Ji Tianxing was delayed for a while by Yun Yao on his way back to Ji Mansion.
By the time he returned to Ji Mansion, it was already noon.
At this time, the news that he defeated the young prince Ji Ling and won the first place in the competition had already spread in the imperial city.
The entire Ji family had already heard the news, and countless people were delighted and very excited.
When Ji Tianxing stepped into the gate of Ji Mansion, the housekeeper and many Ji family members were waiting respectfully.
Seeing that everyone in the Ji family was in high spirits, he said a few words casually and let everyone disperse.
After returning to Qingfeng Courtyard, he immediately sent a letter to summon the deputy hall master Mu Shan to discuss matters.
The entry competition was over, and he successfully won first place, becoming famous all over the world.
Now, it's time to solve the internal problems in the Ji family!
A moment later, Mu Shan rushed into the small courtyard as fast as the wind, entered the room and saluted him.
"See Young Master!"
Ji Tianxing waved his hand to signal him to be polite, and asked with a solemn expression: "Mushan, is the second elder in the house?"
Mu Shan quickly reported the truth: "Young Master, just a quarter of an hour ago, the second elder and Ji Hao absconded privately, and now they have just escaped from the imperial city!"
"However, my subordinates followed the young master's orders and sent people to follow them secretly."
Ji Tianxing suddenly frowned, a cold light flashing in his eyes, "It's just as I expected! I had expected that Ji Rufeng and his son would escape!"
"Now that I, as the head of the family, have the power of the Ji family, won the first place in the competition, and become a disciple of the Qingtian Sect, Ji Rufeng has nothing to do with me."
"I was about to order his capture and punish his crimes in public, but he fled in fear of the crime, hum!"
Mu Shan quickly took out a stack of notes and a small jade bottle from his robe sleeves and handed them to Ji Tianxing.
"Young Master, these things are some incriminating evidence that my subordinates found from the secret room of the second elder. Please take a look at them."
Ji Tianxing took the note and the jade bottle and looked at them carefully.
Those pieces of paper were clearly secret letters between Ji Rufeng and the young prince Ji Ling, as well as receipts for secretly trading weapons.
And in that small jade bottle, there was still half a bottle of unused medicinal powder, which was obviously the auxiliary medicine of Mie Yuan Powder.
Ji Tianxing had long suspected that Youji's family secretly poisoned his father, Ji Changkong, which led to his father being poisoned the day the Ling family came to kill him.
Now that he saw the half bottle of medicinal powder, he finally confirmed that the person who poisoned it was his second uncle Ji Rufeng!
"The evidence of the crime is conclusive! Ji Rufeng, I will definitely make you pay with blood this time!"
Ji Tianxing shouted angrily, and immediately ordered: "Mushan, leave a few experts to keep an eye on the principals in the mansion, and we must not let them escape!"
"You call up the men immediately. I will personally lead the team to hunt down Ji Rufeng. I will never let him escape!"
"Yes!" Mu Shan accepted the order with clasped fists, immediately exited the room, and summoned the masters of Jianyingtang.
Ji Tianxing also quickly left Qingfeng Courtyard, found a fast horse chasing the wind, and was ready to set off.
Now, his father is seriously injured and is in retreat, and he will soon go to Qingtian Sect, leaving no one in the Ji family to take charge of the overall situation.
If Ji Rufeng comes back, no one in the Ji family can control him.
Therefore, Ji Tianxing has made up his mind to eradicate Ji Rufeng no matter what.
If this internal trouble is not eliminated, the Ji family will never have peace.
After a while, Ji Tianxing left Ji Mansion with Mu Shan and six Sword Shadow Hall masters.
Everyone left the imperial city and chased toward the west at lightning speed.
Every hour, Mu Shan would receive secret messages from his subordinates using the Swift Wind Bird, learning about Ji Rufeng's whereabouts and news.
Before I knew it, three hours had passed.
The sun has set and night is about to fall.
At this time, Ji Tianxing, Mu Shan and others had pursued for more than 300 miles, far away from the imperial city and entering the boundaries of Youzhou.
Ji Rufeng obviously also found out that someone was chasing him. Not only did he run with all his strength without stopping for a moment, he also fled into the mountains and ridges in order to get rid of the pursuer.
An hour later, Ji Tianxing, Mu Shan and others finally caught up with Ji Rufeng.
In the dark night, on the top of a mountain thousands of feet high.
Ji Rufeng, Ji Hao, and four guards wearing leather armor were standing in the open space, back to back, guarding each other with their horns.
The horses the six people were riding had long been abandoned at the foot of the mountain.
Ji Rufeng looked a little embarrassed, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and his eyes were open angrily, flashing with a frightening ferocious light.
He, like the four guards, all held their mysterious swords tightly and stared murderously at the masters of Sword Shadow Hall around them.
Ji Hao's face was earth-colored, his eyes were frightened and he hid in the crowd, and his whole body was trembling.
Eight masters from the Sword Shadow Hall spread out and surrounded them, approaching step by step.
Ji Tianxing strode into the venue with Mushan and stopped ten meters away from Ji Rufeng.
He looked at Ji Rufeng with a cold expression and shouted in a deep voice: "Ji Rufeng, you are so evil, do you still think you can escape?"
Ji Rufeng stared at Ji Tianxing with a gloomy face, pretending to be angry and asked: "Ji Tianxing! I just went to Youzhou to handle family business, why did you send someone to hunt me down?"
Seeing his reaction, Ji Tianxing immediately sneered and said, "Ji Rufeng, you still want to show off when you are about to die?"
"You sent a killer to assassinate me. According to the Ji family's rules, assassinating the legitimate son of the head of the family is punishable by death!"
"You wantonly destroyed the Ji family's foundation and secretly traded a large amount of mysterious weapons and equipment with the young prince. This is also a capital crime!"
"Also, you colluded with the Ling family, secretly poisoned the head of the family, and murdered the head of the family. It is still a capital crime!"
"Ji Rufeng, no matter which of the three major crimes you committed, I can execute you on the spot!"
Ji Rufeng's expression suddenly changed wildly, and deep hatred flashed in his eyes.
But he still refused to admit his crime and argued: "Ji Tianxing, these are all your words. You want to convict me of my crime. Do you have any evidence?"
"Without any evidence, why did you send people from Jianyingtang to hunt me down?"
"Do you want evidence?" Ji Tianxing sneered and waved a stack of notes and jade bottles in front of Ji Rufeng.
"This is the evidence! Open your eyes and see clearly!"
When Ji Rufeng saw the stack of notes and the jade bottle, he knew that he was completely exposed without reading the contents on the note.
His expression became ferocious, and he shouted coldly and with a bitter tone: "Ji Tianxing, I underestimated you too much!"
"Originally, today was supposed to be the day you died! But I didn't expect that a loser like you could rise again and defeat the young prince to win the first place in the competition!"
"I really regret not killing you sooner!"
"If you hadn't ruined it, my plan would have been accomplished long ago, and I have now taken back the position of the head of the family that should belong to me!"
Ji Tianxing shouted with a cold face: "Ji Rufeng! Even if you have acted recklessly and embezzled the Ji family's property these years, my father still cares about brotherly feelings and has never done anything to you."
"My father treated you like a brother, but you repaid kindness with hatred. Not only did you seek to seize the position of the head of the family, but you also wanted to kill us, father and son. You really committed a heinous crime, and death is not a pity!"
"Tonight, I will clean up the house for the Ji family!"