Chapter 342: The First Slash in the Red Eyed World
"I wonder, what benefits did the rebels in the south promise you?"
Hearing this, the minister's heart trembled greatly, but his expression remained as usual.
"The grand master is joking. The revolutionary army in the south hates me to the core. They have assassinated me eight hundred times, if not a thousand times. How could I possibly cooperate with the rebels?"
Xi Tong smiled and laughed.
"Minister! I said 'rebels', not 'revolutionary army'! Also, I said 'what benefits were promised to you', not 'cooperation'! You are asking for it!"
The minister finally changed his expression.
He is cautious by nature. In order to prevent him from talking in his sleep at night and saying anything inappropriate, he will never sleep in the same room with his wife even after they have sex.
Damn it, how could I say so many things that I shouldn't have said?
Also, who is the Grand Master and why do you know this?
I'm hungry. I must be dizzy from hunger. I'll eat, I'll eat, I'll eat!
Seeing the minister turn his grief and anger into food, Xi Tong spoke eloquently.
"I have always been curious about why the empire has lost Teigu one after another for thousands of years. Today, as many as half of the Teigu have been lost."
"As an internal affairs officer, the minister must have an inseparable relationship. In this world, the minister is the only one who has made the matter of the loss of the imperial equipment airtight."
The minister remained silent and just ate.
"Second, the people of the empire were afraid of the Teigu's suppression and did not dare to participate in the rebellion. The southern rebels were only a handful of people at first. How did they grow and develop?"
The empire has the Teigu User, a super weapon that can defeat a thousand enemies with one. A powerful Teigu User can even defeat 10,000 people with one enemy. Esdeath's level can even kill an army of 400,000 northern aliens.
There were not many rebellions suppressed by Teigu users, but every time they had a huge impact, unless they were crazy, who wouldn't be able to think about rebellion?
However, the rebels in the south not only built it, they also succeeded!
Every time someone suggested sending troops to quell the rebellion, the minister always used the excuse of being in a remote location and instead focused on the night attack assassination group that was annihilating the activities in the imperial capital.
In this way, the southern rebels developed and grew step by step, turning from a spark into a prairie fire.
After shooting the first bird, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are looking at this little bird in the south.
Now, not only is the bird not dead, but it has grown into a giant eagle step by step, and even into a fire phoenix.
While the rebels gained great popularity, they also gained more and more defectors and supporters.
In the past, no one suspected him, but he secretly dealt with all the suspects. In addition, the rebels deliberately planned to assassinate the minister, and gradually no one suspected him.
The minister continued to eat and stuffed his mouth with fresh meat.
Xi Tong looked up and down at the minister's bloated and out-of-shape body.
"Your longevity is exhausted. Even if you use the secret method, your body will still age and die at ten times the speed! Therefore, you have to eat a lot of fresh meat to absorb vitality and extend your life."
"It's just, minister..."
"You are only alive with your body, and your soul has long since rotted away. Are you a human or a devil now?"
Xi Tong rubbed the hilt of the magic sword, and the lines of cause and effect were clearly sorted out. All the secrets of the minister were as clear as lines on the palm of his hand.
It was precisely after seeing these "interesting contents" that Xi Tong spared the minister's life. Otherwise, he would have strangled this guy long ago.
The minister's eyes twitched, and he looked at Xi Tong with fear.
He didn't know whether he was a human or a ghost, but in his opinion, the Grand Master in front of him was definitely a devil.
"Slander is a load of nonsense! Grand Master, you are such a slanderer!"
Xi Tong snorted coldly, "Minister, are you being shameless?"
The minister was instantly frightened.
For the Grand Master to be able to tell such secrets, he must have obtained substantial evidence.
The other party did not expose all this, but discussed it privately with me, indicating that there was still room for easing the matter.
If you still deny it now, it means there is no need to talk about it.
"Okay, Master, what do you want?"
Xi Tong nodded, "As I said just now, I want to know what benefits the rebels promised you!"
The minister touched his pocket, but found nothing. He had eaten all the fresh meat he had brought with him.
Xi Tong immediately handed over a piece of raw meat still dripping with blood.
The minister originally refused. He would rather starve to death than eat a bite of the Grand Master's food. However, the meat was so fragrant that the greedy worm in the minister's stomach rebelled.
After taking a bite, the minister was so excited that he trembled all over.
Fragrant, it smells so good!
Moreover, this meat contains huge vitality, and one piece is worth a hundred yuan. If he can eat this kind of meat every day, he will no longer have to go out of his way to overeat.
Xi Tong smiled and nodded, "This is my gift. I wonder if the minister is satisfied?"
Satisfied, really satisfied!
After receiving Xi Tong's sincerity, the minister immediately showed his own sincerity.
"The empire is too corrupt. We must overthrow it and rebuild a just and clean country!"
The source of corruption in the empire, yet he spoke of overthrowing the empire and establishing a just and clean country.
This is a joke!
However, the minister's expression was serious, even somewhat sacred.
"I know this is ridiculous! But, I can swear on my family's honor!"
As the minister explained, Xi Tong finally understood.
The empire has been stable for thousands of years, but that refers to imperial power.
The ministers under the emperor were fighting openly and secretly all the time, climbing up on the corpses of their enemies.
It is very beautiful to have one person below ten thousand people, but behind the scenery, there are countless people who are eager to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.
Even General Bude's family was just a small aristocracy during the First Emperor's era, climbing up the ladder step by step, and only reached its peak in the past one or two hundred years.
During these seven or eight hundred years, the position of the general changed hands several times, and he changed his surnames countless times.
In other words, even the top dignitaries in the empire only lasted for a hundred or two hundred years, or even a few decades.
The minister's family has reached its peak of prosperity, almost coercing the emperor to command the princes.
After the minister's death, his family will inevitably prosper and decline. By then, I don't know how many people will be hurt.
Looking at the previous families that have gone from prosperity to decline, every one of them has not been devoured by jackals until their bones and dregs are left.
This is a man-eating empire. How can the meat of ordinary people be as delicious as the meat of top dignitaries?
No one will let go of the minister's family. Male slaves and female prostitutes are almost destined to end!
How can a woman from an ordinary family be as sweet as the women from a minister's family?
Therefore, the minister has long been planning a way out.
However, all the retreats have been taken by the predecessors, and all failed without exception. No family can escape unscathed.
Therefore, for himself and his family, the minister thought of an unprecedented and unimaginable way.
As long as the empire is destroyed, all the powerful families will fall into crazy competition. In this way, they will not unite to make trouble for the ministers.
With the resources in hand and the connections of the four generations of the family, the ministers can even divide one area and compete in the world.
No matter how bad things happen, you can still use your resources to win the honor of being one of the founding heroes of the country.
As a result, rebels appeared in the south, and with the secret help of the ministers, they grew and grew stronger.
The minister stuffed the piece of meat into his mouth, sucked the blood on his finger, and showed a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Are you satisfied with this answer?"
Xi Tong sneered, "It doesn't matter whether I am satisfied or not. What matters is whether the ministers and His Majesty are satisfied."
The minister woke up from a dream, and suddenly remembered that this was a royal palace, and there were more than a hundred officials attending the court meeting in the hall.
He looked up and saw that the little emperor had flown back on a unicorn at some point and was looking at him angrily.
The minister's knees weakened, "Your Majesty, I was wronged. I was deceived by the master's magic! Your Majesty, please be aware of this!"