Volume 13 (2/2)

FM: Let’s not talk about An Shen Stone Just tell , as a friend?

Du Feng was surprised, he nodded and s as a friend, I wouldn’t have boarded the shi+p”

FM: That’s great! Couples have an item to symbolize their love Since we are friends, we’ll have an item to symbolize our friendshi+p An Shen Stone is the ite suddenly re Hu aside and asked, “Not good, I forgot to ask the location of An Shen Stone It’s not in a faraway location like in Yan Ting is it? Please tellHu s to be nervous about this, “Reporting to Duke Ming, An Shen Stone is currently in the treasure cabin of this shi+p”

“Really?”

Rong Hu explained, “Has Duke Ming forgotten? Young Lord Xiao has tohad prepared everything All of the precious treasures inside the warehouse were all transported onto the shi+p so that you can readily use the them I have checked the booklet yesterday”

FM: Hurry and bring it here

Rong Hu quickly grabbed the ite’s hands

FM: There’s nothing special, it’s almost similar to an ordinary stone, just a little bit darker

CL: When you are not sleeping well, you will knohether it’s useful or not It’s really a treasure, hold it in your hand and you can feel yourself at ease I wonder what is the reason for it? Maybe it was taken from a mountain where the Gods live

FM: But it appears ordinary (Placing it in Du Feng’s hands) Now this is our friendshi+p ite, do you have so stared at his clever and lively expression, looking at him for a moment, he reached into his waist belt and pulled out his jaded flute, “I don’t have anything special on hand, just this flute that has been with h to qualify as a keepsake”

Feng Ming, who experienced the beautifulnow had the opportunity to examine his flute

This flute was very different froreen jade color, it was darker, but unlike the ordinary reflective jasper, there was little transparency, strangely enough, it couldon reaching out to accept it, but sorabbed the flute away He was stunned, looked up and saw that it was Luo Yun

As usual, Luo Yun took the flute that played that fairy­like tune and examined it closely Not only did he flip it around, he even sniffed it and as if not satisfied, he actually extended his tongue and licked the body of the flute

Chiu Yue scolded hi Hu pulled onto her forear Hu whispered

Sure enough after checking the flute fro, “It’s good”

Feng Ming accepted the jade flute, happily held it in his hand without putting it down He faintly felt the convex carving of the flute, which was a lot different than how he i what the jade isexcited for a bit, he felt so, “This flute is very precious, and for you to carry it along for ive , he reluctantly handed the jaded flute back

DF: Then is An Shen Stone not considered precious as well? It’s because the flute is carried besideto accept the jade flute Feng Ming wanted to hand back)

Hearing that ittook back the flute He really liked the ite quickly placed it in his waist belt, putting on a handso, “What do you think? Does it look alright?”

Du Feng smiled, “It’s like you have worn it for several years If one did not know, they ht mistake you to be a flute master”

The two of thehed together Exchanging a keepsake item is considered a major completion They then sat down and continued to talk

Chiu Xing slipped out again for their third round of hot tea Chiu Yue, Chiu Lan, Rong Hu, and Luo Yun sat together with them in theLiu has three conditions” Feng MingSure enough, Du Feng’s refreshed face suddenly becahtly downcast

“An Shen Stone is only one of them, which is the most important As for the other two” Just when he was about to continue, he felt a bit ehtly said, “The second thing she mentioned was, she wants a pot of Wen Lan”

“Wen Lan?”

Feng Ming had never heard of such na Hu, who shook his head, replying he also had not heard of such name

“Wen Lan is an extremely rare orchid, which I heard is not easy to plant I’m afraid that notappeared as if thinking about the past, he smiled reluctantly and whispered, “It’s my fault Why did I mention about this type of flower to her? I’ve told her that she had a sort of aroma similar to Wen Lan If one were to srant compare to it Ever since I met her, all the worant as she was”

Chiu Xing felt a bit sad

DF: Actually, I have never seen Wen Lan and of course, have never s Liu hen the royalties of Zhao Bei were having a cereood weather I was invited by a noble friend in Zhao Bei, from the Aman shore, when I liftedat the river I couldn’t help but said those open lies, “Your Highness, do you know you have a special aroma, just like the Wen Lan flowers”

FM: ThatWen Lan, what does it look like exactly?

Du Feng shook his head, “From the ive to Chang Liu, toto her But I traveled across the world and only heard someone say that there is such an orchid like that, but no one have really saw it Ah, every lie will eventually have a retribution Chang Liu said within the letter, she is alone in Tong Kingdom and wants a pot of Wen Lan as companion Even no can I bear to tell her that I’ve never seen Wen Lan and don’t knohere to find the orchid flowers of her drea proble and the rest had a headache

Princess Chang Liu was already quite pitiful and for her to receive another bloould be worse Who would have the heart to tell her that her first encounter with Du Feng was a lie? Even though Du Feng did not intend to hurt her, he saw a beauty and couldn’t help himself with the flattery

“What about the rest of you? Do you knohere it is?”

All of his maids haven’t even heard of it so hoould they even knohere it was located Rong Hu thought for a long tiestion, “If we put up a reward, ht! If soreed

Du Feng chucked, “This method I have tried before and all the floere fake Those so­called Wen Lan were all forged with other orchids, or they are from some rare part of the ”

“Oh?” Chiu Lan did not understand, “How can you tell if they were fake? If you haven’t seen Wen Lan before, how can you be certain?”

FM: That’s right! If this type of flower is rare, then it’s easy We’ll just need to find a rare specie of floith a unique scent and give it to Princess Chang Liu, she hasn’t seen it before either

Even though this was a little deceptive, but it’s better than to tell her the truth, right? CL: That’s right! Duke Ming is so clever!

When Chiu Lan asked the question, she already had a hiddenCohtforward

DF: Although she haven’t seen it before, it is docuazed at Chiu Lan His eyes, no matter who he focused on were filled with intimacy Eyes like stars, made everyone’s heart beat heavily, even Chiu Lan, as a wife, had to screa’s char heart and listened closely to Du Feng’s reply

DF: It’s recorded that when Wen Lan blooh it’s black, it is extreht aro and Chiu Yue looked at each other

Wow, that kind of orchid? Black flowers, yet gorgeous, with a light aro it as a beauty’s charly documented, was it? They couldn’t help but carefully exa Hu interjected, “About the Wen Lan’s record, I have seen it in a book which did said that What Young Master Du said is correct Such records is in “Za Wu Records” and “Xing Shu Shou Collection”

Feng Ming shrugged his shoulders

These two books were very well known and while studying in the palace of Xi Lei, Rong Tian had forced hies and yawned If he had finished reading those books, he would have so that he didn’t

Since it’sLiu read those two books, the solution of using fake floas no longer valid

“Ahem”

Silence

“Ahem”

“Luo Yun!” Chiu Yue could not take it any stiffly to one side, “Can you be quiet for awhile?!”

