Chapter 136 It would have been better if you had cooperated earlier. Why make things unpleasant?

Chapter 136 It would have been better if you had cooperated earlier. Why make things unpleasant?

Chapter 136 It would have been better if you had cooperated earlier. Why make things unpleasant?
In the front yard of the private school, Zhao Duan's expression changed in an instant. When he said this quietly, his two colleagues were stunned at the same time.

The lady standing opposite, who was showing a passive resistance, also felt depressed.

"I spoke to you kindly, but you didn't appreciate it. So I have no choice but to be merciless."

Zhao Duan's face was gloomy, without a trace of smile on his face.

He walked slowly and leisurely towards the master and servant, passing his colleagues who were looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Sir, please don't be angry. My lady didn't mean that..."

An old servant with gray hair named "Uncle Fu" hurried forward, bowed and smiled, and kept explaining.

I have no confidence in the moral level of the officials of Dayu.

Has his true colors finally been revealed... Xue Xuan sighed inwardly, not surprised.

When she was a daughter of an official family in the past, all the officials she met had "kind faces and brows", but after living at the bottom of society for many years, she had become accustomed to the reality.

What's more, he was the "King of Hell" of the imperial court... She suppressed her sorrow and tried to act humble:
"Sir, calm down. It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I really don't know what you want. My father committed a crime in the past and the case has long been decided..."

Zhao Duan's face became even darker, as if a thunderstorm was about to hit.

"gentlemen!"

Just at this moment, a little girl came running out from the private school at the back.

She was so tiny, with pigtails.

From the window of the private school behind me, curious heads of little children popped out and looked over here.

They didn't know what was going on and just thought that "adults were talking."

The little girl ignored Zhao Duan and the other two, ran over, braked suddenly, raised her head, and looked at her eagerly.

Xue Xuan's expression changed slightly, and he tried to be pleasant:
"What are you doing here, Nannan? Are you going to the toilet?"

The little girl shook her head and twisted her fingers embarrassedly:

"I...the spring rolls were so delicious that I couldn't help but secretly ate two in advance."

He said halfway and waved his hands:

"However, I ate my two, and left your half untouched! Please don't tell mother, sir..."

Haitang looked at the child in surprise and thought he was quite cute.

Zhang Han had a blank expression as usual.

Xue Xuan looked anxious and urged:
"It's okay, the teacher won't tell anyone, and it's not your fault. Go back to study and don't come out."

"Oh!" The girl with pigtails agreed happily and was about to run back.

"Wait!"

Zhao Duan suddenly spoke, looked at the girl with interest, and said with a smile:

"What a cute kid! Come here and let me take a look."

The girl stared blankly at the three strangers, then timidly took a half step back, a little scared.

Xue Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and he tried to stay calm:

"These are just the children of the people living nearby..."

"Really?" Zhao Duan took the lead and picked up the girl with one arm.

With his other hand, he pinched the other's chubby face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but his tone was not cold at all:
"Tsk tsk, you're not afraid of strangers, that's good. Where is your home? Who are your family members?"

It looked like just an ordinary person teasing a child, but coupled with his cold eyes at the moment, it made everyone present's heart skip a beat.

Xue Xuan was panicked and wanted to snatch it, but he didn't dare, so he could only say:
"Sir, I am a child and I don't know how to behave. It would be bad if I offended you. Please..."

Zhao Duan looked at her coldly, glanced at her, and said unhappily:
"You keep calling me an official and saying you will cooperate, but you don't even ask who we are. I think Miss Xue's words are nice, but her heart is not sincere at all."

"Don't dare."

Xue Xuan swallowed his anger, fearing that the students would anger the official:

"I am a common girl and I forgot to ask your name."

"As for me, you may have heard of me," Zhao Duan suddenly smiled meaningfully and introduced himself:
"Zhao Duan, the Lihua Hall Police Department of the Imperial Court."

It's him! ?
As soon as the three words "Zhao Duan" came out, Xue Xuan's slightly rosy cheeks suddenly turned pale and the expression on his face froze instantly.

Perhaps there are many people among the lower classes who have never heard of this name.

But Xue Xuan, who was once a daughter of an official family, had a broader vision and was certainly not unfamiliar with this name.

The rumored concubine of the empress, the notorious new playboy.

In the past two months, his reputation has risen rapidly.

Because of the large-scale retaliation, new labels such as "vindictiveness" and "cruel means" were added.

Relying on the favor of the saint, he is tyrannical and is the new "little king of hell" who has ascended to the throne in the imperial court.

Is it him?

Why would a person like that come to visit?
Xue Xuan was in a state of confusion.

"The envoy Zhao from the Baima Prison?" Uncle Fu also looked frightened.

Rumor has it that Baima Zhao is extremely cruel and vicious. Anyone who offends him, no matter their status, will be punished by him.

Either you are sent to prison or you are beheaded.

Why did this living devil come here?

It seems that my young lady has annoyed the other party?
"Master Zhao, I..."

He stammered and trembled with fear, fearing that a wrong word would bring about his own death.

"Eh? What's with that expression on your face? Am I really scary?"

Zhao Duan restrained his smile, narrowed his eyes, then turned his head, pinched the girl's cheek with his fingers again, and said faintly:
"No better than a child."

The girl looked at him timidly and dared not say a word.

She had never heard of the name Zhao Duan, but she instinctively wanted to struggle, but she couldn't escape.

"Zhao Jisi...these children..."

Behind him, Haitang frowned and couldn't help but speak.

Zhao Duan interrupted her and suddenly smiled:

"The Maritime Police Department reminded me."

