Chapter 273 Chips
"Oh, Master Huo's words really leave me a little confused!" Zheng Xun knew that Huo Xifei would not tell anyone about what happened tonight, so he breathed a sigh of relief and stopped trying to hold on. He lay back on the ground and asked, "Master Huo, are you going to talk to me like this?"
Huo Xifei winked at Dashi Huo, who understood and stepped forward to pull Zheng Xun up and throw him on a side chair.
"Hiss!" Zheng Xun gasped in pain, his face pale as he said with a smile, "How rude! Can't you be a little gentle to a captive like me?"
"Hmph!" Huo Da snorted disdainfully at Zheng Xun. Because of this Zheng Xun, his son had been busy for so long, and he still dared to ask him to be gentle with him? Dream on!
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand!" Huo Xifei smiled and said, "Then I won't bother with this effort today. It's just easier. I'll just throw you into the Jingzhao Yin prison. If anything happens later, we can talk to him in the prison. It's the same thing, don't you think?"
"Are you threatening me?" Zheng Xun looked at Huo Xifei and asked with narrowed eyes.
"It's not a threat or not, it's just a routine matter!" Huo Xifei said, and made to stand up.
"Wait!" Zheng Xun said suddenly.
Huo Xifei turned to look at Zheng Xun: "Why, you understand again?"
"Humph!" Zheng Xun snorted coldly, "Even though you knew I released it on purpose for you, you showed no mercy in that alley just now."
"I'm a vindictive person, don't you know that?" Huo Xifei smiled. "You're using the eldest daughter of the Cui family to plot against the second daughter of the Yuan family. Are you pretending it never happened?"
"Oh! No wonder!" Zheng Xun sneered, "So he wanted to vent his anger on his fiancée!"
Huo Xifei looked at Zheng Xun coldly: "Can you answer now? What exactly do you intend to do by revealing your identity to me? Don't tell me that you are just bored and want to experience life in the Jingzhao Yin prison!"
Speaking of this issue, Zheng Xun's face became serious. He looked at Huo Xifei and asked, "Master Huo, can I trust you?"
"There's a risk!" Huo Xifei raised his eyebrows and smiled. "I'm an official, and you're a thief. We're inherently irreconcilable. If I were to say you can completely trust me, that would be ridiculous!"
"Haha, yes, I'm really stupid!" Zheng Xun laughed at himself, then sighed: "Whether you are trustworthy or not, I don't have any choice, right? After all, I am in your hands now!"
Huo Xifei didn't say anything, just waiting for Zheng Xun to continue.
Zheng Xun continued, "I revealed my identity to you simply to exchange something for something!"
"What?" Huo Xifei asked.
"My life and freedom!" Zheng Xun said coldly.
"I have to admit, you have a pretty big appetite!" Huo Xifei squinted his eyes at Zheng Xun. "Whether it's the dreaded Ghost Face two years ago, or the bandit boss who's been robbing and plundering for the past two years, what do you think you can offer in exchange for your life and freedom, given all the murders you've committed?"
"Hehe, Master Huo, you really dare to say that. Do you dare to say that there is no life in your hands?" Zheng Xun sneered.
"Hmph, our prince doesn't harm innocent people. Even if he takes a life, it's to protect the people and keep the area safe. As a criminal of the imperial court, what qualifications do you have to be compared with our prince?" Upon hearing this, Huo Da couldn't help but retort.
Zheng Xun narrowed his eyes, stared at Huo Da and asked, "Who among those whose lives are on my hands dares to pat their chests and say they are innocent? Is it that corrupt official, or that bully or rapist?"
"Even if those people deserve to die, you shouldn't kill an entire family!" Huo said angrily.
"Hmph, they deserve it!" Zheng Xun's face was slightly angry, his eyes full of rage!
Huo Xifei sat across from Zheng Xun, looking at him calmly, and suddenly asked, "Those three whose entire families were slaughtered, were they your enemies?"
Zheng Xun paused after hearing this and turned his head: "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
"Nothing!" Huo Xifei smiled. "Tell me about your bargaining chips. Let me see if the chips you offer can actually buy your life and freedom!"
"You agree?" Zheng Xun was stunned for a moment and looked at Huo Xifei in surprise and doubt.
In Zheng Xun's impression, the prince of the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion has always been impartial, upright and incorruptible, and has always had a very good reputation.
He revealed his identity information to Huo Xifei, but he was actually not sure about it, but this was his only chance.
Originally, he was planning to talk his way into giving himself a chance.
But...is this consent?
"Did I say I agree?" Huo Xifei said.
"Then you..." Zheng Xun paused and chuckled: "I misunderstood!"
Huo Xifei looked at Zheng Xun and said, "Now, can you tell me your bargaining chip?"
"I came to the capital this time with a mission!" Zheng Xun stopped talking nonsense with Huo Xifei and said directly: "And I came to the capital this time to assassinate someone!"
"who?"
"The eldest prince Xuanyuan Che!" Zheng Xun said word by word.
"Have you been ordered to assassinate the eldest prince?" Huo Xifei was shocked and asked Zheng Xun hurriedly.
"That's right!" Zheng Xun nodded.
Huo Xifei thought for a moment and then asked, "Since you came here with a mission, why did you reveal your identity to me, and why did you tell me your mission?"
"Because I don't want to do this mission, because I want to leave Youye Tower."
Youyelou is a powerful assassin organization in the Dali Dynasty and the biggest hidden danger to the imperial court. As long as they can afford the price, this assassin organization will kill their target without mercy and will not stop until they achieve their goal.
The imperial court has always wanted to take down Youye Tower, but has never succeeded. It can be said that Youye Tower is a major threat to the entire imperial court.
"You want to leave Youye Tower? Is it for Miss Cui?" Huo Xifei asked.
Zheng Xun glared at Huo Xifei and said, "You're meddling too much!"
"Is my magistrate too much?" Huo Xifei sneered, "Alright, then I won't care anymore and will just send you to the Jingzhao Yin prison!"
"You!" Zheng Xun's eyes widened: "You go back on your word!"
"Why did I go back on my word?" Huo Xifei shrugged. "Did I promise you anything?"
"You..." Zheng Xun was speechless for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence: "You... despicable!"
"If you want me to help you, answer my questions seriously!" Huo Xifei said in a serious voice.
"Humph!" Zheng Xun took a deep breath. "Yes, you guessed right. I want to leave Youye Tower just for Miss Cui. I don't want to live like this anymore."
"Are you sincere to Miss Cui?" Huo Xifei asked again, "Think it through. If you betray Miss Cui, Miss Yuan Er will not forgive you. And as Miss Yuan Er's fiancé, I will naturally follow her lead!"
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