"Master Kang...you..." Qian Zhongze was completely dumbfounded. Kang Zizhen sold himself so easily without any hesitation. Qian Zhongze suddenly realized that he might be in trouble today.
"What am I? You bastard, you dare to report a false case, give false testimony, and talk nonsense to falsely accuse Mr. Lin. This has caused me to be disrespectful to the prince and princess. I will punish you severely to set an example for others." Kang Zizhen
shouted.
Qian Zhongze's legs softened and he collapsed to the ground.
Guo Bingbing smiled and said: "Master Kang, how are you going to punish this person?"
Kang Zizhen hurriedly bowed and said: "This man's crime is so heinous that he cannot escape the death penalty. The lower officials will confiscate his property and put him in death row, and he will be executed in the future. Are these crazy and unruly people allowed to be kept as a nuisance? No.
Killing is not enough to make the people angry and clear their voices. What do you think, my lord?"
Guo Bing chuckled and said: "Kang Zizhen, you are really capable of taking action. Just do whatever you say. You are the prefect, and I am not the prefect."
When Qian Zhongze, who was paralyzed on the ground, heard this, his face turned pale. He had worked hard for many years to get where he is today. With one careless move, he died and his family was ruined. For a moment, regret, resentment, fear, powerlessness and other feelings came to his heart. In an instant,
All thoughts were lost. He suddenly stood up and jumped off the railing of the corridor with a scream. His fat body smashed the outer railing of the corridor on the first floor and fell to the hard wood at the edge of the deck like a torn bag. He bounced up and rolled over again.
He stood up and fell into the river with a 'plop' sound. The surface of the water suddenly turned red.
Qian Zhongze's move caused a cry of consternation. Lin Jue never expected that Qian Zhongze would choose to commit suicide out of fear. This was not Lin Jue's original intention. Lin Jue's target was not Qian Zhongze, he was just a minor character.
That’s all.
"Ah, help people quickly." Lin Jue shouted loudly.
The boatmen below were busy for a while, scratching in the water with a bamboo grapple, and soon they caught Qian Zhongze's body in the water and pulled him up. However, when the boatmen checked, they found that Qian Zhongze had died of anger.
When he got off the ship's deck, Qian Zhongze's head hit the hard edge of the ship's side, and his skull was dented and shattered. He fell into a coma after falling into the water, and was dead when he was fished out.
Lin Jue stamped his feet and sighed: "How could this happen? Why does Boss Qian's family suffer?"
"Qian Zhongze died unjustly. He committed suicide out of fear of guilt. Mr. Lin does not need to sigh for such a person." Although Kang Zizhen was surprised, he was also very happy. Qian Zhongze's death saved him a lot of trouble. All of them
The fault can be placed on him, lest the person change his words and create problems.
Guo Bing didn't feel any regret at all. In his opinion, Qian Zhongze's death was just the death of an ant. Because he and Kang Zi were in cahoots, this person would not survive.
"Your Majesty, Lord Lin, Princess. I'm really sorry for what happened today. I was misled by Qian Zhongze and fell into his scheme. I didn't believe that Lord Lin would do such a thing.
But what Qian Zhongze said is true. I dare not fail to investigate where my duties lie. I am really ashamed. I cannot apologize to Lord Lin and the princess here. Lord Lin has an urgent schedule, and I dare not delay any more.
"I will resign, I will resign." Kang Zizhen knew that it was not advisable to stay for a long time at this time and should leave immediately, so he bowed and said.
Guo Bingbing looked at him with a smile, which made Kang Zizhen feel a little scared. But he still coughed, pretended to be calm, turned around and walked slowly down the steps of the second-story ship to the deck. Every step he took, he
He could feel the gazes of the prince and Lin Jue behind him like thorns on his back, making him feel uncomfortable all over. The moment he stepped on the deck, his heart calmed down a little. It was only right to leave the ship as soon as possible.
You can feel at ease if you quickly break away from Guo Bing's gaze.
However, on the ship's roof behind him, Guo Bing's voice finally sounded.
"Kang Zizhen, are you planning to leave just like that?"
Kang Zizhen was shocked, turned around, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "I don’t know what else you have to say, Your Majesty? What happened today is because I didn’t think carefully about it, please forgive me. I must be cautious in the future, and I will never dare to do it again."
There is something wrong. Well... I will investigate the case carefully today and visit the prince again tomorrow. On the one hand, he will report the inside story of the case, and on the other hand, he will apologize to the prince again."
"Hehehe." Guo Bing laughed and came down from the ship's building and onto the deck. Lin Jue also followed him to the deck.
"Do you want to apologize? But there is no need for it. In fact, as the prefect of Hangzhou, you are doing a routine job for official business, but I cannot criticize you harshly."
Kang Zizhen was overjoyed and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise. Thank you very much for your understanding of my official's difficulties."
Guo Bingbing smiled and said: "However, I can understand you, but who will understand me? What you did today is a great disrespect to me and a great disrespect to the princess. If I don't even care about these,
In the future, everyone can make trouble on my head."
Kang Zizhen heard that his tone was no longer right, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty has also seen it. The official was misled by Qian Zhongze. He reported a false case and deceived the official. The official also hated it extremely. Otherwise
How dare you do this? Your original intention is not to offend the prince and the princess. No matter how brave I am, I don’t dare to do this."
