"But the strength of the Jinyang Kingdom cannot be underestimated. If the general is impatient, I'm afraid there will be a life-and-death battle."
"I have treated the General's Mansion well. Eating the emperor's salary and sharing his worries, isn't this what he should do as a subject? What's more, doesn't the Shen family still have Shen Yanzhi?"
There will be no left or right follow-up.
Qiufu stopped talking, his scalp feeling numb.
This time, the emperor didn't think that Shen Jianshan would come back alive.
He had thought that since the emperor had agreed to Jiang Zhuo and Chen Qing's marriage, his suspicions wouldn't be that serious. But after all, they were an imperial family, so they were sensitive and suspicious.
The Jiang family enjoyed considerable prestige among the civil officials, while the Shen family enjoyed a prominent reputation among the military commanders. The marriage between the two families, with their power intertwined, further strengthened their influence in the court.
How could the emperor not be wary of such a situation? Once the two families joined forces, it would be like a sword hanging high above his head, threatening the stability of the throne and the supremacy of imperial power at any time.
He would never allow the throne to change hands.
"Qiufu, although I regard Jiang Zhuo as my own son, his last name is not Murong after all."
He got rid of Song Siyao many years ago, so he would not touch the Jiang family this time.
Jiang Zhuo, who was far away in Yunzhou, sneezed.
"Has Lord Xiao Jiang caught a cold?" Ouyang Xun asked worriedly.
"No problem." Jiang Zhuo shook his head. "Have you arranged everything?"
"Everything has been arranged according to your instructions."
Ouyang Xun was somewhat impressed by this famous Dali Temple Minister in the capital!
He asked him to go to the clinic and actually found the problem.
Liu Chun met a man on the roadside that year. The man was seriously injured. Liu Chun tried his best but failed to save the man's life.
Later, the man's family members also became scoundrels and insisted that the man was killed by Liu Chunzhi and demanded that Liu Chunzhi compensate them with money.
Liu Chun disagreed. If he paid compensation, it would prove that the man was indeed killed by his treatment, which would simply destroy his reputation!
Then, on a dark and windy night, the family set fire to the clinic. Liu Chun was fast asleep at the time and was choked by the fire, but the flames were too strong to escape.
But after the fire was put out, Liu Chun's body was not found in the clinic, and he had never appeared in Yang County, so everyone speculated that he had left Yang County.
They followed Jiang Zhuo's advice and searched carefully around the clinic. Sure enough, they found a secret room with signs of human life inside.
Jiang Zhuo said that Liu Chun was not dead.
We sent people to watch the clinic for a long time and finally saw someone go in at night.
Jiang Zhuo immediately arranged for people to surround the clinic and prepare to capture Liu Chun.
"Sir, everything is ready." The officer came running over to report, "When do we start?"
"immediately."
Jiang Zhuo gathered his cloak and spoke.
Ouyang Xun immediately sent people to rush into the clinic, forcibly opened the secret room, and searched it from top to bottom, but no one was there.
Jiang Zhuo didn't seem surprised, he was waiting.
After a long time, Changfeng came with a man dressed as a beggar.
"Sir, the man has been caught."
Jiang Zhuo looked at the dirty beggar on the ground.
"Liu Chun, do you admit your guilt?"
"Sir, I am not Liu Chun, I am just a beggar!"
"I just want to eat. I want to live!"
The beggar knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, and even hugged Jiang Zhuo's legs and started crying. His words were so sincere that people were moved.
What was even more shocking was that Jiang Zhuo, who was so concerned about his clothes, didn't even avoid it.
Suddenly, the beggar who originally looked pitiful had a fierce light flashing in his eyes. He took out a dagger from somewhere and stabbed it towards Jiang Zhuo's abdomen with lightning speed.
However, Jiang Zhuo reacted extremely quickly. Almost the moment he drew his dagger, he raised his foot and fiercely kicked the beggar in the chest. The kick was so powerful that the beggar instantly flew back two meters like a kite with a broken string, and fell heavily to the ground.
The beggar felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if his internal organs had shifted. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turned as pale as paper, and the dagger in his hand fell.
This Liu Chun is quite capable. He can even untie the rope tied by Changfeng.
"Do you want to continue pretending?"
The beggar fell silent, and the air around him seemed to freeze. Then, with a creepy clicking sound, a strange scene appeared.
His body seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, and his height suddenly began to grow. His originally shriveled frame now expanded at an astonishing rate, and his exposed skin became thinner and thinner, almost to the point of being transparent.
"Master Jiang, I admire your strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west." Liu Chun rubbed his chest, which was painful from Jiang Zhuo's kick. "They pretended to fall for my trick and sent people to surround the clinic, but actually ambushed them at the city gate. It was really brilliant!"
Jiang Zhuo chuckled.
He had known for a long time that Liu Chun could not still be in the secret room of the clinic, so he took advantage of the situation and took his men to guard the clinic, while letting Changfeng guard the city gate.
"How about going to the jail with me?"
Liu Chun held the dagger tightly in his hand, "Master Jiang, do you know why I killed people?"
"I'd like to hear more about it."
Liu Chun raised his head and tore the human skin from the neck, revealing his original face.
Everyone gasped when they saw it.
Liu Chun's face was covered with horrific burns. The twisted scars were like winding centipedes, crawling all over his cheeks.
The burned skin was a mixture of charred black and dark red, and some parts were wrinkled and bumpy, with no smoothness at all.
His facial features became distorted and hideous due to the erosion of the scar, and his lips also appeared crooked due to the traction of the scar.
"Sir, is it horrible? Not a single piece of skin on my body is intact; it's all like this. When I was first burned, I was in pain all day and night and couldn't sleep at all. And all this happened because I was kind enough to heal a dying man. Isn't that ridiculous?"
"You can report to the police!" Ouyang Xun was a little afraid to look directly at Liu Chun.
"What's the point of reporting to a useless official like you?" Liu Chun looked at Ouyang Xun coldly, mocking him without any hesitation. "I've killed so many people, and you haven't caught me once, you idiot."
"You, you..." Ouyang Xun was so angry that he almost fainted.
Liu Chun turned to look at Jiang Zhuo, the passion in his eyes was exactly the same as when he first met him, except that he was more reserved at that time.
“I originally thought that Lord Jiang was a useless person like them, but I didn’t expect that you actually have some skills.
The first time I saw you, I thought your skin was really beautiful and top-notch.
Lord Jiang, if you are willing to give me your skin, I will go back to the prison with you."
Jiang Zhuo raised an eyebrow and replied calmly, "No."
"Don't you think I'm pathetic? Why won't you give me your skin?!"
"Innocence is not a reason for you to commit a crime."
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