Yan Jie's suspicion only lasted for a moment. He soon concluded from the clues revealed in that instant that the Prime Minister's son was probably the more important person between the two.
I felt relieved, but also somewhat taken it for granted.
After all, he is that man's son. Although I don't know how he got involved with the boy from the Chai family, how could he just be inferior to others?
After thinking it through, he no longer disliked Chai Zhu as much as before.
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Although he ended up like this unexpectedly, Yan Jie actually had no intention of doing anything.
Here he could eat and sleep, drink and get drunk, and there were no annoying words that he was tired of hearing. As for the surrounding environment, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Yan Jie didn't want to get involved in this mess.
If the person sitting on the throne can't even solve this little trouble, he should just abdicate and let someone else take over.
but……
Should we say he is worthy of being his son?
Yan Jie felt a little angry, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch upwards.
Forget it, forget it.
He couldn't just leave the two boys alone.
He thought for less than a breath before making a decision.
After thinking about it, he lowered his head and looked at his current clothes, his brows instantly locked together.
He raised his hand and shook the prison door as he had done every time before. The iron chains rattled, and after attracting the jailer, he made his request in the same nonchalant tone as if he was never sober, "I want to take a bath."
Chai Zhu didn't know if this was a secret code, but after the man uttered these two words, the jailer's impatient expression froze, his face twitched a few times, and his attitude suddenly changed. Chai Zhu watched the jailer respectfully invite the man out of the prison.
Chai Zhu also soon realized that no matter whether it was a secret code or not, "bathing" must be real.
When he saw the middle-aged scholar in a blue shirt walking towards him, Chai Zhu did not recognize at first that this was his elder brother who had been his neighbor for a few days.
He wore a jade crown to tie his hair up, and held a feather fan in his hand. Even though he had some signs of age in the corners of his eyes, he still looked like a gentle and elegant gentleman. It was just that he was too thin, and in dim light, he looked a little gloomy. But if you looked closely, you would feel that the gloom was just an illusion.
The scholar walked very slowly. Chai Zhu made some guesses from his walking posture, which was trying to be normal but still revealed some disharmony - the man seemed to have a limp in his right leg.
Just as he was guessing, he saw the middle-aged scholar approach him and waved the prison door twice nonchalantly, "The boy from the Chai family."
The familiar door-shaking action suddenly made the visual sense stronger.
Chai Zhu:!
Really?!
Chai Zhushang didn't understand why his neighbor came back to see him, but the jailer next to him looked embarrassed first.
But the middle-aged fat man who came with him, who was of higher status and seemed to be a manager, glared at the jailer and scolded him, "Why don't you just follow Mr. Yan's orders?!"
Chai Zhu: “…”
It turns out that this wine brother’s surname is “Yan”.
After being scolded, the jailer bowed and came forward to open the lock, but he seemed to be a little afraid of "Mr. Yan" and deliberately took a big detour from the side.
It is true that he should be afraid. A prisoner who had been tortured by others suddenly became a big shot that his superiors had to respect. Who wouldn't be afraid? It seems that although the jailer had a special attitude before, he didn't know the other party's identity.
Chai Zhu guessed so, and at the same time pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation between the two people outside, or rather the one-sided flattery of the manager.
"I'm glad you figured it out."
"I have sent a message back. The master will be very happy when he hears about it. When you leave, I will prepare a banquet to welcome you..."
“…”
“…………”
“Pah—”
The sound of the chain falling to the ground was not loud amid the conversation not far away in the night, but Chai Zhu's fingers hidden under his sleeves twitched. He hid the empty water bag deeper into his sleeves, but his body involuntarily became tense.
Chai Zhu didn’t know what Mr. Yan wanted to do?
He could have gotten out by just saying something, but he stayed in prison. What happened earlier that made him suddenly change his mind and come back to find him?
He didn't think that their friendship was deep enough to allow the other to take the initiative to rescue him.
In fact, up to now, the two had only spoken once, and it was Chai Zhu who took the initiative to approach him, and the other party was too lazy to even respond. In this situation, it was really hard for Chai Zhu to believe that the other party's behavior was out of goodwill.
Chai Zhu was more inclined to believe that his previous actions had aroused the other party's vigilance, so this person chose to strike first.
He was not sure whether Huo Yan had noticed his previous hint (Chu Lu:? Hint??), but the time was so short that even if Huo Yan had noticed it, it would not be enough for him to make any arrangements.
Chai Zhu licked his cracked lower lip nervously, but it was difficult for him to think of any way to deal with the situation.
