Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 138: The Assassination King
"Brother Lu, why are you telling me this? You know, it's impossible for me to join you. Today I will pretend that I haven't heard of this and I won't tell anyone else about it." Song Changming shook his head and said.

I just feel that this jar of strong liquor today is a little hard to swallow.

"Changming thinks we are daydreaming?" Lu Zheng couldn't help but ask.

"No, it's just that our paths are different." Song Changming had never thought of fighting for the world, so naturally he would not help Gu Wenhui fight for it.

"That's such a pity." Lu Zheng said regretfully.

This would probably be the last time he invited Song Changming.

Unless Song Changming changes his mind, they are destined not to be the same kind of people.

"In that case, I have another deal. I wonder if Changming is interested?" Lu Zheng continued.

"What kind of transaction requires you to come to me?" Song Changming looked at Lu Zheng and asked puzzledly.

Gu Wenhui is such a great man. Working under the Fifth Prince, he must have a group of capable and brave ministers and generals under his command.

What could possibly require the help of a nobody like him?

"Eliminate one person for us in Donglai County." Lu Zheng said, saying frankly that this was a bloody deal.

"Who?" Song Changming tried to ask.

"Young Prince Chu Huai!" Lu Zheng said directly.

"!?"

Song Changming looked at the big wine bowl in front of Lu Zheng, then looked at the small wine glass on his table, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Lu, did you drink too much, or did I drink too much?"

Let him take action against the most important person in Donglai County today, the young prince who has imperial blood?
Why not let him kill the fifth prince directly?
Seeing Song Changming's intense reaction, Lu Zheng signaled him to calm down and said, "Why not listen to the chips first?"

"Brother Gu has prepared a set of martial arts techniques and a 500-year-old ginseng as a bargaining chip for this transaction with you.

If you participate, and that young prince dies, you will be able to obtain the martial arts secrets. If you are the last one to kill, the ginseng will also be yours. In fact, to be on the safe side, you will not be the only one participating in the fight."

Song Changming pursed his lips. Although this task was a bit outrageous, the benefits given really made him excited.

Whether it is the martial arts secrets or the five-hundred-year-old precious mountain ginseng, they are the treasures that Song Changming really wants, and they are good things that cannot be bought even with money.

It has to be said that as an old friend with whom he had worked for many years, Lu Zheng knew him quite well.

If it were any other benefit, it would not have moved Song Changming like this.

If he misses this opportunity, it will be very difficult and his chances will be slim for Song Changming to obtain either the martial arts secrets or the precious wild ginseng in the next few years.

And he finally understood why Lu Zheng asked him about Liu Dingsheng's strength as soon as he arrived.

Most likely, Liu Dingsheng, a top master who has been famous in the martial arts world for a long time, is also one of the assassins that Lu Zheng is going to persuade to participate in.

Seeing Song Changming fall silent, Lu Zheng continued to add.

"Changming, I can't tell you too much about some things. I can only assure you that after killing this young prince, everything will be settled. You don't have to worry about the subsequent troubles from the royal family."

Song Changming pondered over this matter repeatedly in his mind, and suddenly asked, "Why didn't Lord Gu choose someone who is more reliable and more reliable to carry out this matter?"

Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "For this situation, Brother Gu has mobilized all the forces he can mobilize. I and others have more important arrangements, so we won't be able to come to Donglai County easily."

Lu Zheng said that he couldn't reveal too much, but in fact he had already said a lot quietly.

Song Changming could tell that Gu Wenhui had been planning this for a long time and was preparing to make a big move.

Asking them to deal with the young prince of Donglai County was probably just a small part of his plan and not the key point.

In other words, for Gu Wenhui, it would be best to deal with the little prince who was exiled to Donglai County. If he could not be dealt with, it would most likely not affect the overall situation.

"How about it? Do you want to participate? It's never a loss to get a martial arts secret. What's more, you might even get the 500-year-old ginseng king for free. Don't you want to know the medicinal effects of this ginseng king?" Lu Zhengyou said.

Of course Song Changming wanted to know.

That three-hundred-year-old golden ginseng helped him break through to the seventh level of bone tempering in just one month!
Now, this even rarer 500-year-old ginseng might be able to take him to the top and break through to the ninth level of bone-tempering cultivation.

Song Changming was eager to do it, but in the end he held back and did not agree to it.

After calming down and thinking about it carefully, this was, after all, a thrilling and extraordinary mission to assassinate the royal bloodline. If his identity was found out, he would be an enemy of the Fifth Prince who held military power, and the fight would be to the death.

