Chapter 215: Spring Rain Falls On Chang’an, Liu Ruyan On The Ba River Bank
Yun Ce and Yun Linchuan faced distinctly different social environments.
Therefore, there is absolutely no comparability in the urgency of changing society and saving the masses. Yun Linchuan felt that if he did not stand up soon, this country and nation would fall into ruin.
Yun Ce, however, believed that if he stood out, this prosperous and thriving country would surely go downhill because of his emergence.
Scion of a noble family, being a head in the pleasure quarters is pretty good. Don’t think about changing or promoting anything according to your own wishes when there’s nothing to do; it’s not only truly meaningless but also unnecessary.
During prosperous times, everyone might as well be more tolerant, relax their mindset, and jointly maintain the current development momentum. Thinking of making big changes during prosperous times is what really indicates illness.
Of course, how you change your bedroom affairs is up to you.
Doggy has always criticized Yun Ce for his weak revolutionary will, but this is unavoidable. He has only been in the Great Han World for over a year and feels he has already done a lot, but in Doggy’s view, it is far from enough.
Yun Ce naturally knows what true revolutionaries are like. They have long dedicated themselves to the country, with no personal life at all. In moments of extreme fatigue, they might miss their loved one, pour out their affection on a piece of paper, then drink a cup of tea, eat a few peanuts, and plunge back into work.
They know everything but would rather die than change.
Yun Ce thought to himself that he could not do it. Being able to do what he had done so far was due to the blood in his veins acting up, the same as Yun Linchuan’s.
1 Therefore, after being carefully dressed up by Doggy and seeing his reflection in the water, Yun Ce finally remembered that he was originally supposed to look like this, living a life matching this handsome appearance.
1 The Red Date Horse before bathing was worth perhaps a hundred taels of gold at most, and that was still considering it was a Thunder Smoke Beast.
1 After bathing and being carefully combed over with tentacles by Doggy, this fellow’s fur was gleaming, every muscle and bone beneath the fur pulsing powerfully, and with a pair of sparkling big eyes, without ten thousand taels of gold, one did not even qualify to touch it.
1 Riding on the cheerful Red Date Horse, both rider and mount were in excellent spirits. Of course, if a hundred fierce servants followed behind, his Noble Son persona would be firmly established.
1 Qi Li Pu, just from the name, one knows it is a rest stop seven li away from Xiangcheng.
1 In the Northern Territory, leaving the protection of the city to establish a settlement alone in the wilderness is not something ordinary people can do, especially in a place only seven li from the city. The people they serve are definitely not normal.
1 Normal people and normal caravans would go straight into Xiangcheng and would never rest at a place seven li from the city.
1 ·Yun Ce had heard people in the city talk about Qi Li Pu. Everyone said it was a good place, but no one had truly been to Qi Li Pu, and each person had a different account.
1 Previous officials of Xiangcheng said Qi Li Pu was a very evil place. The government officials had wanted to clean it up for years, but every time it ended without result.
1 Caravan shopkeepers said Qi Li Pu was a place that sucked blood. Caravans that went to Qi Li Pu, no matter how wealthy and powerful, would leave clean and empty-handed.
2 Some commoners who had delivered goods to Qi Li Pu said it was pretty good. Every time they went, the wages given were more than elsewhere, but they were not allowed to wander or look around.
2 Yun Ce rode the Red Date Horse into Qi Li Pu, wanting to see for himself.
2 Qi Li Pu was actually pretty good. It was a place with lush trees and clear water surrounding it. The main structure was a very large inn, and the flavorful Meiju eatery that Yan Fei mentioned was right next to this large inn.
2 The inn was of wooden construction, more precisely, a huge building piled up from thick logs, with a very exotic style.
2 Perhaps because Yun Ce arrived too early, there was no one at the inn entrance, nor were there the sneaky, rat-eyed types around that he had imagined.
2 Yun Ce dismounted beside a cluster of trimmed bamboo. A woman with a square cloth on her head and a bamboo basket on her arm walked out from the forest.
2 Seeing Yun Ce, she called out from afar: “Young Master, are you here to stay?”
2 Yun Ce smiled and said: “Indeed.”
2 The woman said again: “Young Master need not stay here. It is crude and will neglect you. Young Master only needs to continue forward seven li to reach Xiangcheng.”
2 Yun Ce shook his head and said: “I just came from Xiangcheng. It has just gone through warfare. My family barely escaped Xiangcheng and wants to rest here in this elegant place to calm our panicked minds.”
3 As the woman approached, the moment Yun Ce saw her, he sighed in his heart and cupped his hands: “May I ask the young lady’s name.”
3 The woman smiled very charmingly, half-covering her mouth with her hand unconsciously, and said to Yun Ce: “Tsk, I am the daughter of a good family, not the inn girl Young Master thinks I am.”
3 Yun Ce had never seen a bad girl call herself a bad guy. He chuckled lightly: “Seeing that the young lady has extraordinary looks, I wanted to know her name to see if it matches her appearance.”
3 “Liu Ruyan, my name is Liu Ruyan.”
3 Yun Ce raised his thumb: “Chang’an spring rain falls, Baishang willow like smoke. Indeed a good name.”
3 Liu Ruyan leaned forward in salute: “May I ask Young Master’s name.”
3 “Liu Chang’an, a man who wants to stay in Chang’an but cannot.”
