Despite his fear, Yan Ge'er said, "Father, hit me as hard as you want, I'll wait for you to come out."
Lu Xingjian paused, frowning. "You silly child, go find your grandfather. After I finish fighting the tiger, I'll go find your mother."
His voice was somewhat hoarse, "Don't wait for me."
Yan Ge shook his head vigorously, suppressing his tears: "No, I want to wait for Father to come out."
"I don't want to end up like Yan Ge'er, without a mother or a father, so pitiful."
Lu Xingjian smiled silently.
There are many pitiful people in the world, and he is not the only one.
"Qian Ning, take him out."
Qian Ning didn't dare to move.
Lu Xingjian was furious, and he smashed the wine jug in his hand against the tiger.
The tiger was instantly enraged.
The tiger had been watching Lu Xingjian, who was slumped on the floor of the cage, with great vigilance, wondering what had gotten into him.
Without further hesitation, he lunged at Lu Xingjian.
Yan Ge'er was so frightened that he stood frozen in place.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Bin, without saying a word, drew a dagger from his boot and lunged at the cage.
The cage was too big; it was impossible to stab the tiger with a dagger.
Xiao Bin threw the dagger forcefully, hitting the tiger's neck, but failed to pierce the tiger's skin and fell to the ground.
The tiger was drawn to Xiao Bin's movements and walked toward him.
Yan Ge'er's face turned deathly pale as he cried out, "Father, come out quickly, come out quickly!"
Lu Xingjian remained seated and motionless.
Xiao Bin felt as if his blood had frozen.
His voice was deep, yet clear and powerful.
Intertwined with the tiger's defiant roar.
"Wanwan is still alive."
Lu Xingjian didn't believe it and raised an eyebrow with a sneer.
"Were you sent by them to deceive me?"
He was poisoned by the same drug as Wanwan.
He had witnessed Wanwan's brush with death and knew the consequences very well.
Liu Qi is currently missing, and all those who followed him have also disappeared without a trace; they were probably all murdered.
Both Wanwan and he were doomed to die.
Since death is inevitable, whether it comes sooner or later doesn't make much difference.
At least for now, he can still choose how he dies.
Xiao Bin frowned, his face serious: "Liu Qi has appeared in Henan. Wanwan was very likely taken away by him."
Lu Xingjian's eyes narrowed slightly.
Unable to attack Xiao Bin, the tiger then planned to attack Lu Xingjian.
Xiao Bin, on the contrary, calmly crossed his arms and watched coldly from the sidelines:
"You can be eaten by a tiger if you want, then you can stay with me peacefully and no one will interfere."
Lu Xingjian's cold gaze shot towards Xiao Bin.
Xiao Bin met his gaze without fear.
The tiger took a step forward, blocking his view of Xiao Bin.
He smirked, rolled on the spot, grabbed the dagger Xiao Bin had thrown in, and pounced on the tiger.
The moment the tiger's claws grabbed him, Lu Xingjian pulled on the claws and jumped, throwing himself onto the tiger's back.
The tiger was furious and tried to throw him off by leaping and bounding about.
However, Lu Xingjian's legs were extremely powerful, making his tiger-like body extremely stable.
Seeing this, the tiger rammed its back against the cage wall, trying to kill Lu Xingjian.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Xingjian pulled out a dagger and stabbed the tiger in the neck several times.
The tiger was in pain, its movements froze, and blood gushed from its neck, spraying several feet high.
Qian Ning tried to cut through the cage's iron lock to rescue the person, but the cage and lock were made of fine iron, royal items, of superior quality, and were not so easy to cut.
Qian Ning quickly called for help, and the eunuchs rushed over with their tools, but dared not approach.
Xiao Bin picked up a pair of large pliers capable of cutting through fine iron and twisted the cage door with all his might.
The tiger became even more frenzied, bracing its trembling legs and slamming against the cage wall again. The cage wobbled violently, almost tipping over.
Lu Xingjian's back slammed against the cage wall, causing a sharp pain.
Taking advantage of the momentum, he suddenly exerted force and cut open the tiger's trachea.
The tiger tried to charge again, its body already airborne, but even with its mouth wide open, it couldn't breathe and finally collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
Qian Ning's legs went weak, and she collapsed outside the cage.
God.
The Emperor has absolutely gone mad.
How could he have chosen a madman as his master?
What future is there left?!
Xiao Bin stared coldly at Lu Xingjian in the cage, without saying a word.
It seems he's fallen for their trap.
That scoundrel emperor is so cunning.
That's ruthless enough.
He offered himself to a tiger in front of his own son.
If he weren't worried that Yan Ge'er would be traumatized for life, he would have liked to see if he would let the tiger kill him.
Xiao Bin looked at Yan Ge'er.
The child looked so pitiful, wanting to cry but not daring to, so terrified.
It reminds me of myself when I was a child.
Lu Xingjian lay motionless on the tiger's back.
Yan Ge cried out, "Father, don't die!"
"Father, don't die!"
"I'll be good and go to Grandpa's house, please don't die!"
The eunuchs hurriedly opened the cage door, wanting to go in and help Lu Xingjian.
Lu Xingjian pushed them away and sat up: "I don't need you, I can manage on my own."
Covered in tiger blood, it looked quite terrifying.
He staggered out of the cage, his blood-stained hands gently stroking Yan Ge'er's hair:
"Your dad can fight tigers, isn't that amazing?"
“Learn something from your father.”
Yan Ge'er was filled with lingering fear. He glanced at the tiger in the cage with a look of terror on his face, then looked up at Xiao Bin, and finally nodded with a frown.
It's impressive, but also terrifying.
Thankfully, Uncle Xiao was there, otherwise my father would have been eaten by the tiger.
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