noffsinger Chapter 628: The Prince Who Doesn’t Look Like a Prince
Chapter 628: The Prince Who Doesn’t Look Like a Prince
Zhou Chang asked cautiously, "Do you mind?"
Yuan Qi didn't have the ability of the skinny monkey, so he just smiled and shook his head with something in his mouth.
Zhou Chang was relieved and waited eagerly for feedback: "How is it? Is it delicious? It should taste fresh."
Yuan Qi turned his head away again, hiding his face in the shadows, avoiding Zhou Chang's gaze. He chewed very slowly, as if he was savoring the food carefully.
Zhou Chang was puzzled. They had eaten together countless times, and he had never been so shy. But he did not stare at her. Instead, he pushed the paper bag forward and said, "Eat slowly. These have been dried in the sun and should be safe to store. But be careful not to be discovered by the Tao family elders after you eat them."
Yuan Qi turned around after a while and nodded, but his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible: "You eat too."
"Just eat them... These are peeled specially for you. The monkey and I have already eaten them, so even the shells have been destroyed, hehe..." Zhou Chang smiled proudly, trying to make Yuan Qi laugh.
Yuan Qi's expression remained gloomy, as if he was worried about something.
Zhou Chang started boasting, urging Yuan Qi to eat two more pieces, while whispering to Yuan Qi how he and Skinny Monkey worked so hard to make the lobster, and how they hid the lobster meat when they brought it back.
Yuan Qi couldn't eat more than two pieces, but he kept listening silently. Finally, he praised: "Well, this shrimp meat is indeed fresh, and it's an unprecedented way to eat it. In fact, in the south, the people don't have this saying. I ate it when I was in Danlu, but it was not as delicious as the one made by the prince."
"That's right. Danlu is not near the sea after all. This is freshly caught from the sea, so it's incredibly fresh." Zhou Chang saw Yuan Qi stop and there was still a large portion left in the paper bag. "Since it's delicious, you can eat some more."
Yuan Qi shook his head gently: "I can't eat anymore."
Seeing that Yuan Qi really didn't want to eat anymore, Zhou Chang picked it up again and stuffed it to Yuan Qi: "Save the rest for when you're hungry at night. Don't let them see this. I won't take it back either. If I take it back, the monkey won't leave any food behind."
Yuan Qi then smiled and pushed back to Zhou Chang: "Then take it back to him. The mother and daughter of the Tao family often come here to talk, so it can't be hidden. It's okay for the prince to take it back and give it to the skinny monkey to eat."
Zhou Chang carefully put the paper package and the jade pendant back into his arms. When he raised his eyes, he saw Yuan Qi still staring at him: "Why are you looking at me?"
Yuan Qi regained his normal state at this moment, and smiled: "Sometimes you really don't act like a prince."
"What does the prince look like?" Zhou Chang asked casually.
Yuan Qi Qiuhong's eyes sparkled, and her clear voice suddenly became serious: "I have never had anyone steal food for me since I was a child."
"Then if I, a prince who doesn't act like a prince, steal things that you shouldn't eat and give them to you to eat, isn't that just right?" Zhou Chang joked, but for some reason his heart beat faster.
Yuan Qi suddenly asked, "When does the prince plan to leave?"
Zhou Chang has been living a god-like life these days and is so happy that he doesn't want to leave.
There is sunshine, beaches, endless lobsters, and a paradise with blue sea and blue sky.
Although he knew in his heart that the day of departure was approaching, he tried his best to avoid it. When Yuan Qi suddenly asked him this, he was stunned.
After a while, he had to face the reality: "If you and Monkey are well again, we can leave in two days."
Yuan Qi lowered his head and avoided his gaze: "Okay, I understand. I'll prepare for it in the next two days."
Zhou Chang was extremely reluctant to part with his present time, but he also knew that a difficult road ahead was still waiting for Prince Yi.
The military supplies of food and medicine suffered heavy losses, and Prince Yi must be held responsible.
I don’t know what happened to Gao Yuan and Liu E.
No one knows what intentions the people who assassinated Prince Yi and destroyed military supplies had, and no one knows whether they will continue to hunt them down.
I only learned about the ceasefire in North Vietnam during the first month of the year from what Mr. Tao told me.
But the first month of the year is about to end, which means that the war is about to begin again.
As long as they step out of this quiet little fishing village, everything will be caught in the storm again. Maybe they don't want to leave, but they have to.
The next day, Zhou Chang and Shouhou hurriedly steamed all the remaining lobsters. They ate some of them and peeled the rest and dried them into lobster jerky. They then secretly packed them up and hid them under the window eaves to take with them on the road.
Yuan Qi insisted on giving part of the money he got from pawning the earrings to Tao's family, firstly to thank them for their careful care, and secondly to ask them to hire a car.
After much refusals, Mr. Tao had to accept the offer. However, it was difficult to hire a horse-drawn carriage, so in the end he could only find an ox-drawn cart.
On the last night, everyone gathered together for a sumptuous dinner, said many words of thanks, and then went to bed, preparing to set off the next day.
The next morning, Zhou Chang and his two companions reluctantly said goodbye to Tao's family, and promised to send someone to thank them when they returned to the city.
Mr. Tao declined again and again and found the ox cart that had been hired in advance.
The so-called ox cart is a flatbed cart pulled by oxen, which was something Zhou Chang did not expect.
However, even so, it was still necessary for Old Tao to spend two taels of silver from the village and persuade someone to hire a coachman to come.
Zhou Chang took Yuan Qi and Shou Hou to say goodbye to everyone in Taojia Village again. Based on the information he had learned in the previous two days, he planned to return to Beiji City first and make further plans.
To go to Beiji City from Taojia Village, one must first reach Linhai Town, and then hire a horse carriage from there to Beiji. This way, the fastest journey will take at least two days.
The three men were still wearing the clothes they were wearing when they fell into the water. Although they were worn out, they were fine after washing. However, they no longer had any of the ornaments they had before.
But this is better, because you still have to guard against exposing your identity, which may attract people with ulterior motives to hunt you down. Before returning to Beiji, it is best to be cautious in everything you do.
Along the way, the three of them sat on a flatbed ox cart and were tossed around like cargo. They set out early in the morning and finally arrived at Linhai Town when the sun had set behind the mountain.
After entering the town, Yuan Qi first found a hidden business that had neither the word "Long" nor the word "Yu" in its name. Then he used a personal seal to prove his identity and asked the people there to send another letter to Yang Yi, the governor of Beiji, overnight, asking him to send troops to support Prince Yi.
Zhou Chang, the official from the government office, might not be trustworthy, but Yuan Qi said that Yang Yi and his father Yuan Yu were old friends for many years, so they could definitely be trusted.
The last time Zhou Chang saw Yang Yi was before he jumped off the boat, and he hadn't even thought about him during that period.
But thinking that the assassin's target that night seemed to be only Prince Yi, Yang Yi should have escaped danger long ago, so it would be right to ask him for help.
After all, he is now outside and it is unclear who is the enemy or not. In the final analysis, it is useless for Prince Yi to have the title of prince. He is really a prince who does not act like a prince.