Dressed as the last nine-tailed fox

Chapter 354: Destroying the City (1)

When Pei Enze said this, Fu Rou's body was frightened and stiffened a little. She looked at Pei Enze with a trembling face, her eyes dark and obscure. Before today, she could never have imagined that a prince of the Celestial Clan, who seemed so glorious on the surface, could be so rude and unreasonable in private. If the Celestial Clan was handed over to him in the future... Fuxing City would probably not have an easy time. As the saying goes, a wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in. It was time for her to find a new owner for Fuxing City.

Seeing Fu Rou's eyes on him, Pei Enze reminded him unhappily: "You look at me like this, aren't you afraid that I will dig out your eyes?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me, Your Highness, please forgive me." After she came to her senses, Fu Rou immediately knelt down and kowtowed, giving Pei Enze a big bow. "If I have offended Your Highness accidentally in any way, please forgive me this time, considering that I have been in charge of Fuxing City for so many years and have done so much for the Celestial Clan. Even if I have no merits, I have worked hard."

"You have done so many things for the Celestial Clan?" Pei Enze raised his eyebrows with interest. "According to what you said, you are still a hero of the Celestial Clan? Then should I give you some rewards?"

Fu Rou did not look up, still hunched over, but her tone was less respectful, "Your Highness, you are joking. Working for the Celestial Clan is my job, and I never ask for any reward. However... if Your Highness really wants to give me a reward, then I will boldly ask for your grace." Without waiting for Pei Enze's consent, Fu Rou looked up on her own, her pair of creepy yellow eyes staring at Pei Enze, "I just hope that Your Highness will think about it before doing anything, and don't let the people below down."

Pei Enze slowly raised the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were cold, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"I dare not." Fu Rou was still kneeling. "It may be hard to hear the truth, but I still want to remind Your Highness." Fu Rou paused, and then added: "After all, the Heavenly Emperor has always been kind and generous to his people."

"Really? But my father and I are completely different."

As soon as Pei Enze finished speaking, Fu Rou immediately felt her body, as if millions of ants were gnawing at the same time, painful and itchy. She wanted to do something to relieve the pain, but she couldn't move, and she couldn't even open her mouth. She couldn't even beg for mercy.

In just a moment, Fu Rou was sweating profusely from the pain, and her vision was blurred by sweat.

"My prince has always liked dealing with smart people." Yi Changle spoke before Fu Rou was about to faint. She walked quickly to Fu Rou and looked down at her. "City Lord Fu Rou is so smart. I'm sure he will do whatever your prince says, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes." After the pain stopped, Fu Rou kept nodding her head, fear and hatred surging in her heart. She did not expect Pei Enze to dare to attack her directly. Even though Pei Yan had come to Fuxing City in person before, he was always polite to her, but she did not expect Pei Enze to be someone who would not consider the consequences.

Fu Rou lowered her head, her yellow eyes darkened, and her fists clenched unintentionally.

Pei Enze didn't pay attention to Fu Rou's little action. He glanced at Yi Changle and couldn't help laughing. It was because Yi Changle interpreted the word "dog leg" so vividly.

Thinking about the purpose of coming to Fuxing City, Pei Enze suppressed his smile and asked Fu Rou with a serious face: "Have all the citizens of Fucheng Lord been recalled to Fuxing City?"

"Recalled, recalled." Fu Rou nodded hurriedly, crawled to the desk on her knees to find a list, then crawled back to Pei Enze on her knees, holding the list in both hands and presenting it to Pei Enze, "All the citizens are on this list, and it has records of their return to the city."

Pei Enze lowered his head slightly, picked up the list and flipped through it. Looking at the series of red ticks on the list, he nodded and said, "Well done."

Hearing this, Fu Rou breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Pei Enze carefully flipping through the list, she boldly asked, "Your Highness, what happened that alarmed you and required everyone to return to the city?"

Pei Enze was still quietly flipping through the list. After a long while, he slowly closed the list.

The study was very quiet, with only the sound of Pei Enze flipping through papers, causing Fu Rou to think that Pei Enze didn't hear her question. Just as Fu Rou was thinking about what to say to break the strange silence, Pei Enze opened his mouth and said, "Look at the look on Lord Fu's face. Are you nervous?"

Fu Rou waved her hands: "I don't..."

