As Jiang Hao expected, when the people from Prince Qi's mansion arrived at the city gate, Prince Qi did not go out with them.

He was not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial edict. He had not yet stepped out of the city gate, so he could not leave the capital. If the emperor blamed him, he could still make some excuses.

The King of Qi was unwilling to do so, and he wanted to file a complaint with the Emperor!

Even though he had already determined in his heart who was behind it.

He could leave Beijing and go to Lingnan Prefecture, but he couldn't go there without a tael of silver. The weather was still cold, and he had to travel a long way south. Without silver, he would die.

Now, when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Officials in the cities he passes by are afraid of seeing him as if he were a plague god, and they can't even hide from him. Who would still secretly give him money?

"Hey, Lao Wu, why are you going back again?"

The King of Qi was sitting in a carriage when it suddenly stopped. He heard a disgusting and nauseating sound from outside the carriage, and a face became even more gloomy and terrifying.

The man who came was none other than the King of Wei, who came on a tall horse to see him off (gloat over other's misfortune) and (take pleasure in other's misfortune).

Another one fell. The King of Wei was laughing in his dreams these past few nights.

Now the King of Qi wants to risk his life and survive, so he leaves early on purpose, hoping to arouse his father's pity for him and let him stay. However, he ends up shooting himself in the foot, as his father agrees to his request without any hesitation. How could he not come to see him off?

Just look and he knew that Lao Wu was unwilling to accept this.

That's what he did.

Seeing that the King of Qi was hiding like a turtle and didn't respond, the King of Wei said, "Hey," and laughed, then raised his voice and said, "Oh, King Qi, you are reluctant to leave? Of course, the capital city is so prosperous, even those small fishing villages in Lingnan Prefecture can compare to it? I feel sorry for you, but it is difficult to disobey the emperor's order. Who can teach you..."

"enough!"

The King of Qi opened the curtain and stared at the King of Wei with red eyes.

This damn reckless man!

The King of Wei did not buy his story. The more he looked at her, the happier he became. He pretended to be surprised and asked, "Ah! Fifth brother, why have you lost weight?"

There were already people coming and going at the city gate. A noble middle-aged man was sitting on a tall horse, blocking a carriage. He was called "King of Qi" and "Fifth Brother". His identity was obvious, attracting the attention of passers-by.

Xu Xing was sitting in a teahouse not far away and could see the situation at the city gate clearly.

Zhuifeng and Zhang Zhongjing stood on one side, listening to the noise with their ears perked up. The discussion was extremely intense.

During the conversation, he also told his master his guess as to why the King of Qi turned around.

"What did you hear? That's it!"

Zhuifeng was not satisfied with Zhang Zhongjing's lack of recognition of his abilities, so he turned his head and complained unhappily, "Sir, why don't you talk about him? Old Zhang always makes me look unprofessional when he talks like this."

Xu Xing smiled, flicked the tea leaves and took a sip of tea, then slowly asked, "Then how do you know so much?"

Speaking of this, Zhuifeng puffed out his chest towards Zhang Zhongjing and said, "I was worried that the King of Qi would cheat, so I sent someone to keep an eye on him. This morning, I heard wailing coming from the King of Qi's mansion, and later I vaguely heard that valuables had disappeared."

Missing?

What a “disappeared without a trace”.

The smile on Xu Xing's lips turned into a sneer. Who knows if it was "disappeared without a trace" or "the thief crying "stop thief"?

"Oh, it looks like a fight has started!"

Zhang Zhongjing listened to Zhuifeng's complaint with one ear while staring at something not far away with his other eyes.

It was unknown what kind of verbal conflict had occurred, but the King of Wei got off his horse in anger and rushed into the carriage. Then, the carriage began to shake violently...

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