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Because of Wuguo's delay in responding from Yunying's side, coupled with other people's distrust of Zheshi, Zheshi finally saw what he least wanted to see.

The riot happened at night. He didn't sleep at night. Sitting in the courtyard, thinking about the current situation, he faintly heard loud voices. Some people gathered together, holding torches, and rushed to the street.

This is definitely not a spontaneous behavior of the people, he thought at the time, it was definitely instigated by others, who is that?

He has one person after another in his mind, is it him?Is it still him?Or... him?

Zheshi's closest attendant hurriedly looked for him: "My lord, there are many people gathered outside, what should we do?"

Zhe Shi said, "Look how bright the stars are in the sky today."

The attendant said: "It's about time, why are you looking at the stars, son, let's run away?"

Ocher said: "Wait."

"What are you waiting for, young master, those people are not good at seeing them, and they will die if they stay."

Zheshi thought, I don't know what I'm waiting for, I just think that His Royal Highness Prince Dayong, who was rumored to be able to change the law for the people, doesn't look like a bad person.

But I don't understand why I have such a naive idea.

But I just want to wait, wait for a result, a result that may disappoint me, a result that may kill me.

The attendant dragged him anxiously: "My lord, don't be crazy, the people outside don't care about your life like a slave, we don't want to go wherever we go, we told you to leave long ago, it must be said that the third prince killed you!" You can't be an official, so you also want to prevent him from being an emperor."

"I'm just watching you step by step, young master, let's stop making trouble, okay, this time I listen to you, let's run away, go to any place, Wu country can't stay anymore, so go to Xin country, If you don’t go to Xinguo, go to the farther country, what Fanguo, if it doesn’t work, there is still the vast and endless prairie, let’s go back, go back to the tribe.”

"Nonsense!" Zheshi reprimanded loudly: "Didn't you say you don't want to bring up the past again? We are Han people, we are from Wu Kingdom, and we will die in Wu Kingdom!"

"Young Master..." The attendant gritted his teeth and suddenly raised his hand: "Since the young master doesn't listen to this slave, then this slave has no choice but to..."

"How dare you!" Ocher's eyes widened.

"Boom——" An unimaginable loud noise caused the attendant to slant the direction. It was supposed to hit the back of Zhe Shi's neck, but it hit his shoulder, and Zhe Shi immediately let out a cry of pain.

The attendant hurriedly said, "Young master, are you all right?"

Zheshi asked: "What's going on? Thunder?"

The attendant was also quite frightened: "It doesn't sound like thunder..."

"Boom—" Another loud bang, accompanied by fire, fell under the wall of Wuwang City.

Yunying fiddled with the telescope assigned by Mu Yuanyong: "How is it? Didn't hit anyone?"

The person who fired the cannonball was one of Cen Zishi's apprentices. He was a young but lively kid. He said, "General, don't worry, I have received strict training."

Yunying let out a cry, and turned around with the binoculars for a long time, and said pleasantly: "Look, I saw it, oh, I saw it so clearly, I almost hit the wall, fortunately, this is enough to scare them .”

Then Yunying waved his hand: "Now, start blowing the whistle."

A long whistle sounded, which represented an attack signal, and the people who had surrounded the ocher mansion began to panic.

"Not good! Dayong attacked!"

"Run away!"

Some people started to tidy up and salute in a hurry, and the soldiers who were guarding the city wall were all pale from fright, unable to raise their morale.

"Guard the gates!" shouted one of the leading generals, trying to lift morale.

Those below him said: "General, I can't hold back!"

"Let's get out, get out, have you seen that big hole, it's really going to hit us, what should we do to stop it, what should we use to hit us?"

Yunying patted the apprentice on the shoulder: "This time, just blast the city gate open for me."

The apprentice patted his chest: "Don't worry, General."

There was another loud bang, and after the city gate was blasted open, the leading general didn't say anything about guarding the city gate. He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief, and finished speaking calmly. One sentence: "Retreat, all retreat, all retreat!"

"General, where are you going?"

The general said: "Retreat to the inner city, hurry up!"

Yunying is very good at using the telescope now. Seeing the people standing on the city wall, they hurriedly left, and said: "This scares them away, why don't they come down and fight with me for two or three rounds? These people really don't It's very useful, even if I don't have a cannon, I can still fight."

The person next to him is Wu Xiaoxiao. He wants to record this battle with his own eyes, and then spread it to the whole world through the network of the intelligence department. He said: "His Royal Highness has other arrangements, let's talk..." He smiled: "D/ Does the gun feel good?"

