dtnovels Chapter 492 Cutting the Throat with a Knife
Chapter 492 Cutting the Throat with a Knife
Wang Ziteng didn't want to listen to the messenger's chattering anymore, so he fainted.
The crowd was helpless and had to find a nearby town, put him up in an inn, and seek medical treatment.
At night, everything was quiet. Wang Ziteng woke up slowly and looked at the stars outside the window quietly without saying a word.
The defeat was like a landslide.
Whether it is the Four Kings and Eight Dukes or the Four Families of Jinling, they are actually looking at the Rong and Ning mansions.
Back then, the power of this family of two dukes was so great that from the military to the local areas, there were Jia family's followers everywhere.
The old Duke and the Dai generation, these two generations really understand what it means to keep a low profile.
Unfortunately, after the literary generation, there are many playboys in the family, most of them enjoy the honor, but no one can make plans. There is not even one man in Hanzhong who can support the family and establish a household.
Now he has fallen to the point where he doesn’t even understand the saying “Secrecy leads to success, disclosure leads to failure”.
The Northern King said that they should swear an oath face to face, and the Jia family foolishly followed his advice and went to meet Zhen privately!
Idiot...
Wang Ziteng gritted his teeth irritably, trying to clear his mind of distracting thoughts, and began to estimate in his mind little by little the cards that might be left in his hand.
The capital city is no longer viable.
One step back and you will reach Jinling.
Jinling is a good place. The treasury has been spent by the emperor. Once there is a border conflict, the court can only increase taxes on the richest Jiangnan and Sichuan.
When the time comes, when the four surnames make a call, I think there will be many people who respond.
As for the border provocation... isn't that just a matter of a word from me?
Of course, there is also a third way, which is to stop moving forward and immediately turn back to the southwest.
Anyway, I have agreed with my trusted servant that the time limit is one month. If I go back now, I am afraid that the army has not yet reacted, and it will be easy for me to take back the military power...
but……
Wang Ziteng closed his eyes, his heart was pounding.
If I kill the Northern King's messenger now and return to the capital to confess my crime, then with my confession and my life, I might be able to exchange for the return of the next generation of the Wang family...
But if I raise an army in the southwest, even if I succeed, I will be labeled a "traitor" in history books; if I fail, my entire clan will be implicated...
Wang Ziteng suddenly thought maliciously: Nine clans! That means that even if the emperor is willing, the Censorate will force the emperor to kill the eldest family!
I have two younger sisters...
Jia, Wang, Shi, Xue and Zhen, among the five families, no one will be spared.
Once he thought of this, he felt a burst of joy in his heart!
He was lying on the bed with his expression changing from grinning to angry and sad, when the door of the inn opened gently.
He hurriedly restrained his expression, forced himself not to move, and remained quiet as if he were still in a coma.
"Master Wang? Master?" A voice sounded softly, "Wake up? I have brought you some food and drinks."
He is his trusted personal bodyguard.
Wang Ziteng breathed a sigh of relief and slowly relaxed his body, with his hands spread softly on both sides of his body.
——He didn't want to wake up. Because once he woke up, these people would definitely surround him and ask what to do next.
But he hasn't decided yet.
He was feeling upset, so he just pretended to be unconscious, didn't eat, and just stayed alone to think or sleep.
Hearing that he still didn't move, the man sighed and seemed to put a plate on the table, and then there were the clatters of bowls and dishes and the rows of cups and plates.
A rich aroma of food and a faint aroma of wine wafted towards him at the same time.
The guard picked up the chopsticks and began to eat slowly and quietly.
Wang Ziteng frowned quietly.
He remembered that this guard was a member of the Nanfu family who was recruited in the capital. How could he be so uneducated? He even smacked his lips while eating?!
Not only that, he also drinks, and when he drinks he must make “slurp” and “ah” sounds!
Wang Ziteng was filled with rage.
He decided that when he "wakes up" tomorrow morning, he would find an excuse to starve this bastard for three days!
The guard ate slowly for two quarters of an hour before stopping.
The dishes were put back into the lunch box and the lid was closed.
The guard sighed again and whispered, "Sir, I have heard a lot of talk about past lives and present lives, and about doing good deeds and accumulating virtues these days...
“I thought they were all liars, so I asked them how I died in my previous life.
“They said that I was following you on your way to Beijing, and you died of a sudden illness. I was in a hurry to report back to Beijing, and I fell off my horse and broke my neck and died.
“The villain called them farts.
"They laughed and said that since they could see that this statement was bullshit, why did they ask, wasn't the ending already predetermined?"
Wang Ziteng opened his eyes, his face full of coldness.
A cold dagger was gently placed on his neck.
The thin blade pressed against his wildly beating blood vessels.
"Sir, if even a humble person like me can figure it out, I think you have also figured it out clearly.
"But you are still pretending to be unconscious and asleep here. I guess you are planning to get enough rest and return to the southwest to incite the barbarians to revolt?"
The guard's voice became softer, as if it was breathed right into his ear.
Wang Ziteng seemed to be oblivious to the sharp blade on his neck. He slowly turned his head and looked at the inconspicuous guard, and said softly:
"Whose are you? The emperor's? His Majesty's? Or my eldest brother's?"
The guard smiled and said, "Your Excellency, the higher-ups have told you to die knowing full well.
“I was ordered by the Supreme Lord to monitor the secret line of King Xiaonan.
"Later, the emperor abdicated, and the government offices we worked for came under the jurisdiction of Chen Sibo, so we continued to stay in the Southern Palace to monitor the young prince.
“But I don’t know why you, my Lord, wanted to show me a favor, so I just followed you to the southwest.
"As for my current superior, it is Chen Sibo."
Wang Ziteng's eyes flashed with sadness. "So it's the emperor who wants to kill me? The emperor is afraid that if he kills me, I will start to talk nonsense and mess up the situation that the court has finally balanced?"
The guard chuckled and said, "Lord Wang, there is no need to play the victim. Someone has already reported these words to the emperor on your behalf.
"If the emperor heard it again, I'm afraid he would laugh out loud."
Wang Ziteng's eyes darkened: "That's my eldest brother! He and I are brothers in name, but in reality we are irreconcilable!
“With me leading the army outside, he and his daughter will never be able to obtain a high position!
“So he will definitely kill me!
"Worse than a beast!"
The guard waited patiently for him to finish speaking, and smiled softly, "No, it's not Lord Wang Zifu. Even he can't order our temple master around.
"Come on, stop guessing, I'll tell you.
“It’s the Concubine.
"Since the Eastern Palace Criminal Court, our Chen Sibo has been the Imperial Concubine's man.
“The inner temple is now in the hands of the imperial concubine.
“As for your fate, Lord Wang, the Imperial Concubine has already determined it for you since the day you left the capital.
"——The Imperial Concubine has ordered that if Wang Ziteng leaves his post and returns to the capital without permission, he will be killed without mercy."
Following these words, the guard's dagger easily cut Wang Ziteng's throat.