Chapter 19: Chai Wenyi

Tokyo, Bian River,

a small boat drifted slowly toward the dock.

Looking around with a face full of impatience, Chai Wenyi, the son of the Lesser Prince of Shang, said with a face full of disdain: "You said that person is the one who made an appointment to meet me here?"

"That's right, Young Master!"

Looking at Chai Wenyi with fear, the butler on the side quickly explained.

"Hmph, I want to see what he has planned. If he wants to deceive me, let's see how I deal with him!"

Walking onto the small boat in anger, Chai Wenyi could not help but become tyrannical.

But just as Chai Wenyi entered the small boat, Niu Er on the side had already begun to row the oars.

Watching the small boat drift away leisurely, the butler was left standing on the spot, because he hadn't boarded the boat yet.

"Young Master, Young Master, I haven't boarded yet! Young Master, you've left, what is this old servant to do!"

Shouting while running wildly forward, the butler was now breaking out in cold sweat.

Because if anything happened to the Young Master, he would lose his life!

"Stop chasing, come over and eat something; he'll be back in a while!"

Just as the butler was looking at the Bian River, intending to jump in, a voice came from the road on the side.

Turning his head, the butler saw a copper hotpot on a table emitting a strong fragrance.

Swallowing his saliva, the butler looked behind him, and finally walked toward the small table with a firm expression.

"Brother, how should I address you!"

Looking at the butler before him, Situ Yaozu asked.

"I am the Young Master's butler, Chai Wu!"

Looking at Situ Yaozu earnestly, Chai Wu asked: "When will my Young Master return?"

"Rest assured, once the matter is discussed, your Young Master will return!"

Handing over a bottle of vodka, Situ Yaozu said: "Come, have a couple of sips! Eating mutton without drinking, how can that be!"

Smelling the copper pot, Chai Wu's face was full of drool: "This smells so good, even better than our Lesser Prince of Shang's mansion!"

"That goes without saying. My cousin said that in the whole world, you won't find ingredients like these!"

Pointing at the things on the table, Situ Yaozu introduced them.

And just after Chai Wu finished listening, he could not help but say in pleasant surprise: "Then your cousin, looking for my Young Master, is it because he wants to go into the restaurant business?"

"No, he's in the human trafficking business!"

Looking at Chai Wu with a face full of smiles, Situ Yaozu could not help but raise his eyebrows.

If it had been when he first arrived in Bianliang and Zhang Cheng said he wanted to be a "human trafficker," Situ Yaozu would definitely not have agreed.

But after participating in the military examinations and seeing the darkness behind the prosperity, Situ Yaozu felt that "Are kings and nobles born with high status?" was a question!

Situ Yaozu: Are kings and nobles born with high status?

"What? Human trafficking?"

Looking at Situ Yaozu in shock, Chai Wu was completely dumbfounded.

Because you prepared so many delicacies I've never seen before, and you're telling me it's human trafficking!

This is equivalent to walking into a restaurant, only to find it's a foot massage parlor—is that absurd or what?

On the drifting small boat,

Chai Wenyi was sitting honestly at the table, his face full of embarrassment: "Brother, since this is our first meeting, is it necessary to be like this?"

"It is precisely because it is our first meeting that I am treating you with such courtesy, Young Master!"

Facing Chai Wenyi, Zhang Cheng lit the cigar he was holding and handed it out.

Looking at the cigar in his hand, Chai Wenyi could not help but turn his head: "What is this?"

"A cigar, symbolizing the 'friendship' between partners!"

Looking at Chai Wenyi with a face full of smiles, Zhang Cheng explained.

But after listening to Zhang Cheng's words, Chai Wenyi said awkwardly: "We can talk about cooperation, but can you have him put down the sword first?"

"Alright, Bai Yutang, don't threaten our Young Master! He is timid and can't handle being scared!"

Speaking with a face full of smiles, Zhang Cheng explained.

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Bai Yutang sheathed the Juque Sword with a face full of frost and left.

Watching Bai Yutang leave, Chai Wenyi could not help but slam the table and roar: "You have a lot of nerve, actually daring to threaten this Young Master. Do you know who I am?"

"Of course I know, the Lesser Prince of Shang's son, Chai Wenyi!"

