After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chao Mistake, who lost his soul, returned to his home alone.

But not long after Chao Cuo returned home, Zhonglang General Zhidu's figure also appeared outside Chao's mansion.

Under the guidance of the gatekeeper, he walked into Chao Mansion, and saw Chao Cuo kneeling in the guest hall in a daze, Zhi Du only stepped forward with a calm face, and bowed his hand to Chao Cuo, and then sat down by himself.

After waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for Chao Cuo's sentence 'Zhonglang will come to the door, but what's the matter', Zhi Du had to take the initiative to speak and get straight to the point.

"In the past few years, Chao Gong has been by His Majesty's side, planning for the world, planning for the temple, and the community;"

"Even if because of these things, Chao Gong is jealous inside and outside the government and the opposition, but in my heart, I always feel great admiration for Chao Gong."

"But recently ······"

"—Chao Gong, what's the matter?"

"Chao Gong, why has he become like this recently?"

"If I hadn't been able to see Chao Gong's face with my own eyes, I would have almost thought that the internal history was wrong and was impersonated by someone······

Hearing Zhidu's question, which was full of confusion, Chao Cuo's face was still stunned;

It's as if a few wisps of his soul have been drained of Chao Cuo in the past few days, and the bright eyes that always shine with essence on weekdays are also dim at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, Zhi Du let out a few more soft voices, 'Chao Gong? The call, Chao Cuo's sloppy gaze, finally slowly condensed together.

I saw Chao Cuo's sluggish expression slowly turning his head sideways, and his eyes looked directly at Zhidu's face;

Looking, watching, it was two lines of tears, sliding down his face······

"Chao Gong??"

Another light inquiry full of concern, but only provoked a tearful Chao Cuo smiled sadly, and in front of Zhidu, he began to 'untie his clothes'.

A moment later, when the court clothes on Chao Cuo's body fell to the ground, revealing the layer of coarse linen and filial piety inside, the look of doubt on Zhidu's face was finally replaced by a touch of visible surprise······

"My father;"

"Dead ······"

"—for there are men who are at the father's side and say, 'Your son is wrong, and has sinned against all the people of the world;"

"Soon, it will be a disaster for the Chao family······"

Low, mournful, and mixed with a slightly choked tone from time to time, Zhi Du couldn't help but be a little lonely.

I saw Chao Cuo shaking his head and sighing bitterly, pointing in the direction of the backyard.

"My father advised me: Don't cut the feudal domain anymore, resign to Your Majesty immediately, return to my hometown, and never come to Chang'an again."

"I didn't promise;"

"I told my father that if you don't cut the feudal domain, the Son of Heaven will not be respected, and the temple will not be ······."

"Then, in front of me, my father drew out the sword that His Majesty had given me, and wiped my neck······"

"——I spent my whole life and gambled my life to come up with the "Cutting Strategy", and the first person I was forced to die was my own biological father······"

"I made a mistake with a piece of "Cutting the Domain", but the first thing on my hands was the blood ······ of my biological father."

Low, mournful, and with a little natural bitter laughter from time to time, the entire guest hall was filled with an inexplicably sad and strange atmosphere.

is Zhidu, and he has lost the half-doubted and half-dissatisfied momentum when he came;

Looking at Chao Cuo's gaze, it suddenly became a little complicated······

"Since Boss Chao has passed away······"

"Chao Gong, why don't you mourn?"

"Is it because I am worried that others accuse Chao Gong of not being filial to his father, so there is no mourning?"

asked a question with a little tentativeness, and on Zhidu's face, some doubts couldn't help but quietly emerge.

- Chao Cuo's words can indeed explain why Chao Cuo has always been confused and nightmarish during this time, and intermittently 'surprising' strange situation;

The death of my father, especially the fact that my father committed suicide because he couldn't persuade himself, I am afraid that it will be a huge blow to whoever it is.

After learning about this, Zhi was already able to understand the abnormality of Chao Cuo's time.

