NCCnovel Chapter 311 Unkillable
Chapter 311 Unkillable
After putting down the letter, I suspected that I was hallucinating.
Xu Xiaojing said she likes me?
She actually likes me!
Before I had time to digest the emotion of whether it was surprise or joy, worry about Xu Xiaojing emerged from the depths of my heart, and I felt like I was in an ice cellar.
Isn’t Concubine Yun the legitimate daughter of the Yun family?
Isn’t she Taizong’s favorite concubine?
Even if those people wanted to harm her, wouldn't they have to be cautious?
I told myself to stay calm, yes, I still had some hope.
What I have to do now is to find Jiang Bin and test him out.
If he is really one of the accomplices who wanted to kill Yun Fei, then... just kill me too! I am willing to accompany Xu Xiaojing.
I tried to visit the Jiang family directly, but I couldn't even get through the threshold and was kicked out like I was filthy.
I smiled bitterly. It seemed that the false reputation bestowed upon me was of no use in the eyes of the aristocratic families.
I changed my mind and decided to find a way to sneak in this time.
I successfully sneaked into the Jiang family by disguising myself as a swill collector, but for some reason, Jiang Bin was not at home those few days, so I had to return empty-handed.
Until that day, I heard the kitchen maids talking about Concubine Yun being a demon who had "resurrected from the dead", and therefore she was executed by order of the Emperor himself.
I don't know how I walked out of the Jiang family's house. I was walking home like a zombie. People around me were talking about the sudden death of the Emperor's favorite Concubine Yun, which made my heart sink to the bottom.
When I arrived at the house I rented, Jiang Bin was standing outside the locked door, waiting for me.
"You came?"
I heard my own voice, which was extremely hoarse.
I don’t know if it’s because of my preconceived notion, but I felt that Jiang Bin looked very guilty and he was a little afraid to look at me.
Seeing that I was wearing a headgear, Jiang Bin couldn't help but ask me curiously.
I said, after listening to you and Xu Xiaojing, no, it was Yun Fei, talking about this method of making a wig, I became interested today and gave it a try. It actually worked for me, and when I walk on the street, I won't stand out like a monk, it's really interesting.
After hearing my explanation, Jiang Bin laughed dryly and said he didn't expect I would still have such interest.
I asked him why he hadn't come to see me for so long. Jiang Bin explained that he had been working in the palace recently and only had today to take a day off.
He brought me a bottle of good wine, and one that I guessed was laced with poison.
Seeing this, all hope in my heart was extinguished.
As Xu Xiaojing said in the letter, Jiang Bin participated in her murder and killed everyone who knew about their affair.
Before I put the wine glass to my mouth, I couldn't help but ask Jiang Bin about the news of Concubine Yun's death. He nodded to confirm it.
My eyes instantly lost all color, and everything in the world seemed to me to be rapidly decaying and fading. At that moment, I felt completely hopeless.
Under Jiang Bin's eager gaze, I drank the glass of wine.
Seeing this, Jiang Bin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. A deep sense of guilt flashed in his eyes, and he described to me the tragic situation before Yun Fei's death.
They tied her to a stake, piled oiled wood at her feet, and then burned her alive.
But she is Xu Xiaojing!
It was Xu Xiaojing who saved me and Jiang Bin many times!
It’s Xu Xiaojing who has never hurt anyone!
I seemed to hear miserable screams, and I smelled the smell of burning human fat. Xu Xiaojing was tied up tightly with her hands and feet, and was mercilessly swallowed by the fire.
They had countless ways to kill her, but they chose the one that would cause her the most painful death!
A powerful anger swept through my whole body, no, it was hatred!
I want to kill Jiang Bin right now to avenge Xu Xiaojing.
But the poison had already started to take effect, and I couldn't even lift my hands, let alone deal with Jiang Bin.
I lowered my eyes to hide the hatred in them, and told Jiang Bin that I was a little tired and wanted to take a nap, so I wouldn't see him off.
Jiang Bin was quite confident in the poison he had administered. He looked at me hesitantly, but finally left.
After Jiang Bin left, I induced vomiting to get rid of the remaining poison in my body, but that wasn't enough. Although the poison in my body wasn't fatal, it made me completely powerless, as if it would gradually paralyze my entire body.
But what Jiang Bin didn’t know was that my neighbor was an old doctor with a weird personality. He didn’t sit in the clinic, didn’t see patients, didn’t prescribe medicine, and even didn’t let others know that he was a doctor.
I discovered this matter by accident, and he also knew that I was a monk from Anruo Temple.
I used up my last bit of strength to crawl to the old doctor's house, and then fainted.
When I woke up again, I found myself sleeping in a carriage, which was moving very slowly towards the north.
Later I learned that the old doctor was Du Yannian, the former left-court judge of the Imperial Medical Service who was now idle at home. Because he had offended the powerful officials in the court, he was dismissed from his post and was not allowed to practice medicine.
Later, Du Yannian was reinstated for a period of time, but was once again ostracized and slandered, and finally his entire family was exiled to the northern border.
After returning to Anruo Temple, I became unusually taciturn. Although my senior brother didn't know what I had experienced during my travels, he provided me with a place to settle down.
But I don’t know whether it was Jiang Bin or the Lin family, who sent a group of assassins to carry out the assassination.
I survived.
Although the imperial court sent people to conduct a thorough investigation after learning that there was an assassination attempt in Anruo Temple, I knew that my situation was not safe.
So, I went crazy, completely crazy, and even my fellow brothers in the entire Anruo Temple didn't know that I was pretending to be crazy.
In order to accommodate me, he moved my residence to the most secluded area in the back mountain, which was exactly what I wanted.
I started practicing martial arts. In fact, I learned some kung fu from my master and senior brothers since I was a child.
Anruo Temple has not only literary monks but also martial monks, but I major in scriptures.
Every year, I would sneak back to Kyoto, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Jiang Bin.
Although there are many murderers who caused Xu Xiaojing's death, in my opinion, Jiang Bin is the one who deserves to die the most!
He and Xu Xiaojing came from the same world, and Xu Xiaojing had saved his life. However, for his inner selfish desires, he and others killed Xu Xiaojing and watched her being devoured by the fire. He is so cruel!
However, every assassination attempt I made failed!
It was too difficult for me alone to kill Jiang Bin who was heavily protected by guards.
So, I also began to slowly build up my own power. I thought that when I had more people under my command, the possibility of killing Jiang Bin would increase.
But Jiang Bin, who has the support of a noble family, is growing in power much faster than I am. This is something I should have thought of earlier.
The assassinations continued for ten years, and all ended in failure.
Jiang Bin's growth rate is so fast that I, who have to act crazy and stupid to survive, can't catch up with him.
But I never gave up. In this life, I only live to avenge Xu Xiaojing!