Giant Ship Across the Song Dynasty: My Supplies Come from My Motherland

Chapter 52, The Stubborn One

When she saw the red willow, she was bundled up like a pig for the New Year...

"Sir, this girl is harder to catch than a pig during the New Year! She can fight and run fast. It took us seven or eight brothers to finally subdue her."

When the third brother arrived with his men, his face was still injured, and he spoke with a wronged expression. You must know that this man is the third-in-command of the underworld in Lin'an City. Everyone calls him Third Master. Now, he has been disfigured by a girl who is only ten years old. It would be a miracle if his concubines laughed at him when he got back home.

Xu Shang patted his shoulder with a wry smile, then shoved the drooping Hong Liu in front of Lin Zhou: "Brother, I've brought the person to you. Come visit sometime."

After saying that, he was about to leave when Lin Zhou sighed and took out a stack of paper money from his pocket. He didn't see how much it was, but he estimated it to be around a hundred strings of cash. According to the expert group's estimate, one string of cash was worth about 550 RMB at the time, so this would be worth at least 50,000 to 60,000 RMB.

"Brother Xu, please treat the brothers to a hot drink and a hot meal. We'll be troubling you all tonight."

Xu Shang didn't stand on ceremony and turned to accept the money, then waved his hand crisply: "Brothers, the little immortal is treating everyone to drinks! Let's go!"

As soon as they left, Yangti rolled up his sleeves and pointed at the red willow, scolding, "You! You! You! Behave yourself! You almost got yourself killed. If people knew that we Jurchens almost froze to death in the south, wouldn't we have any shame?"

Eh?

Lin Zhou turned to look at him: "Is this the problem?"

He waved his hand, signaling Yangti to be quiet, then put a hand on Hongliu's shoulder: "Let's go, let's go home. Your parents are probably worried sick."

"I'm not going back." Hongliu was still stubborn: "If I go back, I'll definitely never be able to get out again. I don't want to go back."

"You almost died out there. If I were your father, confining you to your quarters would be the least of my worries. I'd spoil you rotten if I didn't beat you to a pulp."

Even now, Hongliu still doesn't seem to realize how much trouble she's caused; she's still immersed in the anger from her argument with her mother that afternoon.

"Why don't you come back with me? I'll tell my mother that if she doesn't let me play with you, we'll jump into the river and die together."

Lin Zhou remained silent for about ten seconds: "Am I going to die too?"

"Um!"

Tsk...oh dear...it's not that bad...

He thought this was the limit, but he didn't expect there to be another expert by his side. Yang Ti stepped forward, put his hands behind his back, and said, "In my opinion, you should tell your mother that if she really wants to confine you, she should throw this guy into the well and drown him first. If he doesn't die, this little room won't be able to cover your sky."

"good!"

"Hey! Wait a minute." Lin Zhou quickly called out, "Am I really going to die today?"

Whether they were dead or not was another matter, but at this moment they were surrounded by the Imperial Guards. Then the crowd parted, and Prince Rui and Princess Rui stood there. Prince Rui's face was gloomy, and by the light of the lantern, it was vaguely visible that his left cheek was a little red and swollen. Judging from the force, he must have been hit hard by a woman who was about 1.6 meters tall.

Princess Rui's face turned even uglier. Her eyes were swollen, and she stared intently at Hong Liu. After a while, she stormed over and raised her hand to slap him.

Lin Zhou sighed and raised his hand to block: "No, Your Highness... your daughter ran away from home, why are you slapping me?"

As he spoke, his eyes clearly darted to the unreliable old man behind him, who then turned his head and chuckled. That old man was really something…

"If it weren't for you, how could my obedient daughter have done something so outrageous?"

After saying that, she attacked again, but Lin Zhou decisively blocked. The two slaps that were aimed at him from both sides failed to hit him even once, thanks to Lin Zhou's evasion.

"What, you think you're harder to dodge than Garen's ultimate?"

"Kneel down!!!"

