bestfiction Chapter 837 The hostage was taken away, and he vomited blood and fainted.
Chapter 837 The hostage was taken away, and he vomited blood and fainted.
With Prince Takumi taken hostage, Khan Shinyu still had considerable faith in Mutai's words. Although building a gunpowder depot required a significant financial investment, the returns far outweighed the costs.
"Alright, I'll leave these matters to you, including the trade with the Eastern Fu Kingdom. Mutai, you absolutely mustn't let me down!"
Originally expecting to be blamed and punished by Khan Zhenyou, Mutai was surprised to find that it helped him achieve even greater merit. As he watched Prince Tuohai being escorted away, Mutai became even more smug. It was truly a case of misfortune turning into fortune.
He's been having a run of bad luck lately, but it seems that Prince Takumi has brought him good fortune.
However, he immediately thought of a critical problem: he had to be wary of Qiao Lian'er. He didn't want anything to go wrong with Prince Tuohai in his hands.
Mutai increased the prison's defenses, adding three layers on the outside and numerous checkpoints inside.
"Keep a close watch on them. If anything goes wrong, you'll all be in deep trouble."
He believed that even if Qiao Lian'er really had that kind of ability, Prince Tuohai couldn't just disappear into thin air if he wanted to get out of the prison.
The warehouses of the Da Nu Kingdom continued to expand, and Mu Tai's ambitions swelled to their maximum.
Once the ten gunpowder depots are built and filled with the best gunpowder from the Eastern Fu Kingdom, he will be the greatest contributor to the victory of the Da Nu Kingdom over the Great Ze Kingdom.
He stood in the vast darkness, a strange smile playing on his lips, feeling that he was one step closer to his life's great goal.
When he led his army into the capital of Daze Kingdom, he demanded that the emperor and Qiao Lian'er both grovel at his feet and beg for mercy.
Under the cover of night, Qiao Lian'er descended directly into the prison of the Da Nu Kingdom. She was wearing an invisibility cloak, and no one noticed her presence.
Prince Takumi had been subjected to several tortures, his body was covered in blood, his hair was disheveled, and his noble appearance was gone.
He leaned against the corner of the wall, looking dejected, his eyes filled with gloom.
Before he could avenge his great grudge, he had become the prey, the hostage, and was about to drag down the entire Dongfu Kingdom.
Thinking about the fate of his two younger sisters, and then thinking about him.
Prince Takumi couldn't understand how his previously smooth and prestigious life had become so miserable upon setting foot on this land.
A cargo ship carrying gunpowder suddenly exploded, causing the gunpowder delivered to the Kingdom of Danu to inexplicably become of poor quality.
He found it hard not to connect all of this with Qiao Lian'er.
But how she did it was something he couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried.
Prince Takumi let out a sob, clenched his fist, and slammed it against the wall in frustration and resentment.
Punch after punch, until his fists were covered in blood.
Qiao Lian'er rolled her eyes. Who told you to provoke me?
Originally, we should have kept to ourselves and waited to inherit the throne in Dongfu Kingdom.
She looked around and saw that although there were many guards, several every few steps, they were all dozing off against the cell door at night.
She injected anesthesia into Prince Takumi's head from the back.
Prince Takumi kicked his feet twice, struggling with his willpower for a moment, before fainting into a daze.
Qiao Lian'er put the person into her space and left.
Having witnessed the dog-eat-dog drama and suffered the consequences for Prince Takumi, it's time for him to serve the Great Swamp Kingdom and realize his true value.
One of the guards was jolted awake and glanced instinctively at the cell where Prince Takumi was being held.
I was shocked when I saw it, and all my sleepiness vanished.
He pointed to the cell and shouted in a hoarse, pig-like voice, "He's gone! Prince Takumi is gone!"
"What? That's impossible! With so many of us guarding this place, what if someone breaks in..." another man said, glancing at the cell, his eyes widening in surprise.
The prison cell where Prince Takumi was imprisoned was empty.
One by one, the guards regained consciousness, and the cell was in chaos. They searched inside and out, but Prince Takumi seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Soon, Mu Tai also entered the prison with a gloomy face. His aura was so cold that it seemed to freeze the surrounding air.
Hidden beneath his anger was his extreme fear.
After all, this was his chance to turn his life around.
He stood in front of that cell, his lips pressed tightly together, his hands trembling slightly.
"How did you see that? How did you see that? A bunch of good-for-nothings, a bunch of useless trash!" Mu Tai drew his sword, roared angrily, and killed several guards on the spot.
Everyone else was terrified and turned pale, and hurriedly knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Lord Mutai, we haven't left even a step. We've been holding our ground here the whole time. But in the blink of an eye, Prince Takumi disappeared. It's like he vanished into thin air."
"Yes, we've never encountered anything so bizarre before."
Suddenly, a name popped into Mu Tai's mind.
Qiao Lian'er!
She must have come and taken the person away.
We only need to wait a few days to see if Prince Takumi is in the Great Swamp Country to confirm his guess.
But now, whether or not Qiao Lian'er took the person away is no longer important.
Because the Great Khan entrusted him with the task of guarding the country and negotiating with the Eastern Fu Kingdom, and Prince Takukai disappeared, there was no way to discuss the subsequent matters.
His gunpowder depot, the other reparations from the Da Nu Kingdom, truly benefited from the Great Khan's attention and his future grand ambitions.
Mu Tai felt a surge of blood in his chest, his body swayed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.
He felt as if a pair of large hands were toying with him, but he was powerless to do anything about it. With a scream, Mu Tai fainted.
The next day, Qiao Lian'er finally escorted Prince Tuohai to the palace.
After verifying his identity, the emperor ordered the man to be imprisoned, and then personally wrote a letter to the Eastern Fu Kingdom.
Dongfu Kingdom has several princes, but Crown Prince Tuohai is the most capable. No matter how harsh the demands are on this side, they will not give up on redeeming Crown Prince Tuohai.
Therefore, the emperor was very confident.
He generously said, "Just tell me what Lian'er wants."
Qiao Lian'er thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty has already given me more than enough."
The emperor pondered, "Such a great achievement, I cannot leave without giving any recognition."
"Here's what we'll do. Thanks to the silver that Princess Lingyu and Crown Prince Tuohai paid in compensation, the treasury of Daze Kingdom has been greatly replenished. As for your Qingfeng Plain fiefdom and Tianhe Prefecture, they are still paying taxes to the national treasury. From now on, they will be exempted. You can keep those taxes yourself, after all, you are the fiefdom lord."
"Your Majesty, this is my filial piety." Qiao Lian'er disagreed.
The emperor said, “You have invested a lot of your own money in managing these fiefdoms. Consider the taxes as compensation. The national treasury was tight before, so there is no need for that now.”
Seeing that the emperor genuinely didn't want the taxes anymore, Qiao Lian'er thanked him and accepted them.
He was so happy! All the tax revenue went into his pocket and into the Qiao family's pocket. How could the word "satisfaction" even begin to describe it?
However, there should be another good show to be shown in Da Nu Kingdom.
Mutai was carried like a dead chicken and thrown in front of the throne of Khan Zhenyou.