He glanced at the young faces in the school who were looking at him curiously, and spoke slowly and nonsensically:
"If I remember correctly, there was a piece of intelligence saying that there were rebels hiding in this Zhongfang Street, right?
In my opinion, there is no need to bother with the investigation. We can just send people to bring all the residents of this neighborhood back and have a thorough interrogation. I believe the parents of these children will cooperate."

As he said this, he looked at Miss Luopo again and suddenly smiled:

"Miss Xue, you said...right?"

Boom!
At this moment, the hearts of the master and servant sank like a huge stone to the bottom of the lake. Faced with this undisguised and unpretentious threat, how could they not hear the meaning behind it?

Xue Xuan's face became paler and paler. In her eyes, Zhao Duan's handsome face looked extremely ferocious.

Like a wolf dripping with blood, he seemed ready to strangle the little girl to death.

This reminds me of the legendary reputation of "Little King of Hell".

She had no doubt about it.

A group of children, a group of people without any background...

With Zhao Duan's identity, he only needs to accuse him of "harboring a rebel party" and he can wield the butcher knife at will.

"Master Zhao..."

The poor official lady took a step forward in panic and said almost pleadingly:
"If I have offended you, my Lord, I will bear all the responsibility. It has nothing to do with others..."

"Can you afford it?"

Zhao Duan said expressionlessly:

"Ms. Xue, my patience is very low. I will give you one last chance. Either you cooperate obediently and answer whatever I ask. Or... you don't want to cause trouble for these old neighbors because of yourself."

A naked threat!

Xue Xuan's face finally lost all color.

Only then did she realize how ridiculous and vulnerable her so-called "feigned compliance" and "passive resistance" were in front of the real villain.

At this moment, the girl with pigtails suddenly hit Zhao Duan with her soft little fist:
"Bad guy, don't bully the gentleman... don't bully the gentleman..."

The other children in the school also realized that something was wrong and ran out.

Zhao Duan seemed to be enraged. He picked up the little girl with an expressionless face and suddenly raised her high up as if he was going to drop her.

Haitang's face suddenly changed. She was about to step forward, but was suddenly stopped by Zhang Han.

"I said!"

At the critical moment, Xue Xuan let out a cry of grief, his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground, his eyes reddened:
"Don't let the child get involved!"

Zhao Duan's raised hand paused slightly, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

He gently placed the girl on the ground and threw her to Uncle Fu.

He brushed his sleeves lightly, glanced at the downtrodden young lady kneeling on the ground, and smiled brightly:

"Ms. Xue, it would have been better if you had cooperated earlier. Why make things so unpleasant?"

Xue Xuan staggered to his feet and clasped his hands:
"Please go to the back house and sit for a while. I will come after I pacify the children to prevent them from making noise and upsetting the adults."

Zhao Duan didn't say anything else. He just turned around and glanced at the two colleagues behind him:
Get it done.

……

……

Russian qing.

Uncle Fu led the three people into the back house, a small main room. After serving them tea, he said goodbye and went to help look after the children.

After the people left, Haitang, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally spoke.

This heroic, intelligent and straightforward female empress looked unfriendly and stared at Zhao Duan:
"Is this your method?"

Zhao Duan leisurely picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and smacked his lips.

I thought it was indeed a "ghetto" tea, the taste was really bland and it barely quenched my thirst.

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Just tell me whether Xue Xuan is worthy of cooperation or not."

At this moment, the vicious look of a villain no longer appeared on his face.

He was speaking with a smile on his face, and with his handsome appearance, it was impossible to associate him with the image just now.

"..." Haitang was choked, then said sarcastically:

"As expected of the Little King of Hell, I finally understand why Zhao Jisi has been able to achieve so many great feats."

You say I can accomplish something great because I have no moral bottom line?
Do you understand this tactic... Zhao Duan curled his lips.

When he was trying to trick the traitor, he commented that Haitang was clever but lacked wisdom.

I still hold the same view today.

Well, I can only add a label to it: kindness.

No wonder he was ranked third and couldn't be the first among the nine halls...

"To deal with different people, you need to be flexible and use different methods."

Zhao Duan said calmly:

"The fact that the governor asked you two to help me may not be without the intention of letting you learn my way of doing things."

Forget it, I can’t learn it… Haitang didn’t agree.

With her intelligence, she knew that Zhao Duan's behavior just now was largely a performance, and the purpose was nothing more than to find his weak spot and threaten him.

But this method is not effective for everyone.

Zhao Duan's reputation was too bad, so Xue Xuan had no doubt that he really had no bottom line...

If you use the same tactics with someone whose reputation is not as fierce, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

This is the power of character.

"If," Haitang was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"I mean, if Xue Xuan had refused to speak, would you have really thrown the child to death?"

Zhao Duan kept silent.

Beside him, the taciturn Zhang Han suddenly said:
"He won't. That's why I pulled you."

Haitang was unconvinced: "How do you know he can't?"

Zhang Han thought for a moment and said:
"As far as I know, even though he made a big scene and broke into so many houses when he cheated us, he never hurt even a single servant. So..."

King Juan turned his head to look at Zhao Duan, and suddenly said seriously:
"I think Envoy Zhao is a good person."

Zhao Duan was stunned, as if he was amused by this sentence, and laughed loudly:
"Old Zhang, if you say this to others, half of the people in Beijing will laugh their heads off. You are not good at flattering others, so don't force yourself to flatter..."

He suddenly shut his mouth and turned to look outside the hall.

The down-and-out young lady, who had washed her face and adjusted her mood, walked in and bowed first.

Xue Xuan raised his expressionless face and went straight to the point:

"Yes, my father was indeed wronged."

(End of this chapter)