Seeing Zhang Shixun coming in, Zhao Ji seemed to have seen a savior and blurted out: "Shixun, save me."
"Pah!" The skinny monkey slapped him on the face with a dagger. "Old Zhao, stop it! Listen carefully and I'll tell you about life."
"How dare you! Who are you?" Zhang Shixun asked in a pretentious manner.
"I am a Liangshan hero, Shi Qian, the flea on the drum. Who are you?"
"I am Zhang Shixun." Zhang Shixun bowed to him, "Please show mercy and let this great man go."
Shi Qian rolled his eyes and said, "No!"
"Even if you don't let go, you can't ride on someone's neck. How can that be considered decent?"
"If it were more respectful, Grandpa wouldn't have rebelled."
"I wonder why this man kidnapped this great official?"
"Bah! Bullshit Great Official." Shi Qian slapped Zhao Ji's cheek with his dagger and sneered at Zhang Shixun: "You don't have to keep saying Great Official. Do you think I don't know that he is a dog emperor?"
"You are mistaken. The emperor is not here. He is in the palace."
"Humph! You underestimate me too much. If I didn't know he was the emperor, how could I, a flea, ride on his neck so casually?" He said, shaking his little butt: "It is because he is the emperor that I ride on his neck... Ouch! I need to poop."
Everyone in the room looked at each other.
"Don't do that!" Zhang Shixun took a step forward.
"Mr. Zhang, if you dare to take another step forward, I will not be polite." Shi Qian said as he lightly scratched Zhao Ji's neck with the dagger, and bright red blood oozed out.
Zhao Ji was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.
"Calm down, man. Don't be impulsive." Zhang Shixun took a step back and threw the bench leg on the ground. "Just tell me what you want. Everything is negotiable."
"Grandpa doesn't want anything. The old emperor is such a piece of shit. I want to talk to him about life."
Talk about life?
When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.
Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.
Holding the emperor hostage just to talk to him about life?
Zhao Ji could hardly hold on any longer and his waist began to bend.
"Stand up straight and sit properly!" The flea on the drum slapped him on the head. "You're such a grown-up, but you don't know how to sit properly. How can you be the emperor?"
Zhao Ji did not dare to disobey. He supported himself on the armrests with both hands and forced himself to sit up straight.
"You useless thing! You're almost ruining the great kingdom left to you by our great ancestor... Damn it! You're already an adult, but you don't do anything serious all day long. All you do is play around."
Everyone in the room was silent, staring blankly at the flea on the drum.
"As an emperor, instead of governing the country properly, he spends all his time playing around, playing with balls, building rockeries, and visiting brothels. What kind of things are he playing with?"
Zhang Shixun suppressed his laughter and took a step forward. "Drum hero, could you please come down first?"
Shi Qian glared at him and said, "Grandpa's surname isn't Gu, only yours, and your whole family's surname is Gu."
"You just said your name was Drum Flea."
"I'll tell you again, my grandfather's surname is Shi Qian—Shi Qian. The heroes of Liang Shanbo were so good at talking that they gave me a resounding nickname—the flea on the drum. Remember this time. If you dare to call me that wrong again, I'll pull off the dog emperor's ears and feed them to the dogs."
"So it's Shi Yingxiong. I'm honored to meet you," Zhang Shixun said, bowing solemnly. "If Shi Yingxiong really wants to discuss life with this great gentleman, he can sit down, brew a pot of tea, and chat while we drink."
"Bah! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. This is a delaying tactic, I understand."
"Okay, get off the master's neck first, and then we can discuss everything."
"Shut up!" Shi Qian seemed a little impatient. "Wait until I finish talking to him about life, then we can talk about the rest."
"This great man is almost unable to hold on. Look at the sweat on his face."
Shi Qian lowered his head to look at Zhao Ji's face and saw that he was pale and covered in cold sweat.
"I can come down, but you all have to get out."
Zhang Shixun shook his head: "No! If everyone goes out, what will happen if you harm this great official? At least two people must stay behind."
Shi Qian thought for a moment and said, "Only one can stay."
"Okay, I'll stay."
"You can't stay. I have the final say on who stays."
"Well... okay." Zhang Shixun had no choice but to agree and asked, "Who do you want to keep?"
Shi Qian glanced at the women on both sides, then stopped his gaze on Li Shishi.
Li Shishi shuddered.
Shi Qian slowly looked at Ding Dusai again with a rather unfriendly look in his eyes.
Zhang Shixun cursed Wang Dong inwardly, "That's enough, buddy. She's my woman. Don't scare her no matter who you are."
Ding Dusai's face turned pale and he looked at Zhang Shixun for help.
Zhang Shixun nodded slightly, then shook his head slightly, imperceptibly, suggesting to her not to be afraid.
Shi Qian looked around and finally stopped at Wang Fu.
"Huangmao, it's you, you can stay." Shi Qian pointed at Wang Fu and said.
Wang Fu's legs went limp and he sat down on the ground with a deathly pale face.
"Why, don't you want to accompany the old emperor?" Shi Qian asked.
“I don’t want to…I want to…I don’t want to…” Wang Fu spoke incoherently.
"Damn it! Do you want it or not?" Shi Qian asked, patting Zhao Ji's head.
Zhao Ji felt extremely wronged, "You damned thief prisoner! Why are you patting my head when you're asking someone else a question?"
Wang Fu hesitated. Of course he didn't want to stay, but he couldn't say it in front of the emperor.
"Damn it! It's you." Shi Qian made the final decision.
At this moment, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in the corridor.
Gao Qiu appeared at the door with a group of soldiers, followed by Nie Shan.
When Gao Qiu saw the emperor being held hostage by assassins, he was filled with rage and shouted, "You bold assassin! Put down your weapons immediately and surrender."
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