Chapter 45: One for Three, a Clear Transaction
"So you want to kill me too?"
Xiaoman was stunned.
"Do you also want me to live in Kyoto forever?"
There was no expression on Xiao Qinggu's face. Xiaoman's grip was not strong, and his other arm was just holding her to prevent her from running away.
But she still felt the burning pain in her throat.
"...I don't want to kill the princess. I hope she can live well." Xiaoman was silent for a while, then said, "Princess, if you stay with them, he won't let you go."
"But I'm not going to let him go."
Xiao Qinggu lowered his eyes and said, "I won't let them go."
Even if it's her aunt, her elder, it's not allowed.
Xiaoman opened her mouth but didn't say anything else.
Shang Yuwan raised his voice and said, "The Crown Prince embezzled disaster relief funds and ignored the people's livelihood. Do you really want to stand on his side?"
Xiaoman looked at Shang Yuwan and sneered, "Is he worthy?"
Xiao Qingxu's gaze shifted downwards, landing on Xiaoman. "Where do you think these few people can help you escape to?"
There are only eleven people on Xiaoman's side including her, while on Xiao Qingxu's side, there are eighteen guests besides Lu Heying, Ji Suxian, and Cheng Yishui.
“How do you know if you don’t try?”
"In that case, let's stop talking nonsense." Xiao Qingxu waved his hand, and Lu Heying and Cheng Yishui brought Lou Ke to surround them.
"Kill them all."
Shang Yuwan looked at Xiao Qinggu, whose eyes were red, and added, "Xiaoman stay."
Xiao Qinggu suddenly looked at her, and Shang Yuwan nodded slightly at her.
Xiao Qinggu burst into tears.
"...I won't go with you."
"Xiao Man, I won't go back with you."
Tears fell on the hand that was pinching Xiao Qinggu's neck, and Xiaoman's eyes froze.
Ji Suxian seized the opportunity to throw out the silver needle, but it was interrupted by a sleeve arrow halfway.
"No matter how excited you are, don't forget your friends."
Mingshu was in a mess, dragging a person out from the darkness, like a dark and poisonous snake.
Cheng Yishui took a closer look: "Bai Xiaoye!"
Shang Yuwan, Xiao Qingxu and others were all shocked.
Isn't this guy Xiao Qingji's personal attendant? He couldn't even defeat Bai Xiaoye? And he could still come here quietly with his men?!
Bai Xiaoye's hair was disheveled and his body was covered in blood. He was thrown to the ground by Mingshu.
Mingshu stepped on his chest. Bai Xiaoye, who was still unconscious, coughed up blood and remained unconscious without waking up.
Cheng Yishui was furious: "How dare you hurt him!"
Mingshu didn't even look at him, pointed the arrow on his wrist at Bai Xiaoye's throat, and his eyes fell on Xiao Qingxu's face.
"Owner, let's make a deal."
"Give Xiaoman and the princess to me, and I'll return this friend to you, how about that?"
Xiao Qingxu pulled the reins and faced him.
"Two for one, not worth it."
Mingshu half-knelt down and poked Bai Xiaoye's face, "It seems that the scale in the author's heart is leaning towards the princess."
"Take the princess back and leave me alone!"
Seeing hope, Xiaoman shouted to Mingshu.
Mingshu's gaze fell on her face, and something flashed in his eyes.
He did not respond to her, then looked at Xiao Qingxu.
"Why don't you think about it again? Your subordinate seems to be getting angry."
Cheng Yishui held his breath and said nothing.
Xiao Qingxu didn't react much, and Shang Yuwan just frowned and didn't give in.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
The sound of horse hooves came from not far away. Twelve rode her horse and galloped over. There was a person lying on the back of her horse, and a guest was following behind her.
Twelve hurried over and saw that Shang Yuwan's hands were covered in blood. He became angry and threw the man lying on the horse's back off. After getting off the horse, he stepped on Xiao Qingji's face.
Mingshu watched her calmly as she threw Xiao Qingji from the horse to the ground. His master had his face stepped on, but he didn't feel any ripples in his heart.
Shang Yuwan instantly understood why he didn't see Twelve just now. It turned out that he was waiting here.
You came just in time.
Xiao Qingxu nodded to Twelve, then looked at Mingshu.
