135 Seize the Fugitive! (2/2)

He’s at your residence and should be under your protection. You’re not going to solve it but you're actually making the fugitive go handle the situation all by himself?

Dong Tianleng’s eyes moved about and he said easily, ”Friend, why not allow me to help you?”

Ling Xiaozui was already fuming inwardly so he replied with a faint ”Don’t worry about it!” and turned to walk to the door.

The four noble young masters were reasonably unhappy by his flippant manner.

Dong Tianleng pursed his lips. ”Boss, who is this? Why is he so arrogant?”

Chun Wanfeng said, ”Looks like he has a bit of an attitude… I guess he thinks very highly of himself.”

Xia Bingchuan commented, ”Hmm, interesting.”

Qiu Yunsan said, ”I know that this poor soul has no idea of the world’s evils and is asking to be taught a lesson, just by looking at him.”

Yun Yang coughed dryly and ignored their comments. ”Come, come. Have some tea.”

The four of them wanted to ask more about Ling Xiaozui. Yun Yang could figure that out, no matter how outlandish they were, but he hated people who used this tactic on him the most.

I might tell you the truth if you had asked directly.

However, the four young masters had dug their own graves, waiting for Yun Yang to bury them. Yun Yang did not like it a single bit.

If it were before, he would have liked it.

After the severe injury that had the four young masters saving him, without a care for the price it took, Yun Yang did not like this way as much as he used to anymore.

A loud commotion came from just beyond the doors.

Ling Xiaozui, who had gone out, could be heard objecting, but the opposite party seemed to still insist on their orders.

Suddenly, an imposing and palpable aura erupted.

Ling Xiaozui had only said a single thing to the leader of the troop, quietly so that no one but the leader could hear.

As he spoke, the leader's face turned ashen, then white.

After he was done, Ling Xiaozui returned inside without another word.

Behind him, a few guards rushed forth to capture the criminal that had finally appeared but the leader knocked them down onto the ground as if maddened and followed up by issuing several commands in a shrill voice.

”Retreat! Quickly, turn back!”

”Quick, quick! Go back… Are you still speaking? Go on, speak more… I’ll make you speak even more…” As he shouted, he removed a whip from his belt and dealt a terrifying beating to his assistant, as if crazed.

As the entire troop turned around in confusion, the leader was the first to flee anxiously as if there were numerous tigers chasing after him.

It was said that the leader was still wearing a terrorized face when he got back to the fourth prince’s residence, with sweat dripping profusely from his brow.

Those who had gone in high spirits but returned without so much of a reason were all bewildered, of course, discontent spread among all of them. Only the leader had a pale face and would not let a word out until he saw the fourth prince himself.

”Where’s the Seven-Scaled Fairy that I sent you to retrieve? Why…” The fourth prince started to ask in surprise.

Everyone’s gaze went towards the leader, their meaning clear – Ask him! We have no clue about what has happened!

The leader continued to tremble and went close to the fourth prince to whisper something softly in his ear.

His voice was so faint that nobody could anything at all.

Everyone then saw the fourth prince who looked like he was at the top of the world, ruddy and confident, collapse onto the floor in a seated position after hearing what the leader had to say.

His rosy cheeks turned ashen at once; his eyes were filled with terror while his limbs trembled like a sieve.

The middle-aged man who was the fourth prince’s uncle went forward in a dissatisfied manner. ”Your highness, what is going on? The Seven-Scaled Fairy involves…”

”Involve my ass!” The fourth prince exploded into movement as he sprung up and began to land a flurry of blows on his uncle. ”Do you know the extent of trouble you’ve caused? I am doomed! Doomed, I say! Doomed, because of you!”

After a long while, the fourth prince, who had finished venting his rage, released his uncle who had been beaten badly and mumbled distractedly, ”What… what do I do now?”

He was at a loss.

He actually called Ling Xiaozui a fugitive and sent men to capture him. The fourth prince felt the world closing in on him…

Had he actually done something so outrageous?

Ling Xiaozui a fugitive? If word got out about this, his reputation as the prince would really remain for a long time in this world - a joke of a prince!

”Your highness.” The leader stepped forward and said in a low voice, ”The only way now… I believe an apology is in order. Otherwise, the consequences will be devastating.”

The fourth prince was in despair as he said helplessly, ”Is that the only thing I can do about this?”

…

Before Dong Tianleng and the gang could drink a sip of tea, they saw the ‘fugitive’ returning leisurely from the door.

”Done?” Yun Yang asked, his tone casual.

There were only five hundred guards of the fourth prince. What trouble could it cause to Ling Xiaozui? He was not worried at all.

”Done.” Ling Xiaozui was nonchalant, as he shrugged off the incident as absurd and ridiculous.

It was his first time coming across such a foolish travesty.

”Please, have some tea.” Yun Yang chuckled. ”It is rare that I get to gather with Brother Ling. I don’t know if our fate today can be repeated in the future. We must enjoy all that we can within the few days that we still have.”