Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Chapter 1190: Chapter 283: Chen Jie – Yo, Ruyang King, Father-in-law

”This!”

Upon hearing the words, Wang Baobao frowned, while Zhao Ya turned to the soldier holding Chen Jiusi and said, ”Let him go.”

The soldier hesitated and looked at Wang Baobao, but Wang Baobao frowned and said nothing.

Zhao Ya became anxious and directly went forward to push the soldier aside, personally untying Chen Jie.

”Yaya!”

At this moment, a stern voice suddenly emerged.

Zhao Ya turned her head to look at the Ruyang King sitting in the main seat.

Ruyang King looked at Zhao Ya then, and Zhao Ya quickly stood properly and saluted the Ruyang King.

”Father, thank you for coming a long way to save your daughter.”

Hearing this, the Ruyang King said, ”Hmm, that’s not a problem. You are my daughter; if something happens to you, how can I not care?”

Saying this, the Ruyang King looked at Zhao Ya and said, ”Yaya, what exactly happened this time? Can you tell Father about it?”

Zhao Ya, hearing this, directly recounted what was planned with Chen Jie and Linglong.

The gist is that Zhao Ya came to the Five Poison Sect for Wu Mu’s Legacy and then encountered Na Su, who was maniacally planning to use the lives of Jianghu people to feed the Gu God of the Gu God Valley.

Zhao Ya accidentally fell into his trap.

This is all true; Ah San can testify, and then Chen Jie risked his life to save Zhao Ya, then helped Linglong defeat Na Su, and later awakened the Mother Gu.

Most of it is true, but the part where Zhao Ya rescued Chen Jiusi was omitted.

She only explained it away by saying she was injured after being captured and had been recovering.

These matters, even if Elder Xie came to confront us, would present no issue.

Because in the entire Miao Territory, only the Mother Gu and Linglong know the actual situation.

As for the Mother Gu’s unwillingness to release herself, the first reason was to have a bargaining chip to prevent Ruyang King from changing his mind and to guard against unexpected situations.

Then the Mother Gu hoped she would recover, so she could account to Ruyang King.

Upon hearing these words, Ruyang King looked at Zhao Ya and said, ”Oh, so it seems Chen Jiusi is not only blameless but has also contributed?”

Zhao Ya replied, ”That’s right.”

Ruyang King said nothing further, glanced at Chen Jie who stood there.

His gaze was full of scrutiny, and Chen Jie lowered his head respectfully, silently acting every bit like a new son-in-law meeting his father-in-law for the first time.

The two men stared at each other for a moment, and for some reason, Ruyang King found himself disliking this Chen Jiusi, as if this man was going to steal his beloved flower.

Though Ruyang King didn’t want to admit it, Chen Jiusi’s appearance was indeed quite good.

He had a tall stature, sword-like brows, starry eyes, and a heroic air between his brows, quite handsome.

Yet the more it was like this, the less pleased Ruyang King felt — looking like this, was he trying to seduce my daughter?

Ruyang King pondered for a moment and looked at Chen Jie saying, ”Chen Jiusi.”

”Sir, I am Chen Jiusi, Guardian Commander of Huangzhou Prefecture, at your service, Your Highness!”

Chen Jie’s attitude was very respectful, his demeanor also very appropriate, and Ruyang King glanced at Chen Jie with some satisfaction between his eyebrows.

He at least knew his manners.

Chen Jie stood bowing, and at this time, Ruyang King looked at him and said, ”Chen Jiusi, according to the Commandery Princess’s words, this time you have made great contributions, venturing into a dangerous place to rescue her — that’s quite a merit!”

”The Commandery Princess has been kind to me; repaying her kindness is my duty, saving her is what I ought to do, and I dare not claim credit!”

Upon hearing this, Ruyang King said, ”Haha, you aren’t fond of seeking credit, but I am one who rewards and punishes clearly. If there is merit, I am not stingy in rewarding!”

After hearing this, Zhao Ya said, ”Yes, Father, Chen Jiusi saved your daughter’s life, you must reward him heavily!”

Ruyang King looked at Zhao Ya and said, ”Yaya, there’s no conclusion yet on merits or faults. If there are merits, of course, there will be rewards. But what about faults?”

Zhao Ya said, ”How could he have any faults? If it weren’t for him, your daughter might have been harmed by Na Su this time.”

Ruyang King said, ”Alright, when I’m asking questions, Yaya, do not interrupt.”

Zhao Ya wanted to say something, but Ruyang King gave her a stern look, and Zhao Ya deliberately stomped her foot in frustration.

”If you do not reward merit and still interrogate, in the future, if anything happens to your daughter, who would risk their life to save her!”

Even though the words were small, everyone clearly heard them, and Ruyang King’s face had a hint of embarrassment, yet he still looked at Chen Jie and said, ”Chen Jiusi.”

”Present, sir.”

”Rest assured, I am not being unreasonable. I just have one question: when I sent Elder Xie into the cave to negotiate with the Mother Gu, why did you assist the Mother Gu against me, instead of thinking to help the Commandery Princess escape her plight sooner? What was your motive?”

With a severe tone, Ruyang King questioned, and upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately said, ”Your Highness, that’s not correct. At the time, I was not helping the Mother Gu of the Five Poison Sect, but was protecting the Commandery Princess!”

Ruyang King heard this and squinted his eyes, saying, ”Explain, don’t lie to me, I have witnesses here.”

”Elder Xie!”

After Ruyang King mentioned Elder Xie, next moment Elder Xie swiftly approached, bowing to the Ruyang King and saying, ”Greetings, Your Highness.”

Ruyang King looked at Elder Xie and said, ”Tell me about the situation at that time!”

Upon hearing this, Elder Xie said, ”Yes.”

Then Elder Xie turned to look at Chen Jie, with a malicious and fierce gaze.

However, Zhang Shicheng standing by the side slightly frowned; his plan was for Ruyang King to directly stamp out Chen Jiusi, but now he started questioning, which wouldn’t work, because then Chen Jiusi wouldn’t die.

Thinking this, he heard Elder Xie say, ”Your Highness, when I entered the cave and proposed that the Mother Gu release the Commandery Princess, unexpectedly Chen Jiusi intervened, preventing them from sending the Commandery Princess out.”