Lao Ma was confused: "Your Majesty, you mean..."
The King of Zhongyuan said slowly:
"Old Ma, do you know that the Zhongyuan Palace has been preparing for so many years, taking great pains to plan, and spending a huge amount of wealth that even ordinary aristocratic families dare not even think about... Everyone is so cautious, and they have been communicating through a single line from beginning to end..."
"Finally... when this net was about to be formed... it was caught in one fell swoop. How difficult it was for the person in charge to accept it."
King Zhongyuan took a deep breath and said, "Do you think our palace is like the fish in this pond?"
The butler's eyes also turned sharp, and he said, "My Lord, are you saying that there is a traitor among us?"
The King of Zhongyuan nodded calmly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and said, "Yes, a traitor, a traitor who has an overview of the entire situation and knows everything!"
King Zhongyuan looked at the butler Lao Ma's face with sharp eyes, which were like two red-hot needles piercing his face.
Just staring at him, he slowly said, "Years of planning have been wasted, a golden scale can never become a dragon; you are conceited that you have a plan for the world, and all your subordinates are heroes; you work hard in your dreams, and you struggle in the clouds; you have woven a net for the world, and you have three sons hidden in the deep palace; you dance with military and political ideas with your long sleeves, and you have the Central Plains in your pocket; everything is ready for the time, but it's all gone in a flash; what is the end of this life, and who in the world can help you?"
The housekeeper, Lao Ma, was immediately excited and praised: "Your Majesty, what a good poem. Your Majesty, what a good poem."
"… "
King Zhongyuan closed his eyes slightly and exhaled softly.
I'm asking you a question... Can you give me a good poem
Now that things have come to this, can't we be honest with each other
"This traitor is the poisonous fish. This traitor keeps blowing bubbles, implicating all those who have come into contact with him and dragging them into death. It is rare for them to escape."
A slight smile appeared on the majestic face of King Zhongyuan, but every smile line on his face revealed coldness.
The butler was furious and gnashed his teeth as he said, "Your Majesty, who is that person? Who is so cruel? Do you know?"
"I know, of course I know. If I still don't know it today, wouldn't that be extremely foolish?"
King Zhongyuan looked at the butler's face, his eyes becoming increasingly indifferent, yet mixed with a hint of sadness and emptiness.
The butler was filled with righteous indignation and said, "Please give an order, Your Majesty. Even if I have to fight to the death, I will never let this official go! This official is extremely evil and should be executed!"
King Zhongyuan said quietly: "Old Ma, do you really think so?"
"Yes! I am so angry that I am about to explode!"
King Zhongyuan laughed: "Then why not tell you, that person... is you."
“Yes…” The butler stood there in a daze, mouth open, staring at the King of Zhongyuan in a daze.
The King of Zhongyuan was very close to the butler. He looked at the butler with an oppressive look, gritted his teeth, smiled slightly, and whispered, "Yes, it's you!"
"Your Highness!" The butler took a step back in panic and almost fell into the pool: "Your Highness, you... I... am wronged... This... I have been loyal to you... all my life..."
King Zhongyuan showed self-mockery on his face: “Hahaha… Loyal all my life… Haha, haha, hahahahahahaha…”
He suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that he fell backwards and cried.
Tears of laughter streamed down her cheeks, but she was still laughing: “Hahahahaha… I’m laughing to death… Hahahaha…”
"How funny! How funny!"
The King of Zhongyuan laughed wildly, without caring about his manners at all.
"Old Ma, you are so loyal to me, so please tell me, tell me honestly... Can I still see my son? Can I still see the prince's family? Can I see them for the last time?"
King Zhongyuan bit his lips until they bled.
The housekeeper panicked: "Your Majesty... what's wrong with you? I just received news that the prince's carriage is about to enter Fenghai... You will be able to see them soon!"
“I’ll see it soon... Hahaha... I’ve already seen it!” King Zhongyuan laughed miserably, his whole body shaking.
He took out his cell phone from his pocket, which contained dozens of pictures.
The butler's eyes were fixed on the caller's name.
Yin Yang guest!
"Take a look, take a good look, my loyal butler." The King of Zhongyuan didn't care what the butler looked at. Now, he didn't care about anything!
Still laughing crazily: "Look! Look! I saw it, you, look too."
The butler trembled: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"I'll show you!"
"… yes."
The housekeeper picked up his phone and flipped through the pictures one by one.
The photos were all of corpses, including men, women, and young children; some photos even showed entire families dead together.
King Zhongyuan looked at the weeping willows in the palace, whose bare branches were swaying in the breeze.
Occasionally there was a slight sound, and a branch would break off and fall into the dust.
"The prince and his family were found dead on the road this afternoon, at the Xiaomang Pass. All of them, including their escorts, men, women, old and young, were killed! Including my grandchildren..."
The King of Zhongyuan took a deep breath and said, "When the Crown Prince was in the capital, the several concubines he kept also died around the same time. The whole family, including the children, all died in accidents!"