3 “Tsk, vulgar!”
3 “How is it vulgar?”
3 “Young Master thinks this slave girl does not understand poetry and thus can casually humiliate me? What does ‘Chang’an spring rain falls, Baishang willow like smoke’ mean? How does Chang’an spring rain fall, how does Baishang willow turn to smoke? Such lewd and vulgar doggerel, and Young Master has the quick wit to pull it out.”
4 Seeing there was a chance, Yun Ce stepped forward and grabbed Liu Ruyan’s hand: “If the young lady takes pity, tonight you will know how Chang’an rain falls and how Baishang willow turns to smoke.”
4 Liu Ruyan shook off Yun Ce’s eager hand and spat again: “Young Master is so lustful, are you not afraid of this Qi Li Pu…”
4 Without waiting for Liu Ruyan to finish, Yun Ce stepped forward, scooped her up sideways in his arms, walked toward the inn while smiling: “People say Qi Li Pu is the famous gold-devouring den, heroes’ grave. I came specially today to experience it, and unexpectedly, upon first seeing the young lady, my soul flew to the heavens. Hurry, hurry, after enduring many days in Xiangcheng, today it finally ends.”
4 Somehow, Liu Ruyan slipped out of Yun Ce’s arms like a snake, stood in front of him, raised her hand to stroke his cheek: “Young Master is quite handsome.”
4 Originally thinking Yun Ce would continue in lustful abandon, who would have thought Yun Ce suddenly raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face. Before Liu Ruyan could react, he kicked her in the stomach.
4 Seeing Liu Ruyan writhing in pain on the ground, he grabbed her hair, lifted her up, stared into her eyes: “This Young Master came to Qi Li Pu to play with others, yet you dare try to play with this Young Master. A mere prostitute—give you a bit of color and you open a dye shop.”
4 Just as the words fell, three heavy punches landed on Liu Ruyan’s chest and abdomen, beating her until she spat blood. Then he dragged her by the hair into the inn.
4 Entering the inn, he saw quite a few people sitting in the hall. Yun Ce ignored them, tossed a piece of gold onto the counter, and said to the woman inside: “One upper room. Do not disturb before sunset.”
4 The woman deep in the counter, whose features could not be seen clearly, said: “Young Master is a bit too overbearing. Love between man and woman is best when mutual.”
4 Yun Ce pulled up Liu Ruyan, stared into her eyes: “Are we mutual?”
5 Liu Ruyan had long been beaten until her muscles and bones were limp, internal organs shifted by Yun Ce’s kick and three punches. She could not speak, only spat a mouthful of bloody saliva at Yun Ce in extreme anger.
5 Yun Ce turned his head to dodge, then said to the shopkeeper behind the counter: “See, are we mutual?”
5 “This is Qi Li Pu. Will Young Master really be so reckless?”
5 Yun Ce suddenly leaned close to the counter. The woman inside retreated abruptly. Yun Ce could not see her face clearly, so he shook his head: “From your voice, you should be a beauty. Forget it, cannot see the face, do not know if fair or ugly. If an ugly woman, it would be too unappetizing. Better a bird in the hand than ten in the forest. I’ll eat you first.”
5 With that, he dragged Liu Ruyan toward the back of the inn.
5 A swarthy strong man in a leather jacket suddenly flung open his jacket. A two-foot dagger was in his hand, and the next moment, it thrust straight toward Yun Ce’s back heart.
5 Yun Ce sidestepped to dodge. His right hand was already pinching the flat of the blade. With a crack, the dagger broke. The strong man’s body lurched forward. Yun Ce’s right hand, which had just broken the dagger, struck heavily on the strong man’s chest. The sound of breaking ribs rang out clearly. Yun Ce chuckled lightly and continued dragging Liu Ruyan by the hair inside.
5 The strong man’s flying body smashed a table and slid to the wall corner, silent thereafter.
5 The woman behind the counter finally came into the light. She was very beautiful.
5 Even the lustful Yun Ce could not help stopping, looking at this beautiful woman whose anger had burned to the extreme with a half-smile.
6 “Who are you?”
6 “Liu Chang’an!” The beauty’s angry look was also captivating. Yun Ce casually tossed Liu Ruyan aside like trash and eyed this beauty up and down with an evil gaze.
6 After looking for a moment, even Yun Ce had to admit that the Gui Fang people’s appearances were truly outstanding. That Liu Ruyan was beautiful, but the female shopkeeper before him was even more so.
6 It seemed the hybrid advantages were very clearly manifested in them.
6 “Why have you come?” The woman suppressed her fury and continued asking.
6 “Heard there is a batch of treasures buried here. I could not resist and came first.”
6 Seeing the man just punched by Yun Ce had stopped his final trembling, the female shopkeeper endured her heart’s anger, saluted Yun Ce: “There are only some weak women here trying to make a living, no treasures Young Master seeks. If Young Master insists, this slave has some savings.”
6 Yun Ce shook his head with a smile, eyed the female shopkeeper: “Gui Fang women always like coming to Han Land to borrow seed. How does this Young Master look to you?”
6 Landed in Hainan, from now on secluded. Debts must be repaid. Return my monthly ticket.
