After picking up the White Cut Black Prince

After the group returned to the Song Mansion, Song Yusheng stopped Huang Ruotang.

He said, "Cousin, can I have a word with you for a moment?"

Song Yusheng looked at Huang Ruotang with a smile, but her heart was beating fast. She had no choice but to follow Song Yusheng.

It was getting dark as the two of them walked side by side on the road.

Song Yusheng asked, "What did you say to her when you came to Yuhui Hall that day?"

Huang Ruotang didn't expect Song Yusheng to ask about this. She looked calm and replied, "Nothing serious, she just asked me how to make mung bean cake."

After hearing this, Song Yusheng nodded thoughtfully, "It's exactly as she said, but my cousin doesn't know that her cooking is extremely disgusting. I don't know why she would ask you how to make mung bean cakes."

Huang Ruotang looked a little unhappy, but she was still stubborn. She said, "How could that be? Maybe it's because I'm following my cousin and want to improve my skills."

People are only thinking about escaping, not improving their skills.

It would have been better if she hadn't said this, but once she said it, she was poking Song Yusheng's lungs.

Song Yusheng stopped arguing with her. His voice became a little cold. He said, "My cousin has worked so hard for so many years, just to marry into a good family. Is it going to fail at the last moment?"

The voice was like the wind blowing through the forest, indescribably warm and clear, but it was this voice that made Huang Ruotang feel like she was falling into an ice cave. It was clearly a hot summer day, but she felt cold all over. Song Yusheng had said it so clearly, it would be strange if she still didn't understand. Song Yusheng knew everything. He knew that she had always wanted to marry into a wealthy family, and he also knew that her purpose was not pure. But he never exposed her, just watching her, watching her have evil intentions, watching her work hard, like a clown, he even felt that he was ridiculous and funny sometimes.

He knew how hard he had worked for this matter, but he still used it to threaten her. After all, they were cousins. Even if their relationship was not that deep, they had been cousins ​​for more than ten years.

She suddenly understood why Wen Chu had always wanted to escape. Song Yusheng was not the person he appeared to be. The more white he appeared on the surface, the darker he was inside.

Huang Ruotang couldn't hold back her pride any longer, her voice trembling a little, "You know everything and have always known everything. Is that interesting, cousin? Why didn't you tell me earlier so that I could give up?"

Song Yusheng didn't even look at her and replied, "My cousin is quite pitiful. I don't want to expose her directly and make a scene, but I think my words and actions won't cause you any misunderstanding, right? It's you who has been unwilling to give up and has been approaching and testing again and again."

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed as Song Yusheng said. Song Yusheng is always so kind and gentle to everyone, because of his character. He is like this in front of the world and will not change because of anyone. His behavior with Huang Ruotang is indeed measured. He is like this to others and also to Huang Ruotang.

But for someone like Song Yusheng, not having preference means not loving.

Apart from anything else, the fact that he couldn't even enter the door of Yuhui Hall was enough to show his attitude. But Huang Ruotang wanted the best and was unwilling to give up the man in front of him.

Now that things have come to this and things have come to this, how can she continue to insist? If she continues, she will get into trouble sooner or later.

Song Yusheng turned his head and saw that her face was pale. He smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, cousin. I don't want to make things awkward with you. Just tell me what you said that day and what you said when you went to the quiet room together just now. I promise that you can get what you want and marry a man of your dreams."

If Huang Ruotang told him, he would go and help her. If she didn't tell him, Huang Ruotang could guarantee that she would never be able to marry into a rich family in her lifetime.

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes helplessly. This time she could only betray Wen Chu. She said, "She asked me to help her get a pass that day and asked me to find a place in the south as my destination. I chose Nanchang Prefecture, which might be where she wanted to go. This afternoon, when I went to the quiet room with her, I just gave her the pass."

Nanchang Mansion.

After Song Yusheng heard what he wanted, he stopped talking to Huang Ruotang and turned away.

After Song Yusheng left, Huang Ruotang felt that he had lost all strength and fell to the ground.

