Yu Shan led the Wuwei battalion to surround the ascetic workshop. Two national workers walked out of the workshop and shouted to Yu Shan: "General Wuwei, please retreat immediately with your sergeants, within a hundred feet of the courtyard wall.
, if you dare to get close, you will be responsible for your life or death!"
Yu Shan glanced at Zhong Shen, and Zhong Shen said: "Order the entire army to retreat."
"Commander, the penance workshop is not small. If we retreat a hundred feet, the brothers will not be able to surround it."
Zhong Shen sighed: "It's useless to surround them. There are so many secret passages in the Ascetic Workshop, I'm afraid I can't even count them, so retreat immediately!"
When the sergeant retreated a hundred steps away, Zhong Shen stepped forward alone and said, "I want to see your master Ye Ansheng!"
A national worker shouted: "Master Ye is not in the workshop, Commander Zhong, please come back another day!"
Another national worker said: "Commander, don't go any further. You should know how many mechanisms there are in our workshop. We don't want to hurt you."
Zhong Shen looked at the two national workers, showed a smile and said: "You all have seventh-level cultivation, right?"
The two state workers remained silent.
Zhong Shen sighed: "The path of the Mo family is not easy. You have to endure hardships from the ninth level onwards. You have to be able to hide both short and long swords on your body, and you have to move, sit and lie without revealing any flaws."
A state worker smiled and said: "Commander Zhong, you know a lot about our sect. I heard that you are also a Mohist."
"You heard it right, I am the Mo family!" Zhong Shen walked forward slowly and said as he walked, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. I just entered the ninth level and I don't plan to continue practicing. I really can't bear this sin.
Later, my master told me that it would be fine if I got to the seventh level. Once I reach the seventh level, I don’t have to suffer anymore.
I believed what he said, but as a result, you have reached the seventh level, do you think you still have to suffer?"
The two national workers looked at each other and found that Zhong Shen had been walking towards the gate. Along the way, all the traps on the ground were not triggered.
"I have worked hard to reach the seventh level. Master did not lie to me. There is indeed a way to avoid being punished when I reach the seventh level. If I become a craftsman, I can guarantee that I will have enough food and clothing. If I become a messenger, I will be safe.
With a lifetime salary and salary, the seventh-grade Mo family can live a good life wherever they go.
But if I still want to continue practicing, I will have to endure even more hardships. I don’t have much ambition. I just want to be down-to-earth and live in the seventh rank for the rest of my life. But my master told me that if I rise to the fifth rank, I can become a master.
I’ll never have to endure hardship again in my life, guess what?”
While talking, Zhong Shen was less than a hundred feet away from the two of them.
The two national workers tried their best to activate the organs, but there was no movement from any of them.
Zhong Shen said again: "Later I reached the fifth level. With this level of cultivation, I could really live a life of masters. I really didn't want to practice any more. As a result, my master came to lie to me again, saying that when I reach the third level, I will suffer all kinds of hardships."
Do you believe that I don’t have to eat? Do you think I still have to suffer now?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Shen walked up to the two of them.
The two of them turned pale and knelt on the ground.
Zhong Shen helped the two of them up: "Why should I kneel down? I'm not here to arrest you. I am your comrade and your senior. I just want to tell you a few words from my heart.
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
How much hardship have you endured after cultivating to the seventh level? Don’t you just want to live a good life for two more days?"
"Commander Zhong, I, we are blind..."
"Master Zhong, we all obey orders."
Zhong Shen asked carefully: "Whose order did you listen to?"
The national worker lowered his head and said, "I heard the order from Master Ye."
"Master Ye is in the workshop?"
Another Guo Gong said: "We don't know this either. We don't usually see Master Ye. Lu Qingming and Lu Guo Gong are responsible for delivering the message."
"What message did he preach?"
"He said no one would be allowed to step into the workshop for ten days."
Zhong Shen's heart tightened, Ye Ansheng was probably no longer in the ascetic workshop.
"Take me to see him!" Zhong Shen waved his hand, and Yu Shan followed with his army.
As long as you follow Zhong Shen forward, there will be no movement from the mechanisms along the way.
There are five major workshops in the ascetic workshop, namely the carpenter's workshop, the blacksmith's workshop, the potter's workshop, the stonemason's workshop and the handyman's workshop.
Lu Qingming, a national worker, was the owner of the masonry workshop. When he arrived at Lu Qingming's residence, Lu Qingming had disappeared. Zhong Shen took a quick look, knocked on the bed twice, lifted the mattress, opened the bed board, and found the tunnel entrance.
Zhong Shen took out a flute from his arms, put it into the tunnel, closed his eyes and listened for a moment, then told Yu Shan: "He hasn't gone far yet, take a few people and wait at the west gate to catch him."
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Yu Shan did not dare to delay and immediately led the people to set off. Zhong Shen went to the craftsman's building in the center of the ascetic workshop, which was the residence of the master of the workshop, Ye Ansheng.
Lu Qingming has already run away, and Ye Ansheng is definitely not in the workshop. Bell Ginseng has already prepared for this.
Zhong Shen found a secret compartment under the bed. The length and width of the secret compartment were nine feet each. There was a slight smell of oil inside. It looked like a place where weapons were stored.
This dark space is empty.
There is also a hidden grid on the east wall, which is also empty.
Ye Ansheng took away all the precious weapons.
It is basically confirmed that the person who went to Fuzhou to assassinate Xu Zhiqiong was Ye Ansheng himself.
