Chapter 625 Let Him Die
Sang Zhixia appreciated Jiang Yubai's kindness and put away the dagger calmly. She no longer had the arrogance and fierceness she had when fighting Zuo Cheng. Instead, her face showed a bit of unspeakable helplessness.
"Thank you for your concern, young prince."
"It's just that people have no intention of harming tigers, but tigers are capable of hurting people's hearts. I've suddenly suffered such a misfortune today, and I'm still not quite able to react."
Sang Zhixia was born petite, and even though she was not dressed gorgeously and noble, her delicate features gave her a gentleness and toughness that comes with being a mother. Standing like this with her head slightly lowered, she looked completely harmless to an uninformed person.
If you think about it carefully, isn’t this exactly what Sang Zhixia said?
The other person's shop was doing well, but Wei Jiang insisted on relying on his large numbers to smash and cause trouble.
Not only did he fail to gain any advantage after making a fuss, Zuo Cheng even relied on his status to come and pick a fight with her in person.
So many people saw it with their own eyes just now, it was Zuo Cheng who made the first move!
Zuo Cheng pulled out a huge knife and chopped it straight towards Sang Zhixia's neck!
If it weren't for Sang Zhixia's strong abilities, he would have died by now!
The Zuo family's evil deeds in the royal city finally paid off. Some people who couldn't stand it hid in the crowd and shouted, "Young Prince, the people from Wangyou Pavilion are right!"
"That's right, it's clearly the Zuo family who are bullying others by taking advantage of their power."
"Master Wei has always been like this."
"He relies on being General Zuo's nephew to bully men and women and act tyrannically. What kind of awful things haven't he done?"
"I kicked a hard board today, and I deserved it!"
"Yeah, you deserve it!"
Jiang Yubai listened to the constant discussions behind him, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he turned his back to the people behind him and blinked quickly at Sang Zhixia.
Sang Zhixia felt amused, but she looked embarrassed and uneasy, and said nothing.
Jiang Yubai sighed slightly: "It's my fault for not taking good care of them. I caused Mr. Sang to be frightened today."
"Someone, please go to the palace and ask the doctor who took care of my father to come and take Mr. Sang's pulse. We must not make any more mistakes."
The person who received the order left quickly.
Jiang Yubai continued, "Master Sang has been generous in his generosity, widely distributing high-quality grain seeds to the people of Lingnan. The palace and the people of Lingnan are deeply grateful to Master Sang. However, such a mistake has occurred today. This is our fault."
"Please forgive me, Master."
Jiang Yubai bowed earnestly to Sang Zhixia, who quickly turned aside and said with a wry smile, "You're welcome, young prince."
"I was just acting according to my heart. I don't deserve your thanks."
Jiang Yubai still had a look of shame on his face.
Mr. Xue followed Jiang Yubai and stood up. He raised his voice slightly and said, "The host has done great favors for countless people in Lingnan. As a distinguished guest in Lingnan, you should be treated with courtesy and respect everywhere."
"We failed to take good care of the place today, allowing the host family to be disturbed by some scoundrels. This is truly our fault, and we must make amends."
After Mr. Xue finished speaking, the people who came with Jiang Yubai bowed solemnly to Sang Zhixia again.
The people watching nearby were shocked when they saw this: "Did this boss give us the seeds for our crops this year?"
"Emma, those grain seeds are really good. My family harvested over 500 kilograms of grain this year!"
“My family too!”
"It's the same land, but after changing the seeds I received, I've gained hundreds of kilograms of grain. I can eat rice every meal this year!"
"Oh my God, this is our great benefactor..."
"This person is a real lifesaver..."
After Jiang Yubai brought the grain seeds back and distributed them, he did not mention much about where the grain seeds came from.
When the crops used for spring plowing were suddenly changed, many people still had doubts in their hearts. But at the moment of the autumn harvest, all the doubts turned into gratitude that could not be described in words.
For ordinary people, who has more power or higher position has nothing to do with them.
The only thing that matters to the lives of the whole family, young and old, is how much rice they can put in each bowl and whether they can have enough to eat in a year.
The few hundred kilograms of extra food for a family may seem like a small amount, but it is what allows the whole family to eat and survive, and it is more important than anything else!
The young prince thanked him personally, so that person must not be wrong!
Their benefactor is the person in front of them!
But just now, under their gaze, the benefactor to whom I had been secretly grateful for a long time was almost bullied?
Or did they come to bully you?
Thinking of this, the one with a hot temper couldn't help himself and grabbed the rotten vegetable leaves and egg shells at hand, and without thinking, smashed them on the heads and faces of Wei Jiang and others.
"Termites!"
"You rotten maggots! You are such vicious people who bully the good and do evil, and you have the nerve to show off in front of this guy!"
"The young prince is here, let's see who dares to bully others!"
"Ah!"
"Carry the manure bucket from the restaurant across the street over here and smash it to pieces!"
