Chapter 659

Xie Yuan went back and read that letter again, then called for Xie Tu.

After conveying Da Wang's instructions, Xie Yuan wondered whether to speak up, asking in Da Wang's language system what a "big melon" meant. Xie Tu explained at length, and Xie Yuan felt even less sure.

What the hell else happened that he didn't know about?!

I hope this melon is a good one.

Knowing Si Pangzi was in You Prefecture, Da Wang couldn't resist the urge to go watch. Although he had told Zhou Ke to follow Lao Si and not close the net yet, that was because he wanted to see what Si Pangzi had come to You Prefecture to do.

But, he was on vacation, just idling!

You say there's homework? That's also after work resumes; the rule of the Great Jin dynasty is to seal the brush until the sixth day.

"Sealing the brush, sealing the brush"—literally meaning one shouldn't pick up the pen! Da Wang, feeling justified, decided to start writing homework from the sixth day.

Once idle, Da Wang planned to go see for himself, to check what Si Pangzi had become.

Given that Si Pangzi could actually recognize him on the street, this is troublesome. After thinking, he locked himself in the hall, went to the manor, and called Zhu Ti, ordering the chief steward to perform a head-swapping great method.

At that time, Chief Steward Zhu was escorting a caravan toward Hengshan; midway, he was summoned by him, hastily found an excuse to leave the convoy, and as it turned out, nothing major happened—he summoned her in broad daylight to do makeup.

The chief steward channeled her anger into skill, gluing the King's big eyes into triangular ones, making him look fierce and hard to provoke; in an instant he turned from that handsome youth into… a child?

The King didn't mind being ugly for a while, gleefully moved Zhu Ti's tools out and threw them on the table, pretending they were his own tinkering. Even Bai Ze in the hall gave him an extra glance—this was far more exaggerated than last time's banquet.

"How is it? Can't you see even a trace of the original anymore?"

Bai Ze couldn't bring himself to praise it, "……Ordinary-looking people can at least be said to look kind. You… you don't look kind."

The King grew more satisfied, summoned Zhao Bao in to find him a change of clothes.

Zhao Bao entered, took one look at his face, and nearly stumbled, "Your Majesty! This… this… how did you do this?!" It was terrifying; his whole demeanor changed!

"Hurry and find a set from my props and wardrobe; I need to go out of the palace."

"What kind would you like? Commoner's, aristocratic, or…" "Beggar's attire." After all, the King has this hobby.

The King examined his new skin, "Don't wear something too ragged; with this face of mine today, I don't look too hard to provoke! If I walk the street, the Youzhou guards will have to pay special attention to me, and that wouldn't be good."

Bai Ze: "Putting all that villainy into such polite words."

The King: ……

Zhao Bao: "……Then find a better set of clothes?"

The King nodded reservedly.

Zhao Bao found him a set of clothes that a somewhat well-off commoner would wear; the King changed and stepped out with a deliberate pace. As soon as he left Year Feather Hall, he ran into his sister at the door, who was still dragging Bai Li Zhang along.

Ning Guo blinked, saw Ling Yin standing behind the King, then, combining their heights, realized this was her brother. What a mess—Ning Guo felt today's brother was an eyesore.

"I discovered today that sister actually has the same bad habit as you—judging by looks. If the brother really looked like that, hahaha, I couldn't bring myself to love him." Really not a good person.

The King: ……

However, seeing Bai Li Zhang gave him a new idea. Si Pangzi would never expect him to willingly bring Lao Qi out to play, and he's never even seen Lao Qi—Lao Qi would be the perfect outing prop! Perfect for cover!

But the sister won't do—Bai Li Hu has seen her too many times.

"Sister, let me take Lao Qi out for a stroll—it's rare to have a day off; after the fifth day there'll be nothing to do~"

Ning Guo smiled and didn't object, "As long as you can take him away, that's fine! As long as Xiao Qi is willing."

Bai Li Zhang hid straight behind her legs, obviously afraid of meeting this stranger.

The King didn't care about the outing prop's wishes, reached out and dragged Lao Qi over, casually stuffing a candy into his hand. "Don't you recognize your imperial elder brother anymore? Just because you changed your face, you don't recognize your imperial elder brother? What about our brotherly bond?"

Without further ado, they kidnapped him and all the way went to East Splendor Gate, sneaking out through the side door.

Along the way they rehearsed lines with Lao Qi for a while, teaching him to change his address to 'elder brother'. "Today we'll switch up the game, pretend to be someone else, got it? Out here I'm the boss, you're the second—you call me elder brother, I call you younger brother, understand?"

Lao Qi clenched the candy, quickly blinked his eyes, "……Understood."

"Smart! Elder brother knew you weren't as stupid as you look."

Ling Yin: ……

When they arrived at the inn, the King led Lao Qi swaggering into the lobby, unaware they were still quite conspicuous. His ugliness was conspicuous, and the panic in his hand was conspicuous.

The King dragged the trotting Lao Qi to sit in the lobby, while two unfamiliar guards went to book a room and store their luggage.

The innkeeper came over with a pot of tea to greet them, "……Young master, you're new to Youzhou, right? You look unfamiliar—first time here?"

The King nodded reservedly.

He sat in the lobby, chatting idly with the innkeeper while occasionally glancing toward the stairs, having heard that Si Pangzi hadn't left yet today.

The innkeeper was unusually enthusiastic, circling around them, asking after their warmth and cold. He also eagerly offered water to Lao Qi, "I don't know if a child this big can drink tea."

The King casually said, "Can he? Younger brother, do you want tea?"

Lao Qi was still a bit afraid of him; he didn't think the person with that voice was his imperial elder brother. The King glanced at him, and this good-for-nothing trembled. "This guy is so annoying—where did he steal the imperial elder brother's voice from, and where is the imperial elder brother?"

But the King was still waiting for his answer, and he timidly replied, "Imperial… elder… brother…" halfway through remembering he was supposed to call him elder brother today.

The King glared at him: "Huh?"

Lao Qi: "……Drink."

The King signaled the innkeeper to pour tea; although he uttered it word by word, he finally managed to express it.

The innkeeper chimed in again: "Turns out you're not real brothers, Young Master Huang An—what should I call this young master?"

The King blurted out: "Huang Two, we're real brothers." Anyway, they both share the Huang surname.

The innkeeper still wouldn't leave, almost pulling out a ledger to take down their family tree; in no time, the King found him noisy. He'd have to mention it to the chief steward later—too much enthusiasm can burden guests, right? Finally, he impatiently sent the innkeeper away; the innkeeper's strange expression, and the King, whose eyes were fixed on the stairs, noticed nothing.

Later…… he got to see the deployment speed of the Youzhou guards.

Baili Hu had gone to Spring River Flower Moon Night yesterday, witnessed a lot, came back still excited and unable to sleep, so he got up late today. As soon as he rose, he heard a noisy commotion downstairs that gave people headaches.

"Mr. Wen, what's going on downstairs?"

The middle-aged scholar went into the inner room: "Reporting to young master, I heard a kidnapping gang has come, with older kids bringing the abducted little ones swaggering in to lodge at the inn!"

Baili Hu, upon hearing, was delighted: "This is the capital Youzhou under the rule of San Pangzi! Hahaha~"

That's all!