The eunuchs did not dare to persuade them any further, but in the panic they were unable to find any ropes. Finally, one of the eunuchs found some bed sheets from a side room. Several people tore the sheets apart and used them as ropes and threw them into the bottom of the well.
Wanyan Sheng tremblingly picked up the bed sheet and slid to the bottom of the well.
Wanyan Zonghan had many generals under his command, and they killed the palace guards in an instant. The generals searched the palace but could not find any trace of Wanyan Sheng. Wanyan Zonghan was shocked: Could it be that His Majesty had escaped?
Soon, the men came to report that several eunuchs around Wanyan Sheng were captured in the back garden.
Wanyan Zonghan then led his generals to the backyard to search, and the soldiers brought up several eunuchs.
"Where did your Majesty go?" Wanyan Zonghan asked.
Unexpectedly, these eunuchs were extremely tough. After all, they were eunuchs around the emperor and were loyal to Wanyan Sheng.
A eunuch looked at Wanyan Zonghan coldly: "Bah! Traitor!"
Wanyan Zonghan was furious and drew the sword of his subordinate and chopped the eunuch in half from head to toe.
The other eunuchs took a step back in fear, but their faces remained resolute.
"Tell me! Where is His Majesty hiding!" Wanyan Zonghan's face was covered in blood, and he pointed his knife at the eunuchs.
"Bah! Traitor!"
"You bastard!"
"Pooh!"
None of the eunuchs surrendered. Wanyan Zonghan took a deep breath and chopped the eunuchs to death with a few slashes of his sword.
"Search for me!" Wanyan Zonghan said angrily. He knew Wanyan Sheng must be hiding nearby.
Finally, someone discovered the dry well and a rope made of a bed sheet hanging down, and hurried over to report it.
Wanyan Zonghan came to the well and understood everything. With a malicious sneer on his face, he said, "Boil some pots of water!"
The generals were shocked, but they dared not disobey the commander's order. Soon, someone brought several large pots from the imperial kitchen and boiled several pots of water.
The firewood crackled and the water in the pot began to boil.
Wanyan Zonghan ordered: "Pour these pots of boiling water into the well."
"Marshal, this..." One of his generals wanted to dissuade him. They all knew that Jingli was the emperor after all, and Wanyan Zonghan's behavior was simply insane.
"Do you want to disobey orders?" Wanyan Zonghan said coldly.
The general shuddered and had to order his soldiers to wrap the rims of the pots with towels and pour pots of boiling water into the well.
"Ah!" A scream, not quite human, came from the well. The soldier continued to pour boiling water into it, and finally the screams subsided.
When Wanyan Sheng was fished out, he was almost cooked. His body was swollen, his eyes were bulging, and his teeth were protruding. His appearance was chilling.
Wanyan Zonghan felt like vomiting when he saw it, and hurriedly ordered people to bury the emperor's body hastily, and told the outside world that the emperor died suddenly and abdicated the throne to him before his death.
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