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

The group of Western Region people who were watching the play were all frightened by the sound of the musket that Xiao Ce had hidden in his sleeve.

What surprised them even more was that the two people who were about to attack Xiao Ce fell straight to the ground!

His eyes were wide open, and there was a hole in the back of his head, with blood flowing all over the ground.

Xiao Ce remained calm and said coldly, "This is a celestial artifact bestowed upon me by my father! He said that anyone who insults my Great Xiao Dynasty shall die!"

These people from the Western Regions were stunned for a moment.

The child king of Uz was blindfolded by his attendant.

Diliti was completely incredulous; he hadn't even come to his senses yet.

He couldn't even believe that Xiao Ce had done this.

Meanwhile, people from several other countries looked at Dilit with amusement on their faces.

They all had expressions that suggested they were enjoying the spectacle and thought things were getting better.

After a moment of shock, Diliti finally came to his senses and shouted, "Xiao Ce! Are you crazy? How dare you kill our warriors from the Western Regions!"

"Guards! Guards! Seize him! How dare he be so arrogant in front of us Western Region people! You should know that you are just a hostage!"

Dilit was clearly somewhat on the defensive.

Seeing their reaction, Xiao Ce suddenly had a crazy idea: to order all the guards behind him to rush forward.

Kill all these people from the Western Regions.

However, reason prevailed, putting everything else aside.

The real mastermind behind Uzbekistan hasn't shown up yet. If Xiao Ce kills these kings and ministers here, he'll be giving Uzbekistan's mastermind an advantage.

At Diliti's roar, more than ten guards beside him walked towards Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce's gaze was sharp, and he still held up his sleeves, using the wide sleeves to face the soldiers who were about to come over.

He shouted in a slightly manic voice, "Come on... anyone who doesn't want to die, come up here... I'll kill every one of you!"

He didn't reveal the flintlock pistol in his hand, so as not to let them know what was hidden in his sleeve.

This instills fear in them, and clearly the effect is very good.

These Western Region soldiers stopped in their tracks and dared not take another step when Xiao Ce pointed his sleeve at them.

Diliti was even more furious when he saw that more than a dozen people had been intimidated by Xiao Ce, this good-for-nothing.

"Are you all brainless? Are you afraid of this piece of trash? Come at me all together!"

As soon as Diliti finished speaking, Xiao Ce continued, "Guess why Diliti doesn't dare to come himself. He's using you as cannon fodder. I've already killed two! I don't mind killing a few more!"

"You provoked me first, making me acknowledge a child as my father. My father will not forgive you when he finds out!"

You don't believe me, do you?

Xiao Ce displayed a hint of madness, raising his hand and firing a shot at someone who was trying to take advantage of the situation.

The man screamed in pain and collapsed to the ground, clutching his leg.

"Next time, I won't just hit your legs! Try taking another step forward and I'll blow your heads off!"

Xiao Ce looked completely insane at this moment.

These soldiers from the Western Regions had all accompanied the mission, so they had witnessed Xiao Ce kill their strongest warrior from the Western Regions on the arena.

Seeing Xiao Ce's frenzied state and a soldier lying on the ground howling in pain after being hit on the leg, the Western Region soldiers all looked at Diliti with embarrassed expressions.

Clearly, he was about to enter the Western Regions and didn't want to die on his own doorstep.

Diliti looked extremely embarrassed. He had wanted to give Xiao Ce a hard time and show the other countries that Uzbekistan had already tamed Xiao Ce's eldest prince.

I never expected that I would capsize in such a ditch.

Xiao Ce, who was originally a coward and always obeyed him, now seems to have taken the wrong medicine.

Now he's in a dilemma.

Although he looked down on Xiao Ce, he didn't dare to approach the enraged Xiao Ce.

He believed that although Xiao Ce was useless, he possessed weapons capable of taking down the strongest man in the Western Regions.

The two sides reached a stalemate.

At this moment, a eunuch-looking man stepped forward from beside the king of the small kingdom of Uz and said, "Your Highness, please don't be agitated...please don't be agitated. We from Uz were just joking with you. We meant no harm. It's probably due to differences in national circumstances that you've misunderstood!"

Then the eunuch asked Dili, "Is that right, Imperial Advisor?"

Upon hearing the eunuch's words, Diliti's expression changed, and he quickly said, "Yes, Xiao Ce, you know... who knew that people from your Xiao Kingdom wouldn't joke around."

Xiao Ce could tell that Diliti was somewhat wary of this eunuch.

Xiao Ce did not respond, and still maintained an extremely agitated expression.

The eunuch walked over to Diliti and whispered a few words.

Diliti then ordered the Western Region soldiers to move the person away.

A eunuch standing beside the king approached with a smile, showing no fear whatsoever at Xiao Ce's raised hand.

