Chapter 168: The Militia Decree
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A chorus of ghostly wails rang in his ears, and the memory of that explosion experiment came rushing back again.
‘What a familiar experience,’ Xiao Ming thought. As he stood and patted himself down, he was overcome with a surreal feeling — he was alive!
In front of him, Li San was straddling Li Kaiyuan, punching his face over and over again.
The dock was in chaos. Qin family’s merchant ship was slowly sinking in flames, and the violent explosion had affected nearby vessels as well.
From time to time, cries of agony echoed from within the ships.
“Qin Chuan Yun, the steppe tribes — you’ve succeeded in enraging this prince.” Xiao Ming’s eyes were hollow, and his quiet voice sounded as though it had risen from the abyss.
He kicked Li San. “Enough. Is this really the time for internal strife? I don’t care how you do it. You must bring Qin Chuan Yun back to me. I want his corpse hung from the gates of Cangzhou City!”
Li San got up, seething. Had it not been for Li Kaiyuan’s words defending the Qin family, they never would have entered the ship in the first place.
Had Xiao Ming not been familiar with the scent of gunpowder, if it had been any other out-of-touch prince, the three of them would have perished aboard.
“Your Highness, I’ll go now. If I can’t catch Qin Chuan Yun, you can chop off my head and feed it to the dogs!”
Li San was nearly exploding with rage. This would ruin Xiao Ming’s trust in him going forward.