Chapter 90: Escaping Danger

  There is a kind of person, because their despicable nature has penetrated deep into their bones, so even a glance or a smile will make people feel despicable. Without a doubt, Zhu Houxi is this kind of person.

  When he gazed at Cui Ruxue with shining eyes, not only was Cui Ruxue enraged, but also Lian Jueqing was enraged.

  Her eyebrows were tightly knitted together in displeasure as she asked, "Who are you?"

  "Haha... the young ones are as beautiful as flowers, and the older ones still have their charm." Zhu Houxi clapped his hands excitedly and shouted: "He Shu, quickly take care of them and then hand them over to me."

  He Qizhen subconsciously asked: "Does Little Wang want both?"

  The reason for asking this is because He Qizhen originally also considered going to enjoy the extreme emotions himself.

  Lijue Qing was furious after hearing He Qizheng and Zhu Houxi's conversation, "He Qizheng, what do you mean?"

  He Qizhui turned his head to look at Lie Jueqing and said lightly, "It's your good fortune that Young Master Wang can take a liking to you two master and disciple, don't be shameless."

  "Damn it!" Lijue's emotions suddenly became violent and he drew out the long sword in his hand, stabbing towards He Qitian.

  At this moment, Jiang Xia, who was being supported by Cui Ruxue, suddenly whispered in her ear: "Withdraw to the corner of the wall."

  Cui Ruxiang was suddenly startled, and she subconsciously prepared to look at Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia hastily added another sentence: "Don't make a sound, retreat to the corner of the wall, both you and your master have fallen into the trap."

  Cui Ruxue instinctively walked towards the corner of the wall, while at this moment, Lie Jue's long sword in his hand was also knocked flying by He Qitian, and he himself was slapped back with a palm.

  Lijue's face was covered with her hands as she said to Cui Ruxue: "Ruxue, run quickly, we've been tricked."

  As soon as Lijue's voice rang out, Jiang Xia couldn't help but curse "idiot" in her heart. Originally, Cui Ruzhao had taken advantage of the crowd's distraction to quietly move closer to the wall, and was now only three steps away from it. As long as he reached the foot of the wall, Jiang Xia could use her last bit of strength to drag Cui Ruzhao over the wall with her. But now that Lijue had shouted, everyone's attention was focused on Cui Ruzhao, and he couldn't move a single step.

  "Seize her at once," Zhu Houxi shouted. "We can't let this little beauty of mine get away."

  "Chui Rusong shouted loudly: 'Don't come over!'"

  Unfortunately, these people would not listen to her words. Two of He Qi's subordinates immediately rushed over. Just as they were approaching Cui Ruzhang, Jiang Xia suddenly sprang up from her arms. Jiang Xia pulled out a dagger from his boot and stabbed one of them in the chest, then quickly ran eight steps towards Zhu Houxi.

  He Qiyan let out a loud roar: "You dare, you little bastard!"

  He made a palm strike at Jiang Xia, who shifted his body slightly to the right and bit his teeth to forcefully block He Qizong's palm.

  A master's strength is indeed extraordinary, Jiang Xia was slapped by a palm and his internal organs were about to burst, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood. Fortunately, he used the "Unmoving Stance" from the Nine Postures at the critical moment, secretly diverting some of He Qiutian's palm force, otherwise this one slap would have been enough to kill him.

  With the force of He Qi's slap, Jiang Xia's body flew backward in the direction where Zhu Hou Xi was standing. Jiang Xia felt his head spinning, but he forced himself to cut his thigh with a dagger, using the pain to stimulate a bit of clarity. He turned around and grabbed Zhu Hou Xi, holding him hostage.

  "Ah......" Zhu Houxi was grabbed by Jiang Xia's left hand on his throat, and a dagger was placed against his neck with her right hand. He was shocked and suddenly shouted loudly.

  Jiang Xia leaned almost half of his body against Zhu Hou Xi's, looking ahead and saying: "Let the two of them go, otherwise I will take his life immediately."

  He Qizheng coldly stared at Jiang Xia and said in a stern tone, "If you hurt him in the slightest, I guarantee that both of them will be unable to live or die."

  "Worse comes to worst, we'll die together here. I'm not afraid of you. Do you want to bet on it?" As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Xia's dagger slid across Zhu Houxi's neck, and a bloody mark appeared instantly.

  Feeling the chill and stinging sensation coming from his neck, Zhu Hou Xie immediately tensed up and loudly shouted: "He Qi Tian, let them go, quickly let them go! If I suffer even the slightest injury, your head won't be needed anymore!"

  "Yes, Young Master Wang." He Qiyan glared at Jiang Xia fiercely, if looks could kill, Jiang Xia would have been torn to pieces.

  "Let them go!" He Qitian said reluctantly.

  Jiang Xia slowly pulled Zhu Hou Xi towards Lie Jue Qing and asked, "How is it, Master? Can you walk?"

  Lethal Emotion never thought that the one who would save her at the last moment would be Jiang Xia, whom she had almost killed with a sword. Lethal Emotion picked up her long sword from the ground and used it to support herself as she stood up, saying: "You can leave."

  Jiang Xia nodded and then gestured for Cui Ruxue to come over and support Lü Jueqing.

  Cui Ruxue immediately ran over and supported Li Jueqing, Jiang Xia looked at He Qitian and said: "Open the door."

