Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Diliti looked at Xiao Ce's attitude and laughed coldly: "What? I've made sure you're doing this! You don't want to? What's wrong, are you having problems again?"

Xiao Ce said calmly, "Grand Preceptor Diliti, I am only a hostage, not a slave! I represent our Xiao Kingdom. Your insult to me is tantamount to insulting my country!"

"He may be your king, but you're making me acknowledge a child as my father! If our Xiao Kingdom finds out, aren't you afraid it will reignite the flames of war?"

Diliti scoffed, "Oh, look at you, so capable... What, now you want to be tough! I've seen right through you. Don't think too highly of yourself. Representing the Xiao Kingdom? If the Xiao Kingdom cared about you, they wouldn't have sent you here as a hostage!"

"Once you cross this Jade Gate Pass, you'll be in the territory of our Western Regions Alliance. Today, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"

Diliti then said to the two Western Region soldiers beside him, "Go! Since he doesn't want to, go and help him, and pay your respects to our king!"

Two soldiers from the Western Regions walked over beside him.

At this moment, Da Lei and the others were getting anxious in the rear.

After all, they were still quite a distance away from Xiao Ce at this time.

There were also some Western Region soldiers in between.

Moreover, Xiao Ce had previously instructed them not to act without his orders.

If we act rashly now, all our previous covert operations will be for naught!

So all they can do now is watch helplessly from behind.

Although they knew that since Xiao Ce hadn't approached them, he must be confident of victory.

...

Two soldiers from the Western Regions stepped forward, influenced by Diliti.

They looked down on Xiao Ce completely.

He stepped forward and said fiercely, "Your Highness, are you going to do it yourself, or should we help you?"

Xiao Ce said coldly, "You are no longer just insulting me, you are now suspected of insulting my country! If you take another step forward, I will have to take measures to stop you!"

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, the two Western Region soldiers were taken aback and subconsciously glanced at Diliti.

Diliti did not take any action to stop them, which, in their view, meant they supported what they were doing.

They burst into laughter, as if they had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"You think you can stop us? Come on... let me see how you plan to stop me!"

Diliti said from the side, "Xiao Ce, if you're so capable of stopping those two, then go ahead and do it... If you can stop them, then I misjudged you!"

As he spoke, Diliti shouted at the two Western Region soldiers, "Did you hear that? Our hostage doesn't even take you seriously. He thinks he can stop the two of you on his own... What are you standing there for?"

The two Western Region soldiers' faces hardened: "Your Highness, you've brought this upon yourself. Normally, as a hostage, you'd just kowtow to our king... In your Xiao Kingdom's parlance, you're refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit... You'd better cooperate obediently, or we'll hurt you, and then don't cry!"

Without saying a word, the two Western Region soldiers drew their swords and charged at Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce snorted coldly as he watched the two rushing towards him. To be honest, based on the fact that he and Da Lei had trained together for so long...

If we can't even handle these two people, it would truly be a disgrace to Da Lei's teachings.

However, he doesn't want to show off his skills at this time; he wants to do something more impressive.

With a flick of his right hand, the flintlock pistol landed in his grasp.

His gaze turned cold as he said in a chilling voice, "Do you think I'll let you bully me because I have a gun?"

After saying that, he fired two shots at the two men!

Perfectly straight, right between the eyebrows!