But Zhidu really couldn't understand: since Chao Cuo's father is dead, as a son, why didn't he handle the funeral?

That layer of fatherly filial piety, why is Chao Cuo wearing it in the court clothes, and not letting outsiders know: his father has died in Chang'an······

"Huh······"

"Hehe·······"

Zhi Du was thinking about it, and there were two strange laughs of unknown meaning in his ears;

When Zhi Du quietly turned his head, he found that his face was full of self-deprecation······

"My father said before that I was an official in Chang'an, and I didn't make any friends who could watch and help each other for my Chao family;"

"At the time, I just didn't think so."

"It wasn't until after my father's death that I finally understood: how many people I have offended in Chang'an over the years······

Speaking sarcastically, Chao Cuo couldn't help but smile and raise his head;

Rao is face was already in tears, and he didn't care about it at all, and only looked forward to see his Zhidu leisurely.

"After his father passed away, Zhi Zhonglang was the first person to visit."

"I was also the first to notice my anomaly and take the initiative to ask about it."

"Except for Zhi Zhonglang, in the entire Chang'an City, I can't find a second person, who cares about my mistakes, what kind of predicament I encountered······"

"On the contrary, there are many people who secretly rejoice in what I have suffered."

"Even if my father dies, I'm afraid I will become a joke and a laughing stock for those people who accuse me of 'being guilty of God'."

"I don't want my dead father to become a laughing stock in these people's mouths because of me······"

"Therefore, after my father passed away, I did not mourn, even if I served filial piety, I always wore filial piety clothes in court clothes."

"Because I know that in the entire Chang'an City, I am the only one who is wrong, and I will be saddened by the death of my father·······"

As Chao Cuo's mournful and desperate words came to an end, Zhidu's face, which was always unsmiling on weekdays, was already a little moved.

Before coming, Zhi Du had guessed many possibilities;

Including making mistakes and not noticing them for a while, making big mistakes;

Or maybe Tianzi Qi no longer trusts Chao Cuo, so Chao is confused.

Even the possibility that 'Chao Cuo was secretly drugged, so he was delirious' was all flashed in Zhidu's mind!

But Zhi Du never expected that such a drastic change would occur in Chao Cuo, and even ignored the warnings of Liu Qi, the son of heaven, several times, and 'spoke amazingly' in the process of court discussions, which was such a bitter thing in the heart······

What kind of person can have no feelings about his father's death?

Has anyone ever witnessed his father die because of himself, but there was not the slightest ripple in his heart?

Especially this time, he saw his father with his own eyes, and after persuading himself to no avail, he pulled out his waist, the imperial sword that symbolized the king's trust, and killed himself on the spot, splashing blood five steps;

Such a blow will probably be a unique spiritual blow to any man who still has morals to speak of······

"I didn't expect that during this time, such a thing happened in Chang'an City······"

Thinking about it, Zhi Du couldn't help but quietly turn his head sideways, looking at Chao Cuo's face that was obviously weeping, but with a strange smile, and his mood was also quietly running.

This incident made Zhidu, an old scout who was born in the army and had been an elite scout, vaguely feel a trace of 'conspiracy'.

The reason couldn't be simpler;

- Today's Chao Cuo, although the official to the internal history, ranks first in the Han Jiuqing, but the nobility of Chao Cuo is only in the last few years.

Zhi Du knew very well that before the Chao Cuo noble, the Yingchuan Chao clan had never produced any 'big names'.

In other words, before Chao Cuo became noble, Yingchuan Chao was just a small aristocrat and a small wealthy family with a little family background who could support outstanding children and nephews to study part-time, but there was no prominent place to go.

To put it more bluntly, Chao Cuo's dead father is actually a rich man in Kanto;

Even in recent years, Chao Cuo has become more and more prominent in the Chang'an court, but it still can't change the thinking mode, vision and insight that such a rich man has fixed in his long decades of life experience.

