"Are you really not afraid that I will tell my father?" Zhu Su didn't notice Yao Guangxiao's thoughtfulness, and only looked at Zhu Xian in front of him coldly, confronting him.
"Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Even though Your Majesty is His Majesty's own son, how can Your Majesty listen to the words of His Majesty's family?" After killing Wang Zaixian, Zhu Xian became even more confident.
"Now that the matter has come to this, I have something to say, Your Highness, please listen carefully."
"Why don't you and I just pretend that this never happened... Now that you have recovered these craftsmen, our Yongjia Marquis Mansion has also fallen into your hands."
"Since Your Highness has suffered no losses, we can also pretend that nothing happened. How about that?"
"What if I don't agree?" Zhu Su said coldly.
"Your Highness is still young after all." Zhu Xian shook his head, looking like he couldn't stand Zhu Su.
"How can a person who achieves great things stick to small details? Your Highness needs the help of my Yongjia Marquis Mansion, and our Marquis Mansion is also sincerely attached to His Highness."
"And if we leave His Highness, it's great that His Highness informs Your Majesty of this matter. But the witness is dead, and His Majesty can at most reprimand my Marquis."
"But if His Highness leaves us...the other princes who are attached to His Highness will definitely have doubts in their hearts and think that Your Majesty treats us poorly."
"I hope Your Highness will think about the pros and cons."
Zhu Su glanced at Zhu Xian coldly and saw that he looked confident, as if he was sure that Zhu Su would agree.
Indeed, judging from the results, Zhu Su had nothing to lose. If it is for the benefit, continuing to collude with the Yongjia Marquis Mansion is the most correct choice.
"Your Highness." At this moment, the dog that was guarding the craftsmen suddenly turned behind Zhu Su.
"……how?"
"Your Highness, three of the missing craftsmen are not here."
The dog whispered.
"The three people who are not here are all refugees from the cement kiln..."
"Let's go and ask clearly."
Zhu Su turned his head to look at Gou'er and waved him randomly to leave. Gou'er nodded and went back to inquire among the craftsmen.
Zhu Su turned around and asked Zhu Xian:
"In this case, Prince Zhu must show some sincerity first."
"Since you feel that I have no loss, then I have something to ask."
“Among the missing craftsmen, there are still three cement kiln craftsmen, but we don’t know where they are now?”
Hearing Zhu Su change the topic, and thinking that Zhu Su had given in, Zhu Xian said:
"Does His Highness think that our Hou Mansion really covets the cement recipe, so he hid these three people?" Zhu Xian snorted disdainfully.
"To be honest, if it's for His Highness's prescriptions, our Marquis Mansion really has no interest in abolishing this Zhou Zhang."
He kicked Wang Zaixian's body on the ground.
"I don't know what the allure of His Highness's object is, but it has attracted such high praise from this Korean."
"He originally wanted to join His Highness and asked me to introduce him to him. But he couldn't get in."
"So I came up with a crooked idea, thinking about stealing those recipes from various workshops and going back to find out the secrets of investigating things."
"It's ridiculous to even take away the broken wood..." He said and looked at Jenny's machine over there.
Zhu Su narrowed his eyes slightly. It seems that this Korean does not necessarily want to steal the prescription. What he wants to steal may be the knowledge of "investigation of things". That’s why he didn’t know what the Jenny Machine was for, but he stole it when he saw it sitting alone in the workshop.
"This king is not asking you this."
"What I'm asking is where the three craftsmen are."
Zhu Su's face was expressionless.
"Your Highness, don't worry. They are not hidden by me."
"Cement was created by His Highness. Even if we have the recipe, we cannot openly manufacture and sell cement without Your Highness's approval."
"How much profit can I make by selling it privately? To me, this cement recipe is nothing more than useless."
"Those three craftsmen were killed by me."
Zhu Xian's tone was extremely indifferent, as if he was talking about killing a chicken.
"killed?"
