For countless years, she has seen many heroes and heroes, high-spirited, gentle, world-minded, compassionate, and countless geniuses and strong people, self-respecting, light and dust, wives and children with hot kang heads, among these people, only that man has made her feel afraid, even if she has now caught up with the other party's realm, even if she often shows ridicule and disdain when she mentions that man now, but she must admit that until today, that person's name can still make her feel a trace of awe.

Or is it because when she first faced that man, she was just an innocent, lively and lovely little girl who didn't know anything about the world, and he was the strongest person in the world, still alive but destined to become the father of the first emperor of the ages in history?

"Your Majesty Taizong, you have been dead for so many years, and you still refuse to rest in peace?"

She looked up at the starry sky, looked at the position where the brightest star had been stored many years ago, and frowned after a long silence.

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This night in early autumn is really long, and it's easy to think of old people.

When the Tianhai Holy Empress thought of Emperor Taizong, Zhou Tong was also thinking about Shang Xingzhou, the former dean of the National Religious Academy.

Zhou Tong is a pure evil person, he enjoys the pain of enemies and even friends, although he has no real friends except Xue Xingchuan, this does not mean that he is crazy and has a problem with his brain, on the contrary, he is more sober and rational than the vast majority of people in the world, and this is the real evil.

If he wants to continue such a beautiful life, he needs to maintain his position, and he must ensure that the throne of the Holy Queen is unshakable.

Now it seems that the person most likely to shake the throne of Niangniang is, of course, Chen Changsheng.

Or it won't take many days for him to die, but Zhou Tong won't take the risk and just wait in silence.

This is a question from countless big forces such as Shang Xingzhou and the royal family, and he feels that he has found a way to solve this question, but first he has to find this question.

In the process of thinking about how to solve the problem, his admiration for Shang Xingzhou became deeper and deeper, and finally he even felt awe.

This world is the world of the strong, one person can master one wind and rain, and one saint can shake the eight directions of heaven and earth.

Shang Xingzhou is a well-deserved powerhouse, a great master of national orthodoxy, although his reputation is not obvious, and he is not in the ranks of wind and rain, but everyone knows that he must have already stepped into the sacred realm, and the strength of the realm is unfathomable, but what really makes Zhou Tong feel awe is his foresight.

He raised Chen Changsheng for fifteen years in the old temple in Xining Town, taught him nothing, sent him directly to Kyoto, and then wrote a letter to the Pope.

He is still alive, which should have been the kindness of the Pope to him back then, but now it has become his weapon, and as for the orthodox love of the state religion, it is naturally also a weapon. And Merissa, as a representative of the old school of the state religion, an old man who is bent on helping the imperial family regain the throne, may have known Chen Changsheng's identity very early, so he was so anxious, and even helped Chen Changsheng grow up like a seedling, and it only took two years to become the successor of the state religion. In this way, when the Holy Queen wants to kill Chen Changsheng, the state religion will inevitably protect Chen Changsheng, and the alliance that is not very strong will naturally collapse, and the Holy Queen will lose her biggest supporter, and the Chen royal family will naturally be restored!

Just such an inconspicuous matter as sending Chen Changsheng to Kyoto broke the peace of the Great Zhou Dynasty for nearly twenty years!

It is said that the saint takes the world as a chessboard and has no regrets, but Shang Xingzhou dares to use the saint as a chess piece and uses the inheritance of the state religion as a means.

Of course, these were deduced by Zhou Tong himself, because he was also a conspirator.

The more he admired Shang Xingzhou, the more he regretted it, regretting that he hadn't killed Chen Changsheng directly.

"I don't want the process, I want the result. ”

He stood on the stone steps, looked at his subordinates kneeling in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "I don't care how you analyze and judge, I want to watch him die." ”

He is not a pervert, so whether it is an execution or abuse of ministers, he will not deliberately play quiet and elegant, or have a slightly shy smile on the corner of his lips. When he laughs, he generally feels that the development of things is very speechless, so speechless that he can only smile bitterly, just like at this time.

"It was a living man, and a celebrity, and most importantly, he was a sick person...... As a result, you can't find where he is?"

Zhou Tong looked at the subordinates in the courtyard and did not finish all the words.

