The small figure wearing the crown suddenly fell from the sky and landed in front of his eyes with a muffled "bang". A flower of blood splashed up, instantly dyeing the falling snow red.
Everyone was stunned.
This included Xu Wenkai and others. They just wanted the little emperor to tell the truth. No one expected it to be like this!
Yang Yanzong reacted the fastest. Almost the next moment, he stood up and shouted: "Catch the traitor!!!"
He pointed his finger directly at Uncle Kun, who was standing at the front of all the civil and military officials!
——In order to pave the way for the position of "Second Father" later in the year and to highlight his own uniqueness, Uncle Kun arranged himself under the palace gate tower, towering over all the civil and military officials in the court and standing in contrast to the latter from a distance.
Yang Yanzong's shout instantly awakened everyone. Xu Wenkai also stood up, his eyes wide open: "Catch the traitor!!"
"Catch the traitor——"
In an instant, it was like boiling water dropped into an oil pan. The dead silence was followed by an uproar. Civil and military officials jumped up one after another. Some were shocked, some agreed, and the crowd was excited!
Ji Yuanhao's cheek twitched, and he stared sharply at Uncle Kun opposite him. He drew out the sword from the waist of a guard beside him with his backhand, and was about to tiptoe forward, but was stopped by Yang Yanzong.
——With Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao’s skills, it is not difficult to capture the Kun brothers and sisters at this not-so-far distance.
But Yang Yanzong's mind raced and he shook his head slightly at Ji Yuanhao.
Ji Yuanhao tilted his head and said, "That's right."
He understood immediately, yes, that’s right! He didn't want to just capture two people and let the Kun brothers and sisters die relatively decently. It was too easy for them! !
Moreover, with such a good opportunity, how could they not uproot the entire Kun family? !
Ji Yuanhao smiled coldly: "Kun family."
Good job Kun, it’s all over today!
The two men shook their swords, pointed them forward, and shouted, "Left and right guards, listen to my orders! Why don't you hurry up and capture the traitor?!"
…
Uncle Kun was really shocked!
After realizing what was going on, he hurriedly stepped back, "What nonsense! What nonsense! It's not true! It's not true at all!!"
But the little emperor died.
He jumped down and died in such a tragic way in front of all the civil and military officials in the court and the common people of Yangdu.
This Kun family has truly become the first person to create the world throughout history!
The little emperor's action really nailed Uncle Kun and his sister to the pillar of shame, and they could never escape!
The whole court was in uproar and the public was excited.
It’s over, it’s over, everything is over!
Kun's heart sank, but he knew that this time it was really over. He had no more tricks to play and no more excuses to make. Surrounded by several personal guards and confidants who rushed forward, he quickly retreated for a moment and shouted, "Retreat! Let's go!"
The sound of weapons clashing rapidly could be heard from the front. Uncle Kun's eyes were bloodshot, but he also knew that he could not stay here any longer!
Yuan Liangji, the commander of the imperial guards who controlled the other half of the palace, and Wang Shenxiong, the right pillar of the country and the first-rank general of the Imperial Guards, hesitated for a moment. They never expected that the situation would turn out like this! If they lead the imperial guards to stop them now, they will become rebels, but Kun has done them a great favor by saving their lives!
The two hesitated for a moment, then gritted their teeth and ordered their attendants: "Escort the uncle and the queen mother away!"
The two men made up their minds and stayed behind to cover the rear, as a way of repaying the Kun family for their kindness in keeping their clan alive!
Yang Yanzong Ji Yuanhao had been keeping an eye on that side. Ji Yuanhao raised his lip coldly: "Humph, it's too easy to die so easily."
In the chaos, Uncle Kun and Queen Mother Kun were protected and ran away.
To be honest, Kun's followers were also greatly shocked. Some, like Yuan Liangji and Wang Shenxiong, gritted their teeth and followed immediately, but there were also many who did not move. Perhaps they slowed down halfway and ultimately did not get close.
After all, they are all officials and innocent.
It’s none of their business to control the little emperor.
