Chapter 151 Second Senior Brother Brat!
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“This old man only came a bit late, and the Zhua Zhou ceremony is already over? Why did you even put firecrackers on? I was only able to hear the sound, but did not see it? Where were the fireworks?” After entering the door, Xu Lao had a face-to-face meeting with the imperial soldiers. After an exchange of looks, he asked strangely: “Hey, why is it so busy? What are you doing?”
“Be careful, Xu Lao, there is an assassin over there!” Xia Yuqing hurriedly broke free from Feng Tingye’s arms when she saw Xu Lao coming in.
“Assassin?” Xu Ge shook his little white beard. He looked down, and stared at someone who was lying on the ground.
“You, you, you… Little Second, why are you here?”
The black shadow lying on the ground made a bitter face and said with a smile: “Master, this disciple came to visit Junior Sister from a long distance, but I didn’t expect that as soon as I met Junior Sister, this disciple would be awarded a hidden weapon. Disciple is really hurt. ”
Little Second? Disciple? Junior Sister? Xia Yuqing was stunned once again by this sudden turn of events. She pointed to the black shadow on the ground, “Xu Lao, who is this?”
“Oh, look at my memory, little apprentice, come over and meet your Second Senior Brother. You kid must have annoyed your Junior Sister by doing petty thefts again, otherwise, why would she give you a hidden weapon casually?”
“……” Master, your heart is really biased.
“Second Senior Brother?” Xia Yuqing was startled for a moment before exclaiming.
“Yes, he is your Second Senior Brother, Yun Zhongyue. Normally he is wandering around and idle, like a brash monkey. Xu Ge also has not seen him for a while, Xu Ge did not think he would appear like this.”
“Yun Zhongyue?” Shao Zitang, who was watching, mumbled the name in a low voice, thoughtfully.
“Why, do you know him?” Feng Tingye raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice.
“It sounds very familiar, but I can’t remember it on the top of my head.”
The two, master and disciple, were chatting heatedly, when suddenly they heard a faint moan.
“Master, Junior Sister, although it is not very polite to interrupt you, but can you help me first? If this goes on, my blood will have all emptied.”
“……”
A good Zhua Zhou feast due to the appearance of a pistol ended with chaos. Although the ministers who came to the banquet dispersed, the powerful shock of the pistol was engraved in everyone’s hearts. Xia Yuqing’s family once again set off a frenzy of rumors, triggering a heated discussion among the people of Ye State.
At the beginning, it was rumored that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was born with supernatural strength. When he was born, auspicious clouds shrouded him symbolizing the descent of a god, the rightful son of heaven.
Later on, it was rumored that the Royal Mother of the Crown Prince was also a goddess, who helped the royal family many times during their times of calamity. One’s contributions cannot go unnoticed, so she was a goddess sent by the gods to defend the royal family of Ye Kingdom.
Later, it was rumored that the Royal Father of the crown prince was not a mortal. He was specially sent by God to join hands with the Crown Prince, father and son, to lead Ye Kingdom to an unprecedented prosperous generation.
Finally, the rumors…
There were all kinds of rumors. Anything that could have been thought of was spread. By the time Xia Yuqing found out, she had been preached to be even more white than Bai Suzhen (white snake empress). Even she could not bear this amazing rendition of herself and wanted to lift the hem of her clothes to see if there was a tail coming out from behind her.
In response, Xia Yuqing silently looked at the sky. She was really just an ordinary mortal, please let her go!
Of course, these were all things to follow. At this moment, Xia Yuqing was standing at the side hall of Qianqing palace, looking at the young man on the couch who was grimacing due to the disinfection and bandaging by the old doctor.
The man on the couch looked around 23 or 24 years of age. Wrapped in black and white, the young man compared to the average man had a more slender waist, almost comparable to a womens. Accompanied with his delicate handsome face, waist-length hair casually draped in front of him and half-lying on the couch, it gave birth to a kind of enchanting drunken concubine look. This was quite an alluring sight.
Ahhhh …… they were simply the best flat-chested Uke! If this was placed in the Xiaohu Pavilion, it would have been an unshakable top card. Any casual move of his could lead to empty alleys, traffic jams, and blood flow. This picture was so beautiful, even if she bled to death, it would be worth it!
Feng Tingye looked at Xia Yuqing’s eyes sparkle with excitement and his eyes went cold. The gaze looking at the person on the couch was chilly.
“Why did it become so cold all of a sudden?” A cold sweat broke out for Yun Zhongyue making him feel a cold, abhorrent rush from behind his neck. This feeling seemed rather sour (reference to when people are jealous – they are vinegar jars -> sour)!
