Chapter 616: The most painful thing is not death, but waiting for death

Spain is very strong and is the second global empire. The first global empire was Portugal. Later, Portugal gradually declined, and the Spanish royal family began to lead the globalization of the Age of Discovery, becoming the first empire on which the sun never sets.

Every year, the treasure ships were filled with silver, gold, jewelry, spices, and other luxurious items, and sent back to the mainland.

But going all out and staking everything to attack England is an act of gambling with the country's fate. This decision can definitely not be called wise, because Philip II gambled five times, a full five times, and every time he lost to heaven. He lost five times and still didn't lose everything, which shows Spain's foundation and blood tank.

Small countries like England and Japan love to gamble with the country's fate against big countries. If they lose, they at most grit their teeth and lie dormant. Hanging alone overseas, there is always a day to rise again. But if a big country loses, the profit of the small country is even more than the entire historical accumulation.

Kublai Khan went to attack Japan twice, and both lost to hydrology and celestial phenomena. Philip II attacked England five times, and also lost to hydrology and celestial phenomena.

This is the reason why the Great Ming is slowly planning it now. The Great Ming is not in a hurry. The Great Ming is so old, it must be steady, be able to hold its breath, and be like a wise man sitting by the river, quietly watching the enemy's corpse slowly floating past the river surface.

Zhu Yijun handled a number of diplomatic affairs, lent money to Portugal, sold twenty five-masted ocean-going ships to Spain, expelled the French King's male favorite, humiliated England's envoy, replied to the deceased Ivan IV, etc. This diplomatic activity was very fruitful.

The Great Ming is flourishing.

The Great Ming's Assistant Minister Wang Chonggu's house is adjacent to the All-Jin Association Hall. Today is the day to return home to worship ancestors.

Serving as an official in the court, retirement is called "releasing to rely on relatives." Before retirement, one cannot return home, let alone a high official like Wang Chonggu. Even if he really retired, it would be building a big house in the Western Tucheng, not returning to Pucheng.

Before Wang Qian passed the imperial examination, it was always Wang Qian who returned home to worship ancestors. But now Wang Qian has also passed the imperial examination, and his hometown has become a distant memory. But recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan is also the Great Ming's culture and tradition. Wang Chonggu and Wang Qian cannot leave, so it is Wang Chonggu's younger brother, Wang Chongyi, who returns home to sweep the graves.

As the Great Ming's largest power-holding squire, with the dual status of monopoly class and official-selecting-official class, the Wang family's return home to worship ancestors naturally has no shortage of pomp. Just the carriages alone were twelve. Wang Chonggu held a grandson in his arms, a three-year-old child who couldn't even speak clearly, was curious about everything, and kept talking even though he couldn't speak clearly. Wang Qian's youngest son liked to pull Wang Chonggu's beard the most.

At this time, Wang Chonggu is not the Great Ming's Assistant Minister or the General Manager of the Government Factory, but a grandfather and elder brother.

"Fourth brother, this time returning home is much easier to walk than last time. Recently, the Jingying ran to the Taihang Mountains to suppress bandits, and it is much more peaceful. When you get home, apologize to the ancestors for me. Unfilial son, I can't go back this year," Wang Chonggu said to Wang Chongyi with a smile. Although he said he was humble and wanted to apologize, his tone was actually quite proud.

"Brother, what are you talking about! If Father and Mother have spirits underground, knowing that Brother is so powerful, they will definitely not think Brother is an unfilial son! They would probably scold me bloody-headed, saying I'm a useless thing, having been a foot-traveling merchant for a lifetime, and still a foot-traveling merchant in the end," Wang Chongyi said happily.

Wang Chonggu is not returning home to kowtow to the ancestral graves because he is the Assistant Minister of the Empire. The ancestors know and will not blame him, but will be gratified. Shining on the family and honoring the ancestors, Wang Chonggu, who has to open a separate page in the genealogy, will be the old ancestor that their old Wang family talks about from generation to generation in the future.

"Me? I'm just basking in the reflected glory of my son-in-law. Thanks to this kelp business of the 'Kelp King,' I finally have something worth bragging about in front of my parents." Whenever Wang Chongyi mentioned his son-in-law, Yao Guangqi, his eyes would light up. The old Yao family was truly blind and foolish; they gave up on such a promising child, and Wang Chongyi ended up picking up a massive bargain.

