Everlasting prosperity

At night, the lights of the Jiuzhao Palace faded away, only the Zhengyuan Hall was brightly lit. Two servants were guarding the entrance of the hall, and there was another servant standing on the left side of the desk, with red eyes open, not daring to get sleepy at all.

Because, the person in front of him is Emperor Jiuzhao Zongzhengyuan.

Zong Zhengyuan looked at the letter in his hand, his face became more and more gloomy, he slowly put down the letter, raised his head and looked towards the door, squinting his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

"Go down." Zong Zhengyuan said.

"Yes." The servant hurriedly replied and left as if fleeing.

Zong Zhengyuan looked at the servant, smiled, turned his head to look at the screen, stood up, and walked there.

Jiu Ye, who was lying on the ground, was stimulated by a burst of bright light. When he woke up, he saw a pair of bright yellow brocade boots. He frowned, turned around, and pretended to continue to sleep.

Seeing Jiu Ye who turned his back, Zong Zhengyuan squatted down, sneered, stretched out his hand to pull him over, grabbed the chain around his neck, and stood up.

"Don't pretend to be asleep!" Zongzheng Yuan looked at this slumped man, a little annoyed.

Jiu Ye lazily opened her eyes, but she was not annoyed at all, she calmly looked at the tyrant who was causing trouble in the middle of the night, without speaking.

"So you are from Wu Yue. Did you know that Wu Zhang has succeeded to the throne." Zong Zhengyuan said while holding him, staring into his dark eyes.

Hearing these words, Jiu Ye still didn't reply, she still looked at him calmly, at this lunatic who went crazy in the middle of the night.

"Wu Yue is dead. He is dead!" Zongzhengyuan looked at him ferociously, with an inexplicable smile on his face, then threw Jiuye down, paced back and forth, and said, "You have no master! Hahaha! "

Jiu Ye, who was suddenly thrown down, knocked on the hard iron chain unpreparedly. He frowned in pain, propped up his upper body, and stood up slowly. Looking at the somewhat crazy Zongzheng Yuan in front of him, his eyes were full of sarcasm .

"What kind of eyes are you looking at? Ah?" Zongzhengyuan looked into Jiuye's eyes, feeling unreasonably annoyed, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to grab his neck, and asked viciously.

"Hmph, idiot." Jiu Ye sarcastically said, his eyes full of ridicule.What else can this kind of person do besides violently imprison him?

Zongzheng Yuan, who was insulted like this, lost half of his anger. He let go of Jiu Ye and said with a light smile, "It's okay, I will wait patiently for the day you are obedient."

Panting for breath, Jiu Ye covered his neck and looked at Zongzheng Yuan sarcastically.

Feeling better, Zongzhengyuan looked around and saw the neatly arranged instruments of torture and bottles and jars, which was a bit unpleasant.

In the past, his father always rewarded him with some sacrificial prey. He always liked those brave beasts, but they were always disobedient, so Zongzhengyuan would lock them in this dark room and tame them.Xu Shi started to pay attention to political affairs, and Zong Zhengyuan stopped messing with these animals and turned to people.

However, any servants or maids who are slightly displeased with him on weekdays, he will lock them here for him to vent.He used almost all those instruments of torture and bottles and jars. The only people who went in were covered with a white cloth and carried out. No one ever left the darkroom alive.

Of course, Jiu Ye didn't know about this.This darkroom, when Zongzhengyuan met Jiuye for the first time, wanted to use it to lock him up.Thinking this way, he deliberately tidied up the place.

But now, looking at the place he personally arranged at the beginning, he felt a little uncomfortable.

too cold.

Zongzhengyuan was taken aback by his own thought, cold?After using it for so many years, he never felt that it was cold here.This is a warm place, with blood, voices, and moving people.

He froze for a moment, then turned his head to look at the man who was looking at him sarcastically all over his body. After carefully looking at him from beginning to end, he fixed his eyes on his bare feet.He remembered that in order to prevent him from escaping, his shoes and clothes were removed, leaving only an underwear and a pair of underpants.

This dark room is not seeing the sun all day long, even if he adds a fire, it can't make it as warm as a warm room.Naturally, this person also had many chilblains on his feet, which were bright red, and he lived in this dark room with bare feet.Fortunately, this person has practiced martial arts all year round, so his body and bones can survive this cold place.

He looked at this person thoughtfully for a while, then turned and left, leaving a sentence.

"I'll be back."

Looking at Zongzhengyuan's back, Jiuye breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what the lunatic's gaze meant just now, but he told him in his heart that this person was uneasy and kind.

Zongzhengyuan, who left the dark room, paced back and forth in the hall.

