Father can be an enemy to the country

Zhang Tianshi was doing something in the capital altar when he suddenly saw the three bloody heads. He was so frightened that he immediately forgot his words. I stood there stunned for a long time...

It was only after the little Taoist priest behind him reminded him that he came back to his senses and reluctantly continued to talk about the "Tai Shang Miao Sutra of Explanation of Wrongs in Three Lives":

"This sutra does not alone resolve one person's grievances. If you each recite the sutra a hundred times with sincerity, all people in a country will be liberated from their grievances..."

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At the same time, outside Nanchang City, on the bank of the Gan River, a temporary execution ground was set up.

Group after group of prisoners were taken to the riverside, where they knelt and bowed their heads.

The executioner suddenly chopped off the ghost head knife, and the heads rolled to the ground.

Then replace them with the next batch of beheaded ones...

There are too many heads to be beheaded. Later, the executioner's ghost-headed sword was curled and he was too tired to lift his arms, so he had to replace them with officers and soldiers.

In the end, the riverside was densely packed with headless corpses, and the blood dyed the Ganjiang River red. You could still see streaks of blood as it flowed to Poyang Lake.

Originally, watching beheadings was the common people's favorite entertainment activity. But the Nanchang citizens who came to see the excitement today were all numb. Today they have deeply realized what "human life is like grass".

This large-scale collective execution aroused strong fear among them. It seemed that it was his turn to be pulled in next, and the knife clicked.

They could no longer regard themselves as outsiders watching the excitement, and they all wanted to stay away from this hellish execution ground on earth. But he was stopped by a heavily armed army——

"His Royal Highness King Yan has decreed that everyone must watch the punishment until the end! Otherwise, they will be considered as comrades!"

Well, no one can leave now. They can only stay and continue to watch this large-scale execution that brings them great fear...

Zhu Di sat on the prison platform, looking at the terrified crowd in front of him and the heads rolling to the ground. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, he felt a little excited.

This feeling of dominating everything and killing people like a fool is so fascinating...

He suddenly realized that it made sense for his elder brother not to let Lao Liu do this... As long as he does this kind of work once, he will no longer take human life seriously.

Thinking of this, he shook his head, forced himself to be normal, and set his sights on Nanchang City. I think the real confrontation has already begun, right?

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I don't know if it was stimulated by the three heads, but the duration of Tianshi's sermon today was obviously much shorter than usual.

After hastily lecturing on the sutra, without further elaborating on the subtle meaning, Zhang Tianshi was helped by the Taoist boy to get down from the capital altar and go to the quiet room set up in the Yamen to rest.

"What's going on with those three heads?" he asked Sun Jingxiu with a dark face.

"Originally, the execution was scheduled for tomorrow, but today was mentioned unexpectedly." Sun Jingxiu said with a pale face:

"And where are those three heads? They have gone crazy and killed batch after batch outside Zhangjiang Gate, turning the Ganjiang River red. They have killed several thousand people by now, and they are still there Keep killing..."

"How many thousands?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianshi's face turned blue and white, and he was breathless with great fear.

At this time, the little Taoist boy came in and reported: "Cult Leader, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has summoned us."

Upon hearing this name, Zhang Tianshi suddenly leaned over and vomited violently.

The little Taoist nuns quickly used the spittoon, stroked his back, fed him pills, and gave him water...

After working hard for a while, Master Zhang finally regained his composure and collapsed limply in Sun Jingxiu's arms. He still twitched from time to time and said, "I'm not going."

"Master, I'm afraid it's not impossible not to go." Sun Jingxiu was also shocked by today's collective execution. For fear of upsetting the two princes, he could only persuade his heavenly master: "Their fierce flames are too strong. If you disobey at this time, , the consequences are disastrous."

"They are demon kings, demon kings." Zhang Tianshi, who had never seen wind and waves since he was a child, was really scared. He didn't dare to face the younger brother of His Highness...who killed Yingye.

