Chapter 237 Retribution
Ji Changqing led the five thousand people he rescued from Lega to the palace.
On the way, Zhu Ying, who he had arranged to go back to the Ji Mansion to check, came back and reported: "Everything is fine in the mansion."
Ji Changqing's expression eased slightly.
Although he knew that someone was very capable and could definitely protect himself and those around him, he was still worried along the way, fearing that something might happen.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
"Master, there is one more thing."
The candlelight moved closer and whispered a few words.
After listening to this, Ji Changqing raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and whispered some instructions.
Zhuying took the order and left.
Ji Changqing sat up straight and rode his horse forward.
In front of the imperial study, Zhao Bixiang was about to order his shadow guards to go to the city gate to see what was going on when a group of masked men in black suddenly jumped down from the eaves and threw several pottery jars at him and his shadow guards.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The pottery jars exploded one after another, fragments flew everywhere, and the shadow guards who were close to them were killed instantly.
He was quickly pulled away from the spot by a shadow guard, but was hit by several pieces of broken pottery and cried out in pain.
Just as he was about to curse the emperor for wanting to live by letting the Suilong Guards take action, he saw the shadow guard disguised as a eunuch and holding the emperor hostage was hit by a thunder bomb and fell to the side.
The emperor was affected by the explosion and also fell to the ground.
The blade that was originally on the emperor's neck fell to the side.
He thought to himself that something was wrong, and rushed forward, picked up the blade, put it back on the emperor's neck, and forced the emperor to stand up.
Those masked men in black didn't care about the emperor's life or death, and kept throwing thunder bombs and various porcelain bottles filled with explosives at them.
In the blink of an eye, only fifty or sixty of the three hundred people he brought into the palace were left.
I had to grit my teeth and give the order.
“Retreat first!”
Then, escorted by the remaining shadow guards, he headed towards the abandoned palace where the drainage channel connected to the secret passage was located.
The masked men in black chased him relentlessly, killing him all the way. By the time he reached the palace, there were only twenty shadow guards left by his side.
"Once all our men are in the secret passage, we'll blow up the exit."
He ordered the shadow guard beside him.
The shadow guard nodded.
Zhao Bixiang pushed the emperor down the sewer.
The emperor had his hands tied behind his back early in the morning, making it difficult for him to walk with balance. When he was pushed into the sewer, he fell to the ground and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Zhao Bixiang looked at the blood on his body from the thunder bomb explosion and sneered, "I thought those people were the Royal Guards' Suilong Guards, but I didn't expect they were here to kill you."
The emperor didn't know how such a group of people appeared.
The thunderbolt bullets in these people's hands were more lethal than those developed by the Weaponry Bureau, and they had no regard for his life at all. They were clearly here to kill him.
His secret guards hiding in the dark have never appeared and were probably killed by these people long ago.
But at this moment, he had no time to guess who was behind this. After struggling to stand up, he urged, "If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave."
Zhao Bixiang pushed him forward with a sullen face.
Just at this moment, a thunder bomb the size of a melon suddenly flew over their heads and landed in the passage ahead.
"boom!"
The tunnel collapsed instantly.
They were hit by the collapsed masonry.
Zhao Bixiang felt a heaviness in his shoulders and neck, and was overcome by severe pain. His body below the neck was buried in bricks and stones, and he lost consciousness.
The emperor was also buried.
He was already seriously injured, and the impact of the bricks and stones made the situation worse. A fishy and sweet taste surged into his throat, and his internal organs seemed to be shattered. He was in so much pain that he didn't even have the strength to shout.
The sounds of fighting gradually faded.
Steady footsteps were heard.
The bricks and stones on his body were peeled off bit by bit.
He opened his eyes with difficulty.
A familiar face came into view.
"I am late in protecting you, Your Majesty. Please forgive me."
A handsome young man in blood-stained armor knelt on one knee beside him, looking at him with burning eyes.
For a moment, the emperor thought he was dead.
Otherwise, how could I meet Ji Changqing?
wrong.
This person dressed as a military general should be Ji Changfeng.
He had only met Ji Changfeng twice.
The first side was when Ji Changfeng participated in the military palace examination and was selected by him as the top military scholar. The second side was when Ji Changfeng was promoted to General of Cavalry and returned to Beijing to report on his work.
Ji Changfeng is a calm person who values words like gold. He answers each question concisely and never says a word more than necessary.
He is completely different from Ji Changqing - Ji Changqing is eloquent and good at reading people's expressions. He can make him laugh with just a few words, and ten censors cannot argue with him.
Although the two brothers had completely different personalities and talents, they were both outstanding people. Even though he knew clearly that their father died because of him, he couldn't help but cherish their talents and continued to promote them.
He had also admired their father and wanted to recruit him.
However, Ji Peizheng had been acquainted with the prince early on, and later fell out with his family, so he never stayed in the capital to take up a post. He had no choice but to give up the idea.
Promoting Ji Changfeng and Ji Changqing was a way to make up for the regrets of his youth.
——When he was still a prince, he wished countless times that he could be like the crown prince, popular and respected, with talented people around him.
Too bad no one can see him.
Except gently.
"His Majesty?"
The young man's call brought him back to his senses.
The emperor felt a pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Organ fragments could be vaguely seen in the blood.
He suddenly realized that he was going to die.
"Who are you?"
He stared at the young man in front of him.
Ji Changfeng died on the battlefield, Ji Changqing died in the flood, so why would a person who looks exactly like them appear?
Did they fake their own deaths, or were they actually not twins but triplets?
The young man was surprised and said, "Your Majesty, don't you remember? I faked my own death and escaped according to your orders, heading to Lega to rescue the border residents."
"Thanks to your protection, I have captured five Lega kings, thirty Lega princes, and nearly a hundred generals and nobles alive, and rescued five thousand border residents. I have now brought them all back to the capital and await your instructions."
After saying this, he seemed to be afraid that the emperor would not believe him, so he waved behind him. Several people carrying wooden boxes came forward, opened the boxes one by one, pulled out the human heads covered with lime, and showed them to the emperor.
"Those captured alive are still outside the palace. These were killed accidentally."
The emperor's pupils suddenly contracted.
The word "retribution" flashed through my mind.
In order to get rid of the prince, he did not hesitate to spread smallpox to Mo County, causing Ji Peizheng and the prince to both contract smallpox and die.
Later, relying on the fact that Qingqing had vaccinated him with cowpox, he volunteered to go to Mo County to provide disaster relief and fight the epidemic, and won fame all over the world.
He stood out from the crowd of princes and entered the Eastern Palace.
For fear that someone would find out what he was doing, he had not made his methods of preventing and treating smallpox public for more than 20 years.
It was not until he found Qingqing and was pricked by her that he decided to look for the smallpox cow.
But Ji Changqing was a smart man, and even if he claimed that the method to prevent and treat smallpox was recently discovered, it might arouse Ji Changqing's suspicion.
Before promoting the cowpox vaccination, he had to get rid of Ji Changqing.
——He had not originally planned to keep Ji Changqing. After using Ji Changqing to wipe out the corrupt and powerful families, he would find a reason to get rid of Ji Changqing to reassure others.
The Hezhou flood came at the right time, giving him the opportunity to create an accident.
He ordered his men to secretly follow the disaster relief team and wait for the rebels to be wiped out before attacking Ji Changqing.
Ji Changqing died in Hezhou as he wished.
He generously posthumously conferred the title of Prince on him.
Who knew——
He gritted his teeth and said, "Those are your people."
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