Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 364 The Unable to Wait
There was nothing surprising about the content of the letter. Apart from saying that he would be made king, there was no real benefit.

"This sour fellow is so reluctant to make a bigger pie." Feng Tietou spat, "I want to be a king, can I give myself a title? He didn't even mention the money, food, soldiers and territory that I want. He just wants to persuade people to surrender, but what kind of surrender is that?"

“Then why not give this letter to the true king to show your honesty,” his adviser suggested.

"No need." Feng Tietou shook his head decisively. No one knew the darkness of human heart better than him. "If Ge Rong didn't say he wanted to make me king, I could show the letter to the king. But with this sentence, the king must not know."

"Otherwise, with the king's temper, he would probably think I was showing off to him..." He smiled and said, "Look, in Ge Rong's eyes, we are of the same importance."

"That makes sense." The counselor nodded and said, "Your Majesty is a little lacking in grace. The word 'king' may indeed irritate him."

"That's it. It's better to have less trouble than more." Feng Tietou said and threw the letter into the charcoal basin.

"Then how do we respond to Ge Rong?" asked the counselor.

"No need to rush to reply." Feng Tietou looked at the small blue flames rising from the stove and sneered, "Let's wait until he survives Erzhu Rong."

"That makes sense." The counselor nodded quickly. Feng Tietou himself had a lot of ideas, and his main idea was to provide emotional value.

Of course, Feng Tietou is resourceful and understands people's hearts, so he generally doesn't make mistakes.

Like this time, there was nothing wrong with ignoring Ge Rong's letter. But he didn't know that the letter had passed through several hands before it came to him, so ignoring it was a big mistake...

Before he could think about it, he heard the captain of the guards shouting from the inner room. "Hey, why are you dead? Open your eyes quickly, don't pretend to be dead! I will beat you even if you die."

Then there were slaps all over my face.

Feng Tietou forgot about this incident and went into the house to check. He saw Xiao Zong hanging on the beam, breathing but not waking up, and he would not wake up no matter how many times the captain of the personal guards slapped him.

"Wake up! Wake up!"

"That's enough, get out of here!" Feng Tietou kicked the captain of the guards aside and cursed, "I'm using pain to help him regain his memory, not asking you to torture him to death."

"He is so spoiled and can't take it very well." The captain of the personal guards whispered.

"Shut up!" Feng Tietou glared at him, used his magical powers, and took great pains to pull Xiao Zong back from the gates of hell.

"Send him back and let him rest for two days." Feng Tietou ordered the captain of the personal guards, "Don't torture him any more until he recovers."

"Yes." The captain of the personal guards quickly sent Xiao Zong back to his courtyard.

In the courtyard, Zu Geng, Jiang Ge, and a few surviving guards were running around anxiously when they saw the prince being carried back...

"Your Highness!" Everyone rushed over and saw that he was dying from torture, with not a single piece of healthy skin on his body.

"Don't worry, he won't die. Our general has already rescued him." The captain of the personal guards couldn't resist the fiery gazes of several people, so he quickly ran away.

Several people rushed to help Xiao Zong treat his wounds. It took ten basins of water just to clean the wounds, and they were busy until midnight.

At noon the next day, Xiao Zong finally opened his eyes.

"Oh, Your Majesty, you are finally awake." The subordinates hurriedly surrounded him, and said with red eyes: "Your Majesty, you have been punished."

"Yeah, if I had known this would happen, I would rather be captured by Gou Chensi." Xiao Zong said softly: "At least they were measured in their actions and had some concerns in their hearts..." "Oh, who knew that they would just escape from the wolf's den and fall into the tiger's den?" Everyone sighed. In fact, they had suffered a lot these days.

Someone then quietly suggested, "Your Majesty, let's find a way to escape?"

"That's not right. Feng Tietou is very careful and has great magical powers. We can't escape from their clutches." Xiao Zong shook his head slowly and said, "Besides, the people from the Gou Chen Division must be watching us outside the city. Are we going to work so hard to escape, only to suffer a second punishment?"

"That's true." The subordinates thought that what he said made sense. The tiger in the east mountain eats people, and the wolf in the west mountain doesn't eat vegetarian food either.

"Then what should we do?" Everyone felt sad and had a sense of being at the end of their rope.

"Bring me my conch..." Xiao Zong ordered. Although he was very dissatisfied with Xiao Baoyin, at this point, he could only count on his sixth uncle to save his life.

The guard quickly took out the big conch from his bag and helped Xiao Zong blow it.

Amid the humming sound of the conch, all the men tactfully retreated.

"Sixth Uncle, Sixth Uncle..." Xiao Zong called out again and again.

"Your Highness." After a while, Xiao Baoyin's voice came from the other end. "I'm listening."

"Sixth Uncle, please come and pick me up, I really can't stand it anymore..." Xiao Zong broke down and cried heartbreakingly when he heard his voice. "They tortured me to death, wuwuwu..."

"Do they know that thing is in your hands?" Xiao Baoyin asked hurriedly.

"I see." Xiao Zong replied, "Feng Tietou has magical powers and can read minds. He knew I had the jade seal, so he snatched me from Gou Chensi."

"I told you, how could he be so kind?" Xiao Baoyin said coldly, "He is just a traitor, yet he dares to covet the imperial seal. I will tear him alive!"

"Uncle, if you want to tear him apart with your hands, do it quickly, otherwise you will have to collect his body for me..." Xiao Zong urged.

"..." Xiao Baoyin was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I really can't leave here, you have to hold on for a few more days. Once the matter in the capital is settled, I will pick you up as soon as possible."

"How many days?" Xiao Zong asked in a tense voice.

"It may take a few days..." Xiao Baoyin said uncertainly: "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry..."

"How can I not be anxious? Days and days, how many days have passed?!" Xiao Zong couldn't hold back and burst out, "If you don't want to care about me, don't provoke me. I will continue to recognize the thief as my father and become my prince. It is ten thousand times better than the current situation!"

At this moment, he looked like a resentful woman abandoned by a scumbag...

"Nonsense!" Xiao Baoyin shouted from the other end, "Did I go through so much trouble just to cheat you?"

"I think so." Xiao Zong said hurriedly. But he regretted it after he finished speaking, fearing that Uncle Six would say, "Then you can fend for yourself." He quickly changed his words and said, "Of course not, but Uncle Six, I really can't hold on any longer."

"When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and empty, and his actions frustrated." Xiao Baoyin also slowed down his tone and said, "So this is God's way of letting you take on a great responsibility."

"I still have the responsibility?" Xiao Zong's confidence had been completely shattered. "You want me to go to the underworld and be the King of Hell?"

(End of this chapter)