The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 225: Inside the Imperial Mausoleum

Tianshou Mountain has appeared in Zhu Zai's sight.

In another half an hour, we will reach the imperial mausoleum.

Life or death, the outcome will be revealed.

Zhu Zai glanced around out of the corner of his eye.

The royal family has lost its spirit.

They all saw the young member of the royal family being beaten by the eunuchs and vomiting blood in the side hall this morning. But the emperor was too kind to them last night, which made them hold out some hope for a while, thinking that maybe the eunuchs were just arrogant for a while, and as long as they reported it to His Majesty, they could put things right.

However, on the street, the royal family members who ran to the emperor's carriage to complain had their teeth broken and their legs broken. At this time, they were placed on horses by several imperial guards and patrolled back and forth.

It was like threatening the royal family: "Don't make trouble, or this will be the end."

The royal family has completely lost the last bit of hope.

Although no one knew why or what he was after, the emperor was indeed going to take action against all members of the royal family. No matter if they were men or women, old or young. Even the commander of the Jinyiwei and the Grand Tutor were not spared.

However, even though they knew of the danger, the royal family members were powerless to resist.

On the way here, several young members of the royal family who were good at martial arts wanted to take advantage of the patrolling imperial guards' unpreparedness and rush into the forest on the side of the road.

They succeeded.

Instead of stopping them, the imperial guards did not even pursue them. Instead, they patrolled around on their own, as if they did not see them showing ecstatic expressions and rushing into the forest.

Seeing that they had escaped successfully, several members of the royal family began to become restless.

But after a moment, their impulse was extinguished by the cold reality.

The young eunuch came out from the dense forest in front and glanced coldly at the royal family members.

He was holding several young members of the royal family who were unconscious.

All the hands and feet were broken, but there was no trace of blood.

The royal family members knew that those young members had fainted from the pain.

For a moment, the atmosphere of despair spread more and more.

The middle-aged royal family member who was colluding with Zhu Zai in the side hall gave him a look.

Zhu Zai understood what he meant instantly.

"We are almost at the Imperial Mausoleum. I am afraid there will be more guards there. Your Majesty will probably attack the Imperial Mausoleum as well."

"Although the hope of success is slim now, are we really not going to do it? At least a few people can escape during the chaos. It will be even more difficult to escape once we reach the imperial mausoleum."

Zhu Zai shook his head.

Others didn't know, but he knew it very well.

At the outskirts of the team, the two people who were watching the dying celestial being never took their eyes off Zhu Zai. If he showed any unusual movement, he would be pinned to the ground without any resistance.

Although the young eunuch's whereabouts were unknown, Zhu Zai was an old Jinyiwei who had been in charge of Jinyiwei for more than 20 years. He could be said to be the ancestor of Dashuo's lurking assassinations. He could always feel a cold gaze lingering over the royal family members.

The little eunuch was watching them the whole time.

There was also the emperor who remained silent all the way in the carriage.

At this point, there was absolutely no chance of them escaping.

"Li Miao..."

Zhu Zai sighed.

Although Zhu Zai seemed confident about the discussion with Li Miao last night, he actually knew very well that it was all just floating in the air and had not been implemented at all.

What does Ji Tianrui want to do? Will he cooperate with Li Miao?

Zhu Zai was even not sure whether Li Miao would be detained by Ji Tianrui and Emperor Jianwen as soon as he appeared in the imperial mausoleum.

But he could no longer ask for more from Li Miao.

While Zhu Zai was thinking, the imperial mausoleum appeared at the end of his sight.

The team slowly stopped.

The young eunuch appeared beside the carriage at some point and stepped forward to lift the curtain.

The emperor opened his eyes.

"arrive."

"Yes."

"Go and see."

"Yes."

The young eunuch turned around and called a few servants, and rushed towards the imperial mausoleum like lightning.

After a while, the young eunuch came back, carrying Wu Zhiheng, who was covered in blood.

"Your Majesty, the other priests are still fighting the bandits. Wu Zhiheng was seriously injured and is recuperating. I brought him back first."

"Mr. Wu, wake up. His Majesty has arrived."

Wu Zhiheng coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with minced meat, barely raised his head, looked at the emperor with his only remaining eye, then suddenly lowered his head and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty...I am incompetent."

"Ah."

The emperor responded.

"It's a bit incompetent, but it's not surprising."

"Tell me, how is it going now?"

Wu Zhiheng did not reply for a while.

After a long while, he slowly raised his head and spoke softly.

"Your Majesty, please dismiss your attendants."

"Oh?"

The emperor chuckled.

The young eunuch understood and quickly stood up and drove away the people around him.

When there was no one around, Wu Zhiheng slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, we have already entered the Imperial Mausoleum."

"only--"

The young eunuch spoke from the side.

"Your Majesty has already dismissed the attendants in person as you said, why are you still hesitating?"

"No, I just don't know where to start..."

Wu Zhiheng had already been seriously injured and was in a daze. He was silent for a while. It took him a long while to sort out his thoughts and tell the story of what he saw and heard when he entered the imperial mausoleum.

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Wu Zhiheng flashed and entered the imperial mausoleum.

The moment he entered, he had already started practicing the horizontal training technique to protect his body and guard against the bows and crossbows of the Xiaoling Guards inside the imperial mausoleum.

He dropped his arms and looked around.

There was no one around.

He turned and looked at the wall. The Xiaoling Guards who were shooting arrows at the imperial guards outside were clearly still there.

This proves that he was not trapped in the illusion of Emperor Jianwen.

The Xiaoling Guards and the Ming Cult did not really deploy defenses inside the imperial mausoleum.

Wu Zhiheng looked behind him.

Zhu Shoujing didn't follow in either.

It seemed that the moment he entered this place, the Xiaoling Guards and the Ming Cult had completely given up trying to stop him and allowed him to walk around freely in the imperial mausoleum.

"wrong."

"When things go wrong, there must be a monster."

Wu Zhiheng said in his heart.

If he rushed along the wall at this time, the ordinary soldiers of the Xiaoling Guard would surely be defeated. Then the imperial guards outside would rush into the imperial mausoleum and surround Zhu Shoujing and the others inside and outside, and they would not even be able to escape.

Zhu Shoujing only chased for a while and then disappeared.

Emperor Jianwen did not stop him, but allowed him to enter the imperial mausoleum. Even now, no one knew where he went.

The more unprepared he was, the more Wu Zhiheng dared not to act rashly. He stood there thinking silently.

"We can't attack the ordinary soldiers of the Xiaoling Guard at this time. At least the other side has Emperor Jianwen hiding in the dark. If we attack the flaws that the other side deliberately reveals, we will easily fall into the trap."

"It's possible that Emperor Jianwen is hiding among the ordinary soldiers, waiting for me to charge and reveal a flaw, so that he can kill me with one fatal blow."

"Your Majesty...what you want is something in the imperial mausoleum."

"What I should do now is to find out the situation inside the imperial mausoleum and report to His Majesty after he arrives. This is the greatest achievement!"

With this thought in mind, Wu Zhiheng no longer hesitated. He paid full attention to the movements around him and slowly walked towards the depths of the imperial mausoleum.

(End of this chapter)