Chapter 3130 The person chosen by Grandpa Emperor is me!
Zhu Feng said calmly, "Jinling, Bamboo Academy."
"What?!"
This time, not only Zhu Chengjin was shocked, but even Nan Yan was startled. She opened her eyes wide with surprise and looked up at Zhu Feng.
Jinling? Bamboo Academy?
Was that when Zhu Feng built the Da Ci'en Temple and went south to offer sacrifices to Emperor Gao and Empress Chen? That was a full five years ago!
From that moment on, Zhu Feng had already started to suspect Zhu Chengjin?!
"Bamboo Academy..."
After repeating these four words, Zhu Chengjin's voice sank. He turned around and glared fiercely at Jian Ruocheng who was standing on the shore. However, Zhu Feng continued coldly, "At that time, he hadn't seen everything clearly, and I didn't know of your existence from him."
"That's—"
"Shannon."
Zhu Feng mentioned a name coldly, and everyone present, even Nan Yan, was stunned.
But fortunately, she was also extremely nervous at this time, and immediately found the owner of this name from the depths of her memory. If she remembered correctly, it should be Xia Fuxiu - Xia Nongsheng, who had always been against them in Zhujian Academy.
Zhu Chengjin himself frowned.
Obviously, he didn't have a deep impression of this name, or he had completely forgotten it.
Zhu Feng sneered and said, "You probably wouldn't care about such a small person at all. But, it is precisely because you don't care that I can seize the opportunity to see such a person appear and then slowly get to you."
“…”
"This Xia Nongsheng ranked second in the palace examination in the fourth year of Chongwen."
“…”
"This kind of scholar, like Xu Shizong, clings to the word 'orthodoxy' in his bones. Even the court cannot use him. Moreover, he is the runner-up selected by you, so it is impossible for him to be used by others easily. Therefore, after discovering his identity, I began to suspect that you were the one behind this."
“…”
"You probably never imagined that just one person would reveal your hidden identity."
Although Zhu Chengjin's face could not be seen, as the daylight gradually came out, one could vaguely feel that his face was distorted and almost hideous.
Zhu Feng's face still showed no expression.
He was born in the military and had developed the ability to keep his emotions hidden. Although he had been advancing step by step in the past few days and had now recaptured the places that he had originally lost one by one, and now he had forced Zhu Chengjin and his men into a desperate situation without making a sound, which was a big deal in the eyes of many people, he remained indifferent, as if he had only accomplished an ordinary little thing.
After all, the person who showed his emotions on his face, who lost his composure because of a little gain or loss, and eventually lost his beautiful country, and even lost the Jiangnan region that he could have taken back, was standing in front of him.
Zhu Feng looked at Zhu Chengjin and said calmly, "It seems that you didn't expect it."
“…”
"You probably haven't even paid attention to this person. If I hadn't mentioned it here, you would have probably forgotten that there was such a person who once obeyed your orders."
Zhu Chengjin didn't say anything, but this silence was just a tacit agreement.
Zhu Feng shook his head.
Facing this man, it's true that they were rivals, but to be honest, Zhu Chengjin was his nephew, his junior. He sighed deeply and said, "Do you know why you always fail, time and again, at my hands?"
“…”
"That's because you never care about people or human nature."
“…”
"Those who are powerful and can be exploited, you just use money, power, and everything else you can to win them over, just like these people in Xingluo Lake—"
At this point, he glanced back at the large ship not far away. Li Chen and his crew had been trapped by a sudden rise of iron nets from the water. Even those water ghosts, no matter how adept they were at swimming, dared not act rashly. Zhu Feng looked at them with a glacial gaze, as if frozen with frost. "Do you think that by letting Jinling City plunder for so many days, you've effectively won them over?"
“…”
"Yes, you did win them over, but do you know that it took my men an hour to break out of the Purple Palace and take control of the Imperial Palace? How much longer did it take to control the entire Jinling City?"
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"Less than half an hour."
Hearing this, everyone around gasped.
You know, although Zhu Chengjin deployed troops at various checkpoints in the palace and Jinling City before leaving, no matter how big the palace is, it is still only so small, and no matter how small Jinling City is, it is still so big.
But it took his troops an hour to capture the palace, and only half an hour to capture Jinling City!
This is simply a fantasy.
Zhu Feng said calmly, "Don't be surprised."
“…”
"When my troops were attacking various parts of the Jinling Imperial Palace, the people in the city responded immediately. My troops didn't even have to make a move, and all nine gates of Jinling City were captured."
Zhu Chengjin's face seemed to turn pale as well.
Zhu Feng said, "You never know who you really need to please."
“…”
"You don't trust people, nor do you believe in human nature. You simply use the power in your hands to constantly torture those around you. Do you think you can control people's hearts in this way? You are too naive."
"So what!"
Hearing this, Zhu Chengjin seemed to finally lose control of himself and uttered viciously through gritted teeth, "Even if you understand human nature, what does it matter if you keep trying to take the kingdom away from me?"
“…”
"The person chosen by Grandpa Emperor is me!"
“…”
"After all, you are not the heir chosen by the Emperor!"
“…”
"You will always be a criminal who usurped the throne! A criminal!"
Hearing this, Nan Yan's pupils shrank sharply, and she looked up at Zhu Feng with a nervous breathing.
Sure enough, the man standing in front of her, whose shoulders were as broad as a mountain and whom one could rely on, suddenly twitched as if he had been suddenly whipped.
Even if others don’t know, Nan Yan knows it very well.
Emperor Gao chose the crown prince, and after the crown prince's death, he chose to enthrone Zhu Chengjin as the crown prince. Until his death, when he was seriously ill, he was still making arrangements. Every arrangement was aimed at the former Prince of Yan, his own son. This was an eternal pain in Zhu Feng's heart.
This pain was even connected to the deepest darkness in his heart, a wound that could never be healed - his life experience.
Zhu Chengjin said this perhaps to vent his anger.
But, it also really stimulated Zhu Feng!
Nan Yan held her breath, subconsciously raised her hand to hold Zhu Feng's sleeve, and whispered, "Your Majesty..."
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