Sheng Shihuai reacted very quickly, but was caught off guard and was bitten on the earlobe.

Xie Chengze almost used all his strength, but unfortunately he was exhausted from last night. The man quickly pressed a point on his body and he fell stiffly back onto the pillow.

Sheng Shihuai raised his hand to cover his bleeding earlobe, and looking at the blood on his hand, he couldn't help but laugh angrily.

"Dog," he cursed.

Xie Chengze spat out a mouthful of blood and laughed cruelly, "Wrong, it's a mad dog."

If you are bitten by a mad dog, you will get rabies.

"It seems that Your Highness is very smart and knows what the incense is." Sheng Shihuai stood up and looked down at him condescendingly, "If you don't want to be in pain in the future, just stay by my side obediently."

Xie Chengze snorted coldly, said nothing, and looked away.

Not getting a response, Sheng Shihuai shrugged indifferently, not caring about Xie Chengze's coldness. After all, he would have plenty of time to play with him in the future.

He turned to leave.

At this time, Xie Chengze stopped him, "Where are Wuhen and Wuji? And where is Hu Lai?"

Sheng Shihuai paused.

He glanced at Xie Chengze with interest, "I thought you didn't care about them."

"Don't worry, they are alive and well, they just can't move for the time being." Sheng Shihuai waved his hand and left the room.

He is a person who values ​​talent. Not to mention that Wuhen and Wuji cannot kill him even if they join forces, these two only obey Xie Chengze. As long as Xie Chengze is willing to join him, Wuhen and Wuji will naturally become his people.

As for Hu Lai, he doesn't even have any martial arts skills, so he is not worth mentioning.

Xie Chengze breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that all three were safe.

A minor official came in with his head down, untied him, and told him that he could move around freely in the county government office. Obviously, he was not worried that he would escape.

Wuhen Wuzhi and Hu Lai are both in Sheng Shihuai's hands, and Sheng Shihuai is not afraid that he will escape at all.

He knew that Xie Chengze was a smart man.

Xie Chengze asked someone to close the window, washed off the mess on his body, and then got up and left the room.

He sat in the courtyard and looked up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking. The redness at the corners of his eyes lingered for a long time, and he sat like this for the whole day.

It was not until Sheng Shihuai came to him in the evening that he collected his thoughts, glanced at him indifferently, and sniffed his nose.

Oh, I have a cold.

"Calm down?" Sheng Shihuai came over with a jar of Lanqiao Fengyue wine and poured him a glass, still using the priceless jade cup.

Xie Chengze reached out to take the jade cup, raised his head and drank it all, then asked, "Who made that incense?"

Sheng Shihuai sipped his wine and smiled, "The county magistrate's second wife."

Sure enough it was her.

Xie Chengze clenched the jade cup slightly, "When did it start?"

"Eight years ago." Sheng Shihuai did not hide the fact, "Initially, this substance was only addictive and harmful to the body, so it was only used to control certain disobedient officials. Although the best incense was developed later, smelling it for a long time would make people withered and weak."

"It's not easy to win over a loyal servant, so I naturally won't use this incense for them. The money I get from the Salt and Iron Bureau is enough for me to squander, so this incense is just put aside and not used..." Sheng Shihuai looked at Xie Chengze with a smile, his words full of evil amusement, "If it weren't for the conspiracy between Your Highness and the Crown Prince, which made it impossible for me to stand in the court, how could I have decided to use the incense to make a profit?"

Xie Chengze curled his lips, "The imperial court will sooner or later discover the harm of this substance, and then they will definitely implement the drug prohibition law and cut off all your sales channels."

Sheng Shihuai smiled and said indifferently, "Unfortunately, I have learned from your Highness and discovered a wonderful way to transport goods in a covert way."

Seeing Xie Chengze's eyes tremble slightly, Sheng Shihuai stopped talking and said, "However, Your Highness should not know."

After all, everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Regent has put a lot of thought into getting girls to go to school. If they knew that he had discovered the potential of women being exploitable, they would probably cry.

Asking daughters from poor families to deliver answers to the Yizhou water conservancy exam before the Spring Examination was to test the possibility of secret transportation afterwards.

