Chapter 403 Daji
"Junior brother?" Shen Gongbao waited and waited, but Jiang Ziya didn't respond. He glanced at Jiang Ziya and gritted his teeth in anger. All his performance was for nothing. This fool just drifted off into his own thoughts.
"Junior brother!" Shen Gongbao nudged Jiang Ziya. He was still performing; at least show him some respect.
"Guards! Something terrible has happened! Fire has broken out in King Wu's tent! Put it out quickly..."
"A fire?" Shen Gongbao's eyes darted around, then he smiled knowingly. It must be that man in black.
"Junior brother, let's go, let's go take a look." Shen Gongbao nudged Jiang Ziya; this commotion couldn't be missed.
"Senior brother, I can walk on my own." Jiang Ziya carefully kept his distance from Shen Gongbao. His senior brother was good in every way, except he didn't understand just how fragile a mortal body truly was...
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"You scoundrel, take this..." The man in black lunged forward, his eyes filled with deep-seated hatred, wanting nothing more than to tear Ji Fa to pieces.
Amidst a dense barrage of sword flashes, Ji Fa, unarmed, quickly thought to himself and decided to crawl under a thick table to avoid the sudden attack.
He really is a scoundrel, always knowing how to sneak through dog holes, his belly full of despicable schemes.
The man in black nearly bit off his own teeth, and with a fit of rage, he cleaved the thick table in two with his sword.
Ji Fa, however, had already rolled off the table, scrambling to the side, where he got up, drew his sword from the wall, and launched a counterattack.
"Guards, protect the emperor..." Ji Fa called out in a moment of silence.
Unfortunately, the guards outside Ji Fa's tent were knocked unconscious by Shen Gongbao and were probably still dreaming outside the tent.
The man in black initially paid some attention to the person outside the tent, but after exchanging a few blows with Ji Fa, he found that it was inexplicably quiet outside the tent.
Regardless of the situation of the guards outside the tent, it was a golden opportunity for the man in black. His swords formed a dense net, aimed directly at Ji Fa.
"How do you know my family's ancestral sword technique?" Ji Fa was so surprised that his attention was diverted and a bloody mark immediately appeared on his arm.
The pain made Ji Fa's mind even clearer, and he thrust his sword straight at the man in black's neck.
The man in black turned his head to avoid the sword, but the bronze mask on his face was pierced by Ji Fa's sword and lifted up.
“Su Daji…” Ji Fa was shocked.
"Ji Fa, you deserve to die..." Blood slowly trickled down Su Daji's face. Half of her face was as beautiful as a peach blossom, while the other half resembled a blood-stained demon. Every time she swung her sword, she carried the determination to perish together with the enemy.
With nowhere to retreat, Ji Fa simply kicked the candle flame toward the tent, and the fire spread instantly.
Su Daji was extremely anxious, as she was running out of time. Not only did she not retreat, but she was also fearless of death and the raging fire, determined to kill Ji Fa.
"King Wu..." Shen Gongbao pulled Jiang Ziya along, relying on his superior cultivation to charge ahead, leaving the guards who came to rescue King Wu and put out the fire far behind.
A transparent barrier appeared in front of Ji Fa. Su Daji's sword pierced the barrier and immediately broke in two, but she herself was unharmed.
"Quickly, Grand Tutor, kill her for me..." Ji Fa could not tolerate Su Daji living. Since she had come to kill him, whether she came on her own or was ordered to do so, she deserved to die.
Jiang Ziya, standing outside the tent, was utterly disheartened. With all the evidence combined, he had no choice but to admit that he was wrong, terribly wrong.
Ji Fa could even order Su Daji's execution without any mercy, showing a cold-hearted and ungrateful nature, which is completely at odds with the image of loving the virtuous and cherishing the past that he had previously cultivated in front of him.
“King Wu, I am a Taoist practitioner and dare not kill mortals.” Shen Gongbao pointed in Su Daji’s direction, and Su Daji was immediately bound with ropes. “King Wu, you should decide for yourself.”
