After picking up the White Cut Black Prince

The three people not far away heard every word Song Yusheng said? What did he mean?
Their fathers were all high-ranking officials of the third or fourth rank, and it was no exaggeration to say that they were very powerful in Baishan Town. How could this person with unknown origin dare to refuse them? Besides, they had clearly helped him, but he was not only ungrateful, but also said such words!
What's wrong with having a meal? Is it going to cost him his life?

Even though Song Yusheng's words sounded quite helpless, they sounded somewhat provocative to Lin Sujian. Lin Sujian's eyes darkened and he asked loudly, "What do you mean, sir? Have we ever offended you?"

Lin Sujian was considered to have a good temper, but Zhang Chenghu was a little irritable. He strode forward directly. Seeing his aggressive look, Zhang Ruhuan hurriedly held him back.

Zhang Chenghu was afraid of hurting Zhang Ruhuan and didn't move forward. He just pointed at Song Yusheng and said, "How can you repay kindness with enmity? You look like a human being, but do you still have the guts to behave like a human being?! We invited you to dinner, which was a great honor for you. How dare you say such things!"

Zhang Chenghu had never seen anyone as shameless as Song Yusheng, and he was so angry that he almost cursed.

Song Yusheng turned around and looked at them. There was still a faint smile on his face. He said in a gentle voice, "Why shouldn't I dare to say such a thing? I just rejected your invitation to dinner. Is it so unbearable?"

Use the mildest tone to say the most hurtful words.

His calm and gentle demeanor made them look even more like clowns.

Song Yusheng's words hit the nail on the head. Zhang Chenghu felt that no one could refuse them, not to mention that they had just helped him. He naturally felt that Wen Chu and the others should agree, even if they were unwilling.

Therefore, when Song Yusheng said he was unwilling, he felt like he had heard a huge joke and thought they were too ungrateful.

Their power was far greater than Wen Chu's, and they were not on an equal footing with her, so even if Wen Chu didn't want to go, she couldn't say no.

This is not an invitation, it is disguised coercion.

Seeing that the situation was about to develop in an uncontrollable direction, Wen Chu wanted to step in to smooth things over, "It's just a meal, there's no need to make such a fuss!"

Lin Sujian stopped looking at Song Yusheng and shifted his gaze to Wen Chu.

"Wen Chu, I just ask you, are you willing?"

Lin Sujian had never called her by her name like this before. Wen Chu could tell that his tone was unfriendly. She hesitated as she couldn't afford to offend anyone here!
She can't afford to offend Lin Sujian now, and she can't afford to offend Song Yusheng in the future.

She was about to speak to smooth things over, but ended up hearing Song Yusheng say, "She doesn't want to."

Before Wen Chu could react, he was pulled by the wrist and walked away.

Lin Sujian looked at the backs of the two people leaving. The fan in his hand was broken and his eyes were so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of them.

This time, I have offended all three of them.

*
Wen Chu and Song Yusheng didn't talk along the way because of what happened just now. They bought some food and went home.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The path home was bright and quiet. The night breeze at this time of year was the most comfortable, but it could not blow away the sadness in Wen Chu's heart.

She walked behind Song Yusheng, her voice a little dull, "You shouldn't have been like this just now. If you have anything to say, we can talk it out."

There was a hint of complaint in her words. Song Yusheng pursed his lips tightly. After a long pause, he asked, "So, you are willing to go with them. Are you blaming me now?"

Isn't what she said now just blaming me for stopping her?

Song Yusheng's voice was chilling at the moment. Wen Chu hurriedly said, "How could I blame you? I just thought it would be good to make friends when I'm out. You've offended them so much. They are all the most distinguished young men and women here. They've never been treated like this. I was just afraid that they would cause trouble."

Song Yusheng doesn't have to worry about offending people. After all, he is the prince of the Duke's Mansion and can do whatever he wants. But Wen Chu can't do that. She is an orphan without a father or a mother, and is no different from a beggar in this world. She dare not offend people, and she can't offend people.

Therefore, when the chief clerk asked her to kneel, she would kneel without hesitation. She has always believed that less is worse than more. To put it nicely, she knows the current situation, but to put it bluntly, she is spineless.

