Chapter 50
Shi Ye's heart sank, and he said, "Then ask Yin Jianyue to leave later, and you wait here for me to come back." He quickly found a way to solve the problem, but it was rejected by Wang Sheng the next moment.
"No, Yin Jianyue can't stay in Pingyang for too long. Not to mention whether His Majesty will blame her, even the Empress will become suspicious. And Yin Jianyue's random movements will be discovered by those with ulterior motives, alerting the enemy." Wang Sheng looked at Shi Ye, analyzing something so clearly for the first time. "Master, do you believe me?"
Ever since Shi Ye knew Wang Sheng's purpose, he has been explaining to Wang Sheng the functions of the ghost master and telling him everything he has seen and heard, teaching him everything he knows.
Wang Sheng himself also listened to him very carefully, trying hard to digest what he taught, and made rapid progress.
How could Shi Ye not believe him? In his opinion, Wang Sheng was already stronger than many ghost masters, not to mention that he had a biggest trump card on his body. But this was not a reason for him to let Wang Sheng go back alone.
"I believe you, but I want to follow."
Wang Sheng looked up at Shi Ye in surprise. This was a bit unlike the decisive and judgmental Shi Ye. But no matter who heard such firm words, it would be unbearable to be moved, especially him, especially when the person in front of him was Shi Ye.
The handsome young man with a sword on the opposite side just stared at the person he liked in front of him, losing his usual ability to think.
Because of the rain, the Tuanyuan Study was a bit crowded. Wang Sheng carefully glanced around, making sure no one was watching their corner. He quietly stepped forward, covered Shi Ye's side with his sleeve, and reached out to squeeze Shi Ye's hand.
Shi Ye's eyes widened instantly. He looked at Wang Sheng and his heart began beating violently.
It was raining heavily outside the study, isolating this place from the world. Inside the study, there were waiters doing odd jobs and customers who came to buy books. They all gathered together because of the sudden rain, and then started chatting about all sorts of things.
No one cares about the two people holding hands in a corner.
It was the first time for Wang Sheng to do such a thing outside. Although homosexuality is prevalent nowadays, no good man would do it as openly as he did, so he is not a good person either.
Someone who was also not a good person raised his lip and pushed the man to the corner step by step, trapping him there. However, the two did not dare to do anything too ridiculous. After all, they were still outside, and there were so many people around. Who knew someone might see them here?
Wang Sheng looked at Shi Ye's expression and felt itchy inside, but he still held back and said, "I'll go back first and ask for some information. When you've finished your master's business, come find me. I'll wait for you, okay?"
At this moment, the two of them were like lovers who had secretly agreed to elope. Shi Ye also knew that this was the best choice. He grasped the hand under his sleeve and said in a deep voice, "Promise me that you will wait for me and never fall into danger alone."
Wang Sheng nodded repeatedly: "I cherish my life very much, I will definitely wait for you to come." He was greedy for money and afraid of death. The former already had the guarantee of Shi Ye, a rich man, and the latter also had Shi Ye's support.
"When everything is over, I will buy a house in Zhang County with the money I saved. I will move in then. When you are okay, come find me. When I am okay, I will follow you around to do good deeds and exorcise evil spirits. How about that?"
His previous plan was just to buy a house and spend the rest of his life there, but now there is also a time in this plan.
Shi Ye smiled at him, which was also a second assurance to him, and for Wang Sheng, this was also the best response to him.
"good."
"You look for me, I look for you, okay!"
Just as Shi Ye finished speaking, a plump bird flew over, circled above their heads, and loudly shouted what it had just overheard. Immediately, everyone in the study looked in their direction.
When someone moved to walk around the bookshelf to see what was going on here, Wang Sheng quickly shook his hand away. Shi Ye also took two steps back suddenly, picked up a book on the bookshelf and pretended to read it, no longer having the toughness he had before.
Just one day later, the prince set off. Wang Sheng sat in Yin Jianyue's carriage with him, put down the backpack, lifted the curtain and took a last look at Pingyang City.
They had set off in a hurry the night before. Originally, they could have walked a distance, but Shi also said that it would be faster for him to walk alone, so that he could get back to Yuntaishan as soon as possible to finish his business, so that he could go to the capital to find Wang Sheng earlier.
This was the first time the two had been apart for such a long time. Wang Sheng let down the curtain, still feeling a little uncomfortable.
Yin Jianyue sat neatly in the carriage. Seeing Wang Sheng's actions, she lowered her eyes and muttered something, then raised her head and looked directly at Wang Sheng, "Cousin, what is your relationship with Shi Ye?"
Wang Sheng leaned against the car and dozed off. He said calmly, "What does it have to do with you? Is it important?"
"Of course it's important!" Yin Jianyue became excited. "Cousin, from what I know, this person is extremely cunning and scheming. Although he's young among ghost handlers, he's notorious for being evil. He'll kill the evil spirits of anyone he doesn't like, just because he doesn't like them. How can I feel safe with you around him?"
Wang Sheng opened his eyes and looked at Yin Jianyue with doubt. Is this true? Why had he never noticed any extreme behavior from Gu Shi in the past few months? Instead, he was the one who kept saving people.
He said directly: "I like him, what's the problem?" So even if there really were any problems, he would accept them.
