Shengjing Noble

Chapter 573 Leaving Alive

"What if I drink and you don't let me go?"

"With so many people watching, if I don't admit it, then everyone will look down on their king. Do you believe this?"

"Okay, untie me!" Su Shengming agreed decisively.

Just a few drinks would save the five of them, and there would be nothing to lose.

One of the pirates drew his dagger and cut his rope.

"Let's decide first, whether to put them down or let them go home." Su Shengming confirmed.

Pirate King: "Of course, let them go home."

"Okay, I'll drink!"

He walked forward and was about to pick up the cup when he was stopped.

"and many more!"

"What? The Pirate King is not going to go back on his word, is he?"

"Of course not, but before we start, we have to tell you the rules, right?"

"What rules?" Su Shengming frowned.

The pirate king waved his hand, and a little pirate holding a whip walked over and stood behind the five islanders.

"The rule is that for every person you save, you must drink ten cups of wine. From the moment you start drinking, he will be whipped. You can only let the person go after you have finished drinking all the wine in the cup."

"What? Why didn't you tell me about this rule earlier?!"

Su Shengming was extremely angry. After all, the whips in their hands were full of barbs, which would tear his skin and flesh when they hit him.

Even if he drank faster, he would still be whipped five or six times. An ordinary strong man might be able to withstand it, but these islanders had not eaten or drunk for a long time and were already half dead. If they were whipped a few more times, they would probably be dead.

The Pirate King laughed: "Hahahaha...if you drink fast enough, maybe he won't have time to whip you, right?"

"No! This rule is too unfair!"

"Unfair?" The Pirate King said disdainfully, "I protected this island, but they refused to hand over the fish, so I locked them up here. If you want to save them, you have to pay something, right? Otherwise, no one will easily hand over the fish, then how can I manage this island?"

Su Shengming said disdainfully: "Humph, you are just a pirate. What kind of management is this? You are just exploiting these islanders, burning, killing and looting!"

"Whatever you say, this is the rule. Since you agreed, you must do it to the end. Otherwise, all five of them will die!"

"I can drink these drinks, but you can't let people whip them!"

"What if I insist? What can you do?"

"you……"

"If I were you, I wouldn't continue to talk nonsense. After all, my patience is limited. If you say one more word, I might start a massacre!"

Su Shengming swallowed nervously, looked back at the five people hanging, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.

The islander who was hung up shouted: "Mr. Su, you can drink as much as you want, we can handle it!"

"Right! It's better to die a quick death than to be locked up in a dungeon without food or water and starve to death!"

"Mr. Su, drink up. We won't hold you back. We're going to die anyway, so what if we can hold on?"

"But...but we don't have a doctor anymore. Even if we get out, we won't be able to survive without treatment with all our injuries..."

"They don't want us to live at all... But dying at home is better than dying here! Master Su, start now!"

……

Listening to the words of the five people, the light in Su Shengming's eyes gradually became firm.

"Okay, I'll drink it!"

He walked to the table, looked at the densely packed wine glasses on it, swallowed, and after making all the preparations, he picked up a glass of wine.

The little pirate also raised the whip in his hand and pointed it at the first islander who was hung there.

Su Shengming raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, and the whip in the pirate's hand fell.

"Ah...ah..."

The sound of whips crackling and screams were heard everywhere. Su Shengming's hands almost had afterimages. Before he had even finished one cup, he had already raised the next one.

After drinking ten cups, the sound of the whip stopped abruptly, and the islander hanging above was let down, his face grimacing in pain.

"Okay, you successfully rescued the first one, it's time for the second one." The Pirate King smiled and liked the show in front of him very much.

Su Shengming wiped the wine from his mouth, looked at him coldly and said, "Let him go first."

"Let go."

The pirate king gave an order and released the islander and untied him.

"You are dismissed."

The first islander was still strong enough. After thanking Su Shengming profusely, he limped out of the pirate town.

The second one... the third one... until the last one, which is the fifth one.

Su Shengming's speed was getting slower and slower, and the number of islanders behind him being whipped was increasing.

He felt a little annoyed, but he had already quickly and continuously drunk forty glasses of wine. At this moment, he was almost drunk to death.

"If you can't drink it, you can admit defeat, but this man will never leave alive." The Pirate King said coldly.

Su Shengming's face turned red, and he felt dizzy and a little unsteady on his feet. After all, these were all very strong liquors.

He didn't faint, all thanks to the alcohol tolerance he developed in Zuixianlou.

"I...I drink! I...will never allow...any innocent person to die here!"

After saying that, Su Shengming suppressed the urge to vomit and picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

The last person was whipped more than ten times, and when he was let down, he was already dying and fainted.

A pirate brought a basin of water and poured it on the islanders, and the islanders woke up from their trance.

"Go away. Even if you have to die, you'd better die outside."

After the pirate king finished speaking, he winked and two little pirates rushed up, grabbed the islander and threw him out of the pirate city.

Su Shengming no longer cared about many things. He stood there dazed, feeling dizzy and having difficulty breathing.

Then, his eyes rolled back and he fainted on the ground.

Everyone burst into laughter when they saw this, and the Pirate King was even more disdainful: "Only fifty cups. It seems that my daughter's taste in choosing men is not very good. She can't drink much!"

A little pirate stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what is the prince consort going to do?"

"Today is the wedding day, so naturally we have to send him to the bridal chamber."

"Yes!"

The little pirates dragged and resisted, and finally carried Su Shengming out.

……

The residence of the second princess of Pirate City.

The second princess was born to the pirate king's favorite concubine. She was pampered since childhood and was naturally spoiled and willful.

She has an ordinary appearance, but wears very bright clothes, and flies around like a butterfly all day long.

When Su Shengming was first sold to the Pirate Island, he was working as a laborer in a fishing farm outside.

Once by chance, the pirate king brought the second princess to the fish farm for inspection, and a box full of heavy objects fell down.

Su Shengming was standing nearby, and in a panic, he threw the second princess to the ground, thus escaping danger.

But he didn't expect that his unintentional act of kindness would bring him a lot of trouble.