Jiang, the leader of the alliance, saw that they had thrown Zhang Banxian into a mass grave.
The body was decapitated.
Then... they seemed somewhat wary of Zhang Banxian's abilities and exchanged a few words in spoken language.
In the end, a fire completely burned Zhang Banxian's body to ashes.
Little Jiang Alliance Leader witnessed firsthand how the fire consumed Zhang Banxian's corpse, turning it to ashes.
The wind blew it away, and nothing was left.
Only in this way will those people feel at ease to leave.
A pile of ashes scattered everywhere—even if Zhang Banxian had supernatural powers, it's impossible for him to suddenly come back to life, right?
However, one day later,
On the way back to Beijing, the bodies of those people were discovered.
Their deaths were gruesome; everything below their necks was burned to a crisp, with only their faces intact, allowing people to recognize them.
None of those who threatened Zhang Banxian survived.
Upon hearing this news, the young Jiang Alliance Leader was extremely shocked. Driven by curiosity, he also went to see the bodies that had been carried back for autopsy.
It really was those same few people.
Exactly the same.
Moreover, the manner of death was burning...
The young leader of the Jiang Alliance couldn't help but recall the fire they had set the day before.
Could it be... Zhang Bansian...?
As the young Alliance Leader Jiang was thinking this, he turned around and saw Zhang Banxian, who should have died and turned to ashes, standing alive behind him, looking at him with a smile on his face.
She even asked him, half-jokingly, "Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"
...
This scene left a deep shadow in Jiang's heart, and he still cannot forget it to this day.
His father knew the inside story, but for some reason, he never allowed him to mention it.
The father and son pretended that the incident had never happened.
Fortunately, they have been able to live in peace all along.
But those who died in a similar manner to Zhang Banxian were all elite soldiers of the imperial court. Moreover, they all died together, with no signs of fighting at the scene, and the carriage tracks continued to move steadily until they came to an abrupt stop.
It was as if they had died suddenly.
It's hard to imagine that anyone could kill them all.
Moreover, in the instant when they were completely unable to resist.
This incident also planted a seed of fear in Jiang's heart, because he had witnessed how Zhang Banxian was burned to ashes. So he was very afraid that for a moment he would inexplicably become like those who had died.
As time went by, the fear had been buried in Jiang's heart for many years. He was no longer afraid of death, but he had not completely gotten rid of that fear.
He had actually been wanting to find someone to tell him what happened that day; maybe it would make things better if he did.
But always at the right time.
This time, however, Eunuch Cheng guessed it on his own initiative.
Therefore, Alliance Leader Jiang did not hide anything and told everything at once.
"Do you think the Zhang Banxian you saw is really the same Zhang Banxian as before?" Eunuch Cheng asked in a skeptical tone.
"Their appearance and voice are exactly the same!" Jiang, the leader of the alliance, said with some excitement.
“But… he didn’t know that you were with those people and saw him turn to ashes.” Eunuch Cheng said with a smile, “Otherwise, you and your father wouldn’t have survived until now.”
"And perhaps those people died because they couldn't let anyone know the secret of how they turned to ashes and came back to life."
"Killing those people was to cover up this," Eunuch Cheng reasoned methodically.
As an elder in the palace, to become His Highness's confidant, what is required is more than just loyalty.
When Jiang, the leader of the alliance, heard Eunuch Cheng's analysis, he didn't quite understand what he was trying to say. He opened his eyes wide in confusion and looked at Eunuch Cheng.
He was very curious about what kind of answer this person from the palace, who was close to the prince, could give him.
Eunuch Cheng smiled with narrowed eyes, but he didn't look like an old fox at all. Instead, he seemed kind and approachable: "Logically speaking, Zhang Banxian is very powerful. His resurrection would only add to his legendary status. But he insists on covering it up."
"If someone goes to great lengths to cover something up, it means that if this matter becomes known, it will definitely have a negative impact on him."
"As mentioned before, if Zhang Banxian was already incredibly powerful, his resurrection would only elevate him to a higher status, and there's no possibility of any negative impact, unless..."
Jiang, the leader of the alliance, listened attentively to what Eunuch Cheng had to say.
He had a gut feeling that he was very close to the truth at this moment.
The fear that had plagued him for years might just disappear at this moment.
He heard Eunuch Cheng open his mouth and say, word by word, "Unless, Zhang Banxian did not actually come back to life, and the Zhang Banxian you saw was not the original one."
"Killing those people was actually to cover up the fact that there was more than just one Zhang Banxian."
After saying this, Eunuch Cheng let out a long sigh.
As someone working in the palace, he not only sees things that others might overlook, but he is also adept at using his mind to see things that are invisible to the naked eye.
For example, in the former emperor's palace, if a concubine suddenly miscarried or a young prince suddenly died... it's not enough to just listen to the maid's side of the story.
Only by learning to use our brains can we see the truth of things.
Jiang, the leader of the alliance, trembled with excitement, a glint of light in his eyes: "You mean...you mean...the one I saw was not the original Zhang Banxian at all. Zhang Banxian is really dead and has not been resurrected."
"What I saw later was just someone impersonating Zhang Bansian..."
“No wonder…no wonder…Zhang Banxian hasn’t aged at all over the years…I thought he had some kind of supernatural power that allowed him to stay young forever, but he looks like a middle-aged man who has gotten overweight…If someone is impersonating him, then it makes sense…”
"At first... maybe it was really Zhang Bansian. After the real Zhang Bansian died, people started impersonating him..."
The more Jiang Mengzhu analyzed, the more excited he became.
If that's the case, then he doesn't need to worry... that the resurrected Zhang Banxian will use the same methods he used on those people to deal with him.
This secret has been hidden for far too long.
“No…maybe it wasn’t really Zhang Banxian from the beginning.” Eunuch Cheng said with a frown, thinking to himself, “I must tell His Highness about this.”
Perhaps this time, even if he manages to meet Zhang Banxian through Jiang Mengzhu, perhaps what he meets is not the real Zhang Banxian at all.
However, His Highness instructed that all that was needed was to bring back Zhang Banxian, who was widely recognized as a master in the martial arts world.
But since Your Highness gave such an order, does Your Highness know something about it?
"What do you mean?" Alliance Leader Jiang asked Eunuch Cheng as if grasping at a straw.
“Because… if the later Zhang Banxian was an imposter, then his supernatural abilities do exist, and these cannot be replaced.” Eunuch Cheng said slowly, “Therefore, behind those Zhang Banxians we see, there must be someone or some force controlling them.”
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