Chapter 228 Fighting Dong Zhuo (1/2)
Chapter 228 – Fighting Dong Zhuo
Meanwhile, Pengcheng County, southwest of Xiapi Commandery City.
A young girl with loose robe was abandoned in this town in the middle of a slum area. She had long black hair and black eyes like the natives, but her unique Japanese-style oval face made her different than everybody else in this era.
This girl was Liu Yang, the eight-wing goddess who followed after Medusa into this dimension. As she was caught by Zuo Ci, she spent her days mostly in his lightning cage, getting tortured endlessly by the unreasonable old man.
Her abysmal luck relapsed again as Lilim stripped her angelic power without hearing about her reason for being here. Zuo Ci was also worse, he dumped her in the middle of nowhere and flew away without telling her anything.
In her eyes, Zuo Ci was a hypocritical bullying cultivator who enjoyed torturing weaker immortals. Lilim was also a power-crazed dictating bitch that was lucky to be borne by the first generation parent.
”Damn them! Damn them all!”
Liu Yang cried alone in a slum, attracting the eyes of several beggars and hoodlums.
”Hey, is that girl kinda look ugly?”
”Yes, she's ugly, but her skin is nice. She can still be sold.”
”Yeah, she should fetch a good price if we sell her to the lords.”
”Right, let's take her!”
The crying of the little Liu Yang attracted the thugs in the slum. Seeing that her skins and her appearance were unique, they wanted to kidnap and sell her as a slave to the nobles.
They jumped at her, using a rice sack to cover her from the top down. With the girl in the sack, they carried her back to the local black market.
Liu Yang attempted to resist, but she could not do anything as her celestial power had been erased by the system. She could only cry a muffled voice inside the sack to struggle and annoy the kidnappers.
It did not take long for the thugs to reach a shady building inside the slum. They took off the sack and threw her inside a cell.
”How much do we get?”
”She's ugly! 100 Coins, no bargain!”
”200! She's clean and untouched!”
”I said, no bargain! One hundred, take it or leave it!”
”Tsk!”
The thugs took the coins and left, leaving Liu Yang and the slave merchant behind.
In the building, there was only the merchant and several rectangular cells with many children and women inside. The cage, which Liu Yang was in, was a one-cubic-meter animal cage.
Liu Yang looked around in a panic as she found out that she was in an underground slave house.
”You're lucky, ugly one. Someone has pre-ordered 20 little girls, and you're going along with the caravan,” The merchant mocked her and kicked her cell, ”Don't scream, don't cry, and don't piss or shit until I tell you to!”
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Luo Yang Northern Gate, neutral ground between two forces.
Dong Zhuo sat on his horse, with Hua Xiong riding beside him. All weapons had been temporarily put away for safety.
Diao Chan, Liu Yu, the confused Wang Yun, and a dozen bodyguards arrived after the other party.
Wang Yun had regained his sense as the devil contract was voided by the loss of demonic power. Even though he was lighted-head as if he woke up after the heavy drinking, he was flexible enough to catch the clues about the recent events and followed through with the trends.
Diao Chan sat on the wagon throne while Wang Yun and Liu Yu stood by her sides. The guards with weapons in hands also stared at Dong Zhuo and Hua Xiong without blinking.
With five people presented beside the guards, they began their agenda and their negotiation.
Diao Chan started, ”Lord Dong Zhuo, I'll be frank. Emperor Ping is likely to die in the war. He has already sent the decree that I'll be the next Empress so it cannot be changed. But I can still return your position as the Prime Minister and pardon all of your previous crimes. Will you be my subject?”
Dong Zhuo and the others were astonished by the bold proposal by the little girl. Had they not seen her standing in mid-air before, they would have dismissed her words as a child's nonsense.
Seeing is believing, they could not ignore the words of the proved Child of Heaven.
'I should have taken Li Ru with me. Well, whatever. Bargaining with a little snort is easier than dealing with these two fools.'
Dong Zhuo coughed, ”My apology, Your Majesty, if I call you right. Your offering is a bit unfair to me. You see, I've gone to war and came back battered, yet the citizens of Henei suddenly revolted. I have to deal with them using my force, or they will look down on the Imperial Army. I have done nothing wrong to be pardoned.”
”I'm not accusing you. Lord Dong Zhuo, I'm making my proposal to reinstate you into the position and clean your records as long as you will serve me. I will only take a [Yes] or [No] as an answer. What do you say?”
Dong Zhuo frowned. The girl had a politician's sense that he could not trick her.
”Then, I'll also be frank with you, Your Majesty. I don't know how you can sit on the throne without an official coronation ceremony. I don't see the reason that you should be the Empress of our country at all. You are too young for this, so leave it to the adult and go play with your friends. I can treat you like a royalty if you surrender that throne to me. How about it?”
Liu Yu and Wang Yun's face reddened as the veins under their facial skin pulsed rapidly. They gritted their teeth and wanted to curse this ambitious fatty out loud, but they held back their words as they knew that it could affect the negotiation.
Diao Chan stared at Dong Zhuo in silent, thinking of how she should do in this situation. This fat man would not back down until he became the emperor of a new dynasty.
A sadistic grin appeared at the corner of Diao Chan face.
'I may be powerless, but I can still use my mental attack.'
”Let's return, father, Sir Liu. The negotiation has failed.”
Dong Zhuo also heard Diao Chan's remark. He laughed as if he mocked her.