novelhk Chapter 153 No One Can Save
Chapter 153 No One Can Save
Liu Dexia shouted, taking the opportunity to wink at the young eunuch beside him.
The young eunuch was already scared silly, but when he saw Liu Dexia winking at them, he reacted and got up to report the news.
Without waiting for Zhou Chang's orders, Gao Yuan jumped up and kicked two of them down one by one.
The skinny monkey was also quick-witted. He grabbed one and punched him in the face.
Gao Yuan knocked down two of them and flew off the stage, grabbed the fastest one, and carried him back to the stands like a chicken.
"Now is not the time, now is not the time..." Zhou Chang stood there without moving, but he was speaking to King Yi's consciousness in his heart.
Even so, he couldn't control his hands, and with one force, the knife directly cut the skin on the back of Liu Dexia's neck.
"Ah——" Liu Dexia felt a pain on the back of his neck, and a sticky liquid flowed down from the back of his neck.
I covered it with my hand and saw that my palm was covered with bright red blood.
Liu Dexia didn't expect that Prince Yi would really dare to do it. He was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.
Zhou Chang didn't care, as long as Liu Dexia didn't die on the spot.
He raised his head and looked at the bright sun in the sky again, remaining calm and composed: "Gao Yuan, there's no need to exert so much effort. Didn't the commander-in-chief say yesterday that if there's anything, just tell his imperial guards. Go call two imperial guards to come and help."
After a while, several imperial guards guarding the side door were called over.
Tang Mao also received the letter and rushed over: "I am Tang Mao, the commander of the imperial guards, and I am here to see His Royal Highness Prince Yi. Does His Royal Highness have any instructions?"
When the imperial guards saw Zhou Chang holding a knife to the eunuch's neck, they pretended not to see anything.
Zhou Chang glanced at them and said, "Find two people to keep an eye on these little eunuchs who are trying to cause trouble."
"Yes." Tang Mao just obeyed the order.
What the imperial guards disdained most were the eunuchs who spoke in a sarcastic tone, so they agreed without hesitation.
Several imperial guards came up behind Tang Mao, each picked up one eunuch easily, and dragged all four little eunuchs away.
Since Liu Dexia had already collapsed on the ground, Zhou Chang took back the knife and handed it back to Tang Mao: "Thank you, Governor Tang. I will handle the rest myself."
Tang Mao took the knife and scabbard from Zhou Chang's hand, and led his men to retreat with a bow.
Prince Yi kicked Liu Dexia uncontrollably, and Zhou Chang had no choice but to follow suit and say something harsh: "Today I want money or my life, you have to choose one, otherwise you can't leave here unscathed."
Liu Dexia was in deep sorrow: "Your Highness Prince Yi..."
"Ninth brother, you are here indeed." At this moment, someone suddenly greeted him from afar.
Zhou Chang followed the reputation and saw a group of people coming from the north gate of the West Parade Ground. The first person in the group was Prince Rong Feng Duo, and several officials followed behind him.
"Brother Prince Rong?" Zhou Chang turned away from Liu Dexia and bowed.
Prince Rong walked slowly onto the stands, and several officials following him saluted Zhou Chang together.
Zhou Chang was unfamiliar with all of them, so he just glanced past them.
Just as Prince Rong was about to speak, Liu Dexia rushed over, fell to his feet and cried, "Your Highness Prince Rong, Your Highness Prince Rong, help me, Your Highness Prince Yi is going to kill me."
Shouhou and Gao Yuan quickly dragged Liu Dexia back.
"What's going on?" Prince Rong was wearing court robes, which obviously had not been changed since the morning court session.
Zhou Chang snorted in his heart, but said calmly: "It's not as exaggerated as this servant said. Brother Rong, don't worry about it. Please take a seat."
A young eunuch had already brought another chair and placed it next to Zhou Chang's chair.
"It's good that nothing happened. After all, this is still the palace area. We should be cautious in everything." Prince Rong seemed to be in no hurry to sit down, and looked towards the west training ground. "Moreover, you are now entrusted with an important task. These ten thousand bottles of jade muscle cream are related to the one hundred thousand soldiers of the emperor. You can't be careless."
"Yes, don't worry, Brother Prince Rong." Zhou Chang accepted Prince Rong's concern.
"Alas, I should have come to see you yesterday, but unfortunately I didn't have time." Prince Rong patted Zhou Chang's shoulder, his brows full of melancholy, "The weather this year is abnormal, and the cold winter has come several months early. At the morning court today, all the court officials were very worried about this. I heard that Fifth Brother originally planned to take advantage of the recovery of the morale of my three armies to launch a counterattack, but it was interrupted by the heavy snow. Is it God's will? What a pity."
The fifth brother mentioned by Prince Rong is Prince Xian Feng Zheng.
"Brother Rong, rest assured. As long as nothing goes wrong, I will be able to deliver this batch of Jade Skin Cream in time." Zhou Chang hoped that this war could be won more than anyone else. "With this batch of military supplies, I believe that Brother Xian will surely win a great victory."
Prince Rong didn't say anything, but his expression was not so optimistic. He even hinted to Zhou Chang that he should borrow his time to talk, and walked to a corner of the stands.
Zhou Chang followed.
Prince Rong said to the two of them so that they could hear clearly: "Ninth brother, at the court this morning, some people were quite dissatisfied with your preparation of frostbite cream, mainly because of the cost. Some people thought the price you asked was too high, it was really too much..."
"What did the emperor say?" Zhou Chang thought about how he had just asked Emperor Lin for another ten thousand taels of silver, but Emperor Lin didn't say anything more.
"What else can your father say? As long as we can win the war with the Mirage Kingdom, everything will be fine." Prince Rong smiled bitterly and sighed, worrying about the country and the people. "Alas, it's just that the people in the border town are suffering."
"Your Highness Prince Rong, Your Highness Prince Rong, please save me..." While the two were talking, Liu Dexia kept calling for help.
"Huh? What's going on? Is his neck bleeding?" Prince Rong's attention was drawn back to Liu Dexia's crying, and he discovered that the back of his neck was bleeding.
Liu Dexia shouted at the top of his lungs, and stretched out his bloodstained hand: "Your Highness Prince Rong, please save me. Your Highness Prince Yi really wants to kill me."
Zhou Chang looked down indifferently: "Humph, this servant lost the bet and wants to deny it, so just scare him. His life is worthless, I don't want it, but if he doesn't take out one thousand taels of silver today, it will definitely not work."
"One thousand taels of silver?" Prince Rong was surprised. "You bet one thousand taels of silver with a servant?"
Prince Yi wanted to kick him a few more times.
Zhou Chang was too lazy to explain: "If you don't take the silver today, even the king of heaven can't save you."
Liu Dexia struggled to break free from Gao Yuan and Shou Hou's shackles, crawled to Prince Rong's feet, and cried desperately: "Your Highness Prince Rong, please help me. It was Prince Yi who made me go to Huilan Garden in vain, and made me lose 1,000 taels of silver. 1,000 taels of silver is something I can't afford, and it's the same as asking for my life."
Prince Rong was obviously moved with sympathy: "Ninth brother, he is a servant in front of the emperor after all. If he is asked, he will be scolded by the emperor. What's more, the most important thing now is this batch of jade skin cream. There is no place to argue with a servant."
Even if Prince Rong said so, Zhou Chang would not just let it go: "Brother Rong, don't worry about it. It is only natural to accept defeat and repay debts. Even in front of my father, I will stand on the word 'reason'." "No matter what, it is always unforgivable for a person to fall into depravity under any excuse. The less loved one is, the more you should love yourself."