Chapter 30: Making a Deal with Hathaway
"Good work. β
Seeing Yang Youyi coming, Hathaway greeted her.
"The Queen is gracious. β
Yang Youyi responded lightly.
Hathaway's gaze turned to Dong Wusheng, "This is the Rakshasa Woman, right?"
Yang Youyi nodded, "Yes." β
Hathaway's gaze lingered on Dong Wusheng's face for a moment, and there was an inquiring look in those dark blue eyes, as if she wanted to see the reason for her assassination from Dong Wusheng's face.
Dong Wusheng met her gaze and smiled, "I have long admired Her Majesty's name." β
β......β
Hathaway's eyes sank, she ignored her, and turned her head to look at Yang Youyi, "I still have some questions to ask about this person, and when the interrogation is over, it will be handed over to the Monk Alliance, and when the time comes, do you need to inform Yang Daochang?"
"It's troublesome, then Yang will leave. β
Yang Youyi bowed slightly, and glanced at Dong Wusheng before leaving, "Goodbye, Dong Wusheng, I think I should go to see you on the day you were executed." β
Dong Wusheng lowered his head and smiled, "If you want to say that, then I have to pray that I won't see you again, Daoist Yang." β
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When Yang Youyi left, Hathaway opened her palm and showed Dong Wusheng what was in her palm.
It was a white, translucent, unidentified orb containing an ice-blue worm.
"I don't know if Daoist Yang introduced this thing to you on the road just now. β
The attendant brought chairs for the two of them, and after Hathaway showed Dong Wusheng what he was holding, he sat down and looked at Dong Wusheng calmly, "Then before we start, I'll let Miss feel this thing first, so that we can talk later." β
β......β
Zimu Gu, the principle of this Gu is very simple, the sub-Gu is planted in the human body, on weekdays, the subworm relies on the parasitic host, absorbs the host's energy to maintain life activities, if the energy of the female worm is extracted, the female worm will make up for the lost energy from the subworm by itself, and the preyed subworm will replenish the energy by biting the host's flesh and blood.
In the past, this was a Gu specially created for interrogating monks, and ordinary people who fell for this Gu, once urged, would be bitten through their stomachs and intestines within a moment, vomiting blood and dying, and the lethality was too great.
Gu worms attacked, devouring flesh and blood, gnawing on internal organs, as if every piece of flesh and blood in the body had been stabbed at the same time, then another knife, and then another knife, and in a trance, I felt as if I had been torn to pieces, chopped into flesh, as if I was already dead, but when I opened my eyes, I found that the nightmare had just begun.
However, even if the body has been tempered with spiritual power, and the physical strength and recovery power are far beyond ordinary people, there are often monks who cannot hold on. Therefore, this method of interrogation was later abolished because it was too vicious and contrary to the way of heaven.
Dong Wusheng sat down on the chair, her back was soaked with cold sweat for a moment, she pursed her lips, lowered her head slightly, her eyes were distracted, her already pale face was even more bloodless at this time, she slumped on the chair, like a white and silent corpse.
Hathaway sat squarely across from Dong Wusheng, with no contemptuous sarcasm on her face, nor any superfluous reaction to Dong Wusheng's silent performance throughout the whole process.
She just looked at Dong Wusheng calmly.
I don't know how long it lasted, the pain passed, and Dong Wusheng let out a sigh of relief and relieved himself.
"Now, then, will Her Majesty be willing to listen carefully to what I have to say?"
Dong Wusheng looked up at Hathaway and adjusted his sitting position, his tone slightly lower than Fang Cai, but his breath was steady.
Hathaway bowed her head slightly, "Please speak." β
"Forgive me for taking the liberty of it, Your Majesty, I've investigated something about you these days," Dong Wusheng paused, holding back the cough that welled up in his throat," If my idea is correct, it should be Gu Changgeng's idea to guide me to the Shazhou Country from Daohe Town, and spread the news that I am coming to the Shazhou Country, especially to those who have a grudge against me, hoping to consume my strength halfway, including the trapping led by you in the Shazhou Country, it should be Gu Changgeng's idea, and you also agreed to participate in this plan after knowing that my target is you. β
"Yes. β
Hathaway nodded slightly, affirming Dong Wusheng's statement, and said nothing else.
Dong Wusheng exhaled slowly, his face was slightly tired, "Then please allow me to guess the content of the transaction between you and Gu Changgengββ"
Hearing this, Hathaway's eyes deepened, but she didn't say anything in the end.
"I won't say much about Gu Changgeng, about you, I want to know, Gu Changgeng's condition for you is not the whereabouts of Meng Zhuang and the enemy army that will help you repel the enemy troops coming from the border?"
β......β
Hathaway was silent for a moment, then lowered her eyes and nodded slowly, "...... Be. β
"Then, let's make a deal, Your Majesty," Dong Wusheng's pale face showed a smile, and for a moment people ignored the clues left on her face by the pain, only remembering the quiet light in her eyes, "I believe that the conditions I give you will be more generous than Gu Changgeng's." β
Hathaway furrowed her eyebrows slightly, presumably skeptical about how things were going to turn out.
β......β
But if there is another person sitting in front of her at this moment, she may not sit here and listen to the other party's words to this point.
However, the person who said these words to her at this moment was a Rakshasa woman...... A lot of things are different when you think about them.
"Please. β
"I can also provide you with Meng Zhuang's whereabouts, but I have to warn you that the information you get may not be what you want. β
Hearing this, Hathaway's heart sank slightly.
The king of Shazhou Country, whose surname has been Meng for generations, should be the first king with a foreign surname in recent centuries.
She is actually not the rightful queen of Shazhou Country, Meng Zhuang is her marriage partner, and she is also ...... The sweetheart she has admired since she was a child.
As a young man, Hathaway had little interest in government affairs and inheritance. She also has a bit of immortal fate, she thought that she would willingly go all the way to the dark on the road of asking for immortals, but she didn't expect to meet Meng Zhuang halfway.
At that time, she begged her father for a long time, and for this marriage, she gave up the swordsmanship she had pursued since childhood, accepted many constraints from her father, and made herself look like a qualified royal daughter, so she finally asked her father for this marriage she had dreamed of for a long time.
However, Meng Zhuang, who learned of this marriage, was furious, and he fiercely quarreled and protested with his father, and tried all means to resist this matter.
At first, Hathaway didn't understand why, but when she heard the maid say that he wanted her marriage to be her own, she was glad that the man she liked was different from those who only knew how to race horses and fight.
As for his unwillingness to accept himself, Hathaway didn't take it to heart at all.
All along, he has paid attention to him unilaterally, and Meng Zhuang is not familiar with her at all.
Once you get acquainted with it, the situation will definitely improve.
Even after contact, Meng Zhuang still doesn't like himself, and Hathaway believes that as long as he perseveres, he will eventually impress the other party one day.
However, things didn't seem to go the way she had imagined.
Since she appeared, Meng Zhuang kept a distance from her, and at first showed helplessness and restraint distress at her bold overtures and pursuits, although he always rejected her categorically, but he still maintained etiquette and decency. Slowly, Meng Zhuang began to feel bored, and began to avoid her as much as possible, and finally saw him once, and Meng Zhuang's attitude was so cold that it was difficult for her to accept.
Hathaway realized that no matter what she did, Meng Zhuang would not like her.