Ch 430: Capturing Xiao Yuanyang
The entrance to the Tianzi Room was instantly filled with dust and smoke.
A team of Black Robed Persons expressionlessly burst in.
Seeing these uninvited guests, the merchants’ faces showed a trace of bewilderment, then they reacted and shouted a question.
“What are you doing? How dare you come to the Tianzi Room to make trouble?”
The Black Robed Persons didn’t even glance at the merchants, silently approaching Xiao Yuanyang in the center.
Xiao Yuanyang was also a little dumbfounded at this moment.
However, when he saw that these Black Robed Persons ignored the other merchants and slowly approached him, he immediately realized that they were after him.
So Xiao Yuanyang immediately shouted.
“What do you want!”
The Black Robed Persons acted as if they hadn’t heard, directly surrounding him, and then two of them reached out and grabbed his shoulders.
Xiao Yuanyang’s heart panicked, his face flushed red as he struggled violently, and quickly said: “You have such audacity! I am the Second Prince of the Divine Palace, Prince Qing, personally appointed by His Majesty!”
He thought that just stating his Title would scare these Black Robed Persons into stopping.
However, the Black Robed Persons remained unmoved, all turning their heads to look at the entrance, then shouting loudly.
“Crown Prince!”
A figure also appeared at the entrance.
Seeing this, the merchants’ faces were filled with terror, and they immediately knelt down, bowing their heads and shouting: “Crown Prince.”
Xiao Yuanyang’s heart was startled, and he hurriedly looked towards the entrance.
After seeing Li Hanzhou, standing with his hands behind his back and an expressionless face, he was instantly dumbfounded.
“Cr… Seventh Brother, what are you doing?”
Xiao Yuanyang blinked his slightly hazy eyes and quickly asked in a low voice.
Li Hanzhou’s appearance here made Xiao Yuanyang’s heart quite flustered.
But why would he arrest him?
Li Hanzhou coldly glanced at him and said: “Father Emperor is busy day and night for the Divine Palace, yet you think about making a fortune from disaster at this time, and even killed several common people, you really did well, Xiao Yuanyang!”
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanyang’s originally somewhat unclear mind instantly became crystal clear.
It turned out that the news of him beating someone to death in his shop had reached Li Hanzhou’s ears, so he had brought people to arrest him.
Xiao Yuanyang’s face instantly became extremely amiable, and he said: “Seventh Brother, we are brothers, there’s no need to treat Second Brother like this, moreover, it’s not that big of a deal!”
Li Hanzhou did not reply, but instructed his subordinates: “Take him away.”
Seeing this, Xiao Yuanyang quickly said: “Seventh Brother, can you let Second Brother explain a few things?”
He didn’t expect Li Hanzhou’s attitude to be so strong, if kind words didn’t work, he could only use his trump card.
Li Hanzhou said: “At this point, what is there to quibble about?”
Xiao Yuanyang quickly approached Li Hanzhou, whispering in his ear: “Seventh Brother, to be honest, this charcoal is simply a treasure trove right now. Such a good business, if I don’t do it, someone else will. Such opportunities are rare!”
“If Seventh Brother doesn’t mind, Second Brother can give you a share of the profits. Now you are the Crown Prince, having money will better secure your position, you know, managing things requires money, just cooperate with Second Brother, and your position as Crown Prince will be secure.”
Xiao Yuanyang intended to tempt him with profit; if he could pull his younger brother, the Crown Prince, onto the same boat, then nothing would be a problem.
“Say those words to Father Emperor.”
Li Hanzhou turned and walked out expressionlessly.
He saw through Xiao Yuanyang’s intentions immediately, but he didn’t expect that he wouldn’t even think of reflecting on himself, still unrepentant, even trying to drag him down.
He was truly a hopeless case.
This also served as a warning to Li Hanzhou, to keep an eye on the other princes; if they also followed suit and profiteered from disaster, exploiting the hard-earned money of the common people, then the Divine Capital would truly be finished.
The Black Robed Persons escorted Xiao Yuanyang, following Li Hanzhou’s pace.
Xiao Yuanyang became extremely terrified at this moment.
If he went to the Dungeon like this, and Father Emperor found out, he would definitely not be spared, even if he didn’t die, he would be skinned alive.
As he was being led away from the Tianzi Room by the Black Robed Persons, about to leave the Rouge Pavilion, Xiao Yuanyang quickly began to beg for mercy.
“Seventh Brother, Second Brother has always treated you well, just let Second Brother go this once, Second Brother guarantees he won’t do this again!”
“It was Second Brother who was misled, those people tricked Second Brother, they told Second Brother that he could make a lot of money, and Second Brother believed them…”
Xiao Yuanyang was panicked and had lost his composure, shamelessly shifting all the blame onto those merchants.
The merchants kneeling on the ground were furious; when taking the money, you took the most, now you’re shifting the blame onto us?
But they dared not say anything more; after all, the other party was Prince Qing, even if he slandered them, what could these small merchants say?
But no matter what Xiao Yuanyang said, Li Hanzhou completely ignored him, remaining indifferent.
Soon Li Hanzhou led his men out of the Rouge Pavilion.
Qingshui Alley, as one of the busiest streets in the Divine Capital, had already heard the news when Li Hanzhou appeared and surrounded the Rouge Pavilion.
Therefore, the Rouge Pavilion was exceptionally lively at this moment, almost filling the entire street, curiously watching the scene, whispering among themselves.
“What’s going on? The Crown Prince actually sent people to surround the Rouge Pavilion. Did the Rouge Pavilion commit some crime?”
“Am I not mistaken? The one being escorted at the front is the Second Prince!”
“Why was the Second Prince at the Rouge Pavilion? The Crown Prince actually arrested his brother!”
“…”
After seeing Xiao Yuanyang being escorted, someone whispered: “I remember, some time ago, someone went to buy charcoal, the price they bought it at and the price they sold it at was a cash higher, so they went to the Second Prince’s charcoal shop to reason with him, but unexpectedly, not only did they fail to reason, but when they came back, they were a cold corpse!”
“I heard he was beaten to death, and it wasn’t just him, the shop assistants were too arrogant.”
As soon as these words were spoken.
The onlookers were stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.
No wonder the Crown Prince had sent people to surround the Rouge Pavilion in such a grand manner; it turned out that Xiao Yuanyang had committed murder, and the Crown Prince had personally come to arrest Xiao Yuanyang.
The onlookers looked at Li Hanzhou with admiration, and without a word, they applauded.
At this moment, they felt that they were incredibly fortunate; the Divine Capital actually had such a just Crown Prince, who would punish even his own brother if he broke the law.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuanyang was completely disheartened.
Li Hanzhou’s actions were tantamount to nailing him to the ground, leaving no room for maneuver.
At this moment, he only felt that the gazes of the onlookers were extremely piercing, Xiao Yuanyang’s face was pale as he lowered his head, not daring to speak.
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