"Now, at this moment, do you know how many people are left in the lineage of the King of Central Plains?"
King Zhongyuan smiled faintly: "I am the only one left, all alone!"
"I am the only one who is not dead yet; all those related to me, all my blood, all my..." The King of Zhongyuan gritted his teeth, and with a click, he actually broke a tooth.
“… Dear ones!”
"None of my relatives, my bloodline, are alive in this world!"
King Zhongyuan looked at the butler's pale face and trembling body, and slowly approached him with a sinister and suppressed look in his eyes: "Is this what you said, that I will be reunited with my son soon?"
The housekeeper said in panic: "Your Majesty, even if the prince met with an accident, it has nothing to do with me..."
"Well, it doesn't matter. It was you who suggested to me to bring the prince back from Shangjing, because if he stayed there, something might happen. After all, there was the incident with the married daughter, and he and the prince had a blood feud. It would be better to let the prince and his family return to Fenghai. It is still their own territory and more secure..."
"So I listened to you and asked them to come back."
The King of Zhongyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and he said, "Do you know? I knew it was you at that time; but I mistakenly thought that this was the intention of the upper echelons, to let our family gather together, and as long as we stop making trouble from now on, we can keep my bloodline..."
"But I never thought that you would be so vicious!"
The King of Zhongyuan's eyes seemed to be dripping with blood, and the corners of his mouth were actually dripping with blood. He suddenly laughed out loud: "Funny! Funny! It's really fucking funny! I thought I was in control of everything, and I thought I was invulnerable, but I didn't expect that the biggest traitor was actually my mastermind!!"
"He is my number one confidant and mastermind who knows everything about me, arranges everything for me, and knows all the secrets of my bloodline!"
"How ridiculous!"
"Jun Taifeng, if you don't lose, then the heaven will be blind!"
King Zhongyuan raised his hand and slapped himself four times frantically. He slapped himself so hard that his face swelled up instantly and blood came out of the corners of his mouth!
But he still didn't give up, not satisfied. After thinking for a while, he slapped himself a dozen times again: "You are stupid! You are so stupid! So stupid!"
"The mastermind is a traitor! Jun Taifeng, how blind are you!"
The King of Zhongyuan panted for a long time, and finally let out a shocking roar.
"Who are you?!!! Lao Ma! Who the hell are you?!"
Butler Lao Ma stared at the King of Zhongyuan. His eyes were originally timid, respectful, sad, understanding, and empathetic... But slowly, his eyes suddenly changed.
No longer cowering or panicking, his originally hunched back actually slowly straightened up.
His face was still pale, but the usual humility and submissiveness on his face had completely disappeared.
He straightened his body and stood in front of King Zhongyuan, showing an indescribable uprightness. Then, he actually smiled faintly at King Zhongyuan.
He said clearly, "Hello."
The King of Zhongyuan looked at him fiercely, gritted his teeth and praised: "Not bad, not bad, this is your true face, you are indeed outstanding!"
The butler smiled, coughed, slowly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, carefully unwrapped it, and put one in his mouth.
He took out his lighter, lit it leisurely, and took a deep puff. He said with emotion, "I have quit smoking this stuff for more than a hundred years. Now when I smoke it suddenly, I feel a little dizzy and I am not used to it."
"This is the last time." The King of Zhongyuan's eyes were bloodshot: "Soon, you will never faint again."
"Yes, once a person is dead, how can he still feel dizzy?" The butler puffed on his cigarette, and the smoke almost covered his face.
"Who...are you?" King Zhongyuan asked, holding back his explosive temper.
"Are you from the royal family? The prince? Or... from the Nine Heavens Pavilion? Or, are you from the Left and Right Heavenly Kings? Or... or... from the throne and the emperor?"
When he talked about the last two people, King Zhongyuan's voice began to tremble.
“Hehehe…”
The housekeeper, Lao Ma, laughed sarcastically, took a puff of his cigarette, and said, "You really think highly of yourself. With your strength, are you worthy of the throne and the emperor to make special arrangements to deal with you?"
The butler laughed sarcastically, then suddenly coughed violently, tilted his head, and spat in disgust: "Bah!"
He actually stretched out his hand holding a cigarette, pointed at the King of Zhongyuan, and cursed with infinite contempt: "Can you have a little self-awareness? What the hell do you think you are! Do you think you are worthy of so many big shots plotting against you?! Can you have some shame?! Your family is broken up, and you are still acting like an idiot?!"
"Where do you get so much confidence?!"
I accompanied my wife back to her parents' home today.
Yesterday, my wife came back and told me what her mother-in-law said: Because of the epidemic, we didn’t visit relatives. Even after the epidemic was over, my son-in-law didn’t come, and I almost didn’t recognize him... Okay, okay, I’ll go over to visit today.
Eat a meal, have a drink, and then move a car back.
Otherwise the old man will be unhappy...
(End of this chapter)