Chapter 89: Same Carriage

Wang Yang gave Yu Yuling a wink, and Yu Yuling shouted: "Those interested in attending the banquet please leave your name cards with me!"

Wang Yang added: "First come, first served!"

The crowd dispersed more than half, going to surround Liu Zhao and Yu Yuling instead.

Some people saw that they couldn't squeeze in, so they went directly to buy books.

Seeing that the scene was really too chaotic, Wang Yang was afraid that the baskets of money would have problems, so he asked Chen Qingshan to watch them first, and instructed her to ask Liu Zhao to send someone to transport them back to the commandery school after the crowd dispersed. He himself walked through the crowd, looking for Xie Xinghan's figure.

Wang Yang came out of the dojo and didn't see where Xie Xinghan was. Just as he was about to go to the Xie mansion to find her, he heard a shout behind him: "Brother Wang!"

Wang Yang looked back and it was actually Le Yue Xiao Pang!

Wang Yang was very happy: "Brother! Long time no see!"

After he traveled to this era, the first person to help him was the Black Man, and the second was Yuyang Le Pang. He still owed him two thousand coins!

Seeing Wang Yang, Yuyang Le Pang was also very happy: "It's been a long time! I thought you had left Jingzhou! Why are you here?!"

"Didn't I just finish the discussion, I am now a student of the commandery school."

Yuyang Le Pang was not a person of learning. He had heard of the discussion, but didn't pay much attention to it, and didn't know that Wang Yang fought on behalf of the commandery school. Now hearing Wang Yang say this, he felt a bit of sympathy, thinking that the dignified Langya Wang family, even if they wanted to take the path of classics, should enter the Imperial Academy, but ended up as a student in the Jingzhou commandery school, which showed that things were not going well at home. He pulled Wang Yang's sleeve:

"Go, go, go! Come to my house! My father wants to see you too!"

"See me?" Wang Yang remembered that Le Yue Xiao Pang's father was the Jingzhou Assistant Governor, at least equivalent to a deputy provincial-level official. How could he know him? Wasn't the discussion just over?

"Right! My father likes that poem of yours 'Roaming the rivers and lakes with wine' very much, saying you have poetic talent—"

"Hey—shh!" As soon as Wang Yang heard Yue Xiao Pang mention this, he hurriedly pulled him to the side, looked around, and whispered: "Did you spread that poem?"

Yuyang Le Pang was full of grievances:

"Wronged! I was beaten, how dare I spread it! It was my father who recited the poem in the office, and others heard it. I don't know how it spread. When he came back, he blamed me for this! I was beaten a few more times! Who did I provoke? You don't know, the day Xie Xie Niangzi came to my house to ask for trouble, I bit my teeth and didn't betray you!"

Wang Yang was moved: "You suffered, brother!"

"Easy to say, easy to say! Go! It's just time for a meal, go to my house for a meal, my house just got a chef from Xiangzhou."

"Not now, I have something to do. How about this, you come to the commandery school tonight, I will host a banquet at the commandery school tonight, let's get together tonight!"

"Okay. Then you go to my house for Xiangzhou food next time!"

Wang Yang thought for a while and instructed: "Brother, if anyone asks about us, you have to say that we just met today. If anyone asks why we are so close after just meeting—"

Yuyang Le Pang laughed and patted Wang Yang on the shoulder: "Understand, understand. Don't worry! I'll just say we bumped into each other today, and we hit it off immediately! Can anyone control us hitting it off immediately?"

"Hit it off immediately, hahaha, well said..."

The two laughed silverly, but Wang Yang's smile quickly stiffened! Because he found the black carriage at the corner of the street, the curtain of the carriage window was lifted, revealing Xie Xinghan's frost-covered, pretty little face.

The hair on Wang Yang's back stood up, and the curtain of the carriage fell at the same time.

"I have something to do, I'm leaving first! You must come tonight!"

Wang Yang left the words and hurried to chase the carriage...

"Brother Xie! Wait! Brother Xie—"

Wang Yang chased for more than half a street before the carriage slowed down.

The carriage window curtain was lifted, and Xie Xinghan said coldly: "What Brother Xie? Who are you calling?"

"Calling you! You changed into men's clothing and took a carriage, aren't you trying to hide your identity? I can't... can't in public... chase the carriage... and call Xie Xie Niangzi. With Xie Xie Niangzi's... fame, that would cause... a sensation. By the way, can you... can you stop the carriage first..."

