"Li Zhen is coming to the empire. Come to Yanjing." Ying resolutely said to Dai Bingcheng.

At this time, the two were in the intelligence analysis room of the residence of the Supreme Consul of Shanxi Province. In the past, this analysis room should have been owned by the Governor of Shanxi, but tonight belong to the "No. 1 person in charge" and the "Supreme Commander" of the organization.

The Governor of Shanxi, Peng Dingkai, sat quietly on the other side of the room, watching the people in the room being busy. But his heart was not as calm as he was at this moment, because anyone with a little political sensitivity would know that he was involved in a major event.

The standard for this "big event" is not the level of a city and a country, or even a level of a certain historical stage - it is on the scale of the entire human civilization.

Because the emperor from the south was involved.

Just two minutes ago, they got a news. Li Zhen knocked out the Zhongdu branch of the organization in Zhongdu and killed An Ruohong.

The three highest-ranking people in the room were not surprised by this.

Ying Jueran and Dai Bingcheng knew that An Ruohong himself could not pose any threat to him at all - it would be surprising if the two of them fought fiercely and darkly.

As for Shanxi Governor Patten... he could lend his intelligence analysis room to the two highest members of the "organization". There are few things in the world that can cause trouble in his heart.

Ying Jueran stared at the data coming for a long time before asking Dai Bingcheng again: "What do you think?"

Dai Bingcheng's face looked cold in the cold light emitted by the monitor, and at the same time a little old.

He made many major decisions in his life, but never once was as difficult as before. A long time ago, he had a professional and efficient team that could provide him with advice and analyze strategies. In fact, there were such teams at this moment, but Dai Bingcheng didn't want to hear any opinions from them.

Because the decision he wants to make now is only related to one person - Li Zhen.

This matter is about human nature, about understanding and trust.

Perhaps we can also get a little more about things like "sentences" and "faith".

So he realized that this time he seemed to be gambled. From the moment he first met Li Zhen, he kept betting until this moment. The bet was the future of this precarious world.

In fact, he felt relaxed at this moment. Because there was no need to weigh the pros and cons, he just needed to follow his original intention. How long has it been since he experienced this feeling?

Use a child’s mentality of “whether to eat the apple in the refrigerator” to make a decision that may affect the world.

Five seconds later, Dai Bingcheng said resolutely: "Let's go to Yanjing."

Ying Jianran was silent for a while, and Patten finally spoke.

He said, "Geor, you are taking risks."

Ten years ago, Patten was forty-five years old, and at that time he did look up to Dai Bingcheng. But he also knew a lot about this legendary figure. His impression of Dai Bingcheng was always a "scheming politician". Therefore, at this moment, he felt that the other party's decision was too hasty, and he even doubted whether nearly ten years of hibernation had an impact on his brain.

But Dai Bingcheng showed a relaxed smile on his face, as if he felt relieved after making that decision.

He corresponded to Resolute and Patten said: "This is my opinion. If I wake up ten years later and do something, I think this opinion is the first step. But whether to take this step or not is left to you."

Patten stared at the two of them for a while and stood up from his seat.

"I'm not feeling well," he whispered, "I'll go and have a rest."

Then the Shanxi governor opened the door and walked out.

"He doesn't believe you." Ying resolutely sighed. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then said, "But I believe."

......

......

"Okay. I'm going to come." This is the same thing, but the person who spoke was very calm, and he was the only one in the room.

This room refers to "Jingzhai" - the study of the emperor of the empire.

Emperor Zhu Zhaoxu had not yet fallen asleep, and his clothes were neat. He sat behind a few large desks, but he was just sitting. He was listening to the sounds outside - it was a windless night. The moon was bright. He had already asked someone to turn off the lights in the room and the lights in a whole area nearby.

So Yuehua poured all over the floor from the window. He could gradually hear his heartbeat, the slight sound of his clothes rubbing, and even the sound of guards walking further away.

From the moment I received the news of An Ruohong's death to now, ten and forty-three seconds have passed.

At the forty-fourth second, he heard the sound of pushing the door. The well-lubricated door shaft made no unnecessary noise, but the moonlight came in from outside the door. A man walked into the door under the moonlight, closed the door, and turned on the lights in the room.

It took Zhu Zhaoxu several seconds to get used to the sudden light. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Zhen in front of him. But he didn't find the smell of "dusty" in him.