Only he knew that Chen Changsheng was a man who was going to die.

Whether it's a celebrity or a sick person or someone who wants to die, at the end of the day, it's all people who are easy to find.

The Clearing Division has thousands of spies and a larger number of eyeliner, but it took the middle of the night to find this person.

This made Zhou Tong really want to laugh.

Looking at the smiles on the faces of the adults, none of the officials in the courtyard felt relaxed, and no one tried to laugh with them without a long eye, the faces of the officials were very pale, and the black hats could not cover the starlight falling from the sky, which looked particularly bleak.

Zhou Tong looked at the official kneeling at the front, smiled, and said calmly: "The court has given you the highest salary, and my expectations for you are naturally the highest." ”

This official is a full-time intelligence officer in the Qing Officials Division, and he usually goes in and out of the yamen of various ministries and the halls of the state religion, and is deeply respected, but at this time, when his name is mentioned so lightly by his boss, his body can't help but tremble violently.

Expectations are high, and disappointment is naturally great, he knows what he must do, otherwise Lord Zhou Tong will definitely use other methods to make himself remember the frustration of tonight.

I only heard a crackling sound, it was the sound of a finger breaking!

He snapped the tail finger of his left hand, his face became even paler, a faint ache appeared, and his voice trembled.

"Humble and incompetent, please give me another half hour, I will definitely find that person!"

Zhou Tong looked at the official without any change in his expression. Cheng Jun frowned beside him, in his opinion, just breaking a tail finger is really not a determination, if it is his direct subordinate in Tiqi, he will definitely ask the other party to cut off one of his arms.

In Cheng Jun's opinion, this severed finger seemed to Lord Zhou Tong to be too kind, but in the eyes of the officials of the Qing Officials Division in the courtyard, this was already a very clear and terrifying warning, and the officials scattered out of the small courtyard, with their respective subordinates, and began to search again in the night of Kyoto, and the movements and atmosphere became more rapid and tense than before.

"It took half the night to find no clues, indicating that the other party has the ability to cover his tracks...... After all, that is the future Pope. ”

Cheng Jun followed Zhou Tong back to the room, poured a cup of tea for him very respectfully, and said in a low voice: "In my opinion, instead of looking aimlessly like this, it is better to find out where he is going after leaving the National Education Academy, and then we will go there in advance to set up a bureau." ”

There are countless precious teas in the small courtyard of the North Terracotta Hutong, but Zhou Tong has always only drunk one, and that is the big red robe produced in Tiannan.

At this time, the pot was also brewed in the big red robe, and the time was a little insufficient, and the color of the tea soup poured into the cup was lighter.

Zhou Tong looked at the slightly rippling brown in the teacup and said, "If you can guess where he is going, the palace will not be in a hurry now." ”

Cheng Jun showed a sinister smile on his face and said, "Then we'll force him to show up." ”

Zhou Tong's eyes still fell on the teacup, as if as long as he looked at it for a long time, he could see the color of the tea soup in the cup.

Listening to Cheng Jun's words, his expression remained unchanged, and he sighed lightly and asked, "How to force it?"

As the most arrogant member of the orthodox Eight Tigers, Cheng Jun's methods are always so simple and rude.

Even if he wants to stay away from the storm in Kyoto, he always has someone he cares about. Cheng Jun gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go and catch a few students from the National Education College, catch a few of the vendors in Baihua Lane, cut off their hands and feet and throw them on Suzaku Street, I don't believe he will not receive the news." ”

Zhou Tong suddenly laughed, as if it was because the color of the tea soup in the cup was really a little stronger.

The rich and fragrant red robe looks like blood.

Bloody and brutal doesn't mean it doesn't work. Zhou Tong glanced out of the door, his subordinate officials would sneak into the night, I believe that it won't be long before this crazy idea will spread throughout Kyoto, and it will also reach Chen Changsheng's ears.

"Have you ever thought that this means a formal war with the Imperial Palace? When Chen Changsheng came to ask for someone from me, the cavalry of the State Sect surrounded me here. ”

Zhou Tong looked at Cheng Jun and asked with a smile, there was a deep meaning in his smile.

Cheng Jun knew that the other party wanted to know his firmness.