In fact, Luo Yun had been quiet, but during this depressing silence, his occasional cough was more noticeable Luo Yun had a lack of response towards Chiu Yue, he just coldly glanced at her and then looked towards Feng Ming, “Young Lord”

“Ah?” Feng Ming absent­ pause, Feng Ming finally reacted He juarding the news of Wen Lan, if so However, for Luo Yun and orchids! These two thingsreally had nothing in co shocked

“You knohere the Wen Lan is?”

“Luo Yun, how do you know about Wen Lan?” “Where is that Wen Lan?”

””

Before Du Feng and Feng Ming could say anything, the group of girls had surrounded Luo Yun

“Hey! You little rascal, hurry and speak! We are asking you”

Chiu Yue wanted so badly to kick Luo Yun like how Chiu Lan did with Rong Hu, but seeing his cold eyes and sword around his waist which probably drenched in lots of blood, she didn’t want to casually kick him and cause her pretty feet to be chopped in half

“Luo Yun, I beg you, tell us Young Master Du is very pitiful” Chiu Lan wanted to use her soft voice to beg Luo Yun, but it had no effect on hi over, he asked, “Luo Yun, do you really knohere Wen Lan is? Please tellknew Luo Yun always despise him and if he kneeled down in front of him, he will be more despised and taunted by hi and the pitiful Princess Chang Liu, what can some taunted words do? Since Luo Yun is part of the Xiao Family, this will only be consider an internal dispute

Surprisingly, Luo Yun did not say anything terrible

Chapter 6

“I wouldn’t dare to” Luo Yun looked up at Feng Ming, helped hi his cereet the Wen Lan flower and forLord to givequestions again? Feng Ming’s face faintly twitched He was quite pitiful, it see Liu already left and now another person plans on continuing the same tradition

“Go ahead” He replied in a weak tone of voice Hopefully, it’s nothing related to death, world crisis, or political affairs

“The spies ca is still voicing his desire to kill Young Lord in order to take revenge for his royal father Not only that, he has

for you at the borders As of nohat is Young Lord’s decision regarding this ht for Tong Kingdo in battle, or are you planning on avoiding Tong Kingdo with your tail behind your back?”

“Uh” Feng Ming dropped his jaw, looking around at his uards Luo Yun sure knohat questions not to ask ­­ asking one that is terribly difficult How cruel

“Luo Yun! How dare you?!” Before Feng Ming could react, Rong Hu suddenly stood up and strode in front of Luo Yun to confront hio, it’s not up to Luo Yun to have a say in it” This sentence fully sio

Feng Ming frowned Sure enough, even though Rong Tian’s men are here, there is also the Xiao fa was very surprised at the sudden dispute, but he was careful not to intervene, just quietly stood up and observed the situation

Luo Yun raised a hint ofLord’s travel However, that day, Young Lord did proated clearly As of now, the spies have returned, the situation within Tong Kingdom is as previously expected Therefore, it’s very reasonable to inquire about Young Lord’s decision”

“You are clearly forcing hi Lord?” Luo Yun sneered, “If he's afraid, he could just not go there, huh”

“What are you ­huhing about?” Chiu Yue was boilinga hint of fire, “He is your Young Lord, you dare to treat hi Ming again, “A person who is a coward does not qualify to be the Young Lord of the Xiao family”

“What did you say? You cocky brat! Shut your trap!” This ti up

The dispute between the two sides beca, Chiu Lan bravely stood forward in front of Feng Ming as if to protect hi felt a sting in his heart He didn’t knohether the pain was fro hiently splur out those tords “You shut up!”

“Luo Yun!” Rong Hu roared out, “Don’t you know the ordinance of the Xiao fa Lord is execution!”

“So what if I’m executed? Can he become a person more like the Xiao family?”

Luo Yun’s conte shudder Even fro Hu’s back, he could still see Luo Yun’s scornful expression This kind of expression was froer and disdain

Feng Ming can’t entirely bla Lord like him made the Xiao family extremely disappointed After all, the massive wealth and power that had been accuenerations, all of the nonsense, you can’t criticize Duke Ming! Duke Ming isn’t like that”

“He is the best, the ent?” Luo Yun unhurriedly asked in response, “Do you dare to say that he is a man of indomitable spirit?”

“Youyou” It’s unexpected that Luo Yun has the talent of speaking eloquently, in a way that even Chiu Yue’s char She could only tre Ming was extremely sad

He noticed that Chiu Yue’s shoulder were slightly tre his loyal servants and guards wholeheartedly protect hi, is considered an indescribable sadness for hi?

How can he let his delicate rievance for the useless Duke Ming like hi Hu’s downcast eyes, his deterrence was to the fullest, “You clearly know that going to Tong Kingdoo”

The roounpowder scent when a gentle soft voice suddenly intervened The presence of the soft soundwho had just spoke

“Duke Ming?”

“Ah? Duke Ming, you”

“No, you can’t!”

“I’ Hu and Luo Yun, but after hearing Feng Ming’s words, they all turned towards hi took a deep breath and whispered those words

His decision was so sudden that even Luo Yun thought it was strange He was silent for awhile before co All of the men in the Xiao family never take back their words after they have been spoken”

“I have o back on o

Even if Lie Zhong Liu supported hi Ming could face the various obstacles If he can’t avoid the Tian, if it was hi He would always stand up tall, with his majestic allure and calmly face all crisis his way I hope that I didn’t let you down

“Isn’t it just a trip to Tong Kingdolanced back at the ave a hesitant s”

“I heard the scenery of Tong Kingdom’s sea is very beautiful”

He can’t hide anymore Chiu Lan and the that he is a perfect Duke Ming He hoped that he can beco in their eyes Therefore, he should at least make an effort this one time

“I have made my decision Please return your swords back in Luo Yun, head back to your place, no need to argue anylance He raised his head and in front of hisand the Xiao Faerous, but is it even dodo Rong Hu

RH: No, you can’t!

FM: Redom

The other people present didn’t kno to react They were all unusually quiet After a long ti Hu, why aren’t you giving out the order to re Hu lowered his voice, “We have promised Xiao Liu that we’ll wait here for hi was bored for a moment, then he looked up at Luo Yun andto tell us where we can find the Wen Lan flower?”

In front of Luo Yun, Feng Ming tried to display a cal to ’s mood was a lot better as his tone of voice was ave the Young Lord soave him a simple answer, “The Xiao Fa frowned, but also used the same tone of voice and coldly asked, “If the Xiao Fa Lord’sknew he needed to display a confident de Lord, he still revealed a stunned or silly expression that contradicted to his i was iinal form

His mother always seem to have a lot of “surprises” for him

“Lady Yao Ye planted lanced at hireen thu M i n g w a s s p e e c h l e s sWh o i n b l o o d y h e l l w o u l d k n o w t h i s ?H i s d e a r o l dthe short period of ti Tian What kind of world is this?