It's so scary. If someone like Song Yusheng fights against him, he will never be able to win. There is no other way. I can only pray for Wen Chu's good luck.

After Song Yusheng returned to Yuhui Hall, he called Chunfeng and Dongyue and said in a cold voice, "There are two official roads to Nanchang Prefecture, one by land and one by water. Go and find them. If anything happens, just say that the Song Mansion is catching runaway slaves."

Chunfeng and Dongyue did not go out today and did not know what had happened. However, when they saw Song Yu was so angry and Wen Chu was not there, they knew that this dishonest guy had run away again.

Dongyue didn't know why Wen Chu was always so evil. As long as she was alive, he would never be at peace for a moment. She didn't know why the master didn't just kill this traitor and runaway slave with a sword.

Dongyue couldn't understand, so he went out with Chunfeng after receiving the order. He asked, "Master is ruthless in everything, but why does he tolerate this little Taoist priest again and again? He has betrayed him so many times, why doesn't he kill him?"

Chunfeng also didn't understand why his master, who was always self-restrained, always lost control when he met Wen Chu. Although he didn't understand, the relationship between men and women was nothing but "love". He was afraid that his master had been tempted by worldly desires.

Even though he guessed this, he didn't dare to say more.

Dongyue didn't expect Chunfeng to answer him. He shook his head and muttered, "Let's find someone quickly. If it's too late, the master will vent his anger on us sooner or later. Let's find Wen Chu as soon as possible and let her suffer on her own."

It would be better for me to die than for my fellow Taoist to die. Dongyue doesn't want to suffer along with him. He shudders at the mere thought of the ten whips he received last time.

*
Wen Chu and Qi Ying had already left Kyoto. As expected, with Qi Ziyuan's jade pendant and Qi Ying by their side, things became much easier to do.

With Qi Ying, Wen Chu realized how clumsy and full of loopholes her escape was. He followed Wen Chu and could erase all traces of her passing. If no one saw it, no one would know where Wen Chu was. Moreover, with Qi Ziyuan's jade pendant, without those identity documents, the road was smooth.

It was already dark and windy, and the two had been traveling for nearly half a day. Qi Ying was fine, but Wen Chu was so exhausted by the end that he had to find an inn to stay in temporarily.

In order to hurry up, the two of them took a narrow path. The place was sparsely populated and they were lucky enough to see an inn on the side of the road.

Perhaps it was because Qi Ying was used to being a secret guard, and he always hid in the dark in front of people and refused to show up, but even so, Wen Chu asked for two rooms to stay in the hotel.

At the front desk of the inn, Wen Chu was talking to the waiter. She said, "Two rooms, please."

The waiter saw that she was alone, but he didn't ask much, thinking that she had friends behind her. After Wen Chu gave him some money, the waiter said, "Go up to the second floor, turn right, and go to the two rooms at the back."

Wen Chu thanked him and turned to go upstairs, but the conversation of a table of people in the hall caught her attention. She pretended to be casual and asked the waiter for a cup of tea, and stayed there again.

"Keep quiet for a while, don't look for anyone anymore. The last time I ran into that official, I was so unlucky, and now I heard that something happened in Kyoto. It seems that someone died and was found. Brothers, please be honest for a while, do you understand?"

The waiter handed over the tea at the right time. When Wen Chu took it, she quietly looked at the table of people who were talking. There were four or five big men who looked very strong and scary. If Wen Chu didn't know that Qi Ying was hiding in the dark, she would never dare to stay here for a while.

Judging from the tone of the person speaking, he should be the leader of these people.

Dead Man Wen Chu remembered that when he came out today, someone seemed to have died at the polo field. Could it be that he was the same person as they were talking about? Then what kind of business do these people do?

Wen Chu guessed that it was not an easy job after all.

A younger brother next to him said, "Brother, what could possibly happen? Is there anything that Master He can't handle?"

