How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

After changing clothes, Xie Chengze waved his hand to signal Zhu Xiaobiao to leave.

He walked towards the bed to look for the hidden sulfur powder. When he passed the wooden table, the exquisite mahogany clothes box that Shen Yuan brought came into his sight again.

Xie Chengze frowned in disgust, but simply ignored it and continued walking towards the bed.

Three seconds later, he stepped back and retreated.

He just took a look, just a glance, to see if that bastard Shen Yuan was trying to fool him by passing off junk as good ones.

He raised his hand to his lips and coughed twice. Xie Chengze did not face the wooden table, but stood sideways beside the table, straightened his back, and stretched out his right hand casually, and gently pried the lock of the clothes box.

The wooden lid of the clothing box popped up instantly, revealing what was inside.

Several small brown paper bags were tied with red ropes, with a piece of red paper with the word "cake" written on it pasted inside. After several collisions, they were forced into the corner of the wooden box and looked very pitiful.

Under the paper bag was a Sichuan brocade robe as bright red as a crabapple, with a pattern of auspicious clouds and cranes in the sky finely outlined with golden silk threads. The fabric was silky, light and translucent, with a slightly cool and soft touch. The edges of the robe were dotted with small round jewels of various colors that were translucent red, as crystal clear and flawless as pomegranate flesh, highlighting the noble status of the person.

Even though Xie Chengze had limited vision, he knew that this piece of clothing could only be sewed and embroidered by an excellent embroiderer. Considering Shen Yuan's old-fashioned character who would never owe anyone anything, he would probably buy the treasure of the store, right?

He even used his own money.

Xie Chengze's index finger gently fiddled with the small beads embellishing the robe, then he raised his hand to the corner of the box, entangled his five fingers in the thin strings of the pastry paper bags, and pulled them out.

When opening them one by one, there were candied date cakes, flower cakes, longan pastries and mung bean cakes inside. The portions were not large, but enough to satisfy your craving.

There was a famine in Yizhou, and these little things might be sold at a sky-high price. Xie Chengze picked up a longan pastry and stuffed it into his mouth. The crispy fragrance in his mouth made him say secretly: Okay, forgive Shen Yuan a little.

Then he stuffed a mung bean cake into his mouth, chewed it, and commented: Forgive Shen Yuan two points.

He drank some water to rinse his throat, then stuffed a candied date knife in his throat: Forgive Shen Yuan for 0.5 points.

Finally, he took a bite of the flower cake. The fragrance and sweetness on his teeth made him finally decide: I'll just forgive Shen Yuan a little.

He glanced at the Shu brocade robe again: This doesn't count, this is what he should have compensated himself.

After Xie Chengze calmed himself down, he went to dig out the sulfur powder and sugar. Worried that Shen Yuan would sneak over in the middle of the night and throw these things away, he stuffed them into his arms and quietly left the room, planning to find a safe place to hide them.

Where to hide...

Xie Chengze was sneaking around the village, thinking that no matter where he hid, Shen Yuan's dog nose would find him. Just when he was at a loss, he was suddenly patted on the back.

Xie Chengze shuddered with fear and turned his head with a stiff neck. When he found that it was not Shen Yuan but Gu Ying and Bian Yangchun, he breathed a sigh of relief, "So it was you."

"Brother Cheng, what are you doing here?" Gu Ying stared at his bright puppy eyes and asked curiously.

"I'm hiding something." Xie Chengze looked at the two of them, "Why are you here?"

"Brother Bian and I went to the bookstore to buy books. We will go to report to Prefect Liang later." Gu Ying said honestly, "He has been feeling that someone is trying to harm him recently. He heard that I have martial arts skills and said he wants to hire me as a bodyguard."

"Oh?" Xie Chengze thought about it and couldn't help but agree, "That's right, his life is valuable now, he should hire some guards to protect himself."

Gu Ying tilted his head with clear and confused eyes, "Why is it valuable?"

"Well..." Xie Chengze evaded the question casually, "It's not easy to live to this age. If you eat one more mouthful of food, it will naturally cost you one more mouthful of food. If you suddenly trip over a rock and fall to death, that would be a loss, right?"

Gu Ying suddenly realized and felt that Xie Chengze was right.

Bian Yangchun on the side couldn't help but smile, "Okay, Xiaoying, Brother Cheng is still busy, let's not disturb him."

Gu Ying said "oh" and waved to Xie Chengze, "Then Brother Cheng, we'll leave first!"

"Hey! Wait! Do me a favor!" Xie Chengze remembered something and quickly took out the sulfur paper bag and patted the two people on the back. "Okay, let's go!"

"What is this?" Gu Ying sniffed Bian Yangchun's back and felt that the smell was a little familiar.

"Sulfur." ​​Xie Chengze waved his hand to signal the two that they could leave, and then immediately walked towards the other villagers.

He thought of a brilliant idea, which was to make everyone smell like sulfur powder!

This way Shen Yuan won’t be able to find where he actually hid the sulfur powder!

Hahahaha, Xie Chengze is a genius!

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In the evening, Shen Yuan estimated that Xie Chengze should have calmed down, so he put down the case in his hand, walked out of the main hall and prepared to look for Xie Chengze.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, he brushed past a bailiff from the county government office and smelled a faint familiar scent. He couldn't help but frowned slightly and glanced at the bailiff.

Is it an illusion?

Not taking it to heart, Shen Yuan continued walking towards the family quarters, but unexpectedly, every time he passed a person, he could smell a faint smell of sulfur powder, as if it was lingering on his nose and refused to dissipate.

Shen Yuan: ...

He probably knew what was going on.

He couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Xie Chengze was really full of tricks. He could even think of such a method. Was he so afraid that he would find his sulfur powder and confiscate it?

As a prince, he could use his power to suppress others, but he always seemed to be watching my expression, allowing me to call him by his name, and allowing me to compete with him, without any distinction between the king and his subjects...

But I was clearly the one who killed him.

Shen Yuan even clearly remembered the moment in his previous life when the green sword in his hand pierced into Xie Chengze's heart. The other party clutched his sleeves tightly with bloody hands. He was unable to speak because the blood in his chest flowed into his lungs. However, the other party's eyes full of hatred were like a blazing flame that could engulf him whole.

After fighting for ten years, Shen Yuan naturally knew what he wanted to say.

"Even if I go to hell, I will come back to kill you."

But none of them went to hell, and Xie Chengze, who was reborn, did not kill him.

Instead, he rescued Zhu Xiaobiao and talked with the students. He came up with the Yizhou Tianfu plan and could also make gunpowder weapons. It was impossible for Shen Yuan not to doubt the identity of such a person who was completely different from "Xie Chengze".

Shen Yuan had thought about the possibility that Xie Chengze might not be "Xie Chengze", but a person who looked exactly like "Xie Chengze", and might have replaced "Xie Chengze" unknowingly.

His intuition clearly told him that Xie Chengze was not "Xie Chengze", but Xie Chengze's appearance, who knew many secrets of his previous life, told him clearly that he was "Xie Chengze".

Shen Yuan couldn't think of any other reason to prove that Xie Chengze was another person. Moreover, the two of them were exactly the same. Shen Yuan had traveled to so many places and seen many twins, but he had never seen two that were so exactly the same.

He couldn't be sure, so he couldn't let down his guard against Xie Chengze.

Sighing, Shen Yuan walked to the outside of Xie Chengze's house and knocked on the door.

There was no response from inside the house, so Shen Yuan knocked a few more times and said, "Your Highness, it's me."

There was still no response from the room. Shen Yuan raised his hand and tried to push the door open. Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, "What are you doing?"