The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 1254 Confronting the Prince

At the same time, in Lukou not far from Chen Zhao's mansion, several men in black were carefully lurking, and their figures were completely hidden in the surrounding environment. If you don't observe closely, you will not be able to find traces of their existence.

The two leading men in black gathered together in an alley, discussing something in a low voice.

"Eldest brother, we are people in the rivers and lakes, why do we want to assassinate an official of the court? And even if we are asked to assassinate, we should also assassinate the old man of Shangshuge. Why do we need to deal with a mere fourth-rank official? Besides, we rashly offended Didn't the imperial court put Tsingyi Building in a dangerous place?"

"It's not that someone paid us to kill him this time. Even if someone asked us to kill him, we didn't answer. This time, the owner of our first floor wanted to kill him! Because he cut off our source of income in the capital! "

"Even if we cut off our source of income, there's no need for us to assassinate him, right? Tsing Yi [-]th Floor, there are some master poisoners who don't know it, why send us here?"

"What do you know, Wei Ziyun knows it, Chen Zhao couldn't even get past a move! What kind of poison master do you think can poison him without being noticed by him?"

"Impossible, defeating 'Xiaoxiang Swordsman' Wei Ziyun with one move? Then Chen Zhao's strength is too terrifying, I'm afraid even our master on the first floor can't do it!"

"Hey, Wei Ziyun is the number one expert in the university, his eyes are higher than the top, he must have committed the problem of being arrogant and underestimating the enemy, but even so, Chen Zhao is not easy to deal with. He was assassinated twice before, and those two waves of assassins They were all wiped out, but Chen Zhao himself was unscathed!"

"Brother, can those second-rate assassination methods compare with our Tsing Yi Building?"

"Whether you can compare or not, you must be careful when you make a move, and you must kill with one blow!"

"Eldest brother, what is the origin of this Chen Zhao? Why is he so arrogant? It alarmed our masters on the first floor, and we need to solve it ourselves. Is there some secret?"

"It's no secret, it's just that this guy's behavior has greatly hindered the development of Tsing Yi Building. Didn't you see that this guy has only been in office for a long time, and he has cut off several sources of income for us?"

"Don't worry, big brother, I will let him enjoy the wonderful taste of thousands of arrows piercing the heart later!"

"..."

These guys really don't stop, do you really think I'm easy to bully?

Chen Zhao, who was in the carriage, suddenly sensed a few very dark and murderous auras overflowing from a few miles ahead.

Only at his level can he detect it accurately.

Chen Zhao turned his head and looked out of the car window with a ferocious sneer on his face.

Without even thinking about it, those looming chills in front of him should be directed at him.

What made him feel a little strange was that the strength of these murderous auras was obviously much stronger than the previous two waves of assassins, and according to the classification of Jianghu, they were all at least first-class.

A few first-class masters in the Jianghu were dispatched to ambush at once, no prince or grandson would be able to do this, right?

Although the top masters will serve the nobles.

But how can it compare to being at ease in the world?

Except for King Dongnan and King Taiping, he didn't seem to have offended any dignitaries in particular, even the above two, he didn't completely tear his face, and now that the emperor is furious at a critical moment, a fool would Committing crimes against the wind shot himself again!

After all, they all have brains!

Things seem to be getting more and more interesting!

"parking!"

With a light drink, the slow-moving carriage stopped immediately, and all the guards and followers behind him also stopped.

With a flash of Chen Zhao's figure, he rushed out like a civet cat...

"Brother, the convoy of Chen Zhao and his party stopped suddenly, so there must be something wrong?"

The ambush master immediately noticed the situation, and quickly spread it to the ears of the two principals.

"It's not that evil, hey, wait what is that..."

The senior brother didn't take it seriously, but suddenly his eyes opened wide, his pupils suddenly shrank inward, and he looked at the road ahead with a look of disbelief on his face.

The person next to him trembled, and then turned his head to look over. What he saw made his pupils shrink suddenly.

I saw a figure in a brocade suit galloping towards him like a galloping horse.

"No, we're exposed!"

The hearts of the two were shocked at the same time, and then they jumped out from the hiding place at the same time, and a scream spread all over the place: "Brothers, the thieves have arrived, everyone come together!"

As he said that, the assassin leader flashed out like a ghost, and rushed to the road in an instant. He didn't know when he had a blue hidden weapon in his hand. Chen Zhao flew away with his head in his pocket.

