When Zhang Cheng opened his eyes, he only felt a pain in the back of his skull, and he realized what had happened to him.

He Zhang Cheng, a dignified and upright commander, was in charge of the soldiers and horses of the entire territory of Huguang, and was knocked out of the stick, and it was too ridiculous to say it.

Zhang Cheng didn't have time to think about it, he looked around vigilantly, wanting to see which daring fanatic dared to do such an illegal thing in broad daylight.

He noticed that he was sitting on a couch in what appeared to be an inn, and directly opposite him was a window, and in front of it stood a burly man, with his back to him.

Although he didn't know the identity of this man, Zhang Cheng's attention quickly shifted to the table in the room, on which lay a long knife with a sheath, and he sat up without moving, approaching the table to get it.

Although he doesn't know where he is now, he has a knife and he has the ability to protect himself.

"If I were you, I wouldn't touch that knife."

The man standing in front of the window turned his back to him and said lightly, "If I want to kill you, I can make your head fall to the ground without a breath." ”

Zhang Cheng's movements froze, he glanced at the knife on the table, then at the man with his back to him, and finally withdrew his hand.

He asked tentatively, "Your Excellency?" ”

The man turned around and said calmly: "Command the affairs of the Jinyi Guard, Zhang Muzhi." ”

Zhang Cheng sighed in his heart, and sure enough, it was so.

can quietly knock a dull stick on a commander, and this lack of virtue is only what Jinyiwei dares to do.

He said: "What about Jinyiwei, in broad daylight, arresting a Zheng Erpin court official for no reason, how many heads are enough to cut off?" ”

"The adults are still hard-mouthed, so if you don't see the Yellow River, then I'll talk to you about one or two."

Zhang Muzhi smiled slightly and said, "I can appear here, I must also understand that I came on the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince." As for why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to deal with you, don't you have any points in your heart? ”

"Colluding with the King of Gu to rebel, do you think you have enough heads to cut off?"

Zhang Cheng knew that the last thing he wanted to see still happened.

Before the rebellion began, it was already caught by the imperial court.

But he still wanted to die and struggle: "Arrogance! How dare you talk nonsense, do you have proof! ”

Zhang Muzhi paused, and seemed to be asked.

He said suspiciously: "Brother, when have you ever seen Jinyiwei arrest someone and still need evidence?" ”

"Do you think the people from the Inspectorate Department dare to investigate, or the people from the Criminal Department or Dali Temple dare to investigate? Oh, by the way, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Dali Siqing are both from our East Palace, do you think they will help an anti-thief avenge his grievances? ”

Zhang Muzhi turned to say, "Your Excellency is the commander of the two grades, and it is already the extreme state of the official career, if you don't go to this troubled water, you can become famous, and the career of your descendants is also the beginning of the fourth grade." ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to spend the rest of your life like this?"

"But now, you have found a dead end for yourself, today I stand in front of you, I think you have already understood in your heart that the defeat of King Gu is doomed, and if you follow him all the way to the dark, what you will end up waiting for is to meet your family at the entrance of the vegetable market, and finally die under the executioner's knife."

"But ......"

"You and I are both surnamed Zhang, maybe we were still a family five hundred years ago, how about I show you the way?"

Zhang Cheng already had the answer in his heart, but he still asked, "Where is the bright road?" ”

"Abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and make meritorious contributions to the crime."

Zhang Muzhi said, "If you mention the head of the King of the Valley to see me, I will ensure that your whole family is fine." ”

He stared at Zhang Cheng and stopped talking.

Under a set of grace and power, the other party has no choice.

In other words, the intention of the king of the valley to rebel is a joke in itself.

can go to the position of the second grade, no one is a fool, Zhang Cheng's heart should have points, at this time, if he still insists on going his own way, in the end, it will be nothing more than a full house of beheading.

Zhang Cheng only hesitated slightly, and then asked, "Can you really keep my family safe?" ”

He couldn't believe it.

What he did was a rebellion business, and throughout the ages, how many of the rebels and losers could have a good end and enjoy their lives in peace?

Zhang Muzhi is just a conductor, can he make a final decision on this matter?

"Of course I can't, but the one behind me can."

Zhang Muzhi said, "Do you think that if it weren't for His Royal Highness to protect you, would anyone else in this world protect you?" ”

"My lord, if you don't look back at this time, when will you stay?"

Zhang Cheng's throat moved slightly, and he swallowed.

Lord Gu, I'm sorry, I'm just trying to save my life.

……

Night, Changsha City.

The bright moon hangs in the sky, and the starlight is like falling flowers and flowing water.

King Chongyang tossed and turned, pinching the corner of the quilt, but it was difficult to sleep.

He now understands that he has landed on a black ship, and the bastard King of Gu asked him to pretend to be Emperor Jianwen in order to use him as an excuse to openly rebel!

Regardless of whether the King of the Valley succeeds in his rebellion, the King of Chongyang will not end well in the end.

