Royal Hunting Grounds.

This is a large forest, in which fierce beasts are rampant, but the general cultivation is not high, and it can be easily hunted.

After Chu Xiu took care of everything for the housekeeper in the mansion, he did not stay in the mansion to greet the people of the Wan family, but came here alone to attend the appointment.

Riding a horse to the camp outside the forest, the second prince had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw Chu Xiu coming to the appointment, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"General Chu, long time no see!"

The second prince greeted Chu Xiu with a smile.

He had already seen Chu Xiu in the Human Emperor Tower, but the current Chu Xiu was much, much stronger than he was back then.

Chu Xiu walked up to the Second Imperial Family and saluted with his fists, and said respectfully: "Chu Xiu has seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince. ”

"We are friends today, and General Chu doesn't need to be polite." The second prince let out a soft snort, and then gave Steward Zhou on the side a look.

Steward Zhou instantly understood what the second prince meant, and immediately shouted at the soldiers behind him:

"Release the prey!"

After receiving the order of Steward Zhou, the soldiers immediately drove these prey out.

It's just that these prey are not beasts, but living people!

These people were bound by bracelets and anklets, and they looked at the second prince with a frightened expression, standing in place and trembling.

The second prince looked at everyone and said to Chu Xiu on the side: "These people are all slaves and death row prisoners who have made mistakes, we will use them as prey today, and His Royal Highness will compare with you today to see whose archery skills are more accurate!" ”

Using slaves and death row prisoners as prey, it seems that this second prince, like the crown prince, is not a good person!

Before Chu Xiu could refuse, these slaves and death row prisoners scattered in an instant, but before they could take a few steps, the second prince's sharp arrow shot at them.

Arrows hit these people in the heart, and the blood immediately stained the surrounding grass into blood, making Chu Xiu's brows furrow.

Forget about death row prisoners, there are still slaves in it, what is the difference between the second prince's approach and the disregard for human life?

Chu Xiu naturally wouldn't have such a boring competition with the second prince, and said straight to the point: "Is Your Highness coming to me today just to compete in archery?" If that's the case, I can throw in the towel now. ”

Seeing Chu Xiu so boring, the second prince suddenly lost interest and threw the bow and arrow in his hand to his subordinates.

After patting the dust on his body, he didn't go around the bend again, and said to Chu Xiu:

"I received news yesterday that the head of the Wan family was tortured into a trick in the Criminal Department, and finally died in the prison of the Criminal Department."

"And the person who gave the order to the Criminal Department is none other than my good brother, the prince!"

Although Chu Xiu had guessed that it was the crown prince who had done it, now that it was confirmed, he still felt very angry in his heart!

He really didn't understand why the prince did this, the Wan family was helping the prince to take the blame, how could the prince be so ruthless?

"The prince has nothing to do with the Wan family, this time he went to great lengths, and he did not hesitate to expose the power of the criminal department to kill the head of the Wan family, presumably the head of the Wan family should know something, so he will suffer a catastrophe."

"Your Highness heard that General Chu has a deep friendship with the Wan family, and even took in all the people of the Wan family, presumably General Chu should want to avenge the head of the Wan family, right?"

The second prince glanced at Chu Xiu deeply, the expression on his face suddenly became serious, and he continued: "If General Chu can tell me the real reason why the crown prince killed the head of the Wan family, I can give General Chu and the Wan family the master." ”

"If the prince really does something unreasonable, I will definitely make him pay!"

Just as Wan Minmin thought, the second prince came to him in order to win him over to deal with the crown prince, and wanted to make a fuss about the affairs of ten thousand families.

Wan Jia finally escaped, although Chu Xiu wanted to seek justice for the head of the Wan family, he would never pull Wan Jia into the fire pit again.