There was not enough ti’s voice traveled to his ears, “Thank you Duke Ming, we finally know the whereabouts of the Wen Lan flowers”

After witnessing the dispute earlier, Du Feng still kept a cal, his expression did not display any of it

It seeood, otherwise Feng Ming wouldn't kno to explain the erateful to Du Feng and said, “I will immediately write to my mother and ask her to send someone to deliver the Wen Lan flower here”

Even though he didn’t knohere Lady Yao Ye was, Master Xiao must definitely know Even if he doesn’t knohere Master Xiao is, Luo Deng ives the letter to Luo Deng

Feng Ming didn’tand chuckled lightly, “I apologize for letting Brother Du witness a roup Ah, I hope Brother Du can stay here for a few more days Once the Wen Lan flower arrived, Brother Du can bring it along with the An Shen stone and together we can go hts about this?”

Since they are friends now, it would be too for auto Ming did not expect his Brother Du to refuse his offer

He slightly sighed, “I still haven’t told you Chang Liu’s third request”

“Oh?” Feng Ming patted his head lightly, “I forgot that there was a third request I hope it is not difficult to achieve” God forbid, what does she want this time? Hopefully it’s not as difficult to achieve as the Wen Lan flohere money cannot buy

“The third request, to say it’s hard is not hard, to say it’s easy is also not easy” Du Feng observed closely, just one look at Feng Ming’s face, he already knehat he was thinking inside With a worried face, he told Feng Ming, “She didn’t ask for any other iteh of relief

Du Feng continued, “She request that I not see her”

Everyone’s shoulders collapsed once h love, the door of love in which notthe three requests, it see Besides Luo Yun, everyone who heard this looked at Du Feng with syave a weak smile and muttered as if to hiratitude to her request or to express my disdain for it Todeath instead But since she had made her requests, how can I let her down?”

“Letsaid

Since the trip to Tong Kingdo the Wen Lan flower to Chang Liu is a matter of convenience It’s also an excuse to meet the helpless romantic Princess, and make a bit of contribution

Hopefully, her husband, who is also the Crown Prince of Tong Kingdo

This hat Du Feng intended, he iether, “Thank you” Officially standing in front of Feng Ming and giving his cere Liu, he had to show his ut helped him up and said, “Then about that An Shen stone”

DF: Whether or not the Wen Lan floill arrive early or late is not a proble Liu’s illness I will iht and day to deliver it to Chang Liu in Tong Kingdodo Liu

Whenmany friends, no one can co’s proposal was very thoughtful because even if Feng Ming reached Tong Kingdoive the An Shen stone to Princess Chang Liu This doht, since that’s decided, I will also write tothat the Wen Lan floill arrive here before we reach the borders of Tong Kingdo ine that he would take his leave so soon Feeling disappointed, he advised, “Stay for a few days, since your plan for Fan Jia is already delayed”

TheMaster, please don’twith you” “That’s right At least wait for the shi+p to reach Tong Kingdom’s border and then leave”

“Could it be that the Young Master has to go so Master decides to stay on the shi+p, that way you can quickly knohether the An Shen stone and the Wen Lan flower reached Princess Chang Liu’s hands”

“That’s right! Our Duke Ming will personally hand the Wen Lan flower to the Princess Every word and ift will be relayed back to Young Master As long as Young Master decides to stay here”

Despite all the advise still kept the same demeanor A faint smile, crestfallen eyes, he looked around and once everyone calmed doith a bittersweet smile he asked, “Should I really arrive and then leave her? Being nearby like that, can I really restrain dohts I’ve abandoned, the thoughts of eloping with Chang Liu regardless of the consequences will appear I, Du Feng, am afraid I won’t be able to control myself I’m very afraid”

This was the reason that caused everyone to be powerless Du Feng’s sadness was the answer, even Chiu Yue as the idealistic of the bunch had no choice but to re to joke about If Du Feng really cannot control hi Liu, even if the pair of lovers are together, they

could still be hacked into thousands of pieces Then there dom and Zhao Bei A war! No one would dare start a war ­­ of course Rong Tian and Ruo Yan are exceptions

“That’s why, I will be getting off now” After finishi+ng, Du Feng gave a long sigh Facing Feng Ming, he said, “Since we are friends, I will come find you in the future”

“Hopefully, ill see each other soon,” Feng Mingappeared, whether he was depressed or in pain, he still kept the sa ould express hi Ming perked up a sht, I’ll see you off”

Feng Ming along with the others, walked Du Feng out onto the deck Once out on the deck, the skythat ti is indeed deserving of the reputation Feng Ming sh we’ve met for a short moment, it see was not as beautiful as Lu Dan, he was not doentle indifferent deht him, it would be “There was only five words that you can describe this Reluctant King: hteous, just, bevelovent, and tranquility”

If there is one word to describe hi of co cae shi+p

“When e see each other again?” Feng Ming looked at his subordinates ere untwisting the ropes to the s that the ti

Du Feng raised his eyebrows, then laughed, “Fortunately, Xi Lei King is not here If he were to see Duke Ming’s expression, he ’s fault Ah, am I really what the world have said aboutin Tong Kingdo a priceless friend,quickly corrected hi, you don’t need to continue blah I appear hopeless without Rong Tian beside me, I’m very happy to meet you”

However, his life isLiu are different, since Rong Tian will soon reunite with Feng Ming

Not knoas on Du Feng’s mind, he remained silent

The rope to the sht the boat over so that Du Feng can embark and leave as he pleases But this ti was silent for awhile before looking over at Feng Ming and with gentle eyes, he said, “Does Duke Ming kno to play the flute?”

“Ah This?” Feng Ming blushed red, “That’s right” Therefore, the flute you gave is quite a waste to leave it with ht?” Du Feng suddenly lowered his voice

His voice was clear and gentle on the ears, once it was lowered, not only was it not terrible to listen, but yet his voice washad never been resistant to secrets, not toHis curiosity raised as he excitedly whispered, “What’s the secret?”

Even though the two of the could also hear it Chiu Yue and the others’ ears pricked up

“I actually don’t kno to play the flute”

Feng Ming swept his eyes towards Du Feng, “I don’t believe you”

“I never lie tosound the flute brings to others is because this jade flute is very special The sound would be beautiful no matter what simple tune is blown, it can touch the hearts of anyone”

“Really?” Feng Ming was skeptical After Du Feng said that, he was very excited Initially, Feng Ming intended to just carry it for show and not play it If the jade flute can be blown and still ht as well try

While thinking, he took the jaded flute froers as how he re had in his memory, “Is it like this?”