“Of course you will feel a bit cold if you lose too much blood, but what kind of weapon is that? The old man had been practicing medicine for decades, yet this is the first time in his life to see such wounds. Not only were his wounds mangled looking like it was from a blunt weapon, but it was deeper than most sharp weapons. The most important thing is that there were some burn marks on the surface. It’s weird, very weird.” The old doctor stared at the wound on Yun Zhongyue’s left arm. He was surprised and puzzled.
Feng Tingye’s lips twitched slightly. When everyone’s attention was attracted to Yun Zhongyue, he handed a praising look to the big bun beside him: “Son, good job!”
The big bun nodded, accepting Feng Tingye’s compliments, then he nestled into the arms of Zhang Sunshi.
“Doctor, how is Young Master Yun’s injury?”
“Reporting back to the emperor, Young Master Yun’s body is not affected, but his skin is injured. After a few days of medicine, it will be enough. However, he has lost too much blood, so it will be best for him to recuperate for the next few days.”
After hearing this, the big bun in the arms of Zhang Sunshi yawned a little regretfully. Unexpectedly, he didn’t even shoot the dead b*stard who bullied his sister. His dog life is quite tough, he is rather hard to kill.
“That’s good that he is fine. Xu Lao, what is with your disciple? How could they mess around within the palace? Fortunately, you arrived in time to clarify for him, otherwise if the imperial army surrounded him, then even a god wouldn’t be able to save him.” Zhang Sunshi sighed, looking at someone’s bandaged wound on his left arm and couldn’t help complaining.
Xu Lao smiled embarrassingly: “This little brat usually doesn’t learn from example and enjoys to learn this kind of petty thieving. This old man has told him countless times, yet he doesn’t change. Today will be a good lesson for him, so he knows his own abilities. Otherwise, who knows which day he will die on the beam of another’s roof.”
“Master, why are you cursing your own apprentice so much?”
“You wicked disciple, Master is doing this for your own good. You don’t even know what is good or bad?”
“Roof? Thief? Are you the king of thieves, thousand-hand god thief, Yun Zhongyue?” Shao Zitang finally guessed the identity of Yun Zhongyue from the words of the master and apprentice.
“Unexpectedly, someone in this great palace has heard of my name. It seems that my reputation in Jiang Hu is quite well known.” Hearing Shao Zitang’s question, Yun Zhongyue did not deny it, instead, he was quite satisfied.
“…No, Second Senior brother, you think too much. I don’t think anyone here has heard of your name except for Xiao Shangshu, a half-member of Jiang Hu.”
“…” The smile on Yun Zhongyue’s face stiffened. Then, he gave a light cough. He looked at Xia Yuqing a bit sadly, “Little Junior Sister, you are really not cute.”
“…” Senior Brother, I’m just telling the truth. Also, please don’t talk to me in such a familiar tone. Didn’t you see the face of my family’s Ultra Seme Lord is black? Are you looking to…die?
“You fool, what’s so good about a reputation for petty theft? It’s shameful to have that spread. Your master is ashamed! How could I be blind enough to take you in as an apprentice who doesn’t make something of themselves? ”
“I also don’t understand why Master was willing to accept me as a disciple. Anyways, Master, you always speak about expelling me from the sect.”
Xia Yuqing’s eyebrows trembled and she asked curiously: “Second Senior brother, then how can you still be in the sect now?”
“Little Junior Sister, you must not know anything. Don’t listen to the little old man’s nonsense. Being your senior brother, how could I be a petty thief!?”
Xia Yuqing’s eyes flashed: “Aren’t you? Are you not the king of thieves, the thousand-handed god thief? Are you not stealing things?”
Yun Zhongyue took a deep breath. He stretched his hands and feet, then spoke with an unruly expression: “Stealing is a nasty way to put it, instead, you should say that I am robbing the rich and helping the poor.”
“…” Is there any difference between the two? Xia Yuqing was speechless for a moment: “Which family is Senior Brother robbing and which family is Senior Brother helping?”
“Of course, your Senior Brother robbed the world’s ill-gotten wealth to relieve our poor master.” Yun Zhongyue’s words were astonishing.
“Oh, so that’s the case.” Xia Yuqing nodded in a daze, then suddenly reacted. She looked at Xu Lao with surprise.
Feng Tingye and the others were also taken aback. They looked at Xu Lao’s flushed old face.
“Let me just say, Xu Lao usually provokes people and squanders his money too much. All those things are not cheap, but I have never seen Xu Lao ever complain about being poor. So, it turns out he’s already been given emergency relief!” Looking at Xu Lao with a smile, it caused Xu Lao’s complexion to change.
“Little Yan, no one will treat you as a mute if you don’t speak at this time. And you, you fool, you really want to anger this old man?”
