In the Church of Light, the archbishop was thinking of a dark slaughter. In order to resolve this conflict caused by the youths of the Orthodox Academy, in order to give this matter a conclusion that everyone could accept, if the Pope no longer protected Chen Changsheng, Zhou Tong could naturally die.
However, Zhou Tong was no ordinary person. Just when everyone believed that the small courtyard filled with drifting crabapple blossoms had reached an impasse, he was still unwilling to accept the conclusion arranged by someone else. He gave the world an unexpected conclusion.
The Pope drew back his gaze from the sky and turned to Linghai Zhiwang, faintly smiling.
Linghai Zhiwang's voice suddenly shattered, like countless dark seawater instantly bursting into white foam.
"Just what does he want to do?"
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"Many years ago, my older sister was … raped and killed by the son of a prince. Yes, not the heir, nor was he some favored son. He was just a very ordinary son, the son of a concubine. I'm even willing to bet that the prince didn't even know if he had this son or not, because he was like a breeding pig, having forty-some sons and a pile of daughters. But in short … he was surnamed Chen. "
Zhou Tong looked at Chen Changsheng, his eyes very cold, but in their depths was a sliver of tyrannical memories. "How could the Imperial Court care about such a minor matter? The capital government and the Warden's Office did not dare to go to the prince's estate to capture him? Thus, this matter was gradually forgotten by everyone. In the end, only I was left to remember how heavy the rain was that day, how many wounds were left on my older sister's naked body by wild beasts … yes, it was very difficult to forget. If you were me, what would you do?"
The crabapple blossoms in the small courtyard had fallen, covering the ground like snow, but there was also a hint of blood mixed within.
Chen Changsheng and the other two did not know why he was bringing up these old matters, nor did they know how to respond.
"Of course I would kill." Zhou Tong calmly said, "In order to kill that prince's son, yes, at the time, I even wanted to kill that prince as well. I prepared for a very long time, prepared to use my life to exchange for a moment of pleasure, but just when I was prepared to charge into the prince's estate, I was stopped by a person. That person was the Empress."
He gazed in the direction of the Imperial Palace, his eyes abnormally complicated. After a long period of silence, he continued to murmur, "The Empress told me that the mark of an immature person is that he is willing to die a heroic death for a certain reason. The mark of a mature person is that he is willing to live humbly for a certain reason."
Zhou Tong withdrew his gaze and looked towards Chen Changsheng, calmly and seriously saying, "Do you understand?"
Chen Chang Sheng seriously thought about it, then shook his head and said, "I understand, but I can't do it."
Zhou Tong laughed and said, "Who can do it? I didn't agree with the Empress's words, so I still pulled out my saber and charged into the mansion. Fortunately, the Empress only used one finger to knock me out. "
Tang Thirty-Six asked, "And then?"
Zhou Tong said, "Later on, I naturally understood, so I began to endure, and endured for a very long time."
Tang Thirty Six remembered a certain bloody case in the capital that shocked the entire continent. He had some suspicions, but he wasn't sure. He asked, "Finally?"
"In the end, of course, I killed that person and that prince. Of course … it was death by a thousand cuts. Of course, the entire mansion was killed by me. Their forty-odd sons and daughters … even if they were as fertile as pigs, how could they compare to the speed at which they were killed? The Empress truly was correct. I humbly, even lowly, lived a few more years before finally being able to accomplish my goal. "
Zhou Tong laughed like a child. He was very happy and naive, so he felt that it was very cruel.
Xuan Yuan Po opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He felt that the little courtyard had suddenly become cold.
Tang Thirty-Six confirmed that it really was the case of the entire family of King Qi Shan's Mansion being executed, but he remained silent.
Chen Chang Sheng suddenly said, "I think that the you back then who held a saber and prepared to charge into the mansion was better than the you later on."
As he said this, he very seriously looked into Zhou Tong's eyes.
Zhou Tong asked, "Even if it was immature, or even stupid?"
Chen Chang Sheng said, "There are some things, and sometimes, it is better to be immature."
Zhou Tong was quiet for a very long time, and then he suddenly began to laugh.
He turned and walked towards the back of the courtyard, the two sleeves of his crimson official's gown lightly lifting up a red-and-white flower petal.
The side gate of the courtyard creaked open and several officials of the Department for Purging Officials walked out, carrying a stretcher.
Zhexiu lay on the stretcher, his face pale and his eyes tightly shut.
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Zhou Tong had imprisoned Zhexiu in Zhou Prison for so many days. No matter how much pressure the Li Palace and Star Seizer Academy exerted, he had turned a blind eye to them. This was because this was the will of the Divine Empress, and it was also to exert pressure on Mount Li.
Just as he had said to Chen Chang Sheng, Zhexiu's presence in Zhou Prison meant that the case in the Garden of Zhou had not been concluded. The Mount Li Sword Sect, which had just escaped its internal strife, would assuredly have to pay a little for this matter. To the Great Zhou, this was naturally a good thing.
Of course, he was not willing to release Zhexiu for a deeper reason, but he could not tell anyone. Just like at this moment, no one knew that he had actually been prepared to release Zhexiu a long time ago, but …
"Your Excellency, why did you agree to release him?" In the coldest room of the Department for Purging Officials, Priest Xin asked in confusion.
Priest Xin! No one could have imagined that the person that Archbishop Mei Lisha had trusted the most in the last few months would actually appear here. Moreover, it was very obvious that he had an unusual relationship with Zhou Tong. Just who was he?
"Why didn't you release him? The pressure on Mount Li should have been enough. I originally wanted to see how the Li Palace would react, but it turned out that a Saint like His Holiness the Pope was truly not someone that I could scheme against, but at least I saw with my own eyes what sort of person he was. "
Zhou Tong closed his eyes and thought back to that clean youth he had seen under the crabapple tree.
Priest Xin thought to himself, the definition of maturity and immaturity that Your Excellency had just spoken of was extremely reasonable and extremely difficult to deal with. He had originally believed that Chen Chang Sheng's answer had touched Your Excellency's soul for Your Excellency to agree to release him …
"Touched?" Zhou Tong seemed to have the ability to read the mind. He opened his eyes and expressionlessly said, "This official has never had an elder sister, so who can be moved? And whose answer can move me? "
Priest Xin shook his head. "Before His Eminence passed away, he was always reading this book."
As he spoke, he took out a book from his bosom and handed it over.
Zhou Tong took it and realized that it was the famed Scroll of Time of the Orthodoxy.
As he gazed at this book, he thought of the youth under the crabapple tree and fell silent for a very long time.
He had spoken the truth to Priest Xin.
He had never been willing to release Zhexiu precisely because he wanted to use these two crabapple trees and the murderous aura of Zhou Prison to carefully and seriously examine Chen Chang Sheng from head to toe, from inside to outside.
To him, this was the most important matter, even more important than Zhexiu and the cold intent of those two archbishops to erase him.
Because he wanted to see a period of time on Chen Chang Sheng's body.
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(The Qing Kingdom is very windy and the plane can't land. I left at seven in the morning and am still stuck in Changchun Airport. What is this so-called 'why'? I actually wrote an update. I love myself.)
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