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【Age: 10 years old】
[Position: Eunuch of the Crown Prince's Palace]
Martial Arts Realm: None
[Skill: None]
[Equipment: None]
[Talent Domain: Assassination]
[Talent Level: Assassination - Unparalleled (Low, Medium, High, Unparalleled)]
[Description: Burdened with a blood feud. Exceptionally skilled at concealing one's true intentions, possessing extremely high levels of cunning and intelligence.]
Su Yu nodded; it was indeed him.
Hong Zhu, though not a main character in the original work, is an extremely powerful one.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he is the Chen Pingping of the younger generation.
Extremely intelligent, good at patience, and very calm and composed.
Like his shadow, his entire clan was wiped out.
His purpose in coming to the academy is quite obvious.
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In fact, Hong Zhu and Su Yu have some connection.
Hong Zhu's real name was not Hong Zhu; his original surname was Chen.
He's from Yingzhou, so he's considered a fellow townsman of Jiangsu and Chongqing.
However, when Su Yu was in Yingzhou, he was just a peasant from a small mountain village.
The Chen family was considered a prominent and influential family in the area.
There is naturally no connection between them.
As far as Su Yu was concerned, news about the Chen family was something she only occasionally heard people in town talking about while drinking tea.
Su Yu didn't even think of it when he was in Yingzhou at the time.
So Hong Zhu is a descendant of the Chen family.
It was only after seeing Hongzhu that I remembered it.
Because the Chen family was quite wealthy, they attracted the covetous eyes of the county magistrate.
In any era, it is always difficult for ordinary people to fight against officials.
In feudal dynasties, merchants, who ranked last among scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, were even more difficult to contend with.
Therefore, there was no suspense.
All of the Chen family's properties were forcibly seized by the county magistrate.
But the matter did not end there.
Because there were two scholars in the Chen family.
Scholars, though some may be cunning, have always been mostly innocent.
The two scholars, of course, could not swallow this insult.
I want to sue the official, but isn't this just like, "Who is this person in the courtroom, suing this official?"
But the two scholars couldn't win the case in the county, so they decided to take it all the way to the capital.
Then it was the county magistrate's turn to panic.
Once a person develops greed or fear, they are naturally more likely to have evil thoughts.
So the magistrate, having gone this far, took drastic measures.
They immediately discovered that the officials and bandits were in cahoots, colluding with mountain bandits to wipe out the entire Chen family.
Hong Zhu probably escaped disaster because she was young and had gone out to play.
Su Yu couldn't bear it either and sighed softly.
Hong Zhu was only a few years old back then.
After experiencing so much, he even entered the palace and became a eunuch.
This time, it's estimated that he came to the academy with the Crown Prince.
Considering Hong Zhu's background, Su Yu understood.
Hong Zhu was so calm and composed; when he did make a move, it was sure to kill.
That's all because they were burdened with deep-seated hatred and probably went through a lot after escaping.
That's why he developed such a patient, calm, intelligent, and quick-witted personality.
His talent lies in assassination, and he excels at it to an extraordinary degree.
This is perfectly normal.
Su Yu had already made his judgment by observing Hong Zhu's behavior in the secret room.
This is a natural killer, an excellent assassin seed.
He and Shadow are very similar; both witnessed the annihilation of their entire clan when they were young.
Therefore, he has a calm, or more accurately, indifferent, and bloodthirsty personality.
She is also very similar to Si Lili, constantly wandering and helpless.
This also gave Hongzhu a strong survival instinct, made her very calm, and very intelligent.
All of this made Su Yu see the shadow of Chen Pingping in him.
Deeply calculating and ruthless, he is swift and decisive in action.
In the original novel, many subsequent events confirmed Su Yu's idea.
Hong Zhu, a mere child, survived as a beggar and later as a eunuch in the palace.
Upon entering the palace, one can attach oneself to the most powerful eunuch leader, Eunuch Hong.
He served the Empress Dowager in the Hanguang Hall and presented memorials in the Imperial Study.
He took care of the Empress and accompanied the Crown Prince.
From Eunuch Hong, Empress Dowager, Fan Xian, Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince.
At almost every stage, he came into contact with different important figures for different purposes.
But what they had in common was that he gained the trust of all the important figures there.
In the original novel, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and others fell from power, and Fan Xian slew the dragon.
Hong Zhu plays a very important role in it.
In the eyes of all the important people, he was utterly insignificant.
As a result, he completed his missions in every place and retired successfully.
Such a person is undeniably powerful and terrifying.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the Chen Pingping of the younger generation.
Perhaps it was because they were from the same hometown, or perhaps it was because of Hongzhu's tragic experiences.
It could also be due to his exceptional assassination skills.
In short, Su Yu really admires Hong Zhu.
As for Hong Zhulai coming to the academy, he wanted to cling to his powerful backer.
I still want to cultivate diligently so that I can take revenge in the future.
This is quite normal for Su Yu.
Su Yu didn't mind.
Su Yu is always happy to see his apprentices' efforts.
Those with firm goals will only work harder and make rapid progress.
Very good, very good.
In particular, two outstanding students emerged in this subject.
Two natural-born assassins are truly delightful.
Noticing Hong Zhu's identity as a resident of Yingzhou, Su Yu smiled.
In fact, many students from Yingzhou came to Yuhua Academy when Su Yu founded it.
After all, he was born there.
Although I haven't been back to see it since I came out.
However, his name has always remained a legendary figure in Yingzhou.
Especially his village, which is now frequently visited by people.
The remote mountain roads in the village have all been repaired.
I heard that people even mentioned the place where he lived when he was a child.
It was regarded as a place where one could pray to gods and Buddhas.
Every now and then, people would kneel down and make wishes towards that dilapidated house.
For example, wishing someone's child would get into a good high school, or wishing someone's family would have good fortune this year.
Su Yu knew all this not through any special means.
However, this was because he occasionally communicated with people in the village.
He would also send some money to the uncles and aunts in the village.
After all, Su Yu didn't grow up entirely on her own.