Rong Fei's words made Zheng Ziqiu stunned, his mind was like electricity just running for a moment, and then he smiled slightly.

"It is worthy of being the first in the world to be captured by the emperor himself, admire! Admire! But can you please Rong Zhutou to solve my doubts, I think I hid it well, and I didn't leave any clues that could reveal my traces, how did you find me?"

"That's it? Don't you try to quibble?"

Rong Fei did not answer Zheng Ziqiu's doubts, but asked rhetorically with interest.

"If you don't have full certainty, you won't design to let you fall into the net, and the useless justification is just a delay in time, and there is no need for that. Tsk, it's really good wine."

Zheng Ziqiu took the wine jug and filled the empty wine glass, raised his head and drank it dry, then shook his head and said with a smile.

"Hehe, if it weren't for the heinous crimes you committed, but with this free and easy energy, I might as well make friends with you."

Rong Fei also poured a glass of wine again, sighing while taking a small sip.

"If you want to achieve great things, you should use extraordinary means, and small sacrifices are inevitable."

Zheng Ziqiu replied indifferently.

"A small sacrifice? Over the years, tens of thousands of people have been bought and sold by your hands, that is, tens of thousands of families have been torn apart and suffered the pain of losing their loved ones. How did you manage to say such crazy things without changing your face?"

Rong Fei asked angrily.

"Since I came to Kyoto five years ago, a total of 29,633 people have sold Kyoto and 6,674 people have sold to Kyoto, making a total of 36,307 people. Of these, between the ages of fourteen and twenty-four, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine women, four thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven children, and six thousand six hundred and thirty-one handsome men."

Zheng Ziqiu reported a series of numbers in an orderly manner, and his expression did not change at all.

It seemed like it was just a string of numbers, lifeless numbers. Chinese Net

Seeing that the killing intent in Rong Fei's eyes was getting stronger and stronger, Zheng Ziqiu smiled slightly.

"Do you know how many people died of starvation outside Kyoto City last winter?"

Rong Fei was stunned, how did he know this.

"More than thirty-four thousand. This is the figure reported by the official in charge of the resettlement of displaced people outside the city at the Golden Luang Hall in the spring of March this year, and he also likes to say that this is a situation that can only be found in prosperous times. However, the actual number is much more than that, and I have personally walked around the city of Kyoto, and I have estimated that it will not be less than 50,000 people.

Did Rong Zhutou feel that the official was hateful? But in fact, compared with the officials of previous years, this one already has some conscience, but he has concealed the figure of less than 20,000.

From the first light snow fell in Kyoto on the seventh day of October to the third day of March of the following year, it was estimated that 70,000 people died of cold, starvation, and disease outside Kyoto, but when they were reported to the emperor, only 20,000 were reported, which was enough to conceal nearly 50,000. In previous years, this was also the case, and the hundreds of officials in the court who knew about it were no longer strange, and they followed the old and dizzy emperor together.

I heard that Rong Zhutou and Liu Yingrong, the daughter of the first assistant who had just stepped down, were close friends. Although Liu Yingrong is a woman, she loves political affairs, and she should know a little about it. If Rong Zhutou doesn't believe what he said, he might as well ask her."

Rong Fei did have doubts about Zheng Ziqiu's words, but he was rational enough to tell himself that Zheng Ziqiu had no need to lie at all.

Seeing that Rong Fei's face changed and he was speechless, Zheng Ziqiu smiled slightly and continued.

"Have you heard of the disaster in Danzhou ten years ago?"

"I've heard a little."

Rong Fei's heart moved, and he replied pretending to be nothing.

"Do you know how many people died in the Tunzhou disaster?"

"Uh..."

This is something that Rong Fei has been unable to confirm.

The palace newspapers issued by the imperial court and the local county records did not even record the disaster in Danzhou, let alone count the specific number of casualties.

It's just that I've been guessing by feeling that the number of casualties should be around 100,000.

"Before the catastrophe, there were more than 200,000 registered households and a population of more than one million. After the catastrophe, the surrounding states and counties totaled

Fewer than 300,000 people have been received."

Rong Fei's breathing became a little sluggish.

According to Zheng Ziqiu's words, the disaster in Danzhou didn't at least kill more than 600,000 people!

"You... How do you know in such detail?"

Rong Fei couldn't help but ask.

When he said that, he realized that his voice was so hoarse.

"Because I'm one of the 300,000 people who survived that year."

Zheng Ziqiu replied with a smile as usual.

"I was thirteen years old and I saw it all with my own eyes. How did the catastrophe happen, how did people flee, how did the surrounding state and county governments keep the victims out of the city, and let them starve, drink, and die of disease...

And how to bloody slaughter of people who want to rush into the city to find a way to survive. After that, how did they do everything possible to cover up, tamper with, and erase it, trying to make this disaster as if it never happened.

Back then, I was supposed to be sent to the northern border by the government along with other children of the same age to join the army, but I was lucky enough to escape halfway to survive until now. From that day on, I swore in the wilderness to my relatives who had died in a tragic way that justice would be done for them."

"But what does this have to do with the evil you committed in Kyoto?"

"Because I'm going to change the day. Since the court does not treat the people under its rule as human beings, it will change to a more conscientious court. Kyoto City is the center of Dayan, and if you want to destroy Dayan, you must first destroy Kyoto. But Kyoto City is protected by the Five Absolute Great Array, and if you want to destroy Kyoto City, you must first break the Five Absolute Great Array. The Five Absolute Great Array relies on luck to operate, so I will try all kinds of ways and means to reduce Kyoto's luck.

Where does luck come from? Nature comes from people. As long as the people in Kyoto City lose trust in the imperial court, they are full of resentment, and their luck is weak, and the time will be right. Such a simple truth, you won't understand it."

"Uh... To understand nature is to understand. But why are you so frank? Aren't you worried that after I know it, I'll find a way to sabotage your plan?"

Rong Fei asked strangely.

"Hahaha, this is the general trend, and you can't stop it with the strength of Rong Hunting the head alone. Just like what I did, I also went with the flow. It seems that Chu Wei, Liu Tang, and those court officials were the first to be corrupted in their hearts, and I just took advantage of the trend to speed up their corruption."

Rong Fei nodded when he heard this, Zheng Ziqiu was right, this is a conspiracy, even if he knows about it and debunks it, it is useless.

The general trend is powerless with Rong Fei's current status, and after thinking for a moment, he turned to ask those more practical questions.

"Can you tell me about Shadow Kill?"

"Shadow Kill! This goes back to the day I escaped from the officers and soldiers who escorted me ten years ago."

Zheng Ziqiu didn't mean to hide it, and after drinking another glass of wine, he looked up at the starry sky, and there was a faint look of memory in his eyes, and he said leisurely.

"I sneaked away at night while the night watchmen were lax, only to be discovered. There is no light in the wilderness, and there is no direction. I ran like a headless fly, with the soldiers chasing after me.

I was tired and hungry, and I didn't have to run far before I lost my strength and collapsed to the ground. Two pursuers rode horses, torches, and giggled at me.

Just when I thought I was going to die, a figure suddenly appeared to stop the two pursuers, and that was the first time I saw the shadow master."

When mentioning the shadow master, Zheng Ziqiu's face showed reverence.