He could hear from the manager that this group of people were trying to recruit Mr. Yan, who seemed to refuse at first but suddenly agreed.
Maybe we can create some discord between them?
There is indeed nothing wrong with the idea, but Chai Zhu knows very little about both parties and the practicality is basically zero, which is almost equivalent to pure wishful thinking.
Chai Zhu: “…”
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Yan Jie naturally saw the boy's alertness and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Young people...
He couldn't help but wonder if he was also so naive back then, with all his thoughts written on his face and revealed without reservation?
I wonder if that adult is feeling the same way as he is now...
No, if it was that adult, he would have watched all this with a more tolerant and gentle heart.
He lowered his eyes slightly, suddenly losing interest, and was too lazy to deal with the chattering manager next to him.
Yan Jie suddenly felt like drinking, but now was not the time to get drunk.
At least, wait until this matter is over.
...Two ignorant boys.
Chai Zhu cautiously avoided the maid's clothes (search) and (body), cautiously finished bathing, cautiously took back the accessories he had worn before being locked up, cautiously sat down at the dining table, and cautiously (?) ate a bite...
Chai Zhu: “…”
It’s really not his fault; the food on the table smells so good.
Including today, it has been five days, a total of five days, and he has only drunk two bowls of porridge. Is this the amount of food a teenager in his growth period should have? ! This does not include the time the other party spent on the way to tie him up here.
If Chai Zhu hadn't known before he left that he was most likely going to attend a Hongmen Banquet and had eaten a full meal in advance, he might not have been able to hold on until "Brother Huo"'s bowl of life-saving porridge!
Anyway, at this moment, a table of food was placed in front of Chai Zhu, whose eyes were almost green. The person opposite him said with a smile, "Eat." Chai Zhu felt as if these two words were a cry from the bottom of his heart, and he subconsciously did as he was told.
After he scooped up the bowl of soup closest to him and gulped down half of it, his rationality, which had been kicked aside by his instinct, slowly came back online.
Chai Zhu: “…”
He put down the bowl in his hand stiffly, as if it were a rusty chain.
The person opposite was also eating. He was holding the bowl of porridge in a tea-tasting posture, savoring it mouthful by mouthful, but he seemed to care nothing about the food in his hand. Chai Zhu was clearly convinced that this person had eaten less than him in the past two days.
Of course, alcohol doesn’t count…
Seeing Chai Zhu stop, the man also looked up.
The expression on his face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and Chai Zhu could vaguely see some of Huo Yan's shadow in it.
Chai Zhu:!
He quickly shook this terrible thought from his mind.
Brother Huo is a living Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering.
“The kindness of a bowl of porridge” will be unforgettable forever.
If Brother Huo thinks it through in the future and is really willing to consign his calligraphy and paintings to the Chai family, he is willing to take only 10% of the profit.
He quickly shook the thought out of his mind, and when he looked again, the smile on the man opposite him had become sinister.
"Eat it," the man said lightly, "even if it's really poisoned, there's no way you can be saved. You might as well die full."
Shibazu: ! !
Chai Zhu stared at the scholar opposite him in shock and accusation. The meaning in his eyes could be roughly translated as "You look like a decent person, but you actually poisoned someone?!"
But after the shocking accusation, I felt that what this man said really made a lot of sense.
Since you can't even survive, it's certainly more cost-effective to die of fullness than to die of starvation.
As a result, Chai Zhu ate with no psychological burden at all.
Seeing this, Yan Jie couldn't help laughing.
Unlike Chai Xiangjin, this kid from the Chai family is really interesting.
As he was thinking about it, his breathing became a little unstable for a moment, and he began to cough softly. It took him a long time to calm down. It was really because he had abused his body too much over the years.
On the other side, Chai Zhu was concentrating on eating and didn't notice the little episode happening opposite.
Although the table was large, it was a good place for people who hadn't eaten for a long time, and there was no greasy food that was difficult to digest. Although Chai Zhu wanted to eat some pork elbow, he had been hungry for so long, so he was fine with just something to eat, and he wasn't picky.
However, Yan Jie on the opposite side had no appetite at first, but seeing the boy wolfing down the food, he actually drank most of the bowl of porridge. He did not put down the bowl until his fragile spleen and stomach began to feel vaguely uncomfortable.
Seeing that the guy's eating speed had slowed down, and he finally regained some manners and manners, no longer grabbing food as he did at the beginning, Yan Jie thought that it was about time.
He got straight to the point and said, "You came here to investigate Prince Jingning's rebellion, right?"
Chai Zhu: ???
!!!
"Puff - cough -"
“Cough cough cough – cough –!!! – ugh –”
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