Chapter 256: Temptation and Coercion
"Hey, he seems to have woken up!" The Ninth Prince patiently chatted with Tang En for so long, waiting for this moment. He saw the knight on the bed move his eyelids and immediately stood up from his chair.
The knight on the bed happened to see the Nine Princes behind Tang En the moment he opened his eyes due to the angle, and instinctively stimulated him to sit up immediately. But the Nine Princes' stern eyes, as well as the figures of Tang En and the 'monkey', still made him quickly sober up, and he hurriedly put on a blank expression again.
The fleeting change of the knight, although it was hidden from Don who was checking for him, was all taken into the eyes of the shrewd 'monkey'. While secretly laughing in his heart at the fact that this person's acting skills were too poor, he remembered Li Zijun's reminder when he left, and turned a blind eye to the huge mistake of the knight!
"Where am I?" the knight didn't know he had seen through completely, and continued his clumsy 'show'.
"You're in the Duke's palace in Edred, and our Grand Duke asked us to save you!" Donn explained to him, looking at the knight.
"Archduke Ed, where is the Grand Duke now, I have a particularly important situation to report to him, take me to him quickly!" the knight seemed to be very anxious, struggling to get up from his bed.
"This is our Dongyu's Ninth Prince, if you have anything to say, you can report to him the same!" The 'monkey' took half a step forward, held back a smile, and solemnly 'introduced' the Nine Princes to this knight.
"No, the situation I want to report to the Grand Duke is very important, and I can't say anything to anyone but the Grand Duke! You better take me to the Grand Duke quickly, right?" the knight didn't even look at the Ninth Prince, and pulled the 'monkey' and pleaded with him.
"My young master is not in the mansion at the moment. He has already handed over all the big and small matters in the mansion to the Nine Princes to be fully responsible, and he can make decisions for you if there is anything!"
"Really?" the knight finally turned his gaze back to the Nine Princes again.
Take advantage of this time. The Nine Princes used their bodies to block the view of the others and secretly winked at the knight a few times. He nodded slightly.
The ninth prince thought that he had done it seamlessly, but he didn't notice that the maid Lin, who had been lowering her head to clean the equipment, had memorized the details of his every movement.
A hint of sadness flashed in the eyes of the knight who received the order, he clenched his fists tightly, and finally nodded resolutely.
"This righteous man, if you don't say anything clearly, the Grand Duke and I will not live up to your affection!"
The "I" knight seemed to be about to say something, but suddenly a stream of black blood flowed down the corner of his mouth, and then his body stiffened violently.
"They've poisoned me!" I hate it!" said the knight muttered, his voice getting quieter.
"Hold on!" where the hell is the 'Blood Jade Ruyi'?" the Ninth Prince pushed Tang En aside, and he asked anxiously as he leaned over to the knight.
"Here, in Mills Lane! Hurry, hurry, don't let them go!" the knight tried his best, and finally insisted on saying the word zuihou.
Seeing that the knight's head was tilted, his pupils gradually dilated, and his eyes were completely devoid, the 'monkey' was a little anxious.
"How can this be?" Donn, don't you tell me he's going to be fine, how could he be poisoned?" He grabbed Donn by the collar, lifted him off the ground, and questioned him hoarsely.
"How can this be, how can this be?" Don was also a little dumbfounded, he was still trying to remember what had just happened.
"I've done a full body check-up for him. There was no sign of him being poisoned again!" Don finally figured out what had just happened, and he timidly defended himself to the 'monkey'.
"That's your poison! I tell you, if you can't explain it. When the time comes, let alone go home and open a medical center, whether you can see your wife alive is a question!" Don softened at once, and he didn't know what else to say.
"I guess he was poisoned before he came here. Otherwise, the toxin wouldn't have spread so quickly!" the Nine Princes pointed to the knight's corpse, whose wounds were oozing black blood all over his body, and explained to Tang En.
The play can't be played too much, this person's death in the Duke's Mansion is enough for Li Zijun to worry about, the ninth prince's goal is not here, and he doesn't want to be too entangled in this matter, so he rarely gave Li Zijun a rare explanation.
"In this way, the 'Blood Jade Ruyi' must be in Mills Lane! we can't wait any longer!" the Nine Princes muttered for a while, as if he had finally made up his mind, and turned around and walked out of the room quickly.
"'Monkey', I've really checked his whole body and there are really no signs of poisoning. I don't care if I live or die personally, but don't cause trouble to the Grand Duke and the Duke's Palace!" Tang En said nervously as he saw the Nine Princes leave, pulling the 'monkey'.
