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Chapter 57 Captured alive?
"Excellent, excellent!" The Seventh Prince Chu Yuan, his crimson robes wide open, picked up a wine jug and drank heartily, his excitement barely contained. "Since this Xiao family brat has offered himself up, how can we not seize him!"
After the initial excitement subsided, Chu Yuan calmed down: "Are you sure there aren't any ninth-rank officials?"
Seeing the Seventh Prince looking at him, Zhang Shi'an nodded with certainty: "I recognize Ye Bufan. It must be the Xiao family boy who came to Jinxiang Pavilion for entertainment. I didn't let him come with me."
"If we capture that brat, the Ninth Rank will be no threat." Chu Yuan grew increasingly excited as he thought about it. "Once this is done, Father Emperor will surely look at us with new respect, and the Divine Temple will undoubtedly be at our disposal!"
The highest rank among those around the Seventh Prince Chu Yuan is only eighth rank, while the ninth rank in the Divine Palace is basically reserved for the Eighth Prince Chu Xiong. It seems that the position of Crown Prince will belong to Chu Xiong.
Seeing the Seventh Prince at this moment, Zhang Shi'an had some concerns and said hesitantly, "But if we do this, then what about Lin Miao..."
The Seventh Prince, Chu Yuan, originally intended to capture Xiao Jin and Lin Miao together, thereby influencing Lin Yan and Xiao Muyu, and ultimately gaining the favor of the Chu Emperor.
"Lin Yan and you, Zhang Shi'an, are both on our side. We must take down this Xiao family brat today." Having made up his mind, Chu Yuan straightened his clothes, looking ready to personally take charge.
In the blink of an eye, it's a grain store.
After the guard left to deliver the message, Ye Bufan muttered to himself, "It seems the Seventh Prince intends to attack the young master. Could it be that he knows the young master's identity?"
"But what is your intention, young master?"
Before leaving, Xiao Jin specifically instructed Ye Bufan not to go with him. Ye Bufan was not worried about Xiao Jin's safety. After all, Xiao Jin, the young master, was a powerful figure who had seriously injured Wang Suiyue with a single punch. However, if Xiao Jin's identity as the young master were exposed, everything would be a different story.
"No!" Worry gradually appeared in Ye Bufan's eyes. "If that's the case, Miss might be in danger."
With these thoughts in mind, Ye Bufan made a quick move and left the grain store.
At this moment, Xiao Jin and Li Mian clinked glasses again. Everything seemed calm, but Xiao Jin inexplicably felt that something was not right and became alert to his surroundings.
The music was loud and clear, laughter filled the air, and six or seven figures suddenly appeared from nowhere. Xiao Jin vaguely sensed a chilling aura—killing intent!
At this moment, the Seventh Prince appeared on the second floor and slowly descended, followed directly by Zhang Shi'an.
Li Mian then realized what was happening and immediately placed his hand on the short blade at his waist, looking at Xiao Jin with some doubt—could this be what the young master meant by "relaxation"?
Seeing Li Mian like this, Xiao Jin seemed to see through his thoughts: "Now you can really relax."
At this moment, Xiao Jin, as Li Mian saw him, appeared to be chatting and laughing, but beneath his slender and beautiful eyebrows, a cold glint was gradually rising.
As soon as the Seventh Prince settled into the lobby on the first floor, the female entertainer's pipa rang out with a sharp "clang," like an invisible blade slicing through the sweet fragrance of the brothel.
The entire room fell silent immediately, with some even getting up to hide, presumably knowing what the sound of tearing silk meant.
Eighth rank?
Unlike the others, Xiao Jin looked at the female entertainer and immediately examined her with the system. The analysis value should be around the eighth rank, and he guessed that she should be one of the Seventh Prince Chu Yuan's people.
At this moment, Chu Yuan walked towards Xiao Jin, his princely arrogance reaching its peak: "Xiao Jin!" After locking his gaze on Xiao Jin and gesturing to the surroundings, Chu Yuan continued, "I never expected that you, a remnant of the Xiao family, would actually deliver yourself to my doorstep!"
Remnants of the Xiao family?
The entire audience erupted in uproar!