The princess suddenly screamed, and then Prince Rui knelt down with a thud. The princess's eyes bulged out of their sockets: "I wasn't talking about you!"

"Oh dear, oh dear, the road is slippery in the rain, I slipped!" Prince Rui dusted himself off and said to the guard beside him, "What's wrong with this road? It's so slippery..."

Seeing the guard's appearance, Lin Zhou could basically diagnose him with depression. He couldn't even laugh, which was something that couldn't be explained by professional competence alone.

Why don't you kneel?

The princess's anger was clearly at its peak. She coldly pointed at Lin Zhou: "A mere commoner, how dare you not kneel?"

Lin Zhou cursed under his breath and turned to leave with his hands behind his back, but the princess shouted sternly, "Stand there! If you don't kneel down today, this matter is not over."

Lin Zhou turned around, took a deep breath, and said, "There's no way I'd kneel down. There are only three possibilities in my life where I'd kneel down to you. The first is if you really become my mother-in-law, and on our wedding day I'd have to kneel down and call you 'Mom.' The second is if you saved my life, and I have no way to repay you, so I'd kowtow to you. The third is..."

"Alright, stop talking." Hongliu stood on tiptoe and covered his mouth: "It's bad luck..."

"You know what I'm going to say?"

"Do you think I don't know what you're going to say?"

The flirtatious glances exchanged between the two were seen as blatant provocation by the princess, while Prince Rui was barely holding back his laughter, his face turning red. It was fortunate that he wasn't that old; if he were any older, his blood pressure would have spiked and he would have suffered a stroke.

"Very well, you two have some nerve! Neither of you are leaving today! Guards! Seize them and lock them in the woodshed!"

Then Lin Zhou and Hong Liu were indeed locked in the woodshed...

Lin Zhou sat there hugging his knees, with Hong Liu leaning against him. The room was pitch black. Suddenly, Lin Zhou blurted out, "No kidding, in this environment, if I were a little braver, your mother would be a grandmother in ten months."

"Then be a little braver."

The environment was pitch black, so the blush on Hongliu's face couldn't be seen, but her face was actually already bright red.

However, this brief moment of bliss did not last long. A third voice rang out from the darkness: "What are you two thinking? I'm still here. I don't know what sins I committed to end up locked up here with you two."

The sound of sheep's hooves rang out: "What a terrible thing!"

But not long after, Yangti suddenly yelled, "What are you doing, grabbing and touching me like that? I'm your brother! Why are you holding my hand?"

"Oh..." Hongliu's voice was muffled, filled with the panic of wanting to die but being unable to.

Lin Zhou sighed, "You two are really the cause of my downfall. I got a beating this morning and now I'm locked up in this pitch-black place tonight. I've had the worst luck imaginable."

"That's nothing. My father, a prince, was almost beaten internally by my mother," Yang Ti sighed. "My father is almost fifty..."

"Why? Why did she hit my father?!"

"It's all because of you. Mom said Dad spoils you too much and hasn't disciplined you properly."

Just then, there was a slight noise from the vent above the woodshed. Then, a little light appeared from the small opening, which was no bigger than a palm. Then, Prince Rui's face appeared there. He made a shushing gesture and threw down several things wrapped in oil paper from there. They were still warm to the touch.

Then a sharp shout rang out from not far away: "Wanyan Bodie! Where did you go to the outhouse?! If I find out you released those little bastards, I'll break your legs!"

Lin Zhou couldn't help but shudder. This was fucking oppressive to everyone she met. Then she heard Prince Rui outside reply, "Stop yelling and calling back your soul! You're too old to pee!"

"Your dad is really pitiful."

"It's been like this as long as I can remember." Hongliu unwrapped the paper package and, taking advantage of the little light it offered, stuffed a roasted chicken leg into Lin Zhou's mouth. "Eat quickly, Father will find a way to let us out tomorrow. I'm definitely doomed; I probably won't be able to go out and play for a while..."