Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 231 Prince
Eighty miles east of Jizhou City is a huge lake with a circumference of seventeen or eighteen miles, named Shattered Mirror Lake.

Surrounding Broken Mirror Lake are fertile fields, bamboo forests and mountains, creating a unique and beautiful scenery.

This is the royal manor, and the owner is Yue Wang, Zhou Zhong.

The entire Broken Mirror Lake and the surrounding thirty miles were the boundaries of the manor. There were eight hundred households living there, all of whom were tenants of the manor, and a small number of Yue Wang's family servants settled here.

According to the rules of the Hongwu Dynasty, princes did not hold power, but they could enjoy part of the taxes from their fiefdoms, and they could also earn subsidies by doing business on their own.

As the richest surviving prince of the Hongwu Dynasty, Yue Wang's manor was naturally extremely luxurious.

But Prince Yue had elegant tastes, and his luxury was hidden in the dark rather than in the open. He preferred to stay out of the world while enjoying the blessings of an emperor.

It was evening, and the setting sun made the Broken Mirror Lake look like a bright mirror. All the clouds in the sky seemed to have fallen into the lake, merging with the sky, and the bright red color was very beautiful.

A pleasure boat quietly passed through the lake, breaking the tranquility of the lake and leaving faint ripples.

There were several beautiful women with light makeup playing the piano on the boat, and a man in a white robe was lying on a lounge chair at the bow.

The man on the recliner had his hair casually tied behind his head, a beard on his chin, and a handsome face. He seemed to be no more than thirty years old, but his temples were white.

"Chen Jing, aren't you tired of standing like this?" The man on the recliner suddenly turned his head and shouted at the back of a tall figure at the bow who was standing with his hands behind his back and looking at the lake.

"Your Highness, if you slept for more than ten years, you wouldn't feel tired standing. Besides, the sunset is so beautiful and intoxicating, how could you feel tired?"

"Tsk, there are many people in this world who want to sit and watch the world change like you do. But you feel uncomfortable after sleeping for a long time. I guess you won't have many opportunities to sleep even if you want to."

Hearing this, Chen Jing, who was standing at the bow, turned around and looked at the man on the lounge chair. That was the owner of this pleasure boat and the entire royal manor, Prince Yue, Zhou Zhong.

A man who is almost seventy years old but looks only in his early thirties.

"What? Is the trouble you mentioned last time coming?"

"Yeah." Zhou Zhong responded, sat up from the recliner, raised his hand, and picked up a teapot from the coffee table next to him. The temperature was just right. Then he took a sip of the fragrant tea from the spout of the teapot, and stood at the bow with a smile.

"The emperor can no longer suppress his desire to kill me." Zhou Zhong looked at the beautiful sunset on the lake, but there was no appreciation in his eyes. Instead, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

"Well, it's not bad. You know best what a good life you've had in Jizhou Prefecture over the years. You should have made a move a long time ago. It's been delayed until now because of the luck in your heart."

"Yes, who wants to fight to the death when they can live comfortably?"

"Tsk!" Chen Jing curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "You feel comfortable, but ordinary people in Jeju Prefecture are not. Even if the emperor considers the overall situation, he will eventually take action against you. Don't you know?"

Zhou Zhong chuckled, took a sip of the tea in his hand, and was silent for a moment before saying: "It's just a piece of land, but you are reluctant to give it up. I risked my life to help him get to the top, but in the end you are so cold-hearted?

It seems that what you said before was right, no one who is an emperor can be trusted, their words are like farts, stinking and unbearable!"

Chen Jing shook his head. He had gotten used to Zhou Zhong's vulgar tone over the years. This prince hated etiquette and dogma the most. He was very casual. It was said that the first thing he did after he came to his fiefdom was to burn alive the clerk who had taught him etiquette since he was a child, and then feed the cooked meat to the dogs.

Later, people said that evil ways should not be touched, but this prince insisted on touching them. He soon discovered that his reckless and casual character, without any sense of good or evil, was very consistent with the ways of evil ways. He even broke the agreement between the royal family and the immortal sect and participated in the practice of cultivation as a royal family member.

You should know that the Immortal Alliance has strict orders for all countries and dynasties. The royal family is not allowed to practice privately. Even if they have extremely high talents, they can only practice in the Immortal Gate, and after entering the Immortal Gate, they must cut off ties with the secular world.

Otherwise, the Immortal Alliance will issue a decree to help the royal family "prune the branches and leaves."

It's brutal and unreasonable, but it also has its own logic.

Each country and dynasty is the shepherd dog that the Immortal Alliance allows to take care of ordinary people in the secular world. If the shepherd dogs can also practice cultivation, there is no guarantee that one day they will defeat the powerful.

But evil cultivators don't need to look at talent rigidly. It mainly depends on character and means. If you don't have good talent, at most you can just absorb more blood food and push forward slowly. As long as you are lucky enough to survive the blood disaster, you can still improve your cultivation step by step and live forever.

Zhou Zhong did something that others wanted to do but did not dare to do.

Chen Jing gathered his thoughts, because Zhou Zhong beside him had spoken again, saying: "The Soul Resting Tower you created recently has been very troublesome. Several of your disciples have died, and it has caused me a lot of trouble.

Now that you've woken up, you can just take over this matter, right?"

"Requiem Tower? What could possibly happen in Requiem Tower? Those kids aren't outstanding, but they are stable and won't do anything reckless."

"You are right. Your disciples are all quite honest and have not violated the rules you set. However, the wind does not stop when the tree wants to be still. Sometimes trouble does not come to you because you are looking for it."

Chen Jing's eyes dimmed and he asked, "Did they come to cause trouble for you and then ran into those brats from Anhun Tower?"

"Not bad. And this time the idea is a bit tricky." Zhou Zhong turned around and walked into the cabin. After sitting down, he took out a file from a copper box and threw it on the table. He said to Chen Jing: "Take a look first."

Chen Jing followed him into the cabin, picked up the file on the table, and started reading it without sitting down. It seemed that he had slept enough and wanted to stand up, as he had just said, because standing was more comfortable.

Soon a name jumped into Chen Jing's eyes.

"Yang Qian? The new chief of the Patrol Case Division? Less than thirty years old. He single-handedly killed one of my disciples who is at the Jindan stage?!

Your Majesty, is your news correct?"

"Of course he is right. Your disciple's head has been cut off and pickled in lime, waiting to be taken away for the reward."

Chen Jing frowned and was silent for a long time before he said, "This person's roots are in the Five Thunder Palace, and the agreement between us is different."

Zhou Zhong laughed at Chen Jing's nonsense and said, "Chen Jing, is it still meaningful for you to talk to me about the agreement now? We are all in the same boat. Neither you Huashen Sect nor my Yuewang Mansion can escape alone.

Now my business is your business. If I can get through this, you can continue to develop in secret. Otherwise, everyone will have only one way to go. "

(End of this chapter)