Chapter 190 Successfully Inciting the Rebellion of the Dragon Guards
The moment Han Chong opened his mouth, everyone except the six people from the Qi family rushed to the ground.
They seemed to have been hit by a muscle-softening powder. Not only did they lose their strength, but their internal energy also disappeared.
Those who had no martial arts skills or had low martial arts skills fell into coma one after another.
Han Chong's face changed drastically and he shouted towards the top of the canyon.
"Rockfall!"
Still no movement.
He turned his head with great effort and looked at Ye Chutang.
"You did it?"
Ye Chutang took Qi Yanzhou's arm and nodded calmly.
"Yeah, it's us."
"You are crazy. If the emperor knew..."
"So what if you know? You don't give me the antidote and let my tendons break and I die?"
Seeing that Ye Chutang didn't care about life or death, Han Chong swallowed back the words he hadn't finished saying.
"When did you poison everyone?"
Ye Chutang smiled and said, "It's not when, it's all the time. Do you know what poison you are in?"
"Broken tendons powder."
After Han Chong involuntarily uttered these three words, he suddenly realized.
"It turns out that you have already detoxified yourself and are not threatened by the emperor."
"I can even prevent and treat the plague, so how difficult is it for me to make a simple tendon-breaking powder?"
Not only did she replicate the poison of Duanjinsan, she also developed a drug that triggered the toxicity.
The exiled team has been poisoned one after another since last night.
When entering the canyon, she used a triggering drug and successfully made the poison of the Broken Bones Powder take effect.
Han Chong didn't expect that one hundred dragon guards would fall into Ye Chutang's trap.
He asked, "What do you want? Kill everyone and escape?"
Ye Chutang looked at Han Chong as if he were a fool, "If we wanted to escape, we wouldn't have to wait until now."
After saying this, disappointment flashed in her eyes.
"Commander Han, I thought you would change your mind about exterminating the Qi family after listening to my advice and seeing how the people defended the Qi family. I didn't expect you to still choose blind loyalty."
Han Chong turned his face away in embarrassment.
"Kill me."
He failed to complete his mission, and death was waiting for him.
It makes no difference whether you die early or late.
Ye Chutang walked up to Han Chong and looked down at him.
"You even consider dying for the dog emperor. Your loyalty is truly evident to heaven and earth."
If all the exiled officials died at the hands of the Qi family, the emperor would have a legitimate reason to put the Qi family to death.
But Han Chong simply wanted to die and had no intention of harming the Qi family.
He quickly explained, "Mrs. Qi misunderstood, I didn't think that much."
Ye Chutang ignored him and said to Qi Yanzhou, "Azhou, go and get Ye Jingchuan."
Ye Jingchuan has fainted.
When Qi Yanzhou threw him in front of Han Chong, he showed no sign of waking up.
Ye Chutang grabbed his hair, lifted his head up, and stuffed a pill of the antidote for the Broken Heart Powder into his mouth.
Ye Jingchuan woke up slowly and quickly.
He was facing Han Chong's face and was startled.
His body instinctively tried to hide, but Ye Chutang grabbed his hair, causing him to grimace in pain.
"Ye Chutang, what are you going crazy about?"
Ye Chutang let go of Ye Jingchuan's hair and said, "Tell Commander Han what's going on with the weapons in the storehouse of Prince Chen's Mansion."
In fact, she could have forced Ye Jingchuan to tell the truth a long time ago.
But Han Chong would definitely not believe it.
He would think that Ye Jingchuan was holding a grudge and deliberately slandering him after being exiled by the emperor.
But since the emperor was colluding with the northern barbarians and the people supported the Qi family first, Han Chong would have some doubts about the Qi family's rebellion.
Now is the most appropriate time.
Ye Jingchuan was stunned by Ye Chutang's words.
After he realized what was happening, he immediately acted crazy and stupid.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand a word you say!"
Ye Chutang did not continue to force Ye Jingchuan to speak, but turned to look at Han Chong.
"Commander Han, tell Ye Jingchuan, what would have happened if I hadn't drugged everyone?"
Han Chong said nothing.
Qi Yanzhou spoke for him: "The emperor ordered the Dragon Guards, the Zhao family, Aunt Su, and Atang to join forces to destroy the Qi family in this valley. If they fail, a huge rock will fall from the mountain and bury everyone here."
After that, he asked Han Chong, "Commander Han, am I wrong?"
Han Chong remained silent.
