Chapter 13 (2/2)

They were two strangers who caether, and due to some reason, parted and went their oay in the end This was so, as only a teenage boy, had yet to learn how to take it calmly

Shortly after Chen Gong left, Shen Qiao also started to pack his clothes in preparation for exiting the city He was going to leave fro It was true that by leaving separately the targets would be dispersed, but he had another reason for it

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Chen Gong was alert and high strung all the way as he exited the city Only after seeing that no one followed after him or tried to stop him did he finally feel relieved

Huai Prefecture was not far fro merchants frequently passed by here, and there were people carrying and selling goods during daytiates Cries for custo scene Chen Gong didn't have ti those powerful people Now that he ithin the prosperous fair, the ain

However, he didn't dare spend tooa cursory walk around, he bought two freshly baked stea hot pancakes to eat on his way and headed out to the north along the official road

After he was about a hundred steps out of the fair, he heard a burst of sta sounds of horses fro hurriedly turned around and saw a few people sprinting out froalloping horses with bows in their hands

He didn't knoas going on and stood still where he was for acloser and the people that followed after thehtened hiether with theh his head was still muddled, unable to understand why such a scene would suddenly appear out of nowhere

Not only hiate were thrown into disorder, screa incessantly as they fled in all directions

Chen Gong didn't dare to even turn back his head He ran forwards as fast as he possibly could while thinking in his head that his luck really could not be worse Incidents kept happening wherever he went

After he had been running for a while, Chen Gong suddenly heard the sound of an arrowing piercing through the air as it whizzed past his ear and disappeared into the bush in front of him

His leg became soft and he almost fell forwards

Sounds of people screaround could be heard fro the horses came from a distance, they sounded quite pleased with themselves

Someone flattered, ”Co! I would say Prince could hit any target within the distance of a hundred steps and would never miss!”

The laughter suddenly came to a stop The person raised his voice, ”No one is allowed to touch the fastest one in front I' to shoot him!”

Who else was running faster than Chen Gong? No one!

He suddenly realized as happening!

Most of the high officials and noble lords were fond of hunting, but some of them were extremely perverse They didn’t like to hunt ani live people They would release prisoners and slaves and command them to run as fast as they could, then they would shoot them with arrows and didn't care whether their prey would die This was called hu

Chen Gong had only heard about it after he left Funing District At that tiue together with the others as he listened Nohen the story beca at all!

After realizing as happening, his heart was beating faster than the drumbeats and was about to jump out of his chest!

Chen Gong suddenly stopped, turned around and prostrated on the ground as he begged in loud voice, ”Please spare aood standing!”

”So what? I can kill you if I want to!” The leader laughed casually, but after he saw Chen Gong's face, he let out a sound of surprise ”Raise your head and let me see”

Chen Gong e to raise his head, his face filled with dread and fear

But Mu Tipo found hi ”The skin is a little dark, but still pretty The limbs seem flexible, too If I am to spare your life, what do you have to repay me?”

Chen Gong was confused ”I would happily do anything at Your Highness's order…”

Mu Tipo laughed softly, ”All right then So him back and clean him up!”

Chen Gong left ho, and it was not like he didn't understand anything about the society out there Seeing that everyone on the side looked at hi with the words the person just said, he suddenly realized that this person took a liking to him as a boy-toy [3]!

In the country of Qi, a the upper-class nobility in particular, a boy-toy was not soenerations, the emperors of Qi had been interested in both sexes Since subordinates tended to follow the example of their superiors, hoe-scale at the lower levels, too

Chen Gong wasn't aware that he hadthe e frightened out of his wits after realizing what just happened He shouted as he koed, ”Please spare ood I don't want to go back with you!”

Mu Tipo's face darkened

Chen Gong's heart was thu

He learned a few punching and kicking roup of people with hiht weapons on the side The few ainst theet close to the nobleman, his heart would have been pierced by thousands of arrows already

Chen Gong once thought he feared nothing, but at this very moment, he finally realized how naive and ridiculous he was He wasn't afraid before because he was capable of coping with those situations, and he was afraid now because he didn't even need to figure out ere these nobles in front of him to know that they were definitely not someone he could afford to offend

The servant on the side started to laugh again, ”Commandery Prince, I've never seen anyone as insensible as him!”

Another person echoed, ”That's right It's not like he's exceedingly beautiful either It was his fortune that Prince is interested in him How could he dare to refuse! It's better to just shoot him here!”

Mu Tipo's eyes narrowed He slowly raised the bow in his hand

”Your Highness! Please let this lowly person explain to you!”

Chen Gong's head went blank with a buzz He didn't have tih before he blurted out, ”This lowly person doesn't have good looks and thus is not worthy to be treated so highly by Your Highness, but this lowly person does know, does know a person! He's a lot prettier than ht combined!”

All of the people following Mu Tipo were good looking hter, ridiculing how little Chen Gong knew about the world

”Look how rustic he looks, yet he's saying he has seen people prettier than us!”

