Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 335 I Can Really Bear This Injustice

The stone arch bridge is quite old. The animal carvings on the railings have been polished smooth and covered with glaze. People coming and going have witnessed the years and countless stories.

The man who was blocking the road did not turn around, but put one hand behind his back, looked at the river under the bridge and said with a smile: "It's not really a teaching, I just want to say a few words, I hope you can listen to me, little brother. I think you are a smart person."

Who are you? Why do you call me brother as soon as you come? Do you know me?

Chen Xuan was puzzled when he heard this. A congenital master came to him specifically. Who did he offend?

Then he felt amused. This person seemed to be even more pretentious than himself. He would only try to have fun when they were in a good mood, but the other person seemed to be maintaining the demeanor of a superior all the time.

But then again, he has reached the innate realm, and at the age of over forty, his true energy is still quite strong. Even in a place like the capital, he is an extremely powerful existence. He can hold his head high even in front of kings and nobles. This must be acknowledged, so he can't be said to be pretending.

The value of the four words "innate master" is not exaggerated. Not to mention the whole martial arts world, even in the entire Jing Kingdom, he is a first-tier figure. As for the grandmaster, he can be said to be detached from the world and does not care about worldly affairs. Anyway, he is truly worthy of the title of master.

His mind flashed. The other party's attitude was quite acceptable, not rude. Chen Xuan was not in a hurry or that angry. Curious about why the other party blocked his way, he listened attentively with interest and said, "Please speak."

The man still didn't look back, raised his hand and pointed to the small river below: "There, do you see it?"

What was going on? Chen Xuan tilted his body, stretched his neck, looked in the direction he pointed, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Glancing at Chen Xuan, and seeing that he wasn't playing dumb but genuinely didn't understand what he was referring to, he patiently said, "Over there, by the river, do you see a small cluster of lotus leaves?"

"I saw it, and then what?" After he said this, Chen Xuan really saw it and asked according to his words.

He chuckled and asked, "What's on the lotus leaf?"

"Lao Gebao, what's the matter?" Chen Xuan turned around and looked at him and asked. Although he knew that he must have a reason for blocking his way and what he looked at was meaningful, he still thought to himself, could it be that this guy's innate cultivation is so poor that he can't even afford to eat meat, but wants to take a bite of a toad if he catches it?

He smiled, then looked at Chen Xuan and said, "I'm glad you saw it. Look, that toad is so thin and small. What do you think after seeing it, little brother?"

Raising his eyebrows, Chen Xuan held something in one hand, looked at the toad under the bridge, then looked at the other person. He was pointing at me.

Feeling happy, scratching his butt cheeks, Chen Xuan pretended to think: "A scabby? It's so thin and small, but I actually think it's pretty cool."

"Hang?" After hearing Chen Xuan's words, the man's eyes were slightly confused. What did this mean?

Waving his hands, Chen Xuan said: "It just means it's awesome."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" He suddenly became interested.

Chen Xuan wasn't in a hurry to leave now. He simply sat down on the railing and said with a smile, "Because, if it doesn't start talking in spring, which insect would dare to make a sound? Don't you think it's awesome? Isn't it awesome? What do you think?"

Hearing what he said, the other party smiled, but the smile disappeared from his face. He looked at Chen Xuan and asked, "Wow, you are so arrogant. I admire you a little bit. Little brother, do you really not understand or are you pretending to be stupid with me?"

"I'm just describing it, I don't mean anything else, don't get me wrong. No, brother, I was just walking on the street, and you just called out my name, doing this weird thing to me, and I haven't even asked you what you did." Chen Xuan spread his hands, and suddenly found it a bit interesting. So, someone saw that he was too idle and brought him some fun.

Hey, don’t mention it, this is the first time Chen Xuan has encountered such a thing. In the past, he always took the initiative to join in the fun, but now the fun has finally come to him.

