Qingfeng and Qingjuan each carried a man in black with five-flower-tied clothes and threw it at Kitano Hongming's feet.
The two of them looked at each other, but they didn't expect that the other person would go to the same place as them, and both of them were left alive.
Qingfeng said:
"Prince Kitano, these two people will be given to you. After all, you have given me twenty more excellent war horses, so you cannot suffer any loss."
Qing Feng did use the honorific "you", but there was no hint of respect in these words?
Co-author Kitano Hiroaki used twenty fine war horses to buy two living assassins?
Kitano Hongming looked around at the people who made him angry, but now he couldn't move any of them. He had no choice but to unleash his anger on the man in black.
"Bang!"
He kicked out hard, and a man in black curled up in pain.
"Tell me! Who ordered you to kill me?"
Kitano Hongming actually had a guess in his mind. The tricks of these men in black were clearly more like those of the Northern Barbarians.
But the man in black remained stubbornly silent.
But Chu Wenjin added fuel to the fire:
"Prince Beiye, this is your first time in our Yunxiao Kingdom, so you don't think you will make enemies with anyone. Why don't you think about it, are there any enemies in your Beiman Kingdom who want to kill you?"
Beiye Hongming was already suspicious, but when Chu Wenjin said this, he thought of Beiye Hongyao, who was driven back to the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and his ambitious seventh brother!
Kitano Hongming used the tip of his sword to remove the obstruction on the faces of several men in black. They were all unfamiliar faces.
Damn it, they actually raised a dead soldier under his nose?
Kitano Hongming returned to the two living assassins, took out a bag of silver, and said coldly:
"I ask you again, who instigated you to kill me? The person who told you first can take the money and live. From now on, he can roam around the world as he pleases, and we will never pursue him again.
If you speak slowly, I will make him experience eighteen kinds of torture, and he will not be able to survive or die!"
It has to be said that Kitano Hongming's move really tests human nature.
Even a dead soldier is still mortal. If he died happily like his companions, that would be fine.
But now that they are being captured alive, it's not like they don't know the torture methods used in prison. If they say they're not afraid, that would be a lie.
What's more, if there is only one person left alive, the master can still be saved by refusing to kill him.
If you don't recruit two people alive, you can't guarantee that the other person won't be recruited either. But if you talk about it first and then talk about it, the gap is so huge.
The two assassins in black looked at each other warily, neither wanting to let go easily, but also afraid that the other would attack them first, and they would become the most miserable person.
Si looked at the sky and realized that it would be bad to spend the night in this canyon. He took out an exquisite dagger and stepped forward.
"Prince Kitano, I have a friend who is an executioner. One day, he told me about the punishment of Lingchi. He said that at most, more than three thousand cuts could be made on the prisoner before he died.
I don't believe it, can this living person really survive for so long?"
As the commander spoke, he wiped the dagger in his hand and his eyes wandered over the two assassins in black.
The two assassins finally showed frightened looks in their eyes and were breathing rapidly.
It was as if the dagger in the superior's hand was grazing on their bodies and was about to cut off their flesh piece by piece.
Sure enough, the commander said:
"The live ones are not too many, but the best ones. If they assassinate the crown prince, it's not too much to reward him with a punishment of Ling Chi. Prince Kitano, why don't you let me pick one to try my hand at it?"
His eyes seemed to be selecting a fat pig to be slaughtered. Soon, his eyes rested on the more frightened one, the tall assassin.
The commander stared at the man with cold eyes, silently thinking in his mind, one, two, three!
"I, I, I recruit!"
This tall assassin's lips were trembling at the moment, and he couldn't speak a word, but he was eager to survive.
He really didn't want to try what it felt like to be chopped up alive by more than three thousand knives!
"It's Concubine Xin! Concubine Xin ordered us to do it!"
This voice did not come from the tall assassin who was eager to win.
The tall assassin slowly turned his head and looked at his companion in disbelief.
It turned out to be another assassin who spoke the answer first when the tall assassin was stuttering.
At this moment, how can the two of them feel any sense of companionship? It can be said that they are in a life-or-death situation.
The mastermind behind the scenes was actually Concubine Xin! When Kitano Hongming heard Concubine Xin's name, he had already thought of Concubine Xin's children, the third princess Kitano Hongyao, and the seventh prince Kitano Hongyi.
The three of them, mother and son, usually fought openly and secretly with him and his mother, but now they dared to send dead men to assassinate him, the heir apparent.
If they don't get rid of it, what else will they not dare to do? Kitano Hongming also had an unprecedented murderous intention in his heart.
The short assassin who came up from behind looked at Kitano Hiroaki expectantly.
"Your Highness, the villain did it first, you must keep your word!"
"Bang!"
Kitano Hongming kicked him again. He was so angry that this assassin dared to provoke him!
"When I gave you face, you didn't do anything. Now you know you are afraid? It's too late! I will give you a second chance, and it will be the last time. Those who are willing to go with me to express their love in front of the father, live!"
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"The villain is willing!"
The two assassins spoke almost at the same time.
They have betrayed their master, and now of course their priority is to survive. Even if they cannot survive, they want to die quickly and not suffer the punishment of living.
Kitano Hongming finally felt better. With these irrefutable evidences, he did not believe that his father would still favor Concubine Xin and her son.
He was about to order the guards to take him away, but when he looked around, where could he find a guard?
The original plan was to inquire about Mu Qier's whereabouts along the way, but now there was no one available.
Kitano Hongming took a deep breath, looked at his superior, gritted his teeth and said:
"This palace has money this time, so I can help you go to Shanshan Escort Bureau and take these two people with you, right?"
"Of course you can."
The superior bowed his head politely. It seemed that he was not the one who said he wanted to kill someone by three thousand knives just now.
He also said to the escort on the side:
"Go and bandage Prince Kitano."
Kitano Hongming is currently weak, and he still has half of the way to go before he can enter the Northern Barbarian Kingdom. He doesn't want to offend these people too much.
Kitano Hongming didn't say anything else, he just found a big stone and sat down, letting the escort roughly bandage him to stop the bleeding.
Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and did not affect the journey. It was just a bit of a pain.
Taking advantage of this time, Chu Wenjin walked up to Kitano Hongming, cupped his fists and said:
"Prince Kitano, you also know that I am a civil servant and timid. We were originally just sending grain and seeds to the emperor, but who knew that we would also act as bodyguards for Prince Kitano. Traveling with you will greatly increase our risks and our lives will be at risk."
Kitano Hongming didn't know what kind of medicine Chu Wenjin was selling in his gourd, so he was forced to get involved. He didn't answer, but looked at Chu Wenjin coldly.