Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Chapter 1594: Envoy, Alchemist

Inside the city!

Report!

As a loud shout was heard, Zhou Zheng and others looked up in the direction of the sound.

Outside the gate, the figure of a scout was rapidly enlarging in everyone's pupils.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, the court has sent someone to ask for an audience."

The scout's voice made everyone's heart sink slightly. They knew that what was coming would eventually come.

"Come here!"

Zhou Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew very well that the appearance of this man meant that the decisive battle was about to begin. However, Zhou Zheng was not too panicked. After all, he seemed to be the weaker party now, but it might not be the case when the fight really started.

Following the announcement, a military officer from the imperial court appeared slowly.

It's a pity that this so-called court envoy dressed as a military general made Xiao Mu and others sneer in their hearts.

This man seemed to be wearing armor and was fully armed, but there was no murderous intent in his every move. Even though he was pretending to be calm, the trembling, fear and panic in his eyes were still difficult to conceal.

According to Lei Tong's suggestion, the prime minister wanted to send an envoy to give Zhou Zheng a final ultimatum.

However, from beginning to end, no one dared to take on this job. After all, if Zhou Zheng was really angered, there would be no return.

The risks involved are imaginable.

The generals present were all elites from aristocratic families, and they were all cowards who feared death. They participated in this decisive battle only to gain achievements, and no one wanted to risk their lives.

Only Huang Cheng wanted to take on the job, but unfortunately the prime minister refused.

You know, although the prime minister didn't like Huang Cheng, he at least knew that Huang Cheng was one of the few generals who could fight. If he stayed in the base camp, he might still be useful in a last resort.

If Huang Cheng really appeared in front of Zhou Zheng, with Zhou Zheng's character, he would have killed him long ago.

The prime minister was not in a hurry or even cared about the loss of a great general, but he couldn't do that at this critical juncture. He had to wait until the decisive battle was over before he could ignore Huang Cheng's existence and life.

Finally, the prime minister promised great benefits and selected the alchemist by drawing lots to serve as the envoy this time.

Fang Shicai, a core member of the Fang family and the future helmsman of the Fang family.

The family is also well-known in the south. Although it has not entered the first echelon of the Great Zhou, it is also a leader in the second echelon. However, such power is not enough in front of the prime minister.

Therefore, Fang Shicai had no choice but to accept the task.

He now had only one thought, which was to complete the mission as soon as possible and go back alive.

"I am a Taoist priest, and I am honored to meet your majesty."

When he was only three meters away from Zhou Zheng, the Taoist priest bowed to Zhou Zheng.

He was a smart man. Before entering the inner hall, he took off his weapons to show that he was not a threat. At the same time, he did not kneel down to Zhou Zheng, indicating that he was a court official and was hostile to Zhou Zheng. However, he bowed to Zhou Zheng, which undoubtedly showed his respect for him.

I have to say that this alchemist is quite clever.

According to the prime minister's request, he must show his strength and create a great sense of oppression and threat to Zhou Zheng and their soldiers.

Unfortunately, Fang Shicai knew better than anyone that he did not have this ability.

As long as he could go back and report safely, as for the process, as long as it was not too out of line, it was acceptable to him.

Everyone was a little surprised to see the alchemist behave like this. Zhou Ping frowned, shouted coldly, and murderous intent began to rise in his heart.

"The Fang family really doesn't know the current situation."

"If you do not kneel before your Majesty, you shall be executed according to the law!"

Zhou Ping roared angrily, drew the sword from his waist, rushed down in one step, and then, without caring about anything else, swung the long sword and chopped it hard at Fang Shicai's head.

This knife is very fast!

The coldness of the knife lingered with a breath of despair.

Where had the Taoist seen such a scene before? He staggered and stepped back reflexively.

However, what no one expected was that at the critical moment, the Taoist priest held his feet and stood still, allowing Zhou Ping's knife to fall.

"You, do have some abilities."

The long sword was hung only an inch away from the Taoist's neck.

But even so, the sharp blade still left a chill of death on his neck.

