Chapter 759 Bluffing

The room was not too big, and a tea stove and cups were placed on the sandalwood table.

The flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the water in the pot churned.

Ji Rongqing saw him come in alone and couldn't help but chuckle: "Sir Song is really brave, daring to come to the meeting alone."

Song Jinxiu looked up at the extremely familiar face, noticing the playfulness in his eyes. He walked straight over to sit down opposite Ji Rongqing and said calmly, "Even Prince Consort Ji dared to come see me, so why shouldn't I dare? After all, I wasn't the one who was ungrateful and cold-hearted back then."

Ji Rongqing chuckled when he heard this: "What is Lord Song talking about?"

Seeing that he was unwilling to admit it, Song Jinxiu sneered, "Nothing, what does Prince Consort Ji want to talk to me about?"

"Of course I want to thank you, Lord Song, for the gift of medicine."

Ji Rongqing took the teacup and scalded it with a teacup holder. He said in a clear voice, "I've had headaches for years. I've sought out famous doctors all over the world, but none have been able to cure them. I never thought that Lord Song could find a skilled doctor from the Wei Dynasty to bring me such a miraculous medicine. That Mr. Zhang is quite capable."

"But although Beiling had countless spies in the Wei Dynasty in the early years, I had never heard of such a capable merchant."

Song Jinxiu glanced up at him and said, "There are countless talented people in this world, how could the Prince Consort know them all? Besides, the Zhang family has always been established in Beiling, and has long since taken root in the Imperial City. The Prince Consort has never heard of them. I guess it's because he has only been in the Princess's Mansion for a short time and is busy with his love affair with the Princess, so he has no time to care about other things."

He was full of sarcasm, and was almost saying that Ji Rongqing was climbing up by pulling Princess Chuyun's skirt.

Ji Rongqing was not annoyed when he heard this. He just raised his lips and said, "Master Song has some truth in what he said. The princess cares about my health and is extremely careful and attentive, fearing that trivial matters outside will disturb me. It would be better for Master Song to be free and unrestrained. He just needs to kneel, kowtow, flatter, and display his talents to gain the attention of the Imperial Master."

"you!"

Song Jinxiu looked at Ji Rongqing, his initial anger quickly giving way to a cold laugh. "Even if I'm a stray dog and try to keep my life in a low position, I can't compare to my old friend. After all, in order to cut off the past, he slaughtered all of his clansmen, leaving no one of the same bloodline behind."

"He betrayed his ancestors, slaughtered his closest relatives, and single-handedly destroyed a family that could have been illustrious. I heard that his grandfather and father hated him so much when they died that they refused to even mention him. Perhaps even in hell, he's still thinking about his retribution..."

He raised his eyes and looked at Ji Rongqing:

"That's not right. Maybe the retribution has already come, Prince Consort Ji, don't you think so?"

Song Jinxiu emphasized the three words "Prince Consort Ji" very strongly, and the mockery on his face was not concealed at all.

Ji Rongqing's originally faint smile smoothed out. Although he didn't reveal much emotion, at least the smile that was annoying to Song Jinxiu was gone.

Ji Rongqing said, "Sir Song, do you think I can't do anything to you?"

Song Jinxiu smiled faintly: "If Prince Consort Ji could do anything to me, why would he have asked me to come here tonight?"

When Ji Rongqing suddenly mentioned the Zhang family just now, he was indeed shocked for a moment. After all, the pill was given to him by Zhang Bin. But then he remembered his dealings with Zhang Bin, and the people in the princess's mansion would definitely be able to find out.

If they could really do something to Zhang Bin, Ji Rongqing would never have come to see him alone.

Song Jinxiu remembered that Zhang Bin had told him before that he had contacts with many powerful people in the imperial city, and when he first came to Beiling, he relied on the Zhang family's connections to gain a foothold and make Xiahou Ling pay attention to him. So in other words, Ji Rongqing came to see him because he couldn't defeat Zhang Bin at all, and no matter what he said now, it was just bluffing.

Ji Rongqing looked at Song Jinxiu intently and found that this former "close friend" was really different from before.

The eldest son of the Song family used to be a self-proclaimed gentleman, and everything he did was within the rules. Even though he had the arrogance of an official's son, his mind was simple and easy to understand.

But Song Jinxiu is completely different now, and it is impossible to deceive him with words.

Ji Rongqing said, "It's not that I can't do anything to you. You betrayed the Imperial Master's Mansion and secretly communicated with the Princess' Mansion. You also concealed the fact that you had something that could control the Princess' Mansion. If Xia Hou Ling knew about this, I would kill you without a burial place. The only person I can't touch is Zhang Bing."

"Since Lord Song is so intelligent, hasn't he ever considered how Zhang Bin, a mere merchant, could find the miraculous medicine that the entire Princess's residence couldn't find despite exhausting all their efforts? And why does he make the Princess and I wary of him? We know that if we capture him, we'll get the miraculous medicine, but we dare not touch him?"

He put down the teacup in his hand and said:

"When Lord Song fled from the Wei Dynasty, so many people from the Wei Dynasty were chasing him. How could the Emperor of Wei not be able to kill a stray dog with his ability?"

"Have you ever thought about how you were able to escape? Why did you happen to meet Zhang Bing? Why did a businessman who travels all over the country for profit risk everything to go against the Emperor of Wei and save you, a person with no future and on the verge of death?"

Song Jinxiu felt a little shaken when he heard this, but he calmed down in just a moment.

It's not that he hadn't doubted Zhang Bin. When he was like a frightened bird and didn't dare to trust anyone, when he entered Beiling and realized that Zhang Bin was far more capable than he thought, and even when he saw those unfamiliar faces in his house last night, he had become suspicious.

But Zhang Bin never hid anything from him.

When they were fleeing, Zhang Bin did not take the initiative to save him. He was the one who tried every means to get entangled with the Zhang family's caravan. In order to save his life, they forcibly tied him to the Zhang family, so Zhang Bin had to save him. It was only after the two of them spent many days together and experienced life and death several times that Zhang Bin changed his attitude and opened up to him.

After entering Beiling, Zhang Bin told him about the Zhang family's connections, never hiding anything from him. He even told him who he could control and who he had leverage over. The Zhang family's study and warehouse were never guarded against him, and Zhang Bin told him everything he knew.

Song Jinxiu looked at Ji Rongqing and said, "Prince Consort Ji, there's no need to sow discord between me and the Zhang family. Zhang Bin and I are close friends. I know everything about him. It's his ability that makes the Princess' Mansion wary of him."

Seeing that he was not moved at all and his expression didn't change at all, Ji Rongqing couldn't help but frown.

Does Zhang Bin really have Song Jinxiu's trust?

Or did Song Jinxiu already know Zhang Bin's background, so he was fearless?

Ji Rongqing's face darkened. If Song Jinxiu was truly fearless and even had a sincere friendship with Zhang Bing, then what he could get from Wei would be far more than he had thought before.

Ji Rongqing lost the mood for small talk and said with a cold look, "Since Lord Song said so, I am in vain for being a lowly person."

"However, Lord Song has never had much of a relationship with the Princess's Mansion. He suddenly sent medicine here without the knowledge of the Imperial Master's Mansion. I think he has something to ask of the Princess's Mansion. Lord Song, please feel free to tell me what you think."