Sheng Shihuai drank the wine in his glass happily and advised Xie Chengze, "I heard that the prince would set fire to the palace and wipe out your existence in order to imprison Your Highness. If Your Highness follows him, you will only become a bird in a cage."

"But if you follow me, at least you will be free."

Sheng Shihuai raised his empty cup towards Xie Chengze, his smile deepening, "I think Your Highness will figure it out."

The young man is too upright. He would never bow down to the powerful and care about the affairs of the world.

And he allowed him to ask.

……

Xie Chengze stayed in the county government office for three days.

During these three days, he wandered around the county government office and confirmed that the incense was indeed made by the county magistrate's wife.

Moreover, only she and the wife of the Jizhou prefect knew the secret recipe for incense.

He also knew that the Jizhou prefect was indeed Sheng Shihuai's man, and he also learned a big piece of gossip from a minor official.

I heard that the original prefect's wife should be Zhu Xiaobiao's biological mother. This woman is very talented and her family also intends to marry her to the prefect of Jizhou. In order to win over the new county magistrate of Zhuolu County, they plan to marry the second wife's beautiful concubine's daughter to him.

But no one knew what means the concubine's daughter from the second house had used to collude with the prefect of Jizhou. After the matter was exposed, the two sisters had to be married off, with the concubine's daughter marrying the prefect and the legitimate daughter marrying a small county magistrate.

After Zhu's mother died, the county magistrate's second wife was also introduced by the concubine herself.

Xie Chengze listened to the gossip with great interest. Seeing that he was approachable and had no airs of a prince at all, the clerks told him a lot of gossip in the mansion. Until night fell, Xie Chengze began to yawn frequently and tears fell uncontrollably.

Beads of sweat broke out of his body and he felt nauseous in his abdomen. He couldn't help shivering and quickly ran to his room. With every step he took, the muscles on his face and limbs twitched uncontrollably. His muscles felt swollen, prickly and sore all over, as if he was a sick person who had run for five kilometers straight. It was simply a fate worse than death.

By the time he ran back to the house, he had no strength left and fell directly onto the edge of the bed, scratching his skin, feeling a surge of emptiness and anxiety in his heart.

it hurts...

So sad……

He curled up on the ground, and was afraid of biting off his tongue, so he opened his mouth and chewed on the bed board. Physiological tears could not stop flowing from his eyes, and his finger bones were clenched until they were extremely blue and white, leaving conspicuous red marks on his arms.

Upon hearing the sound, Sheng Shihuai walked quickly into the room and saw the young man with a pale face, almost biting off the bed board. He hurriedly put the incense into the incense burner and was about to take out the fire starter when he suddenly felt a black shadow rushing towards him.

The opponent pounced without any attack power. Sheng Shihuai lifted the clothes on his shoulders helplessly and said, "Be good, it won't hurt after you smell it."

Xie Chengze bit his arm through his robe, staring at him with his bloodshot eyes.

Every time he moved, the young man would flutter his arms and legs, not wanting him to light the fire.

Sheng Shihuai's patience finally ran out. He put away the fire stick and kicked the young man to the ground, looking down at him coldly, "Since you are willing to be hurt, then be hurt."

He wanted to see how long he could endure!

The man turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly felt the corner of his robe being pulled. He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction and lowered his eyes to look at the embarrassed young man, "Want to beg for mercy?"

Xie Chengze raised his head, staring at him despite the pain, his voice hoarse, "Sheng Shihuai, why are you staying in the county government for so long? What are you waiting for?"

Sheng Shihuai was stunned, obviously not expecting that this was what he asked, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Your Highness does not need to know." Sheng Shihuai pulled back the corner of his robe, "If you can't bear it any longer, call the servant at the door, and I will come right away."

After that, he strode away.

Looking at Sheng Shihuai's departing back, Xie Chengze curled up his body little by little, scratched the ground fiercely with his ten fingertips, and a resentful and cruel sneer appeared on his usually gentle and approachable face.

Sheng Shihuai, I'm waiting for my ultimate move, what are you waiting for?