Martial Cultivator

Another piece of news shocked the capital of God and even the world.

The second son of Emperor Liang was ordered to die in his own residence by the Emperor after the ministers forced him to go to the palace that night. Many courtiers were found to be colluding with Fang Fang that night and had been lurking in the court for a long time, and the second prince was one of them.

Originally, it was not uncommon for father and son to turn against each other in the royal family throughout the dynasties, but it was still rare for His Majesty the Emperor to decide the life or death of his own son overnight with thunderous means.

In fact, after that night, many influential courtiers in the court were detained, which aroused public resentment in many places in the city. However, as the news came out, all the voices disappeared.

His Majesty the Emperor even killed his own son who was involved with foreign affairs, so how could the others escape?

However, as people were still digesting the previous news, another decree came out.

"The second prince colluded with other people and refused to enter the royal mausoleum after his death. He was deprived of all titles and rewards during his lifetime and was removed from the royal family genealogy."

When this decree came out, everyone fell silent. 🄲

Everyone felt His Majesty the Emperor’s determination and His Majesty’s will.

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There was a deserted scene in front of the second prince's residence.

A beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes held up two snow-white lanterns with bamboo poles and hung them in front of the gate of the mansion. The gate was broken that night and has not been repaired yet. As for the guards and guards in the mansion, after an investigation by Dali Temple, they had nothing to do with colluding with Fang Wai. A group of people had been released a long time ago, but after leaving the prison of Dali Temple, that group quickly packed up and left the divine capital, where they dared to stay in the prince's mansion.

The second prince did not have any concubines, nor did he have any concubines. He only had a few concubines. However, these concubines had already fled the mansion, leaving the only woman in front of him. Not only did he not leave, but she stayed A memorial tablet was erected in the mansion.

Not far away, a carriage stopped at the corner of the street, and coughs could be heard from time to time in the carriage.

A middle-aged man with an ordinary face came to the carriage and said softly, "In the past few days, there have been no courtiers coming to express condolences at His Highness's residence."

The curtain of the carriage opened, revealing the sickly face of the eldest prince. He glanced into the distance with a sad look in his eyes, "This is the human heart."

"This guy, the second brother, is really a little crazy. My father can allow him to fight for the throne, but how can he be allowed to collude with Fang Wai."

The eldest prince sighed. When they said goodbye in front of the Imperial City Palace that night, he vaguely felt that his younger brother might not survive that night, but there was nothing he could do.

"But since it's a brother-in-law relationship, the older brother has to go see his younger brother off for the last time."

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br\u003e The eldest prince sighed and prepared to walk out of the carriage and go to the second prince's residence to express his condolences.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you need to think twice about this matter. Your Majesty punishes His Highness so severely, I'm afraid he is trying to scare the monkeys. If Your Highness appears rashly at this moment, I'm afraid it will make His Majesty unhappy..."

The middle-aged man frowned and was trying to persuade the eldest prince to give up his thoughts.

The eldest prince scolded, "What are you talking about? Gu and Lao Er are brothers from the same mother. What's the problem with burning incense?"

Hearing the eldest prince's rebuke, the middle-aged man lowered his head and said, "My subordinate made a mistake. Your Highness, please forgive me."

The eldest prince walked out of the carriage, looked at the shabby residence of the second prince with only two white lanterns hanging, and sighed softly, "The surname is Chen, it is not good to be a brother, and it is not good to be a father and son."

At the same time, a carriage stopped in the distance. The third prince got out of the carriage with a complicated expression, looked at the mansion not far away, and walked slowly over.

In a family, with four children of this generation, the relationship between Her Royal Highness the Princess and her three brothers will be closer, at least on the surface, but these brothers will appear to be much colder.

It's just that no matter how alienated they are, the younger brother is still the younger brother, and the older brother is still the elder brother. It's difficult to change such things.

Burning incense is a reasonable thing.

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Chen Chao returned to the academy and passed by the lake. When a group of students saw the young warrior whose identity was now revealed, their eyes were complicated. The specific story of that night has not yet been revealed. The students only knew that Chen Chao in front of them was the heir of Prince Yiwen. , that night he personally killed his brother.

Other than that, not many details are known to them.

Although it has been confirmed that the deposed emperor did not die when the palace was burned down, he just escaped from Fangwai and returned from dormant for many years. With the help of Fangwai's power, he wanted to take back the world, which is not allowed in Daliang, but after all, he is the biological brother of Chen Chao, who was killed by Chen Chao. Those scholars who read the teachings of sages and sages every day found it difficult to accept it for a while.

Therefore, when I look at Chen Chao again, my emotions are more complicated than before, which is understandable.

Chen Chao ignored these academy students and went straight back to the small courtyard by the south lake.

Xie Nandu saw Chen Chao and asked straight to the point, "Did you go to kill the second prince that night?"

That night after the deposed emperor died and everything disappeared, Chen Chao was the first to disappear. No one knew where he went. After that, the news came out that the second prince had been sentenced to death. Many people would not think of this.

