Chapter 265 Shooting
The sound of horse hooves could be heard, and countless torches moved from both ends of the alley towards the gate of the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

In the firelight, King Zhongshun, who was leading a group of soldiers, suddenly reined in his horse and said to a confidant beside him: “Take a few people in to investigate, and don’t fight with the Jurchens.”

The confidant said, “Yes.” He turned to the soldiers and said, “Follow me!”

The confidant led several soldiers and rushed in through the open gate.

King Zhongshun turned and looked towards the back house and could vaguely hear the sound of fighting.

After a while, the confidant ran out of the gate in a hurry.

Walking up to him, the confidant whispered, “Your Highness, there are corpses everywhere inside, and fighting is still going on inside the second gate. A group of people dressed in civilian clothes are surrounding and killing a dozen men in black.”

Common people?
King Zhongshun was stunned at first, but then he understood that the little bastard actually dared to raise troops in the inner city.

Capture them and hand them over to the emperor?

Prince Zhongshun immediately rejected the idea in his heart. Given the emperor’s cruel heart, he would definitely kill these people, and the fourth brother would at most be punished secretly.

Thinking of this, King Zhongshun made up his mind and said to a general behind him: “You lead our troops to rush to the second gate and kill all the thieves who assassinated the Fourth Prince.”

The general replied, “Yes!” He jumped off his horse, drew the sword from his waist with his right hand, and swung it with a cold light, “Kill!”

Roars of killing immediately rang out in front of the door, and teams of soldiers rushed in with spears and swords held high!
Looking at the soldiers rushing in continuously, a cold light flashed in King Zhongshun’s eyes, and then he whispered to his confidant: “Follow them in, those thieves will definitely flee to the backyard, follow behind and see Lao Si.” As he said that, he took out a small crossbow from his saddlebag and put it in his hand.

The confidant was startled.

King Zhongshun: “I’m not asking you to kill him. These arrows are coated with medicine. If you scratch his face, his face will be disfigured. Do you understand?” He handed him three more arrows.

The confidant felt relieved when he heard this. If there was a choice, a disfigured person could not become emperor.

Prince Zhongshun suddenly remembered: “If that bastard Jia Yucun is here, I will hit him in the face. No, shoot him to death!” As he said this, he stuffed a few more arrows into his hand.

The confidant smiled bitterly and said, “Yes.” Then he ran into the gate.

Watching his back disappearing through the door, King Zhongshun winked at the guards around him.

The guard understood, dismounted from his horse, and strode in.

At this time, a general dismounted, walked up to Prince Zhongshun, and said, “Your Majesty, should we send someone to seal off the area around the Fourth Prince’s residence, especially the back door?”

Prince Zhongshun didn’t even look at him. He just looked at the plaque on the door lintel with indifference and said coldly: “From now on, you will be in charge of everything here. You don’t need to ask for my instructions.”

The general was startled at first, then quickly replied with a smile: “Your Majesty, I cannot take responsibility for what you said. Your Majesty is a prince of the royal family, and the commander of the Infantry Command Office. Everything here is subject to Your Majesty’s orders.”

“Do you want to disobey orders?” King Zhongshun’s voice became increasingly gloomy.

Without waiting for the general to reply, Prince Zhongshun spoke again: “No matter how powerful your backers are, if the Fourth Prince loses a hair, I will kill your entire family!”

The general then showed a trace of timidity, then waved his hand and led the soldiers of his camp to rush into the gate.

The steward who had been silent the whole time spoke up: “Your Majesty, I think what he said is right. Let’s send people to seal off the surrounding area.”

Prince Zhongshun narrowed his eyes and said, “Everyone in the capital knows that the Fourth Prince is a living Buddha. Who else but the Jurchens would want to assassinate him?!”

The manager opened his mouth and could only smile bitterly.

With a humph, King Zhongshun dismounted and said, “Let’s go in and take a look.” Then he slowly walked in.
The sky was filled with stars, and the back garden was filled with dim shadows.

A dark shadow ran along the wall towards the backyard.

The roars of killing and the sounds of weapons clashing came from the backyard.

