Shi Zixin, who was still complaining, suddenly froze, his eyes wide open, his pupils visibly dilated, and his expression looked jealous and unnatural.
"Senior...brother, I...didn't understand what you just said."
It could be seen that Shi Zixin was a little panicked, and his tone became stuttering.
Yang Dong did not get used to it and reiterated: "I said that you don't need to accompany me when you are discussing business with Hou Jin this time."
"I know that my junior brother is loose by nature and doesn't like to rely on others. He likes to follow freedom. If you go to Youzhou with me, it will definitely affect your junior brother's character. This move is also for your own good."
These words seemed to be for the sake of Shi Zixin, but the latter never felt it. Instead, he thought that Yang Dong disliked him in some way, so he was ostracized.
Shi Zixin panicked completely at the thought of not being able to follow Yang Dong.
He put away his usual idleness and knelt in front of Yang Dong with his legs fluttering, his expression slightly frightened.
"Junior brother, what do you mean?" Yang Dong asked knowingly, but with an unbelievable attitude, he stretched out his hand to help him up.
Shi Zixin raised his hand to interrupt: "Senior brother, don't move. I know my virtues and I shouldn't deliberately raise my stature just because I'm from the same school as you. But I still want to fight for it, and I hope that my junior brother can keep me in the future. I promise that I will never cross the line, do my duty with all my heart, and will never embarrass my little senior brother."
Although the goal was achieved, Yang Dong still pretended to be distressed.
"How can this be done? Master has repeatedly warned us to be brothers and sisters. If we do what you say, wouldn't it be against Master's wishes?"
"No...it has nothing to do with Master, and I won't mention it to Master. I just ask my junior brother not to drive me away."
Seeing Shi Zixin sincerely compromise, Yang Dong did not continue to exert pressure.
"Okay, in that case, I will give you another chance."
Knowing that he would not be expelled, the stone hanging in Shi Zixin's heart finally fell to the ground.
Looking up, he saw that Yang Dong had his eyes closed and was concentrating, with no intention of continuing to speak. He wisely stood up and exited the carriage.
"Mr. Yang, in order to prevent an ambush in the wild, I will be guarding outside with Tieniu from now on to ensure that Mr. Yang is safe." Outside the carriage, Shi Zixin said loudly, and he no longer even addressed him as a junior fellow student.
Yang Dong didn't respond. At this point, is there any point in saying anything?
When the guards looked at Shi Zixin again, they found that his entire mental state had changed dramatically, as if he was a different person.
Unfortunately, no one cared too much because they were not very familiar with it.
The leader's whip was raised, and everyone concentrated again and was about to continue moving forward.
"Where's Xiao Dongzi? Let him come to see me!"
At this moment, an arrogant female voice came from behind the carriage. When Yang Dong, who was sitting in the carriage, heard this call, his closed eyes suddenly opened, and the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally.
I... I'm so disrespectful!
This is not in a palace where people live in seclusion and there are so many people watching. Can't you give me some face?
"If you don't come out, this princess will be angry. Don't talk about being my consort, and you won't even want to see my father."
He was really afraid of what would happen. Yang Dong never expected that Wan Yanyue would not give him face at all and still kept shouting.
Shi Zixin looked back and saw a woman who did not belong to Dazhou's costume coming out of the carriage behind.
Is she Princess Houjin, Wan Yanyue?
He was curious before, why did he need to prepare two carriages when Yang Dong was the only one going to Youzhou? Even last night, two tents were set up, and they threatened not to allow anyone to disturb them.
Now it seems that I finally know what's going on.
It seems that the commotion Hou Jin made in Youzhou really worried the emperor, and he did not hesitate to use the captured Wanyan Yue as capital for negotiation.
But this has nothing to do with Shi Zixin. He just expressed his loyalty to Yang Dong, and now he thinks it is a good opportunity to show off.
"You are so impudent, you little bitch, you dare to be disrespectful to Mr. Yang, do you know your guilt?" Shi Zixin blocked Wan Yanyue with a gloomy face, and his tone was a little angry.
The guards looked at each other with a hint of sarcasm unconsciously on their lips.
It's time to kick the iron wall again. How did he and Yang Gong become brothers? Such IQ...
When Wan Yanyue saw someone who dared to shout at her, her temper suddenly rose: "Bastard, open your eyes wide and see clearly, I am the princess of Hou Jin, you still dare to accuse me, you are so brave ah."
"Xiao Dongzi, are you going to be a coward and refuse to show your face?"
Seeing that there was no sign of Yang Dong for a long time, Wan Yanyue said angrily: "Okay, I will turn back to your imperial city in Zhou Dynasty right now. Don't even think about making peace with me."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Shi Zixin immediately pulled out the hip knife from his waist. The sharp blade was less than an inch away from his fair and fat neck. Any slightest carelessness might lead to catastrophe.
"Shi Zixin, put the knife away!" Yang Dong stepped out of the carriage and was so frightened when he saw this scene that he almost fell off the carriage.
This is the majestic Princess Jin. She has golden branches and jade leaves, and even if she is missing a hair, she may be killed.
Even Yang Dong was very polite to him. He never thought that his junior brother would dare to attack Wan Yanyue.
Fortunately, it did not cause a catastrophe, otherwise even if the empress wanted to protect him, she might not be able to do so.
Not to mention not having the initiative in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, if things go wrong, King Hou Jin will be angry and raise his troops to suppress the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, causing the Great Zhou Dynasty to fall into chaos.
"Mr. Yang, she was disrespectful to you, so she should apologize to you." Shi Zixin said bluntly: "Besides, she is just Princess Houjin, not my Princess of Zhou, so why be too afraid of her."
"That's well said. I didn't expect the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty to be so courageous. It really impressed me. Xiaodongzi, this is your personal guard. I guess you don't mean to negotiate with my father. I think we can leave it at that. ." Wan Yanyue snorted coldly, her eyes sharp and she was obviously very angry.
Yang Dong felt his scalp numb and regretted taking Shi Zixin with him.
This guy is very powerful. He can't turn around the key points. Even ten cows can't change his thinking when he sees something clearly.
But it was useless to complain at the moment. He had no choice but to find ways to ease the situation, and to let Wan Yanyue continue to operate according to the previously agreed plan.
"Tieniu, take your master aside and leave this to me." Yang Dong ordered, and walked towards Wan Yanyue.
However, at this moment, Shi Zixin said suddenly: "Mr. Yang, it's better not to get close. I think this person has evil intentions and is afraid that something might happen to Mr. Yang."
"Nonsense, I don't need you to dictate my affairs. Why did you promise me before and just turn around and forget about it?"
Yang Dong has lost his patience, his tone is cold, and he seems to be rejecting others from thousands of miles away...
Some people died, but not completely...