The Xiao family mentioned by the Seventh Prince was the Xiao family of Xiao Dingtian, which most of the wealthy young men present could guess.
They were surprised to find that the Xiao family still had remnants.
Xiao Jin ignored what Prince Chu Yuan said and surveyed the surroundings as he approached. There were six or seven people around the eighth rank, including the pipa player, but the seventh prince himself was much weaker.
Based on the numerical comparison, none of these people are stronger than Li Mian, but they are not much weaker either. They probably have no time to protect him.
"As expected!" Xiao Jin had received a message from Ye Bufan's secret guards that the Seventh Prince had no ninth-rank officials by his side, which is why he risked his life to come to Jinxiang Pavilion.
"But is it really necessary to bring so many Rank 8s to a brothel?" Xiao Jin felt that he might have gone too far, after all, he hadn't actually seriously injured Wang Suiyue with a single punch.
Xiao Jin quickly analyzed the situation in his mind as if he were calm and composed, while Li Mian was unable to remain calm because of the words "remnants of the Xiao family". He looked uneasy, but there was no fear on his face.
Seeing that Xiao Jin did not respond, the Seventh Prince Chu Yuan stopped five meters away from Xiao Jin, cautiously scanned his surroundings, and then looked at Xiao Jin with a disdainful attitude:
"Surrender or fight to the death!" At this moment, in the eyes of the Seventh Prince Chu Yuan, Xiao Jin was already meat on the chopping block.
"Shut up!" Xiao Jin calmly drank a cup of wine despite saying this, giving the impression that he didn't take Prince Chu Yuan seriously at all.
"Oh?" Chu Yuan stepped back and gestured for action.
Suddenly, the sound of strings rose, and the female performer's pipa strings struck directly at the spot where the flute had burned, tearing through the air!
Whoosh!
Before Xiao Jin could react, Li Mian's short blade had already accurately deflected the string, and then an arrow shot straight towards the female performer.
Just then, a three-inch-long glint of cold light silently shot out from the fan ribs of a white-robed "scholar," aiming straight for Li Mian's neck from the side. Li Mian dodged it, and the female performer then played a string.
The string naturally flew towards the flute's end, but Li Mian wasn't worried. He immediately punched the white-robed scholar in the face...
Xiao Jin had been present since Li Mian made his move, but at this moment, he activated his full agility and barely dodged the attack, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Xiao Jin's composure before was due to his quick mental analysis. He realized that Li Mian was probably at his limit in dealing with two or three people, so Xiao Jin would have to face the rest himself.
As expected, with the addition of another man wielding a knife, Li Mian was no longer defeated, but he had no time to spare. If he were surrounded and attacked by all of them, Li Mian would surely die on the spot.
Fortunately, the Seventh Prince Chu Yuan's target is Xiao Jin, so Li Mian can hold him off.
Seeing Li Mian trapped inside, Chu Yuan's lips curled into a smug smile: "This is your trump card?"
After speaking to himself, Chu Yuan looked at Zhang Shi'an behind him: "We must capture him alive!"
For the Seventh Prince Chu Yuan, what he truly cared about was not Xiao Jin, but Xiao Muyu behind Xiao Jin.
After receiving the order, Zhang Shi'an signaled to those around him and then attacked Xiao Jin first.
Xiao Jin had already stood up and activated all his stats. He had also analyzed Zhang Shi'an, but he had other ideas and was unwilling to kill Zhang Shi'an instantly by surprise.
Perhaps Zhang Shi'an felt he wasn't entirely confident of capturing Xiao Jin alive at the seventh rank, so he signaled the four people around him to attack simultaneously to ensure Xiao Jin's capture alive with the greatest possible guarantee.
"Oops!"
Five figures shot up suddenly from different directions like arrows released from a bow. Even though Xiao Jin was willing to risk his life, the situation was already far beyond his control.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Zhang Shi'an's fists hurtled straight towards the center, the force of his punches like a howling wind. Two attackers flashed to Xiao Jin's bottom lane, seemingly leaving him no way to dodge. A cold wind swept in from behind, leaving him nowhere to retreat...
In a flash, Xiao Jin realized that Zhang Shi'an in the middle lane was not enough to take his life, so he did not avoid him but instead took the initiative to meet him!