Tyrant’s Consort Too Arrogant - C172

Liu Zhufeng stood in place, unable to bear asking further.

Sometimes, he felt that his master was an existence as powerful as a god.

Sometimes, she felt that her master was too weak to withstand even a single blow.

But from start to finish, Liu Zhufeng still did not know what she was thinking. He did not know where she came from, nor did he know where she was going to go.

— In the end, Wandering Garden could not keep her here.

He had heard that the East Mountain was a very beautiful place.

Birds chirped in the mountain stream, and spring water splashed onto the pines.

On the road leading to the east mountain, there was a man dressed in plain clothes. He was travel worn, but had a calm and elegant expression.

He stopped in a teahouse and had just taken a sip when he noticed that the little girl in the teahouse was peeking at him.

Pei Ruochen smiled and nodded towards the little girl.

The little girl was stunned for a moment. Her face flushed red as she quickly entered the room.

Beside him were two strong men, who were drinking tea in a big bowl. Seeing how awkward she was, they could not help but laugh out loud, holding their own bowls, they ran over to Pei Ruochen’s table, one of them teased: “Little brother, seeing your imposing manner, you must be from the capital right? “You don’t look like a laborer …”

“I came from Beijing to teach at Eastmount City.” Pei Ruochen replied politely.

He was originally a bookish person, so his reply was convincing.

When they heard that it was the teacher, the two immediately became respectful. The more ordinary people were, the more they understood the tradition of respecting their teachers and teaching them.

“Oh, it’s you, sir. Our boss is too rude. This bowl of tea, let’s consider it our treat.”

Pei Ruochen was disrespectful, and sighed in his heart.

Every loyal person who slaughtered a dog was a scholar who forgot to show kindness.

This was the truth.

“You came from Beijing, did you know that there was a traitor, called Pei Ruochen, or something like that?” After exchanging a few pleasantries, one of them asked in interest.

“I have.” Pei Ruochen’s smile did not change.

“Is that so? Mister is indeed someone who has seen the greater world! ” That person shouted in admiration, “How does that person look like? I heard that he was very ugly. I thought about it and felt that it made sense. How good-looking could a traitor be? It must be a monkey’s mouth and a monkey’s cheeks. ”

“More or less.” Pei Ruochen drank his tea as if he was responding to a topic that had nothing to do with him.

“Have you seen the newly ascended Snow Emperor before?” The man was in high spirits as he looked at Pei Ruochen and asked.

“I have.” Pei Ruochen answered honestly.

“Teacher is truly amazing.” The eyes of the two were filled with stars of worship, “Speaking of which, when His Majesty became the prince, he was harmed miserably by Pei Ruochen and even framed him as a brother murderer. But when His Majesty returned the favor, not only did he not take revenge on Pei Ruochen’s family, he even took good care of the little emperor. He did not exterminate Pei Ruochen’s previous subordinates, and only allowed him to resign whenever he could. How many people had died? Two of them died in our village, and the official said that they were part of Tianyi Pavilion, and wanted them to claim credit for it. In the end, they were tortured to death in the prison, and Pei Ruochen, who killed them with a thousand knives, said that he died from an illness because he was too anxious, and that was all he got! ” As they spoke, their expressions became a bit sinister.

Pei Ruochen listened to his silently, and then said softly, “I’m sorry.”

“Sir, what are you apologizing for?” The two of them asked in astonishment.

Pei Ruochen wanted to say something but hesitated. He turned his head and headed towards the Vast Expanse. At the end of the Vast Expanse was the capital, where winds blew every day.

Any decision or change in the capital would lead to many human tragedies.

He clasped his hands together, and suddenly felt that they were sticky, as if they were stained with blood.

“Because I am Pei Ruochen.” Finally, he calmly replied.

The two stayed silent for a while, then abruptly stood up.

The scope of their standing was so great that all the tables and chairs were overturned on the ground. The little girl who had originally been hiding in the inner room once again peeked her head out, curiously watching everything.

Pei Ruochen’s expression did not change, he turned around and quietly looked at the two men with simple expressions, and repeated: “I am Pei Ruochen, the former Regent, the Pei Ruochen who was announced to have died.”

“You …” After the initial burst of intensity, a slightly impulsive man rushed forward and grabbed Pei Ruochen by the collar, and flipped him onto the ground.

Actually, with Pei Ruochen’s skill, it would not be difficult for him to have twenty or thirty men like these, who did not know any martial arts.

However, he was too lazy to resist and even subconsciously hoped that they wouldn’t show mercy.

The other one also rushed forward and punched Pei Ruochen in the face.

Red blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, his face was a little green, and his expression was as calm as ever.

He was so calm that the two people who had beaten him thought he was beating up a lifeless body.

They gradually became timid. After throwing out a few more punches, they threw out a few harsh words to seek justice for the dead, and then left in a satisfied manner.

Simple people, simple love and hate.

After they left, Pei Ruochen sat up with difficulty and wiped the blood off his mouth with the back of his hand.

The little girl walked over cautiously and handed him a towel that was not quite clean.

Pei Ruochen took it, and simply wiped away the blood, before saying politely, “Thank you.”

He was as refined and courteous as ever.

The girl blushed again.

