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The soldier hesitated to speak, bowed his head in salute and retreated.

Not long after, another soldier came to report: "My lord, I found some Daning people in the dungeon of Zhu Mansion."

"Oh?" Ning Chen casually put down his spear and glanced at Meng Guan.

Meng Guan asked, "But there are ten people?"

"There are only five people." Xiao Bing replied, "At this moment, they are already waiting outside the courtyard."

It is Ning Chen's principle of conduct to seek repayment for kindness, he said: "Lead the person to the flower hall to answer."

Ning Chen got up and brought Meng Guan to the flower hall. As soon as he sat down, the soldier led five people in.

Ning Chen was picking up his teacup, and from the corner of his eyes, he saw the elegant and decent gestures of the leader, which made people want to look at him.

Ning Chen raised his eyes inadvertently, and there was a hint of disbelief on his face, but it quickly disappeared behind his cold and dignified mask.

I saw that the visitor lowered his head slightly, his eyebrows were deep and fair, his eyes were calm, his slightly chapped lips were slightly pursed, and his every move was like that of a child of an aristocratic family.

He knelt down and saluted Ning Chen, "Qiu Wenshu, thank you, my lord, for helping me, thank you."

The others followed suit and knelt down to thank Ning Chen.

Standing beside Ning Chen, Meng Guan turned his head to look at Ning Chen when he heard the word "Qiu Wenshu".

There was no special expression on Ning Chen's face, he still put on the air of a prince, nodded slowly, and put the teacup on the table with his left hand, and there was a crisp porcelain sound when the bottom of the teacup was touched.

Meng Guan suddenly woke up. It had been three years, even he had forgotten Qiu Wenshu's appearance, let alone King Chen who was busy with his affairs.

"Get up." Ning Chen said calmly, "You are all my citizens in Daning, and it is my duty to protect you."

When the four people kneeling at the bottom heard this, they all became excited and kowtowed to Ning Chen more sincerely, and decided in their hearts to promote King Chen's benevolence after returning home.

Qiu Wenshu was about to get up, but when he saw them kowtowing vigorously, he glanced at Ning Chen with some hesitation.

When Daning and Sanmiao fought together, he had a premonition that Ning Chen was the commander in chief. After all, Ning Chen's fief bordered on Sanmiao, as long as he successfully captured the city, Ning Chen's fief could be destroyed.

However, he didn't expect that he would meet Ning Chen again, and he came to thank Ning Chen.

Not seeing each other for three years, Ning Chen is completely different from the past, wearing armor, sitting idly on the teacher's chair, already feeling overwhelming oppression.He has completely faded away from his youthful innocence, his eyebrows have grown into his temples, and his beautiful eyes glance occasionally, all with the indifference unique to those in power.

"Get up." Ning Chen winked to the left and right, and two soldiers stepped forward to help everyone up.

Ning Chen asked, "Why were you arrested?"

Qiu Wenshu pursed his lips, not wanting to talk to Ning Chen, the other four chattered.They were caught in the mansion for no reason. There were still many people in the dungeon, but occasionally one would be released.They have no idea what crime they have committed.

Ning Chen seemed to have a headache, frowned slightly, leaned his elbows on the handle of the Grand Master's chair, pointed at Qiu Wenshu with his slender index finger, barely gave Qiu Wenshu a straight look, and said, "Qiu Wenshu, tell me."

Qiu Wenshu was helpless, lowered his head slightly, concealed the perfunctory in his eyes, and said, "Wait, I was mistaken for a subtle work..."

"En." Ning Chen responded, glanced back and forth among the five people, and asked slowly, "Are you all not injured?"

Everyone shook their heads. Apart from being trapped in the dungeon, they didn't receive any torture, and they had good food and drink every day.

Qiu Wenshu was slightly surprised, if he didn't know who Ning Chen was, he would have praised Ning Chen as "love the people".

"In this way, the king will feel at ease," Ning Chen said. "Come here, temporarily place them in the back room, and then send someone to bring their family members over."

The four people except Qiu Wenshu were excited again, and kowtowed to Ning Chen again to thank them.

After Qiu Wenshu and the others left, Ning Chen picked up the teacup and said in a cold voice, "Go and find out why this Zhuyuan arrested them. Check carefully. I will report what happened in the dungeon one by one." .”

Meng Guan glanced at Ning Chen hesitantly, and took the order to leave.

Within three moments, Meng Guan had turned around, whispering in Ning Chen's ear with a pale face.

