However, before Liu Zixun could run more than a few steps, he was pinned to the ground by the soldiers beside him and could not move.
He struggled desperately until he finally ran out of strength, and could only stare at the people in the room with boundless hatred in his eyes, his whole being in a state of madness.
He hated everyone in the house; it was all their fault that he couldn't get his revenge.
The lives of his family of three are about to be swept under the rug; no one will remember, no one will care.
When Chen Yuanshi looked at the stranger in front of him, he collapsed to the ground, as if all his strength had been drained. He couldn't believe that the person he had chosen would actually try to murder General Wei.
He muttered to himself, "Why, why? Zixun, wouldn't it be better if you stayed in the Imperial Hospital?"
"Now that you're back in the capital, you'll be able to officially become a royal physician and treat the nobles in the palace. Your future is limitless. Why would you want to harm General Wei?"
He couldn't understand why someone who always greeted everyone with a smile would plot against Wei Jinghai, even at the cost of his own life.
Liu Zixun laughed even more wildly, glaring at the still unconscious person on the bed and angrily said, "Who wants to be that damn imperial physician? I entered the Imperial Hospital just to kill Wei Jinghai."
He killed three members of my family, causing my family to be destroyed, yet he still lives a glorious life as a general. Why can't I kill him?
On what grounds?
The thought of the mess he saw when he returned to Beijing years ago made his heart ache again.
Jiang Qingyuan frowned and said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense. How could General Wei have killed three members of your family?"
Liu Zixun glared at him and shouted, "How is that impossible? Even if he wasn't the mastermind, he was an accomplice."
He was a powerful and influential general, but did he ever manage the second branch of the Wei family? Or was it that the second branch of the Wei family was in such a state because he indulged them?
Back then, Wei Shiquan bullied people by abusing his power. He forcibly abducted a woman in the street, abused my sister, and then drowned her in the pond at home.
My parents came to his door demanding justice, but he beat them to death. If I hadn't been away from the capital at the time, I probably would have died too.
That guard, relying entirely on his uncle Wei Jinghai, committed numerous evils, yet Wei Jinghai turned a blind eye. How could a Grand General who protects the nation be unaware of such matters? If he hadn't tacitly approved, how could that man have been so arrogant?
What's wrong with me coming to Wei Jinghai for revenge?
These words startled everyone in the room.
Jiang Yimian was also somewhat surprised. She had thought that the person in front of her had poisoned Wei Jinghai under someone's orders, but it seemed that wasn't the case.
Jiang Qingyuan frowned and looked at Zhang Shan.
He hadn't been with Wei Jinghai for long, had never been to the capital, and knew nothing about the Wei family. He was completely unaware of the matter Liu Zixun had mentioned.
Zhang Shan thought for a while before recalling the incident from his memory, and exclaimed in surprise, "You're the family that was persecuted by Wei Shiquan three years ago?"
At first, the incident did not cause much of a stir in the capital; in fact, almost no one knew about it.
Liu Zixun glared hatefully at everyone in the room and sneered, "That's right, Wei Shiquan killed my family back then. When I returned to the capital, those people were even more arrogant. As long as they heard that someone was investigating the Liu family, they would all be beaten."
Therefore, I could only suppress my anger and prepare to go find General Wei.
At that time, I still had high hopes for General Wei, thinking that he would stand up for me.
Unexpectedly, I was stopped by the guards at the gate as soon as I arrived at the Wei residence. They said that I, a commoner, was not worthy to see General Wei, and beat me up and threw me out of the capital.
If I hadn't been lucky, I probably would have died somewhere in the dark long ago.
So what if Wei Jinghai was an invincible general? In reality, how was he any different from those powerful figures who oppressed the people?
I killed him simply for revenge.
Now that Wei Shiquan and his entire family are not in the capital, but hidden away by him, what's wrong with Wei Jinghai atoning for the lives lost in my family?
God knows how sad and angry he felt when he learned that his parents and sister were all dead.
But they were just ordinary people, and no one cared about the lives of a few ordinary people.
In their eyes, their lives were no different from those of ants.
Now, having finally gotten a chance to kill Wei Jinghai, he still failed.
In this way, even in death, he would have no face to face his parents and sister.
Seeing this, Zhang Shan hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Do you know that General Wei was not in the capital when the incident occurred back then?"
At the time, he was in Liangzhou. When he returned to the capital, he encountered Wei Shiquan forcibly abducting a woman in the street, which led to a thorough investigation of the entire Wei family.
That incident caused a great uproar in the capital back then. General Wei cleansed up his family's conduct and presented all the evidence of the crimes committed by Wei Shiquan's family, including embezzlement, bribery, and oppression of the people. All of them were beheaded.
In the end, he disappeared without a trace, and no one mentioned it anymore. This was because people kept using the matter to impeach General Wei, and His Majesty did not want a great hero who fought on the battlefield to have his reputation ruined by such things, so he forbade anyone to talk about it.
I never expected that you would misunderstand me.
When General Wei's wife and children were murdered, he was heartbroken and went to garrison Liangzhou to train new soldiers. He knew nothing about what was happening in the capital, let alone the affairs of the second branch of the Wei family.
Little did they know that those people were using his name to commit numerous evils in the capital.
Liu Zixun was stunned for a moment before saying incredulously, "You mean Wei Shiquan's whole family was beheaded? How is that possible?"
Xu Changli clearly told him that those people were protected by Wei Jinghai. The reason they weren't in the capital was that they had simply gone to other prefectures and were still living a life of luxury.
Unable to find any trace of those people, he ultimately directed all his hatred towards Wei Jinghai.
Although he had some hesitation, in the end, the hatred in his heart outweighed his belief in those praised by the people.
Throughout the journey, Xu Changli told him that Wei Jinghai was just a hypocritical scoundrel.
All of this was for the sake of fame and reputation, pretending to be selfless and patriotic while actually allowing his family to oppress the people.
Although he didn't believe everything he said, he still felt hatred towards Wei Jinghai.
Thinking that as long as he killed Wei Jinghai, those people from the second branch of the Wei family would lose their backing, and it would be much easier for him to deal with them later.
Therefore, even though he knew that the person was using him, he was still willing to be used because he wanted to avenge his parents and sister.
My sister was only fourteen when she died. Before he left home, she said she would wait for him to come back and make osmanthus cake.
But when he returned and saw the mess in the yard, the slashed osmanthus tree, and the neighbors' evasive attitude, he went completely insane.
He couldn't understand how someone who was alive and well before leaving could suddenly disappear without a trace.
It took him a lot of effort to finally learn the truth, and at that moment, his only purpose in living was to seek revenge.
But now, these people are telling him that he hated the wrong person. How could that be?
The person he dreamed of killing ended up being the one who sought justice for him. How ridiculous!
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