Volume 1: Storm in the Western Region Chapter 34: Helping Hand
After Zhao Rang explained the situation to the confused princess, Amani breathed a sigh of relief.
"So those five hundred thousand feathered arrows are your goal, and Mr. Wang San is just one of them."
Zhao Rang shrugged.
He had nothing to explain anymore, and the rest was up to Her Royal Highness the Princess to decide.
When he was narrating just now, from the questions Amani interrupted from time to time, Zhao Rang could tell that the grudge between her and the fourth prince Anzuo had nothing to do with individuals, but a fight between two tribes.
The tribes they both belong to have the power to influence the situation of a country.
The current leader of the country is Amani's father. Of course she wants the position of leader to remain in her tribe a hundred years after her father.
If you want to do this, you must do your best to ensure that your tribe's strength is always the strongest in Lanmo Kingdom.
Once the tribe of the fourth prince Anzuo overtakes them, according to the rules, the Hanxing tribe must give up the position of leader, otherwise it will be boycotted by all the tribes in the country. In this way, the only thing waiting for them is destruction.
In this regard, Zhao Rang had some different ideas:
"Your father is still the leader of the country now, right?"
Amani nodded and looked at Zhao Rang with some confusion, wondering what he wanted to say.
"Since your father is still the head of the country, he can't order the death of the fourth prince and his whole family? If you want me to die, I have to die. Don't you have this saying here?"
Amani shook her head bitterly.
It's not like she hasn't thought of this method before.
As long as a woman becomes ruthless, the methods she comes up with will definitely be ruthless to eliminate the root cause!
In Amani's eyes, her father, the current head of the country, had led to the current situation precisely because he was too tolerant.
On the other hand, Zhao Rang is a powerful person after all. Although he has recently become familiar with the habits and patterns of the Western Regions, when he thinks about things, he still unconsciously prefers the way he has always thought.
If the current leader of the country really gives the order as he said, it will definitely arouse the rebellion of the Gongchen tribe, and the Lanmo Kingdom will fall apart.
"Mr. Zhao, if the method you mentioned is effective, then why is Dawei divided into north and south now? What is the difference between the Chen family in the south and the Gongchen tribe where Anzuo belongs?"
Zhao Rang was immediately speechless...
When I talk about other people, I speak clearly and happily. But when I think about it, isn’t it the same for Dawei where I am?
What he said just now was just talk on paper, making a fool of himself at fifty steps!
"Anzuo's father is in charge of the Lanmo Kingdom, which is equivalent to your powerful prime minister. He already controls the state affairs with one hand. If they get these arrows again..."
The Hanxing Tribe was able to suppress the Gongchen Tribe because of its "preferential trading rights" within the Merchant Alliance.
To put it bluntly, this right is the right of who can buy things first. But for a huge tribe, this right represents the monopoly of certain important resources!
For example, the beauties from Dawei Southland, and the iron tools obtained through various means.
The Hanxing Tribe has mastered these scarce resources, and can also engage in war and trade with the large tribes of the other three of the Upper Four Kingdoms in the Western Region, thereby making its own power stronger and stronger, and at the same time, it can also steadily suppress the Gongchen Tribe, so that
It slowly declined.
But no one expected that the Gongchen tribe’s generation would produce a figure like Anzuo!
As a prince, he enjoys many privileges.
But he never used these privileges to enjoy himself. Instead, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the growth of his tribe.
Amani also admires him for his solo career!
Compared to my three brothers who only know how to eat, drink and have fun... I don't know how many times better!
But no matter how much we admire each other, we can't change each other's positions.
Both of them are right. The only thing to blame is the strange system followed by the countries in the Western Regions!
"My father's health is very poor at the moment... He often has high fevers and falls into coma recently."
"In the beginning, Anzuo came to visit him every now and then. But gradually, it seemed that his father was about to end his life, and his face was slowly exposed."
"Now, both father and son have left the royal city and returned to the tribe. They have also begun to obey my father's royal orders and hardly listen to orders."
Amani talked about the recent undercurrents in King Lanmo's city, calmly as if he was telling a story he read from a book.
After Zhao Rang listened, he had a deeper understanding of the current situation in the royal city, but in the final analysis, these had nothing to do with him.
What's more, it is related to the struggle for the position of the leader of another country. As a newly arrived powerful person, what role can Zhao Rang play? We can only listen to it. Anyway, it is better to know than not to know. The more you know, the better you will understand the situation.
The understanding will be more comprehensive and profound, and at the same time, the "scale" of action in the mind will be clearer.
Whether it is the fourth prince Anzuo or the princess Amani, they just treat Zhao Rang as an outsider. Of course they can say a lot to outsiders, even if they reveal all the secrets at once, it doesn't matter.
