Chapter 4 Butcher Next

The 238th year of the Kyushu New Calendar is an unforgettable day for every commoner in Nanming City. On this day, the nobles on the nearly nine floors of Nanming City were killed. Only a few nobles who usually kept a low profile and had a good reputation survived.

However, in this way, the rumor that the king Ling Dao is dead is also deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"Your Majesty, why haven't you appeared in the world? Now as we move bigger and bigger, more and more civilians are beginning to believe that the Prime Minister is bloodyly slaughtering the nobles, and your businessman is the biggest accomplice of the Prime Minister. Now that the foreign enemy is present, you should call on the king of Qin to resist the rebels.

In the main hall of the Southern Pluto Palace, Lin Dao is sitting comfortably on the broad throne. This was the first time that Lin Dao sat in the seat of the king of a country. Looking at the next general, Lin Dao always had an unpredictable smile on his face.

He couldn't help thinking about what had just happened:

Although Lin Dao slaughtered most of the nobles, Lin Dao also tried his best to protect the protectors on the list, and even brought the families of these generals to the palace early. At first, the generals and ministers were a little confused. When the incident in the square in front of the gate of the palace came to their ears in the morning, everyone was stunned and could not speak. At the same time, all the protected generals and ministers were summoned to the palace hall. At that time, almost everyone believed that the prime minister was going to rebel.

At the beginning, Lin Dao did not appear. When the generals and ministers arrived in the hall one after another, he found that Bu Qian did not sit high on the throne. The throne was still empty, and Bu Qian was still standing in the first place of the minister. When he saw the generals coming, he was still disappointed with the people.

"The Prime Minister, what's the situation now? Why are we all confused?" An old minister who had a good relationship with Bu Qian saw Bu Qian, hurriedly took his hand and spoke softly beside him.

"Lord Li, don't worry, don't worry. When everyone arrives, the mystery will be revealed naturally. Bu Qian stroked his long beard, and a smile and a look of pride finally appeared on his slightly tired face.

" Prime Minister, what are you doing? Are you really going to have breakfast?" After a burly and majestic general strode into the hall, he loudly questioned Bu Qian.

Bu Qian was not angry and replied softly, "The world of Nanming is the Ling family, and our king is still our king. It's just that the former chicks finally have full wings and fly high today."

Wenchen likes to play word games. At present, everyone gathers together to guess what Bu Qian said, while the generals are big-eyed. However, he was not angry. After all, they still heard a clue. Anyway, according to Bu Qian, as long as the throne is inherited by someone surnamed Ling, no one cares. Of course, it would be best if it was Ling Tong. After all, Ling Tong was born as a general. In this way, the status of generals will be greatly improved in the future.

Just as the generals in the hall were whispering, a sharp voice of an eunuch spread: "The king is coming--"

"Big, King?"

"Did I hear you correctly?"

"The king came to the hall?"

"Didn't you say that the king has... that?" The person who said this also took a special look at Bu Qian.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Dao was dressed in casual clothes and entered everyone's sight with his maid Ren Hongchang with a smile. In ordinary times, most of everyone's eyes must be fixed on Ren Hongchang, but at this moment, no one cares about Ren Hongchang. Everyone stares at Lin Dao's face, which is a familiar and strange face.

People who have met Ling Dao are still very familiar with King Ling Dao. At first, when they saw Lin Dao's tall and strong body, they thought that he was the mastermind behind the step, not the real king Ling Dao. However, as Lin Dao walked in, they found that Lin Dao's face seemed to be familiar with each other. Soon a few people familiar with Ling Dao shouted out one after another: "Oh, my God, the king is really!"

"Although there are some changes in appearance, it is indeed the king!"

"Woo-hoo, my lord, I finally see you!"

At this moment, most people were stunned and couldn't say a word. Their brains were like computers crashed. For a while, they didn't have any idea, but their eyes moved foolishly with Lin Dao's progress.

Lin Dao went straight through the crowd, picked up the stairs, and finally sat on the throne of the Southern Pluto Palace Hall. Ren Hongchang was still the same, standing behind Lin Dao without changing his face, looking straight ahead.

"The Prime Minister, have all the people who should come come?" Lin Dao turned his head and looked at Bu Qian.

Bu Qian nodded and said, "I want to reply to the king, except for Ling Rui's followers, everyone else is in place."

"In that case, let's start today's Congress." Lin Dao cleared his throat. His expression was very casual when he spoke, and he did not deliberately pretend to be serious. However, all the officials present who were swept away by Lin Dao's sight bowed their heads and did not dare to look directly.

