719 One Night in Changsan (2/2)

The eunuchs and maids fell on their knees immediately.

Li Huiyuan got angrier when he thought about the danger he had encountered. His eyes turned red, and his right hand, which hadn't been hurt, was shaking. He slapped heavily on the desk and said coldly, ”I know that the subordinates of the she-devil didn't give up. And they will try to steal my throne while the Empire is in danger.”

He Mingchi said in a gentle voice, ”Your Majesty, please don't get angry. We need to be careful about this.”

Li Huiyuan was infuriated and shouted, ”Careful about what? You're always telling me and my sister to be patient! You're always telling me to mind the overall situation! Now see what those people have done! They're trying to kill me! How can I be patient with that!”

Cruelty and coldness emerged on the new Emperor's face. He stared at He Mingchi in the eyes and said, ”I don't have the patience anymore. I want to kill all of them.”

Zhuge Wuren was waiting for the good news from the palace in his home, and he was quite patient.

Xu Chongshan, who had lurked in the palace for so many years, was quite a reliable person in Zhuge Wuren's eyes. And as long as Xu Chongshan struck, the new Emperor Li Huiyuan had a poor chance to survive.

However, the news of the Emperor's death didn't come to him. Several men in black showed up and before Zhuge Wuren could open his mouth to beg, he was killed by those men in black who were very likely to be his old subordinates.

At the same time, assassins showed up in the house of the Minister of Rites and the house of the Taichang Temple's Director.

Chang'an City on that night was full of spreading rumors and screams of killings. Some residents panicked, others set fire to create chaos. People fought and died in abrupt clashes, and the chaos spread, growing fiercer and fiercer.

Those officials supporting the Empress were brutally struck and many of them died or were hurt. These officials might have had strong servants guarding their houses, but these servants were no match for cultivators.

The former house of the Grand Secretary, and the House of the Zeng's which had been long deserted, grew crowded again tonight. The lanterns hung on the wall by the stewards were knocked off and burning on the stone edge. People gathered here from all directions and screamed, trying to break into the house.

There was a loud boom, and the Zeng's house gate was pulled down. Numerous people flowed into the house. They attacked whoever they ran into, and broke whatever they saw. The servants and steward of the house had weapons in their hands, but there were just a few of them. They failed and drew back. Several men in black cloth came to help, but they were killed by a silver ray in the darkness before they started to move.

The formation made by the steward and the servants was dispersed after they were hurt. The crowd flowed to the rooms at the back of the yard. They shouted with excitement, ”Find the parents of the she-devil, and stone them to death!”

In the garden behind the house, Zeng Jing and his wife were listening to the killing and fighting sounds in the front of the house. They looked at the vegetable plot with no fruit in it. Then they kept silent and held each other's hands.

”I've been retired since the accident happened to our daughter, and I cared no more about political affairs. I didn't go back to the royal court when the new Emperor ascended the throne. And I never attended Her Majesty's appointment. I thought I was honest and inconspicuous enough, but the sister and brother pair in the Imperial Palace, they still remember me.”

Zeng Jing looked at his wife and said, ”So sorry to have dragged you into this.”

His wife continued with tears on her face, ”I have nothing to fear if we're dying together. The only one I'm worried about is our daughter. How sad she would be if she won't be able to see us anymore.”

”Without her, we wouldn't end up so... ” Zeng Jing pause and sighed, ”It's over now. I guess this is our destiny.”

Those crazy mobsters had rushed into the back of the house. Zeng Jing looked at the bloody table legs and stones in their hands and held his wife in his arms silently.

At the same time, He Mingchi showed up by the vegetable plot with the yellow oil-paper umbrella under his arm.

He looked at the leader of the mobsters and frowned.

The angry and crazy crowd slowly dispersed.

The house of the Zeng's went back to peace.

Zeng Jing and his wife had no time to check on the injured servants and stewards. They looked at He Mingchi, and they had a lot to ask.

They could've been killed if he hadn't shown up.

But obviously, the guy was the prime culprit of the riot in Chang'an tonight because those mobsters and their leader retreated after their first glance at him.

”I heard that you will become the National Master of the Empire.”

He Mingchi smiled and said, ”I missed the chance.”

Zeng Jing said coldly, ”Of course you did, especially after all these bloody things you've done.”

He Mingchi was talking about the opportunity, and Zeng Jing was talking about the qualifications. They were not talking about the same thing.

”I've never said I was a nice person.”

He Mingchi looked at him and said, ”So Your Excellency, you don't get to judge me. You don't need to ask why I would let you and your house off today, because I don't know the answer, either.”

”You're the birth parents of Yama's Daughter, why can't I kill you?”

He Mingchi was thinking it to himself, and he looked quite confused. But he couldn't figure out the reason, so he shook his head and left the house of the Zeng's.

The crowd left, and the gate of the house had been broken. A broken door could be dangerous on the chaotic night. What was worse, someone had set fire at the front of the yard, and it was expanding.

Zeng Jing, his wife, and other injured people left the house in order, with one supporting another. They set the carriage and left for the Yanming Lake where they could get away from the chaos in the house of their son-in-law.

At the same time, ten men in black cloth ran closely with short knives in their hands. The leader looked relieved when he saw that Zeng Jing and his wife didn't get hurt.

”Your Excellency, Mr. Qi asked us to bring you to the Spring Breeze Pavilion.”