Chapter 702 - 347: The Governor’s Power! A Rift with Fu Lingxi?_2
Earl Gui Xingfu joyfully said, "As you command!"
Suo Lun said, "I give you five days. If after five days, Yan Wuzhi and all the officials of the Nulang Province have not knelt in allegiance, then I shall have only one course of action, to thrive with the obedient and perish with the resistant, even if it means painting the Southeast Province with rivers of blood."
Earl Gui Xingfu startled, said, "That must not be done! You now face the most favorable situation, with the lords and nobles, even the Yan Party Group, all sitting on the fence. If you embark on a massacre, you would be making an enemy of the entire kingdom’s high-ranking officials, pushing them once again to Zhi Li’s side."
Suo Lun did not explain, but with a cold laugh said, "Five days. I’ve never been a patient man."
Earl Gui Xingfu bowed deeply and said, "I will do my utmost."
Suo Lun clapped his hands, and immediately a Shadow Cabinet Warrior came in and presented a pill.
"This is a rare poison, the sole antidote of which is in my hands. You take it," Suo Lun said.
Earl Gui Xingfu stepped forward, picked up the poison pill and swallowed it, then bowed deeply again and said, "I shall do my utmost."
Suo Lun said, "Let me be clear, Earl Gui Xingfu. My father, Suo Long, might as well have died indirectly by your hands, so I will only ever make use of you, not trust you. Once I am done using you, I will cast you aside, and the best end you can hope for is life imprisonment."
Earl Gui Xingfu bowed deeply and said, "I understand!"
"You may leave!" Suo Lun said, "Five days. If Yan Wuzhi and the bureaucrats of the Southeast Province do not surrender their loyalty, I will commence a massacre. My time is precious, and I will not waste it over them."