Chapter 73: Massacre in All Directions!

  He strode out of the command center with a stern face, his whole body exuding an aura of murder, mounted his horse and was about to ride off. There were still several places he wanted to see reduced to ashes before he could comfort the spirit of his deceased grandson!

  Suddenly, in the darkness, it seemed as if the night was rippling, and a figure even blacker than the night appeared like a ghost. Although he was right before their eyes, everyone seemed to still be unable to see his true face.

  "Shadow? How did you come here? Was it His Majesty who sent you?" Jun Zhan Tian raised his head and asked.

  "This is bestowed by His Majesty." The shadow's hand rose, and a lightly floating white paper fell into Jun Zhan Tian's hands. The face in the mist seemed to smile, but it made him look even more eerie and terrifying. The voice instantly turned into an invisible line and drilled into Jun Zhan Tian's ear, saying: "His Majesty said that your grandson should not have died yet! And he asked me to bring you two words: Balance!"

  He emphasized the two words "balance". His voice was very dry and somewhat unwilling, as if he was not used to saying so many words at once.

  "Is Moye not dead?" Lord War's eyes gleamed with a sudden, wild joy. He immediately thought of the mysterious person he had entrusted: Could it be that he had rescued his grandson? Taking a step forward, he asked urgently: "Shadow, how severe are my grandson's injuries?"

  The shadow finished speaking and turned to leave, seemingly unwilling to stay for even a moment, as if he had no interest in the military's number one person in front of him. However, when Jun Zhan Tian asked a question, he reluctantly added a few more words: "Not dead, severely injured!" After finishing, he twisted his head and glanced at Jun Wu Yi beside Jun Zhan Tian with a hum, and then vanished into thin air.

  Jun's newly ignited hope was instantly extinguished by a splash of cold water, and for a moment he felt an icy chill all over his body! The shadow's last glance at Jun unintentionally reminded him that with Jun Mo Xie's injuries, he might not die, but probably wouldn't be stronger than Jun Wu Yi either.

  Your heart, which had just warmed up, was suddenly chilled to the bone! Could it be that I, the only heir of the Jun family, would also become a cripple?! At this thought, Old Master Jun's anger ignited, burning fiercely from the depths of his heart!

  Before this, those who often clashed with Sunzi were probably Meng's family and Li's family!

  Damn it! Whether today's matter has anything to do with you or not, I'll just take it out on you, consider yourselves unlucky!

  Jun Zhan Tian's face turned red with rage as he shouted, mounted his horse, and gritted his teeth: "The whole army follow me! Follow me to loot their homes!"

  It's really pitiful to see, the shadow looked at you with an unintentional glance, there was no 'reminder' as Master thought, in fact, there were other reasons...

  This night is destined to be a bloody night!

  With Jun's war cry shaking the heavens, a bloody haze enveloped the entire imperial capital!

  In the capital city, war horses are galloping back and forth. One after another, fires break out in the homes of high-ranking court officials, accompanied by the sound of clashing weapons and mournful cries.

  Before the shadows had a chance to move, countless black-clad figures seemed to emerge from the darkness like ghosts, already masked and jumping into the mansions of one official after another...

  In some officials' homes, they didn't even have time to resist before being slaughtered, with blood splattered everywhere...

  The Minister of Justice, Meng Zhiyu, and Li Qiao; the two men belonged to the Li and Meng families, and in the royalist faction, they were also on the side of the eldest prince. They had never gotten along with the Jun family, and tonight, these two families would be the first to suffer.

  The war drums were still beating intensely, several black-clad masked men jumped into the two families' courtyards, starting from the gatekeeper's guardhouse, and rushed all the way to the main hall, then to the bedroom. The two poor court officials didn't even have time to say a word before their heads were chopped off. Then no one in the family was spared, and soon flames shot up into the sky...

  When the old imperial censor, Tie Yan, heard the sound of war drums, he was filled with righteous indignation. He had been at odds with Jun Wanzhong for several years because his son had followed him to fight against the enemy, but was beheaded for resisting military law. Thinking that this was an opportunity to overthrow Jun Wanzhong, he got out of bed in the middle of the night and started drafting a memorial to impeach him. Just as he had written half of it, there was a loud crash at the door and windows, and several black-clad masked men rushed in like ghosts, snatched the unfinished memorial, glanced at it, sneered coldly, and brutally stuffed it into the old man's throat. Then with one swift slash of the knife, they cut off his head along with the memorial, splitting them in two!