His silence meant consent.
After Ye Jingchuan understood, he collapsed to the ground.
"It turns out that the emperor never wanted me to live. Then my Zhier..."
Before being exiled, the emperor sent someone to look for him.
Let him keep the secret, go into exile obediently, and cooperate in killing the Qi family on the way, so that his eldest son Ye Anzhi in prison can change his identity and live.
At that time, his wife and children were separated and his family was broken up.
The incompetent Ye Anzhi became the only child of the Ye family.
In order to keep his eldest son alive and expand the Ye family, he agreed to the emperor's arrangement.
Ye Chutang looked at Ye Jingchuan, whose face was pale, and said, "Ye Anzhi is dead!"
Qi Yanzhou added.
"Before Tang'er and I got married, Ye Anzhi died in prison and was thrown into a mass grave."
Ye Anzhi was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.
But he couldn't bear the hardship in prison and didn't want to be beaten every day, so he committed suicide.
Generally in such cases, the family will be notified to claim the body.
But Ye Anzhi didn't deserve to be buried in peace, so Qi Yanzhou took action.
After the emperor learned the news, he concealed the matter in order to control Ye Jingchuan.
When Ye Jingchuan heard that his eldest son was thrown into a mass grave and his body was dismembered, he fainted.
He has no descendants!
After Ye Chutang used a silver needle to wake Ye Jingchuan up, he kicked him.
"Let's finish talking about the weapons first. It won't be too late to die later."
Ye Jingchuan looked listless, his eyes were dull, and he looked much older.
He moved his pale lips and told Han Chong in detail how the emperor framed the Qi family for treason.
Han Chong had previously suspected that the Qi family was framed.
Now that I've heard the truth, I'm not surprised, I just feel heartbroken.
He thought the existence of the Dragon Guards was ridiculous.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
He laughed so hard that tears almost came out.
Qi Yanzhou waited until Han Chong had laughed enough, then squatted down in front of him.
"If I wanted power and wanted to rebel, I would not hide the weapons in Prince Chen's Mansion, but mobilize the Qi family army, unite with those who have long wanted to overthrow the emperor, and directly force the emperor to abdicate and kill him."
"Commander Han, you Dragon Guards should know better than anyone that if I want the throne, it will be easy."
Han Chong couldn't refute this.
His expression was as ugly as Ye Jingchuan's. He asked in confusion, "The emperor wants to kill the Qi family, why don't you rebel?"
"The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important."
[Note: From "Mencius's Exerting One's Mind" Part 2]
These three short sentences stirred up a storm in Han Chong's heart.
Ye Chutang struck while the iron was hot and bluntly stated the reason why Qi Yanzhou did not rebel.
"Azhou has no intention of becoming emperor, nor does he want Beichen to fall into civil strife, causing the people to suffer and foreign enemies to invade."
"Commander Han, the royal family today enjoys bullying the common people, is arrogant and extravagant, ignores the country, favors villains and distances themselves from wise officials. They are not worthy of being followed by the Dragon Guards."
"I still say that blind loyalty is not the same as protecting the country. Don't forget the true mission of the Dragon Guards. The roots of the royal family are rotten to the core. Stop aiding and abetting the evil."
Every word Ye Chutang said was like a heavy punch, hitting Han Chong's heart hard, making his blood boil and feeling ashamed.
"Madam Qi, the Dragon Guards under my command will not attack the Qi family again."
He couldn't make decisions for all the Dragon Guards, nor could he ask the Emperor to let the Qi family go. He could only control his own people.
Ye Chutang handed Han Chong a bottle of antidote.
"I am very happy that Commander Han can stop at the brink of disaster. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future."
Han Chong did not take the antidote immediately, but endured the pain of his tendons being pulled and asked, "How are you two going to solve this situation?"
He could control the Dragon Guards, but he couldn't control the escorting officials, the Zhao family, the Ye family, and Aunt Su.
But if they were all killed, the Qi family would definitely be detained when reporting to the authorities.
After thinking it over, he still didn't know how to resolve the current dilemma.
Ye Chutang smiled and said, "Tong Han, please take care of your own people first, and leave the rest to me."
Since she dared to take this step, she must have a way to deal with it.
"good."
After Han Chong agreed, he took great pains to pull out the cork of the medicine bottle.
After taking the antidote for a while, the poison of the Duanjin Powder was eliminated.
Strength and internal energy have been restored.