With the death of the little emperor, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. The Kun brothers and sisters were instantly labeled traitors to the country. If they followed suit now, they would be traitors in the true sense of the word. Not everyone would be willing to risk their lives and their entire family.
The battle in front of the palace gate did not last long. After all, the ordinary imperial guards were also panicked. They didn't know at first, but as the news spread, people's hearts began to waver. Finally, Yang Yanzong killed Wang Shenxiong with a sword, and Ji Yuanhao killed Yuan Liangji!
Yang Yanzhen approached quickly, and Ji Yuanhao also whispered something to his confidant. The two of them immediately reined in their horses, waved and gave a few instructions, then turned around and led their men to chase after him out of the city!
All the Kun clan members who resisted stubbornly will be annihilated. This matter can be left to the trusted people present. The Kun brothers and sisters have retreated outside the city, and the two of them immediately chased after them personally.
Xu Wenkai and others also quickly caught up.
…
This was the most embarrassing moment in the lives of Empress Dowager Kun and Uncle Kun.
What’s ironic is that the two of them were still wearing luxurious formal dresses that cost a lot of money.
Half an hour ago, the two were high and mighty, receiving worship from all officials and people, but half an hour later, they were reduced to traitors to the country, and everyone cursed them and wanted to kill them with their own hands!
Empress Dowager Kun really hated the little emperor: "This damn little bastard!" Damn it, damn it, damn it! !
If she had known this would happen earlier, she would have strangled him to death when he was still in his cradle! !
Empress Dowager Kun's hairpins were all askew and messy. The change was so fast and sudden that she only came to her senses now. Her heart was truly burning and her eyes were bloodshot!
"Brother, what should we do now?"
what to do?
How would he know what to do?
Really no one expected this to happen. Half an hour ago, the brother and sister were still in high spirits and arrogant, and Uncle Kun was still full of confidence and dreaming of becoming the little emperor's father!
He was really angry: "Why didn't you hold him back? You were staring at him from above and he jumped down. What are you doing?!"
"He's not right, and you didn't even notice it beforehand? What did I tell you so many times?!"
Queen Mother Kun was speechless. She hated it when this was mentioned! Yesterday, the old immortal named Xu left the palace. He was obviously trying hard to stay together, but his eyes looked gloomy.
Afterwards, she looked carefully and found that the little emperor was silent and taciturn, just as he always was.
She really couldn't figure out what went wrong!
"Oh!"
Uncle Kun scolded Queen Mother Kun a few times, but it was meaningless to blame each other now. He gritted his teeth and thought for a moment, "Let's go to sea!"
He thought about taking Empress Dowager Kun to her fiefdom or to a place far away from Yangdu, such as the east or the south, and raising another little emperor. But on second thought, the brother and sister were in disgrace in such a hurry, and Xu Wenkai and others were hot on their heels, leaving them no time to catch their breath and build a small court. Although this idea was good, its feasibility was really low.
Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao had a life-and-death feud with his brother and sister, so they must be killed as soon as possible.
Uncle Kun thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to go out to sea! Save your life first and then plan for the future!
Ryukyu, Funan, Java and other countries are rich in rare and precious items such as gold, spices and gems. The Kun family has a deep foundation and even has seafaring merchant caravans and overseas bases. The brother and sister can go out to sea first, gain a foothold and then infiltrate and fight back. There will always be a chance to change the Daqing Dynasty!
Uncle Kun acted decisively, whispered a few words, and immediately took off his gorgeous crowns and formal clothes with the Queen Mother Kun. He then quietly asked two assassins of similar build to put them on. After that, he changed his disguise, found an opportunity to escape from the main force, and quickly boarded a ship at a secret dock of the Kun family, surrounded by a group of trusted guards and assassins.
Not long after the brother and sister left, they heard that Xu Wenkai and Yang Yanzong had caught up with "Empress Dowager Kun and Uncle Kun" and their entourage, surrounded them and quickly started a fierce fight.
The brother and sister were very grateful.
Get up to speed immediately.
