1124 Must Die, Zhezhe Takes Action
Dongling Ziluo is the son of the Queen, and Prince Zhou now has the support of Chu Cheng. The political capital of the two is comparable, and it is hard to say who will win and who will lose if they really fight.
This time, Prince Zhou came back from Liancheng with military merits, and his prestige in the military will surely surpass Dongling Ziluo.
Dong Ling Zi Luo did not want to be suppressed by King Zhou and wanted to establish his prestige in the military, so he would not miss this opportunity. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult for Dong Ling Zi Luo to make military achievements again.
The competition between Dongling Ziluo and King Zhou is what the emperor wants to see and what the Ninth Uncle wants. The gap in strength between King Zhou and Ziluo is too great, so one of them will definitely give up.
The Ninth Prince does not want to see a peaceful Dongling. There is profit in party struggles, and only then will the Emperor feel that he is so powerful that he can balance the forces of all parties in the court.
After Dongling Ziluo returned victoriously, he asked the crown prince to submit a memorial, requesting the abolition of his title and leaving the crown prince position to be fought over by the two men.
The more intense the party struggles, the busier the emperor becomes.
"What about you? Did you leave the city just to find Zhezhe?" Feng Qingchen guessed that the Ninth Prince's target should be Xiling Tianlei.
As expected, the Ninth Prince said, "The Miasma Forest is different from other places. I am worried that Xiling Tianlei will become desperate and run into the Miasma Forest after losing. I plan to go there in person, and if necessary, I will kill him myself."
This time, the Ninth Prince is determined to take Xiling Tianlei's life, and he doesn't believe Dongling Ziluo.
"It's too dangerous." Feng Qingchen shook his head disapprovingly.
“Don’t worry, I have been into the miasma forest alone. When it comes to understanding the miasma forest in this world, I am second to none.” Did he really think that his immune to all poisons was innate? His immune to all poisons and his talent in martial arts were the result of brutal training.
No one's success comes without effort, and he is no exception.
"You've been to the miasma forest. When did that happen? Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"
“Not many people know about what happened more than ten years ago.” The Ninth Prince’s eyes darkened slightly, and he had no intention of elaborating.
That memory wasn't really a good one, and he didn't want to think about it.
Feng Qingchen looked at the Ninth Uncle with his mouth wide open, a hint of heartache flashing in his eyes.
She knew that it was not easy to get out of a place like the miasma forest alive. More than ten years ago, the Ninth Prince was only a teenager, younger than she is now.
The Ninth Prince could not lie to Feng Qingchen and say that nothing happened in the miasma forest. He could only comfort him: "I am fine now. Every experience is a treasure of wealth. I learned a lot in the miasma forest."
That's enough, just being alive is enough.
"Yes. From now on, no matter where we go, I will accompany you. I will also go to the miasma forest, and I will kill Xiling Tianlei with my own hands." Feng Qingchen held the Ninth Uncle's hand with a firm look in his eyes.
The Ninth Prince looked at Feng Qingchen for a long while before he slowly nodded.
No matter how dangerous it is, the two of them will be together, so that even if they die, they will not be lonely.
The Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen agreed to leave the city three days later in the name of looking for Zhezhe. As for the specific itinerary, the Ninth Prince did not need to tell the Emperor, after all, no one knew where Zhezhe was.
The emperor disagreed at first, but on the second day after the Ninth Prince submitted the memorial, a malicious murder occurred in a private residence outside the city.
The deceased were seven strong men around 30 years old. They died tragically, with multiple fractures and hundreds of wounds on their bodies. Their faces were hideous and distorted before death. They must have been cruelly tortured before death. All the blood in their bodies was drained.
In addition to the dead, the police also found more than 20 children, the youngest was still in swaddling clothes, and the oldest was only seven or eight years old.
These children were well-dressed and handsome, and it was obvious at first glance that they came from good families. When we took them back and asked around, we found out that most of them were sons of wealthy families, and a few were sons of officials.
Obviously, these children were trafficked.
These children had been locked up in the basement and had many scars on their bodies. Some of them were starving beyond recognition. When they were rescued, they were all stupid, timid, and didn't even dare to speak, which showed that they had been abused.
It was not until their family members came and comforted them with kind words and coaxed them for a long time that these children finally burst into tears and dared to speak.
The officers questioned several older children and from their answers they concluded that it was a child who killed the seven kidnappers, and that child was also abducted by those kidnappers.
When Feng Qingchen knew about this, the first person he thought of was Zhezhe. Those wounds were like works of art. Every cut was made with care, making it painful without being fatal. Judging from the expressions of the dead, some of them died in pain.
Feng Qingchen has always disliked Zhezhe, who killed people in a cruel way. But when he saw the miserable condition of these seven kidnappers, Feng Qingchen was not moved at all and even cheered for Zhezhe in his heart.
Feng Qingchen is not the kind of person who can tolerate any sand in her eyes, nor is she a messenger of justice who sees things in black and white, but she extremely hates criminals who kidnap children. These people kidnap the children and do not treat them well.
In modern times, after these kidnappers kidnap people, they often make the children disabled, or force them to undergo inhuman training, and then use them to beg or perform to make a profit.
In modern times, Feng Qingchen once treated a group of abducted children. Eight out of ten of those children were disabled, with burns and knife wounds all over their bodies, and not a single part was intact.
There were also two children whose legs were cut off just because they had escaped before. After being caught, they were thrown onto the train tracks by the group of people and their legs were cut off. The inhumane people directly used fire to stop the bleeding from the wounds. Those two children were really lucky to survive.
Here, after these kidnappers kidnap the children, they sell them to those lowly places and raise them into pedophiles for other people's entertainment.
Those who kidnap children are inhuman beasts and deserve to be put to death. Zhezhe did a great job this time!
Feng Qingchen could guess who the culprit was, so how could the emperor not know? The emperor originally thought that the Ninth Prince's search for Zhezhe was a cover, but now it seems to be true.
In addition to this case, a similar case occurred in Ling County within two days. The victims were still several kidnappers, and the police also rescued many children there.
If the first case was a coincidence, then the subsequent events could not be described as coincidences. The emperor did not want to confront the Demon Cult because of the missing Zhezhe, so the Ninth Prince wanted to go out and look for him, and the emperor agreed.
After getting the emperor's consent, the Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen prepared to leave the city. Originally, they had no idea how to find Zhezhe, but now they were able to find some traces.
It's not that I don't want to say that Zhezhe's methods are indeed clever. Feng Qingchen believes that with Zhezhe's intelligence and methods, those kidnappers would not be able to kidnap him if he didn't want to.
Zhezhe deliberately followed those kidnappers and used their channels to leave the city, so that no one could find out about his entry and exit records. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack for them to find him, but...