Chen Xuan wasn't stupid; he probably understood why the other party had come. He had only been in the capital for a few days, and hadn't come into contact with anyone besides the little princess. And now he was comparing him to a toad. Needless to say, he was just hitting on himself.

So who sent this person?

Then, as for the matter of his meeting with the little princess, the little princess herself and the people around her probably would not reveal a word. Secondly, considering how favored the little princess was, her husband must know about it, and it would be difficult for other people to get access to this matter. So the question becomes interesting, so how did others know about his private meeting with her?

Chen Xuan knew it with his ass. Either the little princess had a traitor around, or the old emperor had spies around him. Thinking about it again, it was unlikely that someone close to the little princess had revealed it. Because the emperor was old, how many people hoped for his death? He had to find ways to insert people to seize the initiative.

As a little princess, how many people are watching her? Her mere identity is an unparalleled bargaining chip for certain people.

Tsk tsk, the little girl is heartless and really a pitiful creature. I guess apart from her husband, few people really care about her.

Because he had private contact with her, someone thought that his appearance would affect the little princess's dealings with him or them, so he sent someone here?
Okay, I won't look for trouble, trouble will come to me, let's have some fun, but I don't know if 'you' can afford it!

He had this interest because, firstly, the little princess was Chen Xuan's friend after all, and secondly, since she had come to him, how could he not show some appreciation?

He wasn't angry enough. At his level, it was just a minor quarrel.

When many thoughts flashed through Chen Xuan's mind, the innate master who came to him smiled again, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Chen Xuan was the ignorant smile of a young man.

From his perspective, this was indeed the case. He shook his head and said, "Little brother, whether you really don't understand or you're just pretending to be stupid, if you're smart, just think about what I'm saying to you. That's all I have to say."

What did you say? Just let me see the toad, okay? You're playing your sister's charades.

Without waiting for him to speak, the other party reached into his sleeve, pulled out a stack of banknotes, waved it into Chen Xuan's hand, turned around and said, "Little brother, let's go, take this money and leave the capital, just as if you have never been here, the farther you go, the better, don't make mistakes, if you are not stupid you will know how to make a choice, you should feel lucky, really, some people are too tolerant of you, if, I mean if, you make a fool of yourself, the next time they find you, the attitude will not be the same, I sincerely hope you can listen to it"

Watching his back as he walked away, Chen Xuan looked down at the banknotes in his hand and was confused by the other party's actions.

I thought he was going to do something to me, but he ended up giving me money? He rubbed his fingers together, counted the banknotes, and twitched his lips. There were twenty five-thousand-liang banknotes, the kind commonly used in banks across the country!

This isn't right.

One hundred thousand taels, the other party actually offered one hundred thousand taels to let you go? Anyway, that's what it means.

He's a pretty nice guy.

In other words, for some people, the impact of my appearance has risen to the level of one hundred thousand taels. For such people, there is probably no need to make a fuss about problems that can be solved with money, otherwise it is likely to cause complications.

Honestly speaking, Chen Xuan is a real character as he can solve the problem in this way.

But what made him laugh and cry was that this was nothing. It was like someone throwing out 100,000 taels of silver and saying disdainfully, "Take this money and stay away from the little princess. If you don't know what's good for you, you'll have to think about it yourself."

Blinking his eyes, Chen Xuan wondered why he was a little tempted. One hundred thousand taels, a full one hundred thousand taels, that was a lot of money.

To be honest, this is really too much. Even Chen Xuan doesn't understand what kind of mental state the other party is in to do such a thing.

"Oh no, this is like giving it away for free. I didn't ask for it, they just insisted on giving it to me. What a nice person!"

Chen Xuan smiled happily and quickly stuffed the banknotes into his arms. Look, he should go out more often. There is no free lunch in the world, but he did lose money, and a lot of it.

As for the other party's attitude of asking him to take the money and leave, Chen Xuan just ignored it.

I do whatever I want, who has the right to tell me what to do?
The innate master who gave Chen Xuan the money left leisurely in a good mood. Now that the work was done, he could go back and reply. He hoped that the little guy was a smart person.