Song Yusheng repeated, "Making many good connections?"

How can such a person be considered a good match? Is Wen Chu stupid or what? Can't he see such obvious thoughts?

Song Yusheng has always been calm, and there are few things in this world that can cause him to fluctuate. When Prince Li launched a rebellion, the court was shaken, and he, who was only seventeen years old, helped to quell the rebellion behind the scenes, and he never panicked or felt uneasy; even when he won the top three places in the imperial examinations, he felt nothing, and was neither sad nor happy.

However, ever since he was picked up by Wen Chu and brought home, he had always been obsessed with her during the two months they had spent together in that shabby, leaky little house in this small town.

Just like this moment, when he heard her say this, he felt an inexplicable irritation in his heart.

Wen Chu turned around and faced Song Yusheng. She walked sideways while explaining, "Your injury is almost healed now. You will have to go home sooner or later. You have family, but I don't! I can't offend anyone. Even if I don't want to go, it's no big deal to have a meal. I can't miss a piece of meat. One of them is the son of a prefect, and the other is the son of an inspector. It's easy for them to make trouble for others, isn't it?"

Wen Chu spoke anxiously. After she finished speaking a long string of words, her chest heaved and she could hardly breathe.

Song Yusheng turned his head and looked at the woman beside him. She was like a little sparrow, jumping and skipping as she spoke.

The chirping sound calmed my originally restless heart a little.

Song Yusheng asked: "You really just don't want to offend them?"

"Why else? Why else?"

She didn't quite understand what Song Yusheng meant. What did Song Yusheng think it meant?

He turned his head and looked away. He said, "It's okay. I'm here. You don't have to worry about offending them."

If these words were spoken by someone else, they would sound quite arrogant, but if they were said by Song Yusheng, they would indeed make people feel at ease for no reason.

The night was quiet, with only the sound of two people walking on the road. Song Yusheng suddenly asked, "I've recovered from my injury, and I don't know when I can return to Beijing. Do you want to come with me?"

Wen Chu didn't quite understand what Song Yusheng meant by this. She subconsciously said "Hmm?" with a puzzled tone. She had said before that she wanted to go to Jiangnan, not Kyoto. Why was she going back to Kyoto with him?
She said hurriedly: "I said before that I wanted to go to Jiangnan, not Kyoto."

Song Yusheng suddenly let out a light laugh.
The laughter sounded low and magnetic in the silent night, carrying an inexplicable mockery.

When she went out in the morning, she asked him not to leave her, but now she can't wait to break away from him.

Wen Chu realized that her reaction was too intense. She said, "It's not that I don't want to go back with you, sir. I'm unfamiliar with the place, and I'm afraid it will be troublesome for you if I go to Kyoto. Besides, I feel more comfortable in the countryside. It's really not appropriate for me to go to Kyoto."

Wen Chu spoke sincerely, appealing to his feelings and reasoning. He just hoped that Song Yusheng would stop pestering him.

Song Yusheng was silent for a moment after hearing Wen Chu's words, then pretended to be wronged and said, "But, didn't Chu Niang tell me not to abandon you?"

His voice was soft, with a lingering tone of complaint.

Wen Chu regretted it so much at this time, he only hated himself for speaking without restraint and shooting himself in the foot. He didn't know why Song Yusheng was so persistent in holding on to this matter, it was really uncomfortable.

Song Yusheng could see through her reluctance and didn't intend to delve into it. He just said, "Then Chu Niang has to go to Kyoto with me to get the money, right?"

So after all this, we still have to go to Kyoto.

Wen Chu didn't want to go to Beijing, as this place really brought back some not-so-good memories for her. She was about to open her mouth to refute, saying, "How could he have such a big family and such a rich business, and still not have a servant to run errands?"

Song Yusheng seemed to have seen through her thoughts and said calmly, "I've been really bothering you for a long time. I naturally want to repay you, but the money is too much and I don't feel comfortable leaving it to someone else to deliver. Madam Chu, please come with me."

Song Yusheng was just making up stories about not trusting others to deliver the money. Not to mention that he didn't care about the money at all, his secret guards were all experts who could kill people without blinking an eye. If the money was lost, he would be dead.