At this moment, Chen Zhao had already seen this person's appearance clearly.

This is a very gentle and delicate scholar, with a white face and a smile.

As for the person next to him, half of the left side of his face has been cut off, and the wound has shriveled and shrunk.Pulled his nose and eyes crookedly, not a nose, but half, not a pair of eyes, but one.There was only a dark and deep hole left in his right eye, a big "cross" was cut on the corner of his forehead with a knife blade, and his hands were cut off at the wrist.Now there is a gleaming iron hook on the right wrist, and an iron ball bigger than a human head on the left wrist.

One look at this appearance, one can tell that they are the top masters in the arena.

Especially the guy with only half of his face left, who survived such a serious injury must have amazing achievements.

The appearance of the two of them, Chen Zhao seems to have heard Xu Ting tell the rumors of the rivers and lakes, it seems to be the "heartbroken swordsman" Xiao Qiuyu and the "Jade Faced Lord" Liu Yuhen.

But this kind of thought flashed by, because Chen Zhao had already come in front of them, facing the hidden weapons all over the sky, he didn't even make the slightest defensive action, and his figure quickly drew closer to the distance between the two of them like a gust of wind. The distance, those hidden weapons for poisoning, seemed to hit an invisible wall. Before they got close to him, they bounced back and fell to the ground as if they were hit on a steel plate.

How can this be?

Seeing such an incredible scene in front of him, Xiao Qiuyu, the leader of the killer who thought Chen Zhaotuo was looking for death, was so confident that he was suddenly frightened, and suddenly felt a huge iron fist rushing towards Hua in front of him.

boom!
A dull voice sounded, Heartbroken Swordsman Xiao Qiuyu seemed to be hit directly by a meteorite falling from the sky, he felt that the bones all over his body seemed to be falling apart, the internal organs in his body shifted instantly, and his entire face burst open instantly.

Liu Yuhen next to him only lost half of his face, while his entire head was shattered.

But Liu Yuhen didn't end well either, he was directly carried by the strong wind, even flew upside down, and then smashed his whole body into a wall, his bones and bones were shattered.

"Kill, kill this fellow!"

At this moment, six men in black clothes flew out from the alleys on both sides of the main road, and at the same time cast hidden weapons, densely covering Chen Zhao's whole body.

shhhhhh...

At the same time, several powerful arrows whizzed out from the sleeves of the man in black, locking Chen Zhao's body from all directions with awe-inspiring murderous intent.

Of course it's useless.

All the crossbow arrows and hidden weapons flew back in an instant, hitting the six hardcover men.

The six killers didn't have the slightest reaction at all, as if they were hit head-on by a siege hammer, each of them fell to the ground with blood spurting from their mouths, and died instantly.

He had no intention of leaving anyone alive.

Because he didn't need to know the mastermind behind the scenes, but he hoped that the other party would send someone later.

Kill absolutely, kill enough, the opponent will naturally be completely terrified!

This sausage-cutting tactic is really in line with his wishes.

The owner of Qingyi Building is of course Huo Xiu.

This man is also the richest man in the world.

In Zhu Qi's town, the Hua family in the south of the Yangtze River has the most real estate, and the Yan family in Guanzhong has the most jewels. But the real richest person is probably Huo Xiu.

Although this man is rich in the world, he lives like a hermit, so few people can see his true face, only heard that he is a very withdrawn and strange old man.

Others say that Huo Xiu is the most legendary man. 50 years ago, he set out to create the world with his bare hands, and suddenly miraculously became the richest man in the world.

His real identity is, of course, Shangguan Mu, the minister of the Jinpeng Dynasty in the past. He founded the Tsing Yi Building and thought it was very secretive, but in fact he became the dish of a certain hidden force without knowing it, and he wanted to play tricks. Intrigued, thinking of taking the wealth of other people in the Jinpeng Dynasty into their hands.

Since this person has accumulated infinite wealth, of course he also has countless industries.

In the capital, he opened many brothels and gambling houses, and at the same time participated in human trafficking.

Chen Zhao made a sudden move, causing him to lose several hundred thousand taels of silver.

That's why he was blinded by profit and focused on killing Chen Zhao, so he sent Liu Yuhen and Xiao Qiuyu to lead the most elite assassins in Tsing Yi Building, intending to kill Chen Zhao.

Huo Xiu believed that he was secretive and could completely hide behind King Taiping and King Southeast. Even if the court pursued him, he would not be found.