He immediately stood up and distributed the antidote to the dragon guards.
The Dragon Guards were very skilled in martial arts and they were just poisoned and did not faint.
They heard every word of the conversation between Han Chong and Ye Chutang.
So Han Chong didn't need to say anything, and they all knelt down in front of Ye Chutang and Qi Yanzhou.
"We are willing to be loyal to Master Qi and Madam Qi!"
The Dragon Guards did not exist to consolidate the Zhao family's imperial power, but more to defend the country.
Since the Zhao family oppresses the people and ignores the country, there is no need for them to obey the emperor's orders!
Qi Yanzhou said: "From today on, you are no longer the Dragon Guards, but the National Defense Army."
Han Chong thought this was a good name.
"Okay, let's call it the National Protection Army. From now on, we will protect the country and the people, not the king!"
One hundred National Defense Army soldiers shouted in unison: "We protect our country and the people, not our king!"
Qi Yanzhou: "Everyone, get up. Let Atang take care of the aftermath."
Han Chong's eyes fell on Ye Chutang, and he was very curious about how she would deal with the aftermath.
Ye Chutang walked up to Wu Chenggang and asked, "Do you want to live or die?"
Wu Chenggang was frightened by the murderous intent in Ye Chutang's eyes and quickly expressed his loyalty.
"I would like to follow Madam Qi's lead."
This couple subdued all the Dragon Guards. Even if he had ten lives, he would not dare to go against them.
Ye Chutang nodded with satisfaction.
"I will cure the poison of Broken Bones Powder for you when we arrive in Tianshan County."
After saying that, she handed Wu Chenggang nine temporary antidotes.
"This medicine can only temporarily suppress the toxicity and needs to be taken regularly. If someone seeks death, I will not only help him, but also let him reunite with his family in the underworld."
Wu Chenggang and his men swore an oath of loyalty.
"If we betray the Qi family, our entire family will die!"
Although they swore a solemn oath, Ye Chutang did not believe Wu Chenggang and his nine companions.
Wu Chenggang took the antidote and distributed the remaining eight pills to his men.
After recovering his strength and inner power, he stood up and asked, "Madam Qi, are you still going to Tianshan County?"
He thought that the Qi family would escape and secretly plan to overthrow the imperial power!
Ye Chutang nodded affirmatively.
"Of course, the Qi family has never thought about the imperial power. Even if they want to overthrow the tyranny, they will establish another wise ruler."
Qi Yanzhou thought so too.
He just wanted to keep the Qi family safe and had no interest in that supreme position.
Wu Chenggang looked at Ye Chutang, whose eyes were open, and Qi Yanzhou, who was calm and composed, and he felt a sense of admiration.
He takes the people's peace as his responsibility without asking for anything in return. He is worth following!
He bowed his head to the ground and spoke sincerely.
"During this exile, Madam Qi, please let us know what you need us to do."
If his family members were not in the capital, he really wanted to follow the Qi family like the National Protection Army.
Ye Chutang looked at Wu Chenggang with a sincere face and waved his hand.
"I don't need you to do anything, I just need you to forget what happened at the mouth of the canyon."
"We must keep this a secret!"
"Verbal promises are not enough. Get your people together and look at me."
Wu Chenggang didn't know what Ye Chutang was going to do, so he just followed his orders.
After Ye Chutang and the other nine people arrived, they were hypnotized with the help of drugs.
She said so much before just to facilitate group hypnosis.
Otherwise, hypnotizing everyone one by one would be a waste of time and energy.
"When you were crossing the canyon, Commander Han suddenly attacked you. He gave you tendon-breaking powder on the emperor's orders and threatened you with poison, telling you to obey his orders all the way to exile..."
She spoke in great detail, describing what happened from the time they entered the canyon to the time they woke up.
The memories of Wu Chenggang and nine others were tampered with.
They repeated Ye Chutang's words three times with lifeless eyes and engraved them in their minds.
"Go wait aside."
The nine people immediately stood neatly beside the mountain wall.
Han Chong experienced hypnosis for the first time and was surprised and confused.
"Mrs. Qi, will they really take your words as facts?"
Ye Chutang nodded, "Yes, so you have to follow what I say, cooperate well, and don't let yourself get caught."
"What if it's exposed?"
"They will doubt their own memories, and over time, they will remember the truth."
Han Chong clasped his fists towards Ye Chutang.
"Don't worry, Madam Qi. I will be careful with my words and actions."