“Your Highness, you are right. You are a hostage, not a prisoner, and we have no intention of disrespecting you. As for the Xiao Kingdom, we would not dare to show the slightest disrespect. Our Grand Preceptor was just making a joke about our Western Regions with you. That was to show our respect for you.”

After the eunuch finished speaking, the Imperial Advisor stepped forward and echoed his words.

This eunuch was very thin, with a hooked nose and puffy eyes under very light eyebrows, although he had a smiling face.

But Xiao Ce could tell at a glance that he was a ruthless person.

Seeing that he had given him a way out, Xiao Ce quickly accepted it.

With an expression of embarrassment and timidity.

"How can you joke like that, asking me to recognize a child as my father... I thought it was an insult to our Xiao Kingdom."

The eunuch said with a smile, "Your Highness, this is just our way of joking, only the method is different."

Xiao Ce nodded, removed the safety from the gun in his sleeve, and locked it in a small lock on his clothes.

Then, with a gentle tug on his clothes, the gun was hidden in his sleeve.

This was designed for him personally by Da Lei, and it suits him very well.

After putting away his gun, Xiao Ce cupped his hands and said, "You can't hold me accountable for the two Western Region soldiers I killed, can you?"

The eunuch didn't speak, but just glanced at Dilit.

Diliti said, "What's there to settle? They're blind... Your Highness, Crown Prince of Xiao, don't worry. This matter is over. I won't hold you accountable!"

Although Diliti said this, Xiao Ce could hear the resentment in his words.

However, Xiao Ce didn't care at all...

He had already realized that this eunuch held more power than Diliti.

Seeing this, the eunuch nodded slightly to Xiao Ce and then turned back.

After Diliti shot himself in the foot and failed, he stopped bothering Xiao Ce.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the main force entered through the Jade Gate Pass.

He no longer cared about Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce knew very well that Dilit had not succeeded this time.

Diliti suffered a setback, and two of his men were killed. He would not let Xiao Ce go.

However, Xiao Ce was naturally not afraid; he did this to show some of his prowess.

He pretends to be 'useless' to avoid most of the trouble, not because he actually wants to be 'useless'.

...

Inside the Jade Gate Pass, you can see soldiers from the Western Regions everywhere.

There were also some soldiers dressed in Western Region military uniforms, but their faces were those of people from the Xiao Kingdom.

These soldiers were clearly the Tiger Legion of the King of Zhen.

The people who were still training stopped what they were doing when they saw the large group coming in.

Finally, all eyes turned to Xiao Ce, whose expression seemed to hold a great deal of meaning.

After entering Yumen Pass, they rode camels for another half an hour.

In the distance, a city came into view, with the words "River Warehouse City" written on its main gate.

Xiao Ce had looked at the map before he came. This Hecang City was the largest city on the west side of Yumen Pass.

The size of the city wall is a good indicator of this.

After entering the city, Xiao Ce discovered that these Western Region people were quite anxious; in order to occupy this area, they had already relocated a considerable number of Western Region people here.

This territory, which had been occupied by the Xiao Kingdom for a long time, no longer had a single Xiao person in sight.

After entering the city, they went to rest first, as there would be a banquet later.

Xiao Ce had assumed that Diliti would take him to their residence.

However, Xiao Ce was assigned to a detached house with its own courtyard, which looked very beautiful.

It is a typical style of the Xiao Kingdom.

Clearly, the original owner must have been very wealthy and powerful here, but he has probably run away now.

There were nearly a hundred guards around the house, all of whom were from the Western Regions.

However, their clothing reveals that they belong to different countries.

Xiao Ce understood immediately, even though they had already reached an agreement in Xiao Kingdom.

However, they haven't distributed the spoils yet.

As a hostage, one should be considered a spoil of war.

However, Xiao Ce was pleased to see this situation.

He simply led his men directly inside.

After Da Lei went inside, he immediately went to arrange the defenses.

After confirming that it was safe, Da Lei rushed forward and asked Xiao Ce with a worried look, "Your Highness, are you alright?"

Xiao Ce flicked the mechanism hidden in Lou Yi's sleeve and took out the flintlock musket.

He then finished off the bullets while smiling and saying to Da Lei, "Don't worry, it's nothing! If something had happened, I would have called you already."

Da Lei nodded, a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked, "Your Highness, you took action today. Has the plan changed again? Are you no longer going to tolerate this?"

Xiao Ce chuckled and waved his hand, saying, "Of course not... Even if I shoot someone and kill them, it won't change my reputation as a good-for-nothing. They'll all attribute it to this 'immortal weapon' in my hand. By doing this, I'm letting these people know that although I'm a good-for-nothing, I still have some spirit. Not only that, I'm also seeing if anyone has noticed the signal I've released and wants to cooperate with me..."

Da Lei listened to Xiao Ce's explanation and nodded as if he understood: "Your Highness, I'm relieved that you have your own plan. Does that mean we can't show ourselves?"