A lot of silver and money.
Wen Chu's attention was immediately drawn to these words, and he could no longer think about anything else.

She was deeply conflicted. She had treated Song Yusheng very well these days, and her time was almost up. She couldn't let all her efforts go to waste at the last minute just because he was unwilling to go to Kyoto.

Never mind, just go! She finally nodded and agreed to what Song Yusheng said.

The two of them walked further and further along the road, each with their own thoughts, until they disappeared. Then, from the tree they had just passed, two people were hanging upside down, their legs hooked on the branches, their heads looking down in the direction they had left.

"Brother, you heard it just now, right? The master actually said that he would take her back to Beijing."

The person who was speaking was Dongyue, and next to him was Chunfeng.

After they dealt with Zhao Shun's affairs, they went to protect Song Yusheng. Their martial arts were among the best, and they had followed him silently all the way, so Wen Chu didn't notice it at all.

The spring breeze is cold and fierce, and is clearly only a few years older than the winter moon, but it gives people a feeling of being mature beyond their years.

He was slightly surprised by Song Yusheng's behavior, but still said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about the master's right and wrong. Do you want to be whipped?" As he said that, he jumped down from the tree.

Dongyue still wanted to gossip, but when she heard Chunfeng's words, she could only purse her lips. Even though she was reluctant, she finally shut up obediently, quickly jumped down from the tree and followed his pace.

*
Lin Sujian and his group failed to invite anyone to dinner, so they went out to eat by themselves and drank a lot of wine before going home. When Lin Sujian returned home, he ran into his father Lin Ping.

Lin Ping has been annoyed recently by the things entrusted by Duke Song Lin. Song Lin asked him to find Song Yusheng, but he couldn't find him. Yunjing Town also sent people to look for him, but no one said they had seen any strange people. If the Duke hadn't said not to make it public, he would have wanted to issue a bounty!

Lin Ping has many illegitimate sons, but only one legitimate son, Lin Sujian, so he dotes on him. He was naturally worried because his superiors couldn't complete the task assigned by him. Now he saw Lin Sujian drinking and fooling around outside, and he was not very happy. He said, "Can you do something serious every day? You are already 20 years old, and I don't want you to start a career first, but build a family for me, okay? You only know how to visit brothels and drink wine, what kind of talk is that?!"

Lin Sujian was already angry about Wen Chu, and when he heard Lin Ping say this, he retorted, "How unreasonable! Father is angry and uses me to vent his temper."

Lin Ping cursed, "I can't find anyone over there, I'm so worried that I can't even eat! But you're so happy! Can't you just say something when I say a few words to you?"

Looking for someone? Lin Sujian didn't want to talk more about drinking wine with his father, so he changed the subject and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Lin Ping didn't expect Lin Sujian to help him, so he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it. What's the point of telling you?"

He scolded Lin Sujian for not doing his job properly and complained that Lin Sujian made him worry, but when Lin Sujian asked him what he was worried about, he didn't say.

Lin Sujian also felt that he was really inexplicable and said, "Father is so interesting. He complains, but when I ask you, you don't tell me."

Lin Ping was choked by this. After a long while, he thought about it and realized that it was true. He finally answered Lin Sujian's question and said, "The prince of the Duke's Mansion disappeared here, and the Duke sent a message to ask me to help find him, but I just couldn't find him! It's such a big place, how could it be so easy to find him? If I can't find him, I can't explain to the Duke."

For some reason, Lin Sujian thought of the man in white in the county government office today. He asked, "What does the prince look like? What color clothes does he like to wear?"

When Lin Ping heard this, he asked loudly, "Why? What do you know?"

Lin Sujian did not answer but said, "Just tell me first."

Lin Ping didn't know what he was up to, but he answered him, "The prince is of course very good-looking. I have seen him a few times in Kyoto before. He looks like a banished immortal, and he especially likes to wear white clothes. Have you seen him?"

Lin Sujian guessed that the man he saw this year might be the one his father was looking for. To confirm, he asked again, "When did he disappear?"

"It's been more than two months, I guess."

At this point, Lin Sujian was almost certain. In an instant, his mind turned thousands of times, and he had an idea, and then he said: "Father, I know where that person is, but don't worry about it for now, let me help you this time."

(End of this chapter)