Wei Jiang and Zuo Cheng had suffered such a terrible loss in public, and their lives seemed to be in danger.
Watching them being drowned in slop buckets by the enraged masses was somewhat unacceptable.
What’s more, that stuff stinks and it’s all over the door of Wangyou Pavilion. How can Sang Zhixia still do business?
Therefore, with Sang Zhixia's tacit consent and Jiang Yubai's instruction, Zuo Cheng and others who were beaten to death were finally carried away urgently by the palace soldiers who arrived.
Jiang Yubai avoided the crowd, rubbed his hands and whispered, "Sister-in-law, how long will it take for the poison to kill you?"
This question is very intriguing.
Sang Zhixia handed Jiang Yubai a small porcelain bottle and chuckled, "You won't die."
"If the young prince is worried, feed him the antidote later."
Sang Zhixia knew in her heart that Zuo Cheng could not die in her hands.
The reason why she was so confident today was, firstly, that this was trouble caused by the Zuo family for no reason, and secondly, she knew very well what Jiang Yubai's attitude towards Zuo Cheng was.
But even so, I can give him a beating to vent my anger, but I can't kill him directly.
After all, no matter what, Zuo Cheng is only a general in name only.
If Zuo Cheng really lost his life at her hands, Jiang Yubai would not be able to explain himself in front of the old prince and the others.
But even if he took the antidote, Zuo Cheng would still suffer a lot.
Otherwise, how could he justify all the trouble he had gone through today?
Jiang Yubai did not take the antidote that Sang Zhixia handed to him.
Jiang Yubai curled his lips and said, "Why eat so early?"
Sang Zhixia: "..."
"I want to confirm how long that old bastard's life will be hanging by a thread before he has to be rescued."
Jiang Yubai pinched out a small piece with his index finger and thumb, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law told me in advance, so I have an idea in mind, and it will be easier to deal with it when I get back."
Just stick to the bottom line that Zuo Cheng won't die.
Jiang Yubai wants to take advantage of this opportunity to vent his anger on Sang Zhixia!
Sang Zhixia said with a smile: "Young Prince, you are making things difficult for me."
The poison was given by Mr. Qi, and so was the antidote.
This requires clever use of time, which Sang Zhixia really can't do.
Jiang Yubai rubbed his chin unwillingly. Old Qi, who had been silent the whole time, raised his hand and threw a small green bottle to him: "Take this."
Jiang Yubai's eyes suddenly lit up.
Old Qi closed his eyes and sneered: "If you take it, you will be safe for twelve hours. If you haven't taken the antidote after twelve hours, you will die at that time."
Jiang Yubai held the bottle carefully and said repeatedly, "This is good, this is good."
"Sister-in-law, don't go back to the farm or the tea plantation yet. Wait for those bastards to come and kowtow to you and apologize!"
"I won't let anyone go until their heads are broken!"
Jiang Yubai walked away happily holding the porcelain bottle.
The court doctor who was specially called by him for formality was very attentive. He took Sang Zhixia's pulse carefully and left medicine for the two little girls who were beaten before leaving.
Sang Zhixia politely stood up to see him off, and the court doctor quickly smiled and waved his hand, "Master, you don't have to be so polite."
"Now that the people outside are thanking you for your kindness in providing food and seeds, I should also express my gratitude."
"If it weren't for your generosity, my relatives back home would have been worried about how to have enough to eat every year. I should be very grateful to you for being able to do something for you in return."
Sang Zhixia nodded and smiled. She didn't go out to see him off in person, but asked Diancui to see him off to the door.
When the court physician returned to the Lingnan Palace, he immediately reported to the old prince.
When he finished, another person who was watching below said softly, "When Wei Jiang and his men broke in, they said it in front of many people, saying that it was the husband of the Sang family who offended someone he shouldn't have offended, and their words were full of humiliation."
"General Zuo arrived and first used inappropriate and disparaging words, then drew his sword. If it weren't for..."
"If Mr. Sang hadn't had martial arts skills to protect himself, that blow would have been fatal."
In other words, Zuo Cheng was going to kill people to vent his anger.
He didn't think that killing a captain's wife would have any bad consequences.
Or perhaps, Zuo Cheng doesn't think that people of lower status than himself are also human beings.
Zuo Cheng did this not because he looked down on Xu Yu because he thought Xu Yu's ability was weak, but because Xu Yu's status was lower than his, so in his eyes, he could humiliate and disrespect Xu Yu's wife as well.
Such Zuo Cheng...
The old prince gave a bitter laugh, slowly closed his eyes and said, "Isn't it that you are poisoned by your own evil deeds?"
"No one else needs to interfere. Let him find the antidote himself."
"Go and beg on your knees."
Mr. Xue hesitated: "If the Sang family insists on not giving it to us, then..."
The old prince sighed with regret, and his gentle voice was filled with an undeniable cold determination: "Then let him die."
"Why bother stopping someone who wants to die?"
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