“Notify the prince…” William Carter, though aware of the dire and dangerous situation, still looked calmly at Tommy with a faint smile and said, “Can you be sure that the person behind the scenes who bribed and controlled David Bolton isn’t my old man, who’s definitely going to rebel?”

“Ah!!” As soon as William Carter said this, Tommy immediately opened her mouth wide in shock, then nervously glanced around.

But at that moment, she suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, because the young master had always been timid and suspicious since childhood. However, although he used to worry, he never dared to say a word about the Prince of Zhenguo. But this time, he actually…

“What’s so surprising? It’s common knowledge that my old man, whom I’ve never even met, is bound to rebel. If he needs an excuse or a reason, killing me would be perfectly normal. Anyway, he now has… uh…” Even William Carter couldn’t help but pause.

Then he gave a wry laugh and said, “Damn, I don’t even know how many sons he has, or how many brothers I have. Anyway, he doesn’t care about this one son of his…”

“Y-Young master… keep your voice down, keep your voice down, be careful someone might hear you.” Hearing William Carter speak so bluntly again, Tommy was so frightened that she hurriedly tried to stop him. She instantly forgot her fear about whether William Carter had come back from the dead, and quickly made a shushing gesture, even turning to close the door, terrified someone might overhear.

Heavens, did the young master get traumatized after coming back to life? He actually dares to say things like this out loud now, and he never even used to utter a single curse word. Why does he sound… so different now?

“Heh…” Seeing how nervous Tommy was, William Carter waved his hand with a smile and said, “Relax, I was just speaking off the cuff. It’s possible, but he might not choose this moment. Maybe it’s just some random enemy force hoping to throw the Han Dynasty into chaos, or maybe someone else. Anything’s possible. Actually, the real problem is, if we make any obvious moves now and he finds out, he’ll get desperate and do anything. So, things are already this bad—what’s there left to be afraid of? But seriously, we really do need to deal with this David Bolton first. Even though we might not get much out of a small fry like him, we have to resolve the immediate crisis first…”

“We can’t ask the prince for help, then… then…” Hearing William Carter say this, Tommy immediately realized how serious the situation was.

Thinking of David Bolton’s earlier behavior, she also felt that if David Bolton realized he’d been found out, he might really get desperate and do something reckless. And David Bolton was at the ninth level of Qi Drawing—an ordinary person, even dozens or a hundred of them, wouldn’t be his match in a direct fight. Even those guards listened to him. What… what should they do?

“Good, good, I haven’t cultivated, I haven’t drawn Qi, that makes things easier.” At this moment, after checking his own condition, William Carter found his body was in terrible shape, but discovering he hadn’t drawn Qi actually made him very happy—at least the immediate predicament could be dealt with.

“Ah!” Tommy was dumbfounded. At a time like this, not having cultivated basically means certain death, yet the young master says… that’s good?

“Medicine… I need lots of medicine. Right…” William Carter muttered to himself, then suddenly stood up and clapped his hands, instructing Tommy, “Tommy, go and bring all the medicinal herbs and pills among the tribute we’re taking to the capital.”

“But… but those are tributes!” Tommy felt the young master was really going crazy.

“That’s for later. Let’s solve the current problem first. If you don’t want to die, hurry up.” Seeing Tommy still wanting to protest, William Carter got up and directly pushed Tommy out, ordering her to immediately bring all the pills and herbs from the tribute that could be found.

Tommy was pushed out. Although her clever little head was already turning to mush, there was one thing she still understood: the young master actually seemed to have a way to save his life. At a time like this, survival was the priority. Thinking of this, she immediately followed William Carter’s instructions and went out to order people to deliver everything to the young master.

“This is evil, could it be he’s possessed? Last night I clearly checked—he was dead as dead can be.”

“Damn it, I even got my Foundation Establishment Pill, and now this guy’s come back to life. If those people find out…”

“No, no, I have to kill him. If I want to get out of this unscathed, that’s probably impossible. As long as I’m not the main target, it’ll be fine. Looks like I’ll have to use other methods.”

……

At this moment, in a room in the outer courtyard, David Bolton, who had been standing in the courtyard for a long time after returning, suddenly shook his head hard, trying to clear his mind, but the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

But after his mind cleared a bit, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself, pacing anxiously back and forth in the courtyard. He had originally planned to finish this job, frame that girl Tommy, and continue enjoying the benefits at the Prince of Zhenguo’s residence.

After all, the prince had so many sons, and having another one sent to the capital as a hostage was nothing. Besides, the old butler was on his last legs, and once he established his foundation, everything in the capital would be under his control.

But now that things had changed, he could only use other methods. But that meant he’d have to disappear too—he couldn’t stay any longer. Still, he didn’t dare delay. If he took such a valuable sixth-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, enough to buy a small city, and didn’t do the job, those people would never let him off. Besides, he also felt that girl Tommy seemed to have noticed something.