Then, before they could rejoice for long, the people behind them seemed to realize something was wrong and quickly dispatched their forces to search in all directions!
Several times, they brushed shoulders with Uncle Heshen and his entourage, but fortunately, the latter had many capable people around him, and they passed through the forest and narrowly avoided them.
After running for half a day with a heavy heart, I finally arrived at the dock and boarded the ship.
They quickly weighed anchor and hoisted sails, and several half-old merchant ships soon merged into the center of the river, heading south along the Yangshui River to the unfrozen lower reaches.
Queen Mother Kun was panting heavily. She had been pampered for a long time. The half-day of galloping almost cost her life. However, after she recovered and saw that she was safe and hidden, she felt unwilling again, "Brother, are we really going to go out to sea?!"
Half a day ago, she was the Empress Dowager who was above everyone else and below everyone else! Being high and mighty, admired by all, now he has to fall to the point of fleeing to sea and hiding his identity? How could she be willing? !
Uncle Kun was unwilling to give in, but after hesitating for a moment, he still insisted on this decision. However, before he could open his mouth to persuade his sister, this game of deliberate indulgence ended abruptly.
ashore.
Ji Yuanhao narrowed his eyes and watched those merchant ships break through the thin ice and join the large and small ships in the middle of the river. He said coldly, "It's almost done."
Since they deliberately left a gap open to let them escape, how could they allow the Kun siblings to truly get away?
Give him hope, then let him be shocked, give him hope again, let him be grateful, let him taste the fear and tremble of terror like a frightened bird all the way, and replicate the extremely thrilling experience they had in Longling and the mountains.
No, no, that's not even close.
But it’s enough, it’s almost enough, the distance has been pulled far enough.
Yang Yanzong waved his hand, and the group quickly went down the river and boarded the large ship that was already fully staffed with soldiers and armor.
"go!"
…
Things in this world are often so dramatic. A month ago, the Kun brothers and sisters carefully planned to kill Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao, but they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, and the aftermath has not yet faded.
Today, more than a month later, the roles suddenly reversed!
As long as the whereabouts of the Kun brothers and sisters are known, the court's reaction and force can be very quick and large enough.
Just as the Kun brothers and sisters were arguing, and Uncle Kun, who was originally unwilling to give in, was a little shaken by his sister's words, suddenly, there was a "bang"! The entire hull of the large merchant ship suddenly shook violently.
In the twilight, it turned out that a large merchant ship that was sailing normally at the rear suddenly accelerated and crashed heavily into the Kun merchant ship in front!
The Kun family merchant ship was not as big as the other one, and was hit. The last ship rushed forward heavily and hit the ship where Kun's uncle and his sister were protected in the middle.
The huge impact force was a relief for Uncle Kun, as he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Although he had been a little slack in recent years, his lower body was still stable. But Empress Dowager Kun was not so lucky. She lost her balance and fell forward, right on the edge of the deck. Her upper and lower teeth knocked against each other, her lip skin was broken, and her mouth was full of blood!
But the brother and sister had no time to care about this. Empress Dowager Kun hurriedly got up. She looked up and saw that the heavy snow had stopped and the setting sun was as red as blood. In the twilight, large ships from the Yangdu Water Yamen were surrounding them from all directions! Among them, the soldiers were fully staffed, wearing armor and holding bows, and the two large ships in the middle, one flew a large flag with the word "Yang" and the other flew a large flag with the word "Ji".
Two red general flags fluttered in the wind, and on the boat were the left and right guards as well as Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao's trusted troops.
All around, completely surrounded!
The feeling of hope and despair is really painful, with great ups and downs. The moment they saw the official ship, Uncle Kun and Empress Dowager Kun's eyes were bloodshot.
Yang Yanzong said nothing, waved his hand, and said coldly: "Shoot!"
With rounds of powerful arrows raining down, batches of Kun's death warriors and trusted guards fell. Of course, there were enough weapons and even arrows on Kun's backup escape boats, but compared with the reserves of their official ships which were several times larger, there was still a big gap.
Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao were unwilling to waste the lives of their trusted soldiers, so they directly ordered arrows to be fired. The arrows quickly turned the ship into a hornet's nest, forcing all the people on board to retreat into the cabins. The official ship approached step by step, but Yang and Ji did not fire arrows. If the Kun brothers and sisters were burned to death, wouldn't it be too easy for them? !
Ji Yuanhao wanted Ji Chengtan and Ren to experience the panic and fear before their death!
——More importantly, if they were captured in the suburbs of Yangdu, with the intervention of Xu Wenkai and others, it is very likely that the brother and sister would die relatively decently. Prison, white silk, and poisoned wine, how could this be possible? !
Finally, under rounds of arrow rain and shrinking siege, the number of people around Uncle Kun and Queen Mother Kun and their siblings decreased.
Finally, Ji Yuanhao rushed forward and personally killed all the last guards around the brother and sister. He was covered in blood. He slowly wiped the blood that splashed on his cheek and said in a cold, hoarse voice: "You have come to this day too!"
He said hatefully: "I will cut off your flesh piece by piece with my knife!!"
To offer sacrifice to the spirit of his brother and his wife in heaven! !
Ji Yuanhao was filled with hatred. After only ten moves, he kicked Uncle Kun down and broke two of his ribs!
Ji Yuanhao smiled coldly, threw down his sword, and pulled out a light and thin dagger with his backhand. He had been carrying this special dagger with him since his wife's brother passed away, so that he could use it at any time.
The thin and sharp dagger was unsheathed with a buzzing sound.
“Ahhh—”
…
In the end, Ji Yuanhao did not cut the two men into pieces because it was difficult to take them back for identification, but he did disembowel them.
It took him more than an hour to make the Kun brothers and sisters struggle in despair and pain until they finally died.
Xu Wenkai knew it, but he didn't say anything.
Originally, Empress Dowager Kun was the Empress Dowager and the Empress of the previous emperor. Even if she committed a serious crime, she should not be executed like this.
But what the Kun brothers and sisters did was so outrageous.
Even an upright man like Xu Wenkai couldn't help it.
He just pretended not to know.
He planned to hand over the search and confiscation of Duke Kun's Mansion to Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao.
He sighed deeply and wiped his face: "Let's find Prince Qian and Princess Qian as soon as possible."
Compared with the way the Kun brothers and sisters died, he cared more about the little emperor's wishes. When he learned that he had successfully intercepted Kun's uncle and Queen Mother Kun, he immediately turned his horse around and returned to look for the missing Prince Qian and little Kun.
Xu Wenkai spent three days searching and tortured many of Kun's guards who were captured. Finally, based on clues, he successfully found Prince Qian and his wife, Xiao Kun, who had been missing for more than a month in a very secluded cellar in a suburban manor.
These two people are no longer useful. The loyal stewards and assassins of the Kun family rushed to the direction of Uncle Kun as soon as they heard the news. They had no time to take care of these two, and the ordinary peripheral personnel were completely unaware of it.
By the time Xu Wenkai found the two men, Xiao Kun was already dead.
She was already seriously injured, but she was still hanging on. Her body, which had been tortured repeatedly, could not hold on any longer. She died as soon as the medicine was stopped. Her body was already cold and stiff.
She was tortured so badly by Empress Dowager Kun that her nose and ears were gone. Even Xu Wenkai, a man who had been on the battlefield for a long time, could not help but frown when he saw her. He quickly ordered people to put the dying King Qian down and feed him some hot water and rice soup.
King Qian was mainly hungry. He had some whip wounds on his body but they were not serious. Once there was something in his stomach, he woke up after being pressed on his philtrum for a while.
His hair was disheveled and he was extremely thin, but the first thing he asked when he opened his eyes was, "Your Majesty, how is Your Majesty?"
"And what about Dalang?"
Xu Wenkai was silent for a moment, "The prince is fine, but His Majesty has passed away."
Death? !
King Qian was struck by lightning. He choked for a moment and then burst into tears.