"Hahaha, don't you dare? Why don't you dare? Since you came to Hangzhou to take up the post, haven't you always wanted to compete with me and argue with me? You have troubled me several times about the matter of Assistant Yin.
King, after being rejected by me, you said a lot of disrespectful words towards me." Guo Bingbing said with a smile.
"No, no, I have great respect for the prince, how can I dare to speak nonsense? I may be a little impatient, but that is because of the implementation of the new law. I shoulder the great trust of the emperor and the court, and come to Hangzhou to promote the implementation of the new law. I do not
You dare not be careful. Everything I do is for the sake of my great Zhou." Kang Zizhen shouted hurriedly.
"Humph, don't talk nonsense with me. Don't get involved with the emperor and the court. I am not interested in the new law. I also told you clearly not to provoke me, but you turned a deaf ear. You are in Lin Jue
What did you say in front of me? Did you say that you can use Ning Haijun to force me to fulfill the provisions of the new law? You are so brave. What do you think of me as the king? Are you someone that slaves like you can bully at will? This is enough to explain
, your behavior today is not that you were deceived by others, but that you wanted to do it in your heart. Because you think that this king will not do anything to you, you do not take this king seriously at all. In other words, you do not take this king at all.
My identity as a prince, Wei'er's identity as a princess, and my identity as a royal family member of Prince Liang's Mansion are all important to me. This is the common mentality of you so-called reformists. Do you think you can do whatever you want now?" Guo
He said coldly.
Kang Zizhen stood up with a shrug, stunned and speechless. Prince Liang understood everything, and what he said was exactly what he was thinking. He really did not take Prince Liang seriously. The reformists were very vigorous in the court. The emperor expressed his displeasure with Yan Fang.
The two adults hold him in high esteem, and since they are a new leader in the reform sect, they naturally do not have to worry about too many things. As the two adults Yan Fang said, reformers need to be fearless, and they indeed have no regard for Liang Wang Guo Bing.
Too much awe.
But at this moment, Kang Zizhen suddenly felt worried and afraid. When he really faced Prince Liang, he realized that his heart was empty. Prince Guo Bing's identity still had a great sense of oppression on him.
And a sense of shock. This made Kang Zizhen a little annoyed and a little regretful.
Guo Bing stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his hands, looking at the Hangzhou market on the shore with confusion and looking at the river bridges with smoke like willows. He seemed to be talking to Kang Zizhen, but at the same time he seemed to be mumbling to himself.
"Thinking about how our country, the Great Zhou Dynasty, has lasted for more than 150 years, many things have changed completely from what they were when the country was founded. They have become beyond recognition. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the world of our country, the Great Zhou Dynasty, was so clear and bright. People in the world were diligent, cautious, and obeyed the etiquette and laws. That was
What a prosperous age. Now that more than a hundred years have passed, look at the world of the Great Zhou. The people are poor, the treasury is poor, and the world is declining. Hangzhou has been the richest place in the entire Great Zhou for many years, and the people live in peace and contentment. But now
But it has become a smoky atmosphere, and people are in panic. The officials are selfish and corrupt, and their corpses have nothing to eat. What is even more unbearable is that the rules of respect and inferiority in my Zhou Dynasty have been broken, and the dignity of my Guo family has been trampled on. This is
Why? Whose fault is this?”
Everyone on the deck stood speechless, no one dared to say a word, because they did not know how to answer, nor did they know the answer to this question.
Kang Zizhen frowned and remained silent. He wanted to say: Your Majesty, what's the use of saying this? What have you done for this? What do you mean by these words? Doesn't it reflect that today's saints are not wise? But what can he do with these words?
Dare to speak out.
"Kang Zizhen, please answer my question. Who are you?" Guo Bing suddenly turned around and asked Kang Zizhen.
Kang Zizhen was stunned and opened his mouth without saying anything. This question was asked in a general way and he didn't know how to answer it.
"Answer me! What is your identity? Do you think you are a person? Are you the master of Hangzhou City? You can do whatever you want, you can do whatever you want?" Guo Bing's eyes were fierce and he asked sternly.
"No, no, no, how dare I have such an idea? I am just...just an official appointed by the imperial court. I am just doing my best to serve the court and serve the emperor. I am..." Kang Zizhen said incoherently,
He didn't know what he was talking about, and he was frightened by Guo Bing's fierce gaze.
"Bah, work for the court and be loyal to the emperor? I think you are basically duplicitous. Let me answer for you who you are. You are actually nothing, understand? You are just a slave, a dog. This great Zhou
Jiangshan's surname is Guo, and my surname is also Guo. You are just a dog slave raised by my Guo family. Don't think that you have Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru behind you to support you. They are just dogs raised by my Guo family. They are not
Not the master. Do you understand your identity now?" Guo Bingbing stared at Kang Zizhen with a smile.
Kang Zizhen heard that the tone was wrong and thought for a while but did not answer. Guo Bing shouted sharply: "Answer me."
"The world of the Great Zhou Dynasty naturally belongs to the Guo family. Xiaguan...Xiaguan is just a minister. But...how can the prince say...we are dogs? What the prince said is really...it is really..." Kang Zizhen
