On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Chapter 1134 The Purification Plan

After the court session ended, Lin Zhen did not return to Qifeng Pavilion. Instead, he changed into an inconspicuous black casual outfit and went to the Heavenly Prison alone.

The Heavenly Prison, located at the northernmost end of the Imperial City, is the most sinister and heavily guarded place in the entire Great Qian Empire.

Those imprisoned here are either death row inmates who have committed heinous crimes or serious offenders with special status.

Ordinary prisoners were kept on the outskirts of the imperial prison.

Traitors like Kong Zhiqian were imprisoned in the deepest part of the Heavenly Prison, on the ninth floor.

That place is known as "Avici Hell".

It is said that no one who was imprisoned there ever came out alive.

Lin Zhen had a smooth journey.

When the guards of the imperial prison saw his Qilin token, which symbolized the Regent's status, they were all so frightened that they fell silent, not daring to even raise their heads, let alone question or obstruct him.

The further you go in, the colder and damper the air becomes.

The air was filled with a nauseating stench of blood, mold, and excrement.

From time to time, the painful groans and desperate curses of the prisoners could be heard from the walls on both sides of the passage.

But Lin Zhen's face remained expressionless.

He was already used to battlefields a hundred times more brutal than this one.

When he reached the entrance to the ninth floor, two Jinyiwei captains, as tall as iron towers, blocked his way.

“Your Highness, His Majesty has decreed that no one is allowed to visit the traitor Kong Zhiqian,” one of the captains said, forcing himself to bow.

"Is it not allowed for me either?" Lin Zhen glanced at him indifferently.

The captain felt a chilling, almost tangible killing intent instantly envelop him!

He felt as if he were being targeted by an ancient ferocious beast, and the blood in his body was about to freeze.

"I...I dare not!" His legs went weak, and he knelt down with a thud.

"Open the door." Lin Zhen's voice was devoid of any warmth.

"Yes Yes!"

The heavy prison door, forged from black iron, was slowly opened.

Lin Zhen stepped inside.

The cells on the ninth floor were completely different from the outside.

Here, there were no screams, no curses, only a deathly silence.

Each cell was made of high-quality steel, with three walls and only one side having iron bars as thick as a bowl.

Kong Zhiqian was imprisoned in the innermost cell.

Lin Zhen walked to the prison door and stopped.

In the corner of the cell, a disheveled and emaciated man was curled up on the floor. His hands and feet were chained with thick iron chains, and his legs were twisted unnaturally at an odd angle.

It was Kong Zhiqian.

Hearing footsteps, he slowly raised his head.

When he saw that it was Lin Zhen, a strange light suddenly burst forth in his originally lifeless eyes.

"Hehe...hehehe..." He suddenly chuckled softly, his voice hoarse, like the mournful cry of an owl, "Lin Zhen...you...you've finally come..."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Are you waiting for me to kill you?" Lin Zhen looked at him, her voice icy.

"Kill me?" Kong Zhiqian laughed even more happily. He struggled to sit up from the ground, but his broken leg bone made it impossible for him to move. He could only wriggle on the ground like a maggot.

"No, no, no. I know you won't kill me. You and that woman, didn't you want me to live and watch you create your so-called golden age? Didn't you want me to slowly rot away in endless despair? Heh... What a vicious punishment..."

His face contorted in a distorted expression, a mixture of pain and pleasure.

Lin Zhen ignored his ramblings and simply asked, "Kong Zhiqian, I've come here today only to ask you one thing."

"What exactly is your 'Purification Plan,' that so-called ultimate plan targeting Chang'an?"

Upon hearing the words "Purification Project," a fanatical and morbid light instantly shone in Kong Zhiqian's eyes!

"What? You're scared?" He looked at Lin Zhen, a smug, provocative smile on his face. "You've finally fallen for me! Lin Zhen! Let me tell you! My plan has begun! None of you can stop it! Hahahaha!"

"The entire Chang'an! The entire Daqian! Will be buried with me, for our great cause!"

He roared wildly, like a mad beast.

Lin Zhen looked at him, her brows furrowed tightly.

He knew that it would be impossible to get anything out of this madman using conventional interrogation methods.

He took a deep breath, and suddenly changed his tone.

"Kong Zhiqian, I admit, you are very smart."

Kong Zhiqian's laughter stopped abruptly. He looked at Lin Zhen with some surprise.

Lin Zhen continued, "Every scheme you set up was perfect. Whether it was the surprise attack in the northern desert, the rebellion in Jiangnan, or even the poisoning of the Grand Canal, each one was linked to the next, each scheme more poisonous than the last. If it weren't for me, anyone else would probably be a dead man under your command by now."

“In this world, you are the first opponent who can make even me, Lin Zhen, feel troubled.”

Lin Zhen spoke calmly and sincerely.

After listening, Kong Zhiqian's face, which was contorted with madness, actually revealed a... expression of enjoyment.

For someone as arrogant as him, the approval of his lifelong enemy was far more impactful than any form of torture.

"Unfortunately..." A hint of regret flashed in Kong Zhiqian's eyes, "we are ultimately enemies."

“Yes, it’s a pity.” Lin Zhen nodded. “However, I’m still very curious. What exactly is your so-called ‘Purification Plan’? What makes you so confident that you can drag us, and the entire Chang’an, into hell?”

"I think this plan must be the most proud masterpiece of your life, right?"

"Could you, in front of your defeated opponent, display your final masterpiece as the victor?"

Lin Zhen's tone carried a perfectly timed provocation.

Kong Zhiqian remained silent.

He looked at Lin Zhen, his cloudy eyes flashing with struggle and hesitation.

He knew that Lin Zhen was trying to provoke him.

But he couldn't control himself.

He desperately wanted to see Lin Zhen's shocked, desperate, and helpless face!

He desperately wanted to show off his world-destroying genius ideas to his only and most respected rival!

For him, this temptation was even greater than death itself!

After a long while, he finally laughed again.

This time, however, his smile no longer contained madness, but rather... an absolute sense of intellectual superiority.

“Alright.” He looked at Lin Zhen and said, word by word, “Since you’re so eager to know, then I will grant your wish.”

"My ultimate plan is very simple."

"I did not plant gunpowder in the city, nor did I put poison in the water sources."

"I just... changed something a little bit."

"I had people make minor alterations to the blueprints for all the underground drainage pipes when the city of Chang'an was being built."

"I had nine enormous earth dragons dug beneath Chang'an City, each corresponding to one of the nine city gates!"

"These earthen pumps are normally used to drain sewage from the city. However, once the rainy season arrives, and once Chang'an City is hit by a once-in-a-century torrential rain..."

A devilish, cruel smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Those nine earth dragons will instantly transform into nine all-consuming Flood Dragons!"

"They will backflow! They will bring up all the sewage and sludge from underground throughout Chang'an!"

"At that time, the entire city of Chang'an will be transformed into a gigantic cesspool!"

"The plague will spread at an unprecedented speed! Famine, chaos, death..."

"Lin Zhen, aren't you a war god? Aren't you capable of taking on ten thousand men single-handedly? I'd like to see how you fight against the heavens! How you overcome the annihilation brought about by the city you built with your own hands!"

“Haha…hahahahahahaha!”

He laughed wildly, the sound echoing in the empty, deathly silent prison, sounding so jarring and so chilling!

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhen felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!

He froze on the spot!

He finally understood what Kong Zhiqian's ultimate plan was!

Take the fire out of the cauldron!

This is the real solution!

This is the truly ruthless and vicious plan!