The Evil Emperor's Favorite: The Sickly and Poisonous Concubine Goes Crazy

Su Jingning was invited to a private room by Mr. Xie.

"My name is Xie Dong. I don't know how to address you, young lady." Xie Dong said to Su Jingning with a gentle attitude and a smile.

Su Jingning didn't say anything. Xie Dong's eyes turned and he said:

"Miss, what do you want to see our owner about?" Xie Dong said to Su Jingning with a smile.

"I want to buy a thug from your casino." Su Jingning's voice was cold. Her cloak half covered her face, so Xie Dong couldn't see her face clearly.

There was indeed a noble who wanted to buy the thugs who won the casino as bodyguards. Xie Dong didn't think much about it and just asked, "We have many ace thugs in our casino. Which one do you want to buy?"

"The one who defeated the Tiger King today."

Xie Dongyi was surprised. Today, that man defeated Tiger King. He did not expect that the casino had arranged a more powerful thug behind him. That thug was just thrown in to make up the numbers. But now, although he defeated Tiger King, he was also seriously injured by Tiger King. He will not be able to work for the casino in the future. He is considered a useless person. Why did this girl like him?

"Miss, you might as well think about it again. The man is injured, and it may not be of much use to you if you buy him back." He advised.

"I want him. How much is it? Just name your price." Su Jingning didn't want to delay any longer. Before long, the real cause of Tiger King's death would be discovered by the people in the casino, and then a lot of trouble would be inevitable.

Seeing that Su Jingning was determined to buy it, Xie Dong stopped trying to persuade him.

"That man is a lowly person and was injured. According to the casino rules, you can give the girl a discount of forty-five taels of silver."

Without saying a word, Su Jingning took out fifty taels of silver from his pocket and threw it to the servant behind him.

"Give me the indenture and take me to see the person." Su Jingning said coldly.

Xie Dong's servant nodded to Xie Dong, and Xie Dong gave him another order. Soon Lu Zhifan's indenture was delivered.

Xie Dong handed it to Su Jingning, who looked at it carefully before putting it away.

Xie Dongcai instructed the attendant beside him, "Take this girl to the darkroom."

Su Jingning followed the waiter all the way to a row of dark, damp and cold small houses, where many thugs were imprisoned. They were all born into lowly families, their lives were worthless, and no one cared about them.

"This is it, please come in, young lady." The waiter was smart enough to open the door for Su Jingning.

"This slave is so lucky. He has defeated the Tiger King in just half a year and was chosen by the girl. It is really a blessing that he has accumulated in several lifetimes. Hey! Wake up, someone has bought you. You don't have to be a thug anymore." The waiter complimented Su Jingning and shouted at Lu Zhifan who was lying unconscious in the corner.

Su Jingning looked at the unconscious Lu Zhifan. Even though his face was dirty and messy, he could still see his handsome features.

Su Jingning handed the waiter a silver ingot. "He is unconscious, please help me take him out and find a carriage for me."

When the waiter saw that the girl was so arrogant, he was very happy to help.

The waiter was smart and quickly escorted them out of the casino and even arranged a carriage for them.

Not long after they left, the people in the casino discovered that the cause of Tiger King's death was strange, and also found out that the biggest winner of the casino today was that girl, so they quickly reported it to Xie Dong.

"What? Go after him quickly and make sure to catch him back for me. He dared to break the rules of the casino. It will be all over if those nobles find out." Xie Dong sent several highly skilled guards to chase Su Jingning.

After Su Jingning got on the carriage, he asked the coachman to drive to the capital as quickly as possible, and soon they left Wushao Town.

In the carriage, Su Jingning sat at one end, while Lu Zhifan leaned against the carriage with his eyes closed. The wounds on his body were bandaged carelessly, and blood oozed from the wounds.

"Since you're awake, why don't you speak?" Su Jingning said in a flat voice.

Lu Zhifan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Su Jingning sharply.

"Why did you save me, girl?" His voice was hoarse and alert.

"How do you know it was me who saved you?" Su Jingning looked up at Lu Zhifan. Only then did he see her face clearly. She had a noble and cold temperament, delicate and bright features. Her almond-shaped eyes were full of scrutiny and interest as she looked at him.

