CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 44: ROUGE

The little poison creature looked bewildered.

She asked in confusion, "What ring? I’m asking about the master."

Huang Ying laughed and said, "Maybe I heard wrong. The master is in the main hall. You can go on your own."

The little poison creature agreed with a sound, and then trotted to the main hall.

At this moment, two well-built young men came over.

The two of them watched the little poison creature’s departing figure, their faces showing expressions that were hard to describe.

If the little poison creature were here, seeing these two, she would immediately recognize them as the "kind-hearted people" she chased all over the place to lead her to the City God Temple.

The questioning young man asked, "Sir Huang Ying, weren’t your words just now too direct?"

The responding young man shook his head, "Being direct is good! That young lady has a simple mind; she can’t understand anything too complicated."

The questioning young man said, "That’s true, but I’m worried about being noticed by that person!"

The responding young man shook his head, "Didn’t you just hear the report from the consecrated master? Those two together don’t even make up one brain; he won’t think that much!"

The questioning young man hesitated for a moment, then laughed, "That makes sense!"

Huang Ying raised her hand to interrupt the two and instructed, "Go about your business, don’t mess up the master’s big plans!"

The two of them clasped their fists and said in unison:

"Yes!"

Huang Ying waited at the door for a while, and the little poison creature came out happily.

Seeing Huang Ying, she kept running, saying as she went, "Sister Huang Ying, I’m going to find Brother Xiao Jing, I’ll be back soon!"

Huang Ying nodded with a smile, "Be careful on the road, go quickly and come back quickly."

The little poison creature agreed and soon disappeared into the distance.

The little poison creature grew up in the forest, although she has no concept of north, south, east, and west, her sense of direction is excellent. Once she walks a path, she basically doesn’t forget it.

Very soon, she returned to the City God Temple.

Finding that the male protagonist was not there, the little poison creature took out a dark red scorpion from the poison pouch at her waist, gently placing it in the palm of her hand. She urged, "Little Red, hurry and help me find Brother Xiao Jing. I have something very important to discuss with him!"

The red scorpion circled twice on the little poison creature’s palm and then suddenly stood still, its tail needle pointing in the direction of the Death Prison.

"Found him!"

The little poison creature’s eyes lit up, and she placed the red scorpion on her shoulder, quickly jogging towards the Death Prison.

After Su Changyuan was imprisoned in the Death Prison, most of the onlookers had already left.

The male protagonist did not rush to leave. He still disguised himself as a porter, sitting uneasily at a small tea stall by the street, drinking tea.

When the little poison creature found him, he was already full from drinking water.

Seeing the little poison creature, the male protagonist was suddenly startled, almost jumping up from the stool in fright.

The male protagonist looked at her in astonishment, "Little girl, how did you find me?"

To avoid being discovered, the male protagonist had specifically chosen paths with fewer people and even picked an inconspicuous small tea stall to drink tea.

Still, unexpectedly, the little poison creature found him right away!

"Little Red told me!"

The little poison creature gestured to the red scorpion on her shoulder and explained, "You were poisoned before, and Little Red detoxified you. You have its scent on you, so it can find you no matter how far away!"

The male protagonist looked at the red scorpion, very surprised, "Is the scorpion that powerful?"

The little poison creature boasted, "Little Red is not just an ordinary scorpion; it is the Scorpion King!"

The male protagonist glanced at the scorpion, and perhaps because he was previously stung too harshly by its tail needle, he had a conditioned reflex.

The male protagonist only took one look before feeling a tingle on his scalp, his legs turning to jelly, and hastily turned his head away.

He asked the little poison creature, "Little girl, how did it go with the task I entrusted to you?"

Upon hearing this, the little poison creature immediately bragged, "Since I personally took action, is there anything I can’t accomplish?"

The little poison creature raised her head, proudly stating, "The master said, Brother Xiao Jing, you can go and kowtow to him whenever you want! The master also said that he has plenty of gold ingots. As long as you kowtow well, giving you eight to ten cartloads is not an issue!"

As she finished, the little poison creature looked at the male protagonist with eyes full of envy.

"Brother Xiao Jing, you’re really lucky. The master doesn’t let me kowtow, and he doesn’t give me that many gold ingots!"

The male protagonist: "..."

He widened his eyes, somewhat unable to believe his ears.

Though he knew this little creature was unreliable, he didn’t expect her to be unreliable to this degree!

The male protagonist went crazy, "Who said I wanted to go and kowtow to Zhao Yi?"

Hmm?

The little poison creature was stunned for a moment, "You actually don’t want to kowtow?"

She couldn’t understand!

What a great opportunity this was!

As long as you kowtow to the master, the master will give you gold ingots!

She wanted to kowtow but wasn’t allowed!

The little poison creature glared at the male protagonist, puffed up with anger, extremely dissatisfied with him for missing a great opportunity to make a fortune.

