The Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Prince: Opening Up Wastelands and Being Pampered

After the ascension of the new emperor, Gu Yuzhi, only five years old, was exiled to Mobei with the title of Prince Wen. Ministers objected, officials sympathized, and even his retinue believed he ...

Chapter 268 Chief Secretary Xie, This Family Can't Do Without Me

Looking at Gu Yuzhi's puffed-up cheeks, Chief Secretary Xie couldn't help but sigh: "But Your Highness, the difference between a good person and a bad person lies precisely in this."

Good people use moral laws to restrain themselves when they do things, but bad people do not.

Gu Yuzhi turned his head and snorted, "I didn't hit anyone else! I only hit bad guys!"

No matter what Xie Changshi said, he was determined to continue putting sacks on people!

The remaining few people are not going anywhere!

What Xie Changshi didn't expect was that his words of advice stirred up the deepest rebellious thoughts in Gu Yuzhi's heart: "None of these people are good, but just because there is no evidence, we can't punish them!"

He snorted, "If I can't arrest you, I can't arrest you. Can't I even get some revenge behind your back?"

He grumbled and mumbled in a very low voice: "I didn't follow my brother, the King of Chu, in making up evidence when I didn't have any, and it was all fake evidence!"

Gu Yuzhi thought angrily, "So what if I'm put in a sack!"

Don't think he didn't realize last night that the two guys who got beaten up either went home or went out to do something bad!

Those two houses with signs might be casinos inside!

He had heard Mingli mention that casinos offered a wide variety of gambling options, not just cards and dice, but also cockfighting and cricket fighting...

Gu Yuzhi snorted and glanced at Xie Changshi. When he saw Xie looking at him, he immediately turned his head to the side, crossed his arms, and snorted heavily.

He had made up his mind. If Chief Secretary Xie spoke ill of him again, he would openly lead Guard Qi and the others to storm his door, regardless of whether Xie had any evidence or not!

This was the first time Gu Yuzhi had strongly expressed his dissatisfaction, leaving Xie Changshi and the others stunned.

Especially Xie Changshi.

After the young prince arrived in the northern desert, apart from the occasional mischief, he basically learned whatever they said, to the point that he forgot that the young prince was almost seven years old and had his own thoughts.

He patted his chest and sighed. Thank goodness, he had already figured it out. Otherwise, if he had heard the young prince say that, wouldn't he have created a rift between them because of his stubbornness?

Chief Secretary Xie immediately laughed and said softly, "Your Highness, that's not what I meant. I meant that Your Highness could invite me to go with you next time!"

Gu Yuzhi was already prepared to be reprimanded by Chief Secretary Xie, and that Chief Secretary Xie might even complain to his elder brother, the Emperor.

To everyone's surprise, Chief Secretary Xie suddenly changed the subject and said that he should be taken along.

When Xie Changshi suddenly said this, Gu Yuzhi's first reaction was not that it was great, that he wouldn't have to sneak around anymore, but rather that Xie Changshi was trying to trick him into revealing information so that when he really wanted to take action again in a couple of days, Xie Changshi would get rid of him.

Gu Yuzhi suddenly shook his head vigorously, "No, no, how could I think of Chief Secretary Xie like that? Chief Secretary Xie is not that kind of person!"

He blinked and asked tentatively, "Chief Secretary Xie, are you serious? You'll come with me to put sacks on the ground?"

Seeing Chief Secretary Xie nod solemnly, Gu Yuzhi suddenly slapped his cheek.

He said silently, "Teacher Shu, Teacher Shu, is this what you mean by the world becoming fantastical? Chief Secretary Xie actually wanted to put a sack over his head!"

Teacher Shu didn't know what to say either.

Although the young prince always said that Chen Dianyi was like an old scholar in terms of teaching, in Shu Xiaohan's opinion, Xie Changshi was the real old-fashioned when it came to his code of conduct.

He constantly instilled in Gu Yuzhi the idea of ​​how to be a good prince, suppressing Gu Yuzhi's childlike nature, but never told Gu Yuzhi that he, as a prince, had many privileges.

He should be able to laugh when he wants to laugh and cry when he wants to cry, instead of being so rigid in every word and action!

If it weren't for the fact that the young prince went blind, Xie Changshi might have realized that there were some problems with his previous education, which had unknowingly allowed the young prince to unleash some of his true nature. Shu Xiaohan actually wanted to encourage the young prince to do some rebellious things.

But who would have thought that Xie Changshi would have a change of heart over something as trivial as putting a sack over a bag?

Shu Xiaohan had her doubts, but seeing the young prince's happy expression, she could only nod and say, "Yes, yes, yes, Manager Wen and I both heard it. Chief Secretary Xie made it very clear that he is indeed going to get involved in the sack-catching business!"

Having received an affirmative answer, Gu Yuzhi chuckled and clenched his little fist, saying, "Alright then! Thank you, Chief Secretary. General Lu said that tomorrow night, the rest of the men will also be going to that alley. We'll still ambush them in that house!"

Chief Secretary Xie raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced subtly at Guard Qi who was pretending to be nonchalant, and smiled faintly: "General Lu was involved too?"

He suddenly remembered the night the young prince and General Lu first met. The young prince held General Lu's hand and kept acting coquettishly, saying things like, "General Lu, you are so good."

It seems that General Lu won the young prince's trust that very night.

If he lost to Guard Qi and the others, that would be one thing, but to lose to General Lu, whom he had only met once, Chief Secretary Xie said he was not satisfied!

However, Chief Secretary Xie was not the kind of person who would speak ill of someone behind their back. He simply inquired carefully about what happened last night, and when he heard that they had just thrown the person down there, Chief Secretary Xie shook his head slightly.

Indeed, this family can't function without me.

"Your Highness, didn't you consider that leaving someone at the gate of the house might be discovered by other passersby?"

"Since the house across the alley has been uninhabited for a long time and is covered in dust, these soldiers will definitely find it when they conduct a thorough investigation. Has Your Highness considered how to deal with it then?"

"No way! Prefect Ke said that the back door of this house is locked from the outside, and it was sealed off after we left. Besides, General Lu is here, so they won't be able to find this place."

Gu Yuzhi felt increasingly pleased with himself as he spoke.

That's the advantage of having someone behind you. Manager Wen said that what these businessmen want most is to find a powerful backer.

Xie Changshi's face was now as ugly as it could possibly be.

He had always thought that, no matter what, he held a very high position in the young prince's heart. But what happened last night made him realize that he was no match for two people who had only met the young prince a few times!

I can't stay in this house anymore!

Chief Secretary Xie was furious and wished he could leave now so he wouldn't have to stay here as a superfluous person.

Before Xie Changshi could even get up, Gu Yuzhi grabbed his hand.

His big eyes crinkled with laughter: "Chief Secretary Xie, Chief Secretary Xie, I'll feel very at ease if you're here tomorrow night!"

"You have no idea how scared I was last night!"

The anger that had risen within Xie Changshi was completely extinguished...