"Because of this." Lu Zhifan opened his palm, inside which lay two poison needles wrapped in cloth.

A hint of surprise flashed in Su Jingning's eyes. She knew that Lu Zhifan would notice her actions, but she didn't expect that he could discover it so quickly and pull out the silver needle.

"That's why the Tiger King died." His voice was calm and firm.

"Then how do you know it was me who shot it?" Su Jingning raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

"I wasn't sure at first, but I'm sure now because you bought me." He looked into Su Jingning's eyes and said calmly.

"Haha, not bad." Su Jingning's eyes flashed with admiration.

"Miss, what do you want me to do for you? I don't think you just want me to be your bodyguard. I'm not good at martial arts." Lu Zhifan lowered his head slightly. Over the years, he has become accustomed to the indifference and ruthlessness of the world. He has experienced the coldest-blooded betrayal in the world, and he doesn't trust anyone.

Su Jingning didn't say anything, but just glanced at his bleeding wound.

"Let's talk about it after you recover from your injury."

Lu Zhifan didn't expect her to say that. When he looked at her again, she had closed her eyes. Lu Zhifan felt strange because he didn't feel any calculation from this girl.

"Whoa--" The hurried carriage stopped suddenly. Su Jingning was shaken. He quickly grabbed Lu Zhifan who was about to roll out of the carriage.

The carriage stopped in the woods, and in front of it were five or six casino guards on horseback carrying swords. They looked ferocious.

"Who is blocking the road?" asked the driver.

"The people inside have violated the rules of the casino, so we have to take them back to give an explanation to the owner." The leader shouted.

When the driver heard that it was someone from the Wushao Casino, he jumped out of the carriage and hid in the woods. The people from this casino were protected by someone above them, and they were always tyrannical and murderous.

"The girl violated the rules of the casino, but wanted to leave. What does she think of our casino?" The leader continued in an arrogant tone.

"You set up casinos privately, bribed people to make money, were cruel and tyrannical, and killed civilians. I wonder if you know how many regulations of the Great Zhou you have violated." Su Jingning's calm and light voice came from the car.

The leader looked disdainful when he heard this. "So what if they rebel? We have people protecting us."

"Oh? I wonder which noble person has such ability to hide his tracks under the emperor's feet." Su Jingning's voice was filled with a hint of doubt.

"Of course..." The man was so proud that he almost blurted out the secret, but was quickly stopped by his companion beside him.

"Why waste your time talking to her? Just arrest her and send her back to the owner for disposal. Hurry up and do it." Someone on the side interrupted him.

"Get on!" and rushed towards the carriage.

Su Jingning glanced at Lu Zhifan, who was lying in the carriage and couldn't move, and said softly, "Wait inside, don't come out."

Then he pulled his hat, covered his face tightly, bent down and walked out.

"If you want to catch me, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so." Su Jingning stood proudly in front of the carriage, holding a dagger in his right hand, with an upright posture and a strong aura.

After saying that, he flew towards the men with a dashing figure. With two or three moves, he stabbed the man in front and knocked him off his horse.

Su Jingning's figure was ghostly, and it was a technique that those people had never seen before. In just a few minutes, three people fell to the ground. The other three people immediately became frightened when they saw this scene. They exchanged glances with each other and quickly moved to surround Su Jingning.

Su Jingning smiled coldly. I didn't expect him to know some formations. However, he wanted to trap her with such a simple three-kill formation? She stabbed the man on her left hand side with her sword. The man felt pain and the formation collapsed instantly. The weakest part of the three-kill formation was the lower limbs. A slight poke could break the formation.

Su Jingning quickly killed two more people, and just when she was about to deal with the last one, she heard the sound of a long spear breaking through the air from behind her.

Su Jingning killed the man with a sword and turned to look behind him.

Just now, someone who was not dead yet picked up a knife to attack her from behind, but at this moment, he was pierced through the chest by a spear and nailed to the ground.

Su Jingning raised his eyes and looked towards the end of the forest in the distance. There were several soldiers riding horses and wearing armor. The person in the front wearing black iron armor and with a graceful figure... was Gu Yan'an.

Su Jingning's eyelids jumped. How did they meet again? Why was he still in Beijing?