Fighter of the Destiny

After the reading of the imperial edict ended, the place was still silent, as if it were deathly silent.

People's eyes fell on the snow, looking at Zhou Tong who had lost his head, and their emotions were extremely shocked and complicated.

It is not an exaggeration to describe this person as full of evil. This person is certainly guilty, but no one expected that the court would declare him guilty.

People then looked at the young man and woman sitting side by side in the snow.

The hands of the Great Zhou Xuanqi holding the reins were a little stiff. They didn't know what to do next. Should they charge or put down the iron spears stretched out in their hands? Tiqi and the officials from the Qing Li Division looked pale, as if they were mourning for their heirs. The assassins from Tianji Pavilion and the strong men from the military all looked at Xiao De, wanting to know what was going on.

The changes in the current situation are always so sudden, so sudden that even those who are involved in the situation will feel caught off guard.

Even Chen Changsheng and Mo Yu didn't react for a while. It wasn't until the young eunuch left that they vaguely understood something.

If I had known this, why would it be like this? Many people would probably have such emotions at this time, but they would not.

"Only those idiots would think like this." Mo Yu smoothed his messy hair back to his temples, looked at the crowd still surrounding him, showed a sarcastic smile, and said, "If Zhou Tong is still alive, he will still be the leader of the country." An important minister of the dynasty, he was killed by us, and then his skin and flesh were skinned and his bones were boiled into soup."

"This is indeed the way Master has always behaved."

Chen Changsheng felt that the snowy wind tonight was a bit biting. He looked in the direction of the palace and continued after a moment of silence: "When I was young, my senior brother and I thought he was a poor Taoist priest. Because he was too poor, he had extreme views on everything in the world and acted a little too stingy. , now I understand that this should be called exhaustion.”

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The wind and snow enveloped the palace. The earth dragon in the side hall was very hot, as warm as spring. There were some edicts from the past years on the table.

"I didn't expect that your junior brother could actually kill Zhou Tong. His performance exceeded my imagination. I am very satisfied. I am even more satisfied with Mo Yu and his method of killing Zhou Tong. The more cruel their methods are. If you are tough, the story will be more shocking and remembered by more people, including Zhou Tong's evil nature."

Shang Xingzhou looked at the young emperor behind the case and said: "Although Zhou Tong betrayed your mother and was used by me, no one can deny that he has been your mother's spokesperson for the past many years, so his bad behavior It's your mother's evil. The more Chen Changsheng shows his evil, the worse your mother's image will be, and the less negative evaluation I will have of myself as a leader who organized a conspiracy to overthrow your mother's rule. At the same time, , the higher your junior brother’s reputation is, the higher my reputation will be. No matter how you look at it, tonight’s incident will be beneficial to me. I just need to issue the decree in a timely manner afterwards.”

The rest of the people were silent as they thought of the books in the old temple in Xining Town, the fish in the stream, and the beasts in the mountains.

Shang Xingzhou continued: "This approach is a bit petty, but it is not stingy, it is just making the best use of everything."

Yu Ren raised his head, made a few hand gestures, and asked, was everyone in Kyoto being used by you from the beginning?

"It wasn't like that initially, of course I wanted to keep it going and I was definitely going to do something tonight."

Shang Xingzhou explained patiently: "But during this process, things have changed, and I have to make corresponding changes."

For those who practice Taoism, change is an unchanging law under the starry sky. Everything in the world is changing all the time, and the same is true for the current situation. Even if it only takes a few hours, many changes will occur, just like the river water in spring. If not handled properly, even the strongest iron bridge will be washed away.

Shang Xingzhou did not explain clearly what those changes were.

Perhaps Chen Changsheng's level of strength exceeded everyone's expectations, and he persisted for a whole day. Those swords cut through the hard ground frozen by the winter wind, exposing Zhou Yu to the starlight. Maybe it was because it was always quiet in the palace, and the snow and clouds floating in the sky there were like docile sheep, never intending to cross the fence. Of course, the most likely reason is that Wang Po broke his arm on the Luoshui River and killed Tieshu.

Moreover, on the snow-covered Ping'an Road, the lights in the palaces were extinguished one after another.

"Do you know why my teacher is called Shang Xingzhou?"

Shang Xingzhou suddenly asked.

Others know that Shang Xingzhou is not the master's real name. At least six hundred years ago, he was called Taoist Ji.

The appearance, or acquisition, of this name must mean something.

"Before your Majesty returns to the sea of ​​​​stars, you still have not forgotten that sentence, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."

Shang Xingzhou's eyes fell somewhere in the palace, as if he had returned hundreds of years ago.

Everyone in the entire continent knows this famous saying, and Yu Ren is certainly no exception. He also knows that the majesty in this sentence does not refer to his father, but his grandfather.

"That night, His Majesty told me that walking in the world is like sailing in the ocean. You must be careful and don't go against the current, otherwise the boat will capsize."

Shang Xingzhou said calmly: "Since everyone wants Zhou Tong to die, and since this is the will of the people, of course I must comply."

The word "shun" is very important to the three masters and disciples of the old temple in Xining Town. This is the way they cultivate.

Until tonight, no one knew that it actually came from the saying that water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it.

Shang Xingzhou continued: "Of course, going with the flow does not mean being obedient. Zhou just hopes that the water will be calmer, without too many waves, and without too much resistance."

Yu Ren gestured with his hands: "But in the final analysis, the boat still has to respect the existence of water."

"Wei Guogong once said that there is no great resentment, but to be afraid of people. If you are carrying a boat and overturning it, you should be very cautious. How can you not be afraid?"

Shang Xingzhou looked into his eyes and said, "But the position is relative. Since you are a boat, you can't think too much about the feeling of the water."

Yu Ren gestured: "I will consider it eventually, otherwise you will not change your mind."

"In everyone's eyes, I tried my best, only you and them stopped me."

Shang Xingzhou's eyes fell on his waist, where there was a jade pendant paid tribute by the head of the Qiu Shan family.

"You young people are all risking your lives. You are like this, Mo Yu is like this, Wang Po is like this, and your junior brother is even more like this."

"I have raised your junior brother for seventeen years. How could I bear to kill him? I had to watch him kill Zhou Tong."

"Anyone who asks me about what happened tonight will make me feel clear."

I couldn't tell which of these sentences was true and which was false, but he understood.

Zhou Tong is the most ugly and dirty stain on the Xin Dynasty, and Chen Changsheng is the deepest and most difficult thorn in the master's heart.

No matter who dies, it doesn't matter to Master, as long as he doesn't have to do it himself.

The thrilling battles and chases in Kyoto today may even shake the entire human world, but they have always been under the control of the Master.

No matter what happens, he will always be the winner in the end.

If Wang Po was killed by Tieshu on the Luoshui River, this victory might be called perfect.

"This is not a situation I designed, and I cannot control everything. After all, I am not a god or Emperor Taizong."

Shang Xingzhou rejected Yu Ren's idea and said: "Today is more like a lesson. If your Majesty, you want to become a great person like Emperor Taizong and lead the human race into an extremely bright future, you must learn to follow the boat - no matter how disgusting it is. Those stupid and idiot people who watch the execution and cheer, still have to convince themselves that they really believe that they are the real ocean, and learn how to lead them, how to deceive them, and how to use their strength to break through the waves."

Yu Ren couldn't fully understand this, and he didn't really care about it at this time. He only cared about one thing.

He gestured with his hands: "Master, do you really not like your junior brother?"

Shang Xingzhou thought for a while and said with a smile: "Yes, I don't like him. I really want him to die, or in other words, I hope he never lives."

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(Happy New Year.)