After the reading of the imperial edict was over, the venue was still silent, as if dead still.
People's gazes fell on the snowy ground, looking at Zhou Tong who was decapitated, their emotions were extremely shocked and complicated.
It is not an exaggeration to describe this person as full of evil. Of course this person is guilty, but no one thought that the court would declare him guilty.
People then looked at the young man and woman sitting side by side in the snow.
The hands of the Xuanqi of the Great Zhou Dynasty holding the reins were a little stiff, and they didn't know what to do next, charge or put down the iron spears in their hands? The officials of Ti Qi and the Cleaning Department were pale, as if they were mourning, while the assassins of the Tianji Pavilion and the strong men of the military all looked at Xiaode, wanting to know what was going on.
The changes in the current situation are always so sudden that even those who are in the situation will be caught off guard.
Even Chen Changsheng and Mo Yu didn't react for a while, and it wasn't until the little eunuch left that they vaguely understood something.
If I knew it was like this, why should I be like this? Many people would probably have such emotions at this time, but they wouldn't.
"Only those idiots would think that way." Mo Yu brushed back some messy hair into his temples, looked at the crowd still surrounding him, smiled mockingly, and said, "If Zhou Tong is still alive, he will still be a member of Guo Tong. An important minister of the court, he was killed by us, so he was skinned, his flesh was removed, and his bones were boiled into soup."
"This is indeed the way Master has always acted."
Chen Changsheng felt that the snow wind tonight was a bit biting, looked in the direction of the palace, and continued after a moment of silence: "When I was young, my senior brother and I thought he was a poor Taoist priest, because he was too poor, so his views on everything in the world were rather extreme, and he was a little too stingy in his actions. , now I understand that this should be called exhaustion.”
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Wind and snow shrouded the palace, and the earth dragon in the side hall was burning hot, warm as spring, and some imperial edicts from past years were placed on the table.
"I didn't expect that your junior brother could really kill Zhou Tong. His performance exceeded my imagination. I am very satisfied. I am even more satisfied with Mo Yu and his method of killing Zhou Tong. The more cruel their methods are If you are tough, the story will be more shocking and will be remembered by more people, including Zhou Tong's evil."
Shang Xingzhou looked at the young emperor behind the case and said: "Although Zhou Tong betrayed your mother and used it for me, no one can deny that he has been your mother's spokesperson for many years in the past, so his wickedness It's your mother's evil. The more Chen Changsheng reveals his evil, the worse your mother's image will be, and the less negative evaluation I will have as the leader who organized the conspiracy to overthrow your mother's rule. At the same time, The higher the prestige of your junior brother, the higher my prestige, no matter how you look at it, this matter tonight is good for me, as long as I issue the decree in time afterwards."
The rest of the people thought of the books in the old temple in Xining Town, the fish in the stream, and the beasts in the mountains, and they were silent.
Shang Xingzhou continued: "This approach is a bit petty, but it's not stingy, it's just making the best use of everything."
Yu raised his head, gestured a few gestures, and asked, was everyone in the capital being used by you from the very beginning
"It wasn't like that initially, of course I wanted to keep the week open, and I'm really going to do something tonight."
Shang Xingzhou explained patiently: "But in the process, things have changed, and I have to make corresponding changes."
For cultivators, change is an unchanging law under the starry sky. Everything in the world is changing all the time, and so is the current situation. Even if it is only a few hours, many changes will take place, just like the river water in the spring, if it is not handled properly, even the hardest iron bridge will be washed away.
Shang Xingzhou did not specify what those changes were.
It may be that Chen Changsheng's strength surpassed everyone's predictions. After persisting for a whole day, those swords cut through the hard ground, which was frozen by the winter wind, and exposed Zhou Prison under the starlight. It may be because the Li Palace has always been quiet, and the snow and clouds floating in the sky over there are like docile flocks, never intending to cross the fence. Of course, the most probable reason was that Wang Po broke his arm on Luoshui and killed the iron tree.
Moreover, on the snow-covered Ping'an Road, the lights of the palaces were extinguished one by one.
"Do you know why the teacher is called Shang Xingzhou?"
Shang Xingzhou asked suddenly.
The rest of the people knew that Shang Xingzhou was not the master's real name, at least six hundred years ago, he was called Taoist Ji.
The appearance of this name, or the acquisition, must mean something.
"Before His Majesty returned to Xinghai, he still did not forget that sentence, water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it."
Shang Xingzhou's gaze fell on somewhere in the palace, as if he had returned to hundreds of years ago.
Everyone in the entire continent knows this famous saying, and Yu Ren is no exception. He also knows that His Majesty in this sentence does not refer to his father, but his grandfather.
"Your Majesty told me that night that walking in the world is like sailing a boat in the ocean. You must be careful not to go against the current, otherwise you will capsize."
Shang Xingzhou said calmly: "Since everyone wants Zhou Tong to die, and since this is what the people want, of course I must obey."
The word Shun is very important to the three masters and apprentices in the old temple in Xining Town, this is the way they cultivate.
It wasn't until tonight that Yu knew that it came from the saying that water can carry a boat or capsize it.
Shang Xingzhou continued: "Of course, going with the current doesn't mean obeying. Zhou just hopes that the water will be calm, without too many waves and too much resistance."
Yu people gestured with their hands: "But in the final analysis, boats still have to respect the existence of water."
"Wei Guogong once said that there is no great grievance, but people are the ones to be afraid of. If you are in trouble, you should be very careful. How can you not be afraid?"
Shang Xingzhou looked into his eyes and said, "But the position is relative. Since you are a boat, you can't think too much about how the water feels."
The rest of the people gestured: "I will still consider it after all, otherwise you won't change your mind."
"In the eyes of everyone, I have tried my best, but I was stopped by you and them."
Shang Xingzhou's eyes fell on his waist, where there was a jade pendant that the Patriarch Qiushan paid tribute to.
"You young people are all fighting for their lives. You are like this, Mo Yu is like this, Wang Po is like this, and your junior brother is even more like this."
"I have raised your junior brother for seventeen years, how can I bear to kill him, I can only watch him kill Zhou Tong."
"Anyone who asks me about what happened tonight, I can be ashamed."
Among these few sentences, which one was true and which one was false, the rest of the people couldn't tell the difference, but he understood.
Zhou Tong was the ugliest and dirtiest stain on Xinchao's body, and Chen Changsheng was the deepest and most difficult thorn in Master's heart.
Master doesn't care whoever dies, as long as he doesn't need to do it himself.
The thrilling battles and pursuits in Kyoto today may even shake the entire human world, but they have always been under the control of Master.
No matter how it changes, he will always be the final winner.
If Wang Po was killed by the iron tree on Luoshui, this victory might be called perfect.
"This is not a situation I designed, and I can't control everything. After all, I am not a god, nor Emperor Taizong."
Shang Xingzhou denied the other people's thoughts, and said: "Today is more like a lesson. If your majesty wants to become a great man like Emperor Taizong and lead the human race into an extremely bright future, you must learn to go with the flow—how can you hate those people?" The stupid and idiot people who watch the execution and cheer, still have to convince themselves that they are the real ocean, learn how to lead them, how to deceive them, and how to use their strength to brave the waves."
Yu Ren couldn't fully understand these things, and he didn't really care about them at this time, he only cared about one thing.
He gestured with his hand: "Master, do you really dislike Junior Brother?"
Shang Xingzhou thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Yes, I don't like him, I really want him to die, or rather, I hope he never lived."
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