There are always people who can't help but murmur in their hearts.
Zheng Qiao didn't even care about his biological father. There were even rumors in the Geng Kingdom that when the old monarch of the Geng Kingdom suffered a stroke and was in bed, Zheng Qiao took advantage of the illness and had an affair with the old monarch's queen (now the Queen Mother).
) joined forces and quietly killed the old king.
No one in the public doubts the authenticity of this rumor.
Without him, the change of power in the Geng Kingdom would always cost "father".
Old tradition, old craftsmanship!
If your biological father is like this, why would you care about your master?
What's more, Yan Xingning is only the master's son.
The so-called brothers in the same discipline, the relationship is like that.
There were a lot of discussions from the outside world, but none of them reached Zheng Qiao's palace.
Elsewhere, a small yellow gate led Yan'an through many twists and turns, and finally came to an elegant garden with luxurious decoration and a view at every step.
The stone table in the Octagonal Pavilion is carved from jade.
Not long after sitting down, another exquisite pastry was brought out from the small yellow door, as well as a pot of tea with strong floral fragrance. Yanan glanced at it casually and realized that the pastry was the taste he was used to eating, and even the temperature of the scented tea was not cold.
Not hot, just like before.
Yanan lowered his eyes and enjoyed it slowly.
It wasn't until he had half a cup of tea that familiar footsteps sounded from behind him. He stood up and wanted to salute and say hello. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zheng Qiao waving his hands and saying, "Xingning, there is no need to be so polite between you and me."
Yan'an: "Today is different from the past, and etiquette cannot be abolished."
Zheng Qiao was not displeased when his words were dismissed.
He knows this senior brother's temperament.
He seems gentle and easy to talk to, but in fact he is stubborn and independent-minded.
Zheng Qiao lifted his clothes and sat down on the other side of the stone table. If the courtiers saw this scene, they would probably spend a long time picking their eyes.
He said: "Is your previous plan really feasible?"
Yan'an: "As long as the national seal does not fall into their hands, are you planning to send troops to suppress the two forces? Even if you want to, how much of the national treasury can you afford? The same goes for the soldiers and horses under your account. Your connivance has raised too much.
Human ambitions. If you give them military power at this time, the first one they will attack will be you."
How can we give the civilian forces a "justifiable" name? But if we don't do this, we will face the situation of being attacked from both sides. At this time, we cannot indulge the military power to give birth to disloyal and ambitious soldiers. We can only
Balanced suppression!
Zheng Qiao pursed her lips and said nothing.
This scene can also shock the courtiers' eyes.
Zheng Qiao has always been the only one to scold others like a grandson. No one dares to say what he did wrong right away. Even if Zheng Qiao really didn't do well, he can't be so straightforward.
Only by pretending to be deaf can we save our lives.
However, Yan'an is obviously a special case among special cases.
Yanan said with a smile: "Why don't you speak?"
Zheng Qiao: "..."
Yan'an's words were clearly what he asked the courtiers.
At this moment, the boomerang pierced himself.
He said: "Xingning, you shouldn't come here."
Yanan asked back: "Why not?"
"I know that senior brother came out to lead me back to the right path, but -" Zheng Qiao is rarely at peace, without the previous perversions and moodiness, without the chilling and fearful look, this beautiful and unparalleled face
More and more stunningly beautiful, "I don't want to be alone."
Yanan's eyes were sharp: "You don't want to?"
Zheng Qiao trembled subconsciously.
The palms of my hands ached even more.
I made mistakes when I was young, and the shadow of my senior brother’s ruler is still there.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the fleeting timidity, and said bluntly: "Xingning, Gu is no longer a junior brother you can discipline with a ruler, let alone a helpless hostage! Gu is this place.
Lord of the land, the path you want to take is the right path!"
After saying that, he said helplessly: "Can't you just stay in your ancestral home and pay filial piety to your master? You have to jump out and wade into this muddy water!"
Yan An felt the veins on his forehead jump when he heard this.
"You also know it's muddy water?"
Apparently, he was also aroused by Zheng Qiao's few words. What he was angry about was not Zheng Qiao's rejection, but that he knowingly committed the crime - knowing that what he did would make the world angry, he still went his own way. He knew everything, but he wanted to do anything stupid.
Do it again.
Yan'an asked again: "Who muddied the water?"
Zheng Qiao said lightly: "It's an orphan."
Yan'an: "..."
He knew that Zheng Qiao had changed a lot.
In the past few years, I have often heard news about Zheng Qiao. Those cruel methods would make any normal person curse. Yan'an also complained and cursed in front of his father's tomb. I hope Zheng Qiao will be punished for these things.
Made in the dark.
But he knew better that Zheng Qiao was not that easy to deceive.
If the rumors are true, he probably condoned it intentionally.
The more this happened, the more Yanan couldn't believe it.
He said: "Why is this so!"
How did Junior Brother Zheng Qiao become what he is now?
How could the people of Xin and Geng be so innocent?
The great revenge has been avenged, why still refuse to let go?
Yanan just wants to ask——
Why is this so?
Zheng Qiao said calmly: "Human nature is evil, and Gu is a person with 'evil' in his bones. Even if he used to have a layer of 'good' skin, the fake one is fake... After all, Senior Brother Xingning is not Gu
, there are some things that cannot be shared with the feeling of loneliness.”
"How you put it on before, you continue to put it back on now!"
Zheng Qiao suddenly became stern: "I only indulged you a little because of my old friendship with my fellow disciples. Please don't go overboard!"
Yan'an was slightly startled and said in a gentle tone: "My Lord, please forgive me."
Zheng Qiao encountered a soft thorn and had nowhere to vent his anger.