Ye Chutang looked at the dozen people lying on the ground and said, "Commander Han, tell me in detail about the role they played in dealing with the Qi family."
Han Chong explained in detail the plan to destroy the Qi family.
After speaking, he knelt down on one knee in front of Qi Yanzhou.
"Master Qi, we were foolish and almost caused a disaster. Please forgive us."
Qi Yanzhou raised his hand and said, "Stand up. We each serve our own masters. We understand."
Ye Chutang said to Han Chong, "Take away all the weapons you gave to the Zhao family and Aunt Su. Don't leave any behind."
"Yes, Madam Qi."
"This is the antidote, give each of you one."
Han Chong took his men to take away the Zhao family's hidden arrows and Aunt Su's Torrential Pear Blossom Needles.
And detoxified everyone.
Ye Chutang followed the same method, hypnotizing Aunt Su first and then the nine members of the Zhao family.
She tampered with their memories, erasing the existence of the secret order and today's assassination plan.
"You all go sit down by the canyon."
In the end, only the Ye family, as well as Qi Jingyao and Aunt Gao and her son were left.
None of them knew about the assassination plan.
Ye Chutang erased their memories after entering the canyon, and said to the three members of the Ye family: "Ye Jingchuan was too tired and fell down."
Ye Jingchuan: “…”
Before he could figure out what Ye Chutang meant, he was hypnotized and all his memories of today were erased.
"He fell and landed on the back of his head."
The hypnotized Ye Jingchuan fell backwards without any hesitation.
The back of his head hit the ground with a dull thud.
The body fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
After Ye Chutang made sure there were no loopholes, he snapped his fingers.
"Three, two, one, wake up!"
All the hypnotized people opened their eyes at the same time.
Ye Jingchuan lay in the sun, his eyes blank.
He sat up and touched the back of his red and swollen head, grimacing in pain.
Madam Ye called out to him, "Chuan'er, stop sitting there like an idiot. Hurry and get to a cool place."
Ye Jingchuan immediately moved to the shadow of the mountain wall and brushed off the dirt on his body.
Didn't he spend the night outside the post station?
Why are you here suddenly?
"mother……"
Just as Ye Jingchuan was about to ask, Old Madam Ye examined the injury on the back of his head with concern.
"Are you hurt? Do you want a doctor to take a look? Oh, this is such a big bump. I hope you didn't hurt your brain."
Hearing this, Ye Jingchuan guessed that he might have fallen too hard and forgot something.
The Zhao family members did not think anything was unusual and just thought they were taking a rest on the side of the mountain.
After Wu Chenggang knew that he and his men were poisoned, he looked at Han Chong with fear in his eyes.
Han Chong walked up to Wu Chenggang, patted him on the shoulder, and lowered his voice.
"Wu Tou, don't be nervous. I will find you when I need your cooperation. Just do what you are supposed to do. As long as you are obedient, you will not die."
“I…I understand.”
"It's almost time to rest, let's go."
Wu Chenggang nodded and said loudly: "After passing the canyon, there is a stream not far ahead. We will take a lunch break there."
His memory was tampered with, and he repeated what he said when he was about to enter the canyon.
The exiled team continued on their journey.
Passing through the canyon, the view becomes wider.
After walking forward for about two quarters of an hour, you can hear the sound of gurgling water.
The rocky foreshore is hidden in the sparse woods.
Wu Chenggang led the exile team to the stream.
He looked at the stream that was about to dry up and said, "The water level is so shallow, it seems that Dingzhou hasn't had rain for a long time."
In fact, it's not just Dingzhou. Many places in the north haven't seen rain since the beginning of spring.
Fortunately, last year's snowfall was exceptionally heavy, so there is no shortage of water for the time being.
"Today the sun is very hot, rest for two hours, and then rest again at half past ten."
No one has any objection.
It is better to travel in the dark than to travel in the hot sun.
Everyone found a big and lush tree to provide shade, eat and rest.
Wu Chenggang was too lazy to mention distributing the black noodle dumplings anymore. Whoever wanted to eat them could come and get them.
Qi Yanzhou noticed Ye Chutang's fatigue and knew that she was distracted during the hypnosis.
He found a large, smooth stone and moved it under the tree.
"Atang, come and sit down. What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll make it."
Aunt Xu has learned a lot of cooking these days and is eager to do the work.
"He'er and I will come."
