People in the Qin Dynasty sought good fortune and avoided misfortune.

Chapter 249, A Sudden Storm Rises (Seeking Monthly Tickets!!)
Just as Xu Qing was wholeheartedly offering his offspring to the Tide Demoness, the Crown Prince's residence was already filled with eerie green poisonous gas and black malevolent energy.

Xinzheng, the Crown Prince's Palace.

The pervasive poisonous gas gathered inside the walls of the Crown Prince's residence, and birds that tried to fly over the walls fell straight to the ground as soon as they got close.

A thick stench of blood permeated every corner of the Crown Prince's residence. The area near the entrance was littered with corpses, and the ground was littered with dismembered bodies and broken limbs, creating an extremely horrifying scene.

In this hellish world, a giant man, eight feet tall and with muscular build, stood, holding a huge stone pillar in his hand, as if it had been taken from the main beam of a palace.

"Roar~" Wushuang Gui roared and charged forward with great strides.

Prince Han was so frightened by the approaching Wushuang Ghost that his legs trembled. The soldiers around him were also terrified, but for Prince Han's safety, they still rushed towards Wushuang Ghost.

However, before these ordinary soldiers could even get close to Wushuang Gui, they were smashed away by the huge stone pillar and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the other soldiers dared not rush forward and could only surround Wushuang Gui.

Wushuang Gui roared and punched the soldiers around him, sending them flying. Some were even torn in half.

Seeing this, Crown Prince Han became even more frightened. A little dampness gradually appeared between his legs, and he ran backward with trembling legs.

Seeing this, the remaining soldiers could only desperately hold off Wushuang Gui, buying time for Prince Han to escape.

In a panic, Crown Prince Han ran towards the depths of the Crown Prince's residence, but before he had run a few steps, he encountered an even more horrifying scene.

The soldiers who had died struggled to their feet. They were pale-faced, their eyes were lifeless, and their hunched bodies went toward Prince Han.

"Ghost."

Crown Prince Han watched this scene with a look of horror on his face. People have always been more afraid than respectful when facing ghosts and gods. Seeing the soldiers who had died and come back to life as zombies, Crown Prince Han's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

"Don't come any closer! I am the Crown Prince of Korea!"

The Crown Prince's voice trembled as he watched the approaching corpse. He crawled backward using both his hands and feet, but stopped after only a few steps.

A crimson aura blocked his path, and within the aura, a figure was gradually walking towards Prince Han.

A series of clear bell sounds rang out, and all the corpses that were heading towards Prince Han stopped. The cloaked corpse-driving demon emerged from the shadows.

"The dignified Crown Prince of Korea is such a good-for-nothing."

Tianze emerged from the murderous aura and looked at the disheveled Crown Prince Han with a mocking expression.

Crown Prince Han looked up at Tianze, and upon seeing the snake scales on his body and the snake bone chains on his back that resembled venomous snakes, his face instantly turned pale, clearly recognizing Tianze.

"Tianze, please let me go. What happened back then had nothing to do with me. It was all my father's fault."

Crown Prince Han knelt on the ground, utterly terrified. His trousers were already soaked with sweat as he repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.

For the sake of his own life, Crown Prince Han disregarded everything else and betrayed his father, staging a scene of filial piety.

If King Han An knew that the Crown Prince, whom he had tried so hard to save, would say such things, one wonders what his feelings would be, and whether he would still want to save him.

Tianze looked at Han Taizi's bloodshot eyes with disdain, and smelled the stench in the air, his eyes filled with disgust.

"It's laughable that the Crown Prince of Korea, the future King of Han, is so afraid of death!" Tianze continued to mock.

Although it was the combined forces of Han and Chu that destroyed the Baiyue royal family, in reality only the Han army led by Bai Yifei took action, while the Chu state was attacking other places.

However, the future heir of the Han state, which had once destroyed the Baiyue royal family, turned out to be a useless prince, which made Tianze both disdainful and angry.

The prince kneeling on the ground begging for mercy is the crown prince of the State of Han, the heir to the State of Han, one of the enemies who once destroyed his country.

He had also been the crown prince of Baiyue, so the two were of the same rank. In the case of diplomatic relations between the two countries, even he, the crown prince of Baiyue, would have to take the initiative to pay homage to the crown prince of Han.

However, after the Baiyue were destroyed by the State of Han, the victorious Crown Prince of Han actually begged for mercy from him, a prisoner.

This was an absolute irony, one that filled Tianze with immense frustration and anger. His country was gone, and he was now begging for mercy, a sight that seemed utterly ridiculous.

But he couldn't laugh; his heart was filled with endless resentment, which he couldn't let out and could only keep inside.

Despite Tianze's mockery, Crown Prince Han continued to kowtow frantically, his forehead slamming against the floor with a loud thud.

"Spare me, spare me! Whatever you want, I'll give you!"

The prince kept kowtowing, begging Tianze for mercy.

He really doesn't want to die.

Face and dignity are nothing in the face of life and death. He is the crown prince of South Korea, and the whole of South Korea will belong to him in the future.

As long as he survives, he can have everything he wants on the day he ascends the throne, so he doesn't care about anything else but his own life.