If the king of the valley does not succeed, then he is an accomplice, the biggest taboo of Emperor Jianwen in this dynasty, and he who is very similar to Emperor Jianwen and helped the king of the valley rebel, how can His Majesty spare him? It will definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots to prevent future troubles.

If the king of the valley becomes a good one, then he still will not die well, and the king of the valley wins the court, then he, the titular emperor Jianwen, will have no value, but will become a roadblock on the way to the throne of the king of the valley.

How Grandpa Tai treated King Xiao Ming back then, King Gu would treat him.

King Chongyang thought about his prospects, and sadly found that his road ahead was a dead end.

Since he walked out of the Shu Palace, it was like a little sheep getting into a wolf's den, and he was still complacent and happy to regain his freedom.

Happy fart!

Just when King Chongyang felt sad for himself, he suddenly heard a rumbling killing sound outside, and he was even more frightened and overwhelmed, and got into the quilt to cover his head with the quilt, trembling all over.

I don't know how long the killing sound lasted before it gradually subsided.

King Chongyang just wanted to get out of the bed, but he heard a loud noise, the door was kicked and shattered, and someone rushed in with a knife, his face was covered with blood and his face was hideous.

The man grabbed King Chongyang out of the bed like a chick and shouted, "King Chongyang is here!" ”

"Emperor Jianwen is here!"

……

"What a sound, so noisy."

After the valley king was woken up, he got up from the couch impatiently and walked out lazily, as if he did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

He pushed open the door, and before he could speak, a bright silver light flashed from his neck.

The king of the valley touched his neck and looked down to see that blood was dripping from his hands.

Looking up again, standing opposite was his most powerful henchman, Hu Guangdu commander Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng held a short knife, the tip of which was stained with blood, and supported the Gu King, who was about to fall.

"Lord Gu, if you don't die, my whole family will have to die."

"Die for me."

……

Dawn, beams tearing in the darkest sky.

Zhu Gaoxian walked out of the room satisfied, he and his wife tossed for a night, and tossed Zhang Yingzhen enough, if he wasn't worried that his wife's body couldn't bear it, he could still toss for another half an hour.

He paced around the garden as if exercising.

"King Gu, what are you going to do?"

Ah Qi suddenly appeared, and Zhu Gaoxian was already accustomed to his elusiveness.

He said: "What else can be done, just kill it." First there was a rebellion of the king of Han, and then there was a king of the valley to rebel, the king of Han has been lenient and forgiven, if the king of the valley is sentenced lightly, won't the king of the world be the opposite? ”

"I always want to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and the king of the valley himself jumped out to be this chicken, or not, killing a vassal king can wake up the clans of the whole world, which is not a good thing."

Ah Qi asked rhetorically: "The king of the valley is the son of Taizu, and you killed him like this?" ”

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Jianwen and Yongle dynasties have cut down the feudal domains, and I don't know how many vassal kings have suffered in the world, but at most they have been abolished and exiled, and they have never killed any vassal king.

Zhu Bai, the only king of Xiang who died in the cutting domain, from beginning to end, Emperor Jianwen did not kill him, but because the king of Xiang had a strong temperament and was humiliated, he chose to commit suicide.

"No emperor wants to bear the infamy of killing blood relatives, but I don't care."

Zhu Gaoxian's eyes were calm, "Emperor, only when you have imperial power in your hands is called the emperor." The rule of imperial power is divided into Taoism and law, as long as I can grasp the Tao and the law, what about the infamy, I have been moving forward, and the scolding behind me will only get farther and farther away until it is completely gone. ”

"King Gu, kill it, his stupidity has long doomed him, he thinks he can turn the world upside down, but I don't know that it is easier for me to crush him than to crush an ant."

Ah Qi stared at the man in front of him, Zhu Gaoxian's cruelty and ruthlessness once again broke his cognition.

Even if he wanted to kill his own uncle, he didn't blink an eyelid.

It was as if he had become one with the empire and had become a cold rule of law, but anyone who disobeyed the interests of the Ming Dynasty, no matter who it was, would be killed.

"After the death of the King of the Valley, what about his old department?"

Ah Qi asked, "The condition for you to let Zhang Muzhi give Huguangdu command to Zhang Chengkai is that Zhang Cheng will be guilty of meritorious service, so do you want to forgive those who follow the Gu King's intention to rebel?" ”

"I lied to him."

Zhu Gaoxian smiled, "From beginning to end, I was just using Zhang Cheng. The Zhu family can kill the Zhu family, but others cannot, their hands are stained with the blood of the Zhu family, no matter who they are, as long as they are not surnamed Zhu, they all have to die. ”

Ah Qi's pupils shrank: "Then why do you want Zhang Muzhi to say ...... to Zhang Cheng?"

"If you don't let Zhang Cheng come to kill the King of Valley, is it difficult to let Zhang Muzhi kill you?"

Zhu Gaoxian shook his head, "Zhang Muzhi can't move this hand, the easiest way is to lure Zhang Cheng to kill everyone, and finally kill Zhang Cheng." ”

"Borrowing a knife to kill someone, can't you even understand such a simple truth?"

(End of chapter)