Before even reaching the palace walls, the Prince of Jin had already made up his mind.
So, the people who were able to get to the palace walls this time, besides Su Lichen, Su Limin, and Feng Lianru, were all people he brought from Jinxi.
So he gave orders arbitrarily, and everyone obeyed him. Su Lichen and Su Limin, two brothers in misfortune, were both arrested.
Su Lichen originally thought that the Prince of Jin's order to arrest him was just a delaying tactic to stabilize public sentiment—besides, he was already prepared to abdicate in favor of the Prince of Jin anyway, so he had nothing to lose.
But when Prince Jin arrested Su Limin as well, he finally realized that Prince Jin was not acting, but was really going to take action against them!
He immediately shouted, "Su Muyu, you're talking nonsense—"
"Bang!"
Before Su Lichen could finish speaking, the Qingyang Sect Leader delivered a chop to his neck, and Su Lichen immediately lost consciousness.
Then, the Qingyang Sect Leader approached Su Limin, who was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Don't worry, Qingyang Sect Leader, I will never speak nonsense—"
"Bang!"
The Qingyang Sect Leader didn't give him a chance; with another chop to the neck, Su Limin also passed out.
The Prince of Jin nodded with great satisfaction. He looked down on both of them, and there was a traitor among them whose identity he didn't know. Knocking him out would be the right thing to do.
However, the common people did not buy it. Because of Prince Jin's reputation, they did not think that Prince Jin was much better than Su Lichen. In addition, Prince Jin had been eyeing Emperor An's position before. Who could guarantee that he was not deliberately arresting Su Lichen so that he could take the throne himself?
Seemingly understanding the people's thoughts, Prince Jin said, "Su Lichen secretly sent Princess Mochen away in order to smoothly ascend the throne. President Jing and General Jinghong are now escorting Princess Mochen back to the capital. I will go out of the city to welcome her in a moment. After Princess Mochen returns to the capital, shall we let her succeed to the throne according to everyone's wishes?"
The people were naturally satisfied with this approach and immediately approved it, after which they gradually dispersed.
Once things returned to normal outside the palace, the Qingyang Sect Leader asked in bewilderment, "If we make promises to them now, are we really going to let Princess Mo Chen become the emperor after we kill Jing Zhe?"
Prince Jin sneered, "That's their dream! A bunch of commoners dare to threaten me? As long as I kill Jing Zhe and Su Mochen, what can these commoners do? What can they dare to do? When the time comes, anyone who dares to lead the charge like Chen Guang, I will kill! If there's one, I'll kill one; if there are two, I'll kill both! At worst, I'll slaughter the entire city of Jingzhou! Anyway, whoever dares to stop me, I'll kill!"
"..."
Seeing that the Prince of Jin's eyes were red, the Qingyang Sect Leader knew that the Prince of Jin was truly bloodthirsty this time, and he also believed that, given the Prince of Jin's character, he was indeed capable of doing what he said he would do.
Afterwards, the Prince of Jin summoned the scouts and learned that in addition to Liu Jinghong, Su Mochen and others had also accompanied Jing Zhe. He was overjoyed.
This time, we must wipe them all out!
...
Just after Chen Shi (7-9 AM), Jing Zhe led the Jinghong Iron Cavalry to the outside of the western city wall of Jingzhou.
The Prince of Jin then led his men to the city wall.
It is said that enemies are especially hostile when they meet, but when Jing Zhe saw the Prince of Jin again, the two of them both smiled.
Jing Zhe looked at the King of Jin as if he were looking at a dead dog, while the King of Jin looked at Jing Zhe with roughly the same feeling.
Then Jing Zhe shouted, "What? So many of you don't dare to come down? Are you only afraid to hide on the city wall?"
As he spoke, he rode his horse alone to the foot of the city wall, his face full of mockery.
The Prince of Jin was not a fool, and the provocation had no effect on him, but this time he still ordered the city gates to be opened and went out.
Because he's not afraid of Jing Zhe at all now. So what if he's face to face with him? It'll just make Jing Zhe die faster!
Besides the Prince of Jin, the Qingyang Sect Leader followed behind him, as did the Western Frontier King Kadan. With them came out, the remaining half of the heavy cavalry regiment also followed, but their spirits were noticeably lower than a few days ago.
Jing Zhe pulled his horse back a bit and saw that the heavy cavalry regiment, which originally numbered over 10,000, had only shown about half of its members. He thought to himself, "These Kadans are really looking down on me now."
What intrigued Jing Zhe even more was the absence of Anguo's new emperor, Su Lichen, from the group. And where was Su Limin?
At this moment, Jing Zhe had no idea that it was because of the notes he had distributed the night before that Su Lichen and Su Limin had been imprisoned ahead of schedule.
At this moment, the King of Jin spoke again: "Jing Zhe, you've got some nerve. Last time I let you escape by sheer luck, but instead of running far away, you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep? Also, weren't you the one who was handing out notes in the city last night?"
Jing Zhe didn't deny it and nodded in agreement. He had gone into the city yesterday and found that Da'an Newspaper Office and Wenxiangju were both closed. However, he could understand it. People were all in a state of panic and few were willing to go out. How could they do business?
So he distributed the notes. Of course, he didn't expect the people to do anything; he just wanted them to know the truth so that when he killed Su Lichen and the others, the people wouldn't feel surprised but would applaud.
The Prince of Jin narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Look how bold you are. What are you standing there for? Your parents died because of me, your whole family was torn apart because of me, and your woman, Qiu Qianqian, was almost beaten to death by us. Don't you want revenge? Come on!"
The Prince of Jin laughed loudly and tried to provoke Jing Zhe. As he spoke, he glanced at the women standing in front of the Jinghong Iron Cavalry, especially Su Mochen, which made him even happier.
Once he kills Jing Zhe and his men outside the city, he can return to the city and the people will have to listen to whatever he says!
However, Jing Zhe did not respond to his question, but instead asked, "Where is Su Lichen? What, now that you're emperor, you've become so arrogant? With the enemy at the gates, you're not even coming out to check?"
"Heh, what is he looking at? He's just a prisoner! It's me who should be looking!"
"..."
Jing Zhe was stunned for a moment.
A prisoner?
I?
That damned Prince Jin actually took the throne himself?
And they even locked up Su Lichen?
Besides cursing Su Lichen in his heart for being incompetent and deserving of his fate, Jing Zhe also cursed the Prince of Jin once more.
"Well done, your methods are indeed impressive!"
Jing Zhe nodded, shifted his gaze from the Prince of Jin, and then looked at Kadan beside him.
"I'll settle our score later. Right now, I'm going to settle accounts with him properly! I'll let him and his heavy cavalry regiment know the consequences of betraying me!"
These words were like a sharp blade, aimed directly at Kadan. Kadan was so frightened that he quickly hid behind the Prince of Jin and said, "Prince of Jin, our heavy cavalry regiment has already suffered more than half casualties. If you still want to deal with Southern Qi in the future, will you still need them?"
"..."
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