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

The Marquis of Zhenbei returned to Beijing with the Minister of Rites and others.

Zhou Zheng remained in the northern territory and began training his troops in the name of preparing for the Northern Expedition to Daxia.

"Uncle, don't worry, grandpa will be fine."

Looking at Xiao Guan's worried expression, Zhou Zheng moved lightly, walked up to him, looked towards the direction of the imperial capital, and spoke lightly.

These days, Xiao Guan has become somewhat distant from Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng knows it well.

However, he did not talk to Xiao Guan in private, but gave Xiao Guan time to digest and think.

Whether in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Great Yuan Dynasty or the Great Xia Kingdom, it is an eternal truth that one general can achieve great success.

If Zhou Zheng wants to truly grow up and be strong enough to protect everyone he wants to protect, his road is destined to be a muddy road full of blood.

Whether it's kindness or soft-heartedness, in Zhou Zheng's opinion, neither is suitable.

At least, not right now.

The so-called heavy code is used in troubled times!

Only by killing to stop killing, and only by showing absolutely tough methods, can the other party be afraid and make the other party not dare to attack him easily.

"Do you think your uncle thinks you are bloodthirsty and kill indiscriminately?!"

After a long time, Xiao Guanfang slowly turned around. When he looked at Zhou Zheng, his expression was complicated.

Zhou Zheng said nothing.

Nowadays, it has been widely spread in the world that Zhou Zheng is a bloodthirsty and cold-blooded person. It is believed that he is murderous and has blood on his hands.

There are even rumors that Zhou Zheng has a habit of cannibalism.

In some places, when adults scare children late at night, they no longer say that the wolf is coming, but that Zhou Zheng is coming!

Countless versions spread, making Zhou Zheng have nothing to do with benevolence, righteousness and charity.

After all, hundreds of thousands of the Langteng tribe were flooded when the embankment burst, and hundreds of thousands of Nanjun soldiers were killed during the suppression of the rebellion.

At any point, the world just now was extremely evil!

If the war in the north had not been tense and the threat from the Great Xia Kingdom had not been lifted, all the officials in the court would have been unable to resist impeaching Zhou Zheng one after another, and the people all over the world would have been unable to resist accusing Zhou Zheng.

Therefore, Zhou Zheng doesn't care about reputation.

He is strong by him, and the breeze blows the hills!

This is Zhou Zheng's current mentality.

But when this question came out of Xiao Guan's mouth, Zhou Zheng still trembled slightly.

After all, Xiao Guan is the person closest to him.

"Back then, my uncle also killed in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and he also killed hundreds of enemy soldiers."

"Kindness to your enemies is cruelty to yourself."

"Only by cutting off the roots and ruthlessly resolutely can we survive on the battlefield."

Xiao Guan looked towards the sky, with a glimmer of light in his eyes. He seemed to be returned to the heroic state of galloping on the battlefield ten or twenty years ago.

But this light quickly disappeared.

"So, I never have a problem with how many people you kill."

"Because when those people target you, they deserve to die!"

Clenching his fists and exerting slight force, Xiao Guan's voice showed no hesitation.

He is a member of the Xiao family and has the blood of the Xiao family in him!

Erlang of the Xiao family must not be bullied by outsiders.

When those people want to harm Zhou Zheng, Xiao Guan will kill them for Zhou Zheng without any scruples, even if Zhou Zheng doesn't take action.

Because that's who Xiao Guan is!

Do not help relatives!

Xiao Guan's words moved Zhou Zheng deeply in his heart.

"But!"

Gritting his teeth, Xiao Guan's voice deepened.

"Why do you use your father as a pawn!?"

Finally, Xiao Guan couldn't help but started to speak.

He had no children, and he had already regarded Zhou Zheng as his own son.

As long as Zhou Zheng is willing, Xiao Guan can even not care about his own life and sacrifice everything he has.

But Xiao Mu was his father, the Zhenbei Marquis of the imperial court, the spiritual leader of the Zhenbei Army, and Zhou Zheng’s grandfather!

