Chapter 40: The sword flashes and the lives of Jiang Tong and his daughter depend on you...
Just as the situation in the house was at a stalemate, the sound of fighting suddenly came from outside the door.
The clash of weapons seemed to be accompanied by Jiang Tong's shouts.
Jiang Huaishan's expression froze. He opened the door and saw Jiang Tong rushing in.
Behind her, Aqiao single-handedly withstood the siege of dozens of assassins.
As soon as Jiang Tong came in, she quickly glanced around the room and saw Su Guanqing tied to a bench. She didn't care about anything else and rushed over. The horseshoe knife in her sleeve slipped into her palm and quickly cut the rope that bound Su Guanqing.
"Guan Qing? How are you? Are you hurt?"
"Tongtong? Why are you here?" Su Guanqing was surprised and delighted at the same time. "Am I dreaming?"
Jiang Tong helped him sit up: "You forgot, you said that your mind would not be clear when you dream, is your mind clear now?"
Su Guanqing shook his head blankly. He had just been on the verge of death from lack of oxygen, and his mind was really a little confused.
Behind him, Jiang Huaiyan shouted at Jiang Huaishan, "How dare you tell others about this place?"
"I didn't!" Jiang Huaishan said immediately.
"Uncle Jiang didn't tell anyone else. I was the one who brought A-Tong here." Before A-Qiao finished speaking, he had already rushed into the house.
Jiang Huaishan gestured outside the house, signaling his assassins to retreat. However, they acted as if they hadn't noticed and rushed back into the house as well.
It was not until Jiang Huaiyan gave the order that they filed out.
Jiang Huaishan's face looked a little ugly, but he didn't say anything. When he turned around, he saw Su Guanqing tightly grasping Jiang Tong's sleeve, as if he would lose her if he let go, and his daughter stroked Su Guanqing's back, constantly saying something.
Looking over at the side, Aqiao was negotiating with Jiang Huaiyan. From the sound of it, it was obvious that his daughter's good friend was one of his assassins.
For a moment, Jiang Huaishan's expression was even more wonderful.
Su Guanqing quickly calmed down, but worries rose in his heart: "Tongtong, you shouldn't have come to this place. You shouldn't have gotten involved. Just go away and leave me alone."
Jiang Tong glanced at her father unhappily: "Whether I come or not, I'm already involved."
She patted the back of Su Guanqing's hand, signaling him to let go, then walked up to Jiang Huaishan and said, "Dad, what on earth is going on? What on earth does this person have on you?"
Jiang Huaishan hesitated for a moment.
"It's already this late, and you still won't tell me anything?" Jiang Tong felt like there was a fire burning in his chest.
Seeing that things had come to this point and he could no longer hide it, Jiang Huaishan sighed and said, "Okay, I'll tell you."
It turned out that during the reign of Emperor Jingtai, the young crown prince died young. Emperor Jingtai had no other heirs at the time, and he did not want the throne to fall back to his brother, Emperor Zhengtong. At this time, he remembered that he had once been a fool among the people and had left behind an illegitimate child, so he secretly ordered Su Baichuan to find him.
Unexpectedly, the illegitimate son had just been found and before the father and son recognized each other, Emperor Zhengtong took advantage of Emperor Jingtai's serious illness to kill his brother and restore his throne.
Su Baichuan and Jiang Huaishan secretly planned to help the descendants of Emperor Jingtai regain the throne.
In order to secretly raise a team of people, Jiang Huaishan invested all his wealth in it. In order to cover up their actions, Fang Mingli indulged Jiang Ming in a life of debauchery.
Unfortunately, they were not ready yet, and Emperor Zhengtong noticed the clues. He executed Su Baichuan's entire family and only spared Su Guanqing's life in order to find out the whereabouts of the child.
Although Jiang Meng was stupid, he realized the crisis and secretly drugged Jiang Huaishan. That was why Jiang Huaishan had been ill for several months.
It was Jiang Huaishan's illness that caused them to lose contact with the illegitimate son, and thus they were unable to launch a rebellion.
"So Dad, you have to get Jiang Tong out of the cell, not because of the Jiang family's incense, but because you are afraid that Jiang Tong will say something." Jiang Tong seemed to be split in half by a knife, one half was in shock, and the other half's brain was still working rapidly.
She looked at Jiang Huaishan and Jiang Huaiyan: "The quarrel you two had at home was just an act."
Jiang Huaishan sighed: "Because of Guan Qing, the Jinyiwei have been keeping an eye on our family. We have to put on this drama."
"What about those assassins at the dock?" A Qiao suddenly asked.
"In order not to attract attention, the assassins we raised were separated. Their whereabouts must have been exposed at the dock and the Jinyiwei had found out," said Jiang Huaishan.
Jiang Tong nodded secretly. It was probably because Jiang Huaishan was bedridden at the time and had lost contact with the assassins at the dock, so the Jinyiwei were unable to trace the case to the Jiang family.
She turned her head to look at Aqiao and saw a hint of sadness in Aqiao's eyes, but as she closed her eyes slightly and opened them again, there was no emotion in her expression.
Jiang Tong looked at Jiang Huaiyan again: "Then this person shouldn't be the real Jiang family uncle, right?"
"He is Mao Zhang, a former subordinate of Lord Su." Jiang Huaishan said.
"Alright, there's no point in talking nonsense," Mao Zhang interrupted them, walked over and grabbed Su Guanqing's collar, "Su Guanqing, today you must tell me where the heir is."