  He Qizhen nodded at the two people standing at the door, and they immediately opened the back door. Then Jiang Xia tilted his head and said, "All of you stand to one side."

  He Qi Pu glanced at Jiang Xia, and Jiang Xia's right hand holding the dagger moved again. Zhu Hou Xi immediately shouted loudly: "Hurry up, stand aside, didn't you hear what he said?"

  He Qiutu took a deep breath and stepped aside. Jiang Xia held Zhu Houxi back all the way, finally retreating to the door when Cui Ruxue and Lie Jueqing had just gone out, He Qiutu suddenly kicked a stone on the ground with one foot. The stone hit Jiang Xia's hand accurately, and the dagger in Jiang Xia's hand fell off immediately, Zhu Houxi escaped at once.

  Jiang Xia thoughtlessly went to close the back door, and outside the door came Cui Ruxue's shout: "Big Brother Jiang!"

  "Run quickly!" Jiang Xia shouted loudly.

  "No! You're not going anywhere, and neither am I!" Cui Ruxue called out firmly.

  Jiang Xia was anxious and moved, he shouted loudly: "Master, take her away!"

  "Jiang..." Cui Ruxue had just uttered this one word when there was no sound, and it was clear that Li Jue had knocked her unconscious and taken her away.

  In the backyard of Wang's mansion, only He Qizhen and his seven subordinates, as well as Zhu Houxi, the eldest son of King Xingxian, were left.

  Jiang Xia raised his head and looked at Zhu Hou Xi, smiling: "It's really a small world, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon."

  Zhu Houxi also looked at Jiang Xia. It was only then that he got a clear look at Jiang Xia's appearance, and suddenly let out a loud cry: "Ah...... you, you are......"

  When He Qi's men brought back Liu Qingyun's head, they had shown it to Zhu Houxie, but how could Zhu Houxie bear to look at that bloody thing? So he just took a rough glance and then hastily waved his hand for them to take it away. Now seeing Jiang Xia, Zhu Houxie thought he was seeing a ghost.

  But soon Zhu Hou Xi reacted, Jiang Xia was absolutely not a ghost, he immediately shouted in a sharp voice: "It's him, it's him who hit me. Good, you dared to hit me before, now you're ruining my good deed. Kill him, chop him into minced meat and feed the dogs!"

  Zhu Houxi was so excited that he didn't even use his royal title "This King".

  Jiang Xia looked at Zhu Hou Xi with a faint smile and said: "What? Are you ready to kill me already, without even torturing me for fun?"

  Jiang Xia's words immediately reminded Zhu Houxi, who nodded and said: "Right, take him down first, take him down first and then talk!"

  "You also dare to touch someone from our Dong factory? You really have a big nerve!"

  Along with this shout, the back door of the Wang family's mansion was suddenly kicked open. Jiang Xia turned his head to look and found that the person who came was actually Liu Jin.

  Jiang Xia knew that the Xianyao Mountain Villa was hiding people from the East Factory, but he didn't expect that the people from the East Factory would arrive even faster than those from the Brocade Guard. It seems that the East Factory's ability to surpass the Brocade Guard is not just a matter of luck.

  Jiang Xia pointed at the people in front of him and said: "Your Honor, these people are secretly plotting a rebellion, their crime is extremely serious."

  Liu Jin nodded and waved his hand: "Take him down!"

  "Who dares! I am Zhu Houxi, the eldest son of King Xingxian and the younger brother of the current emperor!" Zhu Houxi shouted loudly.

  Liu Jin glanced at Zhu Houxie and sneered, "My Eastern Depot doesn't care who you are. As long as you're plotting a rebellion, it's definitely a capital offense!"

  After finishing speaking, a group of Dongchang's followers rushed in and attacked He Qizhen and others.

  He Qizhen also knew the principle of capturing the king first, and directly rushed over with a palm slap towards Liu Jin. Liu Jin saw He Qizhen's palm slap coming and just smiled calmly, he didn't think much and raised his hand to meet it with another palm slap.

  "Plop!" He Qiutu was suddenly slapped by Liu Jin and flew backward, his body arcing through the air as a mouthful of blood spurted out.

  Jiang Xia's heart sank as he witnessed this scene. He had always suspected that Liu Jin was skilled in martial arts, and his skills were not low, but he had never thought that Liu Jin's skills would be so formidable. To think that He Qiyan was a top-notch expert, yet Liu Jin could defeat him with such ease, what level of strength did Liu Jin possess?

  What made Jiang Xia even more shocked was that Liu Jin brought only a dozen or so people, but each of them seemed to be a top-notch martial artist. The people on the scene fought with them, and not one person could match up to them.

  He Qi's subordinates were soon taken down one by one, and Zhu Houxie was also subdued by Liu Jin.

  Liu Jin handed Zhu Houxi over to a subordinate beside him, then walked up to Jiang Xia and asked: "How is it? How's the injury?"

  Jiang Xia shook his head and smiled: "Not dead yet."

  Liu Jin nodded slightly and signaled the two people beside him to help him up, then whispered: "Take him back to Dongchang, and arrange for the imperial physician from the palace to come and treat him."

  "Yes." The two Eastern Depot guards who were holding Jiang Xia responded as ordered.

  Liu Jin nodded and said, "Alright, let's go."

  "Sir, there are still many people in this courtyard..."

  Liu Jin smiled and said: "Let those people be handed over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they will arrive soon."