The two things were connected, but for Xie Nandu, after much deliberation, she still felt that Chen Chao should have gone to kill the second prince that night.

Chen Chao rubbed his cheek and said, "I can't hide it from you. You guessed it right."

In fact, he had no intention of hiding it from the woman in front of him. Although this matter would be an earth-shattering event once it became known to the world, Chen Chao had no worries after telling Xie Nandu.

"He is also one of the chess pieces. What he wants is to reveal your identity and force His Majesty to kill you. But in fact, he is just a chess piece. In this game, he is the most obvious link. , somewhat clever, but ultimately just trying to be smart.”

Xie Nandu said, "You can kill the deposed emperor with one knife, but he is His Majesty's biological son after all. Aren't you worried before you take action?" 🄲

Chen Chao said, "If I don't kill him, he will always think about killing me. I have a lot to do twelve hours a day. I can't keep an eye on him all the time, so I have no choice but to kill him."

Xie Nandu looked at Chen Chao and said nothing.

"Okay, between us, I only killed him because he wanted to kill me, and he also tried hard to do something to kill me."

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows and said, "If you kill too many demons, you won't be able to change. Either you die or I live."

Xie Nandu said, "Did the deposed emperor really do this to you earlier?"

Chen Chao nodded. It happened when he was very young. He couldn't remember it at first, but after seeing the girl in the coffin, he remembered everything.

From the first moment I opened my eyes and saw the world, all my memories were extremely clear.

But whether it was the white mist or the girl, Chen Chao was not sure.

But thinking of the girl, Chen Chao really wanted to know where she was now. When she revived at the ruins, the girl ate the fairy medicine he found, and then helped him fight off the infatuated Master Zhang Lu. No trace, no trace left.

Maybe in Yingzhou?

Chen Chao thought silently, after all, there were rumors that an immortal came to the world in that place.

Aren't people like the girl in white the so-called immortals in the eyes of ordinary people?

Seeing that Chen Chao was lost in thought, Xie Nandu didn't say much, just waiting for him to come back to his senses.

After Chen Chao came back to his senses, he muttered to himself, "Speaking of that Taoist master, I have to go to Chixin Temple to see him and see my sword."

Xie Nandu asked, "Now that I am the commander of Zuowei, can I still go around?"

Chen Chao grinned, "I have asked Weng Quan to serve as the deputy commander of the left guard. He will be in charge of the Yamen affairs."

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br\u003e  Xie Nandu frowned and said, "Do you have this power?"

Chen Chao shook his head and said, "Please give me your permission."

"It's not that I don't want to do things, it's just that I wasted so much time. I also want to calm down and practice."

Chen Chao rubbed his head and said with emotion, "Maybe Yu Xiyi has really become a swordsman now, but I don't know if the knot in his heart has been resolved."

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Master Zhanglu of Chixinguan is in seclusion in name, but several old masters with senior enough seniority know that this great master of Taoism is banned. When he returned from the ruins of Chongming Sect, this great master of Taoism never left again. After passing, the mountain is a place for Qingxiu.

Disciples in the temple are not allowed to go there.

It's just that he is a Qing cultivator, but Master Zhanglu has not retreated, and the internal and external news of Chixin Guan has not been transmitted here at all.

Sitting under an old pine tree that is hundreds of years old, making tea with real pine needles, looking calmly at the sea of ​​clouds in front of me.

Not far in front of him, there was a bored green cow lying on its back.

"Master, you have such a good temper. You have been locked up here for several years and you are still not angry. If it were me, I would have rushed out to fight with that temple master. Even if I die, I can't hold it in like this."

Qingniu uttered human words, looking a bit like he was complaining.

It was a strange beast that Master Zhanglu encountered in that ruins. Later, Master Zhanglu retreated. He originally thought that he would never see this green bull again, but who would have thought that in the end it found Chixinguan.

Master Zhanglu said calmly, "Where do you come from with all these words? You are not short of spiritual herbs and elixirs. What are you worried about?"

Qing Niu sighed and said, "Zhen Zhen, it's okay to just eat and wait for death all day long. For a person like you, Zhen Zhen, why should everyone come to worship? As Zhen Zhen's disciple, I also How about being proud..."

Master Zhanglu held the tea cup and said with a smile, "Let the world see me accept a cow as a disciple?"

Qingniu looked serious, "Zhenren, don't I have wisdom? Why can't I be Zhenren's disciple?"

Master Zhanglu remained silent.

Qing Niu looked at Master Zhanglu and said, "Master, would you like to think about it again?"

"What does a cow want to do so much?"

Qingniu wailed, "Master, the avenue shouldn't be so small!"

Master Zhanglu said calmly, "Eat your grass."

Whether the great road is small or not, whether the world is big or not, it is actually hard to say.

Master Zhanglu reached out to crush the teacup in his hand and said calmly, "Brother, the days are long."