Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

"Why don't we take a vacation?" King Liang came up with a plan and gave Coach Zuo a smug smile. "Wouldn't it be enough to lure those guys away?"

Coach Zuo was stunned. He didn't think this idea was that great, but he could imagine that if Li Huoyue was there, he would probably applaud this idea.

"A vacation?" Coach Zuo marveled at Prince Liang's wisdom. "Do you have some misconception about the Li family? Do you even know who they're backed by? You were so easily fooled. Do you think their system is just a decoration?"

"Could it be that smashing the branches of the sacred tree will leave some special marks?" asked King Liang. After all, he had never smashed it before, nor had he seen anyone smash it before.

Coach Zuo shook his head, "That's not the case."

"That's it!" King Liang still agreed with his idea.

"But only a time traveler can damage the branches of the sacred tree." Coach Zuo thought of Li Huoyue again, wondering if the child understood what he said.

It's not his fault that he said to keep half and half. It's just that the entire inner city is under control. If he had dared to mention it at that time, he would have been sanctioned immediately, without even having to wait for the Li family's group of lackeys to show up.

"Then let the time traveler out. I have another one locked up there!" King Liang raised his eyebrows.

Coach Zuo was stunned. "Who the hell did you detain?! You...you!!"

There was so much he wanted to say. He wanted to ask who else knew about this, and he also wanted to ask why he hadn't been consulted about this.

"It's okay. Look, the people have been detained, and there is no reaction from the other side!" King Liang still didn't care.

Coach Zuo hesitated several times to speak, but finally shut up and walked forward.

He was always worried.

But in fact, what he just said made sense. As he walked away, he said, "You don't have to go with me. The child is dying. Let's go find a doctor."

"Looking for a doctor? Who?" Prince Liang felt that Instructor Zuo was just trying to put him off. "That Huo guy isn't here. You can't expect me to just go into the palace and drag out an imperial physician right now, right? The locks are down, and I don't have the guts to yell for them to open."

Coach Zuo didn’t have time to pay attention to him. He always felt that something was wrong today. No, he always felt that nothing was right today!

Prince Liang ignored Coach Zuo's thoughts and continued speaking his mind: "And, most importantly, my son is missing. No doctor can bring him back to me!"

Coach Zuo felt a little annoyed and called King Liang a pig-brained person.

Prince Liang was baffled by the scolding, "What did I say wrong? Why do I become a pig-brained person?!"

Coach Zuo said nothing more. He knew that under the guidance of Prince Liang, the two children would always act as if they were unfamiliar with each other or resented each other. But once they left Prince Liang's sight, the two children's relationship was so good that it seemed as if they were the only two left in the world. They would even secretly exchange identities so that the other could enjoy the same treatment as the prince.

Like today, one is seriously ill and dying, and the other one can't be missing unless he was kidnapped.

I guess the two children are probably secretly together at this moment.

Only the idiot King Liang didn't see it.

Amidst Liang Wang's one-sided quarrel, the two of them finally came out of the kitchen.

The kitchen of the palace does not occupy a large area, but it is still an independent building built according to royal standards.

Generally speaking, the kitchen of the Southern Kingdom's palace does not open at night. If the master wants to eat something to fill his stomach, he will eat in his own courtyard or bring it back from the night market on Shengyu Street.

The kitchen, when not in use, is locked, and there is no light except the hexagonal lamp outside.

The kitchen in Prince Liang's mansion is quite different.

There seemed to be a small light in the kitchen late at night. The light was as dim as a bean, but it was still different from the completely dark area.

What is even more difficult to understand is that outside such a small kitchen, there are actually two burly guards standing guard, and there are three hidden guards in the dark who change positions from time to time to patrol.

It's usually fine when there are no outsiders here, but once a situation like today occurs, it's almost as if "there is something unusual here" has to be written out clearly.

Coach Zuo hurried on and finally caught up. Just as he had removed the guards at the door, he heard a joking voice behind him asking:

"You two are in such good spirits, standing at the kitchen door without serving food or opening the door. It's pitch dark, could it be..."

The man was wearing a messenger's robe, which was obviously a similar wide robe, but his face made him look several levels higher.

The envoy's pair of narrow eyes seemed exceptionally bright in the night. He glanced up and down at the Left Instructor and the King of Liang, somewhat rudely.

King Liang should have been angry and scolded the other party, but he felt a little guilty at the moment, especially since the other party had not finished speaking, which made him feel very nervous. He couldn't help but wonder how much the other party knew, so he did not make a arrogant rebuttal at the first moment.

Coach Zuo was equally nervous. The people guarding outside the kitchen had evacuated, but the most dangerous person was still in the kitchen, which made him very uneasy.

If I had known earlier, I would have stayed instead of withdrawing the people. If the other party really discovered something, it would be easier to take action with more people.

Everyone had their own agenda. For a moment, no one spoke. Everyone just stood there without making any other movement, as if someone had pressed acupoints on them.

The strange still image didn't last long. The messenger on the other side chuckled and completed the rest of the sentence, "Could it be that we're meeting under the moon to digest our food?"

This person spoke with heavy breathing, and it sounded like he didn't say anything important, but his attitude was full of sarcasm, which made people think more.

The person who thought too much was naturally Coach Zuo, and it had nothing to do with King Liang.

After hearing the envoy's words, the King of Liang immediately frowned, breathed a sigh of relief, and cursed, "You're really sick!"

Coach Zuo raised his hand and rubbed his temple.

"If you are sick, you must seek treatment as soon as possible, Your Highness Prince Liang." The messenger was not angry, but responded coldly.

Just responding to the King of Liang was not enough. The envoy also smiled and asked for the opinion of Coach Zuo, "Coach Zuo, what do you think?"

Coach Zuo and Prince Liang are twins, and there is almost no difference between them except for their clothes.

It was dark at this moment, but the other party recognized the identities of the two people at a glance. With a little thinking, he should know that this messenger was different from the other messengers.

Prince Liang never cared about so many things. He only listened to Coach Zuo. Without Coach Zuo's instructions, he would start to act on his own.

"Who do you think you are to question us?"

Prince Liang returned the glance with disdain, and seeing that the other party was calm and composed, especially with a smile on his face, he became even more uncontrollable with his words.

He continued his attack, "You're just a dog sent by the higher-ups. What right do you have to smile so frivolously in front of me?! You're just here to find out who smashed the branches of the sacred tree. It wasn't us. Go do what you need to do. Why bother with what we're doing?"

Coach Zuo first looked at King Liang in shock, then silently raised his hand and rubbed his temples.