"You've done so many bad things, you should be nervous." Pei Enze nodded thoughtfully, not paying any attention to Fu Rou's behavior.

"I don't understand what Your Highness means." Fu Rou's face changed. For the first time, she began to doubt the distinguished guest from the Celestial Clan in front of her.

Fu Rou slowly stood up, raised her hand and pointed to the sky, and asked Pei Enze: "Everything I did was in accordance with the will of the Heavenly Sovereign. If Your Highness says that I did something wrong, then what does the Heavenly Sovereign mean to me?"

"It's his bad luck?" Pei Enze sighed, "But I think I'm more unlucky to have a father like him."

"Your Highness is indeed unlucky." Yi Changle said, "But good things come out of bad things. He is lucky to have a son like you."

"You..." Fu Rou retreated with some fear. Looking at the Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan and his attendants in front of her, Fu Rou felt that it was extremely treasonous. "You!" Fu Rou and Pei Enze kept a distance. She said angrily, "How could you two, the master and the servant, say such treasonous words! Aren't you afraid that I will report these words to the Heavenly Sovereign?"

Kaitian sneered and said disdainfully: "What is there to be afraid of?"

Fu Rou frowned and looked at Kaitian, then at Yi Changle, and then turned her gaze to Pei Enze, shaking her head in disappointment: "I didn't expect that the glorious and bright Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan would be followed by two cunning slaves. Your Highness, are you going to watch these two cunning slaves discredit the Heavenly Monarch and do nothing?"

Pei Enze looked indifferent: "Do you think these words are excessive?"

"Your Highness, don't you think this is excessive?" Fu Rou's face was full of disbelief. "If Your Highness thinks this way, how can you be worthy of the painstaking efforts that the Heavenly Emperor has made for you?"

Pei Enze's eyes were cold. "If Lord Fu thinks these words are excessive, then what about the wronged souls buried underground in Fuxing City? I'm afraid that even if Lord Fu died thousands of times, it would not be enough to make up for the damage caused to those wronged souls."

Being able to be the lord of a city, he is naturally not a fool. After Pei Enze said this, Fu Rou had already guessed most of the reasons why Pei Enze appeared in Fuxing City. She smiled and said, "So, Your Highness wants to speak up for them?"

Pei Enze could not deny, "Yes." "I really didn't expect that Your Highness... was so naive." Fu Rou's lips curled up a little more, "It seems that the Emperor of Heaven really protects you very well."

"Well, in that case, I will be the bad guy." Fu Rou retracted the smile in her eyes, and replaced it with seriousness and earnestness, "Your Highness, the position of the Heavenly Emperor will be inherited by you in the future. You are in a high position, so you should know that it is lonely at the top, and you should also know that only by shedding blood can you achieve hegemony."

"There has been no news of Fuxing City in the Three Realms, and no living creature knows of our existence. Your Highness, do you think it's because we don't want to live under the sun?" Fu Rou said fiercely, staring at Huang Tong, as if she had suffered a lot of injustice and pain. "The reason we hide in the dark is so that the Celestial Clan can unify the Three Realms one day! Only war and sacrifice can unify the Three Realms, and what war needs most is money. It is our Fuxing City that provides enough financial support for the Celestial Clan! Only then can the Celestial Clan have no worries!"

Fu Rou took a deep breath and calmed down a lot. After looking at Pei Enze calmly, she said, "Perhaps there are bricks and tiles provided by Fuxing City in your palace."

Fu Rou's words made Pei Enze lower his eyes. For a moment, he didn't know how to refute Fu Rou's words. What Fu Rou said was very likely to be true. Although he didn't know about the huge purgatory hidden under Fuxing City before, it was undeniable that as the prince of the Celestial Clan, he was also one of the beneficiaries.

Pei Enze smiled bitterly. He seemed to have no right to stand up and accuse Fu Rou. Without him knowing, he had already been dragged down by his own father. He... was not innocent.

Seeing the loneliness that could not be hidden between Pei Enze's eyebrows, Yi Changle realized what Pei Enze was thinking and comforted him softly: "What Pei Yan did has nothing to do with you. Don't think too much, it will only add to your troubles."

Pei Enze didn't even look at Yi Changle, still lowering his eyes: "But... the son pays for the father's debt. Since I have gained the benefit, I must bear the responsibility."

