Shen Lang looked at Ning Zheng for a long time. Even though his hair was disheveled, he hadn't changed much. Even his eyes hadn't changed much from two years ago. They were still clear and determined, just a bit deeper. The inhumane treatment of the past two years hadn't shaken his will at all. This was probably the best King of Yue in a hundred years.
But Shen Lang was still very embarrassed. Before, he had supported Ning Zheng. Even though he didn't have any intentions of being a ruler and subject, Shen Lang had been the Chief Clerk of Marquis Changping's residence and could be considered Ning Zheng's subordinate. But now, he had suddenly become his ruler.
Shen Lang instinctively wanted to say that he didn't want to be some bullsh * t emperor, but after thinking about it, he gave up. This would probably hurt Ning Zheng's feelings.
"Brother Wang, if you keep being like this, we won't be able to see each other in the future." Shen Lang smiled bitterly.
Ning Zheng stood up and bowed to the side. His etiquette was meticulous.
Shen Lang walked in front of Bian Xiao and picked up his hands. He used an X-ray eye to check his tendons and tendons in his legs.
Bian Xiao was a grandmaster, so his tendons and tendons were destroyed after he was captured. Fortunately, it hadn't been long, unlike Grandmaster Lan Xiao, who had his tendons and tendons broken for several years.
"I can reconnect your tendons and you'll recover your martial arts in about a year or two." Shen Lang said, "I'll arrange for surgery as soon as possible."
Bian Xiao kowtowed. "Your subject thanks you for your kindness."
In reality, Bian Xiao was really wronged. He and Shen Lang had almost never met face to face. The only contact they had was during the battle for Jinshan Island. At that time, Duke Bian Xiao's position was incomparably high while Shen Lang was just a son-in-law. In the end, he was also implicated by Shen Lang. From a high position, he lost everything and his entire clan was imprisoned.
Of course, the Zhu clan had given him a chance. If he was willing to surrender, he could keep his title even if he lost his military power. But Bian Xiao was a tough person. How could he surrender? So his army of a hundred thousand was defeated by Zhu Hongxue's Blood Soul Army and Yanzhou was lost.
Shen Lang arrived in front of Zhang Chong and said, "Chunhua has done an outstanding job in Raging Tide City. After I rescue you, I'll marry her. But I'm afraid there will only be a very small ceremony, and the marriage certificate can only use Jiang Lang's name. "
Zhang Chong trembled slightly, then he knelt down and kowtowed, "This subject is terrified, this subject thanks the Lord for his grace."
He was really filled with emotion. He didn't expect that the mission of bringing honor to the ancestors would really fall on his daughter.
As soon as Shen Lang's gaze fell on Imperial Uncle Ning Qi's face, the latter revealed a complicated look.
In the past few years, Imperial Uncle Ning Qi did not have a good impression of Shen Lang and had reprimanded him countless times. Moreover, he was imprisoned not because he supported Shen Lang or the Great Yan Empire, but because he supported Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng.
However, it was time for them to take sides. What the Great Yan Empire had done to the State of Yue was too dishonorable. It was too ugly. The entire eastern world was either surnamed Ji or Jiang. Now that the chaos had been restored, the State of Yue could only be loyal to the Jiang Dynasty.
"This subject, Ning Qi, greets Your Majesty!" Imperial Uncle Ning Qi knelt down and kowtowed.
"This subject, Ning Gang, greets Your Majesty." Imperial Uncle Ning Gang knelt down and kowtowed.
Following that, the hundreds of people present knelt down and kowtowed in an orderly manner.
"This subject greets Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live!"
These people were known as the remnants of Shen Lang, even though many of them had never supported Shen Lang. They only supported Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng.
After a while, more than a thousand people knelt down and kowtowed, "This subject greets Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live!"
The entire imperial court was clearly divided. Those who supported the Jiang Dynasty knelt down neatly, while those who supported the Great Yan Empire stood upright.
At least at this moment, no one was speculating, let alone speculating.
This was because everyone was risking their lives to take sides. Shen Lang had won the final battle in Tianyue City, but the Sky-sea Pavilion was still within the borders of the State of Yue. Their forces were almost unharmed, not to mention that the Great Yan Empire was still at its peak. It was so powerful that it made people feel hopeless.
Therefore, those who knelt down and pledged loyalty to Shen Lang today might become ghosts under the blade of the Great Yan Empire tomorrow.
