novelSusiti Chapter 1237 - 39: Debts of Joy (Part 15)
Chapter 1237 - 39: Debts of Joy (Part 15)
Not to mention currying favor with Prince Ping, at this point he’d already been cursing him over and over in his heart.They actually lied to him, saying the Token in the hand of the young master from Prince Pingnan Mansion was fake?!
If it weren’t for them lying first, how would he have dared arrest anyone.
In order to vent Prince Pingnan Mansion’s anger, the City Patrol Order dumped all the blame onto Prince Ping, saying it was Prince Ping’s men who claimed the Token was fake, and they hadn’t dared not to make the arrest.
The steward from Prince Pingnan Mansion let out a cold laugh. "So the City Patrol Officer has no judgment of his own at all?!"
"Or is it that compared to Prince Ping Mansion, our Prince Pingnan Mansion is easier to bully?"
Easy to bully?
If the Capital City lacked anything, it wasn’t nobles; what it had most was the powerful and rich.
He, a mere City Patrol Order, was already as low-ranking a Capital Official as one could get; he had to bow and scrape to everyone he saw.
If he hadn’t been so desperate to escape this situation and wanted to cling to Prince Ping, he wouldn’t have offended the young master of Prince Pingnan Mansion.
Now that they’d locked the man up in Prince Pingnan Mansion’s private prison, how was he supposed to appease this anger?
The City Patrol Order was depressed.
He really had no idea what was going on—suddenly all sorts of new nobles had popped up in the Capital City.
Prime Minister Zhao’s niece, Prince Jing’s adopted son, and now yet another young master from Prince Pingnan Mansion...
He truly had never heard of there being any young master in Prince Pingnan Mansion.
The City Patrol Order carefully sounded him out.
The steward of Prince Pingnan Mansion didn’t hide it. "He is the only son of my Great General’s younger brother, who was separated from the family many years ago. We only just found him a few days ago, and we haven’t let outsiders know yet."
"No wonder," the City Patrol Order replied.
"To be able to find a long-lost brother, it’s a great joy for Prince Pingnan Mansion."
"This whole misunderstanding truly came from our being out of the loop. I hope Steward will say a few good words for me in front of the Great General, and not blame our City Patrol Office too harshly."
As he spoke, he slipped over a silver note for one thousand taels.
The steward accepted it.
Because he knew General Shi wouldn’t blame the City Patrol Office.
Given who the Second Young Master of East Town Marquis Mansion was, if he hadn’t willingly let the City Patrol Office arrest him, who could have caught him?
Once they reached the prison, he swung down from his horse.
The City Patrol Order led the way in front, heading straight for Su Yang and Princess Yinchuan’s cell.
He had barely caught sight of Su Yang’s silhouette when he heard him shout, "There’s a rat."
Princess Yinchuan jumped in a panic and leapt straight into Su Yang’s arms, clutching his neck and refusing to let go.
"Quick, chase it away," Princess Yinchuan cried, her lovely face drained of color from fear.
She was most afraid of things like rats and cockroaches.
Su Yang held her, his smile as bright as could be.
The steward of Prince Pingnan Mansion felt a cascade of black lines falling down his forehead.
Should he maybe come back in a couple of days to pick him up?
The Second Young Master of East Town Marquis Mansion seemed to be having a grand time staying in the cell.
Princess Yinchuan carefully looked down at the ground and didn’t see any rat. She asked, "Did the rat leave?"
"You scared it off," Su Yang said, trying hard not to laugh.
He couldn’t hold it in, and a bit of laughter slipped out.
Princess Yinchuan heard it. She climbed down from Su Yang’s arms and, seeing his smile more dazzling than the night sky, immediately knew he’d just been scaring her.
Her temper flared. Princess Yinchuan lifted her foot and stomped down on Su Yang’s foot, grinding hard a few times.
Su Yang grimaced in pain, baring his teeth. "Ow, ow, ow...!"
"Serves you right!"
"Who told you to scare me!"
The steward of Prince Pingnan Mansion gave a light cough.
Princess Yinchuan quickly darted over to the cell door and looked toward where the sound had come from.
Although she was living at Zhao Xiang Mansion, there really weren’t many people she knew. Seeing the steward of Prince Pingnan Mansion walk over, she hurriedly asked, "Are you here to pick me up?"
The City Patrol Order frowned. "This is the steward from Prince Pingnan Mansion. He’s here to take Young Master Shi back."
"Young Master Shi?" Princess Yinchuan arched a slender brow and looked toward Su Yang. "Is that him?"
"My name is Tang Feng," Su Yang said.
"..."
The City Patrol Order felt a bit embarrassed and looked over at the steward from Prince Pingnan Mansion.
The steward’s expression didn’t change.
The City Patrol Order automatically filled in the gaps as to why the young master from Prince Pingnan Mansion didn’t have the surname Shi and was surnamed Tang instead.
It must be that General Shi’s brother had drifted outside and been taken in by a family surnamed Tang, and after being raised by his adoptive parents, had taken their surname.
They had only just found him, and there hadn’t been time yet for him to return to the ancestral line.
The City Patrol Order ordered the prison guard to unlock the cell.
Disgusted by how slow the guard was, he wanted to unlock it himself.
But because he was nervous, he mixed up the keys to the cells. Never mind opening the door; he couldn’t even find the right key for quite a while.
Su Yang gave him a look full of disdain, grabbed the iron chain with his hand, and gave it a forceful tug.
With a clang, the iron chain snapped...
It snapped, just like that?!
The steward from Prince Pingnan Mansion felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
He knew the Second Young Master of East Town Marquis Mansion was highly skilled in martial arts.
But did he really have to slap the City Patrol Office in the face this hard?
Wasn’t this the same as telling the City Patrol Order that if he’d wanted to leave, no one could have stopped him?
The City Patrol Order quickly started praising Su Yang’s superb martial arts, but Su Yang pressed a hand on the City Patrol Order’s shoulder and said, "A City Patrol Office that arrests people based on their looks has no future."