Chapter 1297
He has a serious illness
Chapter 1297 He has a serious illness
"Get out! I don't need these external treatments anymore, just give me divine tea!" Master Zheng roared, his eyes turning red.
After a moment of silence outside the door, he said again, "Both the herbal decoction and the external medicine have been infused with divine tea, which will make Fourth Master feel even better."
Master Zheng became interested: "Then I'll give it a try. If I don't get any miraculous results, I'll cook the doctor who suggested this treatment!"
This?
"Yes," the person outside replied before daring to push the door open and enter.
He then said to the retainers and advisors inside the room, "I have prepared some divine tea for you gentlemen. If you wish to experience the wonders of tea, you may go and try it."
"Thank you for your generous reward, Fourth Master." The retainers and advisors bowed to Fourth Master Zheng and thanked him, then tactfully excused themselves.
However, compared to the divine tea that could produce wonderful sensations, the retainers and strategists preferred to soak in a medicinal bath and thoroughly wash themselves from head to toe ten or eight times!
Why?
Because Master Zheng is ill, seriously ill!
What serious illness?
The answer is: In modern times, terminal illnesses and venereal diseases are collectively referred to as venereal diseases.
It's very serious; it's progressed to the point where I have patchy baldness, skin ulcers, and almost daily fevers. When I go out to meet guests, I have to apply a layer of powder to cover my skin and use a strong sachet to mask the odor.
This Master Zheng came from Jiangnan and was a direct descendant of the prestigious Zheng family. His paternal uncle, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice in the capital, was also his cousin, so they were very closely related by blood.
Logically speaking, someone born with a silver spoon in his mouth shouldn't have contracted this disease, since his family would arrange for him to have a clean and respectable concubine.
Unfortunately, he was very curious and wanted to be a romantic and famous man, so he tried everything without any scruples, which led to him getting sick.
He had been actively treated for several years, but it was an incurable disease. The more he was treated, the worse it got, to the point that his own parents used various pretexts to move him out of the family mansion.
During the grand ancestral rites of the Lunar New Year and Qingming Festival, and the banquets held at the ancestral hall, he was always separated and eaten in a separate room, and the chairs he had sat in were burned.
Master Zheng was devastated and could only numb himself by drinking the "divine tea".
Later, even the divine tea stopped working, and he found that his memory was deteriorating and his temper was becoming increasingly irritable... He felt truly hopeless about life.
So when the Ming family found him, he decided to go all out and make a big scene. Anyway, that's how he was going to live, but he had to die in a way that would cause a sensation!
He also had to become a hero of powerful clans, so that those clans that mocked or despised him would have to kneel before his memorial tablet and kowtow to him during the annual grand festival of the clan alliance!
Indeed, just like the grand ceremonies of the imperial court, their powerful clans and families would also hold grand ceremonies in private to worship those who had made contributions to their clans and families.
Snapped!
"You dog of a servant, how dare you look down on me? Guards, drag him away and cook him!"
When the medicine was being applied, a servant who had been laid off saw the festering sores on his body and his eyes widened in horror. When Master Zheng saw this, he immediately slapped him across the face.
"Ah!" the servant cried out in terror, not from the pain, but from being frightened by the festering spots on Master Zheng's arm.
"Scared? Hahaha!" Master Zheng went mad, pounced on the sworn servant, hugged him tightly, and laughed so hard that the servant fainted.
"Bah, you dog slave... Guards, drag him away, dissect him alive, and feed him to the dogs!"
Upon hearing this, all the servants who were attending to him inside the room knelt down: "Yes, we obey."
Soon, the manager opened the door and let the assassin warrior in.
The assassins dragged the unconscious servant to a secluded courtyard, carrying out Master Zheng's orders.
The screams continued, but the small garden villa was large enough that even if outsiders could hear them, the sounds would be very quiet and wouldn't escalate to the point of reporting to the authorities. When Master Zheng finished applying the medicine, the assassins came to report with a food box.
He knocked on the door, entered, and opened the food box.
"Fourth Master, please take a look."