Tianze looked at the helpless and pleading Crown Prince Han and lost all interest in him. After being released from prison, he began to gather intelligence on the state of Han. Crown Prince Han was supported by Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei, and he had thought that someone who could gain their support would be a remarkable person, but he never expected him to be such a useless piece of trash.

"Take him away, don't let him escape."

Tianze ignored the Korean prince in front of him and spoke coldly to the corpse-driving demon beside him.

"Ding Dong~"

As Tianze finished speaking, the Corpse-Driving Demon shook his cane slightly, and the bell hanging on it rang crisply. Immediately afterward, the surrounding corpses began to move, dragging the terrified Korean Crown Prince away into the distance.

Looking around, a fierce glint rose in Tianze's eyes once more; his revenge had only just begun.

Yan Lingji's fiery red figure emerged from the black aura. Her radiant beauty, like that of an elf, seemed out of place in her surroundings, like a bright stroke of oil paint suddenly appearing in a black and white ink painting, creating a jarring effect.

"Master, the message has been given to them. South Korea should be sending people soon."

Yan Lingji bowed to Tianze and said.

Upon hearing this, Tianze revealed a cold smile, and the six snake bone chains behind him swayed and made a crisp sound.

"Go and make preparations, our old friend should be arriving soon," Tianze said coldly.

"Yes," Yan Lingji nodded.

Meanwhile, at the Fourth Young Master's residence.

Inside the brightly lit house, Han Yu and Zhang Kaidi were playing chess.

The servants around had been dismissed, leaving only the Fourth Prince Han Yu and Prime Minister Zhang Kaidi inside the room.

After leaving the Han King's Palace, Zhang Kaidi originally intended to go home, since the matter of the Crown Prince's residence had nothing to do with him. The mission to rescue the Crown Prince was led by Han Fei, with Ji Wuye and Han Yu assisting.

However, he was invited by Han Yu as soon as he left the palace. After repeated invitations, he had no choice but to come to the Fourth Prince's residence.

"Fourth Young Master's chess skills have greatly improved. I am no match for you. I have lost this game." Zhang Kaidi put down the chess piece in his hand and said to Han Yu with flattery.

"You flatter me, Prime Minister. It was clearly because you showed mercy that I lost in the middle game. Otherwise, I would have lost, and how could I have turned the tide?" Han Yu said with a smile.

Zhang Kai looked at Han Yu, who still appeared calm and rational, exuding an air of nobility. However, he keenly sensed that Han Yu was no longer the Fourth Young Master of the past. There was a hint of ruthlessness in the other man's eyes. Clearly, the limp and the subsequent blows had caused a drastic change in the Fourth Young Master's personality.

From the conversation just now, Zhang Kaidi also realized Han Yu's purpose in inviting him to play chess.

Playing chess was a pretense; the real purpose was to win him over and test his attitude.

Han Yu is more suitable to be the King of Han than the Crown Prince in terms of methods and talents, and his governing philosophy and style are more in line with Han Fei's consistent views.

No matter how you looked at it, Han Yu was the most suitable King Han in his heart, but faced with the other party's attempts to win him over, Zhang Kai shook his head slightly and said...

"It's not that I'm holding back, but rather that I'm not capable enough and haven't yet discovered the decisive move in the middle game."

"Fourth Prince is tasked with rescuing the Crown Prince. For both public and private reasons, you should discuss how to rescue the Crown Prince with Ninth Prince, instead of playing chess with me."

"If there is nothing else, I shall take my leave."

Zhang Kaidi didn't give Han Yu a chance to stay. He stood up, bowed, and walked outside.

Seeing Zhang Kaidi refuse and leave without hesitation, Han Yu's face instantly darkened, his eyes filled with gloom.

He had thought that since Zhang Kaidi had not publicly supported Han Fei for so long, he would be able to win Zhang Kaidi over now that he had made a comeback.

Moreover, with the fate of Crown Prince Han uncertain and Han Fei in charge of saving him, it's clear to everyone that the future successor of Han will depend on this.

With Zhang Kaidi's support, once Crown Prince Han dies, Han Fei, even with Xu Qing's help, will have no chance of turning things around.

However, Zhang Kaidi resolutely rejected his offer of enlistment, clearly intending to follow Han Fei down the same path to the bitter end. This forced Han Yu to prepare to treat Zhang Kaidi as an enemy.

After seeing Zhang Kaidi leave, Han Qianqiu, who was serving outside the door, went into the room and closed the door behind him.

"Godfather, is Prime Minister Zhang unwilling to help us?" Han Qianqiu asked in a deep voice.

"We can only rely on ourselves now." Han Yu looked at his broken leg, his eyes filled with anger and regret.

He knew that Zhang Kai rejected him because of his leg disability.

Zhang Kaidi was a Confucian, and according to Confucian principles, he would never support a cripple to become the King of Han, since Confucianism values ​​face highly.

“But this time the King has ordered you to assist. If something happens to Crown Prince Han, you will also be implicated,” Han Qianqiu said hesitantly.

"You yourself said it was an accident. As long as the fault lies with Lao Jiu and Ji Wuye, then I won't be overly affected," Han Yu said coldly.

(End of this chapter)