Pathological Trapping - Chap 21
”Ninth brother, what you said makes a lot of sense! Someone, come here! The East Palace has lost the gift bestowed by the emperor. Go and inform all the city gates to keep a close watch on them and not let any young men out easily!
All the soldiers should go out immediately and capture all the thieves! If anyone refuses to obey, they will be killed without mercy! ”
At the prince’s command, his personal soldiers set out immediately.
They were divided into three teams and launched a massive search in the imperial city, but after a day’s search, they found nothing.
The prince was so angry that he smashed several tea cups given by the emperor.
All the maids and eunuchs in the room didn’t dare to speak.
Only Mu Jian stepped forward cautiously, like a child trying to please his brother, “Brother Crown Prince, don’t be angry. How about I take people out to look for him?”
The prince glanced at him.
I thought to myself, so many of my personal soldiers can’t find it, how can you find it?
He sneered inwardly, feeling upset, and agreed casually.
”Okay, okay, you go.”
Mu Jian took two steps, turned back, and lay down in front of the prince’s bed. He licked his fangs with some embarrassment and said that he was not as prestigious as the prince and was afraid that he could not mobilize his personal soldiers and might encounter obstacles in doing things, so he wanted a badge.
The prince was very annoyed, “There’s my badge on the table, take it!”
Mu Jian thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, took the badge and walked out the door.
He looked at the captain of the imperial guards standing in the audience and raised the badge in his hand.
”Li Yu, bring twenty personal soldiers with you and follow me out of the palace to look for someone!”
Li Yu knelt down and saluted, “Yes, Your Highness!”
The night is dark.
In a dilapidated temple in the west of the city, a dozen young and handsome prostitutes were huddled together.
A brave man crept to the door and looked at the dark night outside. He couldn’t help but worry: “His Highness the Ninth Prince said he would come to pick us up and leave the city. Why hasn’t he come yet?”
A younger one stepped forward and asked, “Your Highness, you won’t lie to us, will you?”
The other disagreed.
”Nonsense! If Your Highness really lied to us, why would he go to so much trouble to release us?”
Another echoed, “Even if His Highness lied to us, would Li Huai’s brother cheat his own brother?”
Another said, “Even if His Highness doesn’t come, we can hide here. When the storm is over, we can escape! It’s better than waiting to die in the East Palace!”
As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately nodded in agreement.
When the crown prince fell ill, the emperor held him accountable. Their status in the East Palace plummeted, causing panic among the people.
Not to mention, among them, there was the captain’s younger brother, who heard the conversation between his brother and the Ninth Prince. The Crown Prince’s condition had relapsed, and now he vomited one out of three spoonfuls of food he ate, which made everyone even more scared.
Who is willing to wait for death in the East Palace?
Someone said: “His Highness the Ninth Prince came from a poor family, so he can sympathize with us. Since he said he would help us, he will definitely come.”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started to comment.
His Highness the Ninth Prince is kind-hearted and is a good person.
Suddenly, someone saw a fire approaching in the night.
Everyone seemed to see hope for life.
”Look! That must be the Ninth Prince coming down!”
Chapter 17 Killing Two Birds with One Stone
In the darkness, two horses approached gradually, and the two people on the horses were holding torches, illuminating a small area of light.
Following that cry, “It must be the Ninth Prince coming down,” more and more people crawled out of the cellar.
A petite figure in the crowd recognized the person on one of the horses and rushed out.
“Brother!”
The man on horseback got off the horse, hugged the young man who was running towards him, and looked him up and down carefully. He confirmed that except for his dirty face and messy clothes, he did not have any scars, so he felt relieved.
”I’m glad Xiao Huai is okay.”
Li Huai hugged Li Yu’s waist tightly, “I was scared to death! I thought you couldn’t get out!”
Li Yu patted Li Huai’s back to comfort him, and exchanged glances with Mu Jian who was still sitting on the horse. Li Yu raised his hand and knocked his brother unconscious with one palm.
Mu Jian raised his hand.
The boy’s voice seemed to have been soaked in ice water, so cold that it made people shiver.
”kill.”
When Mu Jian returned to the west wing, he smelled himself at the gate of the courtyard. After confirming that there was no blood, he quickened his pace, pushed open the door of Li Dezhuang’s room, and ran in.
Li Dezhuang was sleeping when he was suddenly awakened by a loud bang. He sat up in fright. Before he could recover from the shock, Mu Jian pounced on him.
”Guard Li…”
When he spoke, his voice was trembling slightly.
”What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Didn’t you go to arrest someone for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Are you injured?”
Mu Jian slowly raised his head in his arms, his eyes red.
”Those people, those people… didn’t want to come back, fought to the death, and then they all… all died…”
Li Dezhuang was struck by lightning.
He knew exactly how many prostitutes there were in the backyard.
Except for the newcomer who didn’t run away, he had seen all the others!
Those vivid faces, those living people.
Suddenly it’s gone!
It is indeed the old saying that the dead die so casually.
Mu Jian said in a small voice, “I’m so scared.”
”Did you see that?”
”Um……”
”It’s okay. It’s okay.”
Li Dezhuang patted him on the back. He was extremely scared and even felt a little nauseous, but he still tried to comfort someone younger than him.
Mu Jian: “I’m afraid, Guard Li… Can I not go back to my room tonight?”
Mu Jian raised his head.
In the moonlight, his eyes were red and wet.
Li Dezhuang moved inside to make some room for him.
”It’s okay, I’ll stay with you tonight.”
Mu Jian pulled Guard Li’s sleeve, looking depressed, as if he had suffered a great blow.
After Li Dezhuang lay down, she buried her head in his chest and asked in a low voice if she could sleep with him in her arms.