After trying so hard and doing everything in my power to keep this child for so long, is it impossible to keep him in the end? !
King Qian was completely desperate for a moment. He had no control over his two marriages, and his youngest son lost his freedom when he was born. He was so incompetent that he couldn't even protect his own child!
He cried bitterly, and after the national mourning was over, King Qian finally decided to become a Taoist monk and leave the title to his eldest son who was already fourteen years old.
From then on, he lived by the green lamp, ate vegetarian food, chanted scriptures, washed away his sins, and prayed that the poor child who had never been free in his life would be reborn into an ordinary wealthy family in the next life and live a safe and smooth life.
…
Of course, the matter of King Qian is a story for later.
After the revenge of killing Kun's brothers and sisters, the first things to come were the funerals of Ren and Ji Chengtan.
This twelfth month, the whole city is in mourning.
After returning to the capital, the bodies of Ren and Ji Chengtan were kept for another six days and twenty-seven days, and then their funerals were held on the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the chilly spring.
Paper money filled the sky, white flags fluttered, and there were bursts of wailing all the way to the eastern suburbs.
The tomb has been sited, and two deep tomb passages have been dug on the flat, sunny slope. Although time is tight, Ji Yuanhao has done everything he could. The blue bricks are brand new, but the tomb passages are spacious and dry.
The heavy red lacquer coffin was carried into the tomb along a specially made coffin path. Ji Yuanhao carried it in personally, first to Ren and then to Ji Chengtan.
The tombs of the uncle and sister-in-law are next to each other. They have a good relationship and can talk to each other.
Ji Yuanhao went in for a long time, and only left when the auspicious time was over.
The ceremonial officer sang loudly, and the heavy stone slabs were put down. They began to fill the space with soil, and when it was finally full, the tomb passage was sealed with grout.
Two large, brand new tombstones finally stood in front of the grave.
Today, Yang Yanzong and Su Ci both came to see me off. Su Ci had a slight cold, but she still insisted on coming.
Fine snowflakes were falling, like grains of salt. At the end of the burial of Ren and Ji Chengtan, the snow that had stopped for seven or eight days began to fall again.
Soon the salt grains turned into the size of goose feathers, fluttering down and covering the two new graves.
It's snowing, but there's not a speck of dust.
That’s good too, it’s pure white and clean, and you can come and go cleanly.
Ji Yuanhao gently stroked the two brand new tombstones and whispered, "I have avenged you."
He took out the two lacquer boxes he had been carrying with him, and without opening them, threw them into the brazier. He poured kerosene on them himself, blew on the fire sticks and threw them in. With a "boom", flames suddenly started burning.
Su Ci knew that these were the heads of Uncle Kun and Empress Dowager Kun. She didn't know how Ji Yuanhao got them, but they were inside anyway.
Use the heads of the enemies to commemorate the souls of the two men in heaven.
Ji Zimu, who was close enough to see it, couldn't help but burst into tears.
There was a loud funeral music and bursts of crying, heart-wrenching and mixed with the crying of a baby.
Su Ci was dejected. She lowered her head for a long while before she raised it and stroked the two tombstones. Finally, she returned to the brazier and silently looked at the two brand new white marbles with bright red inscriptions.
"Go well, rest in peace."
She looked at Ji Chengtan. She didn't want to have any contact with him, so she dodged him left and right, but in the end it turned out like this.
Now that she has come here, she doesn’t know how the original owner is doing. If possible, she hopes that both she and he will be reborn in the modern era and continue their past love.
——No matter what, I hope he will have a happy, safe and smooth life in his next life.
As for Ren, looking at Ren's tombstone, Su Ci's mood became much more complicated.
She couldn't help but glance at Ji Yuanhao in front of her.
Is it worth it?
I hope it's worth it!
The beauty has gone, leaving only a wisp of her soul, but the scene of that day is still vivid in her mind today, with the white snow flying all over the sky and her flawless love so shocking that she was shocked.
As for Ren, perhaps she would prefer to stay?
Staying to take care of her husband and her children, this must be her wish.
In short, be well, soul!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