The dark shadow ran to the backyard door and stopped. The door was locked from the inside.

The dark shadow lay on the crack of the door and took a look at the situation inside, took a few deep breaths, and then climbed up the courtyard wall with some difficulty.

The backyard was in chaos at this time. The people from the Infantry Yamen were fighting with the Fourth Prince’s people, and the roars of killing were deafening!
The Fourth Prince’s face turned pale and he shouted something loudly, but his voice was drowned out by the deafening roar of killing.

At this moment, everyone’s attention was on the battlefield, and no one noticed the black shadow on the courtyard wall.

The black shadow took off the bow and arrow from his back, held the bow in his left hand, took out an arrow from the quiver with his right hand, put it on the bowstring, aimed at the back of the Fourth Prince, and slowly drew the bow.

On the other side, a confidant mixed in the crowd raised a small crossbow and aimed at the Fourth Prince’s cheek.

The confidant hesitated for a moment, but still pulled the trigger. With a “bang”, the crossbow arrow left the string.

The Fourth Prince, whose face was ashen, suddenly felt a slight pain on his face. He subconsciously wiped it and his hand was covered in blood.

He was startled, and then felt a pain in his back. He reached behind him and touched the arrow shaft. Blood came out of his mouth. He murmured, “How is it possible?” and fell to the ground with a plop. Jia Yucun and others were startled.

“Your Highness!”

“Your Highness.”

Jia Yucun looked at the arrow shaft on the Fourth Prince’s back and shouted in panic, “Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician quickly!”

The shouts and cries of killing continued as the Fourth Prince’s men were hacked to the ground one after another, and more and more soldiers poured in.

The confidant was stunned and stood there in a daze.

The guard not far away walked over with a knife in hand.

With a flash of a knife, the confidant’s head flew off immediately!
The headless body paused for a moment before falling down with a bang, with the crossbow still tightly held in its hand!

The guard took the crossbow and arrows and slipped out of the crowd.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard again at the entrance of the alley, and then a group of soldiers appeared and ran towards the gate of the Fourth Prince’s mansion.

The soldiers guarding the door raised their swords and guns: “Who is it?”

“I am ordered to escort the Fourth Prince into the palace.”

The soldiers then saw clearly that the officers and soldiers coming from the opposite side were the imperial guards, and they all moved to the sides.

Walking in the front was the mighty General Feng Tang, followed by Li Hu and Heshen.

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, they pulled the reins to a stop and dismounted from their horses.

Feng Tang: “It seems that Prince Zhongshun has already wiped out the bandits.” He strode in.

He Shen put his hands together and said: “Amitabha, God bless you!”

Li Hu glanced at him, what a mess, and walked straight in.

Heshen hurriedly followed.

The road was littered with corpses, all of them servants and guards.

As soon as he stepped through the second door, Li Hu felt that the atmosphere was not right.

Sure enough, many people cried out from the backyard: “Your Highness! Your Highness!”

Li Hu and Feng Tang were both shocked and walked quickly to the backyard.

The huge backyard was filled with people kneeling, and only Prince Zhongshun was standing there with a gloomy face.

Jia Yucun, the housekeeper and all the generals cried around the fourth prince’s body.

Li Hu and Feng Tang walked in quickly and were stunned when they saw this scene.

Then Li Hu shouted, “Stop!”

All the sounds stopped abruptly, and everyone stood there, then turned their eyes over.

Li Hu and Feng Tang strode over, and then their faces changed.

Heshen also followed over, and when he saw it, his face turned pale!

“What’s going on?” Feng Tang’s voice trembled.

Li Hu looked towards Jia Yucun.

Jia Yucun told what he knew in a hoarse voice.

Feng Tang was at a loss and looked at Li Hu.

Li Hu took a look at the Fourth Prince’s body, and then said to Feng Tang: “Seal off this place and send the Fourth Prince’s body to the palace.”

Feng Tang: “Okay.”

Li Hu: “General Yuji, please wait for the order here. The rest of you, please escort the body of the Fourth Prince to the palace.”

Feng Tang immediately nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)