After saying this, without waiting for their reactions, he got directly into his carriage.
Mo Yu was holding a piece of mutton-fat white jade in his hand and playing with it carefully. This was the jade pendant that Eunuch Li had given him in front of the mansion door that day. His eyes were wandering, and it was obvious that he had already wandered off.
I don’t know what happened to Yi Jinyi.
In the palace, Yi Jinyi spent too long handling government affairs. He couldn't help but stretch himself but accidentally touched the various scars on his body. He gritted his teeth in pain.
"Mo Yu, I will definitely deal with you when you come back." After saying that, he laughed for no apparent reason.
Wait until Mo Yu and the others pack their luggage and leave.
At this time, a masked man who had managed to escape disappeared silently and hurried to the capital with his wounded body.
Yi Qingyu slammed the table when he saw the masked man with such injuries: "What happened? Where are the others?"
The masked man whispered, "Your Majesty, the others were completely wiped out!"
I thought Yi Qingyu would be furious after hearing the news, but unexpectedly, his expression didn't change at all, which made the assassin breathe a sigh of relief.
The Ninth Prince showed a relieved expression and slowly helped him up. Just when he was thinking that Yi Qingyu's behavior was strange, a sword suddenly came and cut his throat with lightning speed.
"Ninth Prince, aren't you afraid of dirtying your hands if you do it yourself?"
A man's voice sounded from behind a curtain.
Yi Qingyu picked up the handkerchief and wiped his blood-stained hands, then snorted coldly.
"Sir, how do you know the fun of this? Why come to my prince's mansion when you can't stay in the marquis' mansion?"
The man behind the curtain laughed.
"Since Your Majesty knew I was coming, why would he care about this? Is this a new way of greeting?"
Yi Qingyu threw the handkerchief he had used to wipe things aside, turned around and spoke to the curtain.
"Don't hide it anymore. What is there to be ashamed of? Come out!"
Following an order, the man behind the curtain slowly walked out.
"Your Lord Hou never thought that you would betray him!"
A square-faced man wearing a blue crown came out.
The person who came was Mo Yu's family's staff.
The staff sneered: "Although the Marquis treats me well, he is a poor man after all, with no future. Naturally, a person as virtuous and respected as you, Your Majesty, is worthy of my assistance."
He had only recently joined Mo Yu's sect, but had never been given any important position, which led to his thoughts of rebellion.
The Ninth Prince laughed out loud after hearing this.
"Yes, you have good vision!"
"What? You said Mo Yu was assassinated on his way to Xuzhou?"
Hearing the news, Yi Jinyi's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly felt like being by Mo Yu's side immediately.
"Yes, Goro just sent back the news. Since someone has already taken action, I'm sure the court will not be peaceful. The Marquis asked you to be careful in everything you do."
An Ruochen bowed and said that as early as when he left, Mo Yu had already told Yi Jinyi about An Ruochen's true identity and that he was an aide in his mansion.
"How ridiculous!" The loud sound of Yi Jinyi's slap was so loud that the memorials on the dragon table shook three times.
An Ruochen was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground. Although he had not experienced any open or secret fighting, he was fully aware of the essence of the matter and knew that serving the king was like serving a tiger.
"Have you found out who did this?"
"this… "
An Ruochen knelt on the ground, stammering and unable to speak. Yi Jinyi looked around and understood what he meant. He ordered his men to close the doors and windows and dismiss him, then turned around and said to An Ruochen.
"Now you can tell me!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down! It's... it's the Ninth Prince!"
Yi Jinyi's face turned pale, and he felt so angry that he seemed to want to burn the entire imperial study to ashes.
"It's him again!" Yi Jinyi angrily smashed the glass cup on the table.
An Luochen didn't move, not because he was afraid, but just to give face to the emperor. He knew that the assassin was sent by Yi Qingyu, but...
Yi Jinyi smiled in his heart and thought, if it weren't for the sake of his own master, this man would have cut him into pieces long ago.
On the second day after Mo Yu was assassinated, he asked An Ruochen to inform Yi Jinyi in order to give him a warning.
Chuzhou belongs to the southern water belt area and can be approached by going downstream along the river.
On the way, Mo Yu saw some beggars walking north. He didn't think much of it at first, after all, it was common to see some beggars even in wealthy areas. However, the further he went, the more people like this there were, and some of them even started to rob other people's belongings.
This made Mo Yu feel something was wrong.
"How long will it take for Goro to get to Chuzhou?"
"Sir, the journey will probably take about half a month."
Mo Yu frowned. He didn't expect to see such a scene with only half a month left to go. He wondered what the venue would be like later.
Mo Yu felt a little depressed. He opened the curtain and looked forward, only to see that the bird that had been shooting him down without any hindrance suddenly fell to the ground.
This attracted several nearby disaster victims to scramble for it.
This unusual scene made Mo Yu gasp for air. His intuition told him that this matter was not as simple as he thought.
The closer we got to Xuzhou, the more people we saw wearing ragged clothes and with unkempt hair and dirty faces. Most of them were skinny and had pale faces, just like beggars begging in the streets.
Are these the people of Xuzhou City
Mo Yu stared at the increasing number of people in disbelief. These were clearly people on the road to famine.
The victims passing by cried out in grief, and some even collapsed on the side of the road and never breathed again.
Among them was a mother and daughter. The daughter fainted on the roadside due to exhaustion caused by long-term lack of water and food. The mother hugged her daughter and wailed in pain, begging passers-by for support.
This was also unexpected, as no one passing by in the long line offered a helping hand.
Some people even wanted to eat the unconscious girl, and kind-hearted passers-by could only sigh and lament. After all, in this period, it was difficult to save one's own life, let alone help others!
“I never thought that Xuzhou, which was once known as the heavenly realm, would become a hell on earth!”
Goro sighed.
Mo Yu took a deep breath in the sedan chair, and distinct red veins appeared on his slender white fingers.
The sound of painful wails echoed in his ears, painful cries, as if he was just like him in his previous life, wandering, lonely and helpless, and some even wanted to sell him to brothels because of his good looks.
Noticing that something was wrong with Mo Yu,
Goro ordered his men to stop and lift the curtain of the carriage where Mo Yu was.
The first thing you see is a woman who is extremely dirty and disheveled, and has become so thin that she is just a skeleton.