Chapter 266: Friend or Foe
After saying goodbye to Abbot Huinian, Zhu Mo and Han Bing walked out of the abbot's meditation room.
Han Bing looked up at the ancient trees in front of the guest hall on both sides, and said to Zhu Mo with a smile: "At this moment, I will take the Lord Commander to identify the murder scene!"
Zhu Mo nodded silently.
So, Han Bing led him around the abbot's meditation room, pointing out to him the place where the assassins had been killed, and recounting the night's thrilling fight.
Although Han Bing only talked about the general situation at that time, and hid those details that might reveal his true martial arts, he still heard Zhu Mo secretly frightened.
Thirty masters of the Great Inner who had already reached the first-class realm of martial arts were killed by this young man like chopping melons and vegetables!
Especially in the late years of the deputy commander, one of this person's judges' pen has made him superb, and his force has really broken through the first-class, reaching the realm of entering the house.
Because of his identity, Zhu Mo and this Deputy Commander Chi have never really fought each other, but they always have some observations and judgments of their own on weekdays.
Judging from Zhu Mo's eyesight, the kung fu of his late years is not below him. However, he died at the hands of Han Bing, a young man who was not even weak in the crown, and died silently!
From this point of view, no matter what kind of relationship Han Bing has with Jishi Temple, his martial arts alone are enough to qualify as the successor of the Qiankun Key and the guardian of the Protector Pillar.
At this time, they had already come to the two rows of side rooms behind the abbot's meditation room, but they were surprised to find that in one of the side rooms, there were many weapons piled up on the ground.
Although the weapons had clearly been cleaned, like the floors of these rooms, Cold Ice recognized them at a glance as the blades of the Ouchi guards he had killed.
And Zhu Mo also found the judge's pen belonging to the late years in it at this time.
He silently took the heavy judge's pen made of dark iron in his hand, faintly smelling the faint bloody aura on it that had not completely dissipated, and he didn't know what kind of taste it was in his heart for a while.
In his later years, the deputy commander of the guards was not promoted step by step from the guards under the control of the Zhu family, but a martial arts master directly recruited from outside the palace.
Therefore, Zhu Mo does not have a deep friendship with him.
And in his later years, this person has always been tactful, and he has some ruffians on his body, although he is not annoying, but he is not very suitable for Zhu Mo's calm and upright temperament.
But after all, the two of them have worked together in the palace for many years, and they have some friendship with each other.
For the tragic death of the late years, Zhu Mo will inevitably have some regret and regret.
But for Chi Nian to go behind his back, accept Zheng Yong's assignment, and do this kind of thing that endangers the society of Dayu, Zhu Mo is categorically difficult to forgive and forgive!
"Has Commander Zhu ever thought about how to reply to the emperor's inquiry about the results of your trip after you go back?"
Han Bing casually tossed a dagger he had picked up from the pile of blades and asked casually.
Zhu Mo's thoughts had not yet been completely withdrawn from the emotion of the death of those inner guards, and at this moment, he suddenly heard Han Bing's question, so he replied without thinking: "Zhu wants to return according to the truth." ”
"It doesn't hurt to go back to the truth, but it's very knowledgeable to go back more and go back less. ”
Han Bing winked and smiled at him as he spoke, "At least what I just said to the Commander about Zheng Yong, there is no need to say it to our Emperor Majesty." ”
Only then did Zhu Mo concentrate his mind, think about it carefully, and finally nodded slowly: "What the cold ice boy said is reasonable. After all, those words are just your words, and the emperor is already suspicious of you, so naturally he won't believe those words. Unless it's Abbot Huinian who is willing to testify for you—"
"No, you must not let Abbot Huinian get involved!"
Han Bing shook his head decisively and said, "As you just said, the emperor has long had a prejudice against me, and he will no longer trust anyone related to me."
Once he is given birth to the idea of collusion between me and Jishi Temple, it will give Zheng Yong an opportunity to sow discord and create trouble, and then threaten the safety of Abbot Huinian.
Moreover, as for what Abbot Huinian just said to you, the Commander only needs to remember it in his heart, and he must not mention it to the emperor.
Otherwise, the emperor will definitely see that you have been moved by me, and he will immediately put you in danger.
Because in the eyes of the emperor, anyone who doubts his words and deeds, or even dares to disobey the holy will, is a thief.
And with the emperor's suspicious and jealous temperament, I am afraid that the trust that the Zhu family has built up in his heart over the years will be abandoned by him in an instant because of your so-called betrayal.
In addition, for Zheng Yong's traitorous eunuch, the commander must be more vigilant, and it is absolutely not appropriate to have a head-on conflict with him.
He has been operating in the palace for many years, and his henchmen are all over the palace and outside the palace. Although the guards who lead the lord are loyal, how many of those Ouchi guards have been bought by him is a very worrying question. ”
Zhu Mo listened carefully to Han Bing's analysis, although he still couldn't help but feel that he said the emperor's words a little disrespectful, but it was not all unreasonable. And his opinion of Zheng Yong is completely consistent with himself.
