The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 210 Errands
After Huang Jin's injuries were mostly healed, the two remaining priests carried him away.

Several members of the royal family who were innocently involved looked at each other in shock.

Not to mention the previous fights shrouded in illusions, the image of Emperor Jianwen's mummy-like face appearing behind Huang Jin and then ripping Huang Jin's throat without hesitation was enough to keep these royal family members awake for months.

Not to mention the several members of the royal family who were mistakenly killed by a few priests. Now even a larger part of them cannot be found. You are in me and I am in you. I am afraid that I will cry for the wrong person when I bury them in the grave.

At the moment, I dare not leave, and I dare not stay either.

Finally, Zhu Zai stood up and clapped his hands.

"Everyone, listen to me."

"Let's put aside what happened just now and hurry to the palace. No matter what, the villains should not dare to enter the palace to cause chaos. As long as we meet His Majesty and talk about this matter, we should be safe."

Now that several members of the royal family had a backbone, everyone obeyed them.

However, the carriages had just been destroyed by Emperor Jianwen. It was already late at night, and the streets were pitch black, so the few people did not dare to move forward.

Zhu Zai and Li Miao led the way, and the others dared to follow behind and walked towards the palace together.

Glancing at the clan members who were cowering behind him, Li Miao lowered his voice and spoke to Zhu Zai.

"How is it, Commander, does it look good?"

"Your ancestor is giving you a lot of face. Ten of the priests almost killed Huang Jin."

Zhu Zai frowned.

"This is...Emperor Jianwen."

"Ten priests couldn't stop him from killing people?"

Li Miao smiled.

"No, no, no, this thing of his will make anyone suffer the first time they face it. I don't know how to defend myself, and he uses it well, so he naturally looks powerful."

"But he just picked on the weak ones and didn't dare to touch those priests, right?"

"In my opinion, the eight priests who chased him will cause him to suffer a great loss."

"in this way……"

Zhu Zai breathed a sigh of relief.

He was also frightened by Emperor Jianwen's performance, but after listening to Li Miao's words, he felt relieved.

"However, Emperor Jianwen cannot stay."

Zhu Zai said.

"If he targets the royal family, even several celestial beings will have difficulty defending him. If we really let him hide in Shuntian Prefecture, I'm afraid within a month, except for the royal family, all the royal family members of my Zhu family will be killed by him."

Li Miao said nonchalantly.

"Let's wait and see. The emperor is already looking for trouble with him. There's no need to rush."

"Now that things have come to this, let's finish our meal tonight."

Zhu Zai sighed and nodded.

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Tianshou Mountain, Imperial Tomb.

The eight priests chased after Huang Jin all the way and fought with Emperor Jianwen several times. Although they suffered some losses, they gradually got rid of the powerlessness they had just felt when they watched Huang Jin's throat being ripped open.

Emperor Jianwen is not impossible to deal with.

Firstly, when he used all his strength, his mind was focused on executing his moves and he was unable to maintain the illusion.

Secondly, he failed to become Jie Zi, and his martial arts skills only included the purest "Ming Shen Wu Dian".

No matter how advanced a martial art is, it can only focus on one direction. If you want to be brave and advanced, you can't be feminine and cunning; if you want to be ever-changing, you can't be fierce and unparalleled.

As long as there are characteristics and emphasis, the eight worshippers will naturally be able to find a way to deal with it.

Third, the worshippers found that as their fear of Emperor Jianwen dissipated, the effect of the illusion on them also decreased.

However, it was by accident that I discovered the characteristic of Ji Zhao that "it is determined by the heart".

The fourth point is also the most important one. The worshippers found that Emperor Jianwen was seriously injured.

Knowing that this was the best opportunity to hunt down Emperor Jianwen, the eight priests became ruthless and began to exchange injuries in order to delay Emperor Jianwen's actions.

Several people fought and ran, and chased him out of the city and arrived at Tianshou Mountain.

When the imperial mausoleum appeared before their eyes, Emperor Jianwen flashed and activated the "Silent Illumination" to block their sight. When the worshippers left the illusion, they found that he had disappeared.

Several worshippers looked at each other.

"Eunuch Huang's prediction turned out to be correct."

A worshipper said.

"At this time, the garrison troops have not been recalled. There are only some garrison troops and Xiaoling Guards inside the imperial mausoleum."

"The fact that Emperor Jianwen fled here is irrefutable evidence that Zhu Shoujing was plotting to release Emperor Jianwen!"

One of the worshippers frowned.

"But, there are also several celestial beings in the Xiaoling Guards, and Zhu Shoujing is no less powerful than us. If Emperor Jianwen joins them, we will probably get into trouble if we rush in."

One of them shouted angrily.

"Everyone, is this the time to be hesitant? We don't have much time!"

"We watched Eunuch Huang's throat being ripped out in front of us. His Majesty will inevitably punish us. If we don't make amends, we will just have to watch ourselves die of old age!"

After these words were spoken, several worshippers fell silent.

The court had more than just three means of controlling these offerings: prolonging life, using relatives and friends, and using poisonous insects.

And there is "time".

As mentioned above, this offering has a "shelf life". The longer and more frequent the awakening, the faster the five decays of the celestial being suppressed by the secret method will progress.

Different errands required different hours for the worshippers to be awake. Some errands only required one hour of waking up, some required a day, and some even required half a month.

One hour is a "top-notch job".

A job that takes one or two days is considered a “medium job”.

Those who work for more than half a month are considered “low-level jobs”.

After Wang Zhi died, Huang Jin became the emperor's most trusted companion. If anything happened to him, these priests would naturally punish him.

That is to say, to do the "low-level job".

As the time they are awakened gets longer, the Five Degenerations of the Celestial Being progresses faster and faster, but the imperial court will not use secret methods to make them fall asleep again.

The end result is often that one watches one's skin and flesh gradually become loose, one's vision gradually becomes blurred, one's hands and feet gradually become weaker, and eventually one collapses into a heap. However, because of the internal strength one has cultivated so hard, one cannot die for the time being, and can only watch oneself wither away.

For those celestial beings who have practiced martial arts all their lives and are proud of their martial arts skills, this is undoubtedly the most horrific way to die.

So, they didn't dare to leave.

After a while, a priest gritted his teeth.

"Go in together and take care of each other."

"Even if things go wrong, they can't keep the eight of us. Now that they've confirmed that the Xiaoling Guards are rebelling, we'll have an explanation when we go back!"

"Let's do it!"

Several people nodded and walked towards the station of the Xiaoling Guard.

In a house where the Xiaoling Guards were stationed, Zhu Shoujing had no idea that he had become a traitor.

He was sitting at his desk, carefully writing a memorial reporting what happened at the imperial mausoleum last night.

Suddenly, his eyes focused, and he raised his hand and grasped the handle of the knife on the table.

"who!?"

He looked toward the window.

There, there was a shadow illuminated by the firelight, swaying slowly.

(End of this chapter)