Free Web NovelChapter 244: Trick Jia Xu
At the depths of the prison,
Dark and damp all day long, giving a profoundly oppressive feeling.
Here, each cell is isolated individually to prevent prisoners from communicating privately.
In one cell,
Hay stacks piled on the ground, where a middle-aged scholar with a lean figure sits.
Clad in a dark purple robe, after days of confinement, his clothes are covered in dust, appearing particularly worn-out and desolate.
The middle-aged scholar closes his eyes, sitting as calmly as an old monk in meditation, seemingly unperturbed and calm despite being imprisoned.
Or perhaps he knows... Long Chen wouldn’t actually kill him...
Tick, tick, tick...
Footsteps approach from a distance, and the middle-aged scholar slowly opens his eyes.
They are triangular, exuding a sinister and ruthless aura...
"General, this is where Jia Xu is imprisoned," a sturdy prison guard points to the cell where the middle-aged scholar resides.
Long Chen’s calm eyes follow his gaze.
Ah, so he is Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe...
His calm eyes gradually turn eager.
He is known as the foremost poisonous strategist of the Three Kingdoms, ruthless and always leaving no room for mercy.
And all of his strategies revolve around one goal: to survive and thrive in troubled times.
In an era where the average lifespan is only thirty-four years,
Jia Xu lived to the age of seventy-seven, and what’s more terrifying is his life experience spanning several major warlords of the Three Kingdoms.
Yet he survived, his emotional intelligence unparalleled.
Collecting his thoughts, Long Chen instructs the guard to open the gate and enters the cell with Dian Wei and Xu Chu accompanying him.
Jia Xu briefly glances at Long Chen, then closes his eyes again.
"It seems life here isn’t too bad. Wenhe can sit here so calmly."
"If it were someone else, I’m afraid they wouldn’t have Wenhe’s mindset."
Long Chen jokes with a smile.
The Tiger Generals behind him are somewhat annoyed by the old man’s indifferent attitude towards their lord.
If it weren’t for the lord’s instructions earlier, each of them would have given him an iron fist, reducing this old man to tears on the ground.
Jia Xu opens his eyes, calmly looking at Long Chen, then smiles again.
He speaks: "What else can I do differently?"
"Since things have come to this, I might as well accept it."
In these few words, there lies a different kind of philosophy.
Long Chen nods in admiration and says, "Wenhe, truly deserving."
Turning serious, he continues, "Wenhe is a wise man. I’m afraid you’ve already guessed my purpose. I won’t beat around the bush."
"Wenhe, in today’s world, which warlords do you think can seize this magnificent world?"
At this, Jia Xu furrows his brows slightly, then relaxes them and calmly says,
"General jests. I am just an ordinary man, how can I know the great affairs of the world? Moreover, isn’t the world today under His Majesty’s rule? How could there be any seizing of the world?"
Long Chen narrows his eyes, thinking to himself,
"This guy is really cunning! Pretending to be ignorant in front of me. If you’re just an ordinary man, what does that make the others?!"
"It seems without putting some pressure on Jia Xu, he won’t have any motivation!"
Long Chen coldly snorts in his heart, then looks at Jia Xu with a sly smile:
"Mr. Wenhe, I suppose you haven’t stretched your muscles and bones here in this prison!"
"Very well, I’ll have these two guards by my side assist you."
Long Chen gives them a glance.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu immediately understand. Excited, their expressions look particularly ferocious.
Dian Wei rubs his iron fist and laughs brightly, saying, "Hehe, alright alright! Old Dong... old man, I’ll go easy on you~"
Xu Chu swings his arm, thicker than Jia Xu’s thigh, and chuckles slowly as he walks towards Jia Xu.
At this moment, two strong auras spread overwhelmingly.
Jia Xu’s face suddenly turns pale, and the corners of his mouth twitch involuntarily.
Oh no!
The old man was just pretending to be profound, intending to test your temperament. freewēbnoveℓ.com
But you... treated the old man like this!!
"General... this... this isn’t right!!"
Jia Xu steps back step by step, his expression complex.
Although he was a strong strategist, capable of employing powerful skills that could create wonders in the world.
But now he was in Chang’an City, where Long Chen’s hundreds of thousands of troops were staring at this place!
If he dared to act under their noses, it would definitely be a dead end!
And this was contrary to Jia Xu’s principles of life, so he didn’t dare to act.
Moreover, in this prison, all the prisoners’ ankles were shackled with iron chains.
The material of these iron chains is extraordinary, sourced from extremely deep and cold places.
Forged by diamond-level blacksmiths, they possess the power to bind spiritual energy.
Therefore... under this layer of taboo, even if Jia Xu wanted to act, he would be restrained by the iron chains the moment he tried to mobilize his spiritual energy!
Furthermore, Long Chen’s strength is not to be underestimated. Even if Jia Xu did attempt something, he wouldn’t be confident of killing Long Chen...
Dian Wei and Xu Chu were getting closer to him.
When they were only a step away, Jia Xu quickly waved his hand and shouted,
"My Lord! My Lord, is this how you treat your own people?!!"
When faced with his own life, Jia Xu was still very cautious and promptly surrendered without any hesitation.
He acknowledged Long Chen as his master.
"Dian Wei, Xu Chu, come back!" Long Chen raised his hand and said, a glint of cunning in his eyes.
It seemed his scheme had succeeded.
Dian Wei scoffed, "Tch! I thought he was a tough guy!! Turns out he’s just a soft shrimp! How disappointing."
Jia Xu rolled his eyes internally at him, gazing solemnly at Long Chen.
He respectfully bowed and said, "I am willing to serve my Lord with all my efforts!"
"Good, good!"
"As the saying goes, ’a good bird chooses a tree to nest in’! Wenhe’s choice today will surely be celebrated by you and your descendants."
Long Chen chuckled, clapping his hands lightly.
Um... Jia Xu awkwardly smiled without saying a word.
It seems the rumored Ice-Cold Lord also has a narcissistic side!
And not just any narcissism, but quite the narcissism indeed!
"Ding! Jia Xu’s favorability towards you is 43..."
Huh!?
This guy is two-faced, huh?
But that also fits Jia Xu’s character, Long Chen pondered as he rubbed his chin.
Looks like I still need to add an extra layer of insurance!
In that case, the blood oath would be the best way...