Zhu Su's tone was stagnant.
"It's just three refugees, why should your Highness care about it." Zhu Xian sounded a little impatient, as if he thought there was nothing to say about such a trivial matter.
"Your Highness." Gou'er came back after asking, and Fu Er whispered to Zhu Su: "I've asked clearly."
"Most of these craftsmen were kidnapped by people pretending to be refugees by the Yongjia Marquis Prince's people. Ordinary craftsmen would arrest their wives and children and threaten them, but those three were refugees without wives and children."
"After hearing that they were asked to go to Goryeo, the three of them had no family to support, and they believed that they had a living because of your great favor, so they were determined not to reveal the cement formula."
"In order to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, the Yongjia Hou Crown Prince killed him in public..."
"Accept my great favor?" Zhu Su was stunned. When those refugees came to Zhuangzi, he only asked to leave a bowl of porridge for them so that they could work to support themselves.
Just like this, what kind of great favor is this?
Is it worth them... losing their lives?
…
Zhu Su was speechless for a moment. Zhu Xian was surprised that he couldn't hear what the dog said to Zhu Su.
But looking at Zhu Su, his face turned green and white. He knew what Zhu Su was thinking about, so he didn't bother him.
Anyway, in his opinion, it was inevitable for Zhu Su to surrender. The Korean man is dead, and there is no evidence of his death. The biggest weakness of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion has been covered up.
So what if he is a prince? If he wants to compete with the prince, he must win over the power of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion.
Even if His Highness the King of Wu is just a kid, he should be able to understand these basic pros and cons.
Sure enough, Zhu Su spoke after a while. "Prince Zhu."
"Since you said nothing happened, why did you let these soldiers surround me?"
Zhu Xian's face lit up with joy, thinking that this kid was finally going down the stairs. He immediately said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. These soldiers have no ill intentions towards Your Highness."
"Speaking of which, they are not my soldiers. They just have some friendship with my father. If they dare to do something bad to you, I think they are curious because they have never seen the prince of the Tian family... Why don't you get out of the way!" He turned around and scolded the soldiers who seemed to be surrounding him.
"Haha. That's it. It's just that I am still young after all, and I am really frightened and uneasy... Can Prince Zhu come to accompany me? With Prince Zhu accompanying me, I can feel more at ease. What do you think?" Zhu Su said with a face. He forced a smile on his face.
Seeing Zhu Su's stiff smile, Zhu Xian felt even more disdainful. The young prince was actually frightened by the soldiers. He wanted to go to his side and be a hostage so that he could feel at ease.
After thinking about it, he simply threw away the long sword in his hand, spread his hands to show that he had no weapons in his hands, "Since His Highness wishes this, how dare I disobey you." After saying this, he walked to Zhu Su's side.
"Oh, Prince Zhu is so brave." Zhu Su said in a low voice. A pair of eyes looked at Zhu Xian without any emotion. "You underestimated me so much today, aren't you afraid that I will kill you with one sword?"
"Your Highness will not do this." Zhu Xian was confident. He felt that he was just like those brave and resourceful lobbyists in ancient times, showing off his extraordinary courage: "As I said just now, your Highness and I will benefit both from cooperation and from separation, both will suffer."
"I should make up for the slight verbal conflict. I hope I can resolve it in the future. How can a wise warrior decide what is the way to die with words?"
"And my family is also a prince after all. If you kill me, His Highness will completely miss the opportunity to be a great king..."
"Therefore, His Highness will not kill me, and he does not dare to kill me."
Zhu Xian was extremely confident.
"You're right. Words are not the way to death." Zhu Su nodded lightly.
"only……"
"Do you really think that I don't dare to kill you?"
The tone of this voice was light, but like a thunder, it suddenly sounded in Zhu Xian's ears,
Zhu Xian was shocked, and suddenly turned his head in surprise. What he saw was a cold light like autumn water...
(End of chapter)
