When Lu Heng asked this question, his demeanor suddenly changed.
The kind smile that was still on his face just now disappeared in the blink of an eye. It was replaced by cold eyes and a chilling murderous aura emanating from his body.
The officials who were watching all around seemed to be frightened by this temperament. They quietly took a step back, for fear that this madman would go crazy and hurt innocent people.
Prince Jin, who had an elegant smile just now, now turned pale.
Standing directly opposite Lu Heng, he could feel the intimidating aura exuding from this scholar better than anyone else.
It was only then that King Jin realized that this scholar was the counselor who sent hundreds of thousands of Korean soldiers and civilians into hell with one order on the Goryeo battlefield, and was called the Butcher by the locals.
With just one order and one word of mercy, Goryeo was tens of thousands of miles away, blood flowed into rivers, and mourning flooded the land.
Such people are more terrifying than those generals who fight on the battlefield.
Often a look can make people feel uneasy.
Prince Jin took a deep breath, raised his head, and wanted to look at the scholar squarely. However, when he saw the scholar's cold-as-iron eyes, deep fear arose in his heart.
A smile appeared on his pale face. King Jin coughed, forced himself to calm down, suppressed the panic in his heart and said, "Oh, Mr. Lu is joking!"
"What if what I said is true?" Lu Heng did not intend to give up. He took a step forward, pressing forward step by step, staring at King Jin, and asked indifferently.
"What a joke! How could the prince, with his noble status, talk to you... you, what do you want to do?"
Behind King Jin, a fourth-grade civil servant jumped out and pointed at Lu Heng and shouted. However, the words were not finished yet. Seeing the scholar suddenly turning his head and the cold light in his eyes, the civil servant was immediately frightened.
After a big jump, I swallowed the rest of the sentence.
"Noise!" Lu Heng glanced at him coldly and said in disgust.
Turned his head and continued to stare at King Jin.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and no one in the hall said a word. The civil servants were as silent as a chill, secretly glancing at the scholar, and then lowered their heads in fear.
The generals who were leading the troops in the battle had smiles on their faces and looked at King Jin jokingly, who was frightened so much that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and his face turned pale.
Most of these generals have met Lu Heng.
At that time, when King Huainan was still in Kyoto, the scholar also visited several military camps.
As companions, the veteran generals saw for the first time how Lu Heng gave a bloody blow to the Snow Wolf Battalion, which was regarded as the elite of the army. His strong style and unique training methods made the veteran generals very excited.
Breathtaking.
In particular, the immortal feats achieved by the Snow Wolf Battalion in this battle with Goryeo made the military generals even more fond of this scholar.
"Hey, Lu family boy, please stop scaring the young prince!"
Just when King Jin was at a loss, an old general behind Lu Heng came out and tried to smooth things over with a smile.
This general was a good friend of King Wu Ningyuan of Huainan. He also fought with Wu Ningyuan in the north and south, and made great contributions. However, a few years ago, because a disciple in his family broke the law, he used military merit to plead guilty, and His Majesty pardoned his son.
However, he also lost his official position.
This time, when the vassal dynasty paid homage, it was natural that they also hosted a banquet for all the adults who had taken a back seat. This old general was one of them.
The old general walked up to Lu Heng, laughed loudly, and patted Lu Heng's shoulder. He stretched out his hand to pull Lu Heng away. However, after pulling, Lu Heng did not move at all.
The old general glanced at Lu Heng in surprise and saw that the scholar had a cold smile on his lips and stared at King Jin with a cold light in his eyes.
Damn it, this kid can’t be serious!
Even though he had experienced many wars, the old general was also shocked by the scholar's expression.
In the deathly silence, King Jin's body had begun to tremble, and his temples were soaked with sweat.
Standing in front of the scholar, King Jin suddenly felt an icy aura covering his whole body. It was difficult to breathe.
"Ah……"
Suddenly, a chuckle broke the depressing and solemn atmosphere.
Lu Heng still had that calm and gentle smile on his face, looking at King Jin who was clenching his fists and trying to stay calm. Zhong patted King Jin on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's just a joke, Your Highness, don't take it seriously.
!”
Seeing that Prince Jin was still shocked and frightened, Lu Heng glanced at him lightly, then turned around and returned to his seat.
Behind him, King Jin's back was soaked with cold sweat, and the royal robe on his back was soaked with sweat.
"Hey, you don't have a grudge because of what happened yesterday, do you?"
Hong Quan had woken up at this time, as if nothing was wrong. He walked to Lu Heng's side and asked Lu Heng in a low voice.
Last night, Hong Quan received a complaint from the Wang family who settled in Shanxi, accusing the King of Jin of plotting against the eldest daughter of the Wang family and trying to rob a daughter of the people.
Looking at the various crimes on the complaint, Hong Quan couldn't help but admire the eldest daughter of the Wang family for her intelligence.
