Chapter 56: Where is the Family Love in the Royal Family?
It's okay to deceive others with this, but it's too easy to deceive Liu Hu.
After all, how could Liu Hu not know what kind of person Xiao Leng was? How could a man who was willing to sell out his own elder brother for his own goals care about the life and death of his subordinates?
"Who was the person who shot the first arrow just now?" Luo Fanchen ignored Xiao Leng's nonsense, stood coldly in front, playing with the crossbow in his hand.
Under the moonlight, Luo Fanchen's face became even paler, like a ghost from hell.
A burly man stepped forward and said, "I shot it, so what."
"Bang" an arrow shot out from Luo Fanchen's hand without any warning and directly pierced into the forehead of the burly man.
Luo Fanchen casually threw the crossbow arrow on the ground and muttered, "It's nothing, you just deserve to die."
After saying this, he looked at everyone in the room with a wicked smile and an indifferent expression.
A few people who were on good terms with the burly man saw their companions die and drew their swords to fight to the death. Xiao Leng stopped them and said, "Go back."
"The Thirteenth Prince!" How could those people feel at ease? They shouted anxiously.
Xiao Leng waved his hands. None of these people in front of him were easy to deal with. If he fought with Liu Hu here, he would probably be in great danger.
"They start fighting as soon as they say so. The Grand Tutor's subordinates are indeed full of talented people." Xiao Leng said indifferently, but he was mocking Liu Hu and the others for not knowing etiquette.
Liu Hu would never be defeated by Xiao Leng's trash talk. He smiled and said, "My brothers and I are all from the countryside. Naturally, we are different from people of noble birth like the Thirteenth Prince. Otherwise, I would not have become the Grand Tutor, right?"
"You!" Xiao Leng almost fainted with anger when he thought of Liu Hu's contempt for the imperial power. After recovering for a while, he continued.
"I don't want to argue with you today. Tell me, what do you want?"
Liu Hu laughed and said, "Do you still need to ask? I just want you to die."
Xiao Leng had expected Liu Hu to say this, and said leisurely: "If you wanted me to die, I'm afraid you would have ordered the burning of the tavern long ago. Don't you want to know something about the Zhou Kingdom?"
I must be useful, otherwise Liu Hu wouldn't be so eager to capture me alive.
"You guessed right. I did want to know something about the Zhou Kingdom before, but now it seems unnecessary." Liu Hu said truthfully. From the moment he broke in, he knew that Xiao Leng was no longer valuable.
Xiao Leng didn't understand why Liu Hu said that : "What does this mean?"
"Luo Chenghui is not here, which means that the agreement between you two has expired. The Luo family has always been based in the desert and does not participate in the struggle for imperial power. But Luo Chenghui wants to be born."
"I originally thought that he wanted to support you to become the emperor of Daqian and achieve his goal. Now it seems that he should be on the side of Zhou Kingdom."
"Now that he thinks I'm dead, he should go to Zhou to persuade the prince to attack Daqian, while you are here to discuss countermeasures with the counselors."
The more Xiao Leng listened, the more frightened he became. It was just as Liu Hu said. Luo Chenghui had never regarded him as a master or a brother. He was just someone he used.
Originally, he wanted Luo Chenghui to stay and help him clean up the mess, but Luo Chenghui disappeared the next day.
Xiao Leng understood after a little thought and quickly summoned his advisers to discuss countermeasures. Unfortunately, the news that Liu Hu was not dead caught him off guard and he had no time to think more.
"You are very smart, no wonder you can become the Grand Tutor in such a short time." Xiao Leng praised sincerely.
Liu Hu didn't say anything either, but just looked at Xiao Leng coldly, wanting to see what he wanted to do.
After all, as soon as he came in, Liu Hu saw the drawings on the table and had guessed about 70% of it.
The drawing was not of any other place but the place bordering the State of Zhou. Luo Chenghui was not there, so it was very likely that he had gone to the State of Zhou.
After all, compared with Daqian, Zhou is more powerful, and the princes of Zhou are not as ambitious as Xiao Leng, and are easier to control, which is more in line with Luo Chenghui's appetite.
Xiao Leng had a nice idea. Once he died, he would mobilize the entire country's military to attack the Zhou Kingdom. With his relationship with the Beidi and Xiyi, he would naturally be sure of victory.
It’s a pity that Luo Chenghui has been with him for so long, how could he not know Xiao Leng’s strength.
But Liu Hu didn't care about these. There was only one thing he had to do now, which was to kill Xiao Leng.
"If I die, can you please let my brothers go?" Xiao Leng's voice was a little hoarse. An ambitious person is most afraid of death, and Xiao Leng is no exception.
It was a bit sad to think that he had not yet gotten rid of Liu Hu and ascended to the throne, and yet he was going to die in such an unknown tavern.
Liu Hu shook his head and said, "Impossible."
Liu Hu knew very well that letting a tiger go back to the mountains would only bring future troubles. How could he possibly let Xiao Leng's men go, as many of them were loyal to Xiao Leng.
I'm afraid that if I let him go, he'll come and assassinate me.
Eliminating the problem at its roots has always been Liu Hudong’s principle of doing things.
"Are you really going to be so ruthless? Don't you want to know something?" Xiao Leng tempted Liu Hu, hoping to get a chance.
Liu Hu glanced at Xiao Leng and said disdainfully, "Are you still of any use now?"
"I have officials secretly trained by Xiao Han. If you release my men, I will hand them over to you all." Xiao Leng gritted his teeth. At this point he could only betray his brother in exchange for the safety of his own people.
Liu Hu didn't take Xiao Han's trainees seriously at all. He curled his lips and said, "No need. Xiao Han's trainees are all fence-sitters. They are not enough to be used as evidence."
Xiao Leng bit his lip after listening to this. After all, Liu Hu was right. Xiao Han was a man with great ambitions but little talent. He wanted to learn from Liu Chan to save his life, but he always couldn't control his emotions at critical moments. He also had some tricks that everyone could see through. It was really ridiculous.
Liu Hu thought about it and continued: "However, I can give your men a chance."
"Oh?" Xiao Leng didn't expect Liu Hu to be so "kind", his eyes lit up.
Liu Hu gestured to Wenxuan and continued, "I have a complaint here that lists the mistakes you made. All you have to do is sign and seal it."
When Xiao Leng took the charges from Wenxuan's hand, a huge wave of emotion surged in his heart. He was not surprised that Liu Hu knew so many things that happened behind his back, but he was surprised to see that the handwriting was actually written by the emperor himself.
Although he intended to use Xiao Han, he was disappointed that Xiao Han would write these things himself.
He is my own brother. Not only can he not help me, but he can't also trip me up.
As expected, the most ruthless family is the imperial family. There is no family affection at all in the imperial family, only interests.
Xiao Leng took a deep breath and said, "These are not my faults, why should I admit it?"
