"You, are you still human?"

Ah Qi was shocked, "Could it be that your heart and liver are all forged with iron, that Zhang Cheng listened to Ling's words and did all the dirty and ugly things for you, and you repay him like this?" ”

"So, why did he rebel?"

Zhu Gaoxian stretched out his hand to touch the cold iron mask on Ah Qi's face, "If everyone can be as loyal and honest as you, how can I kill someone?" ”

Ah Qi quietly took two steps back.

……

Zhang Muzhi stood on the roof of the attic, looking at the bright light in the night.

Someone lit a fire in Changsha City, the entire Guwang Mansion was burning in the flames, billowing black smoke rose into the air, the entire Changsha City was in chaos, and the officers and soldiers who were belatedly tried their best to save the Guwang family from the fire.

When Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, died by self-immolation, it was also such a scene.

The difference is that before this fire in the Gu Wang's Mansion was burned, the people inside were already dead.

Zhang Cheng led people into the Gu Wangfu, took advantage of the night, slaughtered on the palace, and finally ended it with a fire to destroy the evidence of the crime.

"Whew-"

Zhang Cheng panted and climbed to the top of the attic, his armor soaked with blood and his face was embarrassed.

Zhang Muzhi asked, "Have they all been killed?" ”

Zhang Cheng nodded: "Kill them all, the King of the Valley, the Princess of the Valley Zhou, the side concubine of the King of the Valley, the Miao, and the seven sons of the King of the Valley, including the prince of the Valley King and the King of Yanling County, were all killed by my own hands, and there will be no hidden dangers." ”

"The son of the King of Shu, how is the King of Chongyang?"

"According to your orders, he is the only person who survived the Valley King's Mansion tonight, and I rescued him and hid him in the second alley of the back street of the Valley King's Mansion from west to east in the ninth courtyard."

"What about the others?"

"Wu Zhi and Liu Xin, who were respected by King Gu as the old man of the country, were secretly executed, and the rest of King Gu's henchmen were killed in turn!"

Zhang Muzhi frowned and said, "What I asked is, how did you deal with those people who followed you to the Gu Wang's Mansion. ”

"These people are all old people who have followed me from birth to death for many years, and I regard them as brothers and sisters......"

Zhang Cheng sighed, "It's a pity that they have the blood of the Guwang Mansion on their hands and can't stay, I have revealed their escape route to the officers and soldiers of Changsha, and gave the Changsha prefect a death order, be sure to kill them all, and not a single living mouth will be left." ”

Zhang Muzhi finally smiled: "Very good, you did a very thoughtful job, it seems that I don't need to finish it for you." ”

Zhang Cheng asked: "What about me, you said that His Royal Highness promised to let my family live, what should I do?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that."

Zhang Muzhi said lightly, "Tomorrow night, there will be a carriage parked in front of your house, and the carriage will prepare a primer for you to leave the province." I will give you a day to prepare all the affairs, take the silver taels with you, and leave Huguang in a carriage with your wife and children. When you get to the provinces, you will change your face, although you are no longer an official, but you are also a rich man, and the silver you were greedy for in the first half of your life is enough for you to be chic for ten lifetimes. ”

Zhang Cheng sighed: "Thirty years of fame and dust, once you make a mistake, you will lose everything, so let's stop here." ”

"This is our last meeting, and after that, you and I will not know each other and go our separate ways."

After speaking, Zhang Cheng turned around and was about to leave.

Zhang Muzhi looked at his back, put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and shook his head.

Fool, you said it yourself, the person who has the blood of the Gu Wangfu on his hands can't stay, you are the one who has the most blood on his hands.

The people of the Valley King's Mansion are dead, and you are the only one left who killed the Valley King......

The long knife was unsheathed, and the silver light flashed.

The alert Zhang Cheng heard the sound of the blade slashing against the scabbard, and immediately turned around to take precautions, but it was too late, Zhang Muzhi held a long knife, the tip of the knife had pierced his chest, and his eyes looked at the other party indifferently.

Zhang Cheng grabbed the blade on his chest with all his might, even though the tiger mouth of his hands had been cut by the blade and bleeding, he was still unwilling to let go.

He roared: "Your Highness promised not to kill me after the matter is completed!" ”

"I helped you kill the whole family of the King of Valley, and helped you kill all the people involved in this matter, I just want to live, I am even willing to live incognito for the rest of my life, there is no threat to you, I can't tell this matter, why do you still have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots!"

Zhang Muzhi held a long sword in his hand and said coldly: "Chopping grass does not remove roots, the spring breeze blows and grows, there is no living person who can always be trusted, only a dead person who can't speak is worthy of trust." ”

"Your naivety makes me want to laugh."

……

Zhang Muzhi watched as the attic in front of him was burned, and Zhang Cheng's body was also turned into ashes in the burning flames.

The fire in Guwang's Mansion tonight has attracted too many people's attention, and as for the fire of an inconspicuous small building in Changsha City, no one will pay attention to it at all.

By the time they paid attention, they were all halfway down the Huangquan Road.

Zhang Muzhi touched the tip of his nose, and he suddenly felt that he had done such a disgraceful thing...... It's pretty handy.

A person like him can't be a hero bathed in the sun, he can only be an executioner wielding a knife in the dark.