"Now, how about I make a deal with you?"
Mingshu looked at Xiao Qinggu, then at the unconscious Xiao Qingji, and his gaze finally fell on Xiaoman's face.
Xiaoman shook her head at him.
Mingshu looked at Xiao Qingxu and said, "Those assassins are the city lord's men. Let them take His Highness back to the city."
"We three are at your disposal."
Xiaoman's pupils shrank slightly. Shang Yuwan glanced at her and then met Xiao Qingxu's gaze.
Mingshu added some weight to his own value: "I know more than Xiaoman."
The two nodded at the same time, and Xiao Qingxu said to Mingshu, "Okay, I'll make this deal."
Mingshu withdrew his foot from Bai Xiaoye, and Shier also kicked Xiao Qingji over and returned to Shang Yuwan.
The killers looked at each other, and finally, they tacitly carried Xiao Qingji on their backs and rushed back to Luzhou City.
After all, Xiao Qingji is the crown prince, and their Luzhou City cannot afford the cost of the crown prince being seriously injured and dying.
Two guests came forward and pinned Mingshu down. Cheng Yishui rushed forward and picked up Bai Xiaoye. Lu Heying came over to take his pulse and nodded to Cheng Yishui.
It's okay, I was just beaten unconscious. I just need to go back and recuperate for a while.
"...idiot." Xiaoman and Mingshu looked at each other from a distance, slowly loosening their arms that were restraining Xiao Qinggu. Both of them had confusing looks in their eyes.
She called him "idiot" so softly that only Xiao Qinggu could hear it.
The moment Xiao Qinggu was released, Xiaoman was also pinned down.
She stood with her back to her, and she knelt behind her with her head bowed in silence.
Even in broad daylight, she was still willing to swallow poison just to stay by her side.
Xiao Qinggu wiped the tears from his face expressionlessly.
She has never shed tears easily since she was a child, and she was just pretending just now. Xiaoman has been with her for many years, so how could she not know.
But she was still subconsciously stunned, and then revealed her flaws.
Song Pingsheng witnessed the whole process, his mouth opened and closed, but in the end he said nothing. He silently carried the old woman into the house and lay down.
Following Shang Yuwan's eye signal, Ji Suxian went into the house to check on the old woman and Song Pingsheng. Xiao Qingxu got off the horse and walked up to Shang Yuwan.
"Why don't you let me bandage the wound on your hand first?"
Shang Yuwan shook his head, "It's just a minor injury, no need to worry."
Twelve stood beside her, staring at the hand that was still bleeding without saying a word. Suddenly, he pulled off his hairband, letting his long black hair loose.
Shang Yuwan was stunned, but Twelve directly wrapped it up for her with a hairband.
"It's still bleeding, wrap it up first."
Twelve moved very quickly and had wrapped it up before Shang Yuwan had time to refuse.
"......" Shang Yuwan smiled slightly, a little helpless, and used his other hand to touch Twelve's bloody and dusty face to wipe it clean.
Twelve's eyes widened a little.
"Are you not hurt?"
Twelve was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and shook his head, "They can't beat me."
Lu Heying, who brought people to suppress Mingshu: "......"
In fact, sometimes, he felt that Twelve Monks and Yu Wan were more like a couple. They were both women, but that feeling was really... hard to describe.
Xiao Qingxu, who had been silent for a long time, looked at Twelve, feeling sour in his heart.
He looked at Shang Yuwan, "Why don't you ask me?"
"?"
Shang Yuwan gave him a strange look, "Can you still stand if you have something to do?"
Xiao Qingxu: "......"
He turned to look at Mingshu, "Who were you chasing before?"
"Zhao Xiang."
Shang Yu stepped forward and asked him, "Where are the others?"
Ming Shu's face was calm, "Of course he was rescued by Liu Que, otherwise how could your friend be in my hands?"
Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu looked at each other.
Zhao Xiang was the Prime Minister's most beloved son, and Liu Que would definitely return to Kyoto with his men to file a complaint. Although the Prime Minister was related to Xiao Qingji, he was no pushover and would not tolerate this for the sake of his son.
This means that the emperor's edict will arrive tomorrow.
Xiao Qingji won't be staying in Luzhou City for long...
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