Chapter 215 Not as Good as the Prince
Jiang He had been following Huo Zheng before. Huo Yan had seen him before and recognized him immediately. His handsome face instantly darkened. "Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to this prince like that!"
Jiang He was not annoyed by the Ninth Prince's disdain. He smiled and said, "I am here on the orders of the prince to take His Highness back to the city. What I said just now was to convey His Highness' regards to His Highness. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me."
Huo Yan frowned and said nothing.
The wind and rain came suddenly in front of the door in the evening, and the wintersweet flowers blooming on the branches were knocked to the ground and floated up and down with the accumulated water.
The bamboo house was surrounded by people brought by Jiang He, and it was no longer possible for Huo Yan to leave at this time.
Seeing this, several close confidants rushed to their master and pledged to protect him with their lives.
Huo Yan said, "All of you step back."
"Your Highness!"
Several close confidants were filled with worry. A small village in the wilderness with heavy rain seemed like a perfect place to kill and silence someone.
Although Prince Rui and the Ninth Prince fought the most fiercely when they were in the capital, Prince Chang'an was raised by the Queen and was not a legitimate son but was better than a legitimate son. He was also highly valued by the Emperor. Now that the Ninth Prince was in trouble, Prince Chang'an would certainly take the opportunity to get rid of his enemy.
The Ninth Prince’s party all thinks so.
Even Huo Yan thought so, but right now the enemy was outnumbered, and as the ninth prince, he had to remain calm in times of crisis.
"Stand back."
Huo Yan repeated it again.
Several close confidants then put away their swords and stepped back a few steps, but they still guarded the Ninth Prince.
Huo Yan said to Jiang He and the others, "This prince has already sent someone back to the capital to report to the emperor that I am safe. If anything happens to this prince, none of you will survive, and Huo Zheng will be blamed!"
This is a naked threat.
But Jiang He was not moved at all, his smile widened. "What did your Highness say? We have been ordered to rescue your Highness, and we will protect your safety. How could we possibly let anything happen to you?"
Huo Yan said disdainfully: "Would Huo Zheng be so kind?"
"Your Highness, I must give you a piece of advice," Jiang He said, "It's better not to judge others by your own standards."
The original words were "judge a gentleman by your own standards". Jiang He almost pointed at Huo Yan's nose and said that he was judging others by his own standards.
Huo Yan's handsome face instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, "Jiang He, how dare you!"
"Huh? I accidentally told the truth. Is Your Highness the Ninth Prince going to complain to the prince and ask him to punish me?"
Jiang He dismounted from his horse, and everyone else followed suit.
Jiang He's words made Huo Yan feel very sick.
He was telling Huo Yan that even if he acted insolently in front of the Ninth Prince, he was still the Prince of Chang'an's man. No matter how much the Emperor doted on the Ninth Prince, it was impossible for him to go over the Prince of Chang'an and punish a secret guard commander for such a small matter.
What's more, the Ninth Prince was captured by the rebels in Xizhou, bringing disgrace to the royal family. After Huo Yan returned to the capital, he apologized and was punished. He was too busy thinking about how to regain the emperor's favor, so how could he possibly go against him?
Jiang He had long been fed up with the fact that Huo Yan didn't need anything but could receive several times, even ten times, more fatherly love than the prince. Today, he found an opportunity and put all his efforts into hurting Huo Yan's heart.
"court death!"
Huo Yan drew his sword and slashed at Jiang He's neck, but the latter raised his unsheathed sword to block it.
The rain came down heavily and soon everyone was soaked.
The accompanying secret guard stepped forward and whispered, "The prince has ordered that after finding the Ninth Prince, bring him back as soon as possible. Don't let any more trouble happen."
Jiang He deflected Huo Yan's sword, took a step back, clasped his sword in his arms, and saluted, saying, "Your Highness the Ninth Prince is welcome back to the city!"
Everyone who came with him said in unison: "Welcome His Highness the Ninth Prince back to the city!"
Amid the sound of wind and rain, these people's voices were still very loud.
Huo Yan frowned, still wondering if Huo Zheng really had no intention of taking the opportunity to kill him, and went to so much trouble to find him just to fulfill his father's instructions?
Does Huo Zheng really not have any bad intentions?
Compared to this, Huo Yan would rather believe that it was because he had just said that he had sent someone to inform his father that Jiang He gave up the idea of killing him on the spot.
"Bring the horses to His Highness." Seeing Huo Yan didn't say anything, Jiang He asked someone to bring the horses to the Ninth Prince and several of his close associates.
The accompanying secret guard led the horse forward and handed the ninth prince a bamboo hat.
Huo Yan didn't take the hat and jumped onto the horse directly. He had been in the rain for so long that he was already soaked all over. It made no difference whether he took the hat or not.
"Get on the horse and return to the city!"
Jiang He shouted, and everyone jumped on their horses and prepared to turn back.
Huo Yan held the reins and looked back at the bamboo house.
Jiang He rode up to the Ninth Prince and asked him, "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"
It’s raining so hard, what on earth is there in this little shabby bamboo house that’s worth standing here in the rain to see?
Huo Yan suddenly said, "Send someone to wait here and bring the owner of this bamboo house back to me."
Jiang He joked, "What are you bringing it back for? Kill it, or... keep it as a sacrifice?"
He remembered that his prince had lived in the princess's tofu workshop for two or three months and had become addicted to it.
Could it be that His Highness the Ninth Prince has stayed in this small bamboo house for more than a month and already fallen in love with the owner of this place?
That was too fast.
It can be seen that the ninth prince's determination is far inferior to that of his master.
"Is it your turn to meddle in everything that concerns me?" Huo Yan said with a dark face, "If you dare to hurt her in the slightest, I will kill you!"
"I dare not."
Jiang He said this, but the look he gave the Ninth Prince became very complicated.
If the Ninth Prince knew that his whereabouts were revealed to the princess by the owner of the bamboo house, and that he was currently in the mansion, I wonder how he would react?
Jiang He pretended to leave a few people behind to wait for the owner of the bamboo house, and promised to take him back to Xizhou City as soon as the people came back. Then he asked the Ninth Prince to go ahead.
Heavy rain covered Xizhou and dark clouds filled the night sky.
Huo Yan was on guard against Jiang He and others all the way back to Xizhou City, but they seemed to have no intention of killing him. Nothing happened and he entered the Jiedushi Mansion.
It was already late at night, but when the Ninth Prince returned, Chunzhi, Gu Yuanjia and others still went out to the hall to greet him.
Chunzhi thought that Huo Yan might not have had a good time recently, but she was still shocked when she saw Huo Yan. The Ninth Prince, who was once the most favored by the emperor and was in high spirits, had become so weak with a pale face and as thin as a bamboo pole after coming to Xizhou.
Especially with the heavy rain tonight, Huo Yan returned home drenched in the rain, his coarse clothes were all soaked, and his hair was wet and disheveled, looking like a devil who had just crawled out of hell.
Chunzhi sighed inwardly and slowly stepped forward, saying, "Ninth Prince, you've suffered so much these days. I'm glad you've returned safely. Someone, quickly help the Ninth Prince down to wash and change clothes."
"Yes, Princess." The maids stepped forward, but were pushed away by Huo Yan.
Huo Yan glanced at Chunzhi and said coldly, "Hypocritical."
Chunzhi paused for a moment, then said calmly, "What are you talking about, Ninth Prince? Could it be that you caught a cold from the rain and are talking nonsense?"
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