The Path Toward Heaven

Jiang Rui couldn't kneel down anymore, and fell to the ground. He was about to die just after knowing the truth, and no one would be happy.

With a dazed expression on his face, he murmured to himself, I don't want to die, and I don't like dying anyway.

He Zhan said: In these years, I have been thinking about how to kill you all the time, and I have devised more than a dozen ways to die for you. In order to prevent you from dying prematurely due to accidents, I sent many people to protect you. Zhuo Rusui wanted to kill you, but I took the risk to save them all. Finally, you have to choose one.

Jiang Rui was cold physically and mentally: Even if you want to play with me, it's enough to play for so many years, why didn't you kill me earlier, why delay until today!

You are my anchor in the illusion. As long as you are still alive and the hatred is still there, I will never forget the real world.

He Zhan said: Until just now, I suddenly realized that these things are meaningless, so naturally I don't need to keep you.

Jiang Rui murmured: I'm talented, I have all the will and means, but it's always so difficult. It turns out that you have been secretly suppressing me.

Outside you always think that I'm useless, I'm just lucky. Don't you think that I'm just lucky here, and I walked ahead of you first? You have to understand and accept the fact that you are never as good as me. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, you can't do it. You can't do it outside, and you can't do it inside.

Hahahaha, I just want to understand, you are a eunuch, how does it feel to have that thing cut off? Whether I can do it or not, you can't!

Jiang Rui said contemptuously, suddenly a stern look flashed in his eyes.

He was not planning to attack He Zhan, but wanted to commit suicide, but unfortunately he failed.

He Zhan's clothes moved slightly, bringing out several afterimages, as if he hadn't moved, but in fact he had sealed all Jiang Rui's meridians, and sat back in the chair again.

Jiang Rui's expression changed suddenly, and he said, Sorry, you know... I didn't mean that... Back then... I didn't expect you to suffer so much.

He Zhan ignored him, and calmly explained: The technique I use will make you immobilized, the feeling will be more clear, and I will ensure that you will not pass out.

What kind of pain would it be to bear those horrific punishments in this state?

Jiang Rui said with a pale face, Do you really want to do this? I admit it, I admit my mistake... just give me a good time.

He Zhan didn't speak.

Jiang Rui was completely desperate, panting heavily and said: I admit it, but according to the rules of asking, the inside things can't be brought outside, and you can't hold grudges against me.

He didn't want to endure those terrible pains, and he didn't want to be continuously suppressed by He Zhan after leaving the illusion.

He Zhan smiled and said, How could it be? So no matter how much you suffer later, don't hold grudges against me. Outside...we are still friends.

Jiang Rui was already mentally prepared, thinking that with his talent in practice, as long as he sticks to the Taoist heart, no matter how severe the punishment is, but at this time, seeing He Zhan's faint smile, he suddenly felt a little cold, and said in a hoarse voice: What do you want to do with me?

He Zhan said: Ling Chi, I'm sorry, I know this is really nothing new.

Jiang Rui's face became even paler, his body trembled slightly, and he wanted to rush over and hug his thigh to beg for mercy, but he couldn't move a bit.

The picture is too bloody, so I won't watch it, you can enjoy it.

After He Zhan said this, he left the restaurant.

When he walked out of the restaurant, he glanced at the opposite eaves.

The blue bird flew away.

It believes that the practitioners outside the Echo Valley are not willing to see the cruel scene that follows, and they are not perverted evil masters...at least on the surface.

The night street is quiet and silent, the morning light is faintly visible in the far distance, but the world is even darker.

He Zhan walked into the night wearing a black cloak, when suddenly there was a scream behind him.

The screams never stopped, but gradually became weaker.

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Jiang Rui was considered a good practitioner, but for such a vast world, his death was just a trivial matter.

Only the sect in Lushan County has been tense for a long time because of this matter, and the suzerain even thought about whether he should go to Beijing to plead guilty to Eunuch He, but as time passed, the police department did not have any orders, so he gradually relaxed.

No one knew what it meant that He Zhan had left this person unmoved for decades, but that night he suddenly caught him and executed him Ling Chi.

The queen mother didn't know what happened in the restaurant that night, and waited anxiously for He Zhan's reaction.

In her opinion, a disobedient villain like He Zhan must take advantage of the conflict in the night palace to do something.

Unexpectedly, He Zhan didn't do anything, he didn't even pay attention to the matter of choosing a new king, and just dealt with the government affairs as usual.

Zhao Guo soon ushered in a new emperor, who was held by the queen mother and sat on a chair behind the bead curtain to face the court.

From that day on, He Zhan never attended the court meeting again.

Only the closest subordinates can find out that Eunuch He is abnormal.

During the recent period, he often looked at a certain point in the gray sky, and it would take a long time for him to lose his mind.

Occasionally he would go to a remote cold palace, walking back and forth in those narrow passages.

Sometimes he would walk into a small courtyard that had long been uninhabited, take out a bamboo chair and lie down, gently waving a round fan in his hand.

It's early autumn now.

From lying in autumn to winter and then to spring, time flows slowly and uninterestingly in this way. When He Zhan was bored, he suddenly found a certain familiar feeling.