Even if peace is restored in the world in the future, this matter may still be brought up by the central imperial power and re-settled.

The royal family cares most about the dignity of their own bloodline and will never allow it to be tainted or humiliated by the outside world.

And he didn't completely trust Gu Wenhui.

With some concerns in his heart, he could not readily agree to the task. Lu Zheng did not force Song Changming to participate. It was entirely up to Song Changming to decide whether to participate or not.

Even if Song Changming finally refuses, he has other candidates who are capable of completing the task.

After a drink, Lu Zheng said goodbye and left, leaving Song Changming with a lot of thoughts.

Gu Wenhui is undoubtedly an extremely ambitious person, and he hides his ambitions very deeply.

Now that it was exposed in front of him in one day, it was just that the other party chose to be exposed and didn't mind being known by him.

If Gu Wenhui can really succeed, will the Chu family's world, which has been ruled for thousands of years, really be changed?
In the evening, at Liu's house.

"In that case, I'll take my leave." Lu Zheng looked at the time, then stood up and left.

Liu Dingsheng watched Lu Zheng leave with his hands behind his back. His expression changed slightly, and finally he let out a long sigh.

“I was born at the wrong time.”

If he were a few decades younger and still had the energy and courage to spare, he would definitely choose to participate.

The timely appearance of this set of martial arts techniques may enable one to take one step further in martial arts and achieve a qualitative change!

But unfortunately, his condition is getting worse and worse. There is no other way and no need to take risks anymore.

On the other side, Li Mansion.

After reading the letter in his hand, County Magistrate Li Yan sat alone in the inner courtyard for the whole night.

At dawn the next day, the decision was finally made.

At the same time, in the county magistrate’s mansion.

Chu Huai was lying among the beauties, feeling very proud and satisfied.

He defeated the imperial army in one fell swoop and kept Donglai County safe.

After this battle, he received a letter of praise from his father. Among all his brothers and sisters, his performance was undoubtedly the most dazzling.

He was even imagining a scene in the distant future where his father would sit on the dragon throne and make him the crown prince.

Whenever he thought of this, he wanted to perform better in front of his father and continue to make achievements.

The general strode in with the sound of heavy boots hitting the ground and armor rubbing against each other.

After Xiong Dangshan came in, he saw Chu Huai who was indulging himself during the day, and who did not restrain himself even after he came. He could not help but frown.

"General Xiong, why are you here in such a hurry? Can't you see I'm busy? Come and talk to me later if you have anything to say." Chu Huai was unhappy as his interest was disturbed and he asked his general to leave quickly.

Xiong Dangshan seemed not to hear and continued to report directly: "Your Highness, I have received news that the chaos in major cities has intensified. If this continues, there is a high probability that riots will break out."

In his opinion, this was no small matter.

"Riot?" Chu Huai stopped what he was doing after hearing this and looked over with a frown.

"Why is there a possibility of riots under my rule? Are the patrol officers of the General Security Department all good-for-nothings?!"

Chu Huai scolded, leaving Xiong Dangshan speechless.

This prince is really clueless. Up to now, he still has no idea what the root cause of the current situation in Donglai County is. He still needs a military commander to give some advice.
"Your Highness, I think we can no longer forcibly collect military rations, and we need to introduce some policies that benefit the people to stabilize the public sentiment that is about to boil over," Xiong Dangshan suggested.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Chu Huai was very angry and rejected it with a wave of his hand.

"This bunch of unruly people are committing treason. Who do they think they are? If anyone dares to cause trouble, you will lead the army to suppress them. If you catch the rioters, you will send them directly to the execution ground at Caishikou without any interrogation and kill them in front of everyone.

I don’t believe anyone will dare to disobey my orders at that time!”

Forced conscription must be carried out, otherwise there would be no soldiers to continue to fight against the imperial army, and military food is also a very difficult problem to solve.

Not only did he want to forcibly levy the troops, he even wanted to go a step further and recruit soldiers and grain for his father in order to please him.

"Send the elderly to escort food and handle logistics tasks for the army. Also, take the children over ten years old to work. I don't want to keep idle people here!"

"Your Highness, no!" Xiong Dangshan wanted to dissuade him. He knew the importance of public opinion.

Especially when it lasts for a long time, it highlights the value of people's hearts.

However, this young prince seemed to have some cognitive misunderstandings about the common people, as if he equated them with his own slaves and regarded them as insignificant.

"Just do as I tell you, and don't talk back to me, or you'll make me unhappy!" Chu Huai slammed the table and shouted, with no intention of changing his mind.

(End of this chapter)