'As expected of a prince, this kind of magnanimity is not possessed by ordinary people. Just a mere sum of money can solve the problem without any unnecessary complications. If someone else faced this kind of unexpected incident, I'm afraid that kid would have been chopped into minced meat', he thought to himself as he left.

The next moment, he felt his shoulders sink slightly and someone placed a hand on them.

This gave him a shock. He was a congenital master. Not only did he not feel someone approaching him, but he even didn't react when someone put their hand on his shoulder!
While he was in doubt, he heard the voice of Chen Xuan, who had just separated from him, saying beside him: "Brother, tell me how much kickbacks you took. I don't mean anything else, I'm just curious. Don't worry, this money was picked up for free. It's your business whether you take kickbacks. I'm just asking, how much did someone spend to get me to leave?"

Shocked, he glanced at Chen Xuan's hand on his shoulder from the corner of his eye, then turned his head slightly to look at Chen Xuan's face which was full of enthusiasm and curiosity. For some reason, he felt his body stiff and his heart was scared.

How could he be a fool if he could cultivate to the innate realm and live to be over forty years old?

The fact that Chen Xuan was able to put his hand on his shoulder like a good brother without him reacting speaks volumes.

This is not on the shoulder, it's on the neck!

My Lord, I have done the work as you instructed, but it is obvious that I cannot do it. This person is not just an insignificant little person. His strength is so great that I cannot even react to it. If you do not treat him properly, there will be trouble in the future!
Swallowing quietly, he looked at Chen Xuan awkwardly and said, "No... not much, I just secretly withheld 200,000 taels."

"Fuck, brother, you have no sense of propriety. You just took two-thirds of it?" Chen Xuan glared. Firstly, the other party took too much kickbacks. Secondly, someone actually took out three hundred thousand taels just to make him get away from the little princess. Three hundred thousand taels, how many lives can this buy?
With such a move, the other party definitely wants to do something big, guaranteed.

"Well, Mr. Chen, I'll give you the rest right away," the other party said cautiously, taking out the remaining banknotes and handing them to Chen Xuan.

Look, the address has changed and the attitude has suddenly become friendly.

Chen Xuan said helplessly: "Oh, brother, you are so embarrassed. I said I was just asking casually, and I didn't ask you to give me the rest. I feel so embarrassed."

Then don’t take it.

Seeing Chen Xuan kicking a stack of banknotes into his arms, his heart was bleeding. Two hundred thousand taels! Being a servant in the palace, he couldn't earn that much even in several years.

Then Chen Xuan still put his arm around his shoulders and acted like a good brother, and asked with interest: "Well, tell me, who is so generous? I have to thank them later, otherwise I will feel embarrassed."

A full three hundred thousand taels of silver notes, and Chen Xuan could totally bear the grievance of calling himself a "little brother" and "what's wrong with being a grandmaster".

Hearing this, the other party hissed in his heart and thought to himself, "Prince, you are wise. Really, if you didn't spend a lot of money to let him go, but resorted to force, you would probably have to be protected by the crowd for twelve hours a day. You are clearly a lawless person."

As a person, you must be flexible and adaptable. The other party immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, it's His Royal Highness Prince Jiang. He happened to hear about your young talent and sincerely wants to make friends with you."

"Haha, no problem, no problem. Please go back and tell King Jiang that I recognize you as my friend. I'll visit you when I have time." Chen Xuan smiled with relief, patted his shoulder and left in a leisurely manner.

He didn't tell lies.

As for making friends with King Jiang, it's not impossible as long as you continue to be so generous with money.

"So it's Prince Jiang. No wonder he's so generous. For someone who does big things, hundreds of thousands of taels are nothing. If he can use the little princess's identity well, he might even be able to win over an aristocratic family to his side," Chen Xuan sneered in his heart.

Oh, by the way, what was that guy's name? I forgot to ask. Never mind, it's not important. He's just an errand boy...

(End of this chapter)