At this moment, Zhou Ziqiong wished she could kick Jing Zhe.
Do you know how dangerous it is right now?
Do you know how anxious I am?
Why are you saying these things in such a dangerous and urgent situation?
Do you think you're funny?
However, before she could speak again, a gap opened in the crowd, and Chen Jiannan and the others who were guarding in front of them were forcibly separated by a group of burly men.
Following this opening, Jing Zhe saw Manager Hu. When Manager Hu saw Jing Zhe, he was quite excited. He then turned around and said something to someone behind him. When he turned back, his excitement was palpable.
Standing behind him were Prince Yu and Master Qu, who stood with their arms crossed, looking on with amusement.
At this moment, a commotion broke out again outside Juxianlou.
"Get out of the way, all of you get out of my way!"
"Hey you, what are you doing standing there like a pillar?"
"You stole my money, fine, but you dare to swagger into Juxianlou and cause trouble? You're asking for it!"
"Hehe, this kid probably never dreamed that I'm from Ruzhou, right?"
"This is what they call 'searching high and low'... What was it again? Right, it's like finding rice effortlessly when there's nowhere to be found!"
"..."
Jing Zhe recognized the voice; wasn't it Yu Haixing?
He had barely finished speaking when he received immediate support from the onlookers.
According to onlookers, Yu Haixing was robbed by Jing Zhe and his group on his way back from out of town. After losing so much silver, Yu Haixing was punished by his father by being locked in a dark room when he returned to his family home. As a result, Yu Haixing has been appearing less in the city recently, and he was not even seen attending the Lantern Festival Poetry Gathering last night.
Jing Zhe, who had robbed him of his silver, was so smug that he came to Ruzhou on the way. Because the silver was all stolen, he spent it lavishly, spending more than two thousand taels of silver on riddles without a second thought.
But he never expected that the person whose silver he had robbed was in Ruzhou City, and was even the son of the governor!
The onlookers, who thought they had learned the "truth," became excited and consciously made way for Yu Haixing to confront Jing Zhe face to face.
Meanwhile, Prefect Liu and his constables followed Yu Haixing, waiting for him to identify Jing Zhe so they could take him away!
...
At this moment, Zhou Ziqiong was so nervous that her hands and feet were sweating, her body was trembling slightly, and her face was deathly pale.
She turned to look at Jing Zhe, only to find him sitting calmly in his chair, legs crossed, sipping tea with an air of nonchalance, as if the matter had nothing to do with him…
Seemingly sensing her unease, Jing Zhe reached out and gently patted Zhou Ziqiong's hand twice. Zhou Ziqiong looked up at him and did not resist his sudden physical contact. Instead, she felt inexplicably at ease.
At the same time, he was somewhat surprised, because Jing Zhe's current behavior was the same as before he guessed the riddles and wrote poems last night. Could it be that he had found a solution this time as well, so he was not in a hurry?
But... this is different from last night!
Well, what's done is done, we can only let him do as he pleases!
At this moment, Yu Haixing, with his hands behind his back, swaggered into the main hall of Juxianlou, followed closely by Prefect Liu and a group of constables. Yu Haixing looked as if he were inspecting a work site.
Upon seeing the Crown Prince of Yu, Yu Haixing nodded to him without stopping.
"Come, let me take a good look at this guy. Is he really the one who robbed me of my silver the other day? How dare he be so bold—"
Before Yu Haixing could finish speaking, he saw Jing Zhe sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, looking at him with a half-smile!
Yu Haixing's previously arrogant face turned pale instantly!
Shopkeeper Hu thought he hadn't looked closely enough and didn't know who they were there to arrest, so he quickly pointed at Jing Zhe and said, "Young Master Yu, it's him, it's him!"
"..."
Yu Haixing took two deep breaths, then cupped his hands and said, "I made a mistake, I made a mistake! Ouch, my head hurts! I have to go back, go back!"
Before anyone could react, Yu Haixing turned and ran out. When everyone came to their senses, Yu Haixing was nowhere to be seen.
The group was stunned and speechless.
...
Yu Haixing has really had a run of bad luck lately. He finally got into Wuxian Pavilion, but he's only an outer disciple. He can't even eat or live in Wuxian Pavilion. He just has the title.
He had hoped to use the opportunity of becoming a disciple of the Wuxian Pavilion to make his family proud and gain his father's attention, but he ended up making a fool of himself.
However, he took a liking to Wang Yingqiu and heard that the newly appointed Pavilion Master Mu Qingren's most prized disciple was Wang Yingqiu. So he took advantage of the martial arts tournament to go to Jingzhou, hoping to develop a good relationship with Wang Yingqiu so that his status in Wuxian Pavilion could also rise accordingly.
Unfortunately, he encountered Jing Zhe.
At the time, he was unaware of Jing Zhe's prowess, which led to numerous conflicts with him. After returning to Ruzhou, Wuxian Pavilion officially kicked him out. His uncle, Duke Yu, wrote a letter to his father, and his father beat him and confined him to his quarters.
It was only then that he realized how formidable Jing Zhe was.
Moreover, he secretly resolved that he would no longer pursue Wang Yingqiu's schemes, and he would not go to Jingzhou again, lest he run into Jing Zhe again and incur bad luck.
He will stay in Ruzhou from now on. After all, in Ruzhou, even the heir of King Yu has to give him face.
For example, last night, although his father had locked him up, when the Crown Prince of Yu went to see him, his father lifted the lockdown, only telling him not to cause trouble when he went out!
Hehe, he knew that although his father was strict, he didn't dare to disrespect King Yu. As long as it was something that the Crown Prince of Yu asked him to do, his father would basically not ask too many questions.
The matter that the Crown Prince of Yu asked him for help with was very simple: he wanted to falsely accuse a stranger of stealing his money. He was a little suspicious. The Crown Prince of Yu, with Prefect Liu as his backer, couldn't even handle such a small matter and needed him to take action.
However, he was too lazy to think about it too much. Anyway, the Crown Prince of Yu had promised him that as long as he completed the task, he would receive a large sum of silver as a reward. With this silver, he could enjoy himself in the Juxianlou restaurant for a while longer!
He thought it was a good job; all he had to do was show up, point things out, and say a few words. Little did he know, things were far more complicated than he imagined!
When Yu Haixing saw Jing Zhe's familiar and handsome face, he couldn't bring himself to utter a "Holy crap" in his throat.
Holy crap...
No wonder even the heir of King Yu couldn't handle it; even if his father, King Yu, came, he still couldn't do it!
Why did you call me here? Are you trying to annoy me, or are you deliberately trying to harm me?
Yu Haixing grew angrier the more he thought about it, cursing Yu Wang's heir and Manager Hu in his heart before running away without looking back.
They ran away...
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