A round of red sun rose in the sky, reflecting red like blood, and Changsha City, which had been busy all night, finally gradually quieted down.

It's dawn.

The shadows are gone.

……

Zhu Gaoxian stepped into the palace of the Qianqing Palace, and under the eaves of the apse, His Majesty the Emperor was wearing a comfortable white robe, sitting at the table and eating breakfast.

Breakfast was very bland, white porridge, pickles, fried dough sticks, and a few soft-boiled eggs.

The old man raised his hand and signaled, "Sit here and eat together." ”

"Gotcha."

Zhu Gaoxian sat down and picked up the rice porridge and gurgled wildly.

Compared with his ferocious eating appearance, Zhu Di's eating appearance is quite gentle, and he asked casually: "Over there is the King of Valley, how did you handle it?" ”

"It's been dealt with, and it's in the finishing stage."

"Well, how are the Valley Kings?"

"It's a little bit gone."

"Be clear."

"Dead."

"Oh, death...... Finish? ”

Zhu Di was shocked, "You killed my brother?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian held the porridge bowl and said: "I'll do something, don't worry, future generations will not scold you in the history books, at most, you will scold me two more sentences." It doesn't matter, I've killed enough people anyway, and it's not a big deal to kill another vassal king. ”

Zhu Di was a little crazy: "The question is not who will be scolded, but ...... How did you kill the King of the Valley, when did I say that you should kill him, although the King of the Valley made a big mistake and should not be forgiven, but he is my own brother and your uncle after all! ”

"So what?"

Zhu Gaoxian said lightly, "If one day, my son wants to rebel, I will kill him." ”

He is the crown prince of the empire, Zhu Di is the emperor of the empire, and for them, there is no one who cannot be killed.

Even if it is the Zhu family, as long as it infringes on the interests of the Ming Dynasty, it can still be killed.

He is like the brain of a cold machine, eliminating the faults in the machine, and the brain of the machine will not hesitate when eliminating the faults.

Zhu Di paused for a moment and said with a miserable smile: "You are indeed more suitable to be this emperor than me, compared to you, I am even a little ...... Indecision. ”

"The emperor does not have to be truly ruthless, what the emperor should do is to erase others and himself at the same time."

Zhu Gaoxian said calmly, "If you can't erase your own selfish desires, and just blindly ask others, you will just be a tyrant in the end." ”

"What really hinders people's progress is people's desires and people's hearts."

He put down the bowl and burped: "Whew—full." ”

After finishing the meal, Zhu Gaoxian didn't stay for a second, got up and left: "Dad, I'll slip away first, there are still a lot of concerts waiting for me to deal with in the Wenhua Palace, you eat slowly." ”

Zhu Di stared at the porridge bowl with a complicated look.

He really can't do it, like Zhu Gaoxian, he is so ruthless, killing people like slaughtering dogs.

At least, he didn't want his hands to be stained with the blood of the Zhu family.

But in Zhu Gaoxian's eyes, there is no difference between the Zhu family and people with foreign surnames, and those who should be killed will be killed.

At this point, he can't compare to Zhu Gaoxian.

But he never wanted to be like Zhu Gaoxian.

That's really tiring, for the sake of the empire, abandoned everything.

Zhu Di once thought that he was the person who loved Daming the most besides Zhu Yuanzhang. Now, it seems, he was wrong.

Whether it is him or Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, they are far inferior to Zhu Gaoxian's dedication to the Ming Dynasty.

At least in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, there is still a trade-off between the Zhu family and Daming's social society, and Zhu Gaoxian does not need to weigh at all.

[The intimacy with Zhu Gaoxian has been improved. 】

[The current intimacy between Zhu Gaoxian and you is: 30]

Zhu Di heard the ethereal dingdong sound in his head, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He turned around abruptly, but found that Zhu Gaoxian, who had left, was also turning to look at him.

Under the calm eyes, there are complex feelings that are not easy to detect.

The corners of Zhu Di's mouth rose slightly, and he muttered softly: "It seems that you are not a person who really lets go of emotions as you say." ”

Zhu Gaoxian lied.

People can never be truly ruthless.

Even if he is as affectionate as him, there are people who care.

Although he buried this emotion deep in his heart and it was almost impossible for anyone to detect it, Zhu Di still noticed it.

……

Chengdu, Shu Wangfu.

"I'm dripping!"

The King of Shu hugged King Chongyang and patted his son on the back, "Son, I'm sorry for you, it's my father who didn't protect you, and let you be yin by King Gu, a god-killing beast!" ”

King Chongyang burst into tears: "Dad, his son is not filial, his son should not be, that is really not to listen to you, his son suffered this catastrophe, I know that the most loved son in the world is still your father!" ”

He thought he was going to die in Changsha, but he didn't expect to return to Chengdu in a daze.

It is only after losing that people know how precious it is that they have given up.

"Dad, in the future, my son will listen to your words, and I will not step out of our Shu Mansion in this life, and my son will make a blood oath in the name of the ancestors and ancestors, if it is violated, he will be punished by God!"

King Chongyang was really stupid this time, he made up his mind to spend the rest of his life in the Shu King's Mansion, the outside world is really terrible!

As soon as I went out, I ran into the king of the valley, the animal who pit his nephew to death!

(End of chapter)