Kelp in Shandong doesn't make money, but the seafood business attached to kelp is quite profitable. So Wang Chongyi is now making big money while doing good deeds. After all, this kelp can really prevent goiter. Wang Chongyi's business is not at all guilty.

"Fourth brother, remember my instructions: absolutely do not disturb the local area. If the base scholars get a handle on it, I will be in a difficult position. Spend more silver, handle the road well, don't get anxious with people. You have this temper, you like to get anxious with people. You are so old, and you don't know how to be steady," Wang Chonggu put down the grandson in his arms and instructed Wang Chongyi not to disturb the local area.

"I know, I know." Wang Chongyi smiled, waved his hand, lifted his hem, got on the carriage, opened the carriage window, and said to Wang Chonggu with a smile: "Brother, I'm leaving."

Wang Chonggu put down the child in his hand and put both hands behind his back, watching the carriages go further and further away.

Wang Chonggu showed a gratified smile. He felt that he was worthy of the official position given by the Great Ming Emperor and worthy of the expectations of the Great Ming people. That was enough. History will have its own judgment on merits and demerits.

Wang Chonggu saw a figure rushing towards the carriage, and then there was a shocking loud noise.

"Boom! Bang bang bang!"

A flash of fire appeared, and then an extremely violent explosion sounded. The carriage carrying Wang Chongyi and his grandson soared into the air in the huge explosion, disintegrated in the air, and fell to the ground in pieces. The vehicle began to burn.

The smile on Wang Chonggu's face froze. He looked at the burning wreckage of the carriage in disbelief, watching his younger brother be blown to death alive just like that. He didn't know what had happened. He stood there stunned, with an unrealistic illusion. He didn't want this to be true, but this scene happened so suddenly, in an extremely peaceful atmosphere.

Blood was surging. The Great Ming Assistant Minister, who was stunned as if struck by lightning, looked sluggishly at the wreckage in front of him burning after the explosion. The sounds all around seemed to have disappeared completely. Shouting, firefighting, the collision of pots and pans, the smoke rising from the fusion of water and fire—he could see it all, but he couldn't hear it.

"Buzz."

Wang Chonggu felt a buzzing in his ears, and then the world turned upside down, and then everything in front of him was white.

"Father!" Wang Qian and Wang Chonggu stood together, also stunned by the sudden explosion. Seeing Wang Chonggu swaying and falling, he hurriedly reached out to support him.

On one side was his father whose life or death was uncertain, and on the other side was his youngest son whose life or death was uncertain. Wang Qian held his father without letting go, but shouted to the servants to put out the fire. The scene was quite noisy.

A long, long time later, Wang Chonggu felt that he had woken up, but he couldn't open his eyes no matter what. But he could hear sounds, very quiet, but he could hear small conversations.

"Imperial Physician Li, how is Assistant Minister Wang?"

"Sudden anger attacking the heart, fainted for a while. He will wake up in a while. There is no major problem, but he needs to rest for a few days."

"Commander, how is the investigation of the explosion case going?"

"Still investigating. There are very few clues. From the testimonies of everyone at the scene, it can be seen that someone held a lit gunpowder package and rushed to the carriage. Wang Chongyi, the Assistant Minister's brother, died on the spot. Wang Chongyi desperately protected his grandson in his arms. The grandson's arm was burned. Besides the attacker, a coachman died, and a personal guard was seriously injured and is in critical condition."

"The personal guard was sent out of the carriage to send the grandson out. The carriage was overturned and caught fire by the explosion. The personal guard used his last strength to send the grandson out."

"Your Majesty, the personal guard just now... died of his injuries."

A pile of sounds stuffed into Wang Chonggu's ears. Wang Chonggu became very angry. He knew that his younger brother, his only younger brother, was dead, and he died without a whole corpse. Only the grandson who liked to pull his beard escaped disaster under the protection of everyone.

The more angry Wang Chonggu was, the more he couldn't open his eyes and couldn't wake up.

Wang Chonggu felt someone sit down by the bed, and a hand was placed on him.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I should have thought of it earlier. I swear, no matter who it is, I will take revenge. Those who kill will be killed."