As for the successor Shuntian Fucheng, I am afraid that he will not have the guts to continue to implement Chen Zhao's policy!

Huo Xiu thought he was doing things secretly, but he didn't know where Chen Zhao's terror lay.

With just one meeting, he recognized the martial arts of the assassins, and thus knew their origins.

After all, whether it is Xiao Qiuyu or Liu Yuhen, they are very famous in the world.

Chen Zhao's statistics of the world's famous masters through Gan'er Zhao and Gan'er Li are all in his heart.

Now that he knows about Xiao Qiuyu and Liu Yuhen, of course he knows who is behind it!

Who else but Huo Xiu?
At least the group of people in the unknown overseas islands will not embarrass a capital official because of such a trivial matter as hundreds of thousands or millions of silver taels.

They sold hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands, and they just robbed 500 million taels of silver, and they didn't care about that little money at all.

Huo Xiu is the richest man in Jianghu, but he has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, he doesn't have a family behind him, so he lacks the most hardcore men.

As long as he is dealt with alone, he can deal with that overwhelming wealth.

On the other hand, Jiangnan Huajia and Shanxi Yanjia are family-owned industries, not only the leaders are powerful, but also the families are full of talents.

For example, the Hua family in the south of the Yangtze River, Hua Manlou is so wise, so funny, and so skilled in martial arts, but he is just a Hua family waiting to die.

And the Hua family did not show signs of decline because of the loss of such a talented person, which is enough to show the prosperity of the Hua family's talents.

Having said that, killing Huo Xiu is actually not that troublesome. You only need to train a few "Great Golden Roc Kings" to harass Huo Xiu every day, and then leak the money of the Emei Sect and the Shanxi Yan family to Huo Xiu, and he will take action naturally.

At that time, he will kill himself.

I just need to observe closely and take action when the opportunity arises to ensure that the wealth does not flow overseas.

But then again, although a person like Huo Xiu doesn't need to do it himself, he can let the court do it!
Whether it's Jinyiwei or Dongchang, you can't just focus on this small place in the capital. There is also a lot of wealth in the rivers and lakes, just waiting for them and Qingyilou to bite the dog.

Excuses are easy to find, think about it, when did such a force exist in the capital, did Zhu Qizhen know, and did those princes know?

After thinking about it, he decided to ask the emperor directly after returning to the city. He went back and recruited a few guards, vacated a free carriage, and brought all the corpses of the eight people with him. He would still be useful when he entered the palace tomorrow.

Only then did the guards of the convoy realize that their young master had fought a battle with a gang of thugs just now. They were all terrified and kept silent. They carefully loaded all the bodies of these miserable men in black into the carriage, and then returned to the Fengfu with the convoy. .

It has always been rumored that his master's martial arts are unrivaled in the world, but he did not expect to be even more ferocious than the legend.

This is a proper murderer!

After the convoy returned to Fengfu for an hour, the whole street was completely immersed in darkness. Several strong Jianghu masters flew over with light kung fu, and soon found traces of fighting. When they found the several belts When they smelled the sweet-smelling blood, their expressions became rather ugly. They searched carefully and found no corpses of their companions, and left quickly without leaving any trace at all.

The companion didn't come back, and he disappeared, so it was more than auspicious. Of course, we should tell the chief executive of Tsingyi Building as soon as possible, and ask him to make a quick decision.

As for the Feng Mansion not far away, they would never dare to visit it.

When Chen Zhao had no scruples and directly took the eight corpses that smelled mildewy and rotten to report to Emperor Zhu Qizhen of the Ming Dynasty, the court once again caused an uproar.

Chen Zhao, did he do too much? How could he let him see those disgusting dead bodies with his own eyes?

As a result, dozens of memorials to impeach Chen Zhao were placed on Zhu Qizhen's desk again, and Zhu Qizhen, who was in a rather unhappy mood, was swept to the ground in a thunderous rage...

With such a powerful force in the capital, almost everyone was shocked.

Most of the people in the court are civil servants. Although they try their best to suppress rough martial arts, they are still very afraid of those martial artists who come and go with great martial arts.

They can suppress the military officer because the military officer needs a future, wealth, and power.

But the warriors in the rivers and lakes come and go freely, kill and steal goods, and it is difficult to trace them. Relying on their superb martial arts, they don't pay attention to those civil servants. So how can civil servants deal with them?
The most typical example is that Gai Nie killed the Prime Minister of South Korea. Holding a sharp knife, he broke into the Prime Minister's mansion of South Korea, killed dozens of guards, and then killed the target.