What exactly is this person?At the beginning, when he saw this man assassinate his father, he was both happy and nervous. He only thought that his father would no longer be able to manage the government, so that he could leave it to him, but he never thought that this man would kill his father directly.

This was beyond his expectation, and in a fit of rage, he wanted to teach this dead soldier a lesson.But during the fight, he found that his eyes were not the ones he was familiar with, and he immediately realized that this person was not the dead man he arranged.

The dead man he arranged was asked to be disguised and then assassinated, so as not to fall into trouble, because this was his own dead man, the eyes were very familiar, but when he saw Jiu Ye's eyes, he realized that something was wrong.So, he could only make another plan.

Although his father was killed by him, it ultimately contributed to his taking control of the government affairs. Moreover, this person was able to enter the palace quietly, disguised as his father's servant and succeeded in the assassination. He was indeed an outstanding soldier.He knew that letting the dead man change his master, unless the real master died or he died, but he just couldn't help but want to win this man's heart.

I remember that the first dead man my father gave him was called Elf Willow. He asked this Elf Willow about his origin, but the other party didn’t say a word. He was very angry, and the other party only said the name of Ghost Shadow Hall come out.Later, he checked a lot of things about Ghost Shadow Hall, and only knew that it was a gang that existed in Jianghu, not in any country.

Later, Elf Liu stayed by Zongzhengyuan's side for a long time, and Zongzhengyuan found a tattoo on his left chest, "Evil".Therefore, when he saw the tattoo on Jiuye's body, he naturally thought of Ghost Shadow Hall.But the people who were sent to investigate this matter all returned without success, he pressed Yao Liu, even though the other party was bruised and bruised, he would not confide a word.

So, he gave up looking for answers outside, and he felt that it was better to let Jiu Ye speak by himself.

In the Palace of Xi Yuzhou, Great Wu Kingdom——

"What is this! Come, tell the regent!" Wu Zhang slapped the table angrily and shouted loudly.

Hezi got the order, and hurried out to summon Wu Zhong.

The regent has his own mansion, and Wu Zhang also knows it.But when discussing things, it is really troublesome to order someone to visit the palace.Therefore, he was simply allowed to live in the original bedroom and live in the palace with Wu Zhang.It also avoids walking around and wasting time in order to discuss matters.

"Brother Wang, what happened?" Wu Zhong asked as he walked in.

Wu Zhang looked up and saw Wu Zhong coming, and hurriedly handed him the letter, saying, "What are you talking about! Zong Zhengyuan is simply a villain!"

Wu Zhong read the letter patiently, frowned, and replied, "Presumably, he must have known about our assassination of Rong Chizi. But we didn't succeed after all. Why did he do it?"

"He knows more than that!" Wu Zhang said suddenly, his tone a bit fierce.

"Could it be, together with the matter of assassinating Zong Zhengjin?" Wu Zhong frowned, a little puzzled.

"Yes, he must have thought that Zong Zhengjin was also killed by us." Wu Zhang nodded in agreement.

Hearing this, Wu Zhong frowned even tighter, took a deep breath, and asked, "Brother Wang, what happened at that time?"

Wu Zhang glanced at Wu Zhong, sighed, and called out a name, "Qi Liang."

"Subordinates are here."

Suddenly, a man in black appeared in front of them, kneeling respectfully on one knee.

"Tell me about the situation when you assassinated Zong Zhengjin that day," Wu Zhang ordered.

"Yes." Qi Liang replied respectfully, and then slowly continued, "That day, my subordinates disguised themselves as a servant who passed on food, and were about to assassinate him when he was about to pass on the meal, but when he saw the servant next to Emperor Jiuzhao, he stopped. hand. So the assassination failed.”

"Who is that person? Why don't you continue?" Wu Zhang asked, frowning.

Qi Liang raised his head and took a sneak peek at Wu Zhang, then quickly lowered his head and replied, "Excuse me, I can't tell you."

Hearing this, Wu Zhang took a deep breath, and was about to yell at him, but Wu Zhong quickly pulled him back, shook his head at him, and calmed him down.

"You know that person, and you think he is more sure of assassinating Zong Zhengjin than you. I mean, right?" Wu Zhong turned to look at Qi Liang who was kneeling, and asked.

Qi Liang pursed his lips, not intending to answer.

This inexplicable tough attitude made Wu Zhang angry again. He stepped forward and wanted to kick him. Seeing this, Wu Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to stop Wu Zhang, dragged him aside, and walked away from Qiliang before leaving. to his side.

"You can answer yes or no." Wu Zhong asked unwillingly.

After a while, Qi Liang nodded stiffly.