"Master, you are a heavenly master, how can you be afraid of the Demon King?" Sun Jingxiu said speechlessly.

Then I heard Zhang Tianshi say quietly: "Do you know that the height of one foot is the height of the devil?"

"..." Sun Jingxiu was immediately speechless.

~~

However, no matter how reasonable Zhang Tianshi's words were, he had to meet the King of Chu when he was summoned.

In the end, he was put into the Taoist robe given by the emperor and sent to the main hall to meet His Highness.

Fortunately, Zhang Tianshi has also been professionally trained since childhood. Even if he is panicking in his heart, he can still maintain the dignity of a Tianshi on his face.

He took a deep breath, entered the palace, bowed his head to His Royal Highness King Chu who was sitting high in the throne room, and said that he was meeting His Highness.

"Zhang Tianshi, please be free." His Highness the King of Chu raised his hand slightly, looked at Zhang Maocheng with a smile and said, "You are my teacher's niece and son-in-law. We are also considered a family, so there is no need to be formal."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhang Maocheng straightened up and King Chu offered him a seat again.

After he sat down at his desk, Zhu Zhen thanked him for taking the trouble to come and conduct rituals for his senior brother.

"It's all as it should be." Zhang Maocheng hurriedly smiled and said: "As His Highness said, we are all one family, so there is no need to speak two languages."

"Okay, not bad." Zhu Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Before we met, I thought that the Heavenly Master was like a god and a man who did not eat the fireworks of the world. I didn't expect him to be so approachable."

Zhang Maocheng said in his heart that it would be interesting, but he said with a smile on his face: "I think the same thing about Your Highness."

"Okay, since you are so attached to me, let's open the skylight and speak frankly." Zhu Zhen then smiled and said: "Master Tian, ​​does he know how many people were executed when blood flowed like a river outside Nanchang City today?"

"I've heard something..." Zhang Maocheng's face turned pale and he reluctantly said, "But there is no way to know how many people there are."

"Five thousand, seven hundred and twelve." Zhu Zhen reported a series of sensational figures.

"So much..." Zhang Maocheng wanted to vomit again. But the next moment he couldn't care less about his physical reaction, and was completely occupied by fear.

Zhu Zhen asked in a cold voice: "Do you know why these people died?"

"No, I don't know." Zhang Maocheng had sweat on his forehead.

"A small part of it is because of Xiong Qitai's murder of Liu Lian, and most of it is because of the "Ignore the Account Book" case!" Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "And the reason why Xiong Qitai wanted to kill Liu Lian was also because of the "Ignore the Account Book" case! "

As he spoke, he slammed the table and said: "So, it can be said that they all died because of the "No Account Book"! The Heavenly Master should know exactly what was recorded in that account book!"

Zhu Zhen's sharp eyes pierced Zhang Tianshi's eyes, leaving him with no place to hide. He could only sweat like blood and say:

"Pindao has just heard that it is an account book recording hidden households in hidden fields. There is also the property of Zhengdao Temple in it. Pindao is indeed lax in his control."

"The poor Taoist will be severely punished when he returns home, and those Taoist priests who have committed crimes will be thrown out of the mountain and left to the government's disposal!" Zhang Tianshi knew that this bleeding was inevitable, so he simply took the initiative and said: "Besides, Zheng Yiyi is willing to donate money. How about giving 50,000 acres of farmland as official farmland. Each year, we can honor the two highnesses with 20,000 guan each year?"

"But we can't re-clear the land and create households for all the people?" Zhu Zhen said with a half-smile but not a smile.

"Your Highness, this has always been the case in Jiangxi. Every court in every dynasty will give some privileges to Zhengdao." Zhang Tianshi said and cupped his hands towards Lao Liugong, half begging and half demonstrating: "Pindao is the emperor's designated person in the world. The general leader of Taoism, Tianshi Mansion has been passed down for thousands of years, and his dignity still needs to be maintained."