In this way, Chao Cuo's father traveled thousands of miles to personally go to Chang'an to persuade Chao Cuo to resign at the time when "Cutting the Domain" was about to be implemented, which obviously revealed some strange flavor.

- Chao Cuo's father is just a rich man in Kanto!

How can such an accurate political vision come to the conclusion that 'Chao Wrong is about to bring disaster to the family'?

Take a step back and say: Even if Chao Cuo's father is as 'talented' as Chao Cuo, he can see through the future direction of "Cutting the Domain" at a glance, and there is still a problem, which cannot explain why Chao Cuo's father came to Chang'an.

- Although "Cutting the Domain" has been around for a long time, it has been officially put on the court, but it is within three or five months!

Father Chao is in Yingchuan, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, where did he know that this incident is happening in the Chang'an court, and it hasn't even officially happened in the Chang'an court?

Could it really be that Chao's father not only has the political vision of 'seeing through the world' at a glance', but also has the ability to 'know the world's affairs without leaving home'?

Compared with this slight possibility, Zhidu is obviously more willing to believe that there is another hidden truth in this matter.

There must be someone who went to Yingchuan in person to find Chao's father, and told Chao's father about "Cutting Domain".

In particular, the fact that the Kwantung princes 'everyone hated to eat Chao Mistake' must have been emphasized by this person.

With such an experience, Chao's father came to Chang'an in a hurry with a worried mood, and persuaded Chao Cuo to stop quickly and stop having anything to do with "Cutting Domain".

But how can an old rich man like Chao's father understand that Chao is now standing on the edge of the cliff?

How can we understand that today's mistakes are because of the protection of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, and the identity of 'the internal history of the dynasty', that he was not assassinated by those enemies, especially those princes of the Kwantung clan?

Thinking of this, Zhidu's face quietly swelled up;

When Zhi Du raised his head again, he looked at Chao Cuo, and there was a faint solemnity in his eyes.

"Chao Gong."

"I think that before Master Chao came to Chang'an, I am afraid that he was bewitched by 'some people';"

"Because of the demagoguery of these men······"

"—It's Liu Wu!!"

Unexpectedly, before Zhidu's words fell, Chao Cuo's terrible roar suddenly sounded, which caused Zhidu to be surprised!

At this moment, Chao Cuo's face was still full of snot and tears, but his eyes suddenly brought a terrifying anger!

"I've found out!"

"It was a lobbyist sent by Liu Wu, the king of Chu, who personally went to Yingchuan and told my father: As soon as the "Cutting Domain" is implemented, there will be no Chao clan in the world who will survive!!"

"It was because of Liu Wu's lobbyist persuasion that my father came to Chang'an and persuaded me to resign!!"

"-Liu Wu and I are the revenge of killing our father!"

"--If I don't kill this thief, I swear not to be a !!"

The terrible roar like the neighing of a war horse almost shocked the entire guest hall!

I saw that Chao Cuo's teeth were clenched, his face was red, his forehead was full of green tendons, and the man's lips with a snot were shaking, and he was trembling violently at this moment.

And the conjecture in his heart was verified by Chao Cuo's words, Zhi Du looked at Chao Cuo's gaze, but it became more and more serious.

"Chao Gong."

"The matter of Master Chao is indeed extremely sad and regrettable;"

"But the stakes in this matter, Chao Gong, should be clear."

"- Liu Wu, the king of Chu, is a scum who does not learn and has no skills; Sending someone to persuade Boss Chao should just be trying to stop Chao Gong from promoting "Cutting the Domain" in such a ridiculous way. ”

"But Liu Bi, the king of Wu, is not a fool like Liu Wu, the king of Chu······"

"At this moment, Liu Bi is probably worried about what to do in order to make Chao Gong abandon all his reason and wantonly cut the domain, so that Liu Bi can get an excuse to start an army."

"If Chao Gong really falls into Liu Bi's trap, it will be an unimaginable huge hidden danger for the entire Han family······"

After persuading him earnestly, seeing that Chao Cuo still had an uncontrollable look of anger, Zhi Du did not hesitate, but hurriedly got up from his seat and bowed to Chao Cuo.

