Two nights later, news came from Kaishan Temple that Mo Zeshen was leaving for southern Yunnan tomorrow morning, and Ji Wuxuan waited anxiously for his departure.
As soon as Mo Zeshen left, they immediately launched an attack on the Zhennan Palace. After killing Ji Wuhen and his son for treason, he naturally inherited the position of Zhennan King.
However, unexpectedly, Ji Wuhen came to the door in the evening.
He came to discuss the murder of Xu Lingshu.
The investigation revealed that a suspect escaped from a case he handled some time ago. It was probably because the suspect had a grudge and came to take revenge on him. Probably because of Xu Lingshu's noble temperament, she thought she was Princess Zhennan and assassinated her on the spot.
This reason was a bit crude, but it stood up to scrutiny. At this moment, Ji Wuxuan didn't care about Xu Lingshu's death and agreed without thinking.
Ji Wuhen also said that he was too impulsive that day, Ji Wuxuan also treated him politely, and the two brothers chatted in the flower hall.
At this time, Ling Guang had already sneaked into Ji Wuxuan's study while they were talking.
Dong Chengbin knew that someone would deliver news to him tonight, so he waited early.
After meeting Ling Guang, Dong Chengbin's first words were: "Can you please help me deliver a message to the prince and princess, saying that I am really sorry for what happened that day."
Ling Guang bowed and saluted, "The princess knew you would say this, so she asked me to give you a message so that you don't have to take it to heart."
As he spoke, he took out two bottles of medicine from his arms, "This is a laxative. It will take effect about twelve hours after taking it."
Dong Chengbin looked surprised, "There are such laxatives? Aren't laxatives usually excreted immediately after taking them?"
Ling Guang scratched his head, "It's a long story. To put it simply, these medicines have lost their original efficacy because they have been used for too long, so they became like this."
As for why this happened, it starts with the many snacks he bought.
The ten taels of snacks were eaten from fresh to spoiled, but they were still uneaten. Lu Qingtang originally wanted to throw them away, but he didn't want Zeng Ke to accidentally eat them.
He didn't go to the latrine for several days after eating those snacks, so Lu Qingtang gave him some laxative, but he didn't move for a whole day after taking it. Zeng Ke wondered if it was expired and reminded Lu Qingtang to look at the production date. Lu Qingtang opened the space and took a look. Sure enough, it was expired, almost half a month later.
I originally thought that there would be no problem in taking some expired medicine, but at most it would lose its effectiveness. Not long after, Zeng Ke went to the hut and was so happy that he almost collapsed.
Later, Lu Qingtang tried it on mice in the pharmacy. After the mice ate it, like Zeng Ke, it took a day for the drug to start to take effect. Lu Qingtang saw that the medicine was quite magical, so he kept the medicine. Unexpectedly, it would come in handy.
Dong Chengbin looked at the medicine in his hand with suspicion in his heart. Then I heard Ling Guang say: "Prince Consort, when we attack the Zhennan Palace the day after tomorrow, we will use the door as a signal. As soon as you see the door open, order people to rush in. We are just showing off, but we must also act like it."
"The most important thing is to keep Ji Wuxuan alive so that he can be the scapegoat. In this way, the matter is completed."
Dong Chengbin nodded, and then watched Ling Guang leave.
After Ling Guang left, he kept looking at the bottle of medicine. Could it really be so magical and start to take effect after twelve hours?
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Early the next morning, Mo Zeshen and Lu Qingtang said goodbye to the abbot of Kaishan Temple, took their three children, and left Kaishan Temple for southern Yunnan.
There were three carriages in the group, one large and two small.
In the cart, Lu Qingtang's family of five, plus Kou Dan and Su Mu, were sitting together, crowded, but very comfortable.
In the other two small cars, one was for Ning Xinran, and he was accompanied by two girls who were temporarily shopping in the city, so that they could take care of her more conveniently. The other carriage was occupied by Zeng Ke and Yuan Lang. He was seriously injured some time ago and is still very weak now, but it does not affect his movements.
The carriage walked slowly on the official road, and was watched by several hunters who were following it from a distance.
They followed along and when they saw the carriage leaving the boundary of the troubled area, they turned around and rushed back into the city. They quickly informed Ji Wuxuan of the news.
Ji Wuxuan's eyes lit up, "Did they really leave?"
Several "Orions" all nodded, and one of them said: "Master Hui Ji, they took away a lot of luggage, they must have left."
Ji Wuxuan's heart, which had been hanging around for so many days, finally settled. Even Xu Lingshu's death seemed not that important anymore.
Turning around, he came to the study.
He said to Dong Chengbin: "Prince-in-law, from now on you don't have to hide around. Mo Zeshen is gone and you are free."
Dong Chengbin looked at the door of the study room, stepped forward and opened the door, and the sunlight rushed in.
A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he turned back to look at Ji Wuxuan, "Then we will send troops to suppress the Nanwang Mansion tomorrow!"
Ji Wuxuan's face was filled with pride, and he stepped forward and patted his back, "Okay, I wish us immediate success!"
Dong Chengbin took out half of his troop mobilization talisman and went to Kaishan Temple with Ji Wuxuan's troop mobilization talisman. Five hundred troops and horses were stationed there, headed by Fang Quan, the commander of the Nanzhou Troops and Horses Division.
There is an order from above. Only when you see two military talismans can you obey the orders of the person holding the military talismans. As for which of the two listens, it depends on whose official rank. Now facing Ji Wuxuan and Dong Chengbin, he must listen to Dong Chengbin. Who let Ji Wuxuan have no official position?
Emperor Kang Yuan was afraid that three people would become a tiger, so he issued such an order. In the past, it was Mo Zeshen and Dong Chengbin together, so Fang Quan naturally wanted to listen to Mo Zeshen.
Previously, there were originally 30,000 troops. Before setting up the plan, Mo Zeshen and Dong Chengbin moved most of the troops back to their original positions, leaving only these 500 troops.
However, Ji Wuxuan didn't know about the original soldiers and horses. He had never led troops in a battle, so he felt that these strong soldiers and horses were enough.
How many people can be needed to attack Zhennan Palace?
Dong Chengbin told them about tomorrow's mission to surround the Zhennan Palace, and brought them a lot of meat so that they could eat to their heart's content tonight and prepare for the battle tomorrow.
After making arrangements, he went back with Ji Wuxuan.
There was no talking all night, and at dawn, Ji Wuxuan and Dong Chengbin got up early and came to the city gate. They used military symbols to order the defenders in advance to open the city gate and let the 30,000 soldiers and horses into the city.
Thirty thousand soldiers and horses marched on the streets in a mighty manner, which had already frightened the common people in Weinan County who had gotten up early to go out. Under their intimidation, the common people hid in their homes one after another.
Ji Wuxuan, who was riding a tall horse, was extremely proud. For the first time, he tasted the intimidation brought by power.
Seeing the frightened people running away with their heads in their hands, he actually felt compassion. These people will be his people from now on, and he must take good care of them, but not today.
Today he will go on a killing spree to make these people fear him.
Only fear will lead to surrender!
Just when he was proud, he suddenly felt a deep cold light. He turned around and saw Dong Chengbin looking at him with a smile on his face.
Ji Wuxuan was in a daze, and thought he had seen it wrong, so he didn't take it seriously, picked up the reins and continued moving forward.