It's just that with Zhu Mo's upright temperament, he really can't think of how to give the emperor a satisfactory reply without telling the whole truth.
He pondered for a long time, but still felt clueless, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to the cold ice that he had picked up in the pile of blades after he had finished saying those words to him.
From time to time, he picked up those blades and played with them, and soon he tossed them aside without much care, and then picked up another......
Moreover, this young man was so engaged in playing that he didn't notice that Zhu Mo was frowning and examining himself there.
Facing this cold ice boy who is sometimes ruthless like a cold-blooded killer, sometimes scheming like a treacherous businessman, and sometimes like this, and naughty like an ignorant young man, to be honest, Zhu Mo, the ruler, is somewhat collapsed in his heart.
"Ice Boy—"
Just when he finally mustered up the courage and decided to put down his position as a commander, and shamelessly asked the young man in front of him, who was really unpredictable, he saw that Han Bing suddenly raised his head and smiled at him, and at the same time shook a strangely shaped blade in his hand, and asked, "Lord Commander, do you know where this blade came from?"
Zhu Mo was in no mood to play with him at this time, and he didn't look at the blade carefully at all, so he shook his head impatiently and said, "I haven't seen it!"
Han Bing didn't feel sorry for his rude and rude attitude, but still stared at the blade in his hand with great interest, and said with a smile: "I remember that the owner of this weapon seems to be staying with the one who made the judge's pen.
In the darkness, I didn't pay attention to what this strange thing was, but I thought it was so fast that I could barely hear any sound of breaking wind.
At the time, I thought it was just an ordinary big awl, but I didn't expect it to be a quadrangular one, but it was really a novelty and a good thing!"
As soon as he heard the "quadrangular awl", Zhu Mo couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and was busy staring at the iron cone that was more than a foot long in Han Bing's hand.
Unexpectedly, when Han Bing saw him coming, he threw the iron cone directly at him.
After Zhu Mo caught it casually, he looked at it carefully, and Fang Youzi said with some disbelief: "This ice breaker ...... It's the blade of the northerners!"
"Ice picks?"
Han Bing repeated the novel name with interest, and said with a smile: "This name is not bad! Sure enough, it is something from the northerners, it seems that as we guessed before, these assassins who broke into the temple must be northerners!"
Zhu Mo didn't think about it for a while, and asked inexplicably, "Northerners, how could those assassins be—Northerners?!"
Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded and smiled: "It's indeed a northerner!"
Han Bing winked at him and asked with a smile, "Lord Commander now knows how to reply to His Majesty the Emperor's inquiry, right?"
Zhu Mo immediately nodded confidently.
Immediately, he looked at Han Bing with some confusion and asked, "This ice cone ...... Is it really the Assassins?"
Han Bing winked at him again, "I didn't bring it in anyway. And there is no such thing in Jishi Temple. Then it wasn't from the assassins, and where else did it come from?"
While lying with his eyes open, this kid's heart was spinning with thoughts-
Gu Ning, that guy really has some means! he can even find this kind of novel and good thing. Next time, I can ask him to do another favor and get a pair of saddles specially prepared for northerner women when riding horses, and give them to Luo'er......
Zhu Mo looked at the cold ice for a long time, only to feel that what this young man said and did was always unexpected, unpredictable, and full of ingenuity.
This northerner's blade was obviously laid out by him a long time ago. It turned out that all these arrangements he had made were just to index the line to the northerners.
But he made a trick of mystery, let so many people follow in, and made himself fight with him in vain for a long time.
This kid - really deceitful!
"Actually, you didn't want to make the truth public in the first place, did you?"
Seeing the look of annoyance on Zhu Mo's face, Han Bing couldn't help but smile and said, "Compared with the Protector Pillar, what is Zheng Yong's traitorous eunuch?"
Zhu Mo listened to it and suddenly realized that this was the real reason why Han Bing was reluctant to let Jishi Temple get involved!
What is the value of personal safety compared with the social affairs of the country? And the personal grievances between each other are even less worth mentioning.
While being impressed by this young man's mind and bearing, Zhu Mo was even more ashamed of the resentment he had just had.
And at this time, he finally figured out why the emperor and Zheng Yong were so deliberately trying to get rid of the cold ice, but they failed repeatedly.
The young man in front of him not only has peerless martial arts, but also has amazing courage and wisdom.
As a friend, you will benefit a lot from it.
And to be an enemy is to put yourself in the midst of a worst nightmare!
"Your Majesty——, why did you kill you?" Zhu Mo finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been in his heart for a long time.
Han Bing smiled slightly, and said, "This question, Lord Commander, should stay and ask His Majesty the Emperor." I believe it won't be long before you have such an opportunity. It's just that the final answer is probably not what you want to hear. ”
Zhu Mo looked at him for a long time, and then smiled slightly: "Maybe I already know the answer." ”