"Like Chao Gong, I am learning the doctrines of Shang Jun and Shen Bu Harm, and I am determined to help His Majesty strengthen the Legalist scholars of the Han Dynasty."

"If you talk about seniority, even if Chao Gong and I are not under the same teacher, you can still call Chao Gong: Senior brother."

"——Right now, the senior brother has suffered the pain of losing his father, and no matter what choice the senior brother makes, no one can blame the senior brother."

"It's just that right now, this country and society need the senior brother to endure the grief in his heart and walk out of the last move of "Cutting the Domain";

"I need my senior brother to stay calm at all times, protect Your Majesty, and complete the lofty ambition of cutting the domain······"

After saying that, Zhi Du bowed down without hesitation and bowed deeply to Chao Cuo.

"Senior Brother Wanwang, I think of the face of the ancestor Shangjun and Shen Buxian, as well as the consideration of thousands of Li Shu in the world, and endure the pain of losing my father for the time being!"

"It's not too late to take revenge after the rebellion is put down!"

With this last sentence of persuasion, Zhidu finally bowed down and bowed deeply with the etiquette of a junior.

But Zhidu's persuasion did not make Chao Cuo's heart shake even the slightest.

I saw Chao wrong hearing the words, and sat on the top in a daze, and sat for a while;

After a full thirty breaths, it seemed that he finally reacted to what Zhi Du said, so he shook his head and got up with a wry smile and walked in front of Zhi Du.

It was not until this moment that Chao Cuo's eyes, which had been dimmed for many days, lit up with clear light again.

"Zhi Zhonglang, don't persuade anymore······"

"From the moment I picked up the pen and wrote the first word of 'Cutting the Domain' on the bamboo slip, I had already anticipated that if I wanted to complete this, it would probably take my life."

"Although in the past, I didn't completely hold the heart of death, but I have already expected my end."

"And now, my father is dead because of me;"

"As a son, I forced my biological father to death for the ambition in my heart."

"——An unfilial person like me really has no need to continue to live between heaven and earth······"

A leisurely remark only provoked Zhi Du's face to be anxious, but he was interrupted by Chao Cuo's gently outstretched hand.

Then, I saw that Chao Cuo's face, which was always dull and wooden in recent times, finally emerged a little bit of the past style.

"After my father died, I thought about it for a long time;"

"The only thing I can think of for Liu Bi and Liu Wu's rebellion is: punish Chao and stop cutting the domain."

"If this is really the case, then Your Majesty is likely to be in a dilemma."

"—Because if you kill me, Your Majesty will be stained with the stain of 'Killer';"

"But if you don't kill me, Your Majesty won't be able to tear the fig leaf of the rebels."

"So, what I'm doing is just doing one last useful thing for Your Majesty······"

In the end, Chao Cuo finally smiled miserably, and between his eyebrows, he was as calm as if he was looking at death.

"As for Liu Wu and this revenge for killing my father, Your Majesty will avenge me."

"And I, only with this posture now, make Your Majesty more and more disgusted with me, can after the rebellion break out, Your Majesty will not feel guilty for killing me."

"This is the last thing I did for Your Majesty······"

"-It can be regarded as preserving the teacher-student friendship between me and Your Majesty, these years;"

"It is also to complete the mission that my Legalist scholar should complete."

"Just like Zhi Zhonglang said, the last move of "Cutting the Domain" is ·······"

After saying that, Chao Cuo shook his head and sat back in his seat with a wry smile, looking at Zhidu with a frank look.

"My life is the last move of "Cutting the Domain" ······"

"And Zhi Zhonglang is the hope of my Legalist family in the future······"

"In the future, Zhi Zhonglang must remember: even if it is because of something, he has reached the point where he must die in order to complete His Majesty's mission, don't forget;"

"——Above the court, leave at least one spark for my Legalist family·······"

(End of chapter)