He took a breath, not knowing how cute his behavior was Chiu Yue and Chiu Lan were laughing, even Du Feng curved his lips into a s helped him adjust his posture and corrected hith, you need to put your soul into playing the flute Use the air

fro When Duke Ming drinks tea, don’t you also blow the hot tea? Blowing the flute is the sa tea, with a bitis talented or that he is better than the teacher With a slight guidance fro a clear flute sound, just like what Du Feng had said, the sound was unusually beautiful Though he cannot co under the sa the flute exceeded his expectations

Needless to say, Chiu Lan i!” Even Rong Hu gave a praise, “It’s really easy on the ears”

Feng Ming was enraptured by the co a couple of sounds, he giggled and thanked Du Feng, “I know you werethe flute can emit the same sound as yours From what I see, I have to practiceloo silently listened to Feng Ming playing around with the flute before saying, “I have to go”

Feng Ming knew that in order for hi stayed behind for a little awhile His heart was e that this person was not Rong Tian, so why is he feeling the sa his eyes a few tio” He motioned his subordinates to prepare the boat

They watched as Du Feng stepped onto the s for the boat to drift awayHu suddenly cried out, waving towards another sh! Don’t block the for!”

Everyone was startled by hihtly larger than Du Feng’s, was unknowingly stopped by Feng Ming’s guards

Rong Hu was telling the crew on the shi+p to , it is Xiao Liu”

Feng Ming nodded his head, looking afar, there was a person on the boat arguing with the Xiao’s men, his stature was similar to what Xiao Liu looked like yesterday

Luo Yun knew that person was one of theh

“Oh” Feng Ming suddenly reuest off He i was still on the boat, seely turned around to look towards Xiao Liu’s direction Noticing that Feng Ming was looking at hi appears to be popular with many friends, one person hasn’t left and yet another one ca won’t be lonely”

Not waiting for Feng Ming to answer, he bid his farewells to everyone, picked up the slender bamboo paddle and dabbled the water Not sure how hard he rowed, but the small boat suddenly thrusted away from the shi+p, into the opposite direction of where Xiao Liu carettable, but this carefree wanderer soon drifted farther away beyond his line of sight

The tie faded aas the preciseure appeared in front of his eyes

A rarely seen excited Rong Hu introduced the young , this is Xiao Liu” ====

Xiao Liu wore a gray outfit, the botto for his stature A belt was neatly wrapped around his waist and he also wore a pale gray cloak on the outside Although the color was not eye­catching, but once worn on hiht hint of caution and tranquility

Seeing how Feng Ming was studying hiized, “Xiao Liu deserves death for h Chiu Lan has been serving in the palace, she was not clear of Rong Tian’s hidden henchmen This was the first time she and the rest have met Xiao Liu up close, therefore, they were careful in their behavior towards this Crown Prince’s envoy who had ic Trick Act”

Feng Ming had a very good i Ming excitedly grabbed his hand After exa him up and down, he said, “Hey, why does he look very familiar?”

However, in hiswith Xiao Liu ­­ besides the ic performance yesterday, which they were too far away to be able to see clearly

Rong Hu asked, “He looks a bit like His Majesty, right?”

Once he said that, everyone looked towards Xiao Liu again Chiu Xing was the first person to call out, “He really looks a bit like His Majesty”

Feng Ming laughed, “No wonder there’s a feeling of fa led them into the main cabin Everyone sat down, as for Xiao Liu, he was placed in the sa had previously sat in

“Ahtheus If it wasn’t for you, then it would have gone bad” Since it was their firstHu and Lie Er Feng Ming had thought for half a day before he figured it would be best to show his appreciation, yet he couldn’t help but ask, “But how did you suddenly appear at the execution ground?”

Xiao Liu laughed heartily but was still very reserved After listening to Feng Ming’s question, he relayed to the heard hi Tian, he was overly excited and frequently interrupted to ask, “How is he? Has he lost weight? Ah, when I was in Yong Yin, it would have been better if Iabout when he’ll co interrupted by him, Xiao Liu did not o to Dong Fan first and then he’ll co whined loudly as if he was punched At that ti Chiu Lan and the others came to his side to co Fan is not dom, His Majesty will surely come soon”, and so on

As for Chiu Yue, while she was cos That brat Luo Yun would usually take the opportunity to sneer or laughlike a child right nohy is he suddenly quiet?

Xiao Liu continued with his story, ht and day in order to find a way to save Chao An, and while on the road, he hed at the mere mention of it and clapped his knees

RH: Didn’t I asked ould you tie up Le Ting and hid hie? So that’s how it is, haha, that’s the story!

Chiu Yue pulled onto Chiu Lan’s sleeves andHu and Xiao Liu e into a completely different person around Xiao Liu, he appearedis not usually depressed for more than three minutes, so after he pouted for a bit, his mood beca Ming clapped his hands and exclai and yet dangerous, fortunately, you didn’t end up killing Le Ting or else we’ll be saving one Chao An, but yet har If that’s the case, it would be very bad”

Chiu Lan nodded her head in agree the past events, Xiao Liu felt thirsty so he drank a full cup of tea He stayed silent for a while before speaking again, “There’s an issue I’ve been thinking about but I can’t figure it out, therefore, I wanted to ask Duke Ming”

His attitude when speaking appeared very soleularly An issue? Another issuecan’t beFeng Ming tiuess the majority of what happened yesterday, like when the prisoner was placed inside the wooden box, before it was hanged and lit up by fire, he was pulled out However

Xiao Liu furrowed his eyebrows and continued, “If the prisoner itched out, then hen it was lit on fire, there was frightening noises co? Duke Ming couldn’t perhaps have exchanged Chao An with another prisoner?”

FM: Of course not, ould I be so cruel?

Feng Ming straightened himself to answer, but he iht Why was there a noise co from the inside? Clearly there wasn’t anyone inside?

The ht Feeling alar Hu’s face was just as pale as hi the prisoner was General Le Ting I ree hole under the execution ground to hide the prisoner, building the wooden box at the scene, using the tirab the prisoner fro of using another prisoner as substitute However”

Le Ting is a general who is fa so a prisoner inside the jail and to use hiic trickis capable of

Everyone looked at each other, they all wanted to know the truth behind it The at was petrified If this was the case, even if the substitute was a prisoner who needed to be executed, this didn’t made him any less relieved It would have been better to be beheaded than to be burned alive It would be too cruel!

“I know” An ice cold voice interrupted

Chiu Yue felt uneasy, knowing that the situation was terrible, she fiercely jumped up, stared wide­eyed at the speaker and shouted at him, “You know, you know, you knohat is it that you know? I’ll tell you this, this tiree to any more of your requests Don’t think that you can use this ave a loud, fierce snort The earlier do maidens had the sa asked, “You knoas inside?”

“It was a rat”

“What?”

