"I don't know about this. I'm just following orders. Mr. Qiao, please spare me." Zong Bo begged Xiao Mubai for mercy.
Xiao Mubai showed a hint of displeasure and continued to ask, "Then how did he poison me?"
"I still don't know. The fourth prince followed the second prince of Hu into the dense forest. When he came out, he ordered me to see the regent. You know what happened next." Zong Bo has done his best. The explanation was given.
"Since you don't know anything, just kill him." Xiao Mubai ordered Han Sa.
Han Sa responded yes and took out a dagger from his boot.
The dagger gleamed with cold light, and one could tell at a glance that it was a sharp blade that could cut iron like clay.
"No, Mr. Qiao, I can go to the king to help you identify the fourth prince." Seeing that the dagger was approaching, Zong Bo hurriedly begged.
"Oh? Are you going to betray the Fourth Prince?" Xiao Mubai teased.
"No, no, no, I am making a report. I hope that Mr. Qiao will plead with the king on my behalf." Zong Bo moved his neck back and spoke righteously.
Xiao Mubai sneered, Fei Lian, Han Sa and Xu Jing all had expressions of disdain on their faces.
Han Sa bit him, he was such a weakling.
He hadn't started bluffing yet, but he was so frightened as soon as he showed the dagger.
"Bring it to the king." Xiao Mubai ordered Xu Jing.
Xu Jing responded yes, took Zong Bo off the chair, and escorted him out of the tent.
Xiao Mubai and Han Sa also walked towards King Liang.
Fei Lian was left alone in the tent, rolling his eyes.
Who is it
Should I say thank you anyway
Xiao Mubai, who had never said the word "thank you", came to King Liang's tent and found that there was no one there.
He asked the attendant outside the tent: "Where is your Majesty?"
"The second prince of Hu State is awake. The king has just passed by." The attendant bowed.
Xiao Mubai left Xu Jing and Zong Bo waiting in the tent, and took Han Sa to Hu Zongming's tent.
When he opened the curtain and entered, he happened to hear King Hu asking Hu Zongming.
"Zong Ming, who was responsible for the murder?"
Hu Zongming glanced at Xia Chu, and after a moment of silence, he replied to King Hu: "I accidentally cut my hand, and slowly lost consciousness. I was so frightened that I sent off the flare."
After hearing this, King Hu looked suspicious.
"King Hu, there is a poisonous branch in this dense forest. The second prince must have accidentally scratched it, and then he was poisoned. It's okay now, please rest assured, Your Majesty." Xia Chu saw that King Hu was doubtful, and he said again beside him. Explained.
"In the past years, we have always hunted here, and we have never heard of anyone being scratched by a poisonous branch." King Hu still didn't believe it.
"Perhaps the bird broke off the poisonous branch and fell down, which happened to scratch the second prince." Xia Chu started to make nonsense.
"Really?" King Hu looked at Hu Zongming and asked with raised eyebrows.
"Probably, I'm not very lucky." Hu Zongming nodded and agreed with Xia Chu's words.
Seeing that his son recognized him like this, King Hu couldn't say anything more. He raised his head and looked at Xia Chu meaningfully, and asked her, "I wonder how Princess Su Ran can detoxify this poison."
"I was scratched once by a branch I picked up when I was a child. The situation was similar to that of the second prince. So I know how to detoxify the poison." Xia Chu's face remained calm and composed.
Xiao Mubai couldn't help laughing while listening, recalling how many times in the past Xia Chu had talked nonsense like this with him.
"That Zong Ming's luck is pretty good, he happened to meet Princess Su Ran." After hearing Xia Chu's explanation, King Hu said with a smile on his face, neither salty nor cool.
"The second prince has his own destiny. Since there is nothing to do at the moment, father, let's go out first. The second prince needs to rest more."
After hearing this, King Liang took his princes and said goodbye to King Hu.
Now that this has happened, hunting will naturally stop.
King Liang asked his three sons to disperse on their own, but Xiao Mubai stopped Liang Shaoguang.
"What are you doing? I haven't settled the score with you yet." Liang Shaoguang covered the left side of his face with a look of fear.
"But, I came to settle the score with you." Xiao Mubai sneered, and the chill hit Liang Shaoguang.
"Mo Bai." Prince Liang finally couldn't help but call out.
Just now, Xiao Mubai slapped Liang Shaoguang in the tent. At that time, King Liang also felt that what Liang Shaoguang said was a little afraid of the chaos in the world, so he did not blame him.
But now, it is a little unreasonable for Xiao Mubai to come to embarrass Liang Shaoguang.
"Your Majesty, I have brought someone to wait in your tent. Why don't you invite the fourth prince to come and listen?" Xiao Mubai replied to Prince Liang.
Prince Liang raised his eyebrows, and Xiao Mubai's tone at this moment was filled with anger. It seemed that Liang Shaoguang had other things that annoyed him.
King Liang nodded in agreement, Xiao Mubai glanced at Xia Chu, who had already followed them to the tent.
When Liang Shaoguang entered the tent and saw Zong Bo being tied up by Xu Jing Wuhua and held in King Liang's tent, his face turned as pale as ashes.
"What's going on?" Prince Liang looked at Xiao Mubai and asked.
Xiao Mubai glanced at Zong Bo and motioned for him to explain.
Zong Bo swallowed his saliva and was about to speak when Liang Shaoguang shouted loudly: "Shut up."
"Just shut your mouth." Prince Liang was suddenly startled by his shout.
Liang Shaoguang's mouth squirmed twice, but he finally did not dare to speak again.
When Zong Bo saw this, he poured out the bamboo tube like beans.
After Zong Bo finished speaking, King Liang's complexion turned livid.
"Idiot, what do you want to do?" Wang Liang picked up a wine glass and smashed it.
"Father, he wronged me. Qiao Mobai must have bribed Zong Bo and asked him to frame me." Liang Shaoguang sidestepped away from the wine glass and shouted his injustice to King Liang.
"Then what were you afraid of just now? You didn't dare to let him speak." When King Liang saw him hiding from the wine glass, he went up and kicked him.
"Qiao Mobai's people are guarding my people. You can tell at a glance that there is some premeditated plan. Father, please don't misunderstand his lies." Liang Shaoguang bit him to death and refused to admit it.
Anyway, he himself had administered the poison, and there was no evidence. Based on Zong Bo's one-sided words, he couldn't do anything to him.
"Father, I have a way to know whether my brother was responsible for the poison." Xia Chu said to Prince Liang.
Liang Shaoguang was inexplicably panicked, and he felt a little frightened when he saw Xia Chu.
"What can I do?" King Liang asked, raising his eyebrows.
"I wonder if my brother still remembers that my sister held your hand in the second prince's tent earlier." Xia Chu smiled slyly at Liang Shaoguang.
Not only Liang Shaoguang thought about it, but Xiao Mubai and Liang Wang also thought about it.
At that time, Liang Shaoguang was pointing at Xiao Mubai, but Xia Chu pressed down his hand and held it in his palm.
Liang Shaoguang also recalled what Xia Chu said to him at that time.
"Then, it's your turn."
(End of chapter)