Chapter 10: Carrot and Stick (3), Section 36

  Liu Xie saw his face change color, possibly still not reflecting for a moment, after all, only 16 or 17 years old, limited experience, but Song Jiu was an old ginger, so he said to Li Chen: "You go down first!"

  Li Chen took the order and left, but Liu Xie couldn't sit still. Tonight was a silent war. If he could win this battle, he would be able to act freely in the future. If he lost, although there would be no fear of death, he might end up like a prisoner in a cage. So he paced back and forth in his bedroom.

  Li Chen held the gold medal 'medicine' and ran all the way, feeling very nervous in his heart. Until he entered Song Jiu's bedroom, he finally calmed down a bit. He saw Song Jiu lying flat on the bed board, still humming and making noises because of the pain. When he saw Li Chen return, he made a gesture to get up, but didn't think that moving would hurt his wound, and let out an "ahh" cry.

  Li Chen hastily stepped forward: "Boss, don't move, I'll apply the medicine for you!" After saying that, he pulled down Song Jiu's pants and saw that his flesh was a bloody mess. It seemed that those guards were usually idle and had dealt a deadly blow when they caught someone.

  Li Chen applied the 'medicine' to Song Jiu's golden wound, and Song Jiu only felt that the place where the 'medicine' was applied suddenly became exceptionally cool, the pain was greatly reduced, and he let out a sigh of relief. He casually asked: "Has the thing been sent out?"

  Li Chen nodded: "It has been sent to the General's Mansion!" The two were speechless for a moment, until Li Chen finished applying the golden sore 'medicine', Song Jiu asked: "What is this golden sore 'medicine', it's really good!"

  Li Chen muttered: "This is the emperor's imperial doctor's top-grade golden wound 'medicine'!"

  Song heard this and his face changed color, asking: "Was it sent by the Emperor? Did the Emperor say anything else?"

  Li Chen then repeated Liu Xie's words verbatim, but finally said: "I didn't understand what Your Majesty meant by saying this at the time?"

  Song Jiu listened and sucked in a breath of cool air: "This emperor seems not to be muddled, everything is seen with his eyes, he's warning us!"

  Li Chen didn't quite understand and asked, "Even if the Emperor knows we are General's men, what can he do? The Emperor has no soldiers or power now, does he dare to turn against the General?"

  Song Jiubitterly smiled: "He will not be an enemy of the great general, this is him being an enemy to us!"

  Li Chen became even more confused and asked: "We are the general's men, isn't the emperor being our enemy the same as being the general's enemy?"

  Song Jiu shook his head: "If you want to be loyal to the emperor, then it can be said that way!" He pointed to himself and said: "The general will not turn against the emperor for our sake, this is the evidence! As long as the emperor uses some trick, we can easily be killed. Take today morning for example, the emperor actually set a trap. If the general had pleaded for us strongly, then the emperor would have been helpless. But the general didn't say a word and instead hit me with 50 big boards, which strengthened the emperor's confidence. The general won't turn against him, so that's why the emperor dares to warn us like this now!"

  Li Chen roughly understood, and couldn't help but feel worried: "If that's the case, aren't we in a difficult situation where we can't afford to offend the Emperor, yet also can't forget General's mission? What should we do?"

  Song Jiu's eyes suddenly narrowed into a line: "Did the Emperor say that if there was anything I didn't understand, I could go find him, and he would be waiting for me in his bedroom?"

  Li Chen nodded, but saw Song Jiu suddenly smile and say: "So it's good to see that the emperor wants to win us over!" After a moment of thought, he hesitated and said: "But I don't know if the emperor is like the great general, who doesn't care about our lives when something happens. These people in high positions are really untrustworthy!"

  Li Chen said, "Boss, based on my observation of the emperor today, he's actually an emperor who knows how to take care of his subordinates!" He then told Song Jiu in detail about everything that had happened that day. Song Jiu was shocked and exclaimed, "You guys sat and ate with the emperor, and the emperor even poured wine for you?" Song Jiu couldn't believe his ears, but looking at Li Chen's clear eyes, he knew he wasn't lying, and he felt a slight regret for missing out on today.

  Li Chen saw Song Jiufa stunned and hastily called out: "Boss! What are we supposed to do?"

  Song Jiuxing gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway, Cao Cao is not trustworthy. Let's go to the Emperor! Li Chen, help me up, let's go see His Majesty immediately!"