“After they rescued Chao An out, they conveniently slipped a large rat only uniquely found in Fan Cheng, inside the wooden box” Luo Yun’s face was like a dead person, as if he didn’t knoas telling theely, a handsome lad like him, if he were to smile more often, he would be very popular with the ladies

“That’s wrong” Chiu Lan thought about it carefully, being skeptical she said, “Even if it was a large rat, it can’t make such a loud noise like that”

Luo Yun used a cold faint voice to reply, “The rat’s tail was tied with a string and the string was then tied to two thin wooden blocks Once the box was lit on fire, the rat would run up and down, causing the wooden blocks to knock against the box, all sorts of loud and soft noises can be heard”

Everyone carefully pondered and i, they were able to accept it as a fact

Feng Ming was the first to be relieved, laughing, he said, “Good! A good big rat! Very thorough! No wonder the e success!”

Chiu Yue observed Luo Yun and said, “Since we didn’t kno did you know about it?” “That’s right, how did you figure it out?” Chiu Lan probed Luo Yun for an answer

Chiu Yue gave a laugh and crossed her arure it out? I’ll use one finger to bet with you that he doesn’t have the brains to come up with that idea He probably heard of this news fro, a fierce sharp sound and shi+ht shone forth Luo Yun’s sas unsheathed and pointed straight at Chiu Yue’s face

Everyone was shocked, Chiu Yue was scared stiff, even the s her breath, she stammered, “Youwhat do you want?” She was so scared that she couldn’t even dare to cry

LY: I’ you to use the sword to cut off one of your fingers

With that one line, it’s confir

However, at this ti the question, the sword filled with gleaht was placed just under the white neck of Chiu Yue

The tip al her tender skin and with a littlewas so scared her lips went pale, she also stammered and barely s around Sheshe was just kidding!”

Luo Yun was the sa”

Rong Hu and Xiao Liu’s face changed color, both silently stood up, hands to the hilts of their swords, awaiting for Feng Ming’s order

Feng Ming was feeling uneasy Taking action was not an option, harood He was certainly distressed for Chiu Yue, but Luo Yun was a part of the Xiao

Fa the Xiao do? Then what is the point of having hidoree, wasn’t that the reason he nodded his head to go?

This is terriblewhat to do now? Just a while ago, everyone was sitting around and chatting, so why are they suddenly unsheathing swords?

What the hell? Who brought up the rat thing?

“Chiu Yue, youyouhurry and apologize, tell hi couldn’t persuade Luo Yun so she tried to advise Chiu Yue

Feng Ming tried to placate the situation, “That’s right Luo Yun, don’t be upset, Chiu Yue inadvertently offended you, let’s put the sword down and slowly talk things out, I will ht?”

A short inally tre, she decided to bit her lower lip and for no apparent reason, lifted her neck as if not scared and stared straight at Luo Yun as she stubbornly said, “III won’t! You can just killdidn’t knohat to do Chiu Yue, all of the people of the Xiao family are crazy, this you knoell, why is there a need to give a horrible answer at this ti his eyes i her eyes and cried out, “I know! I know you hateto kill me!” Her tears flowed down her face

Chiu Lan and Chiu Xing also screamed out in unison The three fe” sound, Chiu Yue did not feel any pain to her neck Could it be that Luo Yun’s sas extremely fast, that pain was not even felt?

Chiu Yue was half scared and half skeptical, so she slowly opened her eyes, discovering that both Chiu Xing and Chiu Lan still had their eyes closed and were about to faint Feng Ming innocently stood up, Xiao Liu and Rong Hu had a relaxed expression

Luo Yun’s sas placed back in the sheath Coentle, maybe even pleasant He looked at Chiu Yue, who lost half of her spirit, his thin lips slightly lifted into a faint s woman I’ve ever seen”

When he finished, no one knohy, his naturally cold face changed a bit, turning away as if reluctant to let others see the color within his eyes as this moment

Chapter 7

After the sword event passed, everyone finally sat down, however, the current situation and chatting were greatly different than before Chiu Lan and Chiu Xing’s hands were still tre while they poured the tea In addition to the shi+vering Chiu Yue was experiencing, she was a bitthe mishaps, and of course, it was because of what Luo Yun said to her that liest crying woman? If that bastard didn’t have a sword in hand, and this young beautiful Chiu Yue didn’t want to die young, then she would have given hi made a puzzled expression as he examined Luo Yun and then looked over at Chiu Yue He later looked over at Xiao Liu and Rong Hu and noticed that none of the After Xiao Liu finished drinking his cup of tea, he looked out theat the sky and then stood up, “I have to go”

FM: So soon?

XL: There are soe of this trip and quickly finish upNonetheless, the reason I’ Quan, which is best if I hurry back

After finishi+ng his words, he bid Feng Ming farewell, “Duke Ming doesn’t need to send h we are on the shi+p, it’s still inevitable to prevent others fro secretly praised hi Tian indeed Ah, ill he learn this skill of Rong Tian? Thus, he only sent Rong Hu as the mass representative to send Xiao Liu to the deck and silently see hiuests have finally left Feng Ming i yawns

CL: Does Duke Ming want to head inside to rest? The sun is rising, Xiao Liu has left, Rong Hu will give the order to re a little and then afterwards have so lazily closed his eyes and nodded his head He was then taken to the roo was arranged, still as usual, Luo Yun sat at the head of the bed, wrapping his ar wanted to sleep for awhile, but he wasn’t really tired Once he closed his eyes a bit, he didn’t feel tired any in front of hi Luo Yun closely

Luo Yun’s energy couarded Feng Ming last night, and even now, half leaning against the bed, he could feel Feng Ming’s slight movements He immediately opened his eyes, which just happened to co’s stare Withoutat?”

Hard to i, could show such a cold­blooded expression like that

Being stared back by Luo Yun, Feng Ming should have subconsciously retreated back, but instead, he closed his eyes for a short moer, not afraid of death, he reopened his eyes to look at Luo Yun so in the Xiao fa had always been unusually curious “You’re not sleepy yet?”

“”

“Luo Yun?”

“”

“”

“Hey, Luo Yun”

Feng Ming persistently whispered, causing Luo Yun, as resting his eyes to open the Lord, what is it that you colanced over at hih his ears again

“Hey, let’s chat for awhile, I’m bored”

“I am here to protect you, not to relieve you of boredom” Luo Yun said in a deliberate way to express his i his sword, Luo Yun positioned his back towards the chattering Young Lord

Luo Yun continued to give out a cold distance aura After a short ain broke the silence, “Why did you bully Chiu Yue today?”

“Who’s bullying her?” The speed of Luo Yun’s response was uniinably faster than before

“You did”

“I did not”

“If placing a sword to a neck of a girl is not considered bullying, then what is?” There was a long silence in responding to this question

“Luo Yun?” “”

“Luo Yun, hey, Luo Yun” H arassing him like this won’t make him place a sword to my neck, would it?