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Shen Lang slowly walked back to the top of the stairs. No matter where he went, more than six Grandmasters followed him closely.
He looked at Ning Qi, who was trembling and seemed to be struggling.
From the beginning, Ning Qi had never pledged loyalty to Shen Lang. He did not even have the courage to resist the Great Yan Empire. He just stuck to his bottom line and did not want to kill Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng with his own hands.
From his personal point of view, he was still unwilling to stand on Shen Lang's side. This was because the Great Yan Empire and the Sky-sea Pavilion were too powerful. Standing on Shen Lang's side would mean disaster in the future.
However, in this world, there were many times when there was no other choice. When he was unwilling to kill Ning Zheng, he was already forced to choose a side.
Sometimes there was a gray area, but sometimes it was black and white.
In the entire Eastern world, one could either stand on the Jiang Dynasty's side or the Ji Dynasty's side.
Emotionally, Ning Qi yearned for the Jiang Dynasty. Everything the Ji Dynasty did was too ugly. However, logically, standing on the Jiang Dynasty's side would really lead to extinction.
But now, Ning Qi really had no other choice. He could no longer stand in the middle.
With a long sigh, Ning Qi knelt down towards Shen Lang and kowtowed. "Your subject Ning Qi greets Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live!"
Shen Lang said, "Third Highness, you used to be a very outstanding person. You had the sharpest vision, the most ruthless and decisive means, and the art of politics. However, in these two years, you have lost your direction. However, I hope that you will be able to find your direction again and find your former self. "
Ning Qi kowtowed. "Your subject is ashamed. I hope that I will live up to Your Majesty's expectations."
Shen Lang said, "I really look forward to Your Majesty becoming the invincible commander of the State of Yue."
Ning Qi kowtowed on the ground and remained motionless.
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Next, Shen Lang looked at Ning Yi.
Ning Yi immediately knelt down and kowtowed continuously. "Your subject greets Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live!"
Ning Yi was still the same Ning Yi. In fact, he was not like this when he was the Crown Prince of the State of Yue. He was full of refinement, superiority, and pride. Moreover, he was not bad at politics.
To a certain extent, none of Ning Yuanxian's sons were idiots. Perhaps only Ning Qi and Ning Zheng were truly outstanding. However, Ning Zhen, Ning Jing, Ning Yi, and even Ning Shao were all outstanding talents.
Ning Yi's fall was caused by the Zhu family. For a long time, Ning Yi was more like a pet that the Zhu family kept in captivity. He had not experienced any hardships at all and was directly thrown into the tragic battlefield of the The South Kingdom. Once the cowardly Ning Yi knelt down, his spirit and backbone were completely castrated. He could no longer stand up and could only continue to fall.
For a long time, Ning Yi was one of Shen Lang's most important enemies. However, the two of them rarely met each other. This was because during that time, Ning Yi was the high and mighty Crown Prince of the State of Yue and did not take Shen Lang seriously. When he took Shen Lang seriously, he was quickly slapped to death by Shen Lang.
Ning Yi had committed many unforgivable crimes. For example, he had wanted to take Jin Mulan away for a long time. He had tortured Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng.
However, there were different levels of beasts. When Ning Shao wanted to kill Ning Yuanxian, Ning Yi was also stunned and was unwilling to do it.
Shen Lang looked at Ning Yi and did not speak for a long time.
Ning Yi kept trembling. He kowtowed desperately and cried, "Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty Shen Lang, I was wrong. I was wrong. Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me."
"I don't want to die. I don't want to die …"
At first, he was just crying a little. Later, he simply burst into tears and collapsed on the ground.
Looking at Ning Yi, Shen Lang was really in a dilemma. He had wanted to let Ning Zheng deal with Ning Yi because Ning Zheng was the King of Yue.
However, after thinking about it, he could not do so. After all, Ning Yi was Ning Zheng's elder brother and Ning Yuanxian's son. Should he let Ning Zheng kill his elder brother? Should he let Ning Yuanxian kill his son?
Ning Zheng could not do it, and Ning Yuanxian could not do it now either. Therefore, he had to do it.
Ning Yi tortured Ning Zheng. To a certain extent, he did not deserve to die. However, as a son, he tortured his father, Ning Yuanxian, so he must die.
Soon, Shen Lang made a decision. Nominally, Ning Yi would be exiled to a deserted island in the east. Then, he would be executed secretly on this island and his bones would be buried outside the deserted island.