So he didn't hesitate to open his mouth and said: "The head of the Wan family committed suicide in fear of sin, and he has nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Prince, and the Wan family has no news that His Royal Highness wants." ”

Hearing Chu Xiu's words, the second prince's face suddenly darkened, and he said with a look of displeasure: "Chu Xiu, you have offended the crown prince now, if you offend me again, do you think you can still stay in Kyoto?" ”

"As long as you are willing to help me, I promise to help you keep your Wanjia family, and it will also make your official road smooth in the future!"

This promise is not small, but Chu Xiu is still unmoved.

After all, the fate of the Wan family is still vivid, once he joins the party struggle, he will completely become someone else's pawn, and it is only a matter of time before he is abandoned.

Chu Xiu didn't want to become a pawn in the party struggle, let alone be calculated by others, so he resolutely refused: "Thank you, Your Highness, for thinking about me, but I really don't know anything with Wanjia, and I ask Your Highness to understand." ”

"Hmph, I hope you don't regret it!" The second prince let out a cold snort and didn't say anything more to Chu Xiu.

Seeing this, Chu Xiu did not continue to stay here, and after giving the second prince a salute, he left here directly.

After Chu Xiu walked away, the second prince's face became even colder, and he said to Steward Zhou on the side: "Send news to the palace, if the prince wants to deal with Chu Xiu, then we will also help, and we must not let Chu Xiu and the Wan family have a good time." ”

……

Chu Mansion.

Wan Minmin came to Wanjia with the people of Wanjia, because Chu Xiu had already ordered them, and they had almost no restraint in Chu Mansion.

Although there are more than 100 people in the family, the mansion that the imperial court gave to Chu Xiu is not small, and he can still live in it.

Just as Wan Minmin had settled down his clansmen, a voice suddenly came in from outside the Chu Mansion.

"Ten thousand families came out to collect the corpses!"

After Wan Minmin heard the shouting, he immediately led people out.

Outside the Chu Mansion, the people of the Criminal Department and the Zhao family appeared here, and there was a straw mat in front of them, and there was a corpse lying on the straw mat, which was the head of the Wan family who died in the prison of the Criminal Department!

Seeing his father's body being brought back with a straw mat, Wan Minmin and the faces of the people in the Wan family all became a little ugly.

A family member of the Wan family walked out and shouted at the people of the Criminal Department and the Zhao family: "Didn't my young lady buy a coffin for her, and let someone go to the Criminal Department to pick up the master home?" How can you send the old man back with a straw mat? ”

"Wan Jiahe is a criminal in the imperial court, it is already very good to be able to keep a whole corpse, and it is also worthy of being put into a coffin?" The guards of the Criminal Department let out a cold snort, apparently doing so on purpose.

When everyone in the Wan family heard this, everyone was angry, and some people even broke out to cultivate, with the intention of doing something.

Wan Minmin looked at the deliberately provocative guards of the Criminal Department, he knew that now was definitely not the time to be impulsive, so he pulled back the Wan family who wanted to do it, and said softly: "Let people go and buy a coffin immediately, and let my father be buried first." ”

Although everyone in the Wan family was very angry, since Wan Minmin had already said so, they naturally endured it.

However, when the two Wanjia people went to buy a coffin, they were stopped by the Zhao family.

Wan Minmin frowned and asked, "Master Zhao, what do you mean by this?" ”

"My Zhao family is here to collect the debts, the owner of the family asked me to borrow a million taels before I was alive, and now the master of the family is gone, so you can return the money to me quickly." The head of the Zhao family let out a cold snort, and directly let the Zhao family guards behind him surround the Chu Mansion.

These Zhao family guards are all fifth-order cultivators of the Refining Realm, and everyone's aura is very strong, so they are obviously prepared.

But just when they wanted to use force, a powerful coercion struck and directly swept these guards away.

Chu Xiu walked out of the crowd, he was already a little angry, but at this moment, he was even more angry, and shouted coldly at the Zhao family: "This is the general's mansion, you are presumptuous here, aren't you afraid that I will kill you all?" ”