Daming prepares the emperor

Some people are studying at night, and others are reading.

Those who study are serious, but those who read are so irritable that they want to wipe their necks and kill themselves.

"You don't want to stay here anymore!" Zou Pusheng got angry.

In the early years, he made a living by blacksmithing, and he suffered through physical suffering. Later, he studied and understood that sentient beings can't get what they want. Then, he experienced the ups and downs of life, and realized what it means to be heartbroken.

In the past few years under Chen Youliang's pressure, depression, disappointment and resentment tortured his soul even more. He wanted to escape all the time, but he couldn't just leave for various reasons.

Zou Pusheng has experienced almost all the things in the world that can sharpen his will, which made him melancholy and tired, and at the same time brought him a calm personality and calm demeanor.

But even so, today and tonight, he really couldn't control himself.

"Do you know what I saw during the day?" Zou Pusheng threw down the rolled book in his hand, "I saw the sky thunder!"

Chen Shan sat on a chair in the corner, stared blankly at the angry Zou Pusheng, wanted to speak, but remained silent for a while, but still didn't say anything.

"Gao Bailing must have used some outrageous method to help your father."

"That's thunder!"

"Heavenly thunder!" Zou Pusheng leaned on the table and put his weight on it, looking very tired and sad.

"I've been practicing so far, and I've only heard of Heaven's Punishment twice, both with the big man."

"Big man, heh, big man..."

"While he is cunning, he wants his subordinates to be loyal; while he is ruthless, he wants his enemies to be kind. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"Grand Master." Chen Shan looked at him a little crazy, couldn't help standing up, and wanted to step forward to help him.

"Don't come here." Zou Pusheng stopped him immediately, went to the bed and sat down, "You and I are not from the same road, so don't be hypocritical."

Chen Shan stopped obediently.

Zou Pusheng closed his eyes and turned his head, as if he would never see him again.In fact, he really didn't want to see anyone related to Chen Youliang, let alone his son.

"It's been a few days since your father sent you to watch over me. After so many days, you must have understood my intentions. Let's go!"

"I will not change. Even if I die, I will become a ghost after death, and I will not be loyal to him!"

Chen Shan sighed. He has a soft personality, and he has hardly ever quarreled with others, let alone discussing something. When he encountered Zou Pusheng, a tough guy, and his father's death order, he simply didn't know what to do with his status as the prince. good.

"Mr. Zou...why is this so?"

"Hmph, different ways don't conspire with each other."

"Father taught me that those who achieve great things should not stick to trivial matters. He said that the world is now in troubled times, and in troubled times, extraordinary means should be used. Things should be ruthless and unconventional. I personally think these words are correct."

Chen Shan paused: "Mr. Zou's literary talent and vision are stronger than mine, don't you understand these principles?"

"Reason? Then tell me, do you really agree with your father's actions?" Zou Pusheng opened his eyes and pressed him, "Killing the master and ministers, wanton lewdness, reusing evil cultivators, that one seems to be done by the master." ? Don’t you know how much the people in Wuchang City are afraid of him?”

"Even if there is no curfew and there is no war at all, every household will use a large vat filled with stones to block the door at night. Tell me, is this right?"

"..." Chen Shan was speechless, and the two hands hanging by his sides gradually clenched into fists, but they quickly released them again, "Father, he...he has something wrong."

"You admit it?" Zou Pusheng was slightly surprised.

"I...I admit it."

After saying these words, an invisible shackle was lifted from Chen Shan's body, making him feel a little relieved. Maybe he has had this kind of thought for a long time, and it is also a relief to be guided by Zou Pusheng to answer it tonight. .

Chen Shan let out a sigh of relief: "Father's way of doing things can no longer be changed, what he has done, and the path he took will not change at all. Maybe one day, after I ascend the throne, I will implement a benevolent government and reuse talents. "

Zou Pusheng stared at him and suddenly smiled.

The smile was very light, and the arc of the corners of his mouth was also very low, but it was a rare smile that he had seen for so many years, and it washed away some of the melancholy on his face.

"You, alas, if you can become the emperor, maybe it will really be different."

Speaking of this, Zou Pusheng's anger has dropped a lot and slowly disappeared.After all, what good is being angry?

He pulled off the quilt without taking off his shoes, went directly to the bed, lay down, and said to Chen Shan: "It's late at night, His Royal Highness, you should go back, don't waste time for me, a rotten person who is about to die."

The easing just now seemed to have never happened. Chen Shan never confided in Zou Pusheng, nor did Zou Pusheng praise him.

The night wind caressed over the window sill, and the half-closed windows made a soft tinkling sound.

Chen Shan stood there in a daze for a long time, walked over to close it, cupped his hands towards Zou Pusheng, pushed the door open and left silently.

"Ugh."

Waiting for Chen Shan's aura to fade away, Zou Pusheng sat up again, sighed deeply, walked to the table and sat down, poured himself a saliva to drink.

He wasn't sleepy at all, and he said he wanted to sleep, but it was just so that he would not see Chen Shan anymore, and would not argue with him that's all.

How could he not know Chen Youliang's plan?

He wanted to see for himself how Zhu Yuanzhang failed, he wanted to watch him win, and finally he condescended to criticize himself as a winner, thinking how ridiculous Xu Shouhui was.

But he just didn't understand!He didn't understand that thinking about Xu Shouhui was out of friendship, and the reason why he refused to be loyal to him was ability and behavior!

Thinking of this, the cup in his hand fell heavily, Zou Pusheng was determined to die in a few days.Or hang the beam, or bite the tongue, or cut off the heart, whatever.

At this moment, the window next to the door suddenly moved.

who?

Is Chen Youliang finally coming to kill me?

Zou Pusheng gritted his teeth, rushed over, determined to give himself a good time, snatched the fork pole, and looked over.