“Master don’t get angry. It is easy to get old when you’re angry. Look at your current graying beard. If you continue to age like this, you may have to ascend to heaven. This apprentice is not blessed, and cannot stand a master who has turned into a deity. Burning incense and worshiping all day is too exhausting.”
” …… ” Senior Brother, is that you trying to extinguish the fire? Why does it sound more like adding fuel to the fire?
Xia Yuqing silently covered her face. Once again she has confirmed that this younger and weaker Second Senior Brother standing in front of her was definitely a brat as a kid, no, he is still a brat now!
“So, you really are the Thousand Handed Thief?” Shao Zitang squinted his eyes and listened to the conversation of the group, then interrupted in due course.
Yun Zhongyue pushed away Xu Lao who was pulling his neck. Then pretending to fix his ripped clothes, he raised his head: “That’s right. You can change your name, but you can’t change your surname, it is I. “
“…” Senior Brother, ah, Senior Brother, is being a thief good? If you can have such a resounding reputation, you must have stolen quite a lot of things in the area, right? So should you admit your identity like this? Aren’t you afraid that all of your enemies will line up to besiege you? !
“Zitang, have you heard of this person?” Towards this man who suddenly appeared in the harem and judging the attitude of his son, it is very likely that this man has been lurking in the harem for a long time. Thus Feng Tingye was wary. There was no change in the slightest, even after knowing that this person was Xu Lao’s apprentice. As long as he thought about how a strange man has been in Xia Yuqing’s bedroom for a few days, or even longer and had not been discovered by anyone, he couldn’t help but breed a little anger.
Perhaps Shao Zitang’s words were not unreasonable. The imperial army in the palace has been re-trained, yet the people in the palace were not aware of him. Fortunately, this person did not have errant thoughts, otherwise Xia Yuqing and the others’ safety…
“It’s just hearsay and Jiang Hu rumours. Reportedly, the Thousand-Handed Thief is nimble and quick and capable of entering or leaving the palace courtyard at whim. He appears and disappears unpredictably, like a ghost without a trace. In this world, there are only things he doesn’t want and nothing he can’t steal. But he doesn’t steal everything. This person likes rare treasures. If they aren’t priceless, then it can’t even enter his eyes. Since he first entered Jiang Hu, he has stolen countless rare treasures, yet no one has seen his face. His appearance is still a mystery in the eyes of all the people in the world. I didn’t expect to see the true face of this famed person in the palace, let alone the fact that the person who caused an uproar in the world…could be this young.”
Xia Yuqing glanced at the cocky brat and said nothing. She also didn’t expect that her Senior Brother would be such a powerful thief!
“Hey, that’s not right! Since no one has seen my Second Senior Brother’s face, how do they know that those things were stolen by Second Senior Brother?”
“Because every time your Second Senior Brother steals something, he would leave behind a handkerchief embroidered with a green foxtail (type of grass) as a mark of his visit.”
“…” Sure enough, even thieves like to act like a pretentious prick these days. After stealing things, they would leave behind a symbol to demonstrate their strength? Do they think they are Yizhimei? (a masked vigilant group that steals from the wealthiest and the most corrupted to help the people in need) And even if you want to be a pretentious prick, at any rate, you should choose a more beautiful and noble flower like how Yizhimei chose plum blossoms. What is a green foxtail going to tell others? That you are going to be tenacious and an unyielding grassroot? Can you not be so grounded?
Xia Yuqing was too lazy to complain. She silently covered her face and turned aside. After listening to Shao Zitang’s introduction, a cold light flashed across Feng Tingye’s eyes: “Then…why did the famous thousand-handed thief from Jiang Hu appear in our palace? Is it possible that there are some rare treasures in this palace that entered the eyes of Young Master Yun?”
The smile on Yun Zhongyue’s face was stiff. After resuming his original unrestrained attitude, he spread his hand, “Actually, it’s nothing, but I heard that Eldest Senior brother has frequently entered and left the Ye Kingdom palace recently. It’s always been beauties that cause Senior Brother to indulge in pleasure and forget about his home and duties. Since I had nothing to do recently, I decided to come over here to see Senior Brother, and to see Junior sister who I had never met before.”
A person who likes rare and precious treasures would act like a person who enjoys beauties and travel all the way to just see a girl? Feng Tingye’s eyes darkened slightly, a contemptuous smile appeared on his lips. I was as if he was telling Yun Zhongyue, ‘do you think I would believe you?’
“It turns out that seeing me was along the way!” Xia Yuqing murmured.
“Hmph, this shameless apprentice. Knowing to visit them, but not even mentioning a word to your master, this wicked apprentice is infuriating!”
“…” Master, are you trying to act cute again?!