The little girl did not hate him, her thoughts were simple: So Pei Ruochen was actually this good-looking. No wonder the princess had married him back then.

After Pei Ruochen returned the towel back, he carefully stood up while holding onto the chair.

One of them had kicked him in the knee, probably to the bone.

He lowered his head and was about to examine his injuries when a soft and joyful voice suddenly rang out in front of him.

“Pei Ruochen, is that you?”

Pei Ruochen’s heart skipped a beat as he lifted his head gently. Sure enough, he saw a smiling face, round eyes, round outline, round pupils and round smile.

“It really is you.” Yi Ren was overjoyed. She didn’t seem to see the numerous wounds on his body. She grabbed his arm excitedly and said: “I knew you weren’t dead.

Pei Ruochen smiled lightly. Yi Ren’s happiness made him suddenly feel at ease.

No matter how pathetic he was, how destitute he was, or how many evil and evil things he had done, in front of Yi Ren, it was as if they were completely unrelated small matters.

She only knew him, not as the Husband’s son, not as the Regent, not as a powerful official, not as a homeless person in a troubled village, she only knew that he was Pei Ruochen.

“Who is Xiao Chuan?” Pei Ruochen casually asked as he greedily looked at Yi Ren’s unscheming smile.

“The ice man behind me.” Yi Ren stuck out her tongue, and indicated to the back.

Pei Ruochen followed her gaze and looked over, and indeed, he saw another person standing behind Yi Ren.

On the other side of the road, in the shadow of a large tree, was a cold and distant place, as if disdaining to be part of this ordinary world.

Pei Ruochen was already stunned, “Lu Chuan?”

The Little Chuan that Yi Ren spoke of, was actually that Lu Chuan that looked like a devil god!

“We are going to the capital to find Feng Jiu.” Yi Ren explained to herself on her own accord, then she scratched her head and said to herself, “You just came from the capital, so you won’t be returning, right? “Then where are you going?”

“Eastmount.” Pei Ruochen replied very naturally, without a trace of vigilance.

“Eastmount …” Yi Ren knew very little about the geography of this world. She murmured to herself and raised her face with a smile again, “It should be a very beautiful place.”

“Yes.” Pei Ruochen smiled.

Yi Ren thought for a while, then said: “If only we could go and have a look, but Xiao Chuan is not willing.”

Pei Ruochen glanced at Lu Chuan again. Even though Lu Chuan did not interfere with his actions, that casual and leisurely step forward had already sealed off all of Yi Ren’s escape routes. She was under his control.

Pei Ruochen was clever, he had already seen that they were not ordinary companions.

Yi Ren had always been muddleheaded and unguarded towards others, so she could only be more careful.

“Since that’s the case, let’s go together then.” Pei Ruochen replied indifferently: “Helan Xue just ascended the throne, there are a lot of things. When you return to the capital, he didn’t have the energy to take care of you. Why don’t we spend a month at the eastern mountains before going to see him again? ”

“I also didn’t say that I wanted to go find Xue. Xiao Chuan was the one who went to look for Feng Jiu …” Yi Ren looked up to the sky and stuttered his arguments.

Pei Ruochen smiled, looking extremely doting, and did not refute his.

“Right, does it hurt?” Yi Ren’s attention was finally focused on the green mark on the corner of Pei Ruochen’s lips. She took a deep breath and carefully asked. It was as if she was the one in pain.

“A little. Accompany me inside to get some medicine to wipe it off.” Pei Ruochen frowned, then held Yi Ren’s hand and walked towards the inner room of the tea house.

Yi Ren turned her head to look at Lu Chuan. Obviously, Lu Chuan didn’t want Yi Ren to disappear from her sight, but due to her status as a Grandmaster, she would naturally not follow him in. She just stood at a distance and watched everything coldly.

Pei Ruochen had already walked over and covered the little girl’s mouth. His warm and mellow voice sounded in her ears like it had been infected by the poison: “Don’t make a sound.”

The little girl nodded blankly and didn’t say anything else.

Pei Ruochen quickly looked around, then made a silent gesture towards Yi Ren as well, pulled her along and walked out of the back door.

The teahouse was on the side of the road, its back door facing the high hills and mountains on both sides.

Yi Ren staggered along with him for a long time. After Pei Ruochen confirmed that Lu Chuan had not caught up to him, he finally stopped and asked Yi Ren in detail, “Did Lu Chuan capture you?”

“How do you know?” Yi Ren blinked her eyes as she asked, and then said: “It’s not that he’s holding me hostage, he’s just bringing me along to leave the Wandering Garden. In fact, he treats me pretty well. ”

All along the way, although Lu Chuan did not talk much, he slept soundly throughout the journey. Even when Yi Ren teased him and called him Xiao Chuan, he did not get angry.

An idol with a lot of affinity — — That was Yi Ren’s judgement.

“Lu Chuan is temperamental, and has never been troubled by right or wrong in his life. Pei Ruochen muttered to himself for a moment, before bringing up the topic again, “Right now, I am unable to get someone to send you back to the Prince’s side, are you willing to follow me to the Eastern Mountain?”

Yi Ren hesitated.

Pei Ruochen did not urge her, but only stopped and waited quietly beside her, just like an old friend who had been waiting for his for many years, gentle and kind.