Mu Tipo didn't say anything His hand pulled out an arrow decorated hite feathers, and it see and shoot it

Chen Gong was covered in cold sweat In a life and death crisis, he was unable to think of anything else before he shouted, ”That person is right in the city We've just parted If Your Highness doesn't believe ood appearance, it's just that his eyes aren't very good I-I'hness won't like him because he's blind!”

Hearing the word 'blind', Mu Tipo finally felt a bit interested ”That being said, I've never played with a blind person before I would assume that you don't have to blindfold him when you tie him up in bed?”

His frivolous tone stirred up a burst of filthy laughter

Chen Gong had finally witnessed that these officials had absolutely no moral principles But his words were already out, and it was too late for hiret them He said to himself that Shen Qiao's skill was better than his, ht off these people Or ot there, Shen Qiao would have already left

All kinds of thoughts flashed across hisThe servant approached Chen Gong on his horse, holding his chin up as he co us there!”

Chen Gong clenched his teeth, ”Your Highness Actually… actually that person's health is not good Even though he's pretty, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed…”

Mu Tipo ridiculed, ”Looking sickly… that's even better Playing with hi Even if he dies while playing, it would be his own problem, and no one can blame me for it! It's fine if you don't want to show us the way Why don't we replace hi, so presumably, there will be no proble you take off your clothes and play together with ht now, and I orried that I couldn't find the to mate with!”

Chen Gong's eyes widened He could never ie in this world He was tre froer bear to put up any resistance

'Don't blaht to himself

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Chen Gong led the large troop into the city and arrived at the inn they had been staying in Only half a day had passed since he left

The innkeeper still re that he had returned with an entire troop behind him, the innkeeper didn’t dare to treat hireet him, ”Would you like to…”

Chen Gong couldn't help but to turn around and look at Mu Tipo The latter had covered his nose, frowning froht of the inn's crude interior He was reluctant to enter, so he only ordered a few of his underlings to enter with Chen Gong to investigate

”Is the person who checked in with esture with his hand ”His eyes are bad, and he was holding a bamboo stick”

The innkeeper immediately replied, ”Yes, yes He's still here in his room He hasn't come down yet”

Chen Gong's heart thuuilt rose fro before someone interrupted

The underling that ca, ”What're you waiting for? Hurry and bring us upstairs!”

The underling had makeup on his face His manner was so didn't even want to give him a second look However, he could not disobey the person's words, therefore, he had no choice but to slowly lead hi that Shen Qiao had already left and yet at the same time that Shen Qiao was still there

Chen Gong brought him upstairs and knocked on the door

After the third knock, he heard a familiar voice answer from inside ”Who is it?”

Chen Gong was unable to describe the feeling in his heart at that particular , ”It's me”

”Chen Gong? Why are you back? Come in” Shen Qiao was a little surprised, but his voice was as gentle as always

Chen Gong's feelings becauilt welled up inside him all at once

”Why don't you go in?” Mu Tipo's underling becaave him a hard push

Chen Gong staggered forward and pushed the door open

Shen Qiao was sitting by the , his face turned slightly outwards as if he was appreciating the scenery outside But Chen Gong knew he had lost his sight coht

”Tut So this is the beauty you were talking about? He's not very…”

The underling paused mid-sentence and didn't kno to continue as Shen Qiao turned around

Mu Tipo's eyes brightened as he walked upstairs by hi downstairs

He caant life only after his ether with the emperor later Therefore he paid extreard anyone whose h

Shen Qiao's clothes weren't ood materials, and he only tied his hair up simply There wasn't even a jade hairpin He simply wrapped it in a cloth piece that had the same azure color as his clothes

However, Mu Tipo couldn't move his eyes away at all

The coursequality of the beauty himself

His mouth felt dry even as Shen Qiao expressionlessly 'looked' at hie to step up, press hiainst his will

”Chen Gong, who else did you bring with you?”

Hearing his slightly ignorant voice, Mu Tipo felt hi even more excited

What taste of ecstasy would it be when this person cried while knitting his brows? He couldn't even iine

Mu Tipo even thought it through, he would first keep the person in Huai Prefecture till he was done playing with hiive him to the emperor of Qi, Gao Wei Just like his that were different If he could send over such a blind beauty, the emperor would definitely be pleased

”What's your name?” He asked Shen Qiao

Shen Qiao slightly frowned, but instead of answering, he just repeated, ”Chen Gong?”

Translator's Notes:

[1] Solar Scheme (偷天换日 tou tian huan ri): Literallyup a gigantic fraud/scheme

[2] Coh title of nobility, ordinarily prefixed with a place-na Co the noble’s real or noranted to the sons of Imperial Princes, but in this case, Mu Tipo was very much favored by the Emperor

[3] Boy-toy (娈宠 luan chong): Males, usually young boys, ere kept and used as sexual objects by the wealthy and the powerful ones

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