Chapter 730: Killing Uncle
"Twenty years ago, my grandfather took my uncle to Shaanxi and Gansu..."
"My uncle escaped and came back, but my grandfather..."
"The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable..."
"Two years ago, for the Saint..."
As expected, this is a clichéd revenge story: the widow whose father died and her frightened brother, holding an irreconcilable hatred for their father's murder, place their hopes on the precocious Su Xingfang.
It's not to the point of sleeping on straw and eating bitter food, but the supervision of working hard and piercing the body with a needle has not been reduced at all.
And Su Xingfang really lived up to their expectations. He passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi five years ago, and was successfully appointed to a vacant position in Beijing.
Later, due to his outstanding performance, he was promoted to the position of Daxing County Magistrate.
However, Su Xingfang was not at all happy about this promotion.
When he originally held an idle position, Aunt Li, who was in charge of intelligence affairs in the capital, cultivated him as a potential stock, giving him money and connections when he asked for them.
Now that he holds real power, shouldn’t he repay the debt double?
Sure enough, about a year later, Aunt Li suddenly came to the door and said that the saint had been reincarnated ahead of time, and the headquarters was preparing to send an important figure to investigate and provide support.
After hearing this, Su's mother and the brother and sister Cao Quji were so excited that they cried with joy, and kept calling the saint girl "Mother of No Birth, Hometown of True Emptiness", as if the Great Zhou Dynasty could come to an end if they could find the saint girl.
Su Xingfang seemed ecstatic on the surface, but he couldn't stop shouting in his heart: Disaster!
The result was just as he expected. The ambitious White Lotus rebels were discovered by the imperial court before they officially launched their action.
If there hadn't been a mysterious person secretly warning them, they would have been wiped out by the Northern Pacification Office at that time.
Of course , they didn't get to jump around for long before they fell into the hands of Sun Shaozong again. Even Aunt Li, who knew Su Xingfang's true identity, fell into the hands of the Dragon Guards.
At that time, Su Xingfang was extremely nervous and felt frightened all day long. As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with the image of Mo Jiao swallowing the cloud robe.
However, he waited for a long time with his head on the line, but everything was calm.
Later, he was promoted to the magistrate of Wanping County, and then he got a fat boy weighing 25.42 catties. Only then did he gradually calm down, knowing that Aunt Li had probably endured it and did not give herself away.
Because they had always been in single-line contact, Su Xingfang thought he was finally relieved. Then, his wife gave birth to a big fat boy, so he felt that it was all the blessing brought by his son, so he treasured him all day long.
However, the good times did not last long. After more than a year of peaceful life, the owner of the black letter came to his door again. He used Su Xingfang's undercover identity to threaten him to kill Daoyan and his disciples, and then sent him to the Dali Temple by boat.
Su Xingfang was forced into a desperate situation. He followed the instructions of the man in black and made all necessary preparations. He drove to the vicinity of Qingxu Temple early yesterday morning to wait for orders...
"etc!"
When Sun Shaozong heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and asked, "How did he know that Daoyan and his disciples were in Qingxu Temple and disguised himself as a fake monk?"
Su Xingfang shook his head and said helplessly: "I was forced to do so. How could I be qualified to ask him questions? In fact, I only saw him once at night. Later, the people who were responsible for inquiring and passing on the news were just a few beggars."
It seems that the owner of the black note finally took advantage of the beggars' hatred of the common enemy.
Sun Shaozong nodded, without asking about the beggars' appearance, and motioned Su Xingfang to continue.
"I got the news that day and ambushed them at a place where the master and apprentice had to pass by. My uncle lured them into an alley."
At this point, Su Xingfang laughed at himself: "At first I was wondering how the owner of the black note could be so sure that this stupid method would work - after all, those two fake monks had just escaped from the clutches of King Zhongshun, so they would definitely not trust others easily."
"But when we met, I found out that the unscrupulous Taoist Master Daoyan was actually a remnant of the White Lotus! And he had met my uncle several times before."
So that's what's happening!
Sun Shaozong suddenly realized. No wonder the owner of the black note didn't look for anyone else but Su Xingfang.
