Chapter 22: It's Been a Long Time

"But... Jingda, why are you now... I wondered.

"Twelve years ago, I was at the age of a weak crown, and I was highly regarded by my father; That year, when the Birthday Gang was escorting the Imperial City, my father ordered me to lead a team of guards to the Imperial City 300 miles away to pick up the Birthday Gang into the Imperial City. When I received the task of my father's order, I did not dare to delay for a moment, and hurried day and night; When I received the birth gang was about to rush to the imperial city with all the samurai who originally belonged to escort the birth gang, suddenly countless arrows flew in all directions, and the field suddenly made a mess, with countless casualties, and everyone came to their senses and resisted in a group, and at this time, countless black-clothed masked masters rushed out from all directions, although my force was very extraordinary at that time, and the guards who led the team were more frequent, but the other party was numerous, and all of them were extraordinary, and everyone could not resist, we could only abandon the birthday gang and flee, but the black-clothed masked man simply ignored the birth gang, Still in hot pursuit, my guards had to fight to the death to escort me to escape, the guards were killed and wounded on the way to escape, I was also very seriously injured, and my cultivation skills were exhausted and there was not much left, I was forced to the top of the cliff by many black-clothed masked masters, and I had reached the end of the road, and at this time, the black-clothed masked master finally showed his true body. Do you know how shocked I was at the time? Do you know who killed me? Hahaha... Jingda paused for a moment, began to laugh, and then continued to say bitterly: "You can never imagine, who is going to kill me?" Hahaha... Hahaha... Do you know who I'm seeing?。。。 It's the eldest prince and the second prince! Hahaha... It was actually the eldest prince and the second prince, who personally led the team to kill me! Hahaha... I have always been deceived by their benevolent appearance and kind words to me! Hahaha... ”

"What?" I was shocked, and I couldn't believe that Jingda was actually attacked and killed by his own imperial brother; But when I thought about it again, there are many examples of such a ruthless attack on one's own brother in the imperial history of the former world that I know of the imperial history of the former world.

"I had been cornered by them, and my injuries were so severe that I jumped off the top of a cliff; You can't imagine the height of that cliff, I jumped into it as if I was above the clouds, I was desperate, but I miraculously survived, I didn't deserve to die. When I reached the bottom of the cliff, I had already fallen unconscious, but it was the villagers of Toda Village who were passing by who rescued me, and according to them, I was hanging on the top of a towering tree, and the thick treetop was broken at that time, and only a little bit was left attached to the trunk of the tree, and it was almost sunk to the ground, where did the people of Toda Village find me and rescue me. Jingda said bitterly again. Then he continued: "I was able to survive, thanks to my strong physical fitness, after so many years, if it weren't for the extraordinary foundation support before, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago, and it is a miracle that I can survive now." And although I survived, my appearance was ruined, and my skill cultivation could not be exerted at all, and I was almost lost. After my body basically recovered, I used a spar accessory left on my body, which was made of the kind of ore we had collected in the Xiao family's mine, and I used it to find a skilled charlatan warlock to completely change my voice, both in voice and appearance, to the slightest loss of my previous voice. After I changed my voice, I lived in seclusion in Toda Village, where I was an ordinary teacher. ”

"Jingda, haven't you ever been to the Imperial City again? Why don't you go to your father? I wondered.

"Looking for my father? Ha ha!... After I resumed operations, I went to the Imperial City several times. I had no skills at the time, and I was afraid that I would be dead before I even entered the palace door. At that time, I no longer dared to arbitrarily trust any people of the imperial court, and after the black-clothed masked man who chased me that day showed his figure, in addition to the eldest prince and the second prince, there were many figures I was familiar with, and I didn't dare to contact the people I had intersected before; And the only person I can trust, I don't want them to step into this troubled water. Jingda said sadly. Then he continued to recall: "I went to the imperial city several times and inquired about a lot of news. Everyone reported that the three princes were intercepted by bandits on the way to the imperial city when they received the birth gang, and the guards were killed and wounded, and the three princes were beheaded and burned by the thieves; His Majesty the Emperor was furious when he heard the news of the death of the third prince, and ordered a large army to hunt down the bandits, and after the bandits and thieves were caught, they were even more frank about their crimes. The most sad news for me was that my mother also died of depression when she learned of my death. Jingda said that when her mother was depressed and died, she hid her face and cried bitterly, her expression was sad, I grabbed Jingda's sleeve again, and listened to Jingda's story, seeing Jingda like this, I felt very uncomfortable at this time.

"My grandfather was the head of the Hu family in the imperial city, and he only gave birth to a son and a daughter, which were my uncle and mother; None of the Hu family entered the court as an official, but my mother married into the heavenly family and became a concubine of the Tangli royal family. At that time, the crown prince had not yet been established, except for the eldest prince, the second prince and me, the rest of the princes were very young, naturally the three of us became the popular candidates for the prince at that time, and I was valued by my father because of my mother's relationship, and the ministers were even more supportive of me, and the eldest prince and the second prince also had a good relationship with me on weekdays, often chatting and singing. Jingda paused for a while and continued: "After the news of my death came out, in addition to my father's order to hunt down the bandits, I heard that my grandfather's family was even more fully mobilized to hunt down the bandits between the bloody blades; However, how did they know that the bandits they chased and killed were just scapegoats for the eldest prince and the second prince! It's just that I still don't understand why the leader of the bandits should bear the charge for the eldest prince and the second prince? ”