The leader was furious when he heard that. He cursed, "Idiot! How many times have I told you not to address an adult by his last name in public? You stupid bastard, who are you trying to kill?!"

Lord He? How many Lord Hes are there in Kyoto? Apart from the He family, who else is there?

The younger brother was yelled at and touched his nose guiltily. He argued: "We are all employees in this store. What does it have to do with you?"

Wen Chu: Not all of them.

Wen Chu turned his head to look at the waiter, but saw that the man who was kind just now suddenly changed his expression and a hint of cruelty appeared in his eyes.

Wen Chu thought that this inn was in a remote location and few people came here. This place might be used as an inn on the surface, but in reality it was a resting place for their group of people.

She has entered a bandit's den!

Suddenly, she saw the waiter slam the table, and several big men over there stood up in response.

Wen Chu smashed the cup in his hand and shouted, "Help!"

The sound of the cups breaking was very ear-piercing. Moreover, Qi Ying had noticed something was wrong here when he entered the room and had been paying attention to the movements here. He appeared immediately when he heard Wen Chu's voice. Before everyone could react, he had already grabbed Wen Chu's collar and walked out the door.

I saw a black shadow passing by in front of me, and then the woman in front of me disappeared.

Everyone was shocked.

"What the hell, what happened just now?"

"I don't know, no, where is that woman?"

The leader stamped his feet in anger, "It's over! It's all over! If someone hears us, and if Lord He finds out, we'll be dead too!"

The younger brother reminded him, "Brother, you just said not to address adults by their surnames in public."

The man called the eldest brother was already full of anger, and when he heard this, he slapped the younger brother on the head and said angrily: "If you are not my biological brother, I will scatter your ashes today!"

Not only did those people not notice how Wen Chu disappeared, even Wen Chu himself did not know how Qi Ying had dragged him out. When he turned around, the inn had disappeared from his sight.

The two hid in a forest. Seeing that they were safe, Qi Ying let go of his hand.

After what happened to Wen Chu, her stomach felt churning and she could no longer hold it in, so she held onto a tree trunk and began to vomit. After she was done vomiting, she had no more strength left, so she went to a clean place and sat down on the ground, holding onto the tree trunk.

She also did not forget to praise Qi Ying, saying: "Your Qinggong is really amazing." She was a little curious, looking at Qi Ying and asked: "Tell me, is your martial arts better, or is your master's?"

Qi Ying's martial arts were so amazing, so what about Qi Ziyuan? Wen Chu remembered that when he was young, he could jump up a tree without using his hands, which was amazing.

Seeing her asking, Qi Ying replied, "You can't compare them like that. My only mission since I was a child was to learn martial arts. Later, when I became successful, I followed my master."

Wen Chu said: "Are all your secret guards like this? Have you been following your master since you were little?"

Wen Chu thought of Chunfeng and the others around Song Yusheng, who seemed to be similar to Qi Ying. Even though Chunfeng and Qi Ying had never met, Wen Chu felt that they were inexplicably similar. They often wore black clothes for night travel in order to be more convenient. They were also silent and didn't like to talk. Unless someone asked, they would never say a word.

Are all the secret guards in the world like this?

Have you been with the master since childhood? Qi Ying said: "I am a child of the Qi family, so this is the case. I don't know about others. However, a top secret guard must be loyal at least and must be trained from childhood. It is most convenient to select from the family."

Qi Ying was chosen when he was young, and since then, his life has been tied to Qi Ziyuan's.

He was used to being with Qi Ziyuan and hiding in the dark, but now that Qi Ziyuan had brought him to Wen Chu's side, he naturally felt a little uncomfortable.

But he must obey his master's orders.

However, Wen Chu was somewhat different from what he had imagined. Looking at Wen Chu's appearance, he thought she was someone who couldn't carry anything, and would complain of being tired after walking a few steps. But she stumbled all the way, and even after vomiting like this, she never complained. Thinking of this, Qi Ying's unhappiness completely dissipated.