Master Zheng was not afraid and came to see for himself. Although the body was torn and disfigured, he could still recognize the sworn servant.
"Hmm, well done. You're entitled to an hour of leisure at the Xiaoyao Courtyard."
"This servant thanks you!" The assassins and martial artists were overjoyed. The Xiaoyao Courtyard had everything one could need for eating, drinking, playing, and sleeping. It even imitated the residence of the Grand Secretary Jin, with a small wine pool and a mountain of meat.
They were men who had lived on the edge of death, and since they were accompanying the Fourth Master to do this, their deaths were already imminent, so they were enjoying themselves as much as they could.
"Well, go and enjoy yourself." Master Zheng waved them away and then ordered, "Summon the strategists and continue to discuss and devise plans."
"Yes." The steward left and went to another courtyard to summon the retainers and advisors.
Several retainers and advisors thought to themselves: Master Zheng is really seriously ill. Except when he is applying medicine, he keeps them in the council chamber to discuss matters.
Even if there's nothing to discuss, they're expected to sit idly in the council chamber, waiting for his new orders.
Well... he really has a huge addiction to being an emperor, to strategizing, and to giving orders!
But their families are all in the hands of Young Master Ming. After this job, their families will receive support from the Aristocratic Family Alliance for three generations.
Supporting three generations is comparable to bestowing a title by the emperor. As long as their descendants are not useless, their family will surely rise to prominence after three generations, becoming a new elite who can reach the capital and the imperial court.
Why didn't they just go and serve the emperor?
After all, the emperor could offer more rewards, and those rewards were more legitimate.
A: Talent alone can't attract the emperor's attention. Do you think it's because we don't want to?!
"Fourth Master." The retainers and advisors entered and greeted him.
Master Zheng asked, "Has the plan we decided on been implemented?"
It is said that the blame for Lu Fenxu's death was shifted to the Qin family, the Prince of Ye, and General Liang's faction; and that the students of the local martial arts academy were falsely accused of being private soldiers raised by the Qin, Jiang, and Liang families for the Prince of Ye.
The advisor in charge of execution reported: "Reporting to Fourth Master, the news was released more than half an hour ago, and it should have caused a stir by now."
The city was indeed in an uproar.
The alliance of powerful clans is like an invisible imperial court, with its influence spreading like mycelium. At a single command, all parties carry out the order, and the effects are immediate.
Therefore, at this time, such tragedies occurred at the city gate where the disturbance took place (the east gate) and at the west gate (the gate leading to Daheng Prefecture, Qingfang Prefecture, Beixiong Prefecture, and Taizhou Prefecture), where people gathered to leave the city in search of a way to survive.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Their heads slammed against the city wall, blood and gore splattering everywhere. Before they died, they shouted, "Student Lu Fenxu discovered that the students of the Township Martial Arts Hall were private soldiers kept by certain families for a certain prince, and was subsequently murdered. His body is now lying in Wu Garden. Those who do not believe it can go to Wu Garden and see if student Lu Fenxu is dead. We risked our lives to expose the truth, knowing that we would surely die, so we went ahead!"
Some shouted: "This prince is the descendant of a wicked king, and now he has murdered students. He is an evil king! The Qin family must hand over the formula for the weapon to Lord Yan, and let Lord Yan escort the formula to the capital. We must not allow the formula to fall into the hands of the Qin family and the descendants of the wicked king! The weapon is a gift from heaven, belonging to the Great Wei, not to the Qin family or the descendants of the wicked king!"
No, not only is your mudslinging clumsy, but your demands are also going too far!
They just want the formula for a powerful weapon, they just want to destroy the Prince of Ye, whom Emperor Wuxing put forward to guard the capital city and unite the forces of all sides to resist the enemy.
"The soldiers are coming! Quickly form a human wall to block all our accomplices and capture those who are trying to cause trouble with their lives!" On the city wall, the Assistant Magistrate Ping was stunned by the sight. He hurriedly gave the order and shouted, "Go and fetch Assistant Magistrate Jiang, quickly!"
This matter is too big for him to handle; he has to bring Jiang, the Assistant Commissioner, into service.