So many cartloads of gold ingots!

Enough to support all her friends on the mountain!

The male protagonist saw the little poison creature getting angry and couldn’t help but feel a sense of helplessness in his heart.

He asked with a bitter smile, "What you said before, that you understood what I entrusted you with, was it really to ask Zhao Yi if I could kowtow to him in exchange for gold melon seeds?"

Hearing this, the little poison creature was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "Isn’t that it?"

"Of course not!" The protagonist said without hesitation.

The Sixth Prince Zhao Yi harmed him so badly, it was already good that he didn’t take revenge, how could he possibly go and kowtow to him!

Even if he was given gold melon seeds, it wouldn’t work!

The protagonist said seriously, "What I wanted you to do is to help check if there’s an ancient ring in the Sixth Prince’s mansion!"

After saying this, the protagonist shook his head, "Forget it, I know this is difficult for you, you’d better..."

"A ring? I know!" The little poison creature replied naturally, "The ring is in the mansion’s latrine, it was thrown there by Sister Huang Ying!"

Latrine?

The protagonist’s eyes widened in anger, "How could he dare? That’s the Arhat Ancestor Master, isn’t Zhao Yi afraid of Buddha’s punishment?"

After pondering for a moment, the little poison creature said, "I think the master probably isn’t afraid. If he was, he wouldn’t have thrown the ring in the latrine!"

She seriously explained, "My friends are just like that. If they think the prey is hard to deal with, they won’t even act. But if they do act, it means the prey is easy to handle, nothing to worry about."

The protagonist: "..."

Easy to deal with?

Nothing to worry about?

The protagonist looked at the little poison creature with an indescribable expression on his face, "Thank you! For something so important, if you hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known!"

The little poison creature waved her hand casually, "Brother Xiao Jing, you don’t need to be polite with me! Back in the Black Stripe’s lair, if you hadn’t fallen from the sky and knocked it out, I’d definitely be dead by now! You saved me, so it’s only right I help you!"

The protagonist fell silent.

Having studied debate since childhood, the protagonist, who prided himself on his eloquence, found himself at a loss for words when facing the little poison creature.

This little monster is just like her poison.

Absolutely unsolvable!

After finishing, the little poison creature suddenly thought of something and asked the protagonist, "Brother Xiao Jing, are you still going to save that woman from the tavern? When I returned to the mansion earlier, she had already finished bathing. I also heard them say she’s going to drink wine and pick flowers with my master?"

After saying that, the little poison creature looked puzzled, "Spring hasn’t even arrived yet, which tree is flowering so early? Brother Xiao Jing, do you know?"

The protagonist: "..."

He twitched his lips hard.

If he didn’t know this little monster was brainless, the protagonist would definitely think the little poison creature was mocking him!

"Adulterous couple!"

Sixth Prince’s Mansion.

Zhao Yi had indeed prepared good wine.

The wine was personally brewed by the Second Prince Zhao Mian on the day of his wedding, called "Rouge Red."

Zhao Mian loved drinking, and equally loved brewing wine.

Back then, to brew this batch of wine, Zhao Mian coaxed away quite a few rare treasures from Zhao Yi.

The day the wine was completed, its fragrance wafted for ten miles.

All the drunkards in Shengjing City went crazy!

Zhao Mian later tried to brew another batch of Rouge Red, but somehow, even with the same people, same ingredients, and same technique, the new wine always lacked that little taste compared to the original Rouge Red.

Some said the Rouge Red was brewed on Zhao Mian’s wedding day, and the new wine lacked the touch of festive joy from the wedding day.

A drunkard suggested Zhao Mian divorce and remarry, and then brew it again on the wedding day, perhaps the miracle of Rouge Red could be recreated.

Then, that drunkard had his legs broken by the Second Imperial Consort herself.

Zhao Mian never brewed Rouge Red again!

After years of constant consumption, there’s very little Rouge Red left on the market.

There was once someone who sought a jar of Rouge Red with ten thousand gold but couldn’t get it!

Because the few remaining jars were all in Zhao Yi’s hands.

Even Zhao Mian didn’t have any to drink!

Zhao Yi wasn’t much of a drinker, but today was different.

He might be losing his virginity today.

So, Zhao Yi had a jar of Rouge Red opened.

He thought drinking wedding wine on such an important day was quite poetic.

Compared to the excited Zhao Yi, Yao Qing’s expression didn’t look as good.

Clearly, she didn’t think there was anything poetic about it!

Yao Qing glared at Zhao Yi and said indignantly, "Even if you gain my body, you’ll never gain my heart!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yi was a bit puzzled.

However, he generously waved his hand.

"You just keep your heart in your belly!"

Zhao Yi kindly comforted her, "I only want your body, why would I need your heart?"

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