When he got tired, he found a tea house by the roadside and sat down to have some tea and rest, and he looked for an inn early in the evening to rest.
The Third Prince, with his men, pursued him with speed and found his trail two days later.
A spy from the front came back to report that he had seen Song Yin in the tea lodge ahead. The Third Prince stopped the reins. It was mid-afternoon and there were many people coming and going on the official road, so it was not advisable to take action.
He asked someone to bring an opinion map and pointed to a forest ten miles ahead of the town, “Take a detour and go there to ambush him.”
According to Song Yin’s speed, he would arrive there just in time for darkness to fall.
His subordinates responded and led the men over.
The Third Prince, on the other hand, took his two attendants and swaggered to the tea house where Song Yin was drinking tea. He had changed his face again today, so he was not afraid that Song Yin would recognise him.
He sat down at the table next to Song Yin, “Boss, have a bowl of tea.”
“Here you go.”
The boss took a tea bowl and carried the teapot over, placing the bowl in front of the Third Prince and pouring the tea.
Such tea lounges were all for people in a hurry, and at three pennies a bowl, naturally there wouldn’t be any good tea leaves. The Third Prince frowned before he could drink it, but in order to keep an eye on Song Yin, he reluctantly lifted it up, looked at the tea froth inside, and resisted the urge to put it down, watching Song Yin as he lowered his head and pretended to drink.
Song Yin also brought his tea and was drinking it, taking a sip with great elegance, his left hand resting on the table, not seeing anything wrong with it.
The Third Prince gave his attendant a wink, which he understood, and seemed to turn around to get something, but he didn’t know what he had stepped on under his foot, and his whole body fell in Song Yin’s direction.
Song Yin did not even think about raising his left hand to help him, but he forgot that his left hand was not only unable to lift high but also lacked strength, so he failed to hold on and the attendant knocked on the table, knocking over the tea bowl in his right hand, which fell to the ground and shattered.
“Oops ……”
The owner of the tea house ran over in distress, his tea bowls were the best ones he had ever bought, at two yuan a piece.
The Third Prince took the opportunity to put down the tea bowls and apologized to Song Yin, “I’m really sorry, my attendant has always been fussy, is Your Excellency alright?”
“No problem.”
Song Yin retracted his left hand back into his sleeve and looked to the tea lodge owner, “How much is a tea bowl, I’ll pay you back.”
“Two wens.”
Song Yin took out twenty wens and put it on the table. There were seven of us in total, one bowl of tea per person plus the tea bowls, exactly twenty-three wens.
The boss happened to go to collect it, but was stopped by the Third Prince, “It was because of my man this gentleman that broke the tea bowl, how can I ask the gentleman to pay for it? I’ll do it.”
“No harm, it’s only two wens.”
After saying this, Song Yin left the tea house, took the reins from Xiao Si and was about to turn over and mount his horse when the Third Prince came out after him, “Where is this gentleman going? Why don’t we be your companions?”
“Sorry, we’re not going the same way.”
After saying that, Song Yin rolled onto his horse and beat it away.
The remaining six hurriedly followed.
The Third Prince stood at the same spot, a cold smile curving at the corners of his mouth as he unhurriedly took the reins handed over by his attendant and rolled onto them, following them all the way, only to see them suddenly change direction as they approached the woods over there.
His face changed and he was about to follow them, but was persuaded by two of his attendants, “Your Highness, no.”
There were only three of them, and they were no match for Song Yin and the others in any case.
Seeing that they were right in front of him, but there was nothing they could do about it, the Third Prince was so angry that he gritted his teeth, “Why are you still standing there, why don’t you quickly inform them?”
The men in the woods saw the signal and rushed over, following the direction pointed out by the Third Prince, but no one was seen until dark.
The Third Prince was so angry that smoke rose from his head, “Can he still hide in the sky and the earth? Keep looking.”
The crowd quickly dispersed and searched again, finding Song Yin’s trail again in an inn.
The same clothes, the same six men following, not a trace of wretchedness in sight, as if they had just been riding on the official road and had not taken the isolated path that was almost impossible to pass horses.
But, it couldn’t be. The Third Prince had seen him go that way with his own eyes, and even his own clothes were covered in dirt, and his face was covered in a layer of dust.
He called the men over and ordered them to leave, then walked into the shop pretending to meet them by chance and sat down opposite Song Yin, “Brother, what a coincidence, we’ve run into each other again.”
Song Yin swept a glance at him, “It’s a coincidence.”
“I think we should go the same way, so we can have company on the way.”
“Sorry.”
After saying this, Song Yin took a dish and put it in his mouth.
The Third Prince had never been rejected repeatedly like this before, and his smile could not even hang on, “Does brother have some misunderstanding about me?”
Song Yin finished chewing and swallowing without any delay before he replied, “It’s not a misunderstanding, I’m afraid of causing trouble.”
“Trouble?”
“I rode all the way here at the same time, and my clothes were not covered with any dust, but yours were, as if they had been chased by someone.
The Third Prince ……
A mouthful of old blood rushed to his throat in anger, wishing he could spray it all onto Song Yin’s face. He took several deep breaths before he could hold it back raw.
Song Yin seemed to not see his iron blue face, finished the last bite, put down his chopsticks and went straight upstairs.
This was a small town, so if he started to fight, he would alert a lot of people. The Third Prince did not dare to act rashly, and had his people keep an eye on Song Yin’s every move.
It was only when the next day dawned that Song Yin went downstairs, ate his breakfast unhurriedly, settled his shop bill and continued his journey.
After last night’s incident, the third prince naturally could not stick his hot face to his cold ass again, and once again set up the place for the robbery and sent another person to follow Song Yin.
But Song Yin acted as if he knew where there was an ambush, and each time he had to turn around when he was getting close, catching them off guard.
This was the case for several days in a row.
The Third Prince was so angry that he almost wanted to vomit blood.
Seeing that the capital was getting closer and closer, he also became anxious and once again set up the robbery place, dividing the men he had brought into three groups, one to ambush the robbery place and two to hide on either side of the robbery place, so that no matter which way Song Yin went, he would fall into their ambush circle.
And this time, Song Yin did not have a premonition and walked straight into the place where they had ambushed him.
Fifteen dark guards and sixty House guards surrounded them.
The Third Prince drove his horse forward and lifted the human skin mask off his face with one hand, “Chu Yunxiao, be a good boy and give up your hand, and I can leave you a whole body.”
“The Third Prince?”
The Third Prince sneered, “Chu Yunxiao, I know it’s you, don’t pretend.”
Song Yin was silent.
The Third Prince thought he was afraid and was about to wave his hand for his men to come forward and take him down when suddenly countless men in black descended from the sky, instantly decimating a large portion of his men.
The Third Prince was greatly alarmed, “Who are you people?”
No one answered him.
A sword with a cold flash of light stabbed towards him.