The Imperial City of Eastern Zhou, within the study of the royal palace.

It was clearly at night that the lanterns hanging in the palace had already lit up, swaying like stars in the sky. But in the study, it was pitch black and silently without any sound.

The guards responsible for protecting the safety of the Eighth Prince stood outside the study and did not dare to take a breath, for fear that the noise would cause storms.

When people pass by nearby areas, they will deliberately avoid them from afar, and even take a detour.

Since the prince came back today, he began to be furious and had murderous aura all over his body. He only saw a maid chatting and laughing with his servants on the side of the road, and he ordered people to chop off the heads of the two.

At this moment, the two bloody heads were still hanging on an eaves of the royal palace. Blood dripped down the wound, forming a pool of blood on the ground. The servants in the mansion were so scared that they would no longer dare to laugh and even walk carefully.

Tonight's palace is completely like being shrouded in a dark cloud, the atmosphere is suppressed, and everyone is in danger.

Perhaps only Mu Zichen, who is the emperor's uncle, dared to open the study door casually and penetrated in the admiration of the guards.

The door was closed, and soon the lights lit up in the study room. But the guards were nervous, fearing that the prince would order them to arrest the emperor in the next second, and cold sweats appeared on their foreheads before they knew it.

In the study room, after lit the candle without asking, Mu Zichen pretended to be relaxed, "I said why are you doing so serious? The servants in the mansion were frightened by you."

Bypassing the screen embroidered with mountains and rivers, Mu Zichen stopped, his eyes widened, and looked at the Eighth Prince sitting behind the desk in horror, almost unable to believe his eyes.

I saw the handsome and elegant eighth prince who was in the past, now he had white hair, dull skin, and even crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. At first glance, he looked like an old man in his fifties.

But between his eyebrows, there was a strong evil spirit. After hearing the movement, his eyes raised slightly. The terrifying murderous intent that emanated from this moment actually shocked Mu Zichen, the super master, tormenting and unable to speak.

"You, you..." After calming down, Mu Zichen wanted to comfort her, but found that she didn't know how to comfort her. After thinking for a long time, she said, "Zhang Family Quan is dead. All parties will definitely fight to the death for Zhang Family Quan's territory. Our goal has been achieved. There is no need for you to do this."

The Eighth Prince looked at Mu Zichen's eyes in a steady state. After looking at each other for a long time, Mu Zichen subconsciously moved away and looked back again. He found that the Eighth Prince smiled, but his smile only gave people a creepy feeling. "Yes, the purpose has been achieved."

Mu Zichen took a step back and felt a little more comfortable. He spread his hands and said, "I said, "Nephew, can you stop being sarcastic? Also, why do you kill the servants in the mansion?"

The Eighth Prince "When the whole country is in trouble, I still have the mood to have fun. Such a person is not a traitor and will become a traitor in the future. Shouldn't he be killed?"

Mu Zichen was stunned when he heard this and said angrily, "You are too exaggerating, right? In the imperial city, many noble children are still spending time and enjoying the world and singing every night, why don't you kill them all?"

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Prince nodded, "Who said I would not kill me? I have ordered the Jinyu Guard to go out and arrest relevant people everywhere, and be held in the Heavenly Prison as a crime. If there are arrested people, regardless of their identity or origin, they will be killed without mercy!"

Hearing this, even Mu Zichen, who did not understand government affairs, was shocked and said, "Are you crazy? If you do this, you will offend all the nobles in the court. Now it is a troublesome, do you still think the court is not messy enough?"

The Eighth Prince sneered, "Can you be chaotic? How can you be chaotic? With this king in charge, whoever dares to reach out will chop his limbs. Whoever dares to stretch out his head will chop his head. A serious punishment is required in troubled times! This time, I taught me a lesson. Killing more people in advance is better than being betrayed at the time of the incident."

Although he lacks a clue, Mu Zichen is not stupid. He soon thinks of the crux of the problem. "Can you be because of Yuanchen and Zhang Dingkang?"

As soon as these words were said, the murderous intent on the Eighth Prince's face almost overflowed, and the temperature in the study suddenly dropped sharply.

No one can understand the shame, anger and resentment in the Eighth Prince. Now that the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is in chaos, the situation in the court is not good at all. Yuan Chen and Zhang Dingkang are the few remaining royalists outside the royal party.

He carefully planned everything and forced the Zhang family to a dead end. In addition to sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight and consuming the power of all parties, he actually wanted to give credit to Yuan Chen and Zhang Dingkang.

As long as the two of them are guarding the two cities and resisting for a while before all parties take action, they can greatly boost the morale of the court. At that time, they will promote the two people and promote them, which will undoubtedly increase the prestige and centripetal force of the court. In this situation of being surrounded by enemies, it will be of great significance to changing the situation of the court!

But Yuanchen and Zhang Dingkang, the two loyal officials he had never doubted, destroyed all this with their own hands, and made the plans he had painstakingly designed to put them into vain.

