Chapter 325 Blood Sacrifice
The harsh words were so straightforward that if Li Zheng could not understand them anymore, his whole life would have been in vain.
He originally wanted to create a bromance, but he didn't expect that Li Geng was very thoughtful and had no intention of establishing a bromance with him. After thinking about it, he also knew that the reason why Prince Jing's palace was so deserted had something to do with him.
Except for someone who comes to clean it regularly, this is an empty house. There is no one in the middle of the night, and there are often soft cries. How can any servant dare to stay here?
In order to gain the real power of the fief, he arranged for assassins to hunt down the two brothers but failed, so he placed Prince Jing under house arrest until he died of illness. After the spirit was transferred to the mausoleum in accordance with the royal ceremony, none of the servants who knew the inside story left the house safely.
Who else can be used in the house now? Aren't there only the few servants who come regularly to clean the house?
Hearing that he was about to return to the fiefdom, he finally made arrangements for the people before his arrival. Looking for someone to come out at this time was different from throwing a stone at one's own foot.
"Who is that?" Li Zheng waved to the boy who came out of the main hall, "Your prince has to rest and make arrangements. The guest room for me and the master has also been arranged quickly. It is very tiring at night."
Chengyun looked at Chao Huan, who was wearing short crocodile skin armor, and nodded with a half-smile. After exchanging glances, Chao Huan bowed respectfully and left the main courtyard.
Cheng Yun sat down on the Arhat couch in the main hall and sneered without hesitation: "A Zheng has such a good eye, he can just pick anyone and he will be the general of our crocodile army."
The ghosts on the original Youdu Mountain have arranged to live in various places. The security of the surrounding Xiaoyi City relies on them. How many people inside and outside the city have received assistance in the past ten years?
People don't know the ghosts who act with ghost faces, but they also know the people who helped when they were hungry and cold. In the poorest alleys in the south of the city, they were so grateful that they could only help a few people to set up immortality tablets.
As the tea seedlings in Xiaoyi Mountain grew, they began to select people from poor households in the city and villagers outside the city who were willing to go into the mountains to help the tea trees take care of the mountains.
At this critical moment, it is the ghosts who have had contact with real hungry people who are best able to judge whether the hungry people are real or fake. Chao Huan has already taken care of all these details before arriving at the fiefdom.
He was also quite curious about what else Li Zheng could do if he came back now.
Chengyun's posture was leisurely, leaning on the armrest of the couch with one elbow, chilling him intentionally or unintentionally, tapping his long fingers along the edge of the table.
Shu He also found the Grand Master's chair that he liked, casually sat down and leaned against it, closed his eyes and fell into meditation, using the whisk in his hand to support it intentionally or unintentionally with his inner strength.
The atmosphere in the room was so suffocatingly silent, and Li Zheng was so depressed that he wouldn't be able to sit still for a moment unless it was late at night and he needed to rest.
He took out the Wind Rubik's Cube from his arms, threw the ring in the air to Li Geng, and said casually:
"The Wind-moving Rubik's Cube is back to you."
Chengyun took it with his hand, and the Rubik's Cube landed lightly on the small table of Luohan's couch and kept turning. He pretended to be energetic and asked in surprise: "How do you hold the wedding gift for Prince Chengjun of Northern Yong?"
Yan Jue had longed to get this thing back for a long time, but she never thought it would be returned.
"My father's men went to Xiyao to handle some matters. They got it from a little girl. Seeing that it belonged to you, they kept it and waited for you to return it someday."
Chengyun pressed the rotating Rubik's Cube, raised his eyebrows, and with a sarcastic smile in his starry eyes, he asked jokingly: "So A Zheng thought that I could come back."
Li Zheng tried to ignore the coldness in his eyes, suppressed his high spirits, and asked accusingly: "This is your fief, your home. If you don't come back, will you stay in Guiwu Mountain for the rest of your life?"
"Seeing that my uncle and you are doing a good job helping me take care of things, I really don't think it's okay if I don't come back." Chengyun propped up his chin, his words almost deliberately slurred in his mouth.
In the past few days, I have also slightly explored the imperial tomb of the Kingdom of God excavated by King Yi at Daybreak Mountain. There are still many people guarding the imperial tomb, as if they are worried about someone sneaking in.
The entrance has long since collapsed, and it is no longer possible to see the once glorious and glorious mausoleum of the Kingdom of God, which was guarded by soldiers day and night. King Yi specially renovated the entrance, and only one person can enter and exit.
Even though he had returned to Xiaoyi City, trappers were still coming out one after another with items, which made him curious, what exactly was King Yi looking for in the imperial mausoleum? He never stopped digging even though he knew it might be discovered.
Li Zheng was silenced by the reply, but he still smiled and replied: "What nonsense are you talking about? We are only assisting in management, we don't have to leave all these in your hands."
"Well -" Chengyun raised his eyes and looked into Li Zheng's eyes where he didn't know what he was planning, then looked back and played with the Rubik's Cube in his hand, and said lazily, "I know, I will come to pay homage to my uncle someday... and you .”
Another unpleasant, deliberate interruption!
In the past, Li Geng, who was as timid as a mouse, cared most about human relations and sophistication in his speech and response. It was absolutely impossible for such ruthless words to come out of his mouth.
Today's words were so sharp that I had no intention of letting him go down the steps.
"Ageng is really different, and his words are much sharper." Li Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Have you been doing well in the East over the past few years?"
"The celestial phenomena are not static, let alone human beings? Moreover, your kind words have not been able to help me for so many years. I am bound to change. What's more, as a prince, you don't have the right to speak sharply?"
Chengyun glanced at Li Zheng again and continued lazily: "A Zheng has been saying that I am different since we met. Is this suspicion? Is there someone willing to come back wrapped in my skin and handle all the matters in the fiefdom on my behalf?"
"Eh-" Li Zheng raised his hand to stop him, "Ageng has said that."
"Yes?" Chengyun sneered and asked with a merciless smile, "Then why do you keep reminding me that I have changed? Do I still have to grovel?"
Li Zheng actually had the illusion that he was being strangled by the coldness in his words, especially when the word "I" came out of his mouth, it was clearly a reminder of the crime of disrespect he had committed since they met.
"Your Majesty, calm down." Li Zheng heard the intention and stood up quickly, lifted his robe and knelt down to apologize.
Too careless!
I thought I could handle Li Geng like before, but I never thought that their identity would be separated between the two of them, and now he was the one who should kneel down and worship him!
"That's right." Chengyun put one elbow on his knees, leaned forward and said to Li Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, "Now that the crocodile army has just formed, if you need help, so that Zheng and I can be on an equal footing, this little favor can I do You can do it, it’s not like this has never happened in East Vietnam territory anyway!”
"Your Majesty is joking!" Li Zheng didn't dare to raise his head.
The coldness of his words made people dare not doubt him. Although his military strength is still not comparable to his father's, his ruthlessness has caught up with his father's.
He was certain that Li Geng never knew the real cause of death of King Lao Jing, otherwise he would not have been speculating about each other since they met.
Is it true that as rumored outside, he led the crocodile army to kill the ghosts, fed the land of Youdu Mountain with blood as a blood sacrifice, burned his body with fire and fertilized it, in exchange for the rebirth of Xiaoyi Mountain?
Chapter completed!