There are many things that he is gradually forgetting, and there are many things that are emerging from the sea again.

He felt as if he had a similar day somewhere, like in a temple, and then he suddenly wanted to eat a plate of stir-fried red cabbage moss.

The small chestnut tree on the slope of the imperial garden has grown up long ago, and the scar left by the broken branch has become very hard and clearer.

He often stood under the chestnut tree, subconsciously touching the scar with his right hand, looking into the distance, wondering what he was thinking.

One day, he suddenly remembered the sea, the ship on the sea, a former friend and an old man with silver hair on board.

Before his sudden death, the silver-haired old man seemed to say a word, but the sound of the waves was too loud, and he was too sad and angry to hear clearly.

What exactly is that sentence?

He Zhan thought for a long time, and finally remembered one day.

The boat passed away.

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Eunuch He suddenly disappeared.

The police station was evacuated again, and the gold-rimmed toilet was also gone.

Many officials and spies of the anti-crime factory, the commander and sergeant of Tiqi also disappeared at the same time.

No one knows where they went, there is no clue, and there is no sign of those people in the counties of the states.

This incident shocked the whole country of Zhao, and then the whole world.

At the urgent meeting of the Great Court, no one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty could speak. This matter was too bizarre and unreasonable.

Some officials even wondered, could it be that the anti-crime factory caused too much anger and resentment, and was punished by heaven as a result?

What the hell is going on! So many people disappeared at the same time, and you can't find anything!

The queen mother angrily opened the bead curtain, stood in front of those officials, and cursed: Don't tell me the Ai family expects you trash to rule the country!

When He Zhan disappeared, logically speaking, she should feel relaxed and full of joy, but for some reason, she was shocked and angry.

Especially in the middle of the night, when she thought about He Zhan's departure, she felt extremely lonely.

After a few days, some clues were finally found. The great scholar entered the palace overnight, knelt in front of the Yuan Palace couch, and reported his findings to the Queen Mother in a low voice.

The entire country of Zhao knew that there was a group of extremely fierce water bandits entrenched in the depths of the vast Pinghu Lake. Even though the court navy had suppressed them many times, they failed to hurt them at all, and instead sent many ships over.

Not long after He Zhan disappeared with everyone from the Anti-Affair Factory, the water bandits suddenly left Pinghu, and more than a hundred large ships sailed into Qi State through the waterway, and then went straight into the East China Sea, disappearing without a trace.

Thinking about it now, He Zhan and his subordinates should have been on that fleet at that time.

This matter sounds simple, but it is not. Not only has He Zhan concealed it from the government and the public for many years, but more importantly, he has also made perfect use of the water system that Zhao and Qi have built for many years.

What's more, those big ships obviously use Qi's technology.

To accomplish this, He Zhan does not know how many years of planning and how much energy he has put into it.

The Empress Dowager's face paled instantly, she turned to look at the sleeping child on the couch, and remained silent for a long time.

Have you been thinking of leaving? Or is it just a back road you prepared, and it was used because you were too disappointed with Ai's family that night.

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The great eunuch who had been in power for decades was gone.

For the Zhao people, it was like the imperial palace in the capital suddenly disappeared.

Everyone felt a strong panic, and the government and the public were dead silent.

Rumors gradually spread, and after it was confirmed that Eunuch He had indeed left, instead of standing in the shadows watching the world and might come back at any time to call for the wind and rain as in previous years, the whole country fell into a dazed and empty mental state.

Numerous memorials and petitions from the people were sent to the palace like snowflakes, requesting the court to send an army to find Eunuch He as soon as possible.

As time went by, those memorials and petitions became fewer and fewer until they were nonexistent.

Until midsummer, everyone found out that Eunuch He might indeed not come back, and the situation changed again.

Countless memorials and folk petitions were once again sent to the palace like snowflakes, but this time the content was completely different.

From the officials to the common people, everyone is accusing Eunuch He of being shameless, ruthless and easy to kill. The reason why he left is because he colluded with the state of Qin.

Officials in the imperial court have all sent money to Eunuch He in order to please him, so who is Eunuch He's lackey? In order to distinguish who is the real lackey and whose voice was louder back then, the princes of the court began to attack each other fiercely. It was chaotic and ugly for a while, and the situation finally stabilized in the early winter.

In the process of stabilizing the court, the Queen Mother Zhao showed excellent political wisdom and means.

Then, there is the crime.

The imperial court convicted He Zhan of seventy-four serious crimes. Apart from the most common ones, there are also some strange ones that even the original crime detection factory could not think of.

The queen mother looked at those crimes, her face became more and more ugly, and finally she could no longer control her emotions, she slapped the desk hard, and broke the vermilion pen in her hand.

Spots of red fell on the wall, as beautiful as red plums.

What a mess!

In the end, the Queen Mother only approved a few charges.

The main ones are sloppy and rude, dishonesty and so on.

But no matter how many articles she approves, He Zhan is destined to go down in history, of course notoriety.

Thinking of this, she felt a little apologetic.

She came to the imperial garden, waved the maid with the umbrella to leave, and walked under the chestnut tree.

Here is where they once stood.

Snow fell on her.

She looked into the distance, her eyes gradually turned red.