Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 622: Fake Death to Escape
Gao Jing quickly suppressed the dirty thoughts in his mind.

Then he said seriously: "Register it immediately, and I will go back and report to the emperor immediately."

The eunuch below immediately prepared the account book and brought it over according to Gao Jing's instructions.

Gao Jing picked up the account book and nodded, then led his men to the outside of the mansion. However, when he was about to leave the mansion, he stopped and said:

"After all, Eunuch Li was a former employee of the Emperor. You should give him some respect. Buy him a coffin and bury him in the suburbs."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

The young eunuch immediately prepared a fairly good coffin according to Gao Jing's instructions, put Old Li in it, and then ordered several servants to bury him in a mass grave in the suburbs.

This incident was not a small matter in the entire capital city. Although people below were spreading the news like crazy, no one dared to bring it to the surface.

After all, Old Li was just Jia Rui's servant, and Jia Rui didn't need the court ministers to interfere in how he dealt with his servants.

Massive graves.

It was already dark and in the distance, there were the sound of dogs barking and a few crows making ominous noises.

Suddenly, a grave mound shook, and then a hand stretched out from inside and pulled out.

If anyone saw this scene, they would be terrified.

Soon, the soil on the grave mound surged away, and a man covered in blood crawled out of the grave.

If someone knows him, they will find that this person is none other than Lao Li.

It turns out that although Lao Li appears to be a well-behaved boy in front of Jia Rui, he is actually a scheming guy.

For example, his progress in practicing the Sunflower Manual was much better than that of Qin Shun, another person who was practicing the Sunflower Manual.

Over the years, Lao Li has even had the feeling of being reborn from heaven.

However, although Lao Li was almost at the peak of his practice of the Sunflower Manual, every time he faced Jia Rui, he felt that he could not muster any strength to practice the Sunflower Manual.

This is obviously a complete crushing of realm and strength.

It was because of this that Lao Li thought of faking his death to escape.

Old Li thought that with his kung fu, as long as he left the Great Jin Kingdom and went to a foreign country, the world would be bright and promising for him.

Perhaps this disabled man could still become the ruler of a country.

His plan went very smoothly. Although he was hit by dozens of swords, he avoided vital points with the protection of the Sunflower Manual, so these were only superficial injuries.

As for severing his own heart meridians, it was a display of his profound martial arts skills, and he did it entirely for Gao Jing to see.

Now that he had come out of the tomb, he naturally felt refreshed. He then looked in the direction of the palace with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you still don't fully see through me."

But just as he finished speaking, he heard a few sneers in the distance.

"Haha, Your Majesty is right. Eunuch Li actually wants to fake his death and get away with it."

When Old Li heard this, he was so frightened that he suddenly came to his senses. Then he used his magical powers to look around.

I saw a few men in black walking out of the darkness.

These people have scars all over their faces, and it is impossible to tell what they originally looked like.

Old Li frowned. He knew Jia Rui's men thoroughly, but he had never heard of such a group of people.

"Everyone, which line are you on?"

"Don't ask anything else. Just be honest and get on your way."

After one of them finished speaking, he did not delay any longer and immediately flew up and rushed towards Lao Li. Lao Li had practiced the Sunflower Manual, and although this person was very skilled in martial arts, he was nothing in front of Lao Li.

Old Li dodged the man by dodging to the side like a ghost, then stretched out a finger and stabbed him in the ribs.

Just when he was about to stab this person, another person next to him suddenly slapped him with his palm.

The palm force was so fierce and overbearing that if Lao Li was hit by it, even if he had the Book of the Sunflower, his internal organs would be shattered.

Old Li didn't want to die with others, so he gave up assassinating the person in front of him and dodged quickly.

At this time, several other men in black also rushed forward, each using their own unique abilities to trap Lao Li in the middle.

However, although these people are highly skilled in martial arts and each of them possesses a unique skill, when they encounter Lao Li's Sunflower Manual, they can only barely fight Lao Li to a draw. As for restraining Lao Li, they do not have the ability to do so.

But Lao Li was not feeling well either. Although he did not take these people seriously when fighting one-on-one, once he was surrounded by these people, Lao Li felt like he was entangled in a spider web and could not move freely.

Just like that, seventy or eighty moves were over in the blink of an eye.

Originally, with Lao Li's mastery of the Sunflower Manual, seventy or eighty moves were no problem at all. But this time, for some reason, Lao Li felt that his sunflower internal force could not be raised.

Old Li was shocked.

The stalemate could not continue any longer, so Lao Li summoned up the remaining sunflower energy, trying to repel one person and then break through by force.

But unexpectedly, the people on the periphery did not fight with Lao Li. They all jumped out of the circle and then looked at Lao Li coldly from a distance.

Old Li is not a fool. When he saw this scene, he knew he had been tricked.

"What methods did you use?"

The leading black-clad man sneered, "Did Eunuch Li forget the life and death talisman?"

After hearing this, Old Li shuddered suddenly, as if he remembered some terrible past event that he didn't want to recall.

"I have obtained the antidote to the Life and Death Talisman. The Life and Death Talisman is no longer useful to me."

The man in black said coldly, "The Life and Death Talisman is the emperor's magical power. There is no antidote for it. Do you think it's the Three Corpses Brain Pill or something like that?"

After hearing this, Old Li turned pale.

The reason why Old Li was so confident was that after all these years by Jia Rui's side, he thought he had fully understood how to remove the life and death talisman.

But according to the man in black, his medicine is completely ineffective and only Jia Rui can take action himself to remove the disease.

At this time, the man in black took out a cloth bag from his arms and gently shook it towards Lao Li.

"The Emperor asked me to bring this thing. As long as you smell the fragrance of this thing, the life and death talisman in your body will take effect immediately."

Old Li now finally understood why his sunflower internal force could not be raised. It was because it was suppressed by the Life and Death Talisman.

Old Li no longer cared about the enemies. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began to use the Sunflower Manual, trying to suppress the slowly developing Life and Death Talisman.

But as soon as he used his sunflower internal energy, he felt an unusual soreness and numbness in his body.

The tingling and soreness became stronger and stronger, and his sunflower internal force was soon dispersed.

As time went by, Lao Li could no longer sit cross-legged and began to roll on the ground wailing.

Several men in black looked at Lao Li coldly, and no one spoke.

At this time, in order to reduce the numbness and soreness in his body, Old Li began to tear his body continuously.

Soon his flesh was torn into pieces, and even the bones and internal organs could be seen.

(End of this chapter)