Ning Chen crushed the handle of the red sandalwood and carved cloud dragon chair under him. He stood up, brushed away the sawdust from his hands, and said expressionlessly, "Let's go, let's go and ask Master Zhu for a glass of water and wine."

Ning Chen didn't go to Zhuyuan's main courtyard, but came to his kitchen.

The kitchen in Zhu’s Mansion is very large, with several kitchen stoves attached to it. The walls are covered with kitchen knives of various shapes and sizes. There is still a large open space inside the kitchen. There are several dark wooden barrels, and they are cleaned everywhere.

Ning Chen walked around with his hands behind his back, and Meng Guan, who was following behind him, looked pale.

Zhu Yuan walked in tremblingly, and bowed to Ning Chen: "My lord, why are you here..."

Ning Chen said with a straight face: "Lord Zhu, is this how you treat me?"

Zhu Yuan didn't know why, so he raised his head in panic.

"I don't even have the interest to pick up the chopsticks for the dishes you presented!"

Zhu Yuan was in a hurry to plead guilty, cupped his hands and said: "Please forgive me, my lord, what kind of food my lord wants to eat, Zhu Yuan will send someone to cook it immediately."

Ning Chen smiled slightly, approached Zhuyuan, and said with a pun, "I want to eat something else."

Zhu Yuan seemed to have sensed something, hesitantly raised his head, and met Ning Chen's overly beautiful eyes.

"I heard that Master Zhu has something new to eat here." Ning Chen raised the corners of his mouth and said softly, "Master Zhu can rest assured, this king is curious and dares to try anything."

Zhu Yuan felt relaxed immediately, and tentatively asked, "So...human flesh...Want to taste it, too?"

Meng Guan clenched his fists.

"Human flesh? I really haven't eaten it before." Ning Chen said in surprise, with a hint of curiosity and eagerness on his face, "How do you eat human flesh?"

Seeing that Ning Chen was not disgusted, Zhuyuan laughed and said, "If it's cooking soup, the stronger person will be selected. If it's steaming, the baby will be the selection..."

Meng Guan couldn't help but gouged out Zhu Yuan's eyes, but he didn't notice the hatred for Zhu Yuan in his eyes.

"It seems that Master Zhu has eaten many people, and different people have different cooking methods..."

"Zhuyuan has only had this hobby in his life." Zhuyuan smiled as if he had found a kindred spirit, "Recently, Zhuyuan has also discovered a delicious way to find a good-looking person and cut each piece. Get his meat, and grill it while admiring his appearance." After saying that, Zhu Yuan still licked his lips with still interest.

"That's good." Ning Chen nodded and laughed, as if admiring his approach.

Zhu Yuan laughed and said: "My lord, Zhu Yuan just happened to catch a noble young master..."

In the middle of speaking, Zhu Yuan suddenly felt a little cold.

"Come here." Ning Chen took a boning knife from the wall and was touching it lightly with his fingers. He said casually, "Tie Master Zhu to the wooden post."

"Yes!"

Zhu Yuan and Meng Guan suddenly changed their expressions.

Zhu Yuan was grabbed hands and feet by the officers and soldiers, trembling all over, asked: "My lord! My lord! What do you mean by this?"

Ning Chen didn't answer, he took off the knives from the wall one by one and looked at them until Zhu Yuan was tied to the wooden frame, then Ning Chen asked, "Where is Master Zhu's cook, come up."

Two shaking men were escorted in.

Ning Chen said: "Untie them, I'm pointing at them to work."

"Yes!"

"My lord," Meng Guan understood Ning Chen's thoughts at this moment, he cupped his hands and said, "Although Zhuyuan deserves to die, but there are three enemy troops in the front and the crown prince watching over him, I think it is impossible to end Zhuyuan at this time." .”

"Yeah!" Zhu Yuan trembled, "I, I, I..."

Ning Chen didn't answer, he dragged a rough wooden chair from a corner, sat in front of Zhuyuan, and asked the two cooks with a smile: "What is the first step when you deal with people?"

A cook said: "Seal, seal...throat..."

Ning Chen showed a disgusted expression, and said, "I don't like to seal my throat, it's too cruel, so let's cut it like this."

Zhu Yuan trembled and peed on his pants.

Meng Guan said anxiously: "My lord, think twice! There is no rush to deal with Zhuyuan!"

"I can't wait any longer." Ning Chen looked at Zhu Yuan with a killing intent in his eyes. "Go, cut off Master Zhu's meat piece by piece, and roast it now... Feed Master Zhu to eat."