Chapter 442 The Furious Ninth Prince
Upon hearing the voice, everyone saluted the newcomer and said:
"Your subordinates and others pay their respects to the Ninth Prince."
The Ninth Prince's eyes were red as he looked at the corpses of the soldiers, his hands clenched into fists.
It was as if I was back to that dark afternoon twenty-three years ago.
"Everyone, get up! Someone tell me what happened and why these soldiers died!"
The Ninth Prince suppressed the urge to kill in his heart, and stared at the endless corpses without blinking.
The heart is tormented and uncomfortable.
This man from Southern Chu did not die on the battlefield, but died in the Jingzhong Camp at the foot of Kyoto City.
How ironic, sad and lamentable this is!
Shen Tianci stood up and was about to speak.
Then Shen Zhao interrupted him:
"The Northwestern Army, which had been assigned elsewhere, rebelled. They disguised themselves as refugees and sneaked into the Beijing camp."
"They drugged the soldiers in the camp and started a fight... The soldiers were powerless to resist..."
The Ninth Prince stepped forward and lifted up Shen Zhao, roaring:
"Who let those people in? I want to ask you who gave you the right to let those Northwest Army soldiers in!"
"You know full well that things have been turbulent lately, with all parties coming out in full force. How dare you invite those people into the Jingzhong Camp without thoroughly investigating everything?"
The Ninth Prince picked up Shen Zhao and threw her next to the bodies of the soldiers, pressing down on her head and making her open her eyes to look at the dead people.
"Chu Mu! You have shown me clearly that you are not worthy of being their general. You are not worthy!"
The Ninth Prince's extremely excited expression and actions made everyone break out in cold sweats.
Only the secret guards behind him knew why their master was so excited.
Such a scene reminded the master of the time when those who followed him were drugged, killed, and buried alive.
This has always been a past that the master does not want to recall, and has always been his nightmare.
"The Ninth Prince has nothing to do with the general. It was the subordinate who led the man into the Beijing camp, not the general."
Shen Tianci knew that the general wanted to save him and protect his life.
But he doesn't deserve to live. If it weren't for his ignorance and stupidity, these soldiers would not have died.
"Shen Tianci, get out of here!" Shen Zhao shouted angrily. She knew very well that the Ninth Prince was in a furious state.
The wrath of the Ninth Prince was not something Shen Tianci could bear.
The Ninth Prince suddenly let go of Shen Zhao and looked at Shen Tianci with bloodthirsty eyes.
Before everyone could react, the Ninth Prince quickly attacked Shen Tianci. In the blink of an eye, the Ninth Prince had grabbed Shen Tianci's neck.
"How dare you, how dare you let those people in!"
"You killed them, didn't you know that?"
"How many people have died because of you, do you know?"
The Ninth Prince was like a demon, asking Shen Tianci over and over again. Shen Zhao keenly discovered that something was wrong with the Ninth Prince's current condition.
Although he was blaming Shen Tianci, the tone was more like self-interrogation.
The Ninth Prince's grip tightened more and more. Shen Tianci closed his eyes resignedly, not struggling and waiting for death peacefully.
Now only death can save him.
“Ninth Prince, please spare my life. Please spare General Shen.”
“Your Majesty, please spare General Shen.”
There were cries of pleas for mercy one after another.
Lu Xing, who was kneeling like a small mountain, spoke with red eyes.
"General Shen did not intend to kill his brothers. It was those people who lost their humanity and took advantage of General Shen's kindness to commit heinous crimes."
"Those people were once members of the Northwest Army. They were comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with General Shen on the battlefield for many years. No one would doubt their comrades who had fought for their lives together." Cao Dejiang, who was covering his wound, also spoke.
"If it weren't for General Shen's desperate fight, my subordinates and I would have died at the hands of those people." Han Wenzai dragged a bloody leg and echoed.
"Ninth Prince, I know in my heart that the culprit of all this is not General Shen, but those who have ulterior motives. I understand that General Shen blames himself more than anyone else and wants to die, but he was also deceived."
Liu Zhong and Zhang Liang, who were covered in blood, walked up to Shen Zhao and helped him up while talking.
"If it weren't for my subordinates stopping him, General Shen would have committed suicide beside the bodies of his brothers when the chaos was over."
“Subordinates and others do not blame General Shen Xiao, please spare his life, Your Majesty!”
From the deputy general in the army to the officers and soldiers in the camp, everyone pleaded for Shen Tianci.
They could not forget how General Shen fought the bandits like a madman, and they could not forget how General Shen questioned the rebels in a tearful voice, asking them why they did this and why they rebelled.
They could not forget the scene where General Shen Xiao committed suicide with a knife because of self-blame.
If everyone hadn't stopped him, if the deputy generals hadn't found an excuse for him to ask the general, General Shen would have died because of the condemnation of his conscience and endless regret.
"You don't hate him?"
The Ninth Prince asked in a daze.
"It's all his fault that the current situation has occurred. Don't you feel resentful?"
Shen Zhao clearly heard the trembling in the Ninth Prince's voice.
Then the Ninth Prince’s voice echoed in Shen Zhao’s mind.
[Would they not hate it? Those are the lives of countless people.]
"If I hadn't been so arrogant, if I hadn't been so unprepared, the soldiers who followed me wouldn't have been killed, wouldn't have been buried alive. I, like General Shen, deserve to die!"
Shen Zhao finally understood why the Ninth Prince reacted so excitedly.
Although she didn't know what had happened that year, she could deeply understand the Ninth Prince's regret and pain.
"We don't hate General Shen. He is a victim just like us."
The Ninth Prince’s hand that was pinching Shen Tianci’s neck suddenly loosened.
No hate!
These people don’t hate!
He staggered and took two steps back, his eyes moving away from the crowd and falling on the rows of corpses.
He murmured:
"What about them? Do they hate it?"
The Ninth Prince's guards hurried forward and supported the prince.
"Master..." The guards looked at their master worriedly, afraid that the master would fall back into the painful memories of the past and do something to hurt himself.
Shen Zhao stepped forward and looked at the Ninth Prince intently.
"If you don't want them to hate you, then avenge them."
"Destroying all those thieves who killed them is the only way to give an explanation to these soldiers who died in vain."
"Your Highness, now is not the time to blame yourself or ask for vengeance. Instead, it's a crucial moment to fight and seek revenge!"
"Yes! The general is right. Now is the critical moment to avenge our brothers."
All the soldiers shouted in unison.
The medicine the bandits gave was not a lethal drug, but a muscle softener. Most of the soldiers who drank the antidote regained their strength.
They shouted loudly and waited for the general's order before rushing out of the camp to find the bandits and fight to the death to avenge their brothers.
At this time, all the soldiers in the Beijing Camp were united. Even the deputy generals who had ulterior motives joined in the cheering.
At this time, several carriages were speeding on the official road leading to the Beijing camp.
From the markings on the carriages, it can be seen that the owners of the carriages are either rich or noble.
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