Chapter 127 Changing the Stone Lions
"I'm telling you! Release us Chu people right now, or don't blame me for tearing down your wretched place!"
Huangfu Dai brandished her whip, ready to charge forward.
Although the guards at the gate were on guard, they dared not actually harm her.
Now the State of Chu and the State of Jin intend to form a marriage alliance.
This princess came with the delegation; she might very well be the one to be married off.
The princess was able to slap the delegation because of her noble status and the Emperor's backing.
But they are different.
If something really happens, they'll have a hard time explaining themselves!
Seeing that everyone was only defending, Huangfu Dai immediately sneered, "You Jin people are all despicable and shameless cowards. If you don't release them, don't blame me for being impolite."
She raised the whip and lashed it out.
The crowd dispersed, and a sword sheath was thrown over.
The whip wrapped around the sword sheath, but before Huangfu Dai could retract it, it was stepped on by a foot.
With the whip straightened, Qin Jinzhi suddenly hooked the whip with her other foot.
Huangfu Dai was carried forward by inertia.
Qin Jinzhi turned around and kicked Huangfu Dai in the stomach.
The man immediately vomited blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Stop! How dare you harm our Seventh Princess? Don't you value your life?"
Huangfu Dai's guards rushed over.
Qin Jinzhi coldly watched Huangfu Dai struggle to get up, "Stop making noise, kill them all."
A burly figure suddenly rushed out from behind her.
Hu Aman wielded his double-bladed axes and charged into Huangfu Dai's guards, cutting them down like vegetables.
More than a dozen guards were beheaded by Hu Aman in an instant.
Huangfu Dai couldn't believe that the people of Jin would actually dare to kill the members of the delegation.
"No! Stop! I am Princess Huangfu Dai, the seventh princess of Chu! Do you want Chu to break down the gates of your Jin kingdom?"
Qin Jinzhi stepped on her chest.
She looked at the onlookers and said, "Those who cause trouble in front of the Thousand Birds Bureau shall be killed without mercy."
Qin Jinzhi turned her gaze to the Thousand Bird Guards standing to the side, "If you can't even handle this small matter, all Thousand Bird Guards on duty will be fined half a month's salary!"
All the Chidori Guards who were punished immediately said, "Your subordinates accept the punishment!"
Some were frustrated, while others figured out what Qin Jinzhi meant.
Even if the sky falls, the princess will hold it up; they just need to do their duty!
They were punished today because they failed to save face for Chidori Tsukasa.
Huangfu Dai tried to move Qin Jinzhi's feet, but they wouldn't budge.
Qin Jinzhi looked at it like it was trash and said, "A defeated nation dares to make noise?"
Huangfu Dai said with venomous eyes, "If you dare to hurt this princess, I will tear you to pieces!"
Qin Jinzhi's smile spread, but she pressed harder on her foot, "Louder, I can't hear you."
Huangfu Dai roared, "I will skin you alive and tear you to pieces, and make you suffer a terrible death!"
As the last words fell, Huangfu Dai spat out another mouthful of blood.
Qin Jinzhi broke one of her sternums!
Qin Jinzhi laughed out loud, "So obedient. Men, lock this obedient princess up with those Chu spies. Send these corpses back to the mission and tell them they want their seventh princess back. They can pay to ransom her."
Upon hearing this, Hu Aman immediately said, "I was wondering why my left eyelid kept twitching. Commander, take the ransom and exchange it for a pair of stone lions. This pair is not impressive enough."
Then, he lifted Huangfu Dai up with one hand.
The people were discussing the bloody scene.
Everyone says that this young princess is domineering and arrogant, and treats human life as worthless.
But this is so satisfying!
How dare a princess from an enemy country act so recklessly in their Jin Kingdom!
They need the young princess to govern them!
Thinking about Qin Jinzhi's appearance earlier, Cui Ying went to the prison cell.
A man was tied to a rack, his body already beaten until his skin was torn and bleeding.
He was surprised to see Cui Ying suddenly appear and still manage to smile.
"Is there such a beautiful young lady in the State of Jin? Where does she live and is she married?"
Cui Ying remained silent, lost in thought. She walked to a table where torture instruments were placed, picked out a knife, brandished it at the air a couple of times, and then turned back to the man.
"Young lady, are all the men in your Jin Kingdom dead? You're letting a woman out like this..."
Before the man could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his arm!
He looked down and saw Cui Ying slowly stabbing a knife into his arm.
Yes, slowly!
He could feel the pain very clearly in every inch of his body.
After a while, the knife pierced the flesh on the other side.
Cui Ying was weak and twisted several times before she managed to pierce the knife.
Her eyes lit up. In the past, when she was a chivalrous person, she only used the sword to protect herself.
It rarely hurts people.
So this is what it feels like when a knife pierces your skin.
Cui Ying pulled out the knife and then aimed it at the man's other arm.
"ah!!!"
The knife also slowly pierced through the man's other arm.
However, this time it seems like they've gained some experience.
Cui Ying pulled out the knife and fixed her gaze on the man's thigh.
The man yelled, "Sister! What do you want to ask?! Just ask! You keep stabbing me with this knife! Are you a pervert?"
Cui Ying was startled. "Why are you shouting like that!"
She touched her nose somewhat awkwardly. She was trying too hard to remember, so she only remembered Qin Jinzhi telling her to poke at her limbs.
"What's your name?"
The man was both in pain and angry, "I didn't yell!"
Cui Ying said angrily, "I asked you what your name is!"
The man took a deep breath. "Nanlin."
Cui Ying looked at the list she pulled out of her bosom, then nodded and asked in one breath:
"How many agents does your Chu state have in Jin? What are your missions? Who is your contact person? Which superior in Chu are you acting under?"
Nan Lin, panting heavily, asked, "Is this your first time interrogating a prisoner? You're asking so many questions, which one should I answer first?"
Cui Ying said somewhat awkwardly, "How did you know?"
Then, glaring at him angrily, she said, "Don't you want to talk?"
Her eyes immediately fell on the man's legs.
Nan Lin closed his eyes in anger. "I don't know how many spies Chu has in Jin. Our mission is to steal the military defense map. My contact died in the recent arrest. I'm just a lackey. I don't even know which superior I was ordered to do this."
Cui Ying then asked, "Besides the capital, how do your spies in other places contact you?"
"They all contacted each other through a liaison; the people below didn't know who the other undercover agents were."
Cui Ying looked somewhat reluctant. "It's not easy for you to leave your hometown like this. Do you miss home?"
Nan Lin looked at the woman's reluctant expression and a smile flashed in his eyes. "Of course I want to, but people like us don't have a choice."
Cui Ying put the knife aside, then sat down at his feet. "Yes, what choice do we have? People can't always choose their own destiny."
Looking at the woman at his feet, he sighed, her pitiful little face full of dejection.
Nan Lin asked, "Miss, you stabbed me twice and I didn't react like this. It seems like I'm the one who bullied you."
Cui Ying, with a smug look on her face, asked innocently, "What's the State of Chu like? Is it fun?"
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