Chapter 242 Heart Execution

It was late at night.

There were no pedestrians on the streets of Chang'an.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, as if it was going to engulf the entire Chang'an City.

Liangzhou could be considered the most pleasant place in the entire Great Zhou Territory, and it had just begun to snow so heavily. One could imagine that this year's Great Zhou people would probably experience another winter filled with hunger and cold.

It was around this winter that the old beggar closed his eyes and Xu Han entered the Dark Asura Palace.

Such a similar scene reminded Xu Han of the past.

But this winter, how many beggars would be like him back then, unable to find any way to survive?

Thinking of this, Xu Han sighed as he looked out of the window at the heavy snow.

"I've been waiting for a long time." At this time, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and a thin old man slowly walked out of the room. He was dressed in a long grey gown, and his head and shoulders were stained with snowflakes. It was obvious that he had just returned from outside.

Seeing the old man, Xu Han hurriedly cupped his hands respectfully.

"Xu Han greets the Prime Minister."

" Manor Chief Xu, you're welcome. Please take a seat." The old man, Zhang Xiang, smiled at that time and signaled for Xu Han to sit down beside the couch in the room.

Xu Han was not courteous. He sat opposite Zhang Xiangyu on both sides of the short couch.

" Manor Chief Xu, what do you mean by old man Xun?" Zhang Xiang poured a cup of tea for Xu Han and casually asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Han took a small sip of the tea in front of him. Then, he looked at the old man with a solemn expression and asked, "I wonder if the Prime Minister has seen the memorials from Jizhou these past few days."

"Oh." The old man narrowed his eyes and drank a cup of tea.

Seeing this, Xu Han looked at the heavy snow outside the house and said, "Changan is still like this. In Jizhou, I wonder how many more people will freeze to death this year."

"Oh." The old man narrowed his eyes and noncommittally perfunctorily said to Xu Han.

Seeing that Big Yellow City had not been rebuilt, Xu Han frowned and continued, "The fifty thousand soldiers of the Mu Clan at the Sword Dragon Closure are severely lacking. If Great Xia were to lead troops to invade at this moment…"

However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the other party.

"The three pillars of the Great Xia Dynasty, apart from the lost Cui Ting, the remaining Qiu Juping and Jiang Zhichen are harder to deal with than Cui Ting, they can see very well, Mu is very difficult to deal with, difficult to gnaw the bones to the meritorious Cui Ting. Now that Great Zhou's defense was weak, the two of them naturally wanted to seize this piece of fat meat. In order to fight for a male and female, Great Xia would not be able to live peacefully at this moment. "In a short time, Sword Dragon Pass will be safe. Manor Head, you don't need to worry too much."

The candlelight in the room was flickering, and the personal servants were still burning charcoal in the room. The warmth of the room and the cold outside were like two worlds.

Xu Han frowned as he looked at Zhang Xiang who was speaking confidently.

"Could it be that the Prime Minister is prepared to ignore this matter?" He asked with a calm expression. He hadn't expected that Zhang Xiang would have such an attitude before this.

"Reason?" Hearing this, the old man raised his eyebrows, and his narrowed eyes seemed to have widened a little at that time.

"Big week has hope, xu, beam, green, you, six states, xuzhou is unique, liang zhou for the center of the big week, the two can be self-sufficient, apart from the two states, which of the remaining four states is not the manor master said tragic situation? Prefecture head, I'm in charge of Jizhou, how about the remaining three prefectures "There is not much money the Imperial Court can put down. If all of it is given to Jizhou, then should the people of the other three continents starve to death?"

"I don't mean that." Seeing that Zhang Xiang had misunderstood, Xu Han hurriedly explained.

"Mu Qingshan of the Sword Dragon Pass has a very close personal relationship with the Prefecture Master. Big Yellow City's Lin Yuguo relied on the Prefecture Master to defend Big Yellow City. Jizhou was sandwiched between the two. It was said that the Prefecture Master had taken back Jizhou for Great Zhou, but it was better to say that the Prefecture Master had used this chaotic world to find a private land for himself." However, Zhang Xiang did not have the intention to listen to Xu Han's explanation. He did not wait for Xu Han to speak at all, so he said on his own at that time.

Xu Han was stunned. There was no denying that he did have such thoughts in his heart. At the very least, he viewed Jizhou as the foundation of his foothold in Chang'an. He knew very well that Zhu Xian would not dare to do anything to him until Zhu Xian re-established an army capable of resisting Great Xia. Therefore, he was so nervous about the situation in Jizhou. In the end, he really had selfish intentions.

"This lowly one is indeed not without selfishness." Xu Han knew that he couldn't hide these thoughts from Zhang Xiang, the old fox who had been in the bureaucracy for so many years. He simply said calmly, "But the situation in Jizhou is related to the safety of the people of Great Zhou. Don't tell me the Prime Minister doesn't care at all?"

"Naturally." The old man nodded without any hesitation. "But if I help you today and give you all the money that the Imperial Court has set aside for you, Xu Han, the Mufan Kings of the various prefectures will surely become even more dissatisfied with Zhu Xian, and Jizhou will be able to stabilize the situation as a result. Then the next step will be for you, Tiance Prefecture, to swap positions with the Longevity Division. The strong and weak will change hands."

At this point, the old prime minister paused. His narrowed eyes suddenly widened and he looked straight at Xu Han, as if he wanted to see Xu Han thoroughly through his eyes.

"Then how can I guarantee that Manor Chief Xu, who has the Heavenly Insurance Company of Jizhou, will not be the next Zhu Xian?"

Ta!

Hearing this, Xu Han's expression changed. His hand holding the teacup also trembled at that moment. A drop of tea flowed out from the cup and landed on the table on the low couch. A crisp sound was heard, but at this moment, the quiet room was so ear-piercing and clear.

Such a sound naturally couldn't be concealed from Zhang Xiang's eyes. The old man raised his eyebrows and his gaze towards Xu Han instantly became meaningful.

After a long silence, Xu Han put down the teacup in his hand.

He looked at Zhang Xiang calmly and said word by word, "I won't be Zhu Xian."

"Of course not. Zhu Xian doesn't have such a dense dragon qi as the Manor Master. That's the appearance of a true dragon." The old man said in a calm voice.

At that moment, the cold wind blew through the door. The candle flames in the room flickered, causing Zhang Xiang's wrinkled face to darken and brighten. The light in his eyes was deep in the darkness, like a wolf in a dense forest, but he didn't eat flesh and blood, only killing people.

Xu Han fell silent again. He looked straight at the old man in front of him and suddenly felt that perhaps the most terrifying thing in Chang'an City was not the lofty Yuwen Luo or Zhu Xian who covered the sky with one hand, but the old Prime Minister of Great Zhou who no one had noticed.

After a few breaths, the cold wind outside the window stopped.

The candlelight in the room illuminated the room again.

A kind smile appeared on Zhang Xiang's face again. He picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip. Then, he said indifferently, "The Prefecture Head is a smart person."

"I thought I knew before I came that I would not agree to this, so I must have something else to ask. Tell me, perhaps I can help you out within my abilities."

The solemn expression on Xu Han's face did not relax because of this.

He did not like to deal with people like Zhang Xiang. The feeling of being exposed was not a good experience for Xu Han.

But he had no choice.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and looked up at the prime minister of Great Zhou once again.

He said with a calm voice and a calm gaze.

"I want all the files of the Yin Clan over the past five years."

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