He said, "I can't find any inns around here. If I were to look for one, I wouldn't know where it is. Tonight..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Wen Chu say, "Nothing, it's the same if you stay here overnight."

Things have come to this, what else can Wen Chu complain about? As long as Qi Ying doesn't think she is a burden, it will be fine.

She leaned against the tree branch, looking at the full moon in the sky, feeling sleepy and exhausted at the same time. Even though she was very tired and embarrassed, she couldn't help but feel happy and excited. As long as she could escape from that place, she would be out of breath after being trapped in that world and next to Song Yusheng. She didn't even dare to think about getting married. She didn't know if she was afraid of Song Yusheng or something else, but she knew that she didn't want to stay there.

He just hoped that he could run away, no matter where he went. This time, she had lied to him and really took advantage of his sincerity. If he was really caught, Wen Chu couldn't help shivering at the mere thought of it.

While the two of them were resting here, Dong Yue was looking for Wen Chu along the road to Nanchang Prefecture. However, he did not find any trace of Wen Chu along the way. He could not find even a trace. According to his understanding of Wen Chu, how could she, who was born with a stupid brain, understand these things? It didn't seem like she was the one. It felt like she had run into someone in the same industry.
Or maybe Wen Chu didn't take this road, but took the water route? But Dong Yue didn't dare to slack off, thinking of the worst case scenario, but she was afraid that there was someone around Wen Chu to help her, and that person looked quite capable, probably not inferior to them, so how could she not reveal her true identity with a burden like Wen Chu?

The next morning, Wen Chu and the others woke up and started on their journey again, and Dong Yue also found the inn.

As a secret guard, he felt that there was something strange about this place. Who would build an inn in such a remote place? However, Wen Chu might pass by here and rest here.

After he entered the store, he found that there was no one in the store except for a waiter. He went up to the waiter and asked, "Did any woman stay overnight at your store yesterday?"

The waiter's face changed slightly when he heard this, but seeing how the man was dressed, he didn't look like a good person, so he shook his head and said, "No, no, this place is so remote, and you don't see many people all year round. How could there be any people here?"

Dong Yue heard this and said with a half-smile: "Really? If that's the case, why open an inn?"

Seeing him like this, the waiter didn't want to cause any trouble, so he explained, "What can I do? This house was passed down from my grandfather's ancestors. It's right here. Can I just give it up? There will always be customers coming. I just need to make less money. Sir, if you don't want to stay at the hotel, please leave first. You are wearing so dark that it will scare other customers."

Dong Yue had something important to do, so he didn't bother talking to him. He just took out his sword and put it on the waiter's neck. He said, "I don't care what you do here. I just want to ask you if you have seen a woman."

Running an inn in a place like this, one could imagine what kind of dirty things they were doing. Dong Yue didn't want to delve into it, he just wanted to know where Wen Chu was. If he didn't tell her, he would take his life as well.

Dong Yue reminded the waiter: "You can be stubborn now, but believe it or not, in two quarters of an hour, I can still make you speak out."

Seeing that he was so murderous, the waiter dared not hide anything anymore and just concealed the things about them. He said, "I'll tell you, there was a woman, she was very fair and pretty. Besides her, there seemed to be someone else with her, but I didn't see what she looked like. She seemed to be wearing black clothes like you. I don't know anything else."

Dong Yue retracted his sword. It seemed that as he thought, there was someone helping Wen Chu. If so, it would be hard to find. After he went out, he said to a secret guard waiting outside, "Go back and tell the master that Wen Chu has someone to help her."

*
When Song Yusheng learned the news from the secret guard, he was still in the Dali Temple. Hearing this, he became even angrier and could no longer hold on to the smile on his face. He looked up at the secret guard and said, "Qi Ziyuan's people are carrying a burden. If Dongyue can't find them, then they should die."

Song Yusheng had a severe headache, and because he hadn't closed his eyes for a long time, his eyes were red. He couldn't stand it when he thought of the lies Wen Chu had said when she lied to him. He tried to find the last bit of warmth from Wen Chu, and coaxed her to tell him the lie of "never parting forever". It was like drinking poison to quench thirst, and in the end the poison took effect and he died. Every trace of memory made him feel heartbroken.

