Chapter 157

Xiao Baoyue was dressed in black with gold, wearing a phoenix hairpin with tassels, his figure enchanting, like a snowy mountain collapsing, originally a body full of charm; but his long eyes were like water, his appearance was flawless, and he had a kind of graceful and luxurious atmosphere.

Nobility and enchantment reached a perfect balance in him, peerless beauty, nothing more than this.

Seeing Wang Yang's gaze falling naturally, without any restraint, dodging, self-deprecating, or cowardly, and without any lewd, surprised, or foolish look, Xiao Baoyue couldn't help but think: This person really has some insight.

He tapped his finger on the desk, his voice unhurried: "Actually, the idea you had at the beginning was to let me lift the curtain, I'm not wrong, right."

"Smart." Wang Yang didn't cover it up either.

He had long guessed that the woman would not reveal his identity, and even if this woman told him who was behind him, he had no way to verify it, so he was aiming to see the woman's true face from the beginning. This is called aiming high and getting the middle.

Xiao Baoyue said: "So, what if you see me?"

Wang Yang waved his fan and smiled: "Seeing you, we can continue to talk. From now on, when we meet, just face each other like this, don't cover the curtain anymore."

The woman's red lips curled slightly, smiling but not smiling: "Why, do you like seeing me?"

Just this expression was soul-stealing and charming beyond compare.

Wang Yang's heart didn't move, and he said in his mouth: "Yes, it's good to feast the eyes."

Although the two said so, they both knew what Wang Yang's intention was. Answering behind the curtain is a way of communication only between master and servant. Since Wang Yang wants to reverse the previous unilateral threat and command mode, he must start from the details to lay the foundation for equal dialogue.

"Are we considered cooperating now?" Xiao Baoyue asked.

"Not in a hurry, we have to talk inside." Wang Yang pushed his luck.

Xiao Baoyue's expression turned serious: "Men and women are different, it's not convenient to be in the same room."

Although his voice was light, Wang Yang heard his voice, distinguished his color, and noticed that there was no room for negotiation on this point. So he turned and said: "Then set a seat outside, I'm tired of standing."

"Okay."

Xiao Baoyue whispered an order, and soon a maid set up a soft cushion seat for Wang Yang, and also equipped with a rosewood desk, on which a book was placed, with the title "General Examination of Southern Barbarians" written on the cover.

"Take this book home and memorize it within a month."

"Memorize it? Why?" Wang Yang asked.

Xiao Baoyue yawned: "Do you believe me if I say it's to save your little life?"

"Believe." Wang Yang answered without the slightest hesitation.

Xiao Baoyue was startled, Wang Yang's answer completely deviated from his assumption.

"You really believe?" Xiao Baoyue looked at Wang Yang and asked again.

"Believe."

Xiao Baoyue often felt bored, because what many people would say and do next was within his expectations. Watching things that had long been guessed happen step by step would naturally feel boring. But this Wang Yang's words and actions jumped out of his expectations time and time again. For example, in this dialogue, he had already thought about how to choke him speechless with one sentence after Wang Yang said he didn't believe it. Who knew he didn't follow the settings at all!

This is like pulling a bow with strength, and the bowstring suddenly broke when he was about to shoot an arrow. It was indeed not boring to be unexpected, but the feeling was very bad!

Xiao Baoyue stared at Wang Yang: "Why did you say you believe when you don't believe at all?"

Wang Yang said as a matter of course: "If I said I didn't believe it, you would definitely ask me, then what are you asking for? Anyway, you don't believe anything I say."

Actually guessed it, damn it...

Xiao Baoyue said with a straight face:

"It's not enough to just memorize this book, you also have to be familiar with this discipline. In the next month, you come once every four days, I will assess your progress in recitation and explain to you the content not in the book. A month is indeed a bit hasty, but I didn't ask you to be proficient in barbarian studies. You are both Confucian and Xuan, and your studies are good, so I think this skill of memorization should be okay. Memorize the book, plus my explanation, I won't say you understand seven or eight points, but at least five points or more must be there! If you can't do it, there is no need for us to cooperate."