Wang Chonggu finally distinguished clearly that it was His Majesty by his side. He slowly opened his eyes, saw His Majesty's silhouette clearly, and then said: "Why did Your Majesty come?"

"Imperial Physician Li, Assistant Minister Wang is awake." Zhu Yijun did not answer, but asked Li Shizhen to come and take a good look.

Li Shizhen checked for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief, saying: "It's good that he is awake, he is already fine."

"I came here as soon as I heard the news. The Embroidered Uniform Guards are cleaning up the scene. Assistant Minister Wang should rest well. Leave this matter to me. Commander, dispatch two hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards to Wang Assistant Minister's house to prevent such accidents from happening again," Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and said: "It's all my fault. I should have thought of it earlier, I should have thought of it earlier."

"Your Majesty is a holy Emperor. Even if you try your best to guess their lower limit, you still overestimated their morality. I did too," Wang Chonggu supported himself and sat up. He was silent for a moment. There were no Embroidered Uniform Guards in their old Wang family, which was actually a tacit understanding between monarch and minister.

Wang Chonggu saw Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng by the bed.

Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Juzheng and then ruled out Zhang Juzheng's suspicion. It was not that Zhang Juzheng didn't want to kill him, but that if Zhang Juzheng wanted to kill him, he didn't need to play any explosion case. Last time, Zhang Juzheng directly surrounded Wang Chonggu's house with the Iron Forest Army. When Zhang Juzheng wanted to kill someone, it was always upright and bright.

Wang Chonggu looked at Qi Jiguang. He felt a bone-chilling coldness from Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang, who was very elegant and easygoing in the pass, was filled with murderous intent that kept people away. For the first time, he revealed the coldness of pointing his blade inward.

"Fourth brother shouldn't have died. The one who should have died is me." Wang Chonggu leaned against the bed and sighed, his expression a bit dim. He didn't wake up when he was angry, but after waking up, he was a bit heartbroken.

That carriage was his carriage. The one who was to be killed was him, Wang Chonggu. At that moment, he saw the carriage and rushed up.

"The ones who should die are these vermin. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the capital, they dare to openly assassinate the Great Ming Assistant Minister!" Zhu Yijun stood up and said: "Assistant Minister, rest well."

Zhu Yijun did not stay long. He wanted to find this daring rebel and then blow his whole family to the sky.

Until dusk, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, who were good at handling cases, found some ambiguous clues.

Zhao Mengyou said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, the person who held the gunpowder and rushed up is named Li Sanhu. Li Sanhu is an idle and degenerate person in the West City. He relied on the coal market and made a living by helping people push honeycomb coal. After the coal market was confiscated by Wang Assistant Minister, he lost his livelihood. I caught Li Sanhu's few fox friends and dog companions, and they all said Li Sanhu swore to kill Wang Chonggu."

"Cutting off someone's path to wealth is like killing someone's parents. Li Sanhu often said this to people. It seems to be an impulsive act."

"But Your Majesty, I discovered something during the investigation. After the coal market was confiscated by Wang Assistant Minister, Li Sanhu lost his livelihood, but he spent money lavishly and even went to the Taibai Building. Li Sanhu earned money by working one day at a time. He couldn't save enough money to go to the Taibai Building, where it costs ten taels of silver just to enter."

"And most importantly, the gunpowder. Gunpowder with such explosive power could definitely not be obtained by Li Sanhu. The gunpowder Li Sanhu carried was at most ten jin. The explosion of fireworks gunpowder cannot cause such huge power."

Zhu Yijun frowned and said: "Start investigating from who gave him the silver. That is one clue. Investigating the source of the gunpowder is another clue. Are there only these two clues?"

"I have another clue here," Zhao Mengyou said with a solemn expression: "The day before the explosion, someone bought out the Suiyuan Road and Suiyuan Mining, with a huge amount, exceeding 3 million silver."

"Hmm?!" Zhu Yijun sat up straight suddenly.

Government factories and government roads were the only ones that carried out subscription and betting on tickets in the Yanxing Building. And the day before Wang Chonggu was assassinated, they massively shorted Suiyuan Road and Suiyuan Mining. Obviously, someone received definite news that there would be an accidental event that would affect the price of the tickets.