"Okay, go down." Wu Zhong ordered.

Qi Liang escaped as if he had seen the plague.

"Wu Zhong! What the hell are you doing!" Wu Zhang finally couldn't help yelling, and actually called Wu Zhong's name directly.

"Brother Wang, don't be angry. Qi Liang doesn't say anything, maybe it's the rules over there." Wu Zhong comforted.

"Over there?" Wu Zhang asked doubtfully.

Wu Zhong glanced at Wu Zhang, paused, and said, "Do you know where Qi Liang came from?"

"He was sent by the king." Wu Zhang replied smoothly.

"He was indeed sent by the father, but where did the father get it?" Wu Zhong asked him back.

"The dark guards of the Great Wu are managed by a special organization. Look, aren't ours also proposed from there?" Wu Zhang replied.

Wu Zhong shook his head and denied, "No, that's not the case."

"Why?" Wu Zhang was a little confused.

"I checked Qi Liang, he is not from there. He is from Ghost Shadow Hall." Wu Zhong replied.

"Ghost Shadow Hall? What is that?" Wu Zhang asked.

"I only know that Ghost Shadow Hall does not belong to any country. I don't know anything else. I don't know what my father did to bring a dead man like Qi Liang from there." Wu Zhong slowly Said.

"In this way, it is true. Whether it is martial arts or other academics, Qi Liang's ability is indeed superior to other hidden guards, and it doesn't seem to come from Da Wu. In this way, the person who made Qi Liang stop should be the same. It came from Ghost Shadow Hall." Wu Zhang said while thinking.

"Not only that, the two of them also know each other." Wu Zhong judged like this.

Wu Zhang nodded, expressing approval.Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "By the way, Qi Liang has a tattoo on his body, 魔."

"Ring?" Wu Zhong asked in confusion.

"The word'魑魑魔鬼'. Do you know what it means?" Wu Zhang asked.

Hearing this, Wu Zhong rubbed his chin, thought about it, and asked, "Could it be that his former boss stabbed it?"

"No, the dead will not change masters, unless the master dies or he dies." Wu Zhang denied.

Wu Zhong glanced at Wu Zhang, took a deep breath, and said, "I will investigate this matter again. But..."

As he said that, Wu Zhong suddenly approached Wu Zhang, stared into his eyes, and asked, "How did Brother Wang know that he has tattoos on his body?"

"I...wasn't this a gift from my father? I just thought..." Wu Zhang looked at Wu Zhong who was approaching suddenly, feeling a little guilty for some reason.

"Brother Wang, do you know that if the dead man has the imprint of the Lord on his body, if he is killed or taken into captivity in the future, the Lord will fall into a land of eternal doom. At that time, how can Brother Wang resist?" Wu Zhong hated iron Counting down without steel.

"Didn't I stab something?" Wu Zhang curled his lips, feeling aggrieved.

Wu Zhong looked at Brother Wang who was half a head taller than him, but at this moment, he looked down at him like a child who made a mistake.

"Brother Wang better be careful." Wu Zhong finally took a step back and said in a soft tone.

"Okay! I promise you it is!" Wu Zhang said with a smile.

Wu Zhong sighed, shook his head, and asked again, "How do you respond to Zong Zhengyuan's letter?"

Thinking of Zong Zhengyuan, Wu Zhang felt angry again. He reached out and touched his lips, thought for a moment, and said, "I killed his father and Rong Chizi, it is true, and he played a trick on my father." , the right is a retaliation. Now, he still wants to use this to break the business."

"Brother Wang, if we agree to cut off the business, and let Zong Zhengyuan know that his father is not under my great Wu, what do you think he will think?" Wu Zhong raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and looked at Wu with a smile. chapter.

Hearing this, Wu Zhang laughed out loud, and then sat down at the desk, picked up a pen, got some ink on his face, and said with a fierce expression, "Maybe my intestines are green from regret."

Jiuzhao Kingdom Jiu'an Palace, Zhengyuan Hall——

"Wu Zhang!" Zongzheng Yuan gripped the letter tightly and crumpled it, veins popped out on his face, and fire seemed to come out of his eyes.

The servant looked at the furious emperor, trembling with fright, hurriedly knelt down, and said repeatedly, "Your Majesty, calm down! Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Quiet your anger? You told me to calm my anger? Get out of here! Get out!" Zong Zhengyuan reached out and grabbed the things on the desk, slammed them on the servant, and said angrily.

The servant scrambled and crawled away from the Zhengyuan Hall in fear, still faltering, "Slave...slave, leave!"

