Chapter 554: Miserable! Miserable!
Boda's face was heavy as he nodded and shouted, "I will definitely expose the cruelty of Emperor Xin!"
Ji Chang finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where's Ji Fa? Has he retreated back to Qiyun Pass?"
All the wise men, generals and heroes are looking at each other, not knowing what to say.
It was Lü Gongwang, the leader of the Four Sages, who stepped forward, looked at Ji Chang and said carefully, "My Lord, the young Marquis's whereabouts are unknown."
Ji Fa secretly went to the Heavenly Palace with Princess Longji, and naturally no one knew about it.
Upon hearing this, Ji Chang's face immediately turned pale and he quickly asked, "How could this be? Could it be that Cheng Fa'er has fallen into the hands of a tyrant emperor?!"
Lü Gongwang said, "Probably not. The young marquis's last sighting seemed to be him floating away into the air with a beautiful woman. Perhaps the young marquis has found some new opportunity?"
Ji Chang frowned slightly and looked a little complicated when he heard this.
My hair...it's already this time? Why am I still looking for a beautiful woman?!
Your young marquis has more than a hundred wives and concubines in his mansion, all of them are beautiful. Why are you still not satisfied?
Maybe, maybe it really is some kind of chance...
My own hair would never be so messy...
Thinking of this, Ji Chang nodded and said, "That must be the case. However, the tyrant is now powerful and the people are being slaughtered. Even if he has an opportunity, he cannot waste time now. When he returns, I will definitely reprimand him."
After saying this, Ji Chang opened the silk quilt, got up from the bed, and said at the same time: "My lords, I want to hold a political evening party. All the officials and generals of Xiqi, big and small, are invited to attend!"
"promise!"
All the ministers nodded and then quickly dispersed.
evening.
Xibohou Mansion, Parliament Hall.
Most of the officials in the entire Xiqi City have arrived, including some independent cultivators, and immortals have also been brought here.
At this conference, Duke Xibo had important matters to announce.
Ji Chang, dressed in marquis's clothes, looked pale but still energetic. He walked out from behind the curtain, and in a moment he was on the platform and sat in the upper seat.
"Greetings, Great King!"
Since Ji Chang rebelled, he naturally no longer stayed in Xiqi as the Marquis of Xibo, but proclaimed himself the King of the West.
Therefore, except for a few who still called him Marquis, the vast majority of the ministers changed their address to King.
Ji Chang raised his hand slightly and said, "Everyone, please stand up."
Hundreds of officials, both great and small, immortals, and wandering cultivators all stood up.
Ji Chang then took a deep breath, raised his hand slightly to wipe the corners of his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "My lords, you must have heard the news... That cruel tyrant! He is at Qishan Pass, slaughtering civilians indiscriminately!"
“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
When all the ministers and officials heard this, they immediately showed anger, sorrow, gnashing of teeth, and expressions of unbearable pain.
But suddenly, a shrill cry made everyone shudder.
Even Ji Chang's tearful face was startled, and he looked up at the source of the crying.
Behind the ministers, in a corner, a man was lying on the ground crying, his voice hoarse and tears streaming down his face.
It really makes everyone who hears it cry, and everyone who sees it feel sad, and everyone is moved.
"this……"
Ji Chang's rhythm was disrupted for a moment, and he was unable to speak. He just frowned slightly and looked at the man who was crying and screaming in pain, wondering, "Who... is this person?"
The eunuch serving Ji Chang was also filled with surprise, not knowing what was going on. He could only reply, "Your Majesty, I don't know either."
One official's eyelids twitched, his face tense, and he shouted at the man in a low, urgent voice, "Baxianjia, Baxianjia, what are you doing? What are you doing?"
Ji Chang naturally heard what the official said.
Ji Chang naturally knew this official, who was the magistrate of a county under the jurisdiction of Xiqi City.
So he asked, "Xu Aiqing, do you know him?"
The county magistrate surnamed Xu hurriedly took a step forward, bowed, and hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, he is a wandering cultivator named Baliming. He has killed several evildoers that were causing trouble in the territory under my jurisdiction and has made some merits. In addition, he has a grudge against the tyrant, so I brought him to pay him an audience with Your Majesty. I didn't expect him to be so ignorant of etiquette. Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
"Yeah?"
Ji Chang nodded, then looked at the casual cultivator named Baliming.
Baliming was seen weeping bitterly on the ground, shouting, "You tyrant are so cruel! Hundreds of thousands of people died at your hands! My heart aches! Tyrant! I, Baliming, will fight you to the death! I will be your enemy for life! I will seek justice for the innocent people who died! Ah! Ah!"
Seeing Ba Liming crying miserably, Ji Chang finally spoke: "This man, Ba, Ba Xianjia, you don't have to do this. A tyrant kills and murders, and the people resent him. He will surely perish one day. You should get up now."
Baliming wept uncontrollably on the ground, his entire body trembling. He looked up at Ji Chang, but instead of rising, he knelt on the ground and said hoarsely, "My Lord, it was I who lost my composure. Those innocent people were no different from me. They were all framed and slaughtered by the damned tyrant! I feel the same way, and therefore I cannot help myself. My Lord, please forgive me..."
"Were you also framed by the tyrant emperor?"
Ji Chang finally understood that the casual cultivator named Baliming was crying for him, so he asked gently.
Baliming's eyes suddenly revealed extreme hatred and madness. He gritted his teeth and roared, "Reply, Your Majesty, I'm originally from Chaoge. My family is considered a prominent family in the area. I was born with a aptitude for cultivation, so I embarked on the path of cultivation. I didn't expect that while I was traveling to the Southern Continent to seek the Dao, that tyrant king would actually fall for my younger sister! When my younger sister didn't want to enter the palace, he forced her to marry him! My parents went to the palace to plead for mercy, but he beat my father to death! And my mother was even more insulted! Ah!! She was insulted a hundred times! A hundred times!"
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