Chapter 738: Dare you push your luck further?
"Do you think I want to?" the middle-aged man cried out with a look of grievance, "If I had money, wouldn't I buy a good bow and arrow?"
Tang Bao: “…”
You're right.
The middle-aged man was indeed very confident and shouted loudly: "I have come all the way from the northwest to the capital, and then to here. I am already penniless and can't even afford to eat..."
When the middle-aged man said this, his stomach suddenly rumbled like thunder.
“Gurgle…”
Everyone: “…”
This is almost as loud as the thunder outside.
Tang Bao's mouth twitched.
It should have been a solemn scene, but it was forced to give people a comedic feel.
The bloody smell of the impending storm had dissipated a lot.
"How many meals have you not eaten?" Tang Bao asked the tool man.
"It's been three meals!" The middle-aged man said confidently without any shame, "If you weren't so hungry that you had no strength, do you think you could catch my chain of arrows? You even laughed at my poorly made arrows. I spent half a month chopping wood for them before I bought a machete and made three arrows..."
When the middle-aged man said this, he turned his head and looked at a guard next to him.
The guard was holding the captured weapons.
A chipped machete and a rough bamboo bow.
"See it? It's this knife! Do you think it's easy for me?" The middle-aged man looked aggrieved.
Tang Bao was speechless.
How did this turn into an assassin's complaint speech?
However, this person seems a bit silly...
What happened to the saying that assassins are all extremely vicious?
Where is the ferocious look from just now?
The middle-aged man, who did not look ferocious at all, looked at the Empress Dowager.
"Prisoners will be provided with a full meal before going to the execution ground. Can I get some advance payment for that meal?" the middle-aged man asked righteously.
The Empress Dowager: “…”
The calm expression was cracked for a moment by the middle-aged man's actions.
Nanny Chen said angrily, "You plotted to murder the Empress Dowager, and you still want to eat? Dream on!"
Tang Bao didn't expect that the middle-aged man was so carefree.
However, the fact that he could chop firewood for someone for half a month in exchange for a broken machete shows that he is not a person of bad character.
The middle-aged man immediately shouted after hearing what Nanny Chen said.
"What's wrong with wanting to eat? Can't prisoners want to eat? I have a big appetite and I've been hungry for several meals. How can I not want to eat..."
"Give him some cakes." The Queen Mother rubbed her head.
The noise gave me a headache.
Nanny Chen reluctantly took out a plate of cakes from the food box.
Then, he picked up the smallest piece and threw it at the middle-aged man.
"How stingy!" the middle-aged man muttered, "This isn't even enough to fill my stomach. Can I have some more?"
"Give it all to him!" said the Queen Mother.
"Empress Dowager?" Nanny Chen looked at the Empress Dowager unwillingly.
The Queen Mother waved her hand.
Nanny Chen had no choice but to carry the plate, walk up to the middle-aged man, and put the plate heavily on the ground.
"I'll eat you to death!" Nanny Chen said angrily.
The middle-aged man ignored Nanny Chen and knelt down to eat with shining eyes.
"It's delicious. I'm starving..." said the middle-aged man as he stuffed cakes into his mouth.
So, everyone in the temple looked at the middle-aged man, who had a shiny steel knife on his neck and was kneeling on the ground, stuffing cakes into his mouth with both hands.
When the Empress Dowager asked Nanny Chen to give the middle-aged man some cakes, the guards let go of the middle-aged man's hands and put a steel knife to his neck instead.
"You are the legitimate grandson of the Sun family, and your nickname is Xiaotian, right?" The Empress Dowager suddenly asked.
"Oh, yes!" said the middle-aged man without raising his head.
The Empress Dowager showed a look of sudden realization.
Then, he said quietly, "You know that most of the Sun family's direct descendants were executed. Why did the late emperor only spare you?"
"I don't know!" the middle-aged man said bluntly.
"Because the late emperor said you're stupid." The Empress Dowager bluntly said, "Most of the Sun family's direct descendants are too shrewd. Fortunately, there's a fool like you, who can still leave some incense for the Sun family."
Speaking of which, the ancestors of the Sun family had made great military achievements, so the late emperor could not bear to punish the entire Sun family.
Even the middle-aged man who was a direct descendant was spared by the late emperor.
The middle-aged man didn't feel implicated at all and continued to eat.
"Come to think of it, I saw you when you were a child." The Queen Mother continued, "You were quite naive back then. Although a little silly, you looked quite endearing. But now you seem even more foolish..."
Middle-aged man: "...Do you have any water? I feel a little choked."
The Queen Mother: "...Give him some tea."
Nanny Chen angrily took out a small teapot and a teacup from the charcoal stove.
"Just give me the teapot!" the middle-aged man said quickly, "It's not pleasant to drink from a small tea bowl."
Nanny Chen: “…”
She had never seen such a shameless person!
The Queen Mother waved her hand.
"Give it to him." The Queen Mother said with a headache: "Let him eat and drink enough, and leave quickly!"
As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, Nanny Chen was stunned.
"Empress Dowager, what you mean is..." Nanny Chen asked in disbelief.
The Empress Dowager glanced at Nanny Chen and said meaningfully, "Since the late emperor has spared his life, I will naturally not go against his wishes."
After saying that, he glanced at Tang Bao.
Tang Bao: “…”
This look makes me a little scared...
Although, the eyes were very loving.
But also very shrewd.
As expected, to be able to sit on the throne of the Queen Mother, one must be extremely sharp-minded.
I'm afraid that my little thoughts have been discovered by others.
Nanny Chen handed the teapot to the middle-aged man, who drank gulps from the spout.
Nanny Chen's mouth twitched when she saw this.
That's the best tea!
The middle-aged man drank up all the tea in the teapot.
He wiped his mouth and said with great passion: "Let's go! I will be a hero again in twenty years!"
The guard pulled the knife from his neck and raised his chin to him.
Sign: Get out!
Then, ignore him!
The middle-aged man strode towards the temple gate, looking like he was ready to sacrifice himself for a cause.
As a result, it was found that no one followed.
I couldn't help but stop and said, "If you do this, I will run away."
A group of guards looked at him with cold eyes, but no one paid any attention to him.
Middle-aged man: "...Hey, did I really run away?"
Still no one paid any attention to him!
Middle-aged man: "..."
Tang Bao reminded: "The Queen Mother has shown mercy and has not pursued your crime!"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up.
"real?
"Really!" Tang Bao nodded.
The middle-aged man looked at the Queen Mother.
"Can you give me some money for the journey?"
Everyone: “…”
Where did this idiot come from?
Do you dare to go any further?
The idiot middle-aged man has no psychological burden at all.
"I've eaten your snacks and drunk your tea, and now our grudges are over." The middle-aged man said, "I want to return to the Sun family's ancestral home. If I can find a wife and have a child, I can also leave a descendant for our Sun family..."
The middle-aged man spoke in a righteous tone, which made the guards twitch their lips.
The Queen Mother rubbed her temples and said, "Give him some silver."
Nanny Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, took out a purse and threw it to the middle-aged man.
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