Looking at Chai Wenyi calmly, Zhang Cheng put the cigar in his mouth.

"Phew!"

As the thick smoke was exhaled from his mouth, Zhang Cheng could not help but savor it: "Since I've already asked you to do something, do you think I wouldn't have any precautions?"

Mimicking Zhang Cheng's actions, Chai Wenyi smoked the cigar, his eyes shining: "Eh, this thing is not bad!"

Watching Chai Wenyi with a twitching mouth, Zhang Cheng was speechless at this moment.

Because couldn't this guy act a little smarter? He was acting just like a playboy!

Zhang Cheng: Wait, this guy seems to be a playboy, right?

"Hmm, I quite like this thing. As long as you reveal the path in the future, this Young Master can spare your life!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng, greed appeared in Chai Wenyi's eyes.

"This is called a cigar, produced overseas. Only my people can get their hands on it!"

Gazing at Chai Wenyi, Zhang Cheng handed over a piece of paper: "There is a contract on this. You sign it, and I'll give you forty percent of the profit! In the future, there will be many more treasures not found in the Great Song to offer!"

Looking at Chai Wenyi with a face full of smiles, Zhang Cheng squinted his eyes.

"Forty percent? That won't do. This Young Master was just threatened by your people with a sword, and just based on the name Chai Wenyi, you have to give me at least seventy percent!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng earnestly, Chai Wenyi began to examine the things on the table and quickly became serious.

Gazing at Chai Wenyi, Zhang Cheng stroked his chin.

Because this Young Master didn't seem like a fool at all!

"That Juque Sword belongs to Zhan Zhao, right? You have a good relationship with Kaifeng Prefecture!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng with curiosity, Chai Wenyi laughed.

Looking at Chai Wenyi, Zhang Cheng felt he had underestimated the ancients.

After all, no matter how useless Chai Wenyi was, he was still the son of the Lesser Prince of Shang; how could he be an idiot?

"That's right, I have a good relationship with Kaifeng Prefecture, and that sword is also a token!"

Looking at Chai Wenyi with a face full of smiles, Zhang Cheng didn't say too much.

Because for some things, saying too much is just covering up; it's better to let people guess for themselves!

Zhan Zhao: Wait, I've become a shield?

"What do you want to talk to this Young Master about? A show of force won't work, you know. After all, in the Great Song, no one dares to kill me!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng earnestly, Chai Wenyi smiled.

"Killing you is indeed impossible, but poisoning you is another matter!"

Looking at Chai Wenyi with a face full of smiles, Zhang Cheng rested his chin on his hand, staring at him with a teasing expression.

"Hmm? What did you say?"

Eating chocolate beans in his mouth, Chai Wenyi froze on the spot in the next second.

"What you ate is the Three-Corpse Brain-God Gu. Once this thing enters the brain... it will turn into a worm. Without the antidote, you will die in madness..."

As he spoke, Zhang Cheng introduced the dangers of the "Three-Corpse Brain-God Gu" to Chai Wenyi.

Looking at Zhang Cheng with a speechless face, Chai Wenyi picked his nose: "Anything else?"

"You're not afraid?"

Looking at Chai Wenyi with curiosity, Zhang Cheng asked in surprise.

"If you wanted to kill me, why go through all this trouble?"

Looking at Zhang Cheng calmly, Chai Wenyi examined him: "I remember now, you're that unlucky Prince Consort who is about to marry the princess, right?"

Watching Chai Wenyi with a twitching mouth, Zhang Cheng really wanted to call Bai Yutang from outside, but after thinking about it, he held back!

After all, if Bai Yutang really came in, Chai Wenyi would be finished!

"What do you want to do by borrowing the Chai family's reputation? Why don't we be a bit more frank?"

Looking at Zhang Cheng, Chai Wenyi felt this person was different from those who "sucked up to power," because there was something called ambition in this person's eyes!

"Do a little business, make some money, and incidentally climb to the imperial court!"

Gazing at Chai Wenyi, Zhang Cheng also laughed.

"So, you want to borrow the Chai family's influence!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng earnestly, Chai Wenyi pondered for a long time, then squinted his eyes: "You're quite interesting!"