The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

After dinner and washing up, Zixu was about to go back to his room to rest.

Ziye pulled his arm and said pitifully, "Brother Xu, I don't want to sleep alone. Ye'er is scared."

Zixu scratched her nose and said, "You're already a grown-up girl, are you still afraid?"

"Brother Xu, I've never been far away from home. I'm unfamiliar with the new environment and I don't dare to sleep alone."

Zixu thought for a moment and said, "Don't you have a maid? Wouldn't you feel less scared if you let her sleep with you?"

Ziye said coquettishly: "No, no, Ye'er just wants you to sleep with me."

Seeing his sister's pitiful look, Zixu said helplessly, "Okay, okay, brother will sleep with you."

As he agreed, he thought to himself, yes, my sister has been spoiled since she was a child.

If you go out suddenly, you will definitely be timid and afraid of things. It's just a nap, can't you just not do anything?

So, the two of them took off their coats, put on pajamas, lay on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

At three o'clock in the morning, several figures flashed outside the window, and bamboo tubes gently poked through the window paper and reached into the house.

Then, puffs of white smoke spewed out of the bamboo tube and scattered in the air.

A quarter of an hour later, the door of the room where Zixu and Ziye lived was gently opened.

Several figures rushed in quickly and tied the two men tightly with ropes in their hands.

At the same time, the maids and guards in the two adjacent rooms were also tied up.

The shopkeeper waved his hand, and immediately, everyone lifted up the six people and walked towards the backyard.

They arrived at a spacious room in the backyard, and the six masters and servants were placed on the ground.

The shopkeeper sat on the chair and looked at Zixu and Ziye, feeling that something was wrong.

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that the two people's dress and appearance were different from during the day.

During the day they were a pair of white-haired old men, but at night they turned into two young teenagers.

He was very curious, so he ordered his men: "Wake them up and ask them where they come from!"

Here! One of the men went out and came back shortly afterwards with a bucket of cold water.

With two splashing sounds, a bucket of ice-cold well water was poured all over the faces of the two men.

The two of them woke up immediately with a start, looking at the group of people with surprise and suspicion: "Where is this? Who are you!"

Zi Ye was frightened and started crying at the scene before her. She screamed and moved closer to Zi Xu: "Brother Xu, I'm scared! Wuuuuuu..."

Seeing his sister was so frightened, Zixu hurried to comfort her: "Don't cry, Ye'er, you'll be fine with your brother here."

Then he glared at the shopkeeper and shouted, "Who are you? Why are you tying us up?"

The more the shopkeeper looked at Zixu, the more familiar he seemed. Where had he seen him before...Brother Xu? Could he be...

He stood up suddenly, walked around Zixu a few times, then squatted down and looked at him carefully for a while.

"Let me ask you, are you Gongzi Xu, the son of Zixuan, the Lord of Fugui City?"

Zixu was stunned. How did he know my name? Did he know himself?

But I don't know him. Is he a friend or an enemy? Should I admit it or not?

When he was hesitating about how to answer, Ziye shouted: "Since you know he is Gongzi Xu, why don't you let us go!"

Zixu closed his eyes and thought, "It's over. My silly sister, you are such a stupid Japanese girl."

The shopkeeper was surprised and delighted: "You are really Young Master Xu? That's great! This time I'm going to become an official and make a fortune! Hahahaha..."

The subordinate asked in confusion: "Boss, do you know him? What about promotion and wealth?"

"Of course, Big Brother knows him. Last year, when I went to Nirvana City to watch the closing ceremony of the sports meet, I saw him presenting awards to the winning athletes."

"Oh! I see. Then what about promotion and wealth?"

"Hahahaha, you don't understand this, right? Gongzi Xu is Zixuan's beloved daughter and the designated candidate for the future crown prince."

"My Lu State and Qi State have always been at odds, and this Fugui City is Qi State's territory."

"If I present Prince Xu to Duke Xiang of Lu, wouldn't that be a great achievement? Then becoming an official and making a fortune wouldn't be easy for me. Hahahaha..."

The subordinate suddenly realized: "Oh, that's how it is. Boss, you are so smart. You came up with such a good idea. I admire you!"

The shopkeeper waved his hand impatiently and said, "Stop flattering me! Lock them up in the woodshed and keep them under strict watch. Don't let them get away!"

"Tomorrow I will go find my cousin. He works under the Archon Shusun Bao."

"Let my cousin report to the ruling lord that we've captured Young Master Xu. Then we can wait to receive our reward. Hahahaha..."

"Yes, yes!" The men agreed and hurriedly locked the master and servants in the woodshed.

The shopkeeper ran to the backyard and looked at the several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. He was so happy that he almost died.

I can’t earn so much money in several lifetimes, and I’m going to become an official and make a fortune soon.

Oh my god, what kind of shit luck do I have, hahahahaha……

In a house in the capital of Lu, the shopkeeper told his cousin everything about how he captured Prince Xu.

After hearing this, the cousin was also very happy. If he could hand over the young master to the Lord Shangqing, wouldn't he have made a contribution?

When the time comes, I will also have a share in the promotion and wealth, so he hurried to Shangqing Mansion.

At the residence of the ruling minister Shusun Bao, Shusun Bao had just returned home from court and had not even sat down when his cousin walked in.

After paying his respects, he said to Shusun Bao, "Sir, I have something to report to you."

Shusun Bao glanced at him and realized that he didn't like this person very much.

I always feel that his nose and ears are too big, like a pig.

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly! I have something else to do later!"

"Here, here! The thing is, my cousin runs an inn."

"Six people moved in two days ago. My cousin saw that he knew one of them. Can you guess who it was?"

Shusun Bao glared at him and said, "How could I have guessed that? Tell me now!"

The cousin touched his big nose awkwardly and said, "Hey, hey! This man is the eldest son of Zixuan, the Lord of Fugui City, Gongzi Xu."

What? Shusun Bao stood up after hearing this and asked, "Who do you say he is?"

My cousin was startled and thought to himself, I didn’t say anything wrong, why is Lord Shangqing so jumpy and scary?

"Sir, I mean that man is Zixuan City Lord's eldest son, Gongzi Xu."

"What are you going to say? You actually captured Gongzi Xu? Where is he now?"

"Your Excellency, Young Master Xu has been taken to Qufu City by my cousin and is now in my humble residence."

Shusun Bao waved his hand and said, "Quick, bring them to me!"

“Yes!” my cousin agreed, hurriedly left, and headed quickly towards his home.

Half an hour later, Zixu and his group were taken to Shusun Bao's house.

Shusun Bao looked Zixu up and down and asked, "Are you Gongzixu?"