Hua Rong's eyes widened in surprise.
What's going on? Such a good-looking person is actually going to ignore someone in need of help?
"Your Highness, you..."
Just as he was about to pull his fingers apart, Hua Rou grabbed his arm again. The man pulled back, but Hua Rou only managed to grab onto his sleeve, and she refused to let go.
Okawa and Hashizuki couldn't help but take action, but just as they stretched out their hands, they heard a "whooshing" sound!
His grandfather's sleeve was torn off...
For a moment, the scene was awkward, and then Hua Rou, who was stunned with half of her sleeve caught, was dragged away by the city guards.
The man glanced at his arm which was missing a sleeve and silently withdrew his hand back into the car.
"Grandfather, you..."
The man said with disgust: "Get out of here."
The curtains were drawn, and Dahe took a glance at the people walking out of the teahouse towards them. He walked to the table with an air of nonchalance, but before he could say anything, the fat man waved his hand in anger: "Go back! Go back! No one can leave until I've finished cleaning up here!"
Okawa had no choice but to retreat.
The city defense general looked displeased as he watched his subordinates drag Hua Rou towards the pillar at the city gate.
A few people who came close to the tea house from afar looked back at the tea house, and after getting a nod from the leader inside, they stayed where they were.
……
"Long live the king!"
General Du stood in front of the carriage, leading a group of officials to pay their respects to the carriage, but without waiting for Prince Qi's response, no one dismounted.
General Du frowned and looked up at the carriage, saying loudly: "The subordinate officials welcome King Qi!"
Inside the carriage was still quiet, General Du blinked his eyes and suddenly rushed towards the carriage.
The little servant by the side of the carriage immediately stretched out his hand to block it: "General Du, my king is tired from the journey and may be resting. Please ask everyone to wait a bit longer!"
"Since the king is so tired, he should go back to the palace and rest as soon as possible." General Du shouted loudly at the horse carriage in an intimidating tone: "Your Majesty, please get off the carriage!"
Inside the carriage, there was still no response. General Du's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he kicked open the curtain of the carriage. Inside, someone was tied up like a rice dumpling, with a cloth stuffed in their mouth.
The officials were shocked and exclaimed, General Du was stunned, and pulled out the cloth ball from the man's mouth: "Where is the king?"
"Ran away! Just a few days ago, he knocked me out and ran away!"
General Du's face changed greatly, and he turned around to shout: "Come! Pass on my order, quickly seal the city gates in all directions, only allow entry but not exit!"
General Du leaped onto his horse and the soldiers hiding in various places also rushed out to follow him as he galloped towards the city gate.
……
Hua Rou tried to struggle, but how could a weak woman resist two soldiers? In the end, she was dragged by the soldiers to the pillar under the city gate, but for some reason, perhaps because she was too nervous and didn't notice, her hand still clutched that sleeve...
"Wow! Wow!"
In the distance, a loud crow's cry echoed, and Dahe and Zhuzi's expressions immediately showed unease and urgency.
It's all over! The other side has already been breached, if we don't leave the city now, I'm afraid...
"Give me a beating!" The fat guard shouted loudly, and the poor Hua Rou was pressed tightly against the pillar. A soldier picked up the whip and ran to her front, raised the whip and was about to lash...
"Stop!"
Fat City Lord frowned: "Who shouted stop?"
Me!
The man got off the horse cart and walked in front of the fat city guard, placing a bag of iron coins on the table.
"Sir, we are businessmen and if we miss the delivery time, we will be in trouble. Can you please let us pass first and then you can slowly deal with it later?"
The fat city guard looked at the man, then at the pinned-down Huā Róu, and finally at the money bag on the table, letting out a cold laugh.
"Alright! Guess correctly three times and I'll let you pass. If you make a mistake once, no one can pass, and the money must be left with me!"
The man did not hesitate: "Good".
The fat city guard pushed the cloud-shaped pastry to one side on the table, then grabbed a handful of roasted rice from his waist pouch and scattered it onto the table.
"Guess this!"
Okawa and Hashizume couldn't help but show anger on their faces, and the people around them let out a voice of surprise.
The cloud is so big, but it's still a bit lucky. This fried rice is small and dense, stacked together, how can you count? Isn't this clearly saying that people shouldn't think about passing by, should they leave money behind?
However, the man did not show any displeasure, he swept his eyes over the fried rice on the table and nodded.
"It's okay, but I've always been quite lucky, if by any chance I guess it correctly, you can't get angry at me, sir!"
"Hmm, you're quite bold! If you can guess all three, I'll let everyone here go, including that dead girl!"
The fat city guard finished speaking and grabbed another handful of fried rice, putting it on the table. He stretched out his hand to grab a bowl to divide it up, when the man coughed twice, covering his mouth with his hand. The wind from his sleeve blew some of the piled-up fried rice away, and he glanced over at the scattered grains.
The fat city guard scooped up some with a bowl and stared at the man: "Guess! How much did I scoop?"
The man glanced at the remaining fried rice: "What you are reading now is only half of Chapter 7 of 'Tangmen Duozong'. To read the full version, please search on Baidu: () and then search for 'Tangmen Duozong' again after entering."
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