Buying out and shorting are trading methods of the trading house. For example, if A thinks the price of Suiyuan Road tickets will fall, they will borrow tickets from B who has spot goods, sell them for cash, keep the cash, and when the ticket price falls, buy back the same amount of tickets to return to B. It is essentially a gamble.

Wang Chonggu is tied to the government factory group construction and the engineer corps camp method. Once Wang Chonggu is attacked and major bad news spreads, the price of Suiyuan tickets will definitely fall.

Wang Qian once said bluntly in "Analysis of Valuable Tickets" that the game of the trading house itself is to use information to seek profit. Leeks have no inside information. Even if they win for a while, they cannot win for a lifetime. There has never been a wealth myth. If there is, it is also deception.

"This is a long-planned assassination. It started after Wang Assistant Minister confiscated the coal market," Zhao Mengyou was very sure that there was a mastermind behind all this, not Li Sanhu's accidental act.

"Investigate. No matter who you find, even if you find the teacher," Zhu Yijun gave Zhao Mengyou the authority to investigate the case. He could investigate, and even if he found Zhang Juzheng, he would investigate to the end and never tolerate it.

Zhu Yijun has confidence in Zhang Juzheng. The reason for his confidence is that if Zhang Juzheng wanted to kill Wang Chonggu, he didn't need to play so dirty. If Zhang Juzheng wanted to kill Wang Chonggu, did he need to wait until now?

"I will go handle the case." Zhao Mengyou did not explain the difficulty of handling the case to His Majesty again. For the Embroidered Uniform Guards, as long as His Majesty wants to know, the Embroidered Uniform Guards can find out the truth.

Zhu Yijun's mood was very bad. Knowing that Wang Chonggu had betrayed his original class, and even pressed the Jin Party to brush up his reputation, he did not protect him in advance, leading to the tragedy. This was negligence, and he blamed himself very much. Wang Chongyi was also a treacherous merchant in the past. Later, after Wang Chonggu defected, Wang Chongyi began to do the kelp business.

Wang Chongyi, the coachman, and the personal guard should not have died.

"Your Majesty, not sending Embroidered Uniform Guards to Wang Assistant Minister is not Your Majesty's fault. That is Wang Assistant Minister's fault." Feng Bao had followed the Emperor for many years and knew very well the Emperor's mood now. His Majesty was blaming himself, feeling that he hadn't done well enough.

"Nonsense." Zhu Yijun knocked on the table, looking a bit dissatisfied.

Feng Bao bowed again and said: "Your Majesty not sending Embroidered Uniform Guards to Wang Assistant Minister is not because Wang Assistant Minister was originally a treacherous official who usurped power? Later, he turned over a new leaf and returned to the right path. But if Your Majesty sent Embroidered Uniform Guards over, it would have a sense of surveillance, which is not beneficial to the monarch and minister."

Feng Bao testified that His Majesty really had the idea of sending people to protect Wang Chonggu. Although Wang Chonggu was a power-holding squire and had his own retainers, they were not professional enough, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards were extremely professional. Zhu Yijun sent Luo Sigong to Zhang Juzheng. Everyone knew that Luo Sigong would block a knife for His Majesty without hesitation, but His Majesty still sent Luo Sigong to Zhang Juzheng.

And Zhang Juzheng would not think that His Majesty sent people to monitor him or control him.

But Wang Chonggu was different. Wang Chonggu himself was a rebel. If the Emperor sent Embroidered Uniform Guards over, wouldn't that be forcing Wang Chonggu to commit suicide?

It was really inappropriate before.

"You are very right, but if Wang Assistant Minister hadn't changed his flag, he wouldn't have suffered such a disaster." Zhu Yijun accepted Feng Bao's statement. Not sending Embroidered Uniform Guards to Wang Chonggu was to prevent suspicion between monarch and minister. It was indeed a tacit understanding between monarch and minister.

But the incident happened in the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, assassinating a minister, which is equal to not putting Zhu Yijun, this Emperor, in his eyes.

"If Wang Assistant Minister hadn't changed his flag, he would have been executed along with Zhang Siwei long ago," Feng Bao still insisted. In the whole matter, His Majesty was not wrong.

If Wang Chonggu were like Zhang Juzheng, then the Emperor could certainly send Embroidered Uniform Guards to protect him without any scruples, without waiting for the tragedy to happen before carrying it out.

