After I was reborn, I was scumbag

Chapter 42

The shopkeeper, who was about forty years old, was suddenly dragged out of the house from sleep by a group of people wearing swords and night clothes, and his body was trembling slightly.

"Who are you guys? I have no grievances or enmities with you. If you want money, I will give you all the money. I have seniors and juniors, please—"

The shopkeeper's begging was interrupted by the soft sound of boot soles hitting the wooden boards.

"Shopkeeper Xu, didn't your young and old have been taken to live in the East Palace by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Anyway, he is also a person who works for the prince. When encountering such a thing, how can he be so shaken?"

Hearing the young man's low laughter, the dark guard slowly gave way, and Ren Murongxing walked unhurriedly in front of Shopkeeper Xu.

Shopkeeper Xu's body froze, he raised his head to look at Murong Xing almost in disbelief, concealing the flash of panic in his eyes.

"Who are you? Prince...how can I serve the prince as a businessman? My lord, please, I really..."

"Shopkeeper Xu is really forgetful. Your son is called Xu Gensheng. He works as a sweeping servant in the East Palace. I only met him a few months ago."

Murong Xing raised her phoenix eyes slightly, and waved her hand to signal the hidden guards to come forward and tie him up, stuffed his mouth, and pushed him to the carriage.

"As for who I am..." Murong Xing stepped on the pool of blood beside the felled clerk, and the splashed blood just landed on Shopkeeper Xu's face.

"The next prince is accompanying me, Pingxihou Shizi Murong Xing. Speaking of which, shopkeeper Xu and I are also colleagues, don't you think so?"

Murong Xing watched as the hidden guards neatly dealt with the rest of the shopkeepers, poured the prepared fuel onto the tables, chairs and curtains everywhere, and the moment he walked out of the pawn shop, lit the torch and threw it into the shop .

The blazing fire was swayed upward by the wind, and heat waves and thick smoke rose in the blink of an eye.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!"

The exclamation came from an unknown street, and instantly woke up the sleeping alley.

The hidden guards ignored the increasingly noisy streets, and quickly pushed the struggling shopkeeper Xu onto the carriage, escorted Murong Xing onto the horse, and immediately ran towards West Street.

When arriving at the thatched cottage

, Murong Xing saw Yuan Qiong from a distance through the curtain of the carriage, facing the direction of the rising fire, standing with his hands behind his back in the yard with the open gate.

"The son is back." Yuan Qiong's lips looked extremely happy, and when he saw the hidden guard bringing shopkeeper Xu out, the smile on his face was even wider.

"Your Majesty is indeed worthy of being the Empress General. As soon as I gave the order, Your Majesty gave me such a great gift."

"As long as you know the location of the prince's stronghold in Chang'an, wouldn't it be easy to arrest him?"

Murong Xing pursed his lips, glanced at Shopkeeper Xu's frightened and angry eyes, stepped forward and pulled the cloth strip stuffed in his mouth.

"Murong Xing! You're not—how dare you!"

It seems that because he knows that his family background has long been controlled by Murong Xing, shopkeeper Xu's flustered eyes have been replaced by anger.

"Your Majesty sentenced you to death a long time ago, yet His Majesty thought that you were wronged, and ran around for you. Now it seems that you are really a sinner with wolf ambitions, treason and collaborators!"

As soon as the words fell, a hidden guard looked at Yuan Qiong's eyes, stepped forward and kicked him in the chest.

"Keep your mouth clean! Just a prisoner, why not think about how to save your own life and protect your family!"

"Fuck!" The secret guard exerted so much force that the corners of Shopkeeper Xu's lips were bloodshot, and he spat at Murong Xing, "How dare you escape from the prison, if His Majesty finds out, you will definitely kill your nine clans Cut off!"

Murong Xing's indifferent expression suddenly sank when he heard "kill the nine clans".

"Exterminate the Nine Clans?" Murong Xing stared coldly at Shopkeeper Xu's face, as if he had heard some joke, "Who exactly killed the Nine Clans has yet to be determined."

"Emperor Liang is jealous of Pingxihou's mansion, so there is nothing wrong with punishing him. I will do this because he forced me."

"As for the prince... a prince who is obsessed with masculinity and indecisive, if he hadn't relied on his status as the son of the eldest son, he would have been abolished long ago."

"And you, if you don't get any useful news from your mouth, just wait for the corpses of your son and mother to be placed before your eyes!"

Shopkeeper Xu's complexion was pale, almost resentful: "...Murong Xing, you must die! How His Highness the Crown Prince treats you, and how you repay your kindness with revenge, people like you, the underworld will not accept you!"

"Okay, take him down and torture him. Be sure to ask all the information about the East Palace, and the deployment of all towns and cities except Chang'an City."

Yuan Qiong waved his hands impatiently, listening to shopkeeper Xu's incoherent cursing, his expression was enjoying as if he was listening to some peerless music.

When the thatched cottage finally became quiet, he turned around and walked to the seat to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty has worked hard to capture Shopkeeper Xu this time. I don't know what your Majesty talked with Shao Guan last night?"

"According to Your Excellency, I promised Shao Guan to pass on the task of investigating the Lingnan Army's intelligence on his behalf. It is precisely because of this that he informed me of Shopkeeper Xu's stronghold."

Murong Xing frowned, and felt that the poison in his body seemed to be starting to take effect again, it was difficult to exert strength in his hands and feet, so he sped up his speech slightly.

"However, in order to prevent Shao Guan from becoming suspicious, I still need to trouble Your Excellency and order someone to seal up the news of the pawn shop being burned. I don't know the location of the other strongholds, and I still need to pry them out from the mouth of the shopkeeper Xu."

"You don't need to worry about this, my subordinates will get the news from shopkeeper Xu. Then about Lingnan, next time you go to the East Palace, what will you say to the crown prince?"

"I won't go to the East Palace again. Your Excellency has personally promised that the Lingnan Army will march northward within a month. By then, Shaoguan will naturally know the truth about Lingnan, so why should I say more."

"But it's not necessarily true. When Your Excellency forces the palace and arrests Shao Guan, please remember to invite me over to see such a grand occasion."

Yuan Qiong got the answer he wanted to hear, with a smile on his face like a spring breeze: "Don't worry, my son, as long as you don't let him go at that time, what you want to do with Shao Guan is all up to you."

After finishing speaking, he snapped his fingers casually, and immediately a servant brought the soup and put it in Murong Xing's hand.

"Wait a minute, my son. I will send someone to destroy the new stronghold in Chang'an City after the shopkeeper Xu tells us the address of the new stronghold in Chang'an City. This matter should be taken care of by your son."

"When I receive the reply letter from the Lingnan Army, I will ensure that everything is safe before sending the son back to the prison. What do you think?"

Murong Xing took a sip of the medicine, feeling the bitterness spreading in his mouth: "Okay."