Shen Lang said, "Ning Yi is disloyal and unfilial. He will be exiled for thousands of miles and will never be able to return to the State of Yue."
Hearing this, Ning Yi kowtowed desperately and cried, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
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Shen Lang's gaze fell on Princess Royal Ning Luo's face. He sighed again.
He and Princess Ning Luo could have been the best allies. He even saved Princess Ning Luo's life.
However, because Prince Jin's Queen disfigured Ning Luo, Ning Luo's heart was twisted. She hated everything, including Prince Jin and Shen Lang.
In fact, she did not do many evil things. At least, she did not torture Ning Zheng or Ning Yuanxian.
However, a few months ago, she killed more than 500 people. These 500 people claimed to be the remnants of Shen Lang, but they were innocent. Originally, they could have not died, because Shen Lang had already negotiated with the Zhu Clan.
However, Ning Shao, the madman, did not want to lose face. He delayed for a few minutes and gave the order. Princess Ning Luo's heart was twisted. She could not wait to kill people to satisfy her desire to destroy.
Therefore, she would definitely die.
"Shen Lang, kill me or torture me. Do as you wish." Grand Princess Ning Luo stood there motionlessly, looking at Shen Lang in an unruly manner as she let out a cold laugh.
"Take her!"
Following Shen Lang's order, a few female Amazons stepped forward. They shackled Princess Ning Luo and took her away from the palace.
Ning Yuanxian left because he did not want to see this scene. Some things must happen, but at least he could not see it.
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Finally, Shen Lang's gaze fell on King Ning Shao. Finally, it was his turn.
To be honest, Shen Lang had never seen such a person. He was so twisted and crazy. If you said he was smart, he was extremely smart. If you said he was stupid, he was completely subverted.
But without a doubt, he was the most selfish and greedy person in the world. He was more ruthless than anyone else in the world. He did not care about his parents, his wife and children. Everything he did was for his own pleasure.
He had no pressure killing his father, King Ning Yuanxian. He did not care about killing his brother, Ning Zheng. During his two years as King Ning Shao, countless innocent girls were buried outside his courtyard.
He was an evil person, an evil person through and through. He was so evil that his entire body was oozing pus. He was not fit to be a human. He was worse than a beast.
Shen Lang smiled at Ning Shao.
King Ning Shao also smiled and gave a thumbs up. "Shen Lang, you are amazing. Even Zhu Hongxue's Blood Soul Army was destroyed by you. You are really amazing. I would never have dreamed of this."
"Well said, well said …" Shen Lang said.
Ning Shao said, "I understand when it comes to losing a bet. I understand!"
Then, he took off the crown on his head and took off the new king's robe. "The throne of the State of Yue originally belonged to Ning Zheng. Now, it is returned to him."
Shen Lang said, "Your title of King Yue is not legitimate. It does not count."
Then, Shen Lang said, "Men, bring it up."
A few warriors came forward with the new king's robe and crown.
"Bring it to King Yue." Shen Lang said, "Duke Benefactor, I will leave this task to you."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Duke Benefactor walked forward and tried to control his trembling hands. His meridians had been severed.
He needed to bathe and change his clothes, but he didn't care too much. Li En brought a few eunuchs forward and washed Ning Zheng's hair. Then, he changed into a new king's robe.
Then, Ning Zheng knelt down in front of the steps.
Shen Lang took the crown and helped Ning Zheng put it on.
This was probably the simplest coronation ceremony, but it was also the most formal.
This meant that from now on, King Yue would be crowned by the Great Gan Empire and the State of Yue would be loyal to the Great Gan Dynasty.
"Everyone, greet your King Yue." Shen Lang said slowly.
Instantly, the thousands of people knelt down and kowtowed, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
After two and a half years, the throne of the State of Yue finally returned to Ning Zheng.
Ning Zheng didn't sit down and said, "Announce to the world that from now on, the State of Yue will no longer be loyal to the Great Yan Empire. We will be loyal to His Majesty."
All the officials came forward and kowtowed again, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Ning Zheng continued, "I hereby declare that the Cabinet of Ministers shall be abolished, the Minister of External Affairs shall be restored, and Zhu Hongzhu shall be relieved of all his duties. Ning Gang shall be appointed as the First Minister of External Affairs, Zhang Chong as the Second Minister of External Affairs, and Wang Chengzhi as the Third Minister of External Affairs."
