Li Xuan was utterly stunned inside. That kid Meng Chong had single-handedly twisted the entire atmosphere of Wu Kingdom.
And the way he took revenge was truly outrageous!
His train of thought was too bizarre. No ordinary person could ever have imagined it!
A bounty of one hundred thousand taels of gold. No wonder Shi Er and the other members of the Tianmu Cult had been tempted. He was practically a walking treasury.
Whoever saw that would be tempted!
Meng Chong was dumbfounded too. He exclaimed, "So many things actually happened? And I'm worth one hundred thousand taels of gold?"
Even he was tempted. He almost wanted to sell himself!
"That's right, one hundred thousand taels of gold!"
Shi Er nodded, looking at Meng Chong as though he were staring at a small mountain of gold.
Gulp!
Meng Chong swallowed, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and said, "Let's work together!"
"What?"
Shi Er was bewildered for a moment. Work together?
"You escort me to some county office in Wu Kingdom and collect part of the bounty. Then, halfway there, you rob me back and send me to another county office, collect the bounty again, and rob me back again... We can repeat this over and over..."
A sharp light flashed in Meng Chong's eyes as he continued, "Don't escort me to a commandery city. It's too dangerous there, and rescuing me won't be easy. Just take me to county offices. For the sake of earning merit and getting promoted, the county magistrates will offer part of the bounty even if they have to pay out of their own pockets.
"Wu Emperor wants me executed by slicing, but the county offices definitely won't kill me. I think this is perfectly safe.
"We split the bounty forty-sixty. I get