Ji Fa caught a glimpse of Jiang Ziya entering afterward and knew that the opportunity to kill Su Daji had passed. Jiang Ziya still needed to remain calm.
"Sister-in-law, why did you come to kill me?" Ji Fa asked, heartbroken and devastated by the betrayal of his loved one. "Although my elder brother is dead, I still consider you my sister-in-law."
"Bah, stop pretending! You traitor, you heartless, unrighteous, disloyal, and unfilial dog! Tongguan is in grave danger. If Tongguan falls, my father will surely die. Why do you pretend to ask me why I came to kill you?"
Before Xiaoman died, she wrote down everything that the Marquis of Xibo and you had done to Boyi Kao on a piece of hemp cloth and had Xiaogu bring it to me. If it weren't for your secret machinations, how could Boyi Kao have ended up like this?
You forced Boyi Kao to his death and betrayed the King. The former Marquis of Xibo was in his prime, so why did he die? Was it because you were blinded by greed? Perhaps the Marquis of Xibo discovered what you did to Boyi Kao, and you decided to go all the way...?
Su Daji came to assassinate Ji Fa for four reasons: loyalty, filial piety, justice, and fidelity. She was prepared to die in Xiqi since she dared to come, and she gave Ji Fa a thorough dressing-down, leaving him utterly humiliated.
"If you dare to spout nonsense again, I will kill you with my sword!" Ji Fa was so angry that his face turned ashen, and the tip of his sword was pointed directly at Su Daji.
Yes, Ji Fa admitted that he was half responsible for his elder brother's death, but the other half was entirely caused by his elder brother's own temperament.
As for other duties, that's nonsense. Who wouldn't want such a great country? Ji Fa is fortunate to have the strong support of many immortal masters. If Su Daji were in his position, he doesn't believe she wouldn't be tempted.
Su Daji lowered her eyes and glanced at the sword tip pointing directly at her. Out of the corner of her eye, she also saw several civil and military officials entering the camp. These people looked familiar to her.
Having made up her mind, she looked up and stared directly at Ji Fa. Suddenly, she smiled, her lips curving upwards. Su Daji was already beautiful, but her sudden smile made her even more charming and stunningly beautiful.
Ji Fa's sword tip trembled, and Su Daji chuckled softly as a bloodstain appeared on the beauty's neck...
'To nail you to the pillar of shame, even death would be worth it,' Ji Fa interpreted this from Su Daji's eyes, and was instantly horrified.
Su Daji fell to the ground, never frowning until her death.
She knew that Ji Fa would not succeed; even his own brothers had never been truly convinced of his abilities, let alone outsiders.
Jiang Ziya did not witness Su Daji's seductive actions, but only saw Ji Fa, enraged and ashamed, kill his former sister-in-law. The engagement between Boyi Kao and Su Daji was not dissolved...
Jiang Ziya's world went completely dark. The Ji Fa before him was terrifyingly unfamiliar; he had never known the real Ji Fa before.
With a clang, Ji Fa's hand went limp, and the bronze sword fell straight to the ground.
Su Daji set him up in front of everyone, and he fell for it without being able to explain himself. Apart from him, no one else saw Su Daji's alluring smile. In a sense, he really was the one who killed him.
"King Wu..." How could the civil and military officials of Xiqi not recognize Su Daji? For a long time, they regarded Su Daji as the future matriarch.
Could it be that Su Daji's dying words were true? Otherwise, why would King Wu have been so enraged as to kill her to silence her?
With Su Daji's death, rumors of Ji Fa's illegitimate ascension to the throne spread like wildfire. Ji Fa's reputation among the Xiqi elites plummeted, and the princes of Xiqi began exchanging glances and secretly engaging in illicit affairs.
With the external war going poorly and Ji Fa openly sending his generals to their deaths, the military generals' dissatisfaction with Ji Fa grew daily, and the civil officials also discussed the matter extensively. Under the circumstances of "the rabbit mourns the fox's death," it was inevitable that they would become passive in their actions.
Ji Fa was in a complete mess.
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