Chapter 64: The Physician I Bring Is For You!

Chapter 64: The Physician I Bring Is For You!

Seeing his overbearing manner, Xiao Jiu’s first reaction was still fear.

The first thing that came to his mind was Xiao Ce’s words: “The best way to overcome fear is to face it head-on.”

Thinking of what Xiao Ce just said, if he messed this up again,

he would only be able to go back to being a little shop assistant that anyone could bully.

He also remembered the respectful attitude the merchants outside the hall had shown him just earlier.

He did not want to go back to that!

His heart grew a bit more determined. Gritting his teeth, he forced down the fear inside.

Furious, he glared at Bao Cong, the leader, and shouted to the four soldiers beside him, “Go, arrest him for me!”

Looking at Xiao Jiu’s flushed face and trembling voice, Bao Cong laughed and said, “Oh ho, what does this trash want to do? Arrest me? What the hell do you want to do? Looks like I didn’t slap you hard enough earlier! Damn it! Useless lackey, watch how I finish you off!”

“What are you doing! How dare you touch me, I am Bao Cong!”

“Let me go… let me go… what do you think you’re doing… How dare you! If you touch a single hair on my head, I’ll kill your whole family!”

In less than a minute, Bao Cong was pinned to the ground by two soldiers, reduced to barking like a mad dog!

Bao An beside him pointed at them. “How dare you… Do you know what you are doing?”

The other two soldiers drew the swords from their waists.

“We are following Xiao Jiu-sir’s orders! What do you want?”

Bao An’s face turned deathly pale, and for a moment he dared not speak.

Xiao Jiu had already walked to the hall entrance. He discovered that the arrogant, overbearing Bao Cong, the person who made him afraid, was actually so weak.

All his fear came from himself.

He walked in front of Bao Cong. “I’ll give you a choice. Kneel to me and kowtow ten loud times, and I will forgive your earlier actions toward me!”

Bao Cong looked at Xiao Jiu with utter disbelief. “You dog, you trash, what are you thinking? Kowtow to you? Are you insane?”

Xiao Jiu gritted his teeth, his whole body tense. Thinking about what he was about to do, he even felt a bit excited.

“Which hand did you use to hit me just now?”

Bao Cong looked utterly disdainful. “What? You want to hit me back? Or what? I used both hands to slap you, so what? Trying to scare me? Do you really think I, Bao Cong, was raised by being scared? My father is the Grand General of the Northern Desert! My aunt is the current Consort Hui! My cousin is the Second Prince of the Great Xiao Empire! You, the son of Bonded People, after becoming a useless lackey, you think you’re something?”

With a dark face and a hint of anger, Xiao Jiu took a large machete from a soldier beside him.

“The King of Northern Desert said that people should not be divided into ranks and classes! It’s true you are Bao An’s son. That just means you were better at choosing where to be born! It doesn’t mean you are any stronger than me!”

Bao Cong acted as if he had heard the world’s biggest joke. “Oh? What, you want to chop me? You iron-waste. Not that I look down on you! I’ll let you chop. Do you have the guts?”

Seeing the hand with which Xiao Jiu held the saber trembling constantly, Bao Cong crazily provoked him, extending his own arm…

“Trash! I’m letting you chop! Do you dare? Trash…”

Accompanied by the sound of a blade hitting bone.

Bao Cong immediately let out a miserable shriek.

Xiao Jiu was not very strong, so although one chop cut through the bone, tendons were still attached, leaving the hand dangling.

Bao Cong supported that arm with his other hand, howling in pain.

Bao An wanted to step forward but was blocked by the two soldiers with their swords. “Grand General Bao An, if you want to live a few more days, don’t move!”

Xiao Jiu’s face remained dark, showing no intention of stopping.

“Set his hand straight for me!”

Upon hearing this, the soldiers quickly stepped forward and pressed Bao Cong to the ground.

Another chop, this one cleanly severed the hand.

“The other hand.” Xiao Jiu continued without the slightest pause.

A soldier placed one foot on Bao Cong’s chest and the other foot on his other hand.

Pain completely shattered Bao Cong.

“Sir Jiu… Sir Jiu… I’ll kowtow to you… I’ll kowtow to you…”

Xiao Jiu swung the blade, a cruel expression on his face. “Too late!”

