Lu Hao spat, "Believe you? Do you think the Regent would listen to you? Zuo Yan, don't even think about it. I said I don't know what you're talking about."
He wanted him to betray his master?
He didn't have the guts for that!
And if the Regent died, there would be fewer troubles!
Hmph!
He was now wishing the Regent would die sooner.
And he knew Zuo Yan's medical skills had some unorthodox methods, and he was actually worried Zuo Yan might save the Regent.
Seeing Lu Hao being so stubborn, Zuo Yan was genuinely surprised.
The Lu Hao he knew before would do anything for money, and even lie. Although his medical skills were decent, he had no bottom line in his actions. Yet today, he had rejected him with sharp words.
Truly, three days apart, one must look at him with new eyes.
"Are you sure you won't say? Lu Hao, compared to others, and the Regent, I understand you quite well. You fear death more than anyone. So, who is the person you've always been unwilling to name?" Zuo Yan patiently asked again.
However.
Lu Hao rolled his eyes. "Haven't we not seen each other for over a year? Do you know anything about how my medical skills have changed in the past year? And you say you understand me? You understand nothing! Zuo Yan, don't pretend to be my acquaintance. I don't know you well! You should take care of your master and stop bothering me, wanting to know some secret from me. You can dream on! I can wait, but the Regent can't."
His bones were soft right now.
He was truly afraid!
He regretted it deeply, he shouldn't have left the Ruan manor! Ruan Xi should have discovered he wasn't in the manor by now, right? His master should know he was captured by the Regent, right?
Master, oh Master, you must arrive in time to save me this time!
Seeing Lu Hao's staunch attitude, Zuo Yan was furious and fiercely grabbed Lu Hao's collar.
In his rage, he cursed, "Lu Hao, you are truly courting death!"
When he had first seen Lu Hao, he had breathed a sigh of relief, thinking Lu Hao would be easy to control, and a few words would frighten him into revealing the secret.
But Lu Hao had changed!
"Continue the beating, beat him hard. If he still won't speak, just beat him to death," Zuo Yan ordered the burly men beside him.
Seeing this, the burly men immediately grabbed whatever they could and started hitting Lu Hao.
Lu Hao cried out in pain.
Zuo Yan only glanced, gritted his teeth, and returned to the room.
At this moment, Zhan Ming was on the verge of death. He weakly opened his eyes and looked at Zuo Yan entering. He placed all his hopes on Zuo Yan. "Did he say anything?"
Who had such audacity to order Lu Hao to harm him? It was truly detestable!
Zuo Yan shook his head. "He would rather die than yield. It seems the person behind him is quite formidable, or perhaps very cunning, otherwise he wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut so tightly."
"Torture him! Apply the torture! Throw him into the snake pit and torment him thoroughly. I want him to wish for life more than death!" Zhan Ming roared with almost all his strength, wishing he could tear Lu Hao into pieces right now.
He wished he could use every torture he knew to punish Lu Hao.
These roaring commands spread out, causing the Lu Hao being tortured to laugh madly and shout, "Hahahaha! Regent, you have committed countless evils, lost all conscience. Tonight is your death day! I await you in hell, no, I await you in the eighteen layers of hell!"
Hearing this, Zhan Ming was so enraged that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Regent!" The Empress Dowager was extremely anxious and quickly took a handkerchief to wipe his blood.
The quick-witted wet nurse beside her stopped the Empress Dowager and went to attend to Zhan Ming.
The Empress Dowager was heartbroken and angrily commanded towards the outside, "Beat him to death! Torment him to death! I want him to wish for life more than death!"
If not for Lu Hao, the Regent wouldn't be facing a life-threatening situation now.
After receiving the joint orders from Zhan Ming and the Empress Dowager, the burly men immediately became even more ruthless in their assault on Lu Hao.
Lu Hao became even more dizzy and disoriented.
He couldn't stop cursing, "Regent, you will surely die tonight! Damnable, you pervert! And Empress Dowager, do you think the world doesn't know the Regent is your lover? Do you think no one knows about your affair? You shameless pair! Just wait, I die today, and you will be drowned in the spitting of the common people tomorrow!"
"Stuff his mouth!" The Empress Dowager exclaimed in shock.
Zuo Yan's expression suddenly changed. He belatedly realized, the Empress Dowager and the Regent?
After scolding, the Empress Dowager quickly said to Zuo Yan, "Pay no heed to his ramblings, he is talking nonsense. Time is running out, you must find a way quickly."
Zuo Yan was puzzled, but despite his confusion, he knew some things were not for him to know.
He didn't need to know too much.
His mission was to save the Regent!
"I am thinking, and I should be able to find a way to save the Regent," Zuo Yan said, furrowing his brows in thought.
The moment he saw Lu Hao, some ideas suddenly began to emerge.
The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up, and she immediately said to Zhan Ming in a gentle voice, "Regent, you will be fine. I will not let anything happen to you."
Zhan Ming weakly nodded.
At this moment, Lu Hao outside the door had been beaten unconscious.
Several basins of cold water were thrown, but they couldn't wake Lu Hao.
A burly man came to the door and reported, "Lu Hao has fainted and cannot be woken up no matter how we beat him. Your Highness, what should we do next? Should we just cut his throat?"
"No, throw him into the snake pit, throw him into the snake pit!"
Zhan Ming was furious, his eyes splitting with rage. "No! Lingchi! Feed his flesh to the eagles piece by piece! Make him wish for life more than death! Burn him first! He poisoned me, didn't he? Made me suffer such pain, now I will make him suffer a hundred times more! I don't believe he can hold on until the end! As long as he doesn't reveal who is behind him, you are not allowed to let him die easily!"
With these orders, the burly men outside knew what to do.
Hearing Zhan Ming's cruel and vicious methods, Zuo Yan couldn't help but feel a bit displeased.
But he had to save the Regent.
Hearing Zhan Ming's orders, Lu Hao cried out in misery. Pretending to be unconscious was his only way to avoid immediate torment. Now, facing slow slicing and burning, he was terrified! His courage was about to fly away!
What to do? What to do?
Why hadn't his master come to save him yet?
Why was he later than last time!
It was all his own fault! Woo woo woo...
At the same time.
A startled cry was heard.
"Assassins!"
"Assassins have broken into the manor! Quickly protect the Empress Dowager and the Regent!"
A dark shadow streaked across the sky above the Regent's manor.
Several figures followed behind the shadow, chasing in the direction it went.
Concurrently, someone knocked on the main gate of the Regent's manor.
At this moment, the shouts of chasing assassins made everyone in the manor tremble with fear and vigilance. No one opened the main gate.