Zongzhengyuan looked at the retreating servant, gasping for breath, spread out the letter again, carefully re-read what was said in the letter, rolled his eyes, sat on the chair, and slowly calmed down.Taking a deep breath, he put the letter on the table and thought about it.

Not from Da Wu.That is the person of Emperor Yongqing.Gao An returned the invitation at that time, citing the long distance and the weather.Now, Da Wu also said that his father did not kill himself, but someone else, so only Yongqing's old tribe, the dead soldiers around Emperor Yongqing, remained.When the emperor passed away, the dead had to decide on their own, or change hands.Come to think of it, that person chose the third path.

However, this Da Wu is very treacherous, and he actually put up with this business interruption.

Zongzhengyuan snorted coldly, if he had no way out, how could he give the order to cut off business?You really underestimated me, Zong Zhengyuan.

Thinking of this, he was suddenly in a good mood, there was a way out of the business, and the identity of that person was also revealed.He raised the corner of his mouth slightly, turned his head and glanced at the screen.

I remember the last time I saw him, after he felt that the dark room was too cold, he sent someone to completely repair it.A soft and spacious bed was pressed inside, a thick layer of animal skin was spread on the ground, and a lot of charcoal was added.Originally, he wanted to remove those torture instruments and bottles and jars together, but when he saw that contemptuous look, he left them again.

It's better to grind again.

He thought so, but was interrupted by a maid.

"Your Majesty, something...something happened." The maid said with some fear.

This maid was arranged by Zongzhengyuan to take care of that person, and if there was anything, she would communicate it through her.

Zongzhengyuan squinted his eyes at the maid, and he understood, and ordered, "I see, you go down."

"Yes." The maid replied.

Seeing the maid retreat, Zongzheng Yuan got up and walked towards the dark room.

In a dark room, dimly lit, on a bed in the center of the room, curled up a thinly clad person, holding on to the bedding and gasping for breath. His right ankle was tied with a heavy iron chain, which stretched to the ground.

Jiu Ye clutched his heart, his face turned pale, enduring the pain, his body was drenched in cold sweat, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he didn't even know when there was a person standing behind him.

Zongzhengyuan looked at the huddled man, bent down, reached out and grabbed Jiuye's hair, and dragged him to the front, looked at his eyes that were slackened by pain, and said softly, "You are the emperor's man! .”

When Xu Shi heard the word "Emperor", his originally slack eyes gradually became focused.

Jiu Ye looked at the person in front of him, the word "dijun" in his mind woke him up, his hands trembling, trying to push away this disgusting person.

"Sure enough." Zong Zhengyuan said softly, while letting go of his hand, he threw him back on the bed.

"I'll ask again, are you willing to change hands?"

Jiu Ye grabbed the quilt tightly, gritted his teeth, and replied viciously, "Dream."

After receiving the answer, Zong Zhengyuan suddenly bent down, grabbed his hair, and said fiercely, "Don't challenge my bottom line!"

"Thief... thief..." Jiu Ye looked at the lunatic, faltering.

Zongzhengyuan smiled darkly, "Be good and obedient, I will let Emperor Yongqing lie down there."

"You!" Jiuye stared at Zongzhengyuan suddenly, his eyes were full of disbelief.

This man is crazy!This man is so insane that he is digging his grave!

"How? After all, the tomb of Emperor Yongqing was arranged by me, Jiuzhao." Zongzhengyuan continued.

He knew that the master was the weakness of the dead.As long as he can make this person obedient, he can do anything.

Hearing Zongzheng Yuan's words, Jiu Ye couldn't help feeling anxious. He was already a little bit unbearable due to the Gu poison, but now he added fuel to the fire, his face became paler, he frowned, and finally spit out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing Jiuye who suddenly vomited blood, Zongzhengyuan panicked for no reason, quickly let go of the hand holding his hair, stepped forward and put his arm around Jiuye's shoulders, took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms in a panic, and poured out a bottle of water from it. He took a black pill and stuffed it into Jiu Ye's mouth.

Xu is used to resisting, even though his consciousness is a little fuzzy, Jiuye still resists the inexplicably stuffed pills from his mouth.

Seeing that he hadn't opened his mouth for a long time, Zong Zhengyuan stretched out his hand to pinch his jaw in desperation, and forced the pill into it.

Jiuye's consciousness became more and more lax, and the person in front of him became more and more blurred.But in my heart, tell him that this person is a lunatic.

Looking at the dazed Jiuye, Zongzhengyuan said again, "Tell me, who are you, and I will let your emperor be fine."

When Xu Shi heard the word "Emperor", Jiu Ye blinked, looked at the blurred person in front of him, and said inexplicably:

"My name is Nine Nights"