Chapter 1038 Revenge
Although he would lose four thousand taels, at least he could recover part of his losses.
Fu Dong was unmoved: "What do I need money for? Do you think I'll be short of money after being with the princess for so many years?"
"Then...then how can you help me?"
It is not convenient to disturb Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan for such a trivial matter, and we cannot count on Jingzhao Yin.
Judging from the speed at which they handle the case, by the time they find the person, the money will have been squandered, so Fu Dong is the best candidate.
Huangfu Shang arrived at the agreed location, but found no one waiting. He pondered for a moment and decided to wait a little longer.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, he received a mysterious lantern and met a masked woman, full of questions.
After returning, he took apart the lantern and found a note inviting him to meet after leaving Beijing to discuss strategies to deal with Jiang Xue.
Although he suspected that this was a trap, considering that Jiang Xue had many enemies, perhaps the person who wrote the letter really had the ability to fight against her, so he decided to go to the appointment, not wanting to miss any opportunity to defeat her.
After waiting for about half an hour, he still didn't see anyone. It seemed that the other party either failed to come or was teasing him.
Just as he was about to leave, a cold female voice came from behind him: "Is this all the patience the Second Prince has?"
When I looked back, it was the masked woman in white that I saw that night.
Although I couldn't see her face clearly, her eyes were as lifeless as dead water.
"This prince is also patient, but it depends on whether the other party is worth my waiting."
The masked woman seemed to sneer: "So Second Prince thinks I am not worth your waiting?"
"If you don't dare to show your true face to others, how can you talk about your value?"
"The scarier thing in the world than ghosts and gods is the human heart. Second Prince, do you really think that seeing my true face will help our conversation today?"
"At least this way I think you are more sincere."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman took off her mask and revealed her true face.
Huangfu Shang couldn't help but gasp. He had never seen such an ugly face before. The wounds were all over the face, shocking. These wounds were not caused by swords or fire, but by beasts.
The woman put on her mask again and said to the Second Prince, "You should understand that I am not being disrespectful by hiding my face. I just don't want to offend you with this unbearable appearance."
"Who are you?"
She replied, "I am Ateli, the former princess of Southern Xinjiang."
Fu Dong saw the expectation in Jiang Xiaoan's eyes and finally said, "I can help you, but I don't need money."
"So what do you want? Pills or poison powder?" He thought the medicine he developed would be the most likely to impress her.
“Now I’m not interested in that stuff either.”
Fu Dong said: "Maybe I don't know what I really want now, so why not let you owe me a favor first, and then I can think of it later. You can't regret it then."
Jiang Xiaoan was overjoyed. Since Fu Dong agreed to help, the person who deceived him would be found soon.
"Whenever you think of this favor, I am willing to repay it and will never refuse."
Fudong nodded in agreement.
The story of how Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan stirred up trouble in southern Xinjiang, leading to the three princes, Arte, Artek and Mingzheng, killing each other and eventually a change of power spread far and wide.
Huangfu Shang originally thought that a cold-blooded woman like Jiang Xue would definitely be wiped out, but he didn't expect that Princess Ateli was still alive.
"Are you really Princess Ateli of Southern Xinjiang?"
"Absolutely."
"Didn't Jiang Xue kill you?"
"She did kill me."
Ateli's cold voice was filled with hatred: "From the moment my brother was forced to death by her, I was already dead.
Now I am nothing but a walking corpse, and all I want is to cut her into pieces one day to avenge my brother and nephews."
Huangfu Shang sneered, "Your three brothers are no match for her, and you want revenge? Isn't this a joke?"
"Of course I can't do it alone, but what about you, the Second Prince?"
Ateli responded coldly: "We all hate Jiang Xue to the core, why don't we join forces to deal with our common enemy?"
Huangfu Shang said sarcastically: “You want to join forces with this prince, then let me see your capital first.
If there is no good reason, why should I cooperate with you? That would be more direct and effective.”
"Since I was able to meet with His Royal Highness the Second Prince, I must have my reasons. After all, no one wants to do business at a loss."
Hearing this, Huangfu Shang narrowed his eyes: "Then can you tell me now, what is your capital?"
Ateli did not answer the question directly, but asked him instead: "Second Prince, do you know how these terrible scars on my face came about?" Huangfu Shang shook his head to indicate that he did not know.
"There are two kinds of poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang: one is beneficial, and the other is poisonous."
Ateli explained: "The scars on my face are from my poison training."
After Jiang Xue let her go, Ateli's heart was filled with desire for revenge.
However, she almost died from an illness due to her brother's overprotection.
Fortunately, a guard rescued her and began to teach her martial arts.
But she soon realized that martial arts alone could not get close to her enemies. In order to seek revenge, she decided to learn the more mysterious witchcraft.
The guard found a teacher for her who was good at poison.
Ateli studied hard and made rapid progress, but it was not easy to master the art of witchcraft.
Finally, she chose an extreme method: taking a large amount of poison and letting the insects eat away at her body.
If she succeeded, her power would increase greatly; if she failed, she would die. In the end, she survived, but her face was left with scars.
Ateli kept the scars because they were a constant reminder of her hatred.
Huangfu Shang understood what she meant: "Are you trying to say that you are proficient in the art of poison?"
"I am an expert in poison, and you, the Second Prince, have human resources. Why don't we join forces to fight our common enemy?" Ateli suggested.
Huangfu Shang showed a little interest, but he was about to return home.
Ateli suggested that she could deal with Jiang Xue herself as long as she provided some subordinates.
Hearing this, Huangfu Shang smiled: "So you want to use my people to get close to Jiang Xue and then use witchcraft to deal with her?"
"It's not Jiang Xue."
Ateli corrected him, "They have taken Yuan Gu Dan, so ordinary poison Gu is ineffective against them."
Facing Huangfu Shang's question, Ateli said confidently: "No matter how powerful Jiang Xue is, she also has weaknesses. As long as we find and attack this weakness, we can get revenge."
After hearing this, Huangfu Shang's smile became even more obvious.
Afterwards, after getting Fu Dong's promise of help, Jiang Xiaoan quickly handed her a portrait and asked her people to find the person in the painting.
Then the two came to a teahouse to rest.
Jiang Xiaoan was only thinking about his money and kept looking outside.
As time passed, he became more and more restless, and finally stood up and asked, "Commander Fu Dong, why is there still no news?"
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