Thousands of voices appeared in his mind, which almost made him mentally insane.

"Aren't you a child prodigy? But why can't you even speak? People ask me that I have a younger brother who is a child prodigy. How can you embarrass others like this?"

"A child prodigy, a child prodigy who can't talk? I think the child prodigy is fake, and the idiot is real!"

"Giving birth to a son like this is already unfilial, I might as well just beat him to death today, so that he won't become a disaster for my Song family in the future and bring misfortune to our family!"

"If he survives, it's his fate. If he doesn't, that's also his fate."

Their voices were already very far away, but they still lingered in his mind, tugging at his nerves.

"I'll take you home"

"Sir, you must live a long life."

"I will never leave the prince in this life"

Wen Chu's voice collided with their voices. The clear and ethereal voice made him even more breathless than those voices.

Her lies were never sophisticated, but Song Yusheng always turned a blind eye. She never disappointed anyone and always remained faithful.

She was just like those people. Once she found the opportunity, she would give him up without hesitation.

His parents abandoned him because he was stupid; his family abandoned him because he brought shame to the family. But what about her? Why did she abandon him?

Why should she abandon him again and again?

Song Yusheng didn't understand, he just couldn't figure it out. He was so anxious that he bit the back of his finger, and blood was faintly visible on the bone.

Didn't he treat her well enough?
He began to recall.

But those past memories were playing hide-and-seek with him at this moment. At this moment, he couldn't even remember every moment he spent with her.

He could only vaguely remember how she treated him in Zhaojia Village.

If we compare how she treats him with how he treats her, then it seems that he really doesn't treat her very well.

His anxiety and restlessness seemed to be comforted a little. Yes, he treated her badly, so she ran away. Why not he treat her better?

He seemed to have found another solution, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw. There was another way. After she came back, if he treated her well, she would not leave him.

In the dead silence in the side room, a light laugh suddenly rang out.

She was only out for a few days and he would wait for her to come back.

When Song Yusheng returned to the Song Mansion, he ran into Madam Song blocking him.

After the eldest lady knew that Wen Chu had run away, Song Yusheng's condition seemed a little unnatural. However, she went to look for him several times, but he always made excuses on the grounds of official business. So she had no choice but to arrest him here.

The eldest lady couldn't help but said, "She ran away, so why do you have to do this for her? She's just a maid. How can you keep thinking about her because she saved your life?"

Song Yusheng smiled, "Why can I not forget it so much? Isn't it because you killed me once? Everyone wants something, so it's normal for parents to want something from their son, and I can understand it. But when they can't get what they want, they want to kill him and let him die. I can never understand that. What happened in the past is over, so let it go. I won't argue with my mother about it."

"I don't care how you treat me." He frowned and continued, "But don't say bad things about her. Not today, and not even when she comes back."

He remembered that in the past, his mother often said bad things about Wen Chu, but he kept silent and even demoted her to a maid.

Is this ok?

impossible.

The eldest lady was frightened by Song Yusheng's appearance, and her voice was trembling. "What do you mean come back? Didn't she run away? Are you crazy?"

When Song Yusheng heard this, he frowned even more tightly, but he still said stubbornly: "It's just that I wasn't very nice to her in the past, so she might be a little angry, but she will come back in the future."

The eldest lady looked at Song Yusheng like this, and he seemed to be a little crazy. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a moment. He was crazy.

When she came to her senses again, Song Yusheng had disappeared from her sight.
Only Mrs. Song, who was extremely frightened, was left.

Is he so stubborn towards her because of that old incident?
Regardless of whether it was true or not, if he didn't mention it, the eldest lady would definitely drag him to ask for an explanation. But Song Yusheng had already said so, so how could she dare to say anything else?

After all, none of them could do justice to Song Yusheng for what happened back then.

(End of this chapter)