Xu Lao who was wounded by his second apprentice angrily rushed to his two young disciple grandchildren for comfort, but as soon as he approached, he saw the trophies grabbed by the two buns.
“Ouuuuu, even my little disciple grandchildren don’t love me anymore. They didn’t even grab the mechanism box placed on the table by Grandpa Master, uuuuuuuu… Grandpa Master is so sad!”
The big baby just rolled his eyes back in disdain. This strange old man is the same as his strange mother. He didn’t want anything this man made.
The second baby was much more lovable. She chuckled with joy and clapped her two little hands. Then everyone heard a click, and a small, cute mechanism bunny fell out of the second baby’s sleeve.
“…”
“Mechanism…Mechanism beast, I knew it. I knew second bun still loves Grandpa Master. In the end you still chose Grandpa Master’s mechanism device, hahahaha…” Xu Lao was stunned. He sprung up happily, then he grabbed the second baby in Xia Muyun’s arms excitedly.
“Xu Ge, you misunderstood, that mechanical device was actually…”
“You don’t need to mention it, I know, I know. How could it be possible that the child born from my little apprentice would not have talent in practicing mechanisms. Sure enough, the little baby has definitely inherited your talent. This is good, the art of mechanisms will finally have a successor.”
Xu Lao hugged the second baby hard. His thick stubble rubbed against the second baby. She started feeling uncomfortable, and wanted to cry with her mouth pouting. Seeing this, the big baby’s eyes went cold. He leaned out of the arms of Zhang Sunshi, and wanted to beat Xu Lao.
Xu Lao was startled. He hurriedly let go of the second baby: “Oh, oh, sorry, my dear, it’s Master grandfather that is not good, hugging too tightly.”
He was holding the second baby’s little tender hand and didn’t let go. He gave off a smile like Buddha.
“…” Xia Yuqing looked at Xu Lao’s excitement. It was really hard to tell Xu Lao that the little white rabbit was used to tease Dun Dun this morning. Because it was so small, it fell into her collar. Who knew that it would fall out with a pat at this time. It was not there because Dun Dun grabbed it.
“Ah, that’s great. It’s a pity that neither of the two children grabbed Ai Jia’s jade pendant.”
“Jade? Is the empress dowager speaking of this piece of jade pendant?” Xia Muyun said as she fished out a jade pendant tied to the second baby’s wrist. This was the jade that was thrown aside by the second baby at that time.
“Oh, you are worthy of being Ai Jia’s golden grandchild, you even took it back again. How great, let your royal grandmother kiss you.”
“Gege…” The second baby smiled happily, shaking her wrists.
Strange, wasn’t that jade pendant thrown aside by Dun Dun? How did it appear in Dun Dun’s hand again? Xia Yuqing was puzzled. Then, she saw Xia Muyun winking at her, and instantly…understood.
Shoot, so that works too?! Oh, this is cheating, cheating! Is it okay for a Zhua Zhou ceremony to be like this?
“Okay, it’s late, let’s talk about other things later. The two children are sleepy. Everyone should go back to their residence. Master Yun can sleep here tonight, Ting Er go to Qing Er’s.” Since her item had been grabbed, Zhang Sunshi was facing unspeakable joy. Watching the appearance of the two children yawning, she immediately decided to take the two golden grandchildren back to the palace to sleep with her this evening.
After the Empress Dowager gave the order, Feng Tingye and Yun Zhongyue looked at each other one more glance, but they didn’t continue to delve into it. When Feng Tingye was leaving the door, he just whispered to Shao Zitang to find out the details of this person.
At this point, the Zhua Zhou feast had its curtains fall down, but the real troubles did not halt.
It was already the next morning when Su Wuduan heard about Yun Zhongyue being discovered in the palace. The first sentence when he saw Yun Zhongyue was: “I thought it was weird that you vanished after that day I saw you in Xia Country, so you came to Ye to hide?”
Afterwards, seeing Yun Zhong Yue’s arm wound, he took joy in his disaster. But soon he couldn’t laugh because he had discovered since his whereabouts had been exposed, Yun Zhongyue began to frequent Xiefang Hall.
Where is Xiefang Hall? That was the place where his wife was staying. Then he recalled the rumors in the palace. Yun Zhongyue had actually been staying in the palace of Xiefang long before being discovered. My wife is so good, if that kid, Yun Zhongyue, stays there for a long time, what if he falls in love with his wife?
Thinking like this, Su Wuduan felt a sense of crisis arising! There are things that if you don’t think about it, it’s fine. But the more you think about it, the more likely it’ll happen!
As a result, Yue Zhongyue borrowing the excuse of excessive blood loss, ran to Xiefang Hall to eat and drink. Just like that, enemies would inevitably clash, he encountered Su Wuduan blocking the entrance of Xiefang palace.
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