Yin Jianyue was immediately choked, "You, this!" How could two men say such things? !
Although Wang Sheng's method was crude, it was very effective. At least Yin Jianyue, who advocated love between men and women, no longer mentioned it in front of him.
Pingyang City is not very far from the capital, but it is still quite a distance. It took Wang Sheng and his group more than ten days to return to the capital.
In order to further confirm Wang Sheng's identity as an aide, Yin Jianyue changed him into a set of elegant clothes. As long as Wang Sheng didn't speak, he would just stay there quietly. Coupled with that extremely deceptive face, he really looked mysterious and like an aide.
Wang Sheng lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and saw the soldiers guarding the city gate let the group of people in with a look of panic. The carriage drove onto the street, and the capital city in Wang Sheng's memory overlapped with reality at this moment.
He lowered the car curtain. To be honest, nothing made him feel more nostalgic for Zhang County.
While putting down the jade token, Zhao Hongde whispered to the two people in the carriage that someone had gone to the city gate to report the news, then he lowered the curtains and followed the carriage quietly.
The prince had been sent to Pingyang, the nearest city, to store grain a month ago. Now that he had suddenly returned, the people stationed by the queen at the city gate hurried back to the palace.
The carriage gradually drove to the gate of a towering palace. Yin Jianyue looked at Wang Sheng anxiously and said, "Cousin, don't you really need to go back to...the Princess's Mansion first?" Don't you need to go back and take a look first?
Wang Sheng showed no expression and didn't reply. He leaned one hand on the windowsill, looking at the palace where he had lived for six years. After not returning for twelve years, it was still the same, with the same winding palace.
He couldn't see it when he was young, but now he can finally understand why the eldest princess doesn't like to come here.
On the way back to the East Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs on both sides of the road leaned against the wall with their heads lowered, waiting for the prince's carriage to pass by. However, they were stopped by someone in front before they had gone far.
Zhao Hongde reminded quietly: "Your Highness, it's Aunt Du Ruo."
Wang Sheng had withdrawn his hand long ago. He still remembered Du Ruo, the queen's personal maid. He didn't expect that she was still around after so many years.
A voice came from the front: "Your Highness, the Queen has sent a servant to summon you to Changqiu Palace."
A hint of coldness flashed in Yin Jianyue's eyes. He had just returned, and he couldn't wait to send someone to call him. At this rate, he had to go right now, otherwise there would be no need for people to block the road.
Everyone in the palace knew that the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Queen was not very good. Whenever the mother and son met, they were like strangers who knew each other well. They were not even as close as the Crown Prince and a cat in the Eastern Palace.
Yin Jianyue still remembered that before the eldest princess died, the queen would go crazy in Changqiu Palace all day long, smashing things and beating the palace maids whenever she was not satisfied. She disliked the eldest princess very much, even though they were not close friends and they did not meet normally. No one knew why she hated the eldest princess so much.
Yin Jianyue, who was still very young at the time, was also implicated and was often punished by her. Her supervision was even stricter than that of the Crown Prince's tutor. She always had to make him remember his identity and do what he should do. She didn't allow him to do anything that he would do at that age. This is also one of the reasons why the relationship between mother and son is not good now.
But Yin Jianyue was raised by the Queen, and he could not disobey her orders, even though he looked very unhappy now.
Yin Jianyue had no choice but to say to Wang Sheng, "Cousin, you go back first. I'll be back soon."
Wang Sheng nodded and got out of the carriage. He looked straight ahead at his own path and stepped on the footrest carried by the palace servants. He knew that Du Ruo was looking at him.
Wang Sheng lowered his head and pretended to be trembling as he stood by the roadside watching Yin Jianyue's carriage leave. Zhao Hongde stayed and accompanied him back to the East Palace.
Zhao Hongde arranged accommodation for Wang Sheng near Yin Jianyue's bedroom as instructed. He watched as the palace was being cleaned up, then said to Wang Sheng, "Sir, if you need anything, please tell me. If you see anything missing, I'll go get it."
Ever since Zhao Hongde learned that Wang Sheng's identity was not ordinary, he changed his previous arrogant attitude and acted very submissively in front of Wang Sheng, for fear that Wang Sheng would say something to the prince if he was not satisfied.
Wang Sheng waved his hand casually, "Everyone, go away. I don't need anyone to serve me here."
Seeing so many people gathered here waiting to serve him, Wang Sheng felt uncomfortable all over. He was no longer destined to enjoy a life of luxury. After everyone left, he couldn't wait to take out the paper figurine and write on it.
Wang Sheng had no fixed place to live during this journey, so Shi Ye could not send him any letters. He could only write to Shi Ye in Yuntaishan, talking about trivial matters. He didn't know whether Shi Ye received his letters.
He told Shi Ye that he had arrived at the East Palace, and asked Shi Ye how he was doing now. He said that he was very comfortable in a large palace all by himself, and if he came, half of it would be more than enough.
After he finished writing all the nonsense he needed to say, he sealed the contents inside the paper man according to the method Shi Ye taught him, then asked Zhao Hongde for a carrier pigeon and released it out of the window.
After the carrier pigeon flew away cautiously, Wang Sheng's smile faded.
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