After saying that, she and Qi Hean took the cooking utensils off the cart and put them away one by one.
Ye Chutang looked at the bird cage and said, "These birds are getting too skinny. Let's eat four of them at noon."
Qi Yanzhou is very quick in execution.
He took four birds out of the cage and broke their necks.
While the bird's body was still warm, all its feathers were plucked out.
Then they made a fire to burn off the feathers on the bird, cut it open and removed the internal organs.
Finally, cut into dices and marinate with heavy ingredients to remove the fishy smell.
After Qi Yanzhou prepared the bird meat, he asked Ye Chutang, "What else do you want to eat?"
"The people in the town sent a lot of vegetables. Just choose some that are not suitable for storage."
Hearing this, Qi Hean's handsome face fell.
"Sister-in-law, can we switch? We have already eaten two meals."
Ye Chutang smiled and said, "Then let's make some hot pot."
The ancient shabu-shabu dish is the modern hot pot.
Madam Qi said, "Wouldn't it be too hot to eat shabu-shabu?"
"Eat slowly, it's okay."
Qi Hean said happily: "I'll go get some water."
He carried the bucket to the creek.
The water flow in the stream is not strong, and the deepest part is only as high as the instep.
Fortunately, there are several small pools where it is convenient to get water.
When he came back with half a bucket of water, Ye Siyin came towards him.
As they got closer, she suddenly sprained her ankle and fell into Qi Hean's arms.
Qi Hean was so scared that he dropped the bucket and jumped aside.
Ye Siyin missed and fell to the ground, with her hands rubbed raw.
She looked at Qi Hean with tears in her eyes, looking weak and pitiful.
"Third Master, I'm sorry to disturb you."
Qi Hean said unhappily: "Stay away from me from now on, and don't disturb me a second time."
After saying that, he picked up the bucket on the ground and turned to fetch water.
"It's really bad luck. Fortunately, the barrel is not broken."
Ye Siyin: “…”
Isn’t it said that the third son of the Qi family is obsessed with poetry and painting, and is very polite?
Just as she was about to stand up, a hand reached out to her.
It’s Zhao Qingshu.
"Miss Ye, you are injured."
Ye Siyin hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Zhao Qingshu's arm with her uninjured hand and used the force to stand up.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao."
After saying that, she pushed the loose hair behind her ears, and a light blush appeared on her fair face.
Zhao Qingshu saw through Ye Siyin's little trick, but did not expose it.
"Miss Ye, you are too polite. Do you need any help?"
It is lonely on the road of exile, but if you can hold the soft fragrance in your arms and spend a night with her, it would be a wonderful thing.
Ye Siyin shook her head shyly, "Don't bother Mr. Zhao."
After saying that, she picked up the vegetables that fell on the ground and went to the stream.
Zhao Qingshu looked at Ye Siyin's graceful back and became more and more interested in her.
But in Qi Hean's eyes, Ye Siyin's charming figure looked like a coquettish prostitute, and he felt disgusted.
When he passed her, he jumped three feet away, deliberately keeping a distance from her.
When Ye Siyin saw this, the corner of her eye twitched.
She knew that Zhao Qingshu was easier to win over, but she felt stubborn and decided on Qi Hean!
Qi Hean returned to the tree and immediately complained.
"Ye Siyin was so vicious that she almost broke our barrel."
He saw it clearly: the woman deliberately sprained her ankle and threw herself towards his bucket.
If he had not thrown the bucket onto the grass in time, it would have fallen on the rocks and broken.
Ye Chutang was amused by the silly Qi Hean.
She raised her eyebrows and teased, "Third brother, is it possible that the person Ye Siyin wants to pounce on is you?"
Qi Hean immediately denied it, "Impossible!"
He has nothing and is a bastard, so why attack him?
Aunt Xu was speechless at her son's slowness.
She reminded: "He'er, stay away from Ye Siyin in the future."
"Mom, don't worry, I will avoid her from now on."
After saying that, he poured the water in the bucket into the wooden basin and used it to wash the vegetables.
"I'll fetch another bucket of water."
In order to avoid Ye Siyin, Qi Hean went to a pond a little further away.
The water in the pond is blue-green and looks very deep.
A long white light flashed by.
It is the reflection of the fish's belly when it swims.
“There’s a big fish!”
Qi Hean immediately rolled up his sleeves and prepared to catch fish.
Suddenly, his legs went weak and he fell into the pool of water.
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