This chop directly severed Bao Cong’s other hand.

Xiao Jiu’s whole body trembled slightly, not sure if it was from excitement or fear. “The physician I brought is not here to treat the Turkic dogs! He is for you!!”

With that, Xiao Jiu said to the physician behind him, “Go bandage him.”

The physician, carrying a medical kit, hurried forward. He specialized in treating wounds, so he knew exactly what to do.

After delivering those two chops, Xiao Jiu found everything suddenly became clear, especially when Bao Cong was so scared he lost control of his bowels.

Everything suddenly made sense.

The meaning of Xiao Ce’s words about everyone being equal became clearer and clearer.

People were all the same. Emotions like fear and terror were burdens they placed on themselves.

Xiao Jiu handed the blade to the soldier beside him and went to pick up Bao Cong’s two severed hands.

Bao Cong looked at Bao An, who glared furiously but dared not act.

“Don’t think of yourself as the all-powerful Grand General of the Northern Desert anymore. The King of Northern Desert is here now! He came to dispel the darkness from the Four Prefectures and Thirty-Nine Cities of the Northern Desert!”

Bao An almost gritted his teeth as he spoke to Xiao Jiu. “Boy, I will remember you! Don’t think that just because that useless person backs you, you can do whatever you want…”

Slap!

Bao An looked at Xiao Jiu with utter disbelief. “You dare slap me?”

Xiao Jiu slapped him backhanded again. “I am slapping you on behalf of the King of Northern Desert! I will not allow anyone to badmouth the King of Northern Desert! If you insult him one more time, I will pull out your tongue!”

The words that were about to leave Bao An’s mouth were silenced by Xiao Jiu’s slightly ferocious expression. He could only glare at Xiao Jiu, not daring to utter another word.

Xiao Jiu himself was shocked. He truly never expected that one day, he could scare even Bao An.

Xiao Jiu did not speak to Bao An anymore. Instead, he turned to the physician and asked, “Finished?”

The physician said, “The bleeding is stopped, but he is still in critical condition. It depends on his fate now.”

Xiao Jiu nodded. “Alright, let’s go then.”

Saying this, Xiao Jiu prepared to leave with his group.

From among the crowd, Mosi Ashina called out, “Wait…”

Xiao Jiu frowned slightly and turned to look.

Mosi Ashina had lost his previous arrogance. “Sir Xiao Jiu, please go and tell the King of Northern Desert! As long as he is willing to treat me and let me go, I will let bygones be bygones, and let our Turks cooperate with him! We Turks will also support him as the new King of the Northern Desert!”

After hearing Mosi Ashina’s words, Xiao Jiu sneered and retorted firmly, word by word, “Crown Prince is the Prince personally enfeoffed by our Great Xiao Emperor! He doesn’t need your support. His title is legitimate!”

“Furthermore, our King of Northern Desert said that you Turks slaughtered our people, violated our sisters, and brutally killed our fellow countrymen! This hatred is higher than the heavens and deeper than the sea! He is determined to conquer every inch of your Turkic Kingdom!”

“In the eyes of the King of Northern Desert, the only possible relationship with you can be your submission! Cooperation is absolutely impossible!”

“Finally, these words are for you, and for everyone! Don’t think too highly of yourselves. In the eyes of the King of Northern Desert, you are not that important!”

After saying this, Xiao Jiu ignored everyone and turned to walk out.

Quite a crowd had gathered outside the hall, drawn by the commotion inside.

Xiao Jiu’s actions had truly proven many people outside wrong.

These people looked at Xiao Jiu with a bit more respect.

Zhang Yunqing was the first to step forward, holding a letter.

“Sir Xiao Jiu, this is the first part I’ve written! Please take it to the Prince first. I will think more carefully about the rest, to see if I missed anything!”

“Sir Xiao Jiu, here is mine too…”

“And mine!”

Xiao Jiu accepted the letters from some people and said, “Good. As long as your sincerity is sufficient, I believe you will be able to leave very soon!”

Those who had torn up their paper earlier regretted it immensely, their guts twisting with regret. They hurried back to their seats to continue writing.

Xiao Jiu took the letters from these people and hastily left.

He was excited and wanted to see Xiao Ce as soon as possible, to hand him Bao Cong’s two hands and tell him, “Prince, you did not misjudge me!”