BBW Chapter 58: It Was Terrible To Be Uneducated

byきつね -September 04, 2020

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Chu Changge walked into the inn surrounded by four devastatingly beautiful 'women' and sat facing south. He felt an unusual and eager gaze that seemed to want to penetrate his mind, so he looked back and saw an ugly-looking woman standing on the stairs. Then, she moved up the stairs as she turned around.

Although Chu Changge was born with a face that could attract bees and butterflies, he was not lustful. It was hard for him to take a second glance at a beautiful woman, let alone an ugly woman. He turned around in a wistful mood, but halfway through, he suddenly seemed to remember something and looked over again. Unfortunately, there was no glimpse of her left for him to see. He withdrew his gaze in disappointment as he felt he had missed something.

And Murong Yunshu, who was forcefully pushed into one of their rooms by Zhang Yu, also felt disappointed in her heart. Although she knew that her face had already changed before she saw Chu Changge, she, on the whole, held a slim hope in her heart that he would be able to recognise her.

And now, for them to not know each other just across the street was really chilling…

Murong Yunshu stared expressionlessly at Wang Chao, who had jumped in like avoiding Wen Shen. She indifferently said, "Since you dare to kidnap me, you should make good plans to manoeuvre around Chu Changge. He didn't recognise me today, but since he's looking for me, I have a way for him to find me."

Wang Chao asked, "How did you know he was looking for you? He's surrounded by beautiful women, and perhaps he has already thrown you to the back of his head."

Murong Yunshu laughed and sneered, "Your distinguished self's eyes are so good that they cannot differentiate between men. Truly admirable."

Wang Chao was embarrassed. Of course, he knew that the four massive 'women' around Chu Changge weren't really women. He was only saying that to irritate her, but he didn't expect her to notice it too. [+]

Murong Yunshu concluded that Chu Changge appeared here to search for her because he was accompanied by the Four Great Guardians, not the Li Clan Princess. As she thought of the Four Great Guardians, she couldn't help but smile. These four people still acted in unison. Their sentiment must have been perfect.

Downstairs, the Four Great Guardians looked sorrowful while hating that they couldn't find a hole to drill down into. They were seven-foot-tall men, and for the Leader to go as far as making them wear skirts and comb their hair into buns was honestly...very heartless!

"Leader, it's not a good idea for us to keep searching blindly like this. Why don't we post a reward notice and let everyone find her together." North Guardian suggested.

East Guardian shook his head in objection, "Posting the notice will only be like beating the grass and scaring the snake."

"And jianghu people will often act in disguise to hide their faces, so maybe Madam ran into a disguise expert, and it's useless to post notices once Madam's face has been changed." South Guardian analysed.

That had woken him up! Chu Changge stood up fiercely, grabbed the shopkeeper holding the plates and asked in a stern voice, "Which room did that woman live in just now?"

The shopkeeper was so frightened of him that his legs trembled, and his teeth chattered. "Which, which woman?"

"The one with half of her face has been destroyed."

"In the overhead room number 2."

After he got the answer, Chu Changge quickly went upstairs and pushed open the door of overhead room number 2. What awaited him was an empty place as the people had gone.

"It really was her." Chu Changge muttered while feeling both disappointed and delighted. Disappointed that he had passed by Murong Yunshu and elated that he had finally found a trace of her.

Leaving the inn, Chu Changge quickly galloped towards the western gate. Jingbian City was the only two-gate city in the Daye Dynasty, and the two-gate city, as the name implied, only had two gates, east and west. According to the shopkeeper's description, they had come from the direction of the east gate. So they must now be heading west, out of the city.

The Four Great Guardians were baffled, but they had already accustomed to such a situation, so they calmly spurred their horses to follow with dazed minds.

"It should be unlikely that the Leader has taken a fancy to that ugly woman, right?" North Guardian asked incredulously.

West Guardian replied, "I think she's a lot prettier than you are right now."

"That's true." North Guardian twitched his mouth as he said, "Actually, I think the person who should dress as a woman is the Leader. If you look at his flower-like features and moonlike face, he will definitely be lovely enough to cause the fall of a state when he dresses up as a woman. He will make all the women in the world feel ashamed of their ungainly appearances. "

West Guardian was busy tugging on his reins, distancing himself from him with a face that could be read——'I am not even remotely related to this brain-dead man'.

South and East raised their eyes to the distant mountains, indicating they had heard nothing.

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Murong Yunshu and the others were indeed approaching the western gate. She was trapped in a magnificent carriage, with the dark red on her face disappeared, replaced by snowy skin, beautiful and touching, but it still was not her real face. However, having a stunning look was always something to be happy about. Plus, there was a book on hand to pass the time, so Murong Yunshu was in quite a good mood at the moment. The corners of her mouth hooked upwards from time to time as if she had thought of something funny or was waiting for someone to make a joke.

