“You tell me who it is, and I will go to him, and I will give him whatever he wants, and I will get down on my knees and kowtow to him.”
Zhao Zichen covered his forehead with both hands and sighed very hard as he said, “It’s not that simple, this man is Jiang Ming’s third uncle, Jiang Yunyi. He is completely different from Jiang Yunqing, although this man is Jiang Ming’s elder and is in the elders’ council of the Jiang family, he is not capable of much and relies on Jiang Ming to live a good life. So the person you are asking for is not Jiang Yunyi, but Jiang Ming.”
When he finished, the hope that had just been raised in my heart was extinguished again.
Jiang Ming, it was no different from a straightforward death sentence.
It wasn’t that I wasn’t willing to beg Jiang Ming, but it was useless for me to beg him in any way.
This is a pervert who takes pleasure in the pain of others.
Not only would he not help me, I was afraid he would come over all night and sit right next to us, admiring us as we cried out in pain.
Zhao Zichen said, “So, hey, I’m torn about whether to tell you too. It probably won’t help at all, but instead, I’m torn. Don’t you think too much about it, this …… person’s life ……”
I interrupted him, “No, I’m going to try.”
“You go to beg Jiang Ming? I’m afraid it would be useless to beg. You don’t know what kind of person Jiang Ming is, he would even kill his own second uncle, let alone Han Kun. Han Kun is his lifelong enemy, and he wouldn’t want anything to happen to him.”
“No matter what, I must go beg him, and if I don’t try at all, I’ll definitely regret it.”
Zhao Zichen let out a long sigh, he knew he couldn’t persuade me either, so he had to nod his head.
“If you’re going to try, do it quickly, Han Kun won’t last long. Two hours at the most.”
I knew the hope was slim, but I was going to give it a go anyway.
I had Jiang Ming’s phone number and it was too late to go to Jiang Ming’s house to find him, so I might as well call him.
I was so apprehensive that I was already dry-mouthed and nervous before the call was even answered.
This was so f*cking f*cked up that at the end of the day, I was going to have to beg my enemies.
“You’re finally calling me? I thought you were going to hold out a little longer.” As soon as the phone picked up, before I could say anything, Jiang Ming smiled and whispered.
My scalp tingled at the sound of his voice, and what was even scarier was that he seemed to have expected me to call him.
I mentally mulled over the wording, I could neither beg him, but I couldn’t get around the issue.
I’m not sure if it’s just a matter of time before I say anything, but Jiang Ming is already talking to himself: “Isn’t it just a matter of time before Han Kun bleeds out from this disease? It just so happens that my third uncle has the same blood type as him. Zhang Chao, it wasn’t easy to wait for you to come and beg me.”
sh*t, my heart was beating straight, this was a demon.
He continued to laugh twice and said, “But you’re too naive, would I save him? How about I play a game with you, either you die or he dies. If you die, I’ll let someone come and save Han Kun.”
I really wanted to curse, but when I thought that Han Kun’s life and death were in his hands, I held back.
I begged in a low voice, “You and I have a grudge, but Han Kun has helped you hide a lot of things. You, just think of it as saving Han Kun, and I’ll give you whatever, I have.”
“Hey, haven’t I said it all, I just want your life.”
I forced myself to hold back my anger.
If the person lying in there was not Han Kun but myself, I would rather die than beg Jiang Ming.
I had done deals with the devil, but Jiang Ming was more than just the devil!
My head was full of evil sweat and my teeth ached with anxiety.
It’s not that I haven’t dealt with vicious criminals, it’s all in evidence, but all people have weaknesses and flaws, things they want, and as long as they catch these weaknesses in the other side, the negotiations can proceed in an orderly manner.
But I’m at an absolute disadvantage now, Uncle Han won’t last long. I can’t catch Jiang Ming’s weaknesses, but Jiang Ming has definitely caught my flaws.
Up until now, Jiang Ming and I had fought several times, and he had wandered wildly around the edge of danger, getting out of each one without a scare.
Honestly, I have become a little frustrated and I fear that I am in no way a match for him.
This man is simply too clever, near demon and near demon, calculating at every step.
I hadn’t felt this frustrated in years. Last time Jiang Yunqing lost his life to save me, and not only could I not avenge Jiang Yunqing, I couldn’t even get a hold of Jiang Ming.
I said, “Jiang Ming, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you, let’s get right to the point.”
“Oh? Well, you tell me, I’m listening.”
“You killed Jiang Yunqing, and from now on there will be no one to stop you from doing bad things. I might as well be straight with you, Han Kun means the same thing to me. If I can save it, of course I’ll do my best to save him, but if I can’t, if I can’t …… then it’s fate. There would be no more people or things in this world that I would scorn. I will die with you, and I am not threatening you.”
Having said that, I regretted it, for it was a foolish thing to say.
To a man like Jiang Ming, threats were useless; rather, they would stir up his hostility and excite him even more.
But there was really nothing else I could do, and any negotiation on my part sounded like begging.
“Well, you don’t have to threaten me, you still have a lot of things I want in your hands that I can trade for Han Kun’s life. But are you really sure you’ll trade with me, Han Kun won’t live long even if he’s saved.”
“Just say it, what do you want.”
I was prepared in my mind and probably guessed what he wanted, something he was once willing to trade most of his fortune for.
“Mount No Thought.”
It was not to be.
This thing that most people in the jianghu wanted, once Jiang Ming was willing to take his entire fortune to buy it from He Zhitian.
But the matter of the Thoughtless Mountain was too important, involving the entire Jianghu.
Now Jiang Ming has half of the rivers and lakes at his disposal, and he is now considered to be half the master of the rivers and lakes, but at least there is still the Yue family to counterbalance Jiang Ming.
But now Yue Zhengjun has been tricked by Jiang Ming. Although there is still no storm in the jianghu, Yue Zhengjun will never show his face in public, and once he does, our people will catch him.
The next heirs of the Yue family are all juniors and may not be able to fight Jiang Ming, who may be able to become the real lord of the jianghu in the next few years.
But if I give him Mount No Thought, he will become the allied lord recognised by both the rivers and lakes and the official family.
There is really no telling how much bloodshed a man like Jiang Ming would stir up with such significant power in his hands, it is just too dangerous.
I gritted my teeth, “I don’t have that much power.”
