The young man turned around and fixed his icy gaze on Qian Daren’s face: “What does daren mean?”

Qian Daren was still sitting in the chair, his body maintained a lazy posture as always while saying: “You haven’t made things clear, but you want to leave?”

The young man became anxious for his life. If he doesn’t succeed, he wouldn’t be able to continue to live. However, the man in front of him, instead of doing what he should do, was holding him back. So how could he not get angry?

“What? What can I say?” At this moment, he forgot his identity. Forgot that Qian Daren didn’t know his real identity.

Qian Daren snorted coldly: “What a big tone. Let’s talk, who you are? Why are you pretending to be A’ Si?”

The young man sneered: “Pretending? I am A’ Si, but I am more than A’ Si.”

Qian Daren’s gaze fell on the map in his hand, and he seemed to have realized: “You drew this picture?” To draw such a detailed picture, it won’t take a short while. Moreover, this person must have a certain status in Jinyang City and have a lot of leisure time, which was not so eye-catching. This was exactly A Si’s situation.

A’ Si nodded his head: “Yes, this picture was drawn by me. It took me 3 years to complete this painting. This painting will become handy now, but you—” He didn’t say anything further. He already said what should not be said. If he speaks further, he was afraid that he will damage a great event.

Qian Daren’s heart began to tremble again: “What do you mean by this? This picture will become handy now? What is it for? What is the use of it?” He asked urgently.

A’ Si replied: “You don’t have to know. It’s not too late yet, go and order again for the city to be lockdown again. Don’t let them run away, otherwise, you and I will lose our head.”

Qian Daren hurriedly said: “They can’t run, everyone who enters and exits needs to be checked. They still carry a living dead person. So how can they run?”

A’ Si roared in anger: “Stupid, are those people ordinary? How difficult do you think it is to get out? Your subordinates only have a few skills, don’t you have any points of understanding in your heart?”

This sounded harsh, but his words were true. However, he still did not intend to change his order: “If I close the city gates for no reason now, and it happened that there are nobles in the capital, who are not easy to provoke outside the city, they will sue me when they get back in the capital. Then, the emperor will punish me. Not only will I die, but also my whole family.”

A Si sneered: “But if you let them go today, you might not even be able to see the sun tomorrow.”

Qian Daren obviously didn’t believe it: “Don’t scare me. I am part of the imperial court officials. If there is no emperor’s will, who can kill?”

A’ Si shook his head. At ordinary times, Qian Daren was smart. How come he suddenly become so confused?

“Qian Daren, have you forgotten what you are doing now? Since you boarded this boat, you have betrayed the emperor. You have no other choice.”

Qian Daren was stunned: “Nonsense, when did I betray the emperor? I never did.”

“You said no, but you have done everything. Even if you kneel in front of the emperor, knock your head 10,000 times and say you didn’t, I’m afraid no one will believe it.”

Qian Daren’s eyes turned dark and he felt his head was splitting. He couldn’t hear anymore what’s the other party was saying. Only a single sentence kept echoing in his ears: “You have betrayed the emperor, you have betrayed the emperor…” But he didn’t. He clearly didn’t. He thought what he was doing was the emperor’s instruction. After all, his highness, he was the emperor’s son!

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