He said: "As the leader of the country, I don't need anyone to tell me what to do, I just need to listen to my arrangements... If the master is still alive, it will be the same! A banquet for Xingning, a fellow disciple, Gu will not
I hope to have your blood on my hands. But you are really ignorant - it is not impossible to have one more life!"
Yanan looked at him heartbroken.
The person he feels most guilty for is probably this junior brother.
Back then, if he and his father had been more determined and found an excuse to take Zheng Qiao to travel around, as long as they stayed away from the Xin King's royal family, they might have been able to prevent those things from happening back then.
At least Zheng Qiao cannot be given the unflattering title "Nvjiao"! However, his father has the slightest illusion about the integrity of the leader of the Xin Kingdom. He thinks that the elderly leader is still the wise and wise monarch in his youth. No matter how bastard he is, he has a bottom line.
Proportionate.
He is gullible.
The result is something no one wants to see.
Everything later proved that Zheng Qiao was really a descendant of the Geng royal family with a "good foundation and a bright youth"! Once the moral constraints imposed by the world were let go, evil beasts with astonishing destructive power could be released.
Yan'an knew that his junior brother had done countless wrong things, but still hoped that Zheng Qiao could stop and return to the right path. It was not too late to make amends!
However, Zheng Qiao is not something he can influence now.
The biggest difference between Zheng Qiao and him is——
The former believes that he is the leader of the country, and an ant is not qualified to judge whether he is good or evil. Even if he is judged, he should be the standard.
What he says is good is good, what he says is evil is evil, what he says is right is right, and what he says is wrong is wrong!
All naysayers——
All deserve to die!
It is precisely because of seeing this that Yan An is even more heartbroken. How could Zheng Qiao, who used to be humble and obedient and even a little timid, become such an arrogant and ridiculous person now? Now he is playing with other people's lives wantonly and using cruel and bloody methods.
for fun.
Disregarding the laws of nature, ethics, propriety, integrity, filial piety, loyalty and trust!
Yan'an rubbed his brows helplessly: "Okay, I know you. However, can the Lord of the country explain to me why he treated Wang Ji like that?"
When the news came, he had just passed his filial piety period.
Without thinking too much, I packed my luggage and hit the road in a hurry.
It’s not unexpected that Zheng Qiao hates the rest of the Xin King’s royal family, but it’s really unexpected that even Wang Ji hates him so much and even kills him. As Zheng Qiao’s most trusted senior brother, he knows many of Zheng Qiao’s unspeakable thoughts when he was young, among which
Then there is Wang Ji.
His junior brother liked that Wang Ji very much.
Zheng Qiao smiled and said, "What do you think Xingning wants to ask?"
Yanan looked at Zheng Qiao and felt it was unreal.
Zheng Qiao didn't notice the difference: "Didn't Gu say that? People will change. If Gu changes, Wang Ji will naturally change too. She used to be gentle and kind, and she could treat people like Gu with respect. But that was before.
Gu Ke saw with his own eyes that Wang Ji, who used to not even dare to step on ants and never sleep to take care of injured birds, took the life of the palace servant in a rage because the palace servant stole her new shoes."
There's actually nothing wrong with it.
The palace man really deserves to die for doing this.
But ultimately it’s just a pair of shoes!
Wang Ji has been favored since she was a child. Not to mention a pair of shoes that she may wear once or twice and then never wear again. Even if she doesn't wear the same shoes every day and wears brocade clothes that are worth the people's enjoyment for several years, they can last her a lifetime! A pair of hers
How can shoes you don’t necessarily like cost someone’s life?
But outsiders don't think Wang Ji is at fault.
That palace man indeed deserves to die.
Zheng Qiao laughed again and said: "However, no one cares about such a trivial matter. The world only remembers that Wang Ji endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden. For the sake of the Xin King's royal family, she did not dare to die and could not die! Whenever I want her to die, when can she die! She
There is no essential difference between what I do and what I do. Even if there is, it is a small evil and a big evil! Why, is a small evil not evil? Can a small evil be ignored and forgiven, but a big evil cannot be understood?"
Yan'an opened his mouth and whispered: "There is no loss in this festival."
Zheng Qiao asked back: "There is no loss in big matters, and there is no restriction in small matters. In the eyes of senior brother, the lives of palace people only belong to 'small matters'?"
Yan'an said: "You know that's not what I meant."
Zheng Qiao calmed down.
Since he no longer suppressed his temper, it became increasingly difficult to control his anger, even though he knew that Yan'an's trip was to wish him well.
It’s the same old saying——
He doesn't need anyone to tell him what to do.
Except for the king, who dares to say that he must be right?
Yan'an also tactfully advised him to cultivate his moral character and control his temper.
Was flatly rejected by Zheng Qiao!
"I don't need it! In the past, I was under the control of others and allowed to be eaten by mermaids. I had to put on a smile and imitate that sister Lou's smile to gain some favor and live a little more like a human being. But now, I am the master of the country! The people in this land have to
Live with your lonely breath!"
In Yanan's disbelieving eyes, he smiled.
"If they don't want to live anymore, they can die."
As the night grew dark, Yanan came out of the palace garden.
When he looked back, Leng Buding shuddered. For a moment, what he saw was not a gorgeous palace but a ferocious beast.
Yanan sighed and whispered.
"Some things need to be done before you know them."
If he doesn't give it a try, how can he live up to his father's spirit in heaven?
If not——
At least you won't regret it.
That night, eight hundred miles of urgent edicts were spread from the palace to everywhere.
For a time, all forces were in an uproar.
I have no idea what kind of medicine Zheng Qiao sells in his gourd.
Even though they knew that this edict might be a poison given by Zheng Qiao, some people still inevitably wavered in the face of huge interests. This is an excellent opportunity to seize the opportunity to gain power and support yourself with troops!