Yunying laughed haha, and continued: "It's cool, but it's too short."

"This is the only thing that can be used at the moment, so save it."

"His Royal Highness said that this thing will be mass-produced in the future, and it will be arranged for the army. Is it true or false?"

"How could what His Highness said be false?"

So Yunying smirked: "Then can I have that kid?" He said and pointed to the apprentice who was cleaning the gun barrel: "It looks clever and can be used, I like it."

"You have a good idea. He is Master Cen's beloved apprentice. If you can't prepare yourself to learn from him." Wu Xiaoxiao said angrily.

"That's right." Yunying touched the back of her head and said resentfully, then waved to her subordinates again, the military whistle blew again, and Yunying's forward troops had already set off.

-

At this time, in Zhe Shi's mansion, his attendants held Zhe Shi's legs tightly with both hands: "My lord, you are crazy. At this time, you still want to go out. This is not how you seek death. Why don't we just live honestly?" ?”

Zhe Shi was really no match for the strength of his own servants, so he said angrily, "Let go, let me go."

"I'm not loose, listen to what you said just now, what do you mean I'm finally here, looking so excited to death, every time this happens, you will want to make trouble, slave is determined not to let go."

Zhe Shi had nothing to do with him, and whispered softly: "Smile, let go, your young master is definitely not looking for death this time, this is a great opportunity, do you understand? Did you hear the noise, listen What are the people outside talking about, saying that Dayong brought a screaming monster, it is huge, it can burst into flames, and make unimaginable craters, what do you think of it?"

Zheshi said: "I really didn't expect, I didn't expect that I was not the only one who planned to use this thing, and he not only used it, but also made it, and used it here, what Wu Kingdom, what Zaifu, this is really Is what I want? You have been with me since childhood, don't you know what I want?"

"But young master, you have a good idea, and you want others to be willing. What's the use of rushing to send it up like this?"

"No, you don't understand, I've always known it, I've noticed it a long time ago, although I can't say it, but my intuition tells me, tell me, that person will definitely be able to fulfill my vision—relying on those black powders, flying Go to the sky and see what is in the sky!"

"Young master, you have been obsessed with the art of alchemy since you were a child, and even changed your name to Zheshi because of it. You have studied under everyone, traveled to various countries, and increased your experience. But why do you still have such an unrealistic idea?"

"But listen, that rumbling sound, isn't that the black powder I made? Do you still remember the fire that happened that day? I even nearly broke a finger because of it, and I still have this old wound."

"No, you will never understand, you don't understand people like us, who are lonely and have all kinds of wonderful ideas that other people can't understand, but so what, I don't care if you understand or not, now your son is finally waiting Now, no one can stop me, and you can't stop me either, smile and let go! I'll say it one last time!"

"Your servant will not loosen you. If you really want to do this, you should kill the slave and step on the slave's body. Otherwise, the slave will not loosen even if you die. The slave will watch you grow up and don't want you to die." Grab it tightly.

Zhe Shi stood in place and shouted loudly: "People outside!! Listen to me! Do you want to live? Then listen to me! I have a way!!"

The attendant suddenly raised his head: "My lord, you—"

"If I can't get out, can others not come in? Smile, your young master has never been a person who is willing to run away. Not before, not now, and not in the future. I will stand here and wait for their eight sedan chairs to come in." Come and carry me out!"

The attendant let go of his hand abruptly, he burst into tears, and his voice was choked up: "Young master, what are you doing, is it not good to live? If you have to get involved in this mess, mess with this rotten water, they live and die, what do you have to do with the young master, young master It’s not that they don’t know that they are using you. When it’s really useless, they have the final say on whether to live or die.”

Zheshi said: "I'm not using them."

"My lord, are you really planning to sell Wu Kingdom?"

"That's why not, the survival of the Wu Kingdom has nothing to do with me. I have traveled around the world, and it is not this one who promised me the position of Chancellor. I only know that all of this is just for my original purpose. I I just want to do it, I want to reach the heights that the predecessors could not reach, and do things that the predecessors could not do."

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"Ocher—" the man's words were still in his ears: "Do you have any goals?"

"Ochre wants to reach a height that the predecessors could not reach, and do things that the predecessors could not do." The young man said.

"Isn't this goal too great?"

"Only such a goal is worthy of me, worthy of you, worthy of our reputation in Taihang Mountain, and worthy of your hard-working apprentice."