Although Zhou Ping's long sword did not fall, Fang Shicai was still frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his whole body was trembling, and even his crotch was wet.

This was obviously frightened.

As Zhou Ping sneered, he slowly retracted his sword and then stood behind Zhou Zheng again without a word.

"You should wake up. You are a member of the Fang family. Otherwise, you have no right to stand here alive today."

Zhou Ping exhaled slowly, with a hint of complicated emotions in his eyes.

Everyone was a little suspicious, especially Xiao Guan and Xiao Mu, who were completely confused. It was obvious that they had no idea what the relationship between Zhou Ping and the Fang family was.

But only Zhou Zheng knew that King Yong had once accepted a favor from the Fang family.

When King Yong raised his army to defend the throne and marched north, the first aristocratic family he encountered was the Fang family.

As members of the imperial court, the Fang family must have done everything they could to assassinate King Zhou Yong. However, the Fang family used the lives of hundreds of clansmen and thousands of servants to stage a drama for the imperial court so that King Zhou Yong could go north smoothly.

Precisely because of this, Jia Jia was highly regarded in the eyes of Emperor Tianjing, which is why a weak scholar like alchemist Cai was able to become a general this time.

Others didn't know, but the alchemist was the one who knew the relationship between the two. That was why he dared to serve as the envoy this time under the coercion of the prime minister.

Now, it seems that I made the right bet.

The Fang family has never thought about becoming a first-class aristocratic family, nor has it ever thought about taking sides.

In the midst of the chaos of this world, they only seek to protect themselves.

In the words of the head of the Fang family, neither Zhou Zheng nor the imperial court were people that their Fang family could afford to provoke. They even dared not touch the five great ancient families.

The only way is to cut off the arm to save yourself.

As for the result, we'll leave it to fate.

Now thinking about it, it was obviously an excellent choice when the head of the Fang family gave King Zhou Yong face at the cost of great self-sacrifice and allowed him to continue to move north.

After all, if they really wanted to fight King Zhou Yong regardless of the consequences, an army of 200,000 would be enough to crush the Fang family countless times.

In the end the Fang family will suffer huge losses anyway, so it would be better for them to take the initiative to bear such losses, or even sacrifice the lives of their clansmen, in exchange for a favor from King Zhou Yong.

The moment Zhou Ping retracted his long sword, the Taoist priest also breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that he had made the right bet this time.

Since the bet was right, the so-called negotiations that follow will naturally be much easier.

"sit down."

Zhou Zheng finally spoke, but before he finished speaking, Shi Sui had already brought a stool and placed it behind Fang Shicai.

Such actions made the Taoist priest a little confused.

He rolled his eyes and looked around, obviously having some worries and concerns.

"We are all family here."

Zhou Zheng saw through Fang Shicai's worries at a glance and immediately began to explain.

Everyone sitting here is Zhou Zheng’s closest person.

After hearing this, Fang Cai could only sit down submissively, because apart from this, it seemed that he had no better choice.

However, he still maintained his original courtesy, bowed to Zhou Zheng, and then sat down.

It was not until this moment that he really set his eyes on Zhou Zheng.

The most legendary emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the person who was once the most admired by alchemists, is now only three meters away from him.

Looking at Zhou Zheng, who still looked quite young, the alchemist felt extremely complicated.

Once upon a time, Fang Shicai also hoped that one day he could follow Zhou Zheng.

Unfortunately, Zhou Zheng finally stood on the side of the people of the world. He wanted to abolish the aristocratic families, he wanted to promote schools and imperial examinations. All of this made the alchemist realize that the two of them were destined not to be in the same camp.

Because Fang Shicai has a strong imprint of a noble family behind him, he has no choice!

He couldn't let himself overthrow his own family.

Hey!

He sighed softly, then quickly calmed down his emotions. The Taoist priest then realized that what came next was the key to communication between the two sides.

"What are you doing here this time?"

Zhou Zheng was the first to break the deadlock.

No nonsense, straight to the point!

This question made Xiao Mu, Xiao Guan and others turn their eyes over!