Pursuit and Escape

Huang Rong smiled faintly. "With wolves all around me, a weak woman like me has to be careful when out here alone. If I brought Tang Kuobian with me, wouldn't the Prince immediately send men to snatch him away once he had no more reservations?"

"But if I cannot see Brother Tang Kuo, how can I know whether he is safe and sound?" Wanyan Liang sneered.

"Safe and sound is unlikely," Huang Rong said at the appropriate moment as the Jin Dynasty delegation changed expression one after another. "After being poisoned by a toxin specially prepared by the mighty Western Venom, surviving at all is already an immense stroke of luck."

Ouyang Feng gave a chilling smile. "How is that brat Guo Jing doing now?"

"Thanks to you, sir, Jing Gege can no longer see." Huang Rong's expression remained blank.

Ouyang Feng felt a surge of delight and chuckled. "Heh heh, if that brat had not possessed such profound Internal Energy, losing his sight would have been the least of his problems."

Huang Rong ignored him and instead looked toward Wanyan Liang. "Prince, did you bring the antidote?"

"I did bring the antidote, but since Tang Kuobian is not here, how can I give it to you?" Wanyan Liang said in a deep voice.

"Please put yourself in my shoes, Prince. If it were you, would you have brought him along?" Huang Rong replied. "But rest assured, Prince, I still need him to test the antidote. As long as the antidote works, I will release him."

Wanyan Liang snorted. "Heh heh, how do I know you will keep your word and release him then?" Although he wished Tang Kuobian would never return, with so many people watching, there could well be spies from other factions among them. He could only