Because the outsiders will leave sooner or later, everyone only gathers together for temporary benefits. When the incident is over, of course, the road will turn upside down and everyone will go their separate ways.
To put it another way, even if Zhao Rang stood on the sidelines and stood with arms folded, there would be nothing the two sides could do.
It is difficult to drag an outsider into the water or even tie him to your own sail.
We are not people who daydream, and there is no reason to explain this matter.
Even if Zhao Rang thinks whoever's saying makes sense, the truth has nothing to do with him.
In the final analysis, it still depends on what substantial benefits the princess can bring.
As for the other side, the fourth prince Anzuo's attitude has been very clear. The poison in Wang San Tai's body can be regarded as a very clear threat. He then used this to warn Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong to take care of themselves and not to push the envelope too far.
This is a very clear bottom line. If Zhao Rang and others cross it, it will mean that the warning of the fourth prince Anzuo is useless. This means that he is determined to become his enemy.
After thinking about it in his mind for a long time, Zhao Rang felt that this matter ultimately came down to how the princess wanted to treat these five hundred thousand feather arrows.
For her and the fourth prince Anzuo, these feather arrows are treasures that are hard to part with. No matter which tribe on either side gets it, they will definitely be able to steadily outdo the other in the next ten years.
"Master Zhao?"
Amani became a little anxious when he saw that Zhao Rang still didn't say a word even though he had said so much.
If you delay for a moment longer, things will have many more variables.
"Have you finished speaking, Your Highness the Princess?"
Zhao Rang stretched his arms and yawned, seeming extremely depressed and a little drowsy.
This attitude made Amani very angry and said coldly:
"I don't know what else Mr. Zhao wants to hear."
Zhao Rang picked his ears carelessly and rubbed his nose. After a while, he said:
"Her Royal Highness the Princess only said that she did not want Fourth Prince Anzuo and the others to get this batch of feather arrows, so where should these batch of feather arrows go? You didn't say a word!"
After Zhao Rang finished speaking, he looked at Amani with a half-smile.
Amani's chest was heaving up and down, and there was a hint in his eyes that he was about to have an attack.
She originally thought that after she said so much, Zhao Rang should have been trapped by her a long time ago, and he should readily agree to be a pawn for her.
As for her and her father, they only need to sit back and watch the fight between the tigers and the tigers. When both parties are almost exhausted, they can then intervene and reap the benefits.
But Zhao Rang did not accept this trick at all. Whether it was tempting him with beauty or using the so-called "righteousness of family and country," Zhao Rang was completely swayed.
He just stared at the five hundred thousand feathered arrows, saying nothing else was useless.
Amani stroked his chest, and after calming down a little, he pointed to the glazed wall beside him and said:
"Mr. Zhao, don't forget that Miss Yuan is still here!"
Zhao Rang curled his lips.
This shows that he is so weak that he just threatens me with all his face!
It's a pity that this is what Zhao Rang is least afraid of.
It might even make him slightly excited!
"It seems that Her Royal Highness has no sincerity at all, so there is no need for us to continue talking!"
Before he could finish the last word, Zhao Rang stood up suddenly and his figure turned into an afterimage.
When the guards behind Amani reacted, the man who had previously held the Zhao Rang knife was already lying on the ground.
The knife was already in Zhao Rang's hand.
The blade of the knife was placed on the neck of the princess.
"Is there anything else you would like to say, Your Highness the Princess?"
Just now, Amani used Yuan Kexin to threaten Zhao Rang, but now Zhao Rang used her own life to level the situation and make a judgment.
With the knife in hand, Zhao Rang was fearless.
What's more, with a princess under his sword, the guards didn't dare to act rashly.
"Master Zhao, must this be the case?"
Amani asked rhetorically.
Zhao Rang used his other hand, dipped in the remaining wine in the wine glass, to draw an arrow on the table.
"Oops, the arrow shaft is crooked..."
"But it's okay, as long as Her Royal Highness can understand it!"
This is the last chance he gives to the princess.
If she relents, there will naturally be more to talk about.
Amani glanced at what Zhao Rang had drawn on the table, and then slowly closed his eyes, with an expression as if he was looking forward to death.
Zhao Rang waited for a moment and sighed.
The blade of the knife deflected and swung towards the glazed wall on the side.
"Wow!"
The glass burst into pieces, as if there was a heavy rain in the house!
The guards behind Amani rushed forward and used their bodies to help Her Royal Highness resist the impact of the glass fragments.
After they regained their composure, they saw the guards who had been guarding behind Zhao Rang lying on the ground in a mess, with the door wide open.
"Your Highness, would you like to..."
The captain of the guard made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Amani shook his head:
"Go back to the palace, I'm tired too!"
The captain of the guard was a little confused and felt that letting Zhao Rang go would be such an advantage!
Little did they know that Amani was in a very happy mood at the moment!