Chapter 1304 - 1: Entering the Capital (Part 3)
Yun Chu stomped her foot in frustration, but she could only continue walking on foot.
To speed up her journey, Yun Chu took a shortcut through the dense brambles that tore her skirts to shreds.
She hadn’t bathed for two days, so upon hearing water sounds, she decided to take a bath.
But as she approached, she saw a brocade robe laid out on a rock.
Yun Chu had had enough of being targeted for her money. If she weren’t a girl, that driver would never have dared to have any thieving thoughts.
Yun Chu decided to disguise herself as a man to travel.
As she tilted her head slightly, she saw a man in the water, handsome and extraordinary, with a naturally free and unrestrained aura between his brows.
Yun Chu’s heart skipped a few beats.
As a lady from a noble family, she actually peeked at a man bathing?!
If her parents knew, they’d surely scold her to death.
Thinking of her parents, Yun Chu felt a heaviness in her heart.
She reached out to take the man’s brocade robe and thought about leaving, but she felt guilty.
She took out five silver ingots from her pocket and placed them on the rock.
This brocade robe wasn’t stolen, it was bought.
The man knew someone had approached, and it was a young lady, but he didn’t say anything.
He thought she must have wandered over by mistake, and brave enough not to shout, sneakily came and sneakily left.
When he got out of the water, he realized that not only did the person sneak away, but also took his brocade robe!
He held five silver ingots in his hand, almost crushing them in anger.
Imagine him, the second young master of the Jibei Marquis Mansion, a tyrant in the Capital City, yet facing such a huge setback on his first trip out of the capital!
Left him five silver pieces after taking ten thousand in silver notes?
Yes.
Not only did they leave five silver pieces, but they also left him a pair of underpants.
She really is kind-hearted!
Shen Junshan’s head ached in anger.
Wearing only underpants, Shen Junshan planned to find the person and give them a good lesson, but after searching all over the mountains, he only found maid skirts and embroidered shoes tossed on the ground.
The forest was full of mosquitoes, and even the toughest skin got bitten red, swollen, and itchy.
There were no villages or shops in sight, and even the horse tied to the tree was gone.
The place where the horse was tied had five silver ingots.
But the silver had fallen into horse dung.
Shen Junshan, "..."
Yun Chu was galloping away on the horse, feeling a bit guilty inside.
She intended to leave him five silver ingots, but while hesitating about placing them, the horse’s tail flicked, scaring her sideway, and the silver ingots slipped from her hand, falling into horse dung.
The brocade robe she wore was Cloud Brocade, which only the wealthy or noble could afford. This money to them wasn’t for buying a horse but was an insult.
But she had only a few dozens of silver left, and this little money nearly got her into trouble twice, so she had to treasure it.
Without money, she feared she might not survive to reach the Capital.
She truly had no choice.
When the opportunity arises in the future, she would definitely repay him.
Yun Chu silently vowed in her heart.
Yet just as she finished swearing, she couldn’t stop sneezing.
With no villages or shops in sight, Shen Junshan was wearing only underpants and barefoot; he didn’t know what to do.
He’d never been in such a sorry state in his life.
Impressive among the noble children in the Capital, but outside the Capital, he couldn’t even protect his brocade robe. How disgraceful.
But he still had to move forward; without a belt, even hanging himself wouldn’t work.
Shen Junshan moved forward, intending to find some clothes to wear, but after walking half a day, he couldn’t find anyone.
His martial arts skills weren’t weak, and with keen ears, he heard the sound of a horse approaching.
Shen Junshan supported himself on a tree, striking a pose he believed unaffected by his bare upper body to block the path.
The horse riders were two men, who, seeing him, laughed, "What’s this about?"
"Isn’t it obvious?" Shen Junshan said.
He was borrowing clothes and shoes.
"Robbery?" The man frowned.
"..."
Shen Junshan twitched his mouth.
The man’s mouth twitched even more.
He’d seen robbers before, but never one robbing while wearing only underpants.
"I think you were the one robbed?" The man laughed.
"..."
Shen Junshan had nothing to say.
Although it wasn’t robbery, the outcome was worse than robbery.
"Do you know what happened to the people who tried to rob us before you?" The man said.
"If you don’t want to die, step aside quickly!"
Shen Junshan looked at them and forgot about borrowing clothes and shoes, saying, "Stop talking, give me a set of clothes!"
Before he finished, the man’s guards charged at him.
The guards were skilled in martial arts, but still weren’t a match for Shen Junshan.
Shen Junshan moved swiftly, grabbing a guard’s foot and swinging him hard against a tree, causing him to fall heavily.
The man’s expression changed, drawing a soft sword from his belt to attack.
The man’s martial arts were superior and he exchanged over ten rounds with Shen Junshan, but eventually collapsed.
Shen Junshan took a set of clothes from him, laughing, "Robbing feels quite nice after all."
Not only did he rob a set of clothes, but Shen Junshan also took one of their horses.
He needed to chase after his thousand-mile horse.
He had taken his family’s thousand-mile horse from his father before leaving; who knows how angry his father was over the past few days. If someone else stole it, his father would skin him alive.
And those ten thousand silver notes were money someone owed his father, which he was supposed to deliver!
Shen Junshan chased ahead, and meanwhile, Yun Chu stopped at a fork in the road.
With two paths, she didn’t know which one to take.
Looking around and seeing no one to ask, she stroked the smooth mane of her horse and said, "Which way should we go?"
The horse walked forward, leading Yun Chu.
The horse hadn’t walked for long when Shen Junshan arrived at the fork.
He hesitated too; he recognized the road back to the Capital, but he didn’t know which way the thief went.
After thinking for a while, he chose the other path.
If the thief was from the Capital, they’d surely recognize the second young master of Jibei Marquis Mansion, otherwise, they would’ve needed immense courage to steal his brocade robe.
Overthinking led him to make the wrong choice.