The atmosphere of the pavilion continued to be strange, but at that moment the air froze and a voice resounded from the ground— a certain prince looked powerlessly at an empty spot in the air and howled sadly, “so unfair, this is so unfair… I’m just an innocent guy forced to substitute a guy with a bad reputation… I really won’t die in peace ahh!”
His voice trailed off with hoarseness, causing goosebumps to appear on the people around him. They all turned their eyes to him and Gu Chen leaned over to cover his mouth before dragging him back to the stone bench.
The prince returned to the stone bench, lowered his head and slammed it on the table again.
The little nurse responsible for breaking the news said weakly, “w-w-what’s the matter, Your Highness…”
“I’m going to die…” Long Junhao said softly on the table. “My dear subjects, don’t forget to burn some paper money for me at this time next year. I also need money below so that I can raise a few female ghosts and a few little ghost attendants. Money can also tempt ghosts.”
Gu Chen couldn’t help reminding, “Hao Hao, you’re a prince…”
“Hah, worthless thing!” Long Junhao still didn’t look up, “your prince is about to die, can’t you try to usurp the throne?”
“……”
Long Junhao sighed and wiped his face with his hand. Finally, he lifted his head, turned his head to look at Gu Chen, and slowly stroked his face. “A predestined relationship, for ten years, will bring a man and a woman in the same boat; and for one hundred years, will tie them in wedlock. For the sake of the relationship we shared, when you come to see me every year, remember to wear a general’s uniform and let someone put eighty big boards in front of my tomb. I’ll be glad to see it in the place I’ll be after death…”
“…” Gu Chen said, “why?”
“Who asked you to have the same face as the bastard who likes the female cat? Oh, by the way, bring a message to my demonic father of this world. I won’t be able to see him before I die, so you tell him,” Long Junhao clenched his fist and lamented, “if there is a next life, I don’t want to see him again!” He wiped a small tear. “My god, I really don’t want to see him anymore!”
“……”
“And you,” he said while looking at Li Xuan, “if you can burn my hospital fees for this period of time when you pay your respects to me, I will also be very pleased…”
“Oh,” Li Xuan nodded and said sincerely, “prince, you’d better die in peace.”
Long Junhao looked at him for a long time. “I knew I couldn’t count on you…” He then looked at Luo Yi and thought for a while, “for you, nevermind. Just do both your job as a mafia boss and policemen and take good care of my family’s Taoist Master.”
Luo Yi exhaled, “no, he belongs to my family.”
Long Junhao ignored him and turned his gaze to Yu Ao. “As for you—” His eyes suddenly became sharp and he said through gritted teeth, “you burn that beast to me! Your prince and him are enemies! I won’t let him go even as a ghost!”
“No way,” Yu Ao immediately refused, “he’s my wife.”
“Obey the orders of your prince,” Long Junhao continued to gnash his teeth, “what’s the use of such a wife who’s worse than an idiot?!”
“He’s useful,” Yu Ao said seriously, “he can be pushed down.”
“…” Long Junhao was silent and went to see the last person present. Only to see that the little nurse had long hid her entire body behind the pillar, only showing two eyes. She stammered, “d-d-dean, Mr. Lei is still waiting…”
A certain prince lowered his head, slapped it on the table and never moved again.
Li Xuan pondered for a moment, looked up at Yu Ao and asked tentatively, “do you know Lei Yan?”
“I know,” Yu Ao nodded, finding his question a little weird, “what’s the matter?”
Li Xuan explained simply, “oh, Lei Yan is here to see you.”
“See me?” Yu Ao was even more surprised, “for what? We’re not close.”
“Who knows,” Li Xuan shrugged, “go and have a look.” After speaking, he ordered the little nurse to bring Yu Ao over, then took out a pen and paper from the pocket of his white coat. After writing a line of words, he got someone to deliver it to Lei Yan before sitting down on the stone bench.
“Are you going to let him go by himself?” Long Junhao turned his face on the table and looked up at Li Xuan diagonally, “what if Lei Yan thinks he betrayed him and is going to kill him? Oh right, what did you write just now?”
“Yu Ao’s soul hasn’t changed, just these words,” Li Xuan said honestly. “Lei Yan is a smart man. Even if we think of countermeasures in advance, he will find out that there is something wrong. It’s better to tell him at the beginning that Yu Ao was hypnotised.”