The betrayal of the two was more like slapping him twice in the face in front of the world, causing the prestige of the entire court to be hit again. In this situation, it would be a step further!

Let me ask, how could he not be angry or hate him? When he learned the news, he wished he could bite off every piece of flesh and blood on Yuanchen and Zhang Dingkang with his own hands!

Mu Zichen tried his best to persuade him, "The mistake was committed by Yuanchen and Zhang Dingkang, why should you take your anger on others? No, I must stop all this and I can't let you commit murder in vain."

Just as I was about to turn around, a loud shout came from behind, "Stop!"

Bang!

The Eighth Prince slapped the table and stood up, staring at Mu Zichen who turned around ruthlessly, and said coldly, "Who is the one who makes the decision?"

Mu Zichen "You do this will only make the court more dangerous!"

The Eighth Prince "Idiot, what do you know! Yuan Chen and Zhang Dingkang betrayed the people in the court, and the people in the court are unstable. I use the excuse of searching for the remnants of the two thieves to imprison the main lineages of the major nobles. Who dares to say that they are not? On the one hand, they can indeed investigate the identities of those people, and on the other hand, they can also suppress the restlessness of the group of nobles. I don't believe that the world is full of ruthless people like two thieves, and they don't even care about their own wives and children in order to rebel!"

Mu Zichen was speechless, and only then did he realize that his nephew was not impulsive, but had other plans, and what he thought was much deeper than himself.

After rolling his throat a few times, he suddenly asked, "What's wrong with Yuanchen and Zhang Dingkang's wife and children?"

The Eighth Prince smiled, with a shocking cruelty in his smile. "Since ancient times, the crime of rebellion is hard tolerant, and it is not enough to shock the little ones without a thousand swords. When the two thieves choose to betray, they should know the consequences! Uncle, there is no need to persuade me. This is the king, so don't try to stop it, because the execution has begun."

Mu Zichen's body shook a few times, "I just kill someone but I just need to press the ground. Why bother..."

The current situation in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty can only be described as more chaos.

After hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhang Family Quan fled into the South China Sea, the governors of all parties were once furious, but later they heard that the Zhang Family Quan had been beheaded and was confirmed by their own intelligence members. Many governors laughed to the sky. Some of them spitted and shouted that they were happy, but they were jealous of the strength of the Eastern family and regretted that they did not get a head.

Seeing that there was no hope of being a leader, all parties had to give up their thoughts and instead began to compete for the territory left by the Zhang family.

Of course, all of these chaotic leaders were powerful. No one wanted to do anything at the beginning, but chose to negotiate and resolve the issue. However, this was destined to be a protracted process.

So, all parties simply distributed their troops on the way south, communicating with their own information and guarding against the court's sneak attacks at any time, and on the other hand, they began to argue fiercely, and everyone wanted to get the most and best territory.

This is just an open action. In private, all parties did not give up tracking the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of Zhang Jiaquan. If there is a chance, who wouldn't want to get those elite soldiers?

In addition to the major forces of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the four major dynasties were also jealous. There were also the Moke Sect, the Nangong Family, and the Dahuan Mountain and other holy land-level forces, all sent heavyweights to the South China Sea forces controlled by them to take charge, and asked the latter to send people to search for the traces of soldiers and horses with all their might.

Because of this incident, countless disputes have occurred in the originally peaceful South China Sea.

Struggles, big and small, were calm on the surface and were cursing in secret. Unfortunately, they had no choice but to disobey the orders of the dynasty and the holy land, and could only obey orders.

Just when the whole world was working hard to find Zhang Jiaquan's troops, no one knew that Zhang Jiaquan, who was considered dead and dead, actually appeared in a small mountain village.

His whole body of skills was blocked, and he was even inconvenient to move. Under the surveillance of the two left and right, he walked into a fenced courtyard with a calm expression.

In the courtyard, a man in a civilian was watering flowers. His back was tall and as if he was in the wind. Even though he heard the sound of footsteps, he was still doing his own thing and never turned around.

The two warriors who monitored Zhang Jiaquan saluted respectfully to the man in a commoner and then left the courtyard.

Zhang Jiaquan waited patiently for a long time. After the man in a civilian finished watering all the flowers, he finally put down the wooden watering can, turned around, and smiled faintly at Zhang Jiaquan, "Mr. Zhang, I haven't seen him for many years, I don't know how good it has always been?"

Looking at the overly young face opposite, Zhang Jiaquan's face turned blue and white, and the humiliated anger flashed in his eyes, but in the end, all the anger was pressed down by him and said calmly, "Zhuo Mufeng, did you come here to humiliate Zhang? This is not the measure that those who do big things should have."

Once upon a time, when the person on the other side saw him, he had to salute respectfully, and whether he should respond depends entirely on his mood. But in just a few years, everything fell over and became a prisoner, while the other party became the master.

This kind of change of heaven and earth is really unacceptable to the Zhang family.

On the way he was taken, he actually knew who wanted to see him, so when he saw Zhuo Mufeng's back at first sight, he had already recognized the other party.
Chapter completed!