-

In the chaotic crowd, a few people changed their minds temporarily, they appeared from the dark, faced the closed door, and raised their voices: "I don't know what Mr. Zheshi's solution is..."

Zhe Shi tidied up his robe, smoothed out the folds bit by bit, he smiled with the only attendant who was with him now, pushed open the closed door, and said with a loud smile: "Zhe Shi said, There is no falsehood, I said there is a way, of course there is a way, and now Dayong has come to the city..."

Someone interrupted him: "No, the city gate has already been breached."

Others didn't know, and asked in surprise, "When."

"At the time of the second boom."

The smile on Zhe Shi's face gradually deepened: "I wonder if there were any casualties?"

"I haven't seen this, it must be very tragic." The person who spoke first said.

"If you haven't seen it, how do you know it's tragic?" Zhe Shi said, "If you talk nonsense and spread rumors, if you are in the army, do you know what your crime is?"

As he spoke, he asked for instructions from the few people who stood up earlier: "Everyone is a pillar of the court, Wu Shangshu, tell me, should this person be beheaded?"

Wu Shangshu hesitated when his name was called out: "This..."

"Should I be beheaded!"

"Ocher, you..." Another person beside Wu Shangshu said with some dissatisfaction.

"Xiaoxiao!" Zhe Shi suddenly called Xiaoxiao's name very harshly.

"Xiaoxiao is here!" The attendant behind him immediately stood up.

"Behead this person for me!" He pointed at the person who said the tragedy earlier: "Everyone doesn't know that the city gate was broken, but this person alone can tell at a glance that it is either the enemy's spies or our army. The deserters should be killed!"

The person who spoke didn't know that he had suffered such a disaster, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "I'm not, I'm really wronged, I just... I just... I heard what others said, yes! I heard what others said!"

"Where did someone else come from! Smile and do it!"

Following Zhe Shi's order, the attendant behind him walked briskly so that people could not see his figure clearly, and then the knife flashed, and the person who was still crying before immediately lost his voice, and his head fell to the ground!

In just a few blinks of an eye, there is such a rare master hidden behind this ocher boy!

At that moment, the eyelids of the people present twitched, and they took a step back involuntarily, and someone sternly said, "Zheshi, do you know what you are doing! Killing innocent people in the street?!"

"Innocent people are hiding in their own houses. Those who come out to shout and spread rumors at this time are either instructed by someone with a heart, or they are spies. Whether they are innocent or not, I will judge whether they are innocent or not. Let me judge, smile, and search him!" Zhe Shi pointed at the body. The headless corpse, then turned to the others: "Now, I think we should be able to talk."

The attendant smiled, and found the military badge from the corpse: "My lord, this man is a lieutenant named Wang Gan."

"Hmph, the deserters have already arrived here." Zheshi looked at the person in front of him: "Everyone still wants to fight with Zheshi here? Why don't you go back and pack up your belongings, and flee quickly?"

"You! Zhe Shi, don't want to humiliate me!" A person who burst into anger wanted to jump forward, but was hurriedly pulled back by the people around him.

"I don't insult you, it's you who brought the humiliation on yourself!" Zheshi waved his sleeves: "It's already at this time, and you don't have to play tricks with Zheshi anymore, just like when you were the third prince, would you like to accompany me again?" Ochre put on a big show?"

-

Yunying played with the binoculars and had a great time. They actually took a lot of risks in this night operation, but the city wall that was still lit at night was really an obvious target, so Yunying felt itchy. Lai, just tried the gun.

The effect is remarkable.

At this moment, he had already entered the city, and the people inside the city gate who had no time to escape closed their house doors tightly and hid inside trembling, but all the soldiers who came to invade obeyed the discipline, and none of them came to knock on their doors.

This time, those who followed Yunying into the city were all the elite among the elite. The military rules were strict and no one would dare to violate them. The rest continued to be stationed outside the city. Other parts of Wu Kingdom had already chosen to surrender, but Mu Yuanyong did not call for security immediately. What he meant was not to be too ostentatious, but to keep a low profile first.

In fact, there is no difference in doing so, let those officials who are willing to surrender go back, and assign another person from Dayong's side to supervise them to carry out the reform of the city and re-plan the forces in the city. It's not that there was no resistance, but to be honest, even Yunying felt that there were too few people who resisted. Most of them had their own force, and their force was not comparable. There were not many manpower, and their bones were so soft that it was unbelievable. .

