Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

"At the beginning, the power Zhou Fen could mobilize in Great Zhou was beyond your imagination."

"Even if Emperor Tianjing had your mother's help and my entire Xiao family's investment regardless of the cost, he would still almost lose."

"However, Emperor Tianjing won in the end."

"So after taking the throne, the first thing he did was to clean up Zhou Fen's party, which is located in what is now Lujiang County!"

Take a deep breath. Twenty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Lujiang County overnight.

Rivers of blood flowed, corpses littered the fields, and blood shot into the sky.

It is said that for three years, the soil in Lujiang County was blood red. Every night, the air of death lingered, and the sounds of ghosts could be heard one after another.

Even for a long time, the whole place was deserted and lifeless.

It wasn't until the imperial court personally ordered the relocation of the people that Lujiang County regained its vitality.

"So what!?"

Zhou Zheng was not surprised or surprised that he killed so many people.

At best, it can only be said that the method is a little bloody, but one general can make thousands of bones dry up, and which emperor doesn't have blood on his hands.

What does this have to do with his going to Lujiang County! ?

"Lujiang County is more dangerous than you think."

"Because, His Majesty did not kill them all at the beginning, and some people with great fate survived."

"Those people have now formed a huge force in the dark."

"Their only purpose is revenge!"

Taking a deep breath, this is what Zhenbei Hou is most worried about.

Twenty years have passed, and the original blood feud has not disappeared. On the contrary, it has become more and more serious as time goes by.

"Lujiang County is also the fiefdom of King Runan."

"Since ancient times, princes cannot hire soldiers and generals privately, but King Runan can!"

"Do you know why?!"

"Because one of the main purposes of King Runan in Lujiang County is to suppress those secretly rebellious people."

Hearing this, Zhou Zheng suddenly realized.

No wonder Emperor Tianjing has such an attitude and trust in King Runan.

Thirty thousand private soldiers are already a huge force.

Emotions have these effects.

"Let's not talk about those treasonous thieves who hate the royal family and want to kill all the descendants of Emperor Tianjing. King Runan alone is not something you can deal with."

The Marquis of Zhenbei naturally knew the relationship between Zhou Zheng and King Runan.

The two of them have a true uncle-nephew relationship, and are true blood relatives!

However, the relationship between Zhou Zheng and King Runan is quite subtle.

Zhou Zheng knew the reason.

"Grandpa means that going to Lujiang County this time is a crisis?!"

How could Zhou Zheng not hear the underlying meaning? ?

"What do you think!?"

"It is impossible for Emperor Tianjing to allow disobedient people to exist, even if you are the prince, the current prince!"

His cloudy eyes were full of bitterness.

"What's wrong with becoming a king!?"

"You are still young and have plenty of time!"

"But now, everything is in vain..."

The more the Marquis of Zhenbei thought about it, the angrier he became. If Zhou Zheng were his son, he would probably go up to him and force his two big boys to fight and slap him awake.

"Grandpa, don't worry!"

"Don't talk about Lujiang County, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will come back safe and sound!"

"There are many people in this world who want to kill me, but they all die in the end!"

Zhou Zheng straightened his spine and looked serious.

"That's it!"

"The northern land is still within my control for the time being."

"The Zhenbei Army still has a certain deterrent effect."

"Come to think of it, the imperial court doesn't dare to be so unscrupulous..."

The dry palms tightened, Zhenbei Hou slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and a sharp light flashed out of his turbid eyes again.

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

Zhou Zheng bowed deeply towards Xiao Mu.

He was arrogant and strong, but he knew very well that a large part of his confidence came from the Zhenbei Army in Xiao Mu's hands and the Xiao family behind him.

"The decree has arrived!"

Just when Zhou Zheng was moved, a sharp voice came from outside the mansion.

Afterwards, the eunuch who announced the decree came quickly towards Zhou Zheng: "The Holy One has an order for Prince Xuan to come to the palace to pay an audience!"

what! ?

At this time, after receiving the imperial edict, Zhou Zheng's face darkened and his brows tightened!

Even Zhenbei Hou felt a little uneasy.

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The palace!

Kyoto is the most solemn and solemn place.

When you step into it, you can feel a majestic atmosphere coming from the floor.

The ground you step on is covered with jade.

Everywhere he passed were heavily armed elite guards.

The further he walked deeper into the palace, the more Zhou Zheng noticed that there were countless eyes scanning over him in the dark.

The eunuch who followed Zhou Zheng to lead the way did not dare to speak. He even lowered his head from beginning to end, not daring to do anything beyond the rules.

quiet!

This was Zhou Zheng's first feeling.

Even though there were many people deep in the palace, everyone was extremely cautious and did not dare to make the slightest sound.

Looking around, the last time he entered the depths of this palace was a few years ago.

Ever since Xiao Qing's death, ever since Zhou Zheng was deemed an idiot, he has never been to this kind of place again.

Complex emotions spread in my heart.

However, Zhou Zheng still maintained a calm expression and could not see anything strange.

Under the guidance of the eunuch, Zhou Zheng stopped after about half a stick of incense.

Looking up, I saw that the place where I stopped was the imperial study room.

This is where Emperor Tianjing mainly works after the meeting.

Except for princes and ministers, ordinary people are not qualified to enter here.

As soon as possible, Zhou Fan and Zhou Ting would rarely have the opportunity to stand in such a place.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness has arrived."

The eunuch hunched over, then knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and spoke cautiously in a sharp voice.

"Call him in."

After a while, a deep and thick voice came from inside.

"Yes!"

After receiving the response from the person inside, the eunuch breathed a sigh of relief.

Crunch!

Then the eunuch pushed open the door of the royal study room very cautiously, as if he was afraid of disturbing the people inside.

He turned to Zhou Zheng and said, "Your Highness, please come in!"

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The residence of the eldest prince.

Zhou Ting frowned and looked at Zhou Fan, his face full of confusion.

"Brother Imperial, if my father summons the prince at this time, something may be wrong."

For some reason, Zhou Ting always felt uneasy in his heart.

"The most important thing is, with Zhou Zheng's temperament, why did he agree to the order this time!?"

Ever since Zhou Zheng stopped pretending to be crazy and acted like a fool, he has never received orders as cleanly as this time!

This is not like his temperament.

"What are you panicking about!?"

"Let the news fly for a while."

"Since we are going to Lujiang County, why not meet him?!"

"After all, this may be the last time their father and son meet."

Speaking of this, the smile on Zhou Fan's face became even more obvious.

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