A red-tasselled spear
The uses of the tassel on the spear are, firstly, for the sake of beauty. Secondly, it acts as a threat, which can increase the enemy's panic effect and achieve the purpose of deterrence. Thirdly, it can suck blood or prevent blood from flowing down the spear's handle, effectively reducing the trouble it brings to soldiers during combat.
Image Credit | 历史控 (红缨枪上的红缨到底有啥用？等刺中敌人身体的时候，作用就出来了, Mar 4th) via Sohu

The sound of clattering carriages, gradually approaching the city gates, when suddenly, a straight red-tasselled spear came across the sky, which stopped the horses. Then, twenty to thirty soldiers surrounded the carriage. They were also holding red-tasselled spears, looking truly majestic and solemn.

Zhang Yu subconsciously put his hand on the machete at his waist, ready to strike. He had also changed his face, which was even more lifeless than his original one. He looked exactly like he had just crawled from inside a grave. [+]

Wang Chao quickly grabbed Zhang Yu's hand and motioned him to calm down. Then he smiled and said to the young general, who stopped in front of their horses, "General, what's the matter?"

This young general was Shan Shaoyu, one of the five extraordinary men under the Marquis of Jingbian. He was a promising young man and excelled in martial arts, especially with his red tasselled spear that could shake the four seas.

Shan Shaoyu hated people who liked to fawn on other people the most his whole life. This person in front of him not only had an expression of fawning, but even his appearance also showed he was fawning on him. Hence, Shan Shouyu suddenly felt disgusted and didn't even bother to look at him but said to Zhang Yu instead, who had a dead face on top of his face, "The Lord Marquis wants to see you, people."

Zhang Yu was a taciturn person. Usually, in this situation, as long as Wang Chao's tongue wasn't cut out, he wouldn't open his mouth. So he didn't even look at Shan Shaoyu and just ignored him.

Shan Shaoyu was young and ambitious, so how could he endure this arrogance? Suddenly, a long spear pointed directly at Zhang Yu's eyebrows, "Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"

"The general really has good eyes! This brother of mine is a natural-born scoundrel, and if he isn't made to drink as forfeit, he still won't suffer!" Wang Chao smiled. His original flattering face was now even more repulsive, showing that he enjoyed this situation. The more people hated it, the more it showed that he had exquisite disguise skills.

Shan Shaoyu really wanted to spit at him. How could there be such a disgusting face in this world…

Inside the carriage, Murong Yunshu was in a good mood with her eyes on the book while her ears listened to the conversation outside. The corners of her mouth curved even wider.

As the saying goes, when one was under the eaves, one had to bow one's head. This was the Marquis of Jingbian's territory, and when the Marquis offered an invitation, it was naturally hard for Wang Chao and Zhang Yu to refuse. So the three were escorted by Shan Shaoyu to the Marquis Residence. However, Wang Chao always wondered, although he and Zhang Yu were King Liang's trusted subordinates, the Marquis of Jingbian didn't know them. They had also changed their faces. Even if the Marquis knew them before, he couldn't recognise them now. Thus, why would they suddenly be invited to his residence?

After thinking about it, Wang Chao felt that there was only one possibility. "Did you do this?" He asked Murong Yunshu.

Murong Yunshu was leaning against the carriage's wall, reading a book. Her eyes paused when she heard what was asked, then she turned a page and continued reading.

The silence was equal to agreeing tacitly. Sure enough, it was her work. Wang Chao asked again, "How did you do it?"

Murong Yunshu still paid no attention to him, with both of her ears shut to what went on outside the window as she concentrated on reading her sacred book.

Wang Chao was defeated by her, so he opened her mute acupoint and asked, "Can you tell me now?

Murong Yunshu closed the book, smiled with satisfaction, and asked, "Do you know what book this is?"

"Yueliu Tianshu" He bought it. How could he not know?

"Do you know what the book is about, then?"

Wang Chao shook his head. He had only heard the name for the first time when she said she would like to buy the book to pass the time. How would he know what the book was about?

Murong Yunshu smiled again. Her smile was like the spring breeze had obtained its wish. "This book is about some things that have been committed in the past and over the ages. At the end of each story, the author will praise the person who did the rebellion greatly."

Wang Dynasty's forehead veins jumped at the corners. In this particular period where every bush and tree looks like an enemy, for someone to see a person reading the story of rebellion...no wonder...no wonder the Marquis of Jingbian had to 'invite' them over to his residence to 'drink tea'...

Zhang Yu gave Wang Chao a fierce glance. It was terrible for them to be this uneducated.

Although he had previously not understood why Murong Yunshu wanted to buy this book, he had been against buying it for her from the beginning. Someone whose Highness had even admired was definitely more intelligent than themselves, and it had been his usual style to ignore people who were much more competent than himself.