He couldn't understand why Zhou Zheng wanted to take advantage of Xiao Mu!

Family love is the most important thing to Xiao Guan, it surpasses everything else.

He absolutely cannot accept the betrayal of family affection, let alone the use of family affection.

In Xiao Guan's view, Zhou Zheng first used the words of the Minister of Rites to shake Xiao Mu's heart and secretly undermine Xiao Mu's so-called foolish loyalty.

Then let the Marquis of Zhenbei return to Beijing with the Minister of Rites to hold back the court, so as to protect his secret control of the northern territory and the Zhenbei army!

The former is murderous and heart-breaking.

The latter is benefiting oneself at the expense of others!

If it were used on other people, Xiao Guan would think it was a weapon that never tires of deceit, and would even praise it.

However, Zhou Zheng used it on Xiao Mu, the Xiao family, and the Zhenbei Army!

In order to achieve one's own selfishness and achieve one's own goals, is it really possible to do anything at all costs! ?

Such Zhou Zheng made Xiao Guan feel strange and even more disappointed!

"Uncle, do you really think everything you see is true?"

Zhou Zheng was a little surprised after hearing what Xiao Guan said.

I thought that Xiao Guan didn't want Zhou Zheng to embark on the bloodthirsty path of killing, but he didn't expect that Xiao Guan's real heart knot was here.

"What do you mean?!"

This question made Xiao Guan frown and look suspicious.

"uncle!"

"Grandpa has been on the battlefield for decades and made countless achievements. He is so strong inside. How can he faint from anger just because of a few words!?"

"Grandpa has been up and down in the officialdom for decades. He is the Marquis of Zhenbei. He holds a high position and his eyes are like torches. He has been able to see everything. Even you can see my little thoughts. Why can't grandpa see it!?"

"Grandpa has commanded the northern territory for more than 20 years, and the Zhenbei Army has sworn allegiance to the death. If grandpa hadn't been willing, how could the Zhenbei Army be willing to follow my arrangements for training!?"

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Zhou Zheng quickly explained.

When he heard this, Xiao Guan looked shocked: "You, what do you mean!?"

Even a fool could hear what Zhou Zheng meant.

"Yes."

"This is just a show designed by grandpa and me."

Zhou Zheng continued to explain patiently.

"The purpose is to make the court mistakenly think that there is a gap between me and grandpa."

Sigh.

In the past, the court would not have cared.

But as Zhou Zheng grew up, it was impossible for the court not to care about the relationship between Zhenbei Hou and Zhou Zheng.

Because, in addition to being Zhou Zheng's grandfather, the Marquis of Zhenbei also holds military power in the Zhenbei Army!

If Zhou Zheng and Zhenbei Hou join forces, what threats will the court face? ?

Therefore, this cruel trick must be performed!

Otherwise, the 300,000 troops from the south of the Northern Territory will, under a call, attack the Northern Territory in one fell swoop!

Hearing this, Xiao Guan suddenly realized it as if he was enlightened!

No wonder, when Zhenbei Hou went to Kyoto, Xiao Hu and Xiao Bao did not stop him!

No wonder, the core generals of the Zhenbei Army did not react much!

Unexpectedly, they had arranged all this long ago!

"Then you kid, why didn't you tell me in advance!?"

Xiao Guan gritted his teeth, but he didn't expect that it was him who was kept in the dark!

It's a shame that he showed his heart to Zhou Zheng!

"Because, uncle, your acting skills are not good."

Zhou Zheng was very helpless.

It was because Xiao Guan didn't know about it that he gave the Minister of Rites and others more confidence that there might be a gap between Zhou Zheng and Zhenbei Hou!

Only in this way can everything go according to the plan of Zhou Zheng and Zhenbei Hou.

"What a boy!"

Xiao Guan was so angry that he raised his hands and pretended to fall down.

But the smile in Xiao Guan's eye mask was not concealed.

Because what he was most worried about did not happen.

Zhou Zheng is still the Zhou Zheng he knows!