So the warriors started to be ruthless, but the literati had nothing to do!We can only send the warriors in the court to wipe them out with all our strength.

Therefore, it is said that "a chivalrous man uses martial arts to violate the ban".

Everyone in the court soon learned that there was a huge and powerful secret force hidden in the capital, so all the nobles and important officials in the court subconsciously strengthened their own protection.

They can't guarantee that they will never confront that mysterious force, and they will probably need Chen Zhao's tyrannical force to save their lives.

Not to mention the nobles and the courtiers, even Zhu Qizhen had the idea of ​​keeping Chen Zhao by his side as a bodyguard, but because of Chen Zhao's own attitude and the situation in the court, he had to give up.

But if there is really a force that threatens Zhu Qizhen's safety, he will not hesitate to transfer Chen Zhao to his side to protect him. No country, country, country, or country is as important as his own life.

Lao Zhu heard from Wei Ziyun that there are many organizations in the Jianghu with a lot of money, high martial arts, and huge power. What if these people are colluded by ambitious people in the court?
I still have to rely on Chen Zhao to escort me!

So Chen Zhao suddenly found out that his situation in the court suddenly became better.

There is no one around who often chirps and jumps out to find fault. All of a sudden, the air is fresh, the sun is shining, and even the mood is much happier.

Others will not impeach him, but Chen Zhao has no plans to stop!
Even if you are bitten by a dog, you cannot bite back, but you can beat the dog to death!
He didn't plan to let go of Huo Xiu who was far away in the rivers and lakes, so naturally he wouldn't let go of those officials who were close to the temple!
Even if it's just to scare chickens and monkeys, you have to take the initiative to establish your own influence.

So he deliberately gave eye drops to King Taiping and King Southeast in court.

The purpose is to show the enemy's weakness and let them take the initiative to attack.Then he went over recklessly and directly beat his opponent to the ground. In this way, no one would dare to chatter about him inside or outside the court.

Zhu Qizhen didn't dare either!

Not to mention his son Zhu Jianshen!

Even Li Xian, Peng Shi, and Chen Wen from the cabinet can't do it!

……

Square Bridge Street,
Dongcheng, Xiangyun Tea House.

Today's Xiangyun Tea House has changed from the quiet atmosphere of the past, and it is extraordinarily lively, full of lively scenes of people's voices everywhere.

There is no other reason, today the teahouse has invited the famous Zhongjun troupe in Beijing, and is preparing to open an exclusive new play.

The Zhongjun Opera Troupe was originally unknown, not prominent in the capital, and there were no famous actors in the town, and they were not even qualified to sing in Xungui's mansion.

But he was noticed by Chen Zhao.

Chen Zhao not only invested money in it, but also adapted the script for them, making it easier to understand and more exciting, so the troupe quickly became popular.

In addition, some time ago, Chen Zhao had dealt with a large number of theater troupes involved in child abduction and trafficking, and many competitors had fallen, so the Zhongjun Theater Troupe quickly spread its reputation in the capital.

In this era of lack of entertainment, listening to opera and singing is the favorite form of entertainment for those who have leisure time, and the programs of the Zhongjun Troupe are very exciting, and the appeal is very strong.

No, fanciers who heard the news flocked to the teahouse, and the first and second floors of the entire teahouse were packed. If the third floor was not open to the public, I am afraid that there would be a scene full of people.

On the third floor with a large area, there was a small wine table facing the window at this time, and two people were sitting on both sides of the wine table. Several delicate dishes and a pot of mellow wine were placed on the table.

"Master Xiao Chen, I'm not interested in drinking with you, I have something to talk about, I'm still very busy!"

King Taiping was in his thirties, and his son Gong Jiu was still young and was still practicing magic skills overseas, so he hid his ambition deep in his heart, and no one could see it.

At this time, his face was square and solemn, making people dare not look down upon him. His majesty was not diminished, and his whole body was filled with the unique arrogance of aristocrats. His eyes were condescending, as if he looked down upon everything. Take a look.

Today, at the invitation of Chen Zhao, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion, he came to Xiangyun Tea House to attend the meeting.

Because Chen Zhao once gave King Taiping eye drops in front of the emperor, King Taiping also ordered his subordinates to impeach Chen Zhao. The second wave of assassinations that Chen Zhao faced, although King Taiping did not tell Mr. Wu, it was by him Handwriting.

