After Zhou Chen slapped out with his palm, although it only blew up Li Chengze's hair and clothes, the follow-up was not so simple. The remaining force blasted towards the Huang Mansion behind Li Chengze.
The next moment, the gate of the Huang Mansion collapsed like a clay sculpture, but this was far from over. The even more terrifying true energy spread to the interior of the Huang Mansion.
"Rumble..."
Under the shocked gazes of everyone, all the buildings in the huge Huang Mansion, from the stone lion steps at the gate to the depths of the mansion, collapsed as if shaken by an earthquake. The sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and everything was destroyed.
The roar lasted for more than ten breaths. Looking again, there was no safe building in the straight line from the gate of the Huang Mansion. All of them had turned into ruins.
Because it was dark, it was not very clear. If someone went to the back door of the Huang Mansion, they would find that the collapse continued from the front door to the back door.
Li Chengze's anger was extinguished in an instant. He turned his neck stiffly and saw the scene that made his worldview collapse.
'Is this really human power?'
Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu were only able to pull out their swords and knives a little bit before they could no longer do so because their bodies had become stiff.
Just now they saw Zhou Chen suddenly take action, and they wanted to protect the second prince, but the occurrence of this horrific scene made all their movements freeze.
"Is this the Grand Master?"
Fan Wujiu swallowed and couldn't help but ask what was in his heart.
Xie Bian did not answer, but he had already pulled the sword back into the sheath, and his hands could not stop shaking. Fortunately, he did not make a move just now, otherwise, Zhou Chen would not have killed the second prince. But killing him would definitely be as easy as killing a chicken.
He is an upper-eighth-rank swordsman and can fight against ninth-rank masters, but this kind of earth-shattering and mountain-shattering power is not something a mere upper-eighth-rank swordsman like him is qualified to resist.
Even the Star Guards who came with Zhou Chen and the group of elders from the Anyuan Marquis’ Mansion were seeing such a shocking scene for the first time.
At the same time as fear, there was more excitement and admiration for Zhou Chen.
A young master with such power is worthy of all of their lives.
The spies hiding in the surroundings were also silent; they were frightened.
We just came to see how you take revenge and kill people, but you showed us this scene. This is no longer just killing the chicken to scare the monkey, it's simply a dimensionality reduction attack.
Shadow wiped the sweat dripping from under the mask. The dean was right. Seeking a competition with Zhou Chen would be like seeking death.
"Grandmaster, you are really not a human being."
Many people in the dark left quietly, preparing to report the situation here, especially the power of Zhou Chen's palm, to their masters as soon as possible.
After the palm strike, Zhou Chen spoke again and asked Li Chengze: "What did you want to say just now?"
Li Chengze shuddered suddenly and felt his body go limp. His legs had lost strength and he struggled to keep his body steady.
"No, I didn't want to say anything. I just wanted to say that you just returned to Kyoto today. I felt very friendly when I saw you. I wanted to invite you to come to my house for a gathering and get to know me. But since you have something important to do today, I won't bother you for now. I will visit you in person another day."
After seeing this slap, no one would dare to continue talking nonsense unless they were mentally damaged.
He was closest to Zhou Chen, and when Zhou Chen just slapped him, he really thought he was going to die. After seeing the ruins of the Huang Mansion, he became even more terrified.
He saw coldness in Zhou Chen's eyes and fear arose in his heart. He felt that Zhou Chen really dared to kill him, not just scare him.
Zhou Chen said calmly: "Then I will wait in the mansion."
"sure."
Li Chengze smiled again, but it looked bitter. He wanted to move, but found his legs were unexpectedly heavy.
"I've been standing for too long, my legs are numb, Bi'an, there's no help, why don't you come and help me."
Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu woke up as if from a dream, and hurried forward to support Li Chengze, preparing to take him away.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, you can't leave. You have to save us. If you don't save us, we will all die."