In this situation, the King of Jin was already in a hurry. Once the news leaked out, I am afraid that this person would jump over the wall in a panic. However, the Wang family was just right. They did not report the King of Jin's conscription and pay for food, but instead found out something very important.
Xiao, come and file a complaint about robbing civilian girls.
Hong Quan naturally knew about the Wang family's move from Jiangning to Shanxi. Moreover, he also knew that there was His Majesty's will in it. Now the Wang family's actions could not be guaranteed to be His Majesty's secret instructions.
At that time, Hong Quan praised the eldest daughter of the Wang family for her intelligence and the emperor's delicate methods. Taking this petition, he went to find Lu Heng.
Unexpectedly, when Lu Heng saw this, he immediately turned his back.
He placed the tea cup in his hand firmly on the table, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and whispered through gritted teeth: "Prince Jin, you did a great job!"
At that time, when Hong Quan saw Lu Heng's reaction, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Back then, when he was in Jiangning, Ning Yuangong once said that except for the love between children, nothing in the world could make this scholar angry.
Looking at it now, it is indeed the case.
In desperation, Hong Quan had to explain to Lu Heng that this might be His Majesty's instruction.
But Lu Heng pushed Hong Quan back with just one sentence.
"If it were your daughter, would you let her sacrifice her reputation to do such a thing?"
After taking a look at Hong Quan, Lu Heng, who was sitting on the chair, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then waved his hand and said to Hong Quan: "Thank you, Mr. Hong, for informing me that Lu is very grateful!"
This morning, when the two of them were drinking and chatting in the doorway, the boy still acted as if nothing had happened and was chatting and laughing with him.
At that time, Hong Quan thought he had really figured it out.
Looking at it now, Hong Quan was sweating profusely.
It turned out that this kid had all his anger stored up.
Now when I saw King Jin approaching, I immediately gave him a warning.
Shaking his head and sighing, he raised his head and looked at the desolate King Jin, whose body was still trembling. Hong Quan couldn't help but mourn for him in his heart. You said that you, a prince, can't stay in the palace properly, so what are you doing?
It was just a small trick, but you didn't have the foresight to do it, and you actually got it on Lu Heng. Isn't this looking for death?
Now, seeing Lu Heng still staring at the King of Jin, Hong Quan walked forward with a sweat and asked in a low voice.
"How could it be possible? Am I the kind of person with a narrow mind?" Lu Heng withdrew his gaze, glanced at Hong Quan, and asked with a faint smile.
After Hong Quan thought about it seriously, he raised his head, looked at Lu Heng, and nodded firmly: "Yes!"
"Not only is your heart narrow-minded, but you are also vicious. Anyone who goes against you will have a bad end. Typically, those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Well, in general, you lack some humanity! You act like a madman.
!" Hong Quan seized the opportunity and thoroughly despised Lu Heng.
After saying that, Hong Quan still smiled and waited for Lu Heng to refute.
Unexpectedly, Lu Heng just laughed and rubbed his chin, recalling what he had just said.
After a while, Lu Heng nodded, coughed and said, "Thank you for the compliment!"
Turning his head and looking at Hong Quan's stunned eyes, Lu Heng smiled, stretched out his finger and poked his fat belly: "Don't worry, I have sense and know what to do!"
After all, the relationship between the two is not shallow. If there is any, it goes without saying that both of them know it.
Regarding Hong Quan's gag, he wanted to calm down and not make things a mess. Lu Heng could understand and was very grateful.
Hong Quan smiled, rubbed his belly, looked at King Jin, and said calmly: "Now, the prince is not in the capital, and Mr. Zhang is far away in Goryeo. You and I are weak, so hiding one's clumsiness is the right way!"
Lu Heng smiled and nodded without saying anything.
Unexpectedly, this incident made Lu Heng unintentionally become a hot topic of discussion among the officials in the hall.
After some inquiring, the civil servants found out that this scholar was actually the mysterious man who led the Zhou army to Goryeo and fought in the north and south some time ago. That is to say, he was captured two days ago.
His Majesty conferred the title of Imperial Master on Lu Heng and Lu Yongzheng at the Holy Land of Sacrifice to Heaven.
It was only then that they saw the true face of this mysterious Imperial Master.
Moreover, the confrontation with King Jin just now, in which King Jin was defeated by his momentum alone, also allowed the courtiers present to deeply understand the majesty and skill of this imperial master.
Especially, at this time, I saw the scholar chatting and laughing with the military generals familiarly. Occasionally, the scholar would turn his head and glance this way, consciously or unconsciously.
Those indifferent eyes made those who secretly observed him feel terrified.
A group of people gathered together and whispered, immediately stopped, coughed, went back to their seats, and stopped talking.
Hong Quan saw that all the civil and military officials were cowardly, and it was only then that he suddenly realized.
It turns out that this is what Yong Zheng said when he talked about establishing dignity.
Hehe, it’s really hard enough!
Hong Quan rubbed his chin, looking at Lu Heng who was chatting with the military general, his eyes sparkling, he pursed his lips, and admired in his heart...!