Under the guidance of Song Dian, Zhang Jiao slowly walked into the hall. The guards around him glared solemnly in front of him. All this made Zhang Jiao feel particularly unnatural and even a little nervous. After entering the hall, Zhang Jiao lowered his head.
With his head bowed, he bowed and said: "Meet your Majesty!" The emperor held a scroll in his hand and was reading when he heard Zhang Jiao speak and seemed to have discovered the person coming.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the alchemist in front of him seriously.
"Get up..."
"Are you Zhang Jiao?" the emperor looked at him and asked.
Zhang Jiao bowed again and said: "The citizens Zhang Jiao greets Your Majesty!" The emperor shook his head and said: "No need to be polite, I have heard about you a long time ago. I heard from the governor of Jizhou that you are not very peaceful.
, and also went around privately to help the victims and win over people's hearts, is this possible?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Zhang Jiao was really startled. He was a little brave and did not lose his composure with fright. He said: "I just don't want the people to suffer, so I am helping. I don't have a disobedient heart. I still hope."
Your Majesty is very discerning!"
"Mingjing? Spent all your property and rescued people everywhere. You are quite famous. I asked you to come here this time. Do you know why?" The emperor stared at him coldly and asked. Zhang Jiao's eyes widened.
Asked: "I don't know."
"I just want to see who is competing with the Han for people's hearts."
"His Majesty...."
"I heard that your Taoism is very powerful, but is it true?"
"I just have a brief understanding of Taoism..."
The emperor didn't give him a chance to speak anymore, and said directly: "Okay, the passage method is good, come here!" Several surrounding guards rushed in, the emperor pointed at him and said: "You guys, will
He was taken out and beheaded. I want to see if he will be beheaded and reborn..." Several guards did not hesitate and immediately pressed Zhang Jiao to the ground.
Zhang Jue was a little frightened. He raised his head, looked at the emperor, and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will never cut off my head and be reborn!"
"Then you can resist and let me see your ability to spread the beans into an army!"
"Pull it down and kill it!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Don't do this!" Zhang Jiao exclaimed, and the emperor smiled and said: "Don't be humble. I have long heard that you are powerful in Taoism and have many Taoisms. Could it be that you are willing to show me your Taoism?"
What?"
He looked at Su Wei again and continued: "Don't drag him out, just behead him here, so that I don't have the chance to see this method..." Zhang Jiao exclaimed: "Your Majesty, I know how to govern people.
What a method!" Several Su guards suppressed him, while another man slowly pulled out his long sword and pointed it at the back of his neck, breathing heavily with his eyes wide open in fear.
"Can you save people? Oh, I heard that you can make flesh from bones and resurrect the dead? It's also good to find him a corpse and let him resurrect the corpse in front of me!"
Zhang Jue collapsed a little. He knew in his heart that it seemed that the emperor was deliberately taking his life. It seemed that he would not be able to get out alive today. He looked at the emperor in despair. He never thought that he would end up in this situation.
At the end, feeling the cold sword blade on the back of his neck, he slowly closed his eyes, his expression gradually calmed down, and he accepted his fate.
This surprised the emperor. He looked at Zhang Jiao and asked, "Do I need to prepare some magic weapons for you so that you can cast spells?"
"Your Majesty, it is true that I do not know how to behead my head and be reborn. However, if Your Majesty wants to kill me, please take it outside the palace to avoid damaging the sanctity of the temple. The people of the Han Dynasty have suffered for a long time. With the Holy Emperor ruling the world, I will die without regrets.
!”
The emperor frowned and looked at him coldly, but said nothing. Su Wei raised the long sword in his hand high, and the long sword fell suddenly. The emperor suddenly raised his hand, and the long sword fell on the back of Zhang Jue's neck.
But it didn't fall for a long time. Just a little bit, but it already left a blood-red shallow mark on the back of Zhang Jue's neck. The emperor asked with some surprise: "Could it be that you really can't cut off your head and be reborn?"
Law?"
"Really, I really can't!" Zhang Jiao, who had already resigned himself to his fate, couldn't help shouting when he heard this. The emperor was shocked and said quickly: "Let him go quickly..." Su Wei immediately stood up and the emperor
He helped him up with a smile and said helplessly: "Oh, I almost killed you by mistake. I thought those rumors were true!"
Zhang Jiao shook his head and said: "The emperor has the spirit of an emperor, and there is nothing he can do!" The emperor narrowed his eyes and said no more, and then said: "I have never killed innocent people in vain. I don't like you, but
I won’t kill you, so just leave!”
Zhang Jiao looked at Song Dian outside the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to offer to Your Majesty!".
"Oh?", the emperor was a little confused.
He looked at Song Dian and said, "The things I brought with me were detained at the palace gate. I wonder if my father-in-law could bring them to me?!" Song Dian looked at the emperor, who nodded. Song
Dian then turned around and left. Zhang Jiao thanked him again and said, "Thank you, father-in-law." The emperor started chatting with him again, nothing more than talking about things in the Interpretation Pavilion. Zhang Jiao also complained to the emperor.
I hope the emperor can send talents like Zhang He and Yang Qiu to find the murderer.
Hearing this, the emperor just smiled. In fact, when the big case first appeared, Zhang He wrote to himself, asking for a thorough investigation of the case in person. Then came Yang Qiu, who was far away in Xinzhou, and Yang Qiu was still the same.
The usual style, probably means that I will not delay the political affairs of Xinzhou. If the culprit cannot be found within three days, I can behead me!
In this regard, the emperor appreciates Yang Qiu very much. When people do things for the emperor, they do it at the risk of their own lives. This is the highest state of being a minister!
Even Zhang He was the same. He followed Yang Qiu for a long time, and his words were as loud as Yang Qiu's retreat. He still said, "Please behead me!"
The two were chatting. Song Dian walked in slowly holding a huge scroll and handed it to Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao put the scroll on the document and slowly opened it. This was a map, a huge map.
, the map of the Han Dynasty, states, and counties are all clear at a glance. The vast Han Dynasty, starting from Yuyang in the east, Quli in the west, Cangwu in the south, and Hezhou in the north, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are laid out in front of the emperor.
"I once spent all my wealth and traveled around the world. I had long wanted to meet the Holy Spirit, but I was frightened, so I made a map of the world... and presented it to Your Majesty!!" Zhang Jiao said while cupping his hands, but the emperor was completely obsessed with this.
In this huge map, although it is not exquisitely done, many counties and cities are not drawn. There are only rough states and counties. The north is slightly more refined and complete, while the south seems a bit blurry.
It was such a crude map, but it made the emperor feel restless and his eyes were hot. He stretched out his hand and slowly touched the mountains and rivers of Han Dynasty. He suddenly laughed and said: "Okay, okay!", seeing the emperor like this
Happy, Zhang Jue just felt relieved. The emperor looked at the map and was a little fascinated. He grinned and looked at the huge Hezhou and Xinzhou. He was even more happy!
"My kingdom..."
Zhang Jiao stood aside, thinking about what to say next.
"Oh, by the way, you, an alchemist, draw a map privately. What do you mean?"
The emperor suddenly turned his head, looked at Zhang Jiao, and asked.
Zhang Jiao was stunned and looked at the emperor blankly.