Should be able to pass...

Hope so.

Xiao Baoyue couldn't help but think of Wang Rong when he said this. It was impossible for others to be proficient in barbarian studies in a month, but it must be possible for Wang Rong. It's a pity how many people in the world are as smart as Wang Rong? Wang Yang's Confucian and Daoist studies are good, but barbarian studies are not the same thing as Confucian and Daoist studies. However, since this person has such attainments in classics, he is not bad, and he should be able to learn something...

Wang Yang flipped through the book and said: "Okay. What after learning?"

Xiao Baoyue saw Wang Yang's relaxed appearance and couldn't help asking: "Do you have confidence?"

"Just so-so."

"... This matter is of vital importance. Whether my plan can succeed and whether your life can be saved depends on this."

Wang Yang took the opportunity to ask: "Why don't you tell me the follow-up plan, let me deeply realize the importance of this matter, and then maybe I will have the motivation to study, and study hard day and night..."

"You weigh whether you study hard or not yourself. Anyway, as long as you learn it, the Prince of Badong will not silence you, and you will not be implicated when his rebellion is exposed later. But if you don't learn it, don't say I didn't save you."

Sounds like if I learn it, you will save me... However, during the period of using me, you should save me, right?

As for if I don't learn it, saying "not save" is too euphemistic. If I don't learn it, I have no value to you. You won't just not save me, you might even silence me before the Prince of Badong...

Wang Yang smiled: "Then in order for you to save me, I will try my best. But there is no need to come once every four days."

"If you think there is no need to live, you can not come."

... Once every four days, okay, just take it as an elective course. But with this book...

Xiao Baoyue looked at his nails, his voice lazy: "If you want to check my identity through this book, then I advise you to save some effort. This book has neither my handwriting nor has it been published in the world. You can only read it yourself, don't spread it."

Okay, guessed it again...

Wang Yang pretended to be innocent: "You think too much, I don't have so many thoughts."

Xiao Baoyue sneered, suddenly sat up straight, stared at Wang Yang, and said seriously: "I will remind you one last thing. You can pretend to be an aristocrat, you can show off, you can do business, you can talk about studies and Dao, I don't care about these. But if you dare to use the identity of the Langya Wang clan to seduce women or deceive young ladies, I will make you regret being born in—"

"Hey!!! Wait, wait, wait! What seduction?! What deception?! Make it clear! Who did I seduce? Who did I deceive? Although my identity is suspicious, I am a gentleman anyway! I never do things like cheating for money or sex! Don't make things up! Ruin my reputation!"

Xiao Baoyue frowned and looked Wang Yang up and down: "Just you? Still a gentleman?"

"Whether I am a gentleman or not, let's not talk about it first. At least I am a gentleman. A gentleman has things he does and things he doesn't do. Let's put it this way, if I don't act like a gentleman one day, you will be afraid! Not just you, if I don't act like a gentleman, even I am afraid of myself!"

Xiao Baoyue was happy: "Good! Gentleman! You must continue to be a gentleman! If I find out one day that you are not a gentleman, if I find out that you have evil intentions, playing the piano to provoke, stealing incense and jade, then I will definitely not let you go!"

Wang Yang was speechless: "Really eating radishes and worrying about light! You should think about whether you want to change places first! Today I brought the Prince's soldiers. Although I used the excuse that this restaurant offended me, if the Prince of Badong wants to ask one or two questions, and then check..."

Xiao Baoyue said disdainfully: "Do you still need to worry about this? The row of courtyards behind are all connected, and there are private brothels not in the register on both sides. Many people know. If they check the front, we will withdraw from the back, replace them with beauties, and there will be a way to move flowers and graft trees. Do you really think you can block me by bringing some soldiers? If they check, they will check that you are drilling into the gentle village, they won't check on me. I will introduce you to a few beauties in a while, you gentleman must get familiar with them."

Wang Yang: Gentleman? Who is the gentleman?