Minister Huang was also frightened by Zhou Chen's great power and could only grasp Li Chengze as his only life-saving straw.
Li Chengze cursed in his heart, Save you? I was almost scared to death, and I still saved you?
"Mr. Huang, you were at fault in the first place. I think you should discuss this matter with Mr. Zhou. I think he is a generous person and will not make things difficult for you. If he has any requests, please try to satisfy them."
"Ahem, why are you coughing? It seems that you have caught a cold. I am weak and cannot delay. Bi'an is incurable. Send me back home quickly and ask the imperial physician to come to the palace. Go, go quickly."
Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu directly lifted up Li Chengze, gathered their true energy, and left quickly, more than ten times faster than when they came.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
Minister Huang was in despair.
At the same time, Tong Quan also said the last "one".
"I choose, I choose, don't do anything, I choose."
With their greatest support gone, Huang Shilang and the other two collapsed, but their choices were different. Huang Shilang and Ma Langzhong both shouted "Choose", while Wei Yushi angrily cursed Zhou Chen loudly, then slammed his head against the ground and died on the spot.
Zhou Chen glanced at him and said: "You still have some backbone, but the blood debt must be paid with blood. Choose another person from the Wei family."
Since they had all surrendered, he didn't say anything else. He let Tong Quan continue to preside over the meeting and watch Minister Huang and the others make their choice, while he walked to his father's coffin.
"Uncle Dou, I have fulfilled my promise to you. You can truly rest in peace. I will bury your whole family together. If there is an underworld, I hope you can be reunited."
Zhou Chen went straight back into the carriage. He knew that after tonight, what he did today would spread all over Kyoto tomorrow. When Emperor Qing knew about the scene where he despised Li Chengze today, perhaps he would become unable to sleep or eat.
Ah!
Second update!
Chapter 1433 ends, famous in Kyoto, ignoring Emperor Qing
The retreat of the Second Prince meant that this incident had almost come to an end.
Censor Wei committed suicide, and a new member of the Wei family was pulled out. He was Censor Wei's eldest son, and together with Minister Huang and Doctor Ma, they began to select people.
This time, Minister Huang and the other two no longer dared to play tricks and honestly chose their own family members.
Even more bloody scenes occurred. All the previous cruelty was decided by Zhou Chen. Even though it was bloody and had a great impact, because they could not resist and not many people died, it was not really despair for many people.
But at this moment, starting from the selection of people by Minister Huang and the other two, that was the real despair.
Family ties are sometimes very strong, but sometimes they are fragile and shattered at the slightest touch, especially when facing life and death.
Roars of despair, curses of foul language, sons cursed fathers, wives cursed husbands, mothers cursed sons...
Such a scene is absolutely moving, but for Xingwei and the people who came here with Zhou Chen, they might feel a little uncomfortable, but they will definitely not sympathize. After all, it was these three families who killed Lao Dou's family.
My own comrades are dead. Should I still sympathize with you murderers?
It was very fair to let the three families choose twenty lives. The Huang and Ma families chose seven, and the Wei family chose six.
But the actual death toll is not this number, because some people could not accept this opportunity and chose to commit suicide.
So, starting from the time when Minister Huang and the other two made their choice, a total of twenty-three people died. Three of them committed suicide, and all of them were women. Two of them could not accept that their children were chosen, so they died with their children. Another one could not accept the death of her husband, so she chose to commit suicide for love.
Even in the family of such a murderer, there are still people with true feelings, but many things are sometimes beyond our control.
The Huang family's mansion collapsed, and the road in front of the mansion was now stained red with blood. In addition, since the beginning of the arrest and the start of the operation tonight, the death toll has exceeded sixty people.
A bloodbath in Kyoto might be an exaggeration, but it can also be considered a bloodbath in the Huang Mansion.
After a while, Tong Quan came to the carriage to report.
"Master, it has been resolved. What should we do next?"