  Another imperial censor, Zhou Mengcheng, who had previously impeached Jun Wu for being incompetent in battle after he was wounded and crippled, got drunk and climbed onto the body of his concubine, snoring loudly. However, he was caught naked and had his penis cut off with a knife, then stabbed through the heart with a sword. His naked corpse was hung from a tree in his own courtyard, staring at his own mansion engulfed in flames with eyes wide open...

  The other two officials from the Jun family's camp, Qian Wangguan and Wu Yun, who defected to the Second Prince's side, lived in a house near the city gate. As soon as they heard the sound of drums gathering at the Jun residence, they felt something was amiss. Knowing the old master Jun's temperament well, they made a wise decision on the spot, quickly packing up and preparing to leave the city overnight to avoid trouble. However, when they arrived at the city gate, they were surrounded by the iron cavalry of the imperial army!

  The leading officer shouted to catch the assassin while arrows rained down, giving no chance to distinguish, and directly ordered to kill! More than 100 people from the Qian family were turned into hedgehogs alive at the south city gate, their faces could not be distinguished...

  On the other side, nearly sixty people from the Wu family were killed at the west city gate, their bodies hacked to pieces and then doused with oil, burning fiercely, filling the nine heavens with the stench of charred corpses...

  By the side of these two corpses were erected two high wooden placards: The Assassin's End!

  There was also a single imperial censor, Shen Chongyun, who got up in the middle of the night to use the toilet. In the early morning, he was found with his white buttocks facing upwards and his head deeply inserted into the toilet pit, and it was unknown how long he had been suffocated to death...

  These officials who are usually in high positions and have great power, at this moment were like a group of lambs surrounded by a pack of wolves!

  For a moment, the entire capital was like doomsday! The old master's anger thoroughly burned the entire imperial city! Tonight's events far exceeded the emperor's expectations, directly causing him to shatter everything in sight after learning about it...

  The full display of your family's secret power, like a ghost or demon, crazily slaughtering and thirsting for blood, shocked the entire capital's high-ranking officials with blood and life on this unrestful night, and also deeply hurt many people. Many more were frightened to the point of being unable to end their days! Everyone was thinking and pondering, facing such an irresistible power, what should they do? Should they consider repositioning themselves?

  Especially the three princes, each gathered all their staff and held an emergency meeting overnight. The vast power of the Jun family was even more enviable to the three princes at this moment: if such power were in one's own hands...

  But in the process of negotiation, suddenly three royal palaces caught fire at the same time. Then countless beheaded heads with dripping blood were thrown in, scaring these three noble men almost to death. The palace guards searched extensively but couldn't find even a hair, and were chased back by the iron cavalry patrolling the city like geese...

  However, among the aristocratic families in the capital, there were exceptions, such as the Li family, the Meng family, and the Song family. These three powerful families, with their deep roots, quickly reacted to the sudden attack by the black-clad men, intercepting them and engaging in fierce battle, but still, waves of thick smoke accompanied the raging flames that burst forth...

  In the secret room of the Li family, several people listened to the shouting and killing sounds outside, all of whom were eager to rush out. Among them was a man in white clothes and white robes, over thirty years old, with a cold face and an arrogant appearance. From his figure and demeanor, he was indeed Bai Yuxuan, the high-ranking master who had killed Qin Hu and silenced him under the orders of Tang Wanli.

  The door opened and Li Yuran, the eldest son of the Li family, walked in.

  "Let me out, I'm going to go; these black-clothed men are at most at the Jade Profound level of cultivation, what's there to be afraid of? Any one of us can easily suppress them. I really don't understand, our own home has been attacked and yet you're still so slow to react? If they want to seek death, we should grant these ignorant fools their wish!" The white-clothed man furrowed his brow, his expression somewhat indignant. He had always been proud and aloof, when did he ever need to hide in a secret room like a coward?"