"What should I bear?" Yi Changle frowned, "You imprisoned Pei Yan, killed Xu Wenfei, and came to Fuxing City with me... If you really want to count all these things, you have already borne all the responsibilities you should bear. Besides..." Yi Changle looked at Pei Enze with a veiled gaze, "Being Pei Yan's child is not a benefit. I have heard more or less about what happened to you when you were a child. If there is a choice, I am afraid that no living being in the Three Realms would be willing to have anything to do with Pei Yan."

Yi Changle sighed, "Pei Yan owed you. If you ask me, you are also a victim, just like the wronged souls in the underground of Fuxing City."

"Really?" Pei Enze finally looked up, with hope in his eyes, and confirmed again with some uncertainty: "Do you really think so?"

"Really." Yi Changle nodded, then raised his chin towards Kaitian and said, "If you don't believe me, ask him."

Hearing this, Pei Enze immediately turned his head and stared at Kaitian with anticipation.

Kaitian pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly, "I agree with what Yi Changle said." At the end, Kaitian added inexplicably, "Sincerely."

Pei Enze smiled, "My smile is also sincere."

……

The voices of Yi Changle and the other two were very low. Fu Rou could not hear anything from a certain distance. She only saw the two slaves whispering for a long time, and then the irritable prince of the Celestial Clan smiled. Fu Rou was a little surprised, and looking at Pei Enze's sincere smile, she felt displeased from the bottom of her heart.

Perhaps it was the words she said earlier that gave Fu Rou some confidence. She said sarcastically, "No wonder you two can stay by His Highness's side for so long. Your ability to flatter must be second to none in the Celestial Clan."

"Me...?" Yi Changle pointed his finger at himself, not understanding why Fu Rou suddenly attacked him.

Kaitian, who was also ridiculed by Fu Rou, just looked at Fu Rou with disdain and looked away, not even bothering to say a word in rebuttal.

To be honest, Kaitian just felt bored. Since Pei Enze had already checked the list and confirmed that all the yellow-eyed monsters had returned to Fuxing City, he could just burn down Fuxing City and be done with it. There was really no need to chat so much with Fu Rou. It was a pure waste of time.

Since Fu Rou had done so many bad things, she deserved to die in an unclear manner.

"Your Highness." Fu Rou felt that she had a responsibility to persuade the prince of the Celestial Clan. After all, even if he wanted to find a new master, that would be a matter for the future. Now that she had the Celestial Clan's support, it would be best if the Celestial Clan did not cause any disturbances. "Excuse me for saying a few more words, but the one traveling with Your Highness should be someone who excels in all aspects and can protect and help Your Highness at critical moments, rather than someone who only knows how to flatter you."

Yi Changle was the first to speak up and refute: "Am I flattering? I am obviously quite serious."

Pei Enze was a little unhappy that Yi Changle and Kaitian were called "villains" by Fu Rou. He said coldly: "Even if the two of them are arrogant in the Three Realms, what can they do? If Lord Fu has time, you should first care about your citizens."

Fu Rou didn't expect that after she had said so many words to persuade Pei Enze, Pei Enze would still be cold to her for the two servants. "I don't know what kind of magic potion these two servants gave to His Highness to make His Highness protect them so much." Fu Rou shook her head in disappointment and sighed, "Forget it, since His Highness doesn't care, why should I bother."

After that, Fu Rou bowed to Pei Enze and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will protect my citizens and discipline them well."

"Lord Fu, you are really good at talking." Pei Enze frowned unhappily, "Why do I dislike every word you say?"

"You are just a small Lord of Fuxing City. Who gave you the courage to disrespect me?" Pei Enze pondered for a while, raised his eyes and sneered: "Do you really think that the Celestial Clan cannot leave Fuxing City, and you are sure that I will not kill you?"

“Isn’t it?” Fu Rou seemed to have completely forgotten the pain she had just felt. She stood straight with a look of confidence, and said, “Your Highness, only if Fuxing City exists can the Celestial Clan have a chance to unify the three realms.”

Hearing this, Pei Enze smiled at Fu Rou, which made Fu Rou feel uneasy. However, Pei Enze's next words were a real blow to Fu Rou.

"Is that so... But what can I do?" Pei Enze spread his hands innocently, "Unfortunately, the purpose of my coming to Fuxing City this time is to destroy the city."