He sighed and smiled: "Zhongdu is almost half a planet from Yanjing, and you arrive in ten minutes. Now this world has really become your back garden."

Li Zhen looked in the room and found that Zhu Zhaoxu had prepared a chair for him. He sat down on the chair and said, "Our matters are half done. But it was a bit early this day. So... what do you think now?"

"I don't plan to talk a few words. Go straight to the topic." Zhu Zhaoxu said. But there was a bit of sadness in his smile, and a little lonely and unwilling to do so. He took a deep breath, restrained his smile, and said in a solemn voice: "What can I do? There are only two of us here, so I have to listen to you. I just think... you know I watched a very old movie a few days ago, called the Last Emperor."

"This is my tradition. You have watched that movie, it talks about the events of Constitutionalism at that time. It can indeed be called the "last emperor" - without imperial power, he became the nominal head of state. But when I watched it in the past, I just watched it, and in fact you also know that the difference between before and before was not too big - I always have to adapt to the world and always have to show off. However, I really felt that feeling a few days ago."

Zhu Zhaoxu stood up and stomped his feet gently. It seemed that because he had been sitting for too long, his legs and feet were numb.

"The foundation of hundreds of years has been ruined in my hands."

Li Zhen listened to him patiently without making a sound.

Zhu Zhaoxu sighed all this and pretended to be relaxed and shook his hands: "The things are all done according to our plan. Let Dai Bingcheng freeze, and we will control everyone. Then we will do the things well - after the overall situation is settled, release Dai Bingcheng and hand over the new world we have built to them."

"I'm just a little unwilling to give up. You know, the feeling of walking in the night. You open An Ruohong and then let the world get messy, and the smoke of war spread everywhere. All rights are given to Dai Bingcheng, or they are determined, or their organization, but no one will know what we have done. This feeling is really sad."

Li Zhen still didn't speak.

So Zhu Zhaoxu's scattered voices stopped.

Li Zhen only turned on a lamp in the room. The light source was on the top of Zhu Zhaoxu's desk, and it shone down from the top of his head, reflecting his eye sockets into black. Li Zhen sat in a dimmer place, in the shadow as usual.

It seemed that after saying so many words in one breath, Zhu Zhaoxu was a little panting. He gasped slightly, supported one hand on a corner of the desk, and whispered for a long time: "Actually you want to kill me."

"You thought so at the beginning, right?" He lowered his head and thought for a while, and sneered, "That's right. Just like I said, after all, I have been in the foundation for hundreds of years. Even if I abdicate... Well, to be honest, I always have influence. I am still unwilling to give up, and maybe I still have ambitions. Take a step back and say that even if I don't want it myself, maybe someone else will think... You don't want to see the chaos anymore... so you want to kill me."

He said a long list of words, gasping even harder.

He glared and pointed at Li Zhen: "You want to kill me!"

Li Zhen looked at him for a while and suddenly said, "What do you think about it yourself? I mean, you are a prophet. A few years ago, when we planned to do this, what was the ending of yourself?"

"...No one will be happy to observe himself." Zhu Zhaoxu said.

"That's strange." Li Zhen smiled and shook his head, "When you were still the prince, you could hide yourself so well. At that time, you even had an independent intelligence system and your supporters. At that time... you were no more than me at that time. As for me, I didn't know anything at that time. Now you have the power of half the world, but you want to tell me that you are so decadent?"

"Ha... is it a showdown?" Zhu Zhaoxu sneered.

"I just wanted to figure out something," Li Zhen said, "You said I want to kill you. But in fact you have a chance to choose."

"Now I'll give you this opportunity."

Zhu Zhaoxu slowly lowered his arm, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes hopped. He frowned and looked at Li Zhen carefully. But the person he was looking at was no longer the innocent young man a long time ago - it was hard for you to see his thoughts from his face.

His lips moved, as if he was going to blurt out some words. But he swallowed them back in the end.

Zhu Zhaoxu walked a few steps in place and then walked to the desk again, as if he was anxious and conflicted, he was planning to stamp his feet again.

But before he lifted his foot off the ground, he heard Li Zhen say—

"No need. The sensor under your feet has been broken by me."

"Ying Jueran and Dai Bingcheng have left the Shanxi Governor's Office - in fact, Patten is my person, not yours. He didn't touch them."

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Chapter completed!