"Someone wants to poison themselves, what can we do?" the 'monkey' had completely returned to his usual state at this time, and he looked at the back of the ninth prince and snorted coldly.
"What?" Don didn't understand what 'Monkey' Weishenme would say, and he looked at 'Monkey' in bewilderment.
"Don't ask so much! The less you know, the safer you will be! Rest assured, this matter will pass soon, but neither you nor Lynn will mention today's incident to anyone again. Remember!" The monkey patted Donn on the shoulder and walked out of the room after the Nine Princes.
Just when the 'monkey' explained to Tang En how to protect himself, the ninth prince had already issued two orders in succession: first, he ordered people to return to the palace with his token, and gather all the fighters that the ninth prince could mobilize as quickly as possible; second, he sent people to invite all the big and small leaders in charge of the operation of the criminal department to him, and ordered them to mobilize all the operational personnel of the criminal department to the duke's palace. Although there was no handwritten warrant from Li Zijun, because the ninth prince had always had a certain degree of control over the criminal department, his order was quickly executed.
As soon as the Nine Princes completed these deployments, they saw the 'monkey':
"Kuqi, you immediately gather all the liliang of the Duke's Mansion and rush to Mills Lane with me, if it is too late, we must stop them before they smuggle the 'Blood Jade Ruyi' out of Filano City!" said the ninth prince with some urgency.
"Ninth Prince, it's not that I'm against your will, I really can't do this! In the Duke's Palace, if I can't see my young master's token, I can't even move a single family member, let alone those guards!"
"Kuqi, if the 'Blood Jade Ruyi' is really smuggled out of the city, don't talk about you, even if it is your young master, he can't afford to bear such a big responsibility!"
"Gather people to set out with me, and the king promises you that Charity will not punish you, but will also give you a great reward in the future!"
"Nine Princes, I believe your words!, but I really can't do this matter of mobilizing the guards!" The 'monkey' struggled in place for a long time, and Zuihou still rejected the Nine Princes with a wry smile.
"Kuqi, if something goes wrong in the matter of encircling and suppressing thieves, your young master will not be able to get out of it! It's too late for you to regret it now, otherwise Ed will blame him in the future, don't blame me for not helping you!" The ninth prince saw that the temptation could not work, and he resorted to coercion again.
But the 'monkey' seemed to have eaten the scales, and his head continued to shake incessantly.
The Nine Princes had been prepared for today's situation, and it didn't take long for the operations of the Criminal Department to be assembled, and the Nine Princes' Mansion was all ready news.
"Kuqi, why are you still standing here stupidly? Can't you move others and yourself? Hurry up and follow, this king will take you to make meritorious service!" Timothy always felt that it was a little inappropriate for the whole team to be without Li Zijun's men, and he also lowered his goal to the minimum, and only wanted to bring the 'monkey' alone.
"Nine Princes, thank you for your kindness! I also want to follow you to make meritorious contributions, but I really don't dare!"
"Coward, if that gang of thieves escapes, I'll let Ed cut off your head first!" The Nine Princes couldn't wait any longer, he stopped talking nonsense with the 'monkeys', took the assembled Haode team, and quickly rushed towards Mills Lane.
"Nine Princes, Nine Princes!" the 'monkey' gestured and shouted a few times in the back, but when he saw that the Nine Princes had completely disappeared, his nervous expression disappeared completely, followed by a faint smile.
"That's obviously a poison, only you think it's some kind of fragrant glutton! You better take those fools to bad luck, our people in the Duke's Palace are not interested in accompanying you!" The 'monkey' looked at the direction in which the Nine Princes had left, and after muttering something in his heart, he staggered back to the Duke's Palace
Before the Nine Princes led the team to set off, the Fifth Prince and Li Zijun had already rushed to the gate of the palace.
These two are already Dongyu's famous figures, and during this time, they seem to be even more important because they are in charge of the 'Blood Jade Ruyi' case.
Hearing these two requests to see Virgil Bixia, the sergeant guarding the door naturally did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and while letting the two of them into the palace to wait, he sent someone to report the situation to Virgil Bixia.
When Virgil Bixia heard that these two people came together, he also knew that there must be a breakthrough in the 'Blood Jade Ruyi' case, and immediately announced that they had entered the house to meet him.
"Grand Duke, Bixia just said that he wanted to meet you and the Fifth Prince, this person?" The chamberlain who was in charge of receiving Li Zijun pointed to Jie Fu, who had been following Li Zijun, and asked with some embarrassment.
"This person is very important, when I see my father and queen, I will tell him about this matter! If there are any problems, I will bear them all, you just have to bring us all in!" Without waiting for Li Zijun to speak, the fifth prince blocked the chamberlain first. (To be continued......)