips.
Emperor Jingwen closed his eyes and said in a soothing tone: "I know this is difficult for anyone in the world, but you are my younger brother, you are the king of Ping of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, you must bear it." ”
Zhou Ruiwu took a deep breath, and the decision had been made in one breath.
He raised his head, his eyes were red but his gaze was resolute, "Brother Huang, won't the twelve priests make a move against the Eastern Zhou Kingdom?"
Emperor Jingwen was a little relieved in his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "Don't worry about this, as long as I am dead, and I declare to the world that you are plotting to usurp the throne and kill the king, and you don't know the secret, the twelve priests will not embarrass you or the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, what they want is just to kill me, and you must not save anyone." ”
"It's just...... In this way, you will have to bear the infamy of killing the king, and all the civil strife caused by the Eastern Zhou Kingdom will be borne by you alone. ”
"Ruiwu, can you do it?"
Zhou Ruiwu was silent, and the Shenhua in his eyes shattered and rose again, and rose and fell.
"Brother Huang, I will definitely do my best to protect the Eastern Zhou Kingdom!"
Emperor Jingwen smiled and said, "Yes." They all said that you are more suitable to be the emperor than me, and this position should have been yours, and it would be better to give it to you now. ”
Zhou Ruiwu's face was expressionless: "I only want to be able to accompany the imperial brother." ”
Emperor Jingwen shook his head and looked up in a daze.
"What day is tomorrow?"
Zhou Ruiwu said: "November 30. ”
"November 30...... Thirty...... It's a full moon...... It's a pity ......"
After saying this, Emperor Jingwen slowly closed his eyes and lowered his head and passed away.
Zhou Ruiwu's body shook, and he suddenly clenched his fists.
He knew the meaning of Emperor Jingwen's last sentence.
Emperor Jingwen's only child, tomorrow is full moon.
......
Inside the palace, a black shadow suddenly flashed in the Chengqian Palace, and the black shadow escaped out of the wall, disappeared into the sky, and reappeared in the palace of King Ping two miles east of the palace.
The black shadow went straight into King Ping's bedroom, and no one noticed his whereabouts along the way.
He pushed the door open and stepped into the house, and the door closed automatically behind him.
The black shadow lifted the mask, it was Zhou Ruiwu himself, and he was holding an infant baby in his arms.
There are also two people in the house, one is Lin Xue'er, the princess of Prince Ping, and the other is a baby in her arms.
"What's wrong?" Lin Xue'er noticed Zhou Ruiwu's abnormality and asked.
"Brother Huang...... He's dead. Zhou Ruiwu lowered his voice and said hoarsely.
Lin Xue'er was shocked, silent for a long time, and finally looked at the baby in Zhou Ruiwu's arms.
Zhou Ruiwu also looked down at the sleeping baby, and said with a resolute face: "This is the orphan of the imperial brother, he is the only bloodline of the imperial brother, although the imperial brother asked me not to save anyone, but I must keep his only flesh and blood." ”
Zhou Ruiwu Huo Ran raised his head, looked at his dear son in Lin Xue'er's arms, and said firmly: "Even if I exchange my own flesh and blood, I will not hesitate to do it!"