Wang Yang said while running, panting, thinking that his physical fitness was really bad, and he didn't know how long it would take to adjust.

Xie Xinghan's lip line trembled, as if the sealed anger was about to pour out!

"You still dare to say! If it weren't for—"

Wang Yang immediately said: "It's a coincidence! I just met a friend, and his father seems to be an official in Jingzhou."

Xie Xinghan was expressionless.

Wang Yang was a bit panicked, because the next plan needed Xie Xinghan's cooperation. If she was unwilling to help, it would be bad.

In a hurry, he shouted: "I really can't write poetry!"

He regretted it as soon as he said it.

The carriage window curtain was brushed down, and the carriage accelerated.

"Don't! Brother Xie! I have something to find you!"

Wang Yang didn't notice that Liu Cheng was watching him silently from the restaurant on the side of the street. He sneered in his heart: So it's a bookworm who doesn't understand literature.

The carriage went further and further away. Wang Yang saw that he couldn't catch up, so he had to say: "I admit it! It's me! Listen to my explanation!"

The carriage speed slowed down again, and the carriage window curtain was lifted: "Explain."

Wang Yang smiled bitterly: "I... really... really can't run anymore..."

Xie Xinghan smiled secretly, and said: "Stop the carriage, let him come up."

Xiao Ning was shocked: "Come... come up?! Come up where??!!"

"Get in the carriage."

Xiao Ning's eyes widened: "The master wants him to get in the carriage?!!!"

You know, the master never rides in the same carriage with men!!!

"Yeah." Xie Xinghan said as a matter of course.

"This is not appropriate. It will cause outsiders to guess!" Xiao Ning worried.

Everyone knows that the master doesn't ride with others. If this spreads, there will definitely be a lot of discussion.

"Oh, I changed my outfit, and this is not Jiankang, it's fine." Xie Xinghan directly ordered the coachman: "Stop the carriage, let him come up."

Liu Cheng watched Wang Yang drill into the carriage, his palms slowly clenching.

Inside the carriage, Wang Yang was hot and panting, and began to take off the cloud-pattern gauze robe outside.

Xiao Ning immediately blocked in front of Xie Xinghan, terrified: "What is the young master doing?!"

Wang Yang put down his outer clothes and leaned against the carriage wall, speechless: "

Xiao Ning blinked her eyes, then stepped back, but still maintained a look of vigilance.

Wang Yang caught his breath. Seeing Xie Xinghan sitting quietly and saying nothing, with only a faint, lingering fragrance drifting over, he sought a topic to break the ice: "When Lu Huan fainted, it was thanks to Xie Xie Niangzi sending people to protect me!"

Xie Xinghan smiled without smiling: "Why would I need to do something so unnecessary? Isn't your beautiful guard very formidable? Where is she?"

Wang Yang felt that if he told Xie Xinghan he had sent Chen Qingshan to watch the money, it would be a bit too embarrassing, so he said vaguely:

"I sent her to do other things... Besides, being with Xie Xie Niangzi, I am perfectly safe; I don't need a guard!"

"Is that so?" Xie Xinghan revealed a look of great amusement. "Then do you know where we are going now?"

"Where are we going?"

"You don't know the way to the Jiangling County Magistrate's office?"

Wang Yang was startled: "You, you must be joking. We are business partners!"

"Save your words for the courtroom."

"No, no, no! What a small matter! I will explain it to you right now!"

Then, Wang Yang slightly modified and polished the story of writing the poem to stop the carriage and told it to Xie Xinghan. He also explained the original meaning of the poem to her in detail, especially emphasizing that the line "The slender waist of Chu is light in the palm" referred to the history of Grand Tutor Xie hosting courtesans on Dongshan, and he swore solemnly that there was absolutely no intention of implying anything about reality!

Xie Xinghan listened quietly and said: "I have one thing I do not understand and would like to ask Young Master Wang."

"I wouldn't dare, Xie Xie Niangzi, please feel free to ask!" Wang Yang's attitude was excellent; he just wanted to get this matter over with quickly so he could ask for her help.

"My ancestor had great merit for the state, bore the heavy expectations of the world, and his name will remain for a thousand years! You speak of nothing else, but focus on his dalliance with courtesans. Could it be that you, Young Master, yearn for such things in your heart, and that is why you take such pleasure in talking about it?"