“Luo ­­­” The stiff Luo Yun suddenly ood, is he so asha to build a bond by co cautiously observed hi his sword, not turning around, to until Luo Yun walked straight out of the cabin did Feng Ming let out a sigh of relief

So scary This person’s presence is the sa oldLord of the Xiao fa so e shi+p left harbor was the sa down the Aman River reached a secluded area, less than tenstepped foot onto shore, severalYin civilians ju, they slightly bowed at hi Master, you have arrived very fast, please followaround, they led Du Feng into the depths of the bushes

The place was very desolated The entrance had been long abandoned by Yong Yin for many years The further and deeper they walked into the place, the trees and grass beca rasses A short tih the tent was sether by a fine leather and held down by a layer of thick gold on each corner On each piece of gold was a variety of patterns, individually carved and polished, refined and luxurious, definitely not so didn’t show the slightest surprise when he saw a tent appeared in the area The person led hi to enter He turned to Du Feng and respectfully bowed to hi Master, please enter on your own accord” Du Feng nodded, he lifted the curtain and his eyes first landed on a figure standing in the middle of the tent

“Princess”

“You came back” The woman was alone in the tent, with her back towards hi around, her bright eyes landed on hi accordingly?”

Standing in the middle of the tent was the beloved sister of Ruo Yan, who is also his right hand person, Princess Miao Guang

Du Feng displayed his trade his s, your skill of harets better each day, is there anyone who praised by Miao Guang, Yu Lang didn’t show the slightest bit of arrogance Slightly bowing, he replied, “As long as it’s for the Li Kingdo can harlared sharply, then it quickly disappeared as she changed into an innocent girl She then chuckled, “If my Royal Brother heard about this, he would be very happy”

She didn’t want to continue discussing about this topic, so she decided to request this iure whom her brother had hidden away for many years to sit down Once she had sat doith him, she asked, “You handed the jade flute to the hands of Duke Ming?”

“Of course” After Yu Lang replied, his eyes swept across the tent, casually fixing onto Miao Guang’s He was quiet for a while before lightly ss thoroughly?”

“No, I only believed that Duke Ming is theTian dares to let him travel alone, thus ed by his side For exa Hu is a very cautious , how can you easily deceive others?”

“Your Highness is concerned about this?” Yu Lang paused for a bit before retelling her the process of his inally, I ondering how to hand the jade flute to Duke Ming withoutthem suspicious I can’t believe even the heavens have helped e keepsakes I noticed that he seeave it to hientle voice would seeood friend to outsiders Who would know that his intentions were vicious?

As Yu Lang spoke, he carefully observed Miao Guang fro the ti how to play the flute He’s quite talented, after learning, his playing was easy on the ears”

Miao Guang couldn’t stop her shoulders fro, “He, he used the jade flute?”

YL: That’s right From what I saw, he really loved that jade flute and will certainly bring it along to play it night and day, constantly practicing The jade that was used to create that flute is very loose and crisp, it can easily create powder Since he used his ly, that poill travel to his throat

“Enough,” Miao Guang abruptly stopped hi wasn’t surprised at her undaunted action, he paused before asking, “Are you angry, Your Highness?”

Miao Guang knew that abruptly stopping Yu Lang was uncalled for She shter than before, “How can that be? I’ured it would be best for Royal Brother to be the first to know As his sister, I don’t want to be the first to enjoy the news”

“So that’s how it is There is no need for Your Highness to be happy for His Majesty too soon” Yu Lang glanced over at Miao Guang, his eyes unusually gentle, “The powder of the jade is not toxic, only when it comes in contact with the Wen Lan flower”

“Ahhow about the An Shen Stone?”

“It’s instretched out her beautiful hand, “Place it here”

Yu Lang went silent

“What’s wrong?” Miao Guang displayed an unhappy face after seeing no“Didn’t you say it was in your hands?”

Yu Lang’s eyes entle tone of voice, he said, “This object is best to be inloudly shouted Displaying the arrogance of a Li Kingdom Princess, she snorted, “How bold of you to speak withit in your hands is better? Who said that?”

“His Majesty did” Yu Lang answered Just like an arrow shooting straight into Miao Guang’s body, she was in disbelief Stunned for a moment, she asked in a low voice, “What did you say?”

“This hat His Majesty said” Although he had revealed his last resort, knocking off half of Miao Guang’s arrogance, Yu Lang did not display an attitude of conteentle and hed softly, as if he didn’t have the heart to say the folloords, therefore, using his most sincere tone of voice, he said, “His Majesty secretly ordered that the An Shen stone needs to be kept in my hands, it cannot be handed over to anyone else, it hness”

He glanced at the half green half pale Miao Guang, sighing again, he continued, “If Your Highness doesn’t believe me, you can send someone to confirm the matter with His Majesty”

“How can I not believe you?” Miao Guang bit her lower lip, gently spurting out the words under her breath, but soon her bright smile returned, just like pasthappened A bit tired, she hesitantly stretched her back and stood up, “What Royal Brother said is correct Having it in your hands is better Nocannot escape this ti a smile and waved her hand “You’re excused, I would like to immediately write a letter to Royal Brother to tell hi Yu Lang away, Miao Guang opened up a white delicate silk spreadfor a while, she dipped her brush in the ink to write, scribbling three to four lines at once When she wrote the part, “Duke Ming has fallen into our trap,” her hand began tre without reason, the small drop of ink pooled onto an e stared at the drop of ink for athe half written letter Sitting at that sa, however suppressing herself, using a subtle voice so that no one could hear her crying

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Borders of Bo Jian, within the city of Han Gui, at the San Jiang inn in a secluded alley

Froh alert, Zi Yan turned his head to the left The bed fros left on it The person on the bed was supposed to be sleeping, but not a trace of hi his sword fro it around his waist He put on his boots and headed out to the door down the stairs to the patio of the inn

During the night, there was a gentle darkness throughout the city of Han Gui At this time, every co the city, there was one candle that was burning for the past few hours, burning brightly just like the stars in the night sky

“Your Majesty” Zi Yan stepped onto the patio, standing behind a tall figure, he whispered, “To journey, Your Majesty needs to rest”

By night, Rong Tian’s figure appeared even , even Zi Yan who is tall and slender, couldn’t help but lift his head to exaular face that is appreciated and favored by Feng Ming

Zi Yan understood as on Rong Tian’s ht?”

He doesn’t knohat the Pri night that hadleave on his own However, once His Majesty allowed Duke Ming to travel to the seven nations, following the journey as a bodyguard, Zi Yan and the Great King were inseparable, so it was easy to perceive His Majesty’s concerns

Traveling everyday in haste in spite of fear, just in order to quickly reach Dong Fan so he can be reunited with Duke Ming sooner Constantly in endless thoughts, eventuallya sharp­eyed man and an unbreakable soul like His Majesty to worry nonstop, without any good night’s rest Zi Yan felt thatPerhaps only people who love with passion can understand it Yet, Zi Yan was a calm person, too calm to be capable of passionate love

“I have a bad feeling” Recovering fro Tian replied as his handso What did IFan? Duke Ming? Or Yue Zhong city?”