The next morning, before the court deliberation began, Zhao Mengyou reported the results of the investigation with red eyes. It turned out that Xu Youren, who controlled the coal market, and the Xu family were the major suspects. All three clues pointed to the Xu family.

"Go raid the house, dig three feet into the ground." Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair on the moon platform, wrote a vermilion rescript in his own hand, and then took the blank imperial warrant that Wang Chonggu had given him, and wrote the house-raiding matter on the blank imperial warrant.

Wang Chonggu gave His Majesty ten blank imperial warrants. That was after His Majesty personally executed Chen Youren, who slandered the Qi family army for pacifying the Japanese and beautified the Japanese pirates, in the street. To prevent the imperial power and the legal process from conflicting, Wang Chonggu got ten blank imperial warrants and sent them to the palace.

The yellow paper case and the white paper case would be criticized by others, but there would be no problem with the Ministry of Justice's imperial warrant.

These ten blank imperial warrants were used for the first time because Wang Chonggu's family was blown up. Zhu Yijun bypassed the Ministry of Justice for the first time. He believed in the Embroidered Uniform Guards and would not shoot without a target. Since they dared to say it in front of the Emperor, it meant that the guards had found solid evidence.

Zhang Juzheng watched all this happen silently, but did not stop it. Today, someone dared to kill Wang Chonggu, and tomorrow someone would dare to kill him, Zhang Juzheng. This kind of political violence must be met with violence. The process should be simplified and fast. Only by detecting and executing as quickly as possible can it have a deterrent effect.

"Your Majesty, the capital prohibits fireworks and firecrackers. All gunpowder is not allowed to enter the capital. I think the Shun Tian Prefecture Assistant Wang Xiyuan has an inescapable responsibility for negligence and should be demoted three levels and make amends for his crimes."

"The Wucheng Patrol Censor and the Wucheng Military Horse Division Commandant should also be fined one year's salary to observe their future performance."

After Zhao Mengyou left, Zhang Juzheng began to hold people accountable. The first accountability was directed at Wang Xiyuan.

Wang Xiyuan ran to the Emperor last time and cried, saying that this capital prefecture assistant was not easy to do, and here it comes. If something goes wrong, it's a stick.

Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and accepted Zhang Juzheng's accountability. The flow of the nine gates is very large, and the coming and going of commercial goods is extremely frequent. It is indeed very difficult. And it is the same if it is not assassinated in the capital city, it can also be done outside the city, but it should indeed be held accountable. If it is not done well, someone must take responsibility.

Wang Chonggu was absent from the court deliberation. He was resting, and the imperial physician was also at his mansion, so there would be no accidents.

Before the court deliberation ended, the Embroidered Uniform Guards reported that the house raid had found written evidence, physical evidence, and human evidence. The evidence was solid. The Xu family's eldest son, Xu Zhaode, who was responsible for communicating with Li Sanhu, the gatekeeper, the concubine, and others were also detained and brought to justice by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

"Dispatch 10,000 jin of gunpowder from the Armory and send it to the Xu family. I want to blow their Xu family to the sky!" Zhu Yijun stood up immediately after hearing the report and ordered Qi Jiguang to send 10,000 jin of gunpowder to blow the Xu family to the sky.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng hurriedly stood up and bowed.

"Does the teacher want to stop me?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.

"No, I want to go watch the fun." Zhang Juzheng shook his head. Zhang Juzheng is also a cabinet minister of the Great Ming. He also has brothers, sons, and grandsons. He would not stop it, but go watch the fun.

"Let's go together, let's go together."

Zhu Yijun led the Embroidered Uniform Guards and rushed to the Western Tucheng. One thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards ordered 10,000 jin of gunpowder from the Wang Gong Factory, transported the gunpowder to the Western Tucheng Xu family mansion, and then began to arrange it quickly.

The Great Ming once used gunpowder to mine in the Shengzhou leaking coal mine. For how to blow the Xu family to the sky, it was not a technical problem.

Zhu Yijun arrived in front of the Xu family mansion in the Western Tucheng. He didn't even enter the door. Four little eunuchs moved the dragon chair over. The Great Ming Emperor sat in front of the door, looking exactly like a bandit seeking revenge.

