Everyone knew that Chen Changsheng was going to kill someone today, so they kept an eye on many places in the Capital. The alley of the Northern Military Department was naturally the most important, and even the Imperial Palace was not spared. But no one could have imagined that after he left the Li Palace, he did not go to the alley of the Northern Military Department, did not go to the Imperial Palace, but to the Wei Estate.
This caught many people off guard, and they had the same doubts as Zhou Tong.
What kind of residence was the Wei Residence? Why had Chen Changsheng gone here first? Could it be that in his heart, this place was more important than the Imperial Palace and Zhou Prison?
Then, some people recalled that the current assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites was surnamed Wei, and the wife he had just divorced was surnamed Xue. She was the eldest daughter of the Xue Estate.
Could this be the reason?
Why did Chen Chang Sheng go to the Wei Estate? Avenge the Xue Family? Or did he want to persuade Assistant Minister Wei to reconcile with his wife?
The moment Assistant Minister Wei recognized Chen Chang Sheng, he began to nervously ponder the other's intentions and came to a similar conclusion.
Chen Chang Sheng was definitely here to vent the anger of the Xue Estate, or perhaps he was here to "persuade" her to reconcile with Xue Zhihua.
The word 'persuade' here was, of course, 'force'.
Assistant Minister Wei was somewhat angry, but he didn't dare to show it.
If he really brought back his second cousin's wife, the Wei household would definitely lose some face, and he would definitely suffer a lot of grievances, but … what else could he do?
Chen Changsheng was the future Pope, his authority and status far above his.
He had already prepared himself for Chen Chang Sheng's request. How should he be nervous and angry, yet not too excited, and how should he reluctantly accept the request without losing his composure?
At this moment, Chen Chang Sheng stated his purpose of coming. His eyes were bright, his attitude was proper, and his voice was sincere – I came to kill you.
Snowflakes fluttered and landed in the courtyard. There was a deathly silence between heaven and earth.
Assistant Minister Wei stood in the snow, his face pale. His mouth was slightly open, but for a long time, he was unable to speak.
It turned out that they were not here to cause trouble, nor were they here to force a marriage. They were here to kill.
He was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. In the eyes of ordinary people, he was like an insurmountable mountain, but the young man standing in front of him was a true mountain to him.
If the future Pope wanted to kill you, who would be willing to save you? There is no other ending for you than death.
You should be nervous and angry, but not too agitated. You should reluctantly accept the other party's request without losing your composure … and die.
No one wanted to die.
"Although I have done many wrong things, there is no reason for me to die."
Assistant Minister Wei stared into Chen Chang Sheng's eyes. His eyes became exceptionally gloomy and his breathing became hurried.
"Yes. Neither the laws of the Zhou Dynasty nor the scriptures of the Church say that banishing one's wife from the court will result in death. If it was in the past, I would definitely not kill you. But now, my way of thinking is different. To redress injustice, one does not need to go overboard, but one must pay the price for doing something wrong. One must be seen by others. You are ungrateful. I want to tell the world and believers that what you did was wrong."
Finally, Chen Chang Sheng said, "And punishing the ugly is to praise the beautiful."
When he said this, his eyes were very bright, and his tone was very serious. He wasn't lying. He wasn't deliberately mocking the other party. He wasn't trying to humiliate the other party before he died. That was what he really thought. He came to the Wei Manor to kill people because he hoped that there would be fewer incidents like this in the future.
An unnatural flush appeared on Assistant Minister Wei's pale face, and his body began to tremble.
He didn't know what to say.
In the eyes of a "normal person" like him, the current Chen Chang Sheng was a madman. Who would pay the price of death for something like divorcing one's wife? Even if he was ungrateful, fickle, and had a heart of steel … but, why did he have to die? His wife's clan, and the wife he divorced, if nothing unexpected happened, would indeed be killed by the Imperial Court. But … what did that have to do with him?
If this was an excuse to kill, then so be it.
But it wasn't. This was the reason why Chen Chang Sheng killed.
The brighter his eyes were, the more serious his tone was, in the eyes of a "normal person", the crazier he was.
Assistant Minister Wei looked at the courtyard wall in the snow. He wanted to find a way to survive, but he found it was futile. He felt hopeless for the rest of his life and cried out in pain.
The snow fell on the paper, making a very soft sound. It was very crisp, like the sound of something beautiful being torn apart.
It was a piece of paper as white as the first snow. There were a few black holes on it. It looked abnormally terrifying.
A voice came from one of the black holes, "Everyone says I'm a madman … but I think you're even crazier than me."
… …
… …
Many people knew that Painted Armor Xiao Zhang had a violent personality and that there were some mental problems.
But at the beginning of this winter, when he saw Chen Chang Sheng open his bright eyes and use a serious tone to describe his killing intent to Assistant Minister Wei, he felt an extremely strange feeling.
He felt that Chen Chang Sheng was the madman, a serious madman. This made him very surprised.
When Chen Chang Sheng saw Xiao Zhang behind the tree, he was also shocked. In the entire capital, no one knew that he would come to the Wei Estate. Presumably, many people were hurrying over, so why was Xiao Zhang waiting here for him?
"How come you're here?" he asked in shock.
At the same time, that extremely cold and unsullied dagger had already pierced through Assistant Minister Wei's sleeve and the shock between the three people, arriving in front of Assistant Minister Wei's throat.
Xiao Zhang's face was covered by a piece of white paper, so he naturally had no expression. But everyone who saw this white paper seemed to see disdain.
This disdain was naturally directed at Chen Chang Sheng's dagger. It was like a soundless strange laugh, brimming with ridicule.
You actually dare to kill someone in front of me?
The spear broke through the flying snow, his clothes moving in tandem, breaking through the cold to cleave apart the world.
With just a thought, the cold tip of the spear was about to clash with Chen Chang Sheng's dagger.
No matter how talented Chen Chang Sheng was, even if he had defeated Eunuch Lin in the Orthodox Academy, how could he be a match for Xiao Zhang in a direct clash of sword and spear?
In the next moment, Xiao Zhang's spear would shatter Chen Chang Sheng's dagger.
He would stand in front of Assistant Minister Wei.
The first assassination on this day of the capital's first snowfall would come to an end.
Even at this moment, it seemed like this was a matter of course.
But there would always be surprises.
Like today.
The white paper on Xiao Zhang's face flapped, the unspoken ridicule and disdain vanishing without a trace.
The soundless strange laugh became a real strange cry, resounding through the entire Zhou Estate and tearing through the snowy sky.
The spear's trajectory had subtly deviated.
It had failed to stab the dagger.
The cold dagger flew through the air, bringing with it a stream of blood.
The blood rushed into the flying snow, transforming into a beautiful scene.
An object flew through the air, howling as it spun at high speeds. Then, it fell, sending up a few wisps of snow.
It was Assistant Minister Wei's head, his eyes still open.
Xiao Zhang suddenly raised his head and looked forward. His face suddenly chilled as if he had seen an abyss.
A blue-clothed man had appeared at the gate of the Wei Estate.
This person's eyebrows were slightly drooping, and he appeared extremely distressed and unwilling. In his bosom was a sheathed blade.
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