Chapter 399 I Want to Live
Compared to the hustle and bustle outside, only two conversations could be heard from time to time in the box.
Huang Ting found that although the young man opposite was talking to her and his attitude was relatively gentle and polite compared to the previous two times, his mind was not on her.
The young man's eyes always glanced at the beautiful figure by the window, with a gentle smile on the corner of his lips.
This is the expression you get when you look at your sweetheart.
Huang Ting knows.
But she would rather not know now.
She bit her lips lightly under her veil, and seeing that there was only a shallow bottom of tea left in front of Xiao Jingfan, she suddenly stood up and picked up the teapot to refill his cup.
Her clothes were scented with fruity wood. When you leaned closer, the slightly sweet fruity wood aroma hit you in the face, making you unconsciously look towards the source of the fragrance.
Xiao Jingfan also looked up at the person who added tea for him.
Huang Ting looked at him without flinching, her beautiful eyes shy and timid, quite intoxicating.
The night wind blew by, and the veil's laces suddenly broke. The thin veil slowly dragged on the ground, revealing a pretty face.
At the same time, clear tea was poured into the cup, and ripples appeared on the surface.
Huang Ting seemed not to notice that her veil had fallen off, and she spoke softly, "Master Wang, tea—"
Before she could finish her words, a hand quickly reached out from the side, clamped her wrist like an iron palm, and twisted it behind her back.
"You dare to show off your tricks in front of us." Zhou Yuande snorted coldly, his voice no longer lowered deliberately, showing a bit of frightening sharpness.
"Ah!" Huang Ting's eyes were filled with tears because of the pain. She didn't notice Zhou Yuande's self-introduction because it happened so suddenly.
Chu Liuzheng heard the noise and turned around to see Zhou Yuande with a gloomy fat face. He used only one hand to press Huang Ting's upper body on the table.
[Eh? Why did Miss Huang's veil fall off?]
That’s right, Chu·Yekong·Liu Zheng’s first focus was on Huang Ting’s face.
[Miss Huang has a very attractive face. With her looks, she would be ranked at the top of the harem, right?]
"Let go!" Huang Ting struggled hard with tears in her eyes, but her strength was no match for Zhou Yuande's. She used all her strength, but couldn't get free.
She was afraid in her heart, but angrily questioned the young man opposite her: "Master Wang, is this how you treat guests?"
Xiao Jingfan picked up the teacup and shook it lightly, then suddenly turned his wrist and poured the entire cup of tea onto the table.
The surface of the table is painted, bright and clean, and anything else on it will be very conspicuous.
The tea slowly spread across the table. Under the bright candlelight, a rice-sized, almost transparent ball appeared in the tea that should have been empty.
Xiao Jingfan glanced at the ball for a few seconds, raised his eyebrows, and said in a cold voice: "Is this how Miss Huang treats guests?"
"I don't understand what you're saying." Huang Ting frowned, tears welling up in her eyes. "The tea belongs to your private room. Even if something dirty got mixed in, it's the waiter's fault. What does it have to do with me, a guest?"
She deliberately emphasized the word "guest", thinking that she had to take the children of wealthy families into consideration.
Xiao Jingfan didn't have time to listen to her excuses and winked at Zhou Yuande.
Zhou Yuande pulled Huang Ting up with his arms, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and without blinking, he dislocated her shoulder joints and pushed her towards Lu Fei.
Lu Fei:?
Why push it to him?
This woman wants to put a curse on His Majesty, assassinate the emperor and kill him, and be done with it.
But Xiao Jingfan ordered, "Take him back to the barracks."
Lu Fei looked at him. Did he take a fancy to him?
But looking at his expression, it doesn't look like that.
He had countless guesses in his mind, but his movements were quick and decisive. There was no rope in the box, so he tore down the gauze curtains and twisted them into a rope, tied the man up and threw him against the wall, ready to take him with him when he left.
"Ugh." Huang Ting unconsciously let out a few groans of pain.
How could a delicate young lady like her endure such rough treatment? She fainted from the pain when Zhou Yuande dislocated her shoulder joint.
[Tsk, he actually dared to attack the tyrant. Even if he doesn't kill all his clans, he'll have to execute his entire family. Even if the tyrant doesn't know that Master Huang is selling stolen goods for the pirates of Wangyue Island, he can still execute this scum who aided and abetted the tyrant.]
Chu Liuzheng was delighted to hear this, thinking that maybe he wouldn't have to wait for a thorough investigation, he could follow the Huang Mansion's lead to Wangyue Island and catch all the pirates in one fell swoop!
Tongniang stepped forward and put the insect egg on the table into the bottle.
At this moment, golden fireworks exploded in the sky, and amid the cheers of the people, the door of the box was knocked.
Three long and one short is the agreed way of knocking.
The box suddenly became quiet.
Xiao Jingfan said: "Open the door."
Zhou Yuande walked over and opened the door. He was relieved to see that the people coming were Xiao Dahe and Xuan.
He glanced at the sack on Xiao Da's shoulder and asked, "Is it done?"
Xiao Da nodded and walked into the box with Ping Xuan.
Tong Niang didn't see Jiang Yao and asked hurriedly, "Where is my young lady?"
"Master Jiang has gone to deal with those medicine men." Xiao Dadao said, "She asked me to tell you not to worry about her."
Tongniang nodded, but she was still worried because she couldn't see her young lady return safely.
Chu Liuzheng comforted her softly and listened attentively to Xiao Da's report.
When Chu Liuzheng heard that it was Ping Xuan who used his own blood to betray his master Yin Lanci, which turned the capture operation from difficult mode to easy mode, he couldn't help but look at the young man with a delicate face several more times.
[This is true hatred, even resorting to methods that injure the enemy by a thousand while injuring oneself by eight hundred.]
After listening to Xiao Da's report, Xiao Jingfan frowned and looked at Ping Xuan: "Why are you interfering?"
"I only have this one chance." Ping Xuan looked straight at him, his lips pursed, "I want to live."
[Tsk tsk, Yin Lanci hates traitors the most. If Ping Xuan doesn't do something, he'll be the first to die when the two sides fight.]
Chu Liuzheng glanced at Xiao Jingfan's cold expression.
[Or rather, the tyrant dog. If Ping Xuan hadn't been on guard against him, he would have met his death by now.]
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
Which side is this woman on?
Ping Xuan asked, "Your Majesty, you made a promise, are you going to go back on your word now?"
For both public and private reasons, Xiao Jingfan didn't want Ping Xuan to live.
But the emperor has to save face.
So Pingxuan was able to survive for the time being.
After getting the answer he wanted, Ping Xuan quietly retreated to the wall, lowered his eyes to glance at Huang Ting who was tied up on the ground, and a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his lips.
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The wonderful magic show came to an end, and in the floating fragrance, the people fell into a deep sleep, unconscious.
The cold white moonlight cast a veil over them.
The melee in the city lasted until midnight.
At dawn, Jiang Yao walked on the morning dew back to Xiyuan, carrying a bag filled with three human heads, namely a red mill, a white bowl and a black cauldron.
Qingju was seriously injured, but managed to escape. The secret guards were chasing him.
"According to the agreement, after you ask for what you want, Yin Lanci will be mine." Jiang Yao looked directly at Xiao Jingfan and threw the bag on the ground.
All the strange lines on her face disappeared, her fair skin took on a transparent texture in the morning light, and her lips were so pale that there was not a trace of blood, as if they were about to melt in the morning light.
Tong Niang hurried forward to support her and called out worriedly, "Miss."
(End of this chapter)
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