But Su Xingfang continued, "When my uncle saw that he was an old acquaintance, he immediately changed his mind. Instead of killing him, he planned to cooperate with Taoist Master Daoyan to kill the emperor..."
At this point, he suddenly stopped talking and asked hopefully, "This matter was done by Prince Zhongshun and has nothing to do with Your Majesty, is that right or not?"
Just when he heard the important part, this sentence came out of nowhere. Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you think?"
"It must be so!"
Su Xingfang said firmly: "Your Majesty is wise and intelligent. Even though he has favored alchemists in recent years, he has never neglected government affairs. He would never do such a cruel thing to the people!"
Tsk~
This White Lotus spy is actually a die-hard fan of the emperor ...
Sun Shaozong was speechless, but seeing his burning eyes, as if he was determined to get a definite answer, he nodded and said, "You are quite knowledgeable. The elixir that can prolong one's offspring was indeed secretly made by Prince Zhongshun."
"Continuation of offspring?"
Unexpectedly, Su Xingfang was stunned when he heard this, and then he said suspiciously: "Dao Yan clearly said that he cultivated the Great Dao Golden Elixir, and said that if you really cultivate it and take it for a long time, you can ascend to heaven in broad daylight."
Ascend to heaven?
Ascension in broad daylight?
This is different from what Yang Hancai said.
Could it be that Yang Hancai lied?
It shouldn't be like that. You're making pills anyway, so the louder you brag, the better.
Or...
What considerations did King Zhongshun have in mind that led him to conceal his true purpose?
This was not the time to think carefully, so Sun Shaozong had to put these questions behind him and let Su Xingfang continue to explain.
However, when Cao Quji saw that the man was an old acquaintance and heard that this matter was related to the reputation of the emperor and the court, he immediately became interested in taking the opportunity to cause trouble and disrupt the current situation.
Who knew that the monk Daoyan had lost the courage to rebel long ago , and just kept making excuses. Not to mention colluding with Cao Quji to cause trouble, he even refused to reveal the details of the inside story, for fear that if the truth was revealed, he would be hunted down by the court at all costs.
Because all the church members who came to Beijing two years ago were destroyed by the imperial court's hawk-like subordinates, without even the slightest splash, Cao Quji has been in despair and depression these years.
Now that we have finally found a glimmer of hope that may shake the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, how can we give it up easily?
However, Daoyan refused to respond.
After all this, Cao Quji finally got angry and killed Daoyan and his disciples with a knife, making everything return to the script of the owner of the black letter.
At that time, Su Xingfang also breathed a sigh of relief - he was even more reluctant to make it public than Daoyan.
Unexpectedly, Cao Quji found him again afterwards and said that he would investigate the matter thoroughly and find ways to reveal the news.
The reason why Su Xingfang took the risk and killed Daoyan and his disciples was to preserve a peaceful life. Besides, he was actually a genuine emperor-loving party member at heart, so how could he comply with Cao Quji's request?
But after just a few refusal, Cao Quji said that he wanted to work on his own and would not give up until he achieved his goal.
He has been working as a constable in Wanping County for the past two years. Who wouldn't he know?
If you accidentally reveal your tracks, won't you be implicated?
Su Xingfang tried hard to persuade him, but Cao Quji refused.
This time it was Su Xingfang's turn to have the killing intention - if it had been two years earlier, he might not have dared to disrespect his uncle, but now that he had a son, his uncle naturally had to stand back!
At that moment he pretended to be helpless and agreed to act with Cao Quji.
However, he also said that this case has now alarmed Sun Shaozong. If this threat , he might follow in the footsteps of the deputy leader and Aunt Li.
Cao Quji was determined to take this opportunity to seek revenge, so naturally he would kill anyone who stood in his way.
He immediately said that he would first deal with the man surnamed Sun, and it would not be too late to expose the emperor's ugly deeds later!
The mechanism behind the earth wall was the death trap he had set for Sun Shaozong - he had secretly built those crossbows in preparation for causing trouble in the capital.
However, Cao Quji did not expect that although his nephew activated the mechanism as instructed, he did so earlier than expected.
As a result, he died in a confused state from the poison arrow he had made himself.