Three officials came forward and kowtowed, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Ning Zheng said, "Remove Ning Yu, Zhu Jung, and Zhang Zhao from all their positions in the Privy Council. Confer Duke Bian Xiao as the Privy Envoy, King Uncle Ning Qi as the first deputy envoy, and Duke Ning Qi as the second deputy envoy."
Three of them came forward and kowtowed, "Yes, Your Majesty.
Although Zhong Yao and Zhong E surrendered to the Shen Lang, they were still Yue officials. Moreover, they didn't make any contributions and couldn't get high positions.
In fact, even Ning Qi shouldn't be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council because he didn't make any contributions. Although he didn't make any fatal mistakes, his position was not clear enough.
However, two and a half years ago, he was the King of Yue for a moment. At the crucial moment, he would rather give up the throne than to attack Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng. In these two years, he worked hard to protect these so-called remnants of the Shen Lang. Most importantly, both the Shen Lang and Ning Zheng hoped that Ning Qi could regain his former sharpness.
"Ning Zhen, Ning Jing."
Following Ning Zheng's summon, the fourth prince Ning Zhen and the sixth prince Ning Jing came forward.
Both of them used to be on the side of the crown prince, especially Ning Jing, who was like a clown. When the Su clan was in power, he bared his fangs and brandished his claws. After the fall of the Su clan, he panicked and tried to curry favor with the crown prince. After the crown prince was finished, he jumped up and down to curry favor with the third prince Ning Qi.
However, when Shen Lang's identity was exposed and the State of Yue's court changed dramatically, the two of them were also shocked like never before. They did not continue to be active, but completely hid.
After Ning Shao succeeded the throne, he also asked them to come out and serve him, but the two of them still stayed behind and did not help the tyrant.
Of course, they did this not because they were loyal to Shen Lang. The two of them had never had a good impression of Shen Lang. However, at the crucial moment, they still held their bottom line and were not willing to do beastly acts for the sake of power.
Ning Zheng said, "Family and country, family and country. Although our Ning clan can't be separated from the country, and it's not good to have a world. But the State of Yue is broken. As the children of the Ning clan, you also have to shoulder your due responsibility and start learning to share the country's worries and be loyal to the Great Qian Dynasty. "
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ning Zheng said, "Then let's call it a day."
The officials knelt again and kowtowed. "We obey."
At the same time, Zhu Hongzhu, Zhu Jung, Zhang Zhao, and the rest took off their official hats and placed them on the ground.
Hundreds and thousands of officials took off their official hats.
They were also taking sides. Ning Zheng had already said that from now on, the State of Yue would accept the Great Qian Dynasty as the legitimate dynasty. However, these thousands of people were not willing to be loyal to Shen Lang and still recognized the Great Yan Empire as the legitimate dynasty.
The stance of the entire court was extremely clear. Those who knelt were willing to be loyal to the Great Qian Dynasty, while those who stood were loyal to the Great Yan Empire.
What would Shen Lang do with these thousands of people? Kill them all?
No way!
First of all, these people were the officials of the State of Yue. Even if they were guilty, they were still the guilty officials of the State of Yue and had to be handed over to the King of Yue.
Secondly, to a certain extent, they had to fight without being defeated.
Shen Lang and the Ying Family, Ji Family, Stupa Mountain, and Sky-sea Pavilion were already enemies. However, the civil and military officials of the various countries did not have a death grudge. Should they be killed just because they were not loyal now? That way, they would be the only man in the world.
To a certain extent, it was about tacit understanding. Previously, when Shen Lang was exiled overseas, hundreds of thousands of people were arrested and called Shen Lang's remnants. However, other than the hundreds of people killed by Ning Shao and Ning Luo, most of the remaining people did not die.
When others were pleased with themselves, they did not kill your people. Then, when you are pleased with yourself, you should not start a massacre.
Of course, those lackeys who had committed capital crimes still had to be killed.
After winning the decisive battle in Sky Yue City, Shen Lang had to kill many people. If all the people in the court who did not kneel were to be killed, then 80% of the aristocrats and 70% of the scholar-officials in the State of Yue would be killed.
"Capture all these people and send them to prison. Deal with them according to their crimes." Ning Zheng ordered.
"Yes!" Ning Qi said, "My lords, I do not have many troops in my hands, so I will not be shackling them. Please be aware and do not make things difficult for me."
Shen Lang smiled and said, "There are still shackles, just not many."