"Take the bodies of those three away and feed them to the dogs. Don't worry about the others. Someone will come to clean the place. Let's go."
Today's goal has been achieved, and Zhou Chen did not stay any longer. As Tong Quan conveyed his orders, everyone evacuated in an orderly manner.
After returning, Zhou Chen asked Sun Yi to take the Star Guards to find a suitable burial place for Lao Dou's family. Then he asked Tong Quan to take out some silver and distribute it to the elderly people who came to the house today, and made it clear that what he had said before was true.
If anyone among them is willing to join the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion, they can bring their families with them and become members of the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion in the future.
After resolving these issues, Zhou Chen put the battle flag back into the box and placed it back under the old uncle's spirit tablet. This chess piece would not be used again, so just let it stay in the ancestral hall.
Although Zhou Chen's main force has left, tonight's turmoil is not over, and even greater turmoil and impacts are still to come.
Inspection Institute.
Chen Pingping hadn't fallen asleep the whole time. Under the dim light, he listened quietly to Shadow's report.
Before, someone from the First Division had been reporting the situation to him, but he knew that Shadow must have seen more, so Shadow's report was more important.
Shadow told Chen Pingping everything that happened tonight from beginning to end, and added his own feelings at the end.
"You're right. Fortunately, I didn't go to spar with him, otherwise he might have slapped me to death with one palm. Grandmaster, you're really not a human being. In comparison, it's safer to spar with Master Wuzhuwu."
Chen Pingping ignored his sigh and made an evaluation of Zhou Chen in his heart.
"From the way he does things, his methods may be vicious, but he is not a bloodthirsty person. He is very opinionated and has his own way of doing things. However, he did not give the Second Prince any face and even attacked him. Although he did not hurt the Second Prince, it can be seen that after becoming a Grand Master, he no longer has awe for the imperial power."
Shadow said, "Isn't this normal? When you reach the level of a Grandmaster, you are no longer considered an ordinary person. No matter how powerful the imperial power is, it cannot restrain a Grandmaster. I think his behavior is in line with the Grandmaster's status."
He evaluated me based on my status as a warrior. I am already a grandmaster. If I still have to respect the imperial power, wouldn’t my achievement as a grandmaster be in vain?
As for Hong Sixiang, the legendary grandmaster in the palace, that guy is not a grandmaster, he is just a eunuch. Moreover, there is no substantial evidence to prove that Hong Sixiang is the mysterious grandmaster in the palace.
Anyway, he just felt that compared to the grandmaster in the Qing Palace who was hiding and whose identity was unknown, a grandmaster like Zhou Chen who was free and easy and did whatever he wanted was more in line with the image of a grandmaster in his mind.
Chen Pingping was also a ninth-rank master in the past, so he naturally understood Shadow's thoughts.
"That being said, this is Kyoto. Our Majesty values the imperial power the most. I wonder what he would think of this little Grandmaster Zhou."
As the biggest lackey under Emperor Qing, he is naturally one of the people who knows Emperor Qing best. Emperor Qing's ambition is to conquer the world and imperial power is supreme. When he encounters Zhou Chen, a young, aggressive, domineering and powerful young grandmaster, what means will he use to win him over?
Thinking about his meeting with Zhou Chen during the day and the conversations with Zhou Chen, he felt that a person like Zhou Chen could not be restrained by any power.
"This young Grandmaster Zhou is as powerful as Ku He and Si Gu Jian. I'm afraid he will be a more troublesome person than Ye Liuyun."
Chen Pingping is not a grandmaster and cannot understand the fighting power of a grandmaster, but he estimates that Zhou Chen should not be weaker than Ku He and Si Gu Jian. If he is given more time, with Zhou Chen's talent and ability, he may be stronger than the other four grandmasters.
"I wonder if he will give me the honor to visit my Chen Garden."