Although this matter could not be hidden from Dongchang and Jin Yiwei, they did not find out very tacitly.

But everyone inside and outside the court knew that the two sides were at odds.

In terms of the relationship between King Taiping and Chen Zhao, he was not in the mood to pay attention to this guy, but he wanted to find out the details of this newly rising celebrity, and also wanted to know what was going on in this guy's gourd. This is why it is difficult to keep the appointment.

Of course, the boy who sent the message said without humility, "Although the sea is big, there is not only one person who understands astronomy", which also aroused his panic and anger.

So he had to come over in person to see how much Chen Zhao knew.

If even a young man in the Fucheng knew the secret, how could Dongchang and Jin Yiwei not know about it?

Could it be that the city is full of storms?

Wouldn't the emperor also know?
Or did he know nothing and was just used as a spear by some mysterious force in the world?

Or, just being suspicious?

As a scheming person, King Taiping firmly believed that it was the latter.

He is the King of Taiping who has been honored for generations, and he himself can't understand Chen Zhao's "little man's success". He thinks it's great to rely on rough methods to stir up wind and rain in the capital. He wants to let this guy know the rules and regulations of the court. majesty.

Since he came, he sat on the third floor with Chen Zhao for half an hour. The so-called nonsense was more than half a sentence. He and Chen Zhao really had nothing in common. At this time, he was impatient and wanted to leave. read.

Especially the noisy environment of the entire teahouse made him, a prince who was used to a quiet environment, extremely uncomfortable, especially the fancier's style of the three teachings and nine muddy legs, which made him particularly disliked.

"Don't worry, a good show will be staged soon, it would be a pity if the prince is not here!"

Chen Zhao smiled slightly, and while savoring the exquisite craftsmanship of the teahouse chef, he casually said: "As long as the prince leaves, he will definitely regret it in the future!"

"Master Xiao Chen, what do you mean, threatening the king?"

King Taiping's expression turned sharp, he put down his chopsticks, and said dissatisfiedly: "I am loyal to the king, patriotic, and strictly abide by my duties. I never violate the rules. To serve as a small prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture, I think that I think too highly of myself!"

As he spoke, he said coldly: "If it weren't for your reputation in recent times, would I have deigned to come to see you?"

Of course, he was still a little surprised. He thought that when Chen Zhao invited him here, he would either bow his head and say soft words, or threaten him with an excuse. , and then walked away.

Such is the way of a majestic vassal king!
But no matter what, he didn't have any good feelings towards Chen Zhao. After waiting for half an hour, he finally got impatient and didn't want to waste time with this guy.

"As a vassal king, King Taiping lives in the capital by order. He is indeed loyal to the emperor and patriotic, sticks to his duty, and never oversteps the rules. But it's hard to say whether he makes friends with forbidden people in private!"

Chen Zhao smiled lightly, playing with the fine porcelain wine cup in his hand, and smiled at King Taiping who was about to leave, pointing out something.

King Taiping shook slightly when he turned around, his face suddenly became quite ugly, he suddenly turned around and asked in a cold voice: "What does Chen Fucheng mean by this, I don't understand!"

"The prince will know what's going on when the new play by the Zhongjun troupe is staged!"

Chen Zhao chuckled, and said leisurely without even looking at King Taiping, whose face was cloudy and uncertain.

King Taiping's heart was shaken, his eyes flickered, he didn't know whether he wanted to kill Chen Zhao on the spot, or escaped from the capital by himself.

But after thinking about it, Chen Zhao's force is superb, even stronger than Wei Ziyun, maybe he is not inferior to that old man, if he is not careful, he will not be able to kill the other party, maybe he will be a show, it is really not a crime.

While he was hesitating, on the newly built stage in the center of the tea house, there was a crisp sound of a clapper, and the original noisy sound suddenly disappeared, and the entire tea house became quiet.

Soon, with the sound of blowing, playing, playing and singing in the background, a new play with a new face was staged.

Chen Zhao picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and began to appreciate the next play.

Because he wrote this play by himself, he carefully arranged the storyline, reciting, fighting, and conflicts in it, ensuring that everyone will be hooked after watching it!

In this way, King Taiping will think about the future carefully!

Chen Zhao is very much looking forward to how the vassal king stationed in Beijing will look when the time comes!

(End of this chapter)