"Xu Zhaode, don't you usually scold me for being violent?! I will show you how violent I am today! Dare to kill my people!" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Zhaode, who was pressed to the ground by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and said sternly.

"Revenge for my father? Why can't I kill him!" Xu Zhaode struggled twice and roared angrily.

"Revenge for your father? Are you really avenging your father? What is your intention in buying out the Suiyuan Road tickets? Venting private anger and seeking huge profit is venting anger and seeking profit. Why pull the banner of revenge for your father? The one who killed your father was the national law! Not the Minister of Justice Wang Chonggu!" Zhu Yijun sneered. This person was about to die, and he was still stubborn here.

The Great Ming Embroidered Uniform Guards had investigated everything clearly, including which concubine's room he spent the night in last Mid-Autumn Festival. Xu Zhaode was definitely not just avenging his father.

"Throw him in!" Zhu Yijun didn't bother to pay attention to him, let the guards block his mouth, tied him up, threw him back into the Xu family mansion, and sent him to the sky with their Xu family.

"Light the fire!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand and was about to do it.

"Wait." A very urgent voice sounded.

Everyone looked at the person who came, and only then saw it was Wang Chonggu, who rushed over in a hurry after receiving the news, asking His Majesty to stop.

"Your Majesty, don't blow it up. According to the Great Ming law, the death penalty should be reviewed three times. Only after the investigation is clear can the beheading be judged," Wang Chonggu bowed and said: "I am the Minister of Justice. Being so rash will cause criticism. It is truly killing people like grass."

"Xu Zhaode admitted it himself!" Zhu Yijun pointed to Xu Zhaode, who was thrown back, and said: "Is this also killing people like grass? The ministers are all here, and the guards are also here. Everyone can testify."

"Your Majesty, dealing with him is up to the national law." Wang Chonggu pointed to the imperial warrant in Zhao Mengyou's hand and said: "Your Majesty, it is not worth it for me."

The Emperor wants to blow the Xu family to the sky, which is a private lynching. Killing people without going through the process is a private lynching. At the beginning, the Chengzu Wen Emperor did not go through the process and killed Xie Jin. Later, the guard commander Ji Gang, who killed Xie Jin, was also sentenced to beheading.

"Isn't it just an imperial warrant? I will write one now, and review it three times now. Zhang Hong, prepare the brush and ink." Zhu Yijun felt that Wang Chonggu was a bit stubborn. Since Wang Chonggu wanted to review it three times, he would give it to him.

"Your Majesty." Wang Chonggu flicked his sleeves and made a gesture of wanting to kneel. He still wanted to remonstrate. His Majesty was fooling around. Wang Chonggu was talking about the strictness of national law, while His Majesty was trampling on the Great Ming's law. As the maker of the rules, His Majesty should maintain the rules.

"Alright, alright, don't kneel." Zhu Yijun waved his hand helplessly and said: "I should have been faster and lit the fire before the Assistant Minister arrived. I know what Wang Assistant Minister wants to say. Justice must not only be realized, but also realized in a way that people can see and recognize. That is justice."

Zhu Yijun naturally knew what Wang Chonggu was talking about. Wang Chonggu had been in charge of the Ministry of Justice for many years and was always nagging about these things. The Emperor naturally understood.

"Pull everyone out, raid it cleanly, and blow the Xu family mansion to the sky for me!" Zhu Yijun accepted Wang Chonggu's remonstrance, but only accepted half of it. The gunpowder had already been taken out of the warehouse, so there was no reason to pull it back. Even if he couldn't blow the people to the sky, he would blow the Xu family to the sky. He would do what he said.

Xu Zhaode was at the door, and he heard it clearly. He lay on the ground and showed an expression of surviving a disaster.

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Zhaode and said calmly: "Xu Zhaode, do you know what is the most painful thing for a person? It is not the moment of death, but the process of waiting for death."

"I tell you from my own experience that waiting for death is the most terrible thing." ===== CHAPTER 617 =====

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Zhaode and said calmly, "Xu Zhaode, do you know what is the most painful thing for a person? It is not the moment of death, but the process of waiting for it."

"I tell you from my own personal experience: waiting for death is the most terrifying thing."

Zhu Yijun had once waited for death in the midst of a cytokine storm; back then, he only hoped that death would come sooner.

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