He thought very clearly, he was like Zhou Tong, if the Holy Queen Niangniang lost power, it would definitely be a dead end.

That's why he came to the North Soldier and Horse Division Hutong in person tonight, and regardless of his vigilance on weekdays, he handed over all the cavalry to the command of the Qing Officials.

He looked at Zhou Tong, maintaining a humble posture, but with a strong feeling, he screamed: "You are already dead and alive, and you can't give in one more step!"

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No one could have imagined that Chen Changsheng had already returned to the National Education Academy at this time, more precisely, he had returned to the alley outside the National Education College.

He didn't know about the bloody plan that the Qing Officials had just drawn up.

He came to Baihua Lane, not to prevent Zhou Tong from going crazy and poisoning the students of the National Education College and the surrounding street vendors, but to do something else.

He stood in the shadows of Baihua Alley, watching the figures that appeared from time to time, the last sight of the court and the palace fell on the carriage at the corner of the street.

In the autumn of last year, in order to suppress the proposal of the National Religious Academy and the Guò Academy, the Tianhai family and the new faction of the state religion sent many masters to challenge, which was a very interesting story, and at that time, he noticed the carriage at the corner of the street.

Every time there is a fight, the carriage is bound to appear.

The carriage did not deliberately hide its identity, and everyone knew that it came from the Qing Officials Division.

It's not enough to just know, folded his sleeves and checked this carriage specifically, and the information he found is now in his mind.

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The North Terracotta Hutong is not narrow, it is actually a straight street, which can accommodate two carriages in parallel. The place of the Yamen of the Qing Officials Division is also very large, in addition to the gloomy prison, there are countless buildings, the famous small courtyard with begonia flowers is in the deepest part, and it takes a long time to get here from outside the yamen, after countless inspections.

The carriage that had returned from the Anglican College drove directly into the yamen, and continued along the road paved with stones, and continued to move forward, and those fierce and terrible three-headed black dogs did not show any abnormality, and finally came to the outside of the small courtyard.

The night is dark, but many people in Kyoto can't sleep, and so do the people in the small courtyard.

Zhou Tong and Cheng Jun were sitting opposite each other drinking tea, and they didn't know if they could taste the true taste of tea at this time.

As the announcements outside the hospital came one after another, Cheng Jun's spirits were a little perked.

The carriage had brought back an update on the situation at the Anglican College, which he was concerned about.

The courtyard door was pushed open, footsteps rang out, and then stopped, presumably the official had stopped and was standing on the ground of the small courtyard.

Cheng Jun glanced back at the courtyard and found that the official lowered his head slightly, and he didn't mean to take the initiative to report, so he couldn't help frowning slightly.

As an important minister of the court, he has a very bad reputation, but his ability is actually good, and his majesty is extremely strict, if it was a cavalry soldier who reported to him on official business but was so lazy, he must have thrown the teacup in his hand a long time ago, and the other party was not allowed to dodge......

But this is the alley of the North Bing Division, not his territory. He seems to be rough and cruel, but he is actually very smart, and he will never discipline his subordinates in front of Lord Zhou Tong, just like before, he felt that the punishment of the official of the Qing Officials Division who broke his tail finger was too easy and did not say a word, and he also remained calm at this time.

But the next moment he could no longer remain calm.

Because the officer in the courtyard looked up.

It was a very young face.

Cheng Jun stood up in shock.

Zhou Tong turned to look into the courtyard, his pupils shrunk, and a chill suddenly appeared.

Chen Changsheng.

The person who came was Chen Changsheng.

The whole of Kyoto was looking for him, and they searched for him all night, but no one knew his whereabouts.

The assassins and killers of the Clearance Division are looking for him everywhere, and he appears in the Clearance Division!

What does he want to do?

Zhou Tong quietly looked at the young man in the courtyard, without saying a word, and slowly put down the teacup in his hand.

The big red robe in the teacup has been soaked for a long time, and the soup is as thick as blood.

Chen Changsheng looked at him quietly, raised his right hand up, and grasped the hilt of the sword in the autumn wind beside his waist.

During this long autumn night, Zhou Tong kept looking for him, wanting to kill him.

As everyone knows, he is also looking for Zhou Tong and wants to kill Zhou Tong.