Jiang Tong watched Su Guanqing being lifted up by him, and the rage she had suppressed for so long suddenly rushed to her head. She rushed forward, pushed Mao Zhang away, and shouted angrily, "So what if you knew? Do you really think you can send that child to the throne? I tell you clearly, this thing is impossible. My family no longer has the money to support you with assassins, how can you continue?"
Mao Zhang laughed heartily three times, his voice almost mad. "Yes, I'm at the end of my rope. I have no choice but to fight to the death. If this succeeds, I'll die without regrets. If this fails, we'll go to the underworld together and apologize to the late emperor."
"Have you seen the late emperor?" Jiang Tong suddenly asked.
Mao Zhang was startled and replied, "No."
"Where is the royal heir? Have you seen him?" Jiang Tong asked again.
"Of course not." Mao Zhang replied.
Jiang Tong sneered. She was from the later generations and did not understand and could not comprehend their ideas of loyalty to the emperor. To her, risking their lives to support a little brat who was not even sure whether he was round or flat to ascend the throne was simply absurd.
But if they want to die, then do it themselves!
What have I done wrong, what have my mother done wrong, what have Guan Qing done wrong! To be dragged into that abyss of no return by their foolish ideas!
Jiang Tong looked at Su Guanqing. His condition was really bad. He was lying on the ground with his hands pressed tightly against the back of his head, as if he was enduring great pain.
She wanted to embrace him, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not reach out her hand. She turned to Jiang Huaishan and said earnestly:
"Dad! Guan Qing finally came back from the dead, can't you just let him go? Also, our family's life seems to be getting better, can you bear to bury the so-called loyalty that mother and I gave you with him?"
Jiang Huaishan was actually a little afraid to look into his daughter's eyes. He said to Jiang Huaiyan, "If you want to die, I will die with you. The two children are innocent. Let them go."
"Leave?" Mao Zhang shouted angrily, "If Su Guanqing doesn't tell me where the heir is, no one will be able to leave this door today."
"I don't have time to argue with you. I have to take Guanqing to see a doctor first." Jiang Tong winked at Aqiao.
The two men held Su Guanqing on the left and right and forced him to walk out. Jiang Huaishan also tried to stop Mao Zhang.
But Mao Zhang was not willing to let them leave.
As they walked out of the wooden house, Mao Zhang whistled behind them, and the dozens of assassins rushed up and surrounded them.
Jiang Huaishan shouted to those assassins, "Get out of the way!"
All the assassins held knives and swords in their hands, but did not move.
Jiang Tong whispered to A Qiao, "Can we get out?"
A Qiao shook his head and whispered, "This village is full of his people, at least hundreds of them."
Jiang Huaishan and Mao Zhang were already arguing on the side.
Jiang Huaishan was so angry when he saw this that he saw stars. He turned to Mao Zhang and shouted, "Well, you actually trained these death warriors into your private army! They don't even listen to me!"
"If you are still willing to die for them, they will naturally listen to you. But if you are determined to live a carefree life, they will have no choice but to ignore you." Mao Zhang said coldly.
"you!"
Jiang Huaishan was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He pointed at Mao Zhang and was speechless for a while.
He almost destroyed his own family just to raise these assassins. Now this behemoth he raised is about to devour its master.
"Brother, don't blame me. Everything I did was for the late emperor. You have a wife and a daughter, and you can't be cruel. I can only help you be cruel. You will thank me in the future."
Mao Zhang said, raising his voice: "Aqiao."
Before Jiang Tong could react, she felt something heavy in her hand. A Qiao had actually let go. She couldn't hold the drowsy Su Guanqing back by herself, and they both fell to the ground.
After the fall, Su Guanqing became a little more sober. He was about to ask Jiang Tong if she was okay when he felt something cold and sharp against his neck.
A Qiao's voice was cold and stern:
"Master Su, you don't care about your own life, but are you willing to let Ah Tong die because of you?"
Before Su Guanqing could react to what was happening, he heard Jiang Tong's curses.
"Aqiao! Are you going to repay kindness with evil? Have you forgotten who rescued you from the fire, and who carried you home from the river?" Seeing a bloody line cut on Su Guanqing's neck, Jiang Tong's voice became a little sharp.
"I'm sorry, Aqiao is just a stubborn soldier who only knows how to follow orders." Aqiao lowered his eyes with a cold expression.
"You did it on purpose! You brought me here just to use me to threaten Guan Qing." Jiang Tong stared at A Qiao in disbelief, as if she had only just recognized this person.
"Feel sorry."
Seeing the situation taking a turn for the worse, Jiang Huaishan was so angry that he raised his fist and rushed towards Mao Zhang. However, before his fist landed, he felt dizzy and it felt like he was stepping on a lot of cotton wool. He couldn't stand steadily, his eyes went dark, and he fell down.
"Dad!" Jiang Tong was very anxious when he saw this, and couldn't help but screamed in a sad voice.
"What's wrong with uncle?" Su Guanqing asked anxiously, enduring the headache.
"Su Guanqing, I'll ask you one last time. If you're willing to hand over the heir to the throne, there's still a glimmer of hope for everyone. If the heir is restored to the throne, not only will you be freed from your status as a slave, you can also continue your engagement with Miss Jiang. If you insist on not speaking..."
Mao Zhang walked towards them. "...I'm at the end of my rope now. What can't I do? The lives of Jiang Tong and his daughter depend on your decision. Think carefully about whether you want to hand over the heir to the throne."
Su Guanqing's lips trembled, his heart wavering. Just as he was about to speak, someone suddenly grabbed his wrist firmly. Jiang Tong's voice came close to his ear: "You said, when his rebellion fails, we will all die too."
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