Zhong Shen asked the sergeants of the Wuwei Battalion to collect all the large and small objects in the craftsman's building and bring them back to the Imperial City Division for careful inspection.
Not long after, Yu Shan sent news that Lu Qingming, the owner of the stonemason's workshop, was captured alive at the city gate.
When he saw Zhong Shen, Lu Qingming immediately knelt down and said, "Commander, I always act according to the instructions of the Grand Master. I have no second thoughts about the Holy One!"
"If anything happens, let's talk about it at the palace!" Zhong Shen took Lu Qingming back to the palace.
Emperor Changle glanced at Lu Qingming, waved his hand gently and said: "Kill him!"
Lu Qingming shouted repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, but I am not guilty!"
"Back then, you were in the north of the city and recruited more than 2,000 workers to go to Ponuyuan Hunting Ground. Is this happening?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qingming turned pale: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. This is what the master of the shop ordered me to do."
"What did he tell you to do?"
"Your Majesty, this is really not my intention. I did not build that palace."
"Let me ask you, what did Ye Ansheng tell you to do?"
"Your Majesty, I don't even know the reason. I will do whatever the boss asks me to do!"
Emperor Changle frowned and ordered Zhong Shen: "Execute Ling Chi."
Lu Qingming wailed: "Your Majesty! Let me tell you! At that time, Ye Ansheng asked me to recruit two thousand workers from the north of the city and send them to Ponuyuan and the Cultivation Palace.
I recruited two thousand laborers and sent them to Ponuyuan. I found that the palace had been repaired. I didn't know why. I put these workers in the palace first and reported the news to the boss later.
I left just as quickly as I burned the incense, and those people disappeared. I was worried afterwards and asked the boss what I should do. The boss said that this matter had nothing to do with me, and I didn’t ask any more. Your Majesty, everything I said was correct.
It’s the truth!”
"So that's it," Emperor Chang Le nodded and looked at Zhong Shendao, "all the good guys from the Deng Yamen were brought to Fuzhou by Zhi Qiong, right?"
Zhong Shen thought about it and said, "I haven't taken them all away, there are still a few left."
"Is there anyone who knows how to hit someone?"
"It must be there!"
"If I give you one night, can I make him tell the truth?"
Zhong Shen looked at Lu Qingming: "It shouldn't take more than one night."
"Then hurry up, I'm waiting for your news!"
When Lu Qingming heard this, he burst into tears. Zhong Shen carried Lu Qingming and left the palace.
Two hours later, Lu Qingming called in all the people: "At the beginning, the master of the workshop asked me to recruit two thousand workers and sent them to Ponuyuan to plant trees."
"What tree to plant?"
"Blood tree."
Emperor Changle nodded and said, "Is this your first time planting a blood tree?"
"This is not the first time. Last year during the Hanako Festival, more than a thousand beggars were sent away and blood trees were planted."
Emperor Changle frowned and said, "Let's talk about Ponuyuan first. How did you plant the blood tree?"
"Master Dafang first sends Zhongliang Palace to Ponuyuan, and then I will send the two thousand workers to Zhongliang Palace."
Emperor Changle was stunned: "What is Zhongliang Palace?"
"Zhongliang Palace is the secret treasure of our ascetic workshop. Legend has it that it was a treasure left by Emperor Taizu and was designed to kill disobedient ministers."
"Use the palace to kill ministers?"
Lu Qingming nodded and said: "The grand master once said that to kill traitorous ministers, one knife is enough, but to kill loyal ministers is not that easy. Zhongliang Palace is specially designed to kill loyal ministers.
The emperor invited loyal ministers to Zhongliang Palace for dinner. Halfway through the meal, the emperor took the opportunity to leave, leaving loyal ministers in the palace. The roof of the palace fell, and no one in the palace was left. They were all killed. Afterwards, they only said that the palace collapsed and
The emperor has nothing to do with it, that's what the Zhongliang Palace is for."
"There are such tortures!" Emperor Changle was greatly surprised and asked, "After killing these laborers, what did you do?"
"Next, according to the instructions of the boss, the crushed flesh and blood will be gathered together and sent to the dense forest of the Hunting Garden, where there will be someone to help."
"who?"
"There is a Suzaku cultivator and a stranger. I really don't know who the stranger is. I have never seen him before!"
"How do these two people turn living people into blood trees?"
"I really don't know this. They don't let us see it when they cast the spell."
"Where is Zhongliang Palace?"
"Under the ascetic workshop, only the master can move the Zhongliang Palace."
Emperor Changle said to Zhong Shen: "Go to the Pension Workshop and see if you can get the Zhongliang Palace out."
Zhong Shen took the order and left.
Emperor Changle looked at Lu Qingming and said, "In addition to two thousand laborers and a thousand beggars, how many people have you killed?"
"Your Majesty, I didn't kill those people. They were all done by the boss. I'm just an errand boy."
Emperor Changle tilted his head and looked at Lu Qingming.
Lu Qingming did not dare to quibble anymore, lowered his head and said: "There are still some refugees who came from the north, but that was after the war in the north began."
Emperor Changle gritted his teeth and said: "While the war was going on in the north, you tricked the refugees into coming here and made them into blood trees?"
Lu Qingming lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I know you will not forgive me, and I don't ask for anything else. Can you let me die more happily?"
Emperor Changle nodded and said, "Do you know the whereabouts of these blood trees?"