allendalepharm Chapter 654 Let Him Go, I'll Be Your Hostage
Chapter 654 Let Him Go, I'll Be Your Hostage
After leaving Qian Songyun's yard, Huang Kongmu turned around and immediately walked towards the Zhuangyuan Hall.
He happened to run into Mu Yuan, the waiter coming out of Zhuangyuan Hall. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed him, "Is Lord Jiang back?"
Mu Yuan shook his head, "Not yet! But just now someone came to tell me that he was going to the Ministry of Personnel and asked me to put the food on the small clay stove to heat it up. Is there anything Huang Kongmu needs?"
Mu Yuan was a little confused, but he remembered Jiang Youzhen's words asking him to be friends with Huang Kongmu, so he said.
"Has Lord Huang Mintao returned?" Huang Kongmu heard that Jiang Youzhen went to the Ministry of Personnel and felt that something was wrong, so he immediately asked.
"No, I heard that the emperor ordered him and Lord Jiang to go to the Ministry of Personnel to look for documents."
Huang Kongmu was stunned. What was going on? How could things be like this? It was completely different from what he had imagined. After a moment, his pounding heart gradually calmed down.
"I am not feeling well, so I will take my leave now and go back to have a good rest." Huang Kongmu thought as he bowed hurriedly and prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Jiang Youzhen appeared in front of them, and several guards followed her.
His face suddenly darkened, a bad premonition swept over his body, and his legs involuntarily became weak.
Mu Yuan greeted Jiang Youzhen with a smile when he saw her coming, but when he saw the guards behind her, he was confused.
"Master Jiang..." Before he could finish his words, a huge force grabbed his shoulders and arms. The force was so great that he staggered, and then he felt a cold touch on his neck, followed by pain.
"Huang Kongmu, don't be impulsive. If you hurt Mu Daizhao, your crime will be even more serious!" Jiang Youzhen shouted when he saw this.
Looking at the bamboo dagger in Huang Kongmu's hand, it was very thin but very sharp. From the outside, it looked like a bamboo flute in disguise.
If a little force was used, it would be easy to cut off Mu Yuan's aorta. By then, blood would flow out, and in this ancient time when medicine was not well developed, I'm afraid he could not be saved.
She also did not expect that Huang Kongmu would suddenly capture Mu Yuan as a hostage. This is the Hanlin Academy, and Huang Kongmu is so bold.
Mu Yuan came to his senses at this time. He was kidnapped by Huang Kongmu. But what did Huang Kongmu do? Did Lord Jiang bring people to arrest him? What crime did he commit?
The current situation is unclear and Mu Yuan doesn't dare to call for help, for fear that Huang Kongmu will poke a hole in his neck.
"Put down the dagger in your hand. As long as you tell the truth, I will definitely spare your life."
Huang Kongmu's face was grim at the moment, and he said sarcastically: "Spare my life? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? Prepare a horse for me, I want to leave the city. Once I leave the city, I will let him go."
Jiang Youzhen frowned, his hands in his sleeves were ready, with a cat's eye stone between his fingers.
In a hurry, she couldn't bend down to pick up the stones, so she could only use the cat's eye stone.
She could see that Huang Kongmu had no kung fu skills, but he was quite strong and had a sharp weapon in his hand. With her internal strength, if she used 50% of her strength, she could still make the opponent feel pain and the dagger fall off.
It's not that she would not help or use hidden weapons. This is the imperial palace. If she carries hidden weapons, she will be accused of plotting to assassinate the emperor, and she will not be able to escape responsibility.
"Okay! I'll ask them to prepare."
However, just as Jiang Youzhen finished speaking and was about to take action, he heard chaotic footsteps from the other side, "Huang Shu, put down the dagger in your hand. You actually dared to hold a court official hostage in the palace. You deserve to be executed."
Jiang Youzhen rolled his eyes immediately after hearing this. Aren't you provoking him? Do you still want Mu Yuan to live?
Looking at the person who came, it was none other than Zhu Zhimin, the Minister of the Dali Temple. He strode over, followed by a group of guards, looking majestic and imposing.
"Hmph! Does his crime deserve death?" At this point, Huang Shu sneered and decided to just throw away the hope.
"I have a hostage in my hand. I can only release the hostage if you let me go." Huang Shu's lifeline now is Mu Yuan. He holds on to him tightly and dares not relax for a moment.
"Humph! You are just a mere attendant. Do you think we will let you go just for a mere attendant? That's too much of a fantasy.
Compared to the remnants of the previous dynasty and those who colluded with foreign tribes, what is a waiting official? He sacrificed his life for the country. After his death, I will petition the emperor to confer a title on him posthumously, which will benefit his family and be his supreme honor. "
Zhu Zhimin snorted coldly, looking determined.
Oh my god! Even more cruel than her? Jiang Youzhen was shocked.
"It was his honor to die loyally for the court and the king."
Zhu Zhimin said as he looked at Mu Yuan who was terrified, "Don't worry, I will definitely report to the emperor. You will not be able to escape."
Mu Yuan's heart sank. He wanted to say that he didn't want any posthumous honors. Nothing was more important than a life! He was already dead, so what was the point of those empty honors?
However, Huang Shu noticed that Mu Yuan was restless, so he warned him and tightened the dagger on his neck, causing blood to flow out immediately.
"Don't move! I'll take someone with me even if I die. You see, you are of no use to them, and they won't protect you anymore."
Huang Shu was filled with despair, he just didn't want to surrender, but Mu Yuan's rank was too low and he couldn't save his life at all.
He looked at Jiang Youzhen. If he had taken a risk and captured Jiang Youzhen, would it have been useful?
"This is the court you serve, which disregards your life for the sake of promotion and wealth."
Huang Shu has already spoken without thinking, and at this point, he wants to prove that he is right.
"We have endured hardships and worked diligently, but what do we have left in the end? Our status as a juren has limited our career path, and the highest we can achieve is the seventh rank. If we stay in the Hanlin Academy, we will never be promoted in our lifetime."
Huang Shu was very excited and felt indignant.
"Huang Shu, what qualifications do you have to complain? Which official in our Hanlin Academy did not study hard for more than ten years before entering the officialdom? Talent and hard work are both indispensable parts. If you have no talent and don't work hard, you can only be a minor official." Jiang Youzhen suddenly said.
Zhu Zhimin looked aside, there was someone more ruthless than himself! Could it be that he wanted Huang Shu to kill the official in anger?
Huang Shu was indeed angry. "What qualifications do you have to say such things? You only studied for a few years and then passed the imperial examination to become an official. God gave you good talents, so of course you can talk without any worries."
"Then what about those elderly people? They are still taking the imperial examinations, and there are many students who have studied for 20 or 30 years but still haven't even passed the imperial examination. Aren't you luckier than them?"
Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly, delaying the time, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
"Why waste time talking to him? Let's just take action!" Zhu Zhimin didn't want to wait for them to engage in a verbal battle.
Just as he was about to give an order, Jiang Youzhen hurriedly said, "Wait a minute!"
"Huang Shu, let him go. I will be your hostage."