Everyone looked towards the ground. There were hundreds of shackles. They had all been worn by Ning Zheng, Zhang Chong, and the hundreds of so-called remnants of Shen Lang's remnants.
Shen Lang picked up a pair of shackles and came in front of Zhu Hongzhu. He smiled and said, "Daren Zhu, your Zhu Clan still follows the rules, so I, Shen Lang, also follow the rules. Come, come, come, I will put these shackles on for you."
Next, Shen Lang put shackles that weighed dozens of catties on Zhu Hongzhu. The shackles on his hands, legs, and even the shackles on his neck were not spared.
Shen Lang then said, "Duke Ning Qi, you will personally put on Zhu Jung's shackles."
Ning Qi had no choice and said, "This subject obeys."
According to Ning Qi's thoughts, he should more or less give some dignity, but His Majesty Shen Lang was a person who would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. He wasn't willing to give even the last shred of dignity. He could only personally put shackles on Zhu Jung.
"And Daren Ning Yu, you must not fall behind. You must also put on the shackles," Shen Lang said.
The original State of Yue's Grand Principal Ning Yu trembled all over. His face was ashen as he was put on the shackles.
Next, all the high-ranking officials in the State of Yue's court were put on the shackles. All the officials and nobles above the fourth rank were not spared.
Including Chingan Wu Zhaozhong, and Nujiang Prefecture Governor Tang Yun.
"Wu Zhaozhong Count, Tang Yun Count, we can be considered old friends." Shen Lang smiled and said, "But I was too busy today, so I didn't have time to reminisce with you two. But it doesn't matter, there will be plenty of time in the future. You two go to Black Water Platform Prison and stay there. Very soon, I will come and have a good time with you two."
As soon as these words came out, the two people's expressions changed. You are already a Renhuang. Do you still want to personally torture us two insignificant people? Are you so vengeful?
Shen Lang's eyes were cold. He didn't kill the innocent, but he wouldn't let go of anyone who deserved to die.
"Ning Qi, don't rush to send these two thousand people to Black Water Platform Prison. First parade them around the streets, let the whole capital see them clearly, and then lock them in the prison."
"Oh, that's right. Lord Zhu Hongzhu is getting old. At the start, you can let him walk with shackles on him. When he can't walk anymore, you can let him sit in a prison carriage. Moreover, it must be a prison carriage with his head exposed. You must let others see Lord Zhu Hongzhu's face clearly. Understand?"
Ning Qi's scalp went numb again. He bowed and said, "Your subject understands."
At this time, he was glad that he was still a subject of the State of Yue and not a direct subject of the Da Qian Dynasty. Otherwise, he didn't know how many ridiculous decrees he would have to accept.
At this time, Zhu Hongzhu really wanted to bang his head against the wall and kill himself in court, so that he wouldn't have to suffer endless humiliation.
He was already more than eighty years old. Why didn't Shen Lang leave him with the last shred of dignity? He wanted him to be paraded around the streets in shackles and bear such humiliation?
But now, Zhu Hongzhu didn't even dare to die. No matter what the humiliation was, he had to bear it. Only then could he protect the entire Zhu clan of the State of Yue.
Ning Qi said, "Everyone, please."
More than two thousand officials and nobles walked out in a line as if they had lost their parents. In particular, the hundreds of high-ranking officials and nobles at the front all wore shackles and walked with heavy, shameful steps.
But this was just the beginning. Following this, they would have to walk at least fifty miles, and the hundreds of thousands of people in the capital would see the scene of them being turned into prisoners.
They had come to court happily this morning, thinking that they would be able to witness Shen Lang's death. They didn't expect that after court, they wouldn't have to return home and would be sent directly to prison. The changes in the world were really too terrifying.
… …
"Hahahaha …" Ning Shao said, "Interesting, interesting, interesting. I will never forget this scene in front of me. These past two years as the so-called King of Yue are really like passing clouds to me. "
Following which, he cupped his hands towards Shen Lang and said, "If that's the case, I will take my leave and return to where I came from. I will return to Tongtian Temple and continue being a monk. Amitabha, good indeed, Sir Shen Lang, we will meet again."
After saying that, the former King of Yue, Ning Shao, put his palms together and walked out.
Ning Zheng didn't say anything because the right to deal with Ning Shao belonged to Shen Lang.
Shen Lang said indifferently, "Men, take down the beast Ning Shao. In front of the people of the State of Yue, cut him into a thousand pieces and execute him by a thousand cuts!"
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