He made eye contact with a drenched man.

There is a cheerful smile in these eyes, heroic and confident, and they are extraordinarily bright and dark, these eyes are definitely not the eyes of an assassin.

Zou Pusheng swallowed back his exclamation, pulled him in through the window, and said in a low voice, "Who are you?"

Half pulling and half complying, the person who came in was dressed in black clothes. His outer robe stuck to his body after being soaked in water, outlining a strong and powerful body. With the black sheathed sword on his waist, he looked like a quack.

His hair, like his clothes, stuck to his face and spread out in strands.As soon as he entered the room, he left many water spots on the floor.

"My name is Zhao Qingya." The man in black whispered, "Master Du must have mentioned me to you?"

"Ah, you are, you are the one..."

"It's me, I'm here to save you, let's go!"

The good thing came so suddenly, Zou Pusheng was a little dazed, and he responded instinctively, and asked with caution and prudence in his bones: "Did you find the guards when you came?"

Zhao Qingya said to himself: "I have already knocked everyone out!"

"So how do we go? Do you have a plan?"

"There is a raft below to meet us." Zhao Qingya was afraid that he would still be worried, so he explained, "It's a monster, and its natural talent is to walk in water. It's impossible for the soldiers to spot him, and even if they do, they won't be able to catch up to us."

"Where do we go after we escape?"

"Should have left immediately." Zhao Qingya helped Zou Pusheng pack a small bag, pushed him to the door and stood there, while he went to add oil to the lamp, so as to create the illusion that there were people in the room.

Since he entered the house, he has been showing that he can do everything with ease, but now he is a little stuck: "But the situation has changed now. We have to find someone, meet him, and then go to Fengdu Ghost City together."

Not giving Zou Pusheng a chance to react, he said again: "I didn't do this on purpose, it was a sudden incident and I had to do this. The time to defeat Gao Bailing has come, and we won't wait after the deadline, not to mention the dragon at the bottom of the lake..."

What is this all about?

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Let's leave first. Chen Youliang's son lives nearby, and it will be too late for him to find out!" Zou Pusheng said.

"Row."

Zhao Qingya tied a hemp rope with a knot on the fence in advance, and it went straight to Mu Shisan, who was floating on the lake.

After the two went down, Zhao Qingya put down Zou Pusheng, went back, untied the rope, jumped and landed on the wooden pole.

Previously, he had to carry Zou Pusheng and his little burden, so Zhao Qingya didn't dare to take it too seriously, but now he is alone, his martial arts are good enough to land silently, and he moves like a swimming dragon.

In the misty night, Zou Pusheng couldn't see his movements clearly, but only heard some voices. After guessing what he had done, he couldn't help asking, "Why didn't you just destroy the rope?"

Even from the perspective of destroying clues, doing so is really unnecessary.

Mu Shisan waited for the two to sit down, said in a low voice and left, and then started walking into the darkness.

Countless huge ships with their lights passed by them.

The two of them and one demon were hiding from human voices amidst the inaudible gurgling water. If it wasn't for the wrong atmosphere, it would have the beauty and joy of sailing on a night moon.

Zhao Qingya took a sip of the wine gourd from Chatou, and said with a smile: "Sir, I don't know, our family has an ancestor's precept that the used rope should not be destroyed if it is not destroyed, and it must be buried in the soil after use. .”

"Ah... this is really an unheard of rule."

"Indeed." Zhao Qingya was obviously also a little puzzled, "Since I was a child, I have always wondered that other people's homes are full of old clauses about abstinence from gambling and alcohol, but our family's ancestral precepts are very special—but since it is Ancestral training, it’s not easy not to do it.”

Zou Pusheng sighed, he had been bound in the way of monarch and minister for some days, so he naturally understood what Zhao Qingya meant.

As time went by, they finally escaped from Chen Youliang's camp on the lake and headed east.

The east side is brightly lit again.

"By the way, Brother Zhao, what is your plan—"

Zhao Qingya pointed to the front: "That's Zhu Yuanzhang's barracks, we'll go there to pick him up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang had a decisive battle on the lake, and Zou Pusheng carried the official position of a grand master on his back. Hearing this, he was a little uncomfortable, but his puzzlement still occupied more of his thoughts, and he asked: "Who will you pick up?"

"Pick up a boy, his name is Lin Shi, and he has something to do with the Demon Suppressing Department of Yingtian Mansion. His master seems to be inside." Zhao Qingya turned his head and said, "Mr. Zou, don't make fun of him because he is young. For him, as the saying goes, a hero makes a boy!"

He took out a piece of wood with a gold border from his pocket: "Not long ago, Mu Shisan and I finally found the entrance to Fengdu. After I told Lin Shi the news, he also sent a message to me, saying that there was someone there. If you want to find a way to restrain Gao Bailing, please help me."

"Jiaolong?" Zou Pusheng thought of the weird westerly wind during the day, and also thought of the thunder that struck down as a punishment from heaven, and Zhao Qingya didn't need to explain it in detail.

"Yes." Zhao Qingya said, "Master Du asked me to save you. I didn't expect you and Lin Shi to be in Poyang Lake. It's a coincidence. He said that time is short, so I wanted to take you to Fengdu together. "

"I have no objection." Zou Pusheng said hastily, "Since we have found Fengdu, if it is to deal with Gao Bailing, I am naturally willing to do whatever."

"Lin Shi said that he wanted to draw the ghost city's yin energy to suppress the dragon, and then use the dragon-slaying sword to kill it. It kills two birds with one stone, and it can also break Gao Bailing's foundation, so there will be no more worries."

Zou Pusheng was shocked by this bold plan, and just about to say something, Mu Cha stopped.

"arrive."

He looked up and saw a small black figure standing at the stern of the boat.