Fighter of the Destiny

The blood gradually dissipated, and during the execution, it was difficult to hear his loud curses and recitation of Zhou rules in the cell, but Yang Xiushen's breath was still there, although he was dying, with more air coming in and less air coming out. Gossamer, his bones are still strong, even though his ribs have been broken dozens of times.

Yang Xiushen had never participated in the imperial examination. He passed the ordinary imperial examination and entered the imperial court as an official. After many years of hard work in political affairs, he was appreciated by the Holy Empress and directly made him a civil servant in the palace. In everyone's eyes, he should Thanks to the Holy Queen for her kindness, he still quietly did his job as before, recording everything that happened in the palace.

It was not until the autumn of the fourth year after the massacre at the National Education College that he suddenly received a memorial.

This memorial is comprehensive and comprehensive, and finally criticizes the Holy Empress.

The Holy Queen was very unhappy and sent him to Zhou Prison. He suffered countless tortures in prison, but he finally survived and was pardoned, released, and transferred to the Ministry of Rites.

That was already more than ten years ago.

Ten years later, he was imprisoned in Zhou Prison again. This time, no colleagues in the court shouted for him, and the Holy Queen seemed to have forgotten his existence.

Zhou Tong looked at the bloody body lying on the grass through the fence. He squinted for a long time before confirming that it was his biggest enemy.

Master Yang is indeed a loyal man. After suffering so many punishments, he still refuses to say a word.

Zhou Tong said: But you are not the only one who knows what happened back then.

Hearing his voice, Yang Xiushen moved with difficulty on the hay.

Doctor Sun spoke. Zhou Tong stood up and walked out of the prison with his hands behind his back: I am here today just to say goodbye to you.

Upon hearing these words, Yang Xiushen's body tensed up, and then suddenly relaxed.

He has persisted until now, and finally has a reason not to persist. Of course, this does not mean that he will say anything, it only means that he can rest.

In the gloomy and dark cell, there was the sound of carrying heavy objects. More than ten sacks filled with sand were brought in by officials from the Qing Dynasty Department, and then they were placed on Yang Xiushen's body.

At the beginning, Yang Xiushen's body would move twice and make indistinct sounds. Finally, his voice became lower and lower until it stopped.

Dirty, almost solidified blood overflowed from his eyes and nostrils. He could no longer breathe, but his eyes were still open.

Even if he died, he would keep his eyes open, as if he wanted to see if there was any way of heaven and justice in this world.

The autumn sun sets in the courtyard. There are no flowers on the crabapple tree, but it is still beautiful.

Zhou Tong stood under the crabapple tree, his face slightly pale, probably because he had not seen much sunlight for many years.

An official from the Qing Dynasty Department stood behind him, feeling cold both physically and mentally. Even the sun could not warm him up.

A court official died in Zhou Prison.

Logically speaking, this is a normal thing. Similar things have happened many times, but this official of the Qing Dynasty Department is Zhou Tong's most trusted subordinate. He has followed him for decades and knows that this time is different from the previous one. It is different. In the past, those imperial officials who died in Zhou prison were not tried normally. Logically speaking, they seriously violated the laws of Zhou, but they did not violate the will of the Holy Queen.

The Holy Queen didn't want to see those officials again, so those officials would die quietly.

But this time it was different. He knew very well that Lord Zhou Tong was investigating something privately. The Holy Queen Empress did not know about it, nor did she know about the death of Yang Xiushen.

He looked at Zhou Tong and his eyes fell on the bright red official robe. He did not see the endless sea of ​​blood and monstrous evil as usual, but he felt a vague sense of uneasiness and even fear.

Why did Master Zhou Tong do this? He risked his mother's wrath and secretly tortured so many people. What did he want to know? What is he afraid of?

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If Hei Pao is the person with the most secrets in the world, then Zhou Tong can be said to be the person with the most secrets in the world.

To him, secrets are like gold and silver treasures, and like positions of power. The more, the better. The more, the safer he feels.