In the East Palace, when the prince learned about the situation, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"The second brother was really stupid this time. He knew Zhou Chen was a grandmaster, but he still tried to save face beyond his ability. Did he really think that everyone would give him the face of a prince?"
Li Chengze is the biggest threat to his position as crown prince. He will be very happy whenever he sees Li Chengze being humiliated.
"I must try to win over Zhou Chen. If I can get the support of a great master, even His Majesty will definitely value me more."
In Changxin Palace, Princess Li Yunrui's eyes were shining and she looked extremely charming.
Just from her subordinates' descriptions of Zhou Chen, she was already a little fascinated. This magical little Master Zhou seemed to be just as she had imagined, a very charming man.
"The second brother made a mistake this time. He was also stupid. He offended the Grand Master for a mere vice minister of the Ministry of Justice. After all, he is young and has never seen a big scene. There are only five Grand Masters in the world. If he is so easily frightened by the imperial power, what kind of Grand Master is he?"
"This young Grandmaster Zhou has good methods, but he is a little soft-hearted. He wants to avenge his subordinates, but he is soft-hearted. Doesn't he understand the principle of cutting the grass at its roots? Or is he too confident in his own strength, so he is not afraid of these things at all?"
"Hahaha, interesting, really so interesting. I want to find a way to meet him. I can't wait any longer..."
In comparison, Emperor Qing's bedroom seemed very quiet at this time.
After learning the whole process, Emperor Qing waved his hand and asked Eunuch Hou to leave, and he was the only one left in the hall.
"He destroyed the whole family with one palm strike. This is indeed the fighting power of a great master. I heard that his best skill is the sword. How powerful would he be if he had a sword in his hand?"
He himself is a grandmaster, so he knows very well how terrifying the combat power of a grandmaster is. However, even among grandmasters, there are actually differences in strength, it's just not so obvious.
But Zhou Chen is obviously different. As a 19-year-old grandmaster, no one dares to imagine whether he will make further progress in the future. But no matter what, he definitely has more potential than the four of them, that is beyond doubt.
This is also what he fears the most. He has not yet figured out a solution for the other three grand masters, and now there is an even more powerful one like Zhou Chen.
But fortunately, Zhou Chen is the grandmaster of their Qing Kingdom. If he was the grandmaster of Northern Qi or Dongyi City, he would be even more unable to sleep now.
Emperor Qing was in a very bad mood when he thought about Zhou Chen slapping Li Chengze, which although missed was a warning.
He has always believed that imperial power is supreme. He would not allow anyone to override his imperial power, not even a grandmaster, so Zhou Chen's behavior angered him.
But he knew better that he had no way to deal with Zhou Chen now. Zhou Chen's fighting ability was no weaker than his. As the king of a country, he certainly could not go and fight Zhou Chen in a duel just because of his own likes and dislikes.
Therefore, before he was absolutely sure, he could only endure and wait for the opportunity, just like when he dealt with Ye Qingmei, waiting for an opportunity with the right time and place.
The news spread throughout Kyoto overnight, and by the next day, most people in Kyoto had already known about the tragic situation in the Huang Mansion.
After all, only a few people know the truth about what happened, so all kinds of outrageous rumors have emerged. But one thing is true.
It was the Grand Master who took action last night. The Huang Mansion was destroyed because of the Grand Master's palm.
Some people didn't believe it, but some did. Many people went to the Huang Mansion to see it, especially those who had martial arts skills. They all wanted to see the skills of the grand master.
The fifth grandmaster in the world is the heir to the Earl of Anyuan's Mansion. Zhou Chen, a young grandmaster who has not yet been crowned, has become the most famous figure in Kyoto overnight.
When ordinary people heard the news, they would at most exclaim in amazement and then go on with their business. But for those powerful officials, the meaning was different.
The Grand Master is the strongest warrior in the world and the country's most powerful strategic weapon. Having one more Grand Master is definitely a great thing for the Qing Kingdom.
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