"Presumably everyone present is not familiar with me, so let me introduce myself first." Lin Dao smiled indifferently and said to dozens of generals and ministers, "My name is Ling, and I am the current king of the Southern Ming Kingdom. For some reason, in the past few years, the queen has been acting as an agent for Wang Ting. Among the people, I also have an identity, which is not unfamiliar to everyone. This is the identity of a businessman, called Lin Dao.

After listening to Lin Dao's words, some officials suddenly showed a big understanding, and at the same time, they looked at Lin Dao with a trace of respect and timidity in his complex eyes.

"The king sleeps on salary and tastes courage, hides his light and bides his time. He is really the hero!" Some people began to flatter.

"You don't have to flatt compliment me now. If you say too much, you will not get any good impression from me, but will make me lose confidence in you." Lin Dao's eyes were cold, and then a fierce murderous atmosphere broke out. The murderous atmosphere swept out, which made the civil servants tremble, and the generals looked ugly. "You should also get the news. Now my army is cleaning up all the rebels outside!" First of all, you should understand the meaning of the word treason. The betrayal, in order to betray, betrayed the royal court, the king's will, and the whole people of Nanming.

Lin Dao paused for a while. After scanning the crowd, he continued to say coldly, "I don't care about your past. The reason why you can stand here alive today is because of the Prime Minister's protection. This does not mean that all of you are two sleeves of breeze and for the country and the people. . All your past records are recorded in my records, but I can tell you that before I came, I have destroyed all these files. Do you know why I did this?

"I am willing to reform and follow the king to create the prosperous era of the Southern Underworld!" Most of them knelt down, and only a few old ministers with white temples stood proudly. They had the arrogant blood of literati on their bodies, and they naturally walked upright and stood upright.

"Since you want to reform yourself, you should all kneel down first." Lin Dao smiled, and then slowly closed his eyes without making a sound.

The loyal ministers lay on the ground and looked at each other. They didn't understand Lin Dao's intention.

Bu Qian knew that this was the art of the emperor, but these officials suddenly did not adapt to Lin Dao, who was so familiar with the art of the emperor. Bu Qian took a step forward and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the situation in the city has been controlled, most of the rebels have been ambush, and the small stocks that are on the run and hidden have been searched. However, the mastermind of this rebellion, Ling Rui, Marquis of Tianyan, is still not dead, and his main forces are in the castle on the outskirts of the city. According to the newspaper, the great nobles from all over the country have sent elite soldiers to Nanming City. Now they have gathered near Ling Rui's castle, and they seem to have siege equipment in their hands.

"How many people have come?"

"The total is about 60,000."

"Oh? That's right. I can still make such a huge amount. It seems that I still underestimate these local forces. The smile on Lin Dao's face did not diminish. Obviously, he was not shocked by the enemy's so many troops.

"Your Majesty, the ground is cold, isn't it..." Ling Rui said to the crowd at this time.

Lin Dao glanced at the ministers kneeling on the ground, waved his hand and said, "Get up."

"Thank you, King!"

After the generals and ministers stood up, Lin Dao swept to this row of generals and asked, "The rebel party is very powerful. Can we have a general willing to lead troops to stick to the outer city?"

The so-called outer city is a place where civilians live, while the inner city is a residential area of nobles, scholars and upper-class society. In every country on the Kyushu continent, almost every royal city and imperial city are designed like this.

To Lin Dao's disappointment, none of the seventeen generals responded in a whole row.

Lin Dao sneered and said, "That's all right, I will stick to the outer city with the king!"

"Your Majesty, no!" Immediately, everyone called out.

"Well, well, anyway, there is still a short time before the enemy is attacking the city. Let's rest here for a while." With that, Lin Dao leaned against the throne and half narrowed his eyes.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!"

"Hmm?"

The call of a white-bearded old minister pulled Lin Dao back from his thoughts. Seeing the white-haired old minister's reproach, Lin Dao smiled at him: "Your excellency, what's the matter?"

"Now that the great enemy is present, the king should call on the king's masters from all over the world to come to the king city to kill the rebels!" The old minister was not surprised that Lin Dao didn't know himself. After all, Lin Dao hasn't been to court for many years.

Lin Dao smiled and said, "Who do you think will come?" Ling Tong is now in the north. Even if he is leaving now, when he arrives in Nanming City, I'm afraid that the old man Ling Rui is already holding a celebration banquet.

"This..." The white-bearded old minister was speech for a moment.

"Your Majesty, there is a general outside the hall asking for a meeting!" At this time, the sound of a bodyguard came from the gate 100 meters away.