“There is Pri and Qian Lin for Yue Zhong, which I’’s journey around the world, that is the biggest target” His eyes narrowed as a sharp light see Hu is usually very careful, the Xiao hench, unless they mobilized an army, then there is no way they can succeed assassination or a secret attack cannot be done Luring hi, I have repeatedly advised the littered in the night, with a low voice, he said, “This ht about itis under many layers of protection, no one will be able to hurt him Please rest assured, Your Majesty”

“But my mind is not at rest” “Your Majesty?”

“MyI have ignored” Rong Tian’s tone deepened, “Zi Yan”

“Yes”

“The troops are now in Bo Jian, the hardest path we have crossed it I will personally lead the rest to Dong Fan to join up with the Prime Minister Zi Yan, I want you to head back fro”

Zi Yan was stunned nonetheless, he i down, he said, “Your subordinate obeys your order, however, once Iyou wish forTian paused for a bit, his pupils e, his lips curved upward into a beautiful arc, a subtle tre in front of the person, with eyes slightly watered watching him

“Tell hi into a trap, often it’s hard to notice any flaws so don’t be careless”

“Understood, I will transfer the ”

“Also tell him to patientlywait for me”

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The Xiao fas as they continued upstreadonificently decorated, staying on it for a long ti Besides the occasional encounter of the scenic shores and relaxing at port stops, thethose ti the flute was his õnly source of entertain onboard and a the eagerly wanted to practice; therefore, he purposely requested for that person to teach hi becaave was a precious gift to him, he even refused to let other people touch it Everyti it, he would ask Chiu Lan to prepare a damp washcloth, to personally wipe it himself and then carefully placed it back onto his waist belt

Chiu Lan would often laugh at him, “There are many better iteht such joy to Duke Ming like this one Young Master Du Feng just gave a jaded flute and now it has turned into a precious object If His Majesty were to find out, he would definitely be burning with jealousy”

Feng Ming joked around with his fe Tian will be jealous of Du Feng or be jealous of the jade flute?”

During the night, under thecontinued playing a si, he is still far froinal owner of the jade flute However, his slender body, along with his loose fitted robes and shoulder hung cloak that Chiu Yue handht and holding his flute was enough to make all the observers, especially Chiu Yue ”

“Naturally, Duke Ming is i’s playing is even better than Du Feng’s”

“Chiu Xing, your praises are a bit outrageous” “Ha ha”

Gradually, even Luo Yun who usually is bothered by these silly chats was seen quietly leaning against the deck of the shi+p He silently stared out towards the river, as if he didn’t care about the lively chatter of the , please rest for a bit You’ve been tirelessly blowing the flute I have ht layer red bean cake, coht, Chiu Lan I find that your la is a glutton cat”

“You’re wrong! Just to let you know, the glutton cat is Lie Er Unfortunately, Lie Er is not here so it’s Chiu Yue instead!”

“Chiu Xing, you dare say bad things about nored these things, but at this time, he couldn’t help eavesdrop into their conversation and record each of their laughters

Because the Prince of Tong expressed his hostility towards the Young Lord, each day sailing closer to Tong Kingdouards became more alert They constantly sent out doht As a result, Feng Ming’s request to sightsee was liainst it, afraid that assassination attempts would beneeds to learn self defense, which Rong Hu also agreed to Eventually, Feng Ming gave in to learning some self defense to protect hi, who is usually on a different shi+p, requested to see Feng Ming and proposed that Luo Yun help train Feng Ming Luo Ning told Feng Ming not to

underestih he is not as skilled as Master Xiao, he has learned fro Hu to say soerous for Feng Ming to practice with Luo Yun However, after soood option, judging on the fact that Luo Yun has so Hu is the representative for Rong Tian and is usually in dispute with Luo Yun, but fro Hu believed that Luo Yun’s attitude towards Feng Ming is not solely disgust and disdain

This person could beco within the Xiao fa is able to beco Hu knew that he wouldn’t have the heart to train Duke Ming in sword techniques; instead, he looked forward to Luo Yun’s assistance Feng Ming understood Rong Hu’s reason when he gave per

“Ahalright”

“Thank you Young Lord” Luo Ning expressed a sense of success and then withdrew hi a cere a fatherly attitude, “Go and help train the Young Lord” Luo Ning then left theHu sweared he sensed so was just for a fleeting second, not giving enough time for hi Feng Ming’s gar Hu picked out tooden swords fro finished dressing, he handed one of the swords to Feng Ming and said, “Luo Yun’s swords is able to train without allowing his sword to touch you, then that is very good”

Feng Ming nodded his head

Feng Ming and Luo Yun started their battle practice, Feng Ming gave it his all, which surprises Luo Yun since he always believed that Young Lord was co did noticed that he had i Fan and the constant training with Rong Tian However, despite all that, Luo Yun was still quicker and ’s chest The blow caused , the wooden sword in his hand also fell, leaving Feng Ming with a distressed look on his face

The three ’s side and examined the area that was injured The area was bruised and bleeding a bit Feng Ming said that he was alright, but they felt hurt froht of it

Chiu Yue was upset, she i or are you trying to take Duke Ming’s life?” Luo Yun didn’t respond, withdrawing his wooden sword and standing still to one side Hearing Chiu Yue’s scolding, he only used his bright painted eyes to coldly stare at her without saying anything

Chiu Yue’s eyes were even wider as she charged forward, but was pulled back by Chiu Xing, “Why are you arguing with that kind of person? First, let’s carry Duke Ming inside”

Feng Ming s Ming inside the roo noticed that there was a hole in the ar to helpdidn’t answered, but Chiu Yue scolded hie your mindset? You’re not worried about yourself and yet you are worrying about the ar about one armor when I can help youknew that his female attendants did not want to see any bruises or scars on his body, worrying that they allface, “I just feel pity for the armor, it’s rare to have such beautiful embroidery If I knew it earlier, I wouldn’t have worn this during practice, ha ha”

Hearing his foolish reason, Chiu Yue didn’t knohether to cry or laugh At the corner of her eyes, the cold Luo Yun suddenly entered the rooer, she shouted, “Why are you here? Afraid that you haven’t caused , she raised her hands and threw the armor towards Luo Yun’s head

Without a blink of eye, Luo Yun raised his hand and caught that “weapon” He didn’t say a word, but only carefully observed Chiu Yue

When this person doesn’t speak, he gives off a heartless aura, not only that, he had once placed a sword against Chiu Yue’s neck Everyone who saw the way he was looking at Chiu Yue was nervous for her

Even Chiu Yue got goosebumps from his stare, unrelieved and uneasy inside, she could only stare back at hi Hu’s voice rang in, appearing very lively as if receiving pleasant news

“Duke Ming,” Breaking the silence of the roo, “Zi Yan is here!”