Since a year ago, he began to try to discover the secrets of Chen Changsheng, but unfortunately he never made much progress. The only progress he made was that he was involved in the palace and was very likely to discover the secret of the Holy Empress. He was forced to stop, but no one knew that he had been continuing the investigation secretly.

He was the one who first suspected that Chen Changsheng was Prince Zhaoming. The rumor that suddenly became popular in Kyoto last year was originally spread by him on purpose.

The secret he most wanted to know was this.

At the beginning, he just had this conjecture, but he couldn't be sure because there were many things that were difficult to understand.

If Chen Changsheng was really Prince Zhaoming, why did Shang Xingzhou send him to Kyoto and deliver him to the empress?

The most dangerous place is the safest place?

Moreover, Chen Changsheng and Prince Zhaoming were not matched in age. On the contrary, the little guy named Yu Ren was.

Is the truth also false when it is false?

Everyone who has met Chen Changsheng said that he is precocious, calm and calm, unlike a teenager.

Before Merisa died, she was still reading the Time Scroll.

Many clues were gathered in this courtyard with blooming crabapples, and countless details gradually intertwined and took shape in his mind.

In the end, these all point to an unbelievable inference - Chen Changsheng is Prince Zhaoming, and his age was forcibly changed by the Time Scroll.

This conjecture was so wild and unbelievable that he still couldn't believe it, so he continued to investigate secretly.

But he searched the secret files in the palace but found nothing. He secretly imprisoned many people involved in the matter, including Wen Po, who delivered the baby, and several old people from the Imperial Medical Office who had long since retired and returned home. Until today, he has It was finally confirmed that when Prince Zhaoming was born, the sun disk in his body had already broken.

If only this discovery would not move him, because he knew that the Holy Queen had made an extremely vicious oath when she changed her destiny against heaven and sacrificed to the starry sky. She was destined to die alone, so naturally she could not If any child is left behind, Prince Zhaoming will certainly die before the faint but irreversible movement of heaven.

But a few days ago, he saw a secret letter between Tianji Pavilion and the imperial palace, and learned another secret.

Chen Changsheng was a member of the royal family, and he was ill. His illness originated from the disintegration of the sun disk in his body when he was still in his mother's womb.

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Same as Prince Zhaoming.

Zhou Tong began to feel uneasy, even afraid.

If Chen Changsheng is really Prince Zhaoming and he is still alive, what does that mean?

This shows that the Holy Queen’s change of destiny was not completely successful!

As long as Chen Chang lives, the Holy Queen may be counterattacked by heaven!

If this matter is used by those opponents hiding in the dark, can the Holy Queen still sit on the throne?

Zhou Tong knew very well what kind of tragic ending he would face if the empress lost power.

He is also loyal to the empress, but he is different from Xue Xingchuan and other god generals. Those god generals have their own troops. If the Chen royal family regains the throne, in order to stabilize the situation, as long as those god generals are willing to change their families, they will never be attacked. , at least for a few years, without any problems.

But no one would allow him to live.

Everyone knows that he is the most loyal and craziest dog of the Holy Queen.

He had killed too many people on behalf of his empress, and he bore too many blood debts.

He doesn't want to die.

Even a dog has the desire to survive.

How to solve this matter? It seems very simple, as many people think, the Holy Queen only needs to kill Chen Changsheng.

In the eyes of everyone in the world, the Holy Queen is extremely cold and doesn't care about these things at all.

But Zhou Tong has followed the empress for many years and knows that the legends in the folk are not completely true.

It is true that the empress has no blood heritage, and Princess Pingguo was adopted, but how could she have ever covered her son to death with her own hands?

The empress is a woman after all. What if she really finds out that Chen Changsheng is her biological son and softens her heart?

You can't be soft-hearted, you can't ignore the law of heaven, you can't take risks!

Zhou Tong's face became paler and paler, and his red official robe trembled slightly, making blood-like waves in the early autumn sunshine.

Let me share your worries for you.

He thought silently in his heart.