A certain prince suddenly sat up, bit his fingers and thought. His eyes lit up in an instant, feeling that he saw the hope of life again and stretched out his hands. “That…that means he knows Yu Ao didn’t betray? So I’m not a threat to him?”
The crowd looked at him in silence.
Long Junhao added weakly, “so that means he won’t kill me…”
The crowd remained silent.
Long Junhao blinked and feebly looked at Gu Chen. Gu Chen sighed helplessly, “He would immediately think that He Tianfan did it after learning about this.”
Long Junhao nodded, “…then?”
Gu Chen sighed again and looked at him sympathetically, “then he just needs to find out one thing, that is, whether He Tianfan did the hypnosis out of his own will or was instructed by others. For the former, he will find a way to reverse Yu Ao’s hypnosis and then kill He Tianfan. For the latter, he will kill him together with the instigator after reversing the hypnosis…so…”
Long Junhao was devastated, “so I’ll still die?!”
Gu Chen nodded.
Long Junhao once again slammed his head on the table and waved to them, “in a while, Lei Yan will find an excuse to see me. Come on, you all disperse… Just go… at least let me die quietly.”
“Don’t be so pessimistic, Your Highness,” Li Xuan encouraged with a smile, “although Lei Yan is very abnormal, he still has some concerns about making trouble here. Otherwise, with his strength, he would’ve sent his entire army here to flatten this place a long time ago. It wouldn’t be necessary to come in person.”
Long Junhao looked at him suspiciously, “really?”
Li Xuan nodded sincerely.
“I don’t believe you,” said Long Junhao, and then he turned to look at Gu Chen. “Hey, peasant, speak.”
“…” Gu Chen said, “could you stop using that way of addressing me?”
Long Junhao waved his hand, “hah, what’s the point of bothering with such trivial things before life and death?”
“……”
Luo Yi saw them start to analyse the situation again, so he turned his eyes to Li Xuan, “has Su Qing woken up?”
“Yes, I’ve finished talking with him but after learning that Lei Yan was coming, he didn’t come over and even detained Su Cong in the courtyard,” Li Xuan explained briefly, and then said seriously, “I think we better talk in another place.”
Luo Yi immediately raised his eyebrows.
Li Xuan glanced at the prince who was being educated opposite, took Luo Yi and squatted down beside the table. He whispered, “Su Qing said he was afraid that Lei Yan would go crazy and come with a time bomb, so in order to not get accidentally caught in the crossfire, he and his brother didn’t come. You know Su Qing has always been…”
Luo Yi nodded, “a jinx.”
“Yes, so if anything happens, we should withdraw just in case.”
“Yes, it’s a must,” Luo Yi nodded. “By the way, how did your talk with Su Qing go?”
“Oh, it’s like this,” Li Xuan said, taking out a piece of paper from his pocket. “Here’s the list. I’ve tried my best to keep the price to the lowest…” He maintained his squatting position and continued to chat with Luo Yi.
Long Junhao glanced in their direction for a moment but saw that the two people opposite had suddenly vanished into thin air, and there was another man standing a step away from the table. He froze before squatting down silently and whispering, “hey, what are you guys talking about?”
The two men were quite engaged in the conversation but after hearing Long Junhao, they turned to him. Luo Yi raised his eyebrow, “did something happen?”
Long Junhao nodded silently, stretched out his index finger and pointed above. Luo Yi frowned and immediately noticed that a man was standing behind him and Li Xuan. Hurriedly, he turned to look and then, blanked out. Comrade Chu Jian was looking at them from above with a gentle expression on his face.
Li Xuan coughed, silently kept away the paper, silently moved aside, threw a good luck look at Luo Yi, and then turned his head away.
Comrade Luo Yi looked at Chu Jian nervously, bit his finger and thought for a moment before innocently asking, “…Master?”
Chu Jian slowly bent down, his gaze like a snake hunting a rabbit and opened his mouth to gently ask, “who are you calling master? Hm?”
Luo Yi’s legs became weak immediately, “d-d-dear…”
“Hm,” Chu Jian lazily replied, “what’s the list of weapons just now? Do you want to be an arms dealer?”