Mu Yuanyong seldom pays attention to the news of Wu country anymore. Before Yunying set off, he told Yunying some of his views on Wu country.

He said: "We should not look at Wuguo with the eyes of Dayong, but with our own eyes. We should look at it with the eyes of the people of Wuguo. It has not been established for a long time, and the people's connection with the country is not very close. King Xianwu was considered a talented and courageous man, but at this time he was shrewd externally and confused internally, and finally died at the hands of his own people. Since then, the Wu royal family has been in chaos. Uncles, brothers killing brothers, this kind of situation is already common, which has caused unimaginable consequences. For a country with such a system, everyone's rights are gathered in the hands of one family, and the right to speak in this family is particularly fierce. Bloody, some ministers who did not stand in line were killed, and some innocent people were implicated. With more and more people like this, officials will no longer be officials. Therefore, among the common people, people of insight are extremely disappointed with the country, and those who are ignorant can do nothing, so if we really win this country, we must fundamentally and completely get rid of this cancer called Wuhou."

"What does Your Highness mean?" Yunying asked in disbelief.

"Yes, what I mean is that other people can live, and the Wuhou royal family must be completely wiped out, otherwise it will only continue to restore and restore, which is not very annoying."

"Then is there still a need to talk to Mr. Zhe Shi? He obviously doesn't want the third prince, and he prefers the grandson of the emperor. This... this, it must be impossible for him to cooperate with us." Yunying felt a little tricky, but in fact he I still have a good opinion of Zheshi, and I always feel a little pity.

Mu Yuanyong sighed: "I don't know either. After all, I don't know this person very well. Don't reply to him yet. Wait for him to make the final choice. The road of reforming the system will be filled with flowers and flowers at the same time." In the future, I will not pay attention to the affairs of Wu Kingdom as much as I do now. You will be in charge of the follow-up matters. You have been doing well for a while. I believe you can do better. How should Wu Kingdom develop in the future? , What kind of road will you take, the people of Wu Kingdom, including that piece of territory, this responsibility will now be on your shoulders."

Yunying's eyes widened: "Your Highness?"

"I have more important things. If you stand in my position, you will understand that I can't do everything by myself. Compared with what I am going to do now, Wu Guo's affairs are no longer so important, so I need you to be more important." Be strong, stand up, and stop kneeling in front of me. What I need now is no longer kneeling. I need to be a courtier who has to judge and make decisions. I need to be independent and able to shoulder part of the responsibility and Burdened subject, do you understand what I mean?" Mu Yuanyong looked at Yunying.

That gaze was heavy like a mountain.

Since he received the queen mother's order and met the prince for the first time, he has become too much now, from young and immature at the beginning, to gradually mature, and finally admirable, admirable, and now, Surrender from the bottom of my heart.

He has seldom heard anyone talk behind his back about how young the Crown Prince is, and how sophisticated his methods are.

What they always say is, can His Highness tell us what he really wants? Up to now, we have done so much, but the heaviness in His Highness's eyes has not disappeared a little bit.

He is already good enough and strong enough. He is the monarch we all look forward to, and he will lead Dayong to an extremely powerful future. Such a person, even if he is next to him, he will not ask for any reward. , are already extremely satisfied.

But they only saw the hidden worry in the prince's eyes and the hidden sense of urgency, so they couldn't stop, they could only keep rolling, one thing after another was easily picked up by the prince, and then thrown into this already rolling In the bigger and bigger snowball, what kind of storm will he create before he is willing to give up.

It is true that for that future, the future guided by the prince, on the one hand they are looking forward to it, but on the other hand they are secretly afraid. It is the fear of things that are completely unknown and have never happened before.

They have no way to express such feelings, they can only hide them in their hearts.

This time the crown prince told him personally that he hoped that when he stood up, his eyes would fall on him, which made him feel heavy, but at the same time, he also felt a strange kind of joy, the kind of person who was willing to die for this Already, give all joy.

He doesn't care what kind of road it will be.

He only knows that this is definitely a road that has never been seen before, and it is a road that no one has ever stepped on, and has never had such an idea.

He felt suffocated at first, it was hard to breathe, he couldn't help but open his mouth to gasp, and then he was excited, the excitement that couldn't be explained, the excitement that he was about to complete an important thing, the deepest level of a man, the excitement that spread from his bones .

He didn't kneel down, he raised his head and stood in front of the prince, looking directly at him, at this person who was a round younger than him but whom he admired from the bottom of his heart.

He said: "Yun Yingbi can't pay His Highness's entrustment!"