This unexpected news cleared up the heavy at was the first person to jump up, “Zi Yan?” He shouted in surprise and then followed by a painful cry due to sudden movement around his wound area Chiu Lan and the others hurried after him as he ran out the cabin to the deck of the shi+p tofor a bit, he asked, “Where’s Rong Tian?”

“His Majesty ordered s” Traveling all day and night to come here, Zi Yan was a bit more tanned than before, and also a bit leaner “His Majesty orried for Duke Ming and wantedfirst Once he finishes theFan, he will i was dancing happily, but after hearing this, his face froze and his head drooped

“I also guessed that he wouldn’t be here that quick” After a while, he raised his head, regaining his sain, he patted Zi Yan on the back and invited hi Tian who is here, there is no difference Let’s do our best, that is what the Priroup, the fact that Zi Yan ca, Chiu Lan prepared so dinner, Chiu Yue helped prepare six chairs for Feng Ming, Chiu Yue, Chiu Xing, Chiu Lan, Rong Hu, and Zi Yan, leaving out Luo Yun

Since he had injured Feng Ming, even Chiu Lan, who treated everyone equally couldn’t bear to see hi left out, and as usual stood to one corner while clenching his sword

Rong Hu began relaying the various things that happened between theuessed the reason behind the chairs, Zi Yan felt it was best to re felt uneasy and asked Chiu Yue, “Why are we ain, isn’t it only six?” Chiu Yue gave a look at that cruel person, then gave a purely innocent look, “I don’t see a seventh person”

“Chiu Xing”

“I also don’t see anyone else” The twin sisters really shared onerolled his eyes How can they be evenand yet to play this type of ga that his fe turned around to greet Luo Yun, “You can cory” “Ah”

The problery or not If the Xiao family saw them bully Luo Yun, then this may exacerbate internal conflict

Luo Yun didn’t care what Feng Ming was thinking inside, he lowered his voice to say, “Young Lord”

“Yes?”

“The armor from earlier is still quite new It’s justone hole Are you sure you want to throw it away? If so, it’s quite wastefulNot just that, the surface also has Chiu Yue’s needlework”

“So what if it’s throay?” Chiu Yue couldn’t stand hearing Luo Yun’s voice, she pounded the chopsticks against the table and shouted, “Didn’t you say the Xiao fa one away is not up to you If you find it wasteful, then go ahead and wear it Our Duke Ming never wears patched up clothes”

This Chiu Yue, she really doesn’t knorite the word “death” Luo Yun’s eyes swept across the roo towards Chiu Yue a bit hoping to protect her if needed Luo Yun only grunted, stood up and walked outside without looking back

Everyone stared at each other and after a moment of silence, the aroma of the food evoked their appetite

“Here, let’s eat”

Without Luo Yun, the at uneasy, but after tasting Chiu Lan’s newest dish, histhe Tian fro until he left

RH: His Majesty is very careful, even if I’m not useful, the Xiao’s henchmen are not just for na Lord under their protection, hoould they be able to live up to their reputation?

CL: Didn’t they injured him today? That area is still red That Luo Yun is really

Before her words were finished, a figure appeared at the door, it was no one other than Luo Yun So the saying is true: calling for God and God arrives, calling for the Devil and the Devil arrives Everyone suddenly closed their mouth

As if he didn’t notice, Luo Yun reported to the Lord want to see hiht for a moment and then shook his head, “If there’s no new inforht redo Ming wrinkled his face

Hopefully, whenMing a chance to explain to him that he was not his father’s killer

Hopefully, that man will be reasonable

Chapter 8

Luo Yun did not say anything, he i halfway, Zi Yan noticed Feng Ming’s frown, he placed his chopsticks down and asked with concern, “Is Duke Ming worried about the Prince of Tong’s hostility towards you? I have heard so the way, I happened toinfor to Fan Jia Even though Tong Kingdoerous as it see Hu, so when Zi Yan spoke those words, it attracted everyone’s attention

Feng Ming quickly placed his head closer, eagerly asking, “What is the overall situation then?”

“Tong Kingdo hear about this?”

Zi Yan was slightly surprised as he glanced over at Feng Ming, cal was alive, he held coer brother, who is the Royal Uncle of Tong Kingdo, also had influential poithin that nation After the Great King, Qing Ding died, the Royal Uncle, Qing Zhang seized power, si silently thought, the correct ter But of course, he wouldn’t be rude to interrupt Zi Yan at this tiht now, even though Qing Ding is dead, Tong Kingdo power”

“Ah? Why not?” Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing asked together in a sweet and surprised tone of voice

“Because Qing Zhang is holding onto the current power Qing Zhang has been reluctant to ad is not dead, of course, it is impossible for the Crown Prince to ascend to the throne And since the Crown Prince cannot reign, then he is also unable to retrieve the monarch power from his Uncle’s hands”

Chiu Lan’s face was at a loss, “Qing Ding is obviously dead, that is what all the other nations have rumored, how can he not admit to it?”

Zi Yan sdo Li, has no evidence to prove that it’s true”

Feng Ming was deep in thought, after a moment, he finally realized and ide eyes, he shouted, “I understand now!”

Chiu Yue quickly asked, “What does Duke Ming understand?”

“I understand why the Crown Prince of Tong wanted to killis dead which will htfully inherit the throne left by his father Therefore, right now, Qing Li’s priority is to have everyone ad was killed then he needs to search for his father’s killer Qing Li couldn’t find the real killers, therefore, he decided to accuse me, all thanks to my well­known status Also, it would be in his best interest to frame me He continues to accuse me as the murderer to prove to everyone that his father was killed How hateful! What a disgrace! Even though he knows I’m innocent, he will surely try to eli about his own throne! Sha with hi’s upset face, Zi Yan was re’s cute expressions He couldn’t help but sht away Even if Qing Li wishes to take Duke Ming’s life for his own purpose, there's still one person ill not allow that”

Feng Ming straightened hi his round eyes, he immediately nodded his head as if he understood

That’s right, Qing Zhang will not allow hi Kingdo Tian and the Xiao fa Li to use the excuse of avenging his father to har is dead? By then, Qing Zhang would have to ihtful power to his nephew

Thinking about that, Feng Ming becalea is the one who holds the most power”

Zi Yan silently praised him for his quick realization, and he nodded his head, “That’s why in your journey to Tong Kingdoe of the conflict between their uncle/nephew relationshi+p in order to pass through with ease Qing Zhang is currently holding , then Duke Ming's safety is guaranteed”

“Great!” Feng Ming applauded heartily, his face filled with exhilaration, “Great! Haha! I knew that things have changed for the better! Haha!”

All of his three female attendants’ eyes shi+ned, juether to cheer and applaud The guards ere standing guard outside shook their heads after hearing the sudden loud noise inside They didn’t knohat fresh tricks Duke Ming had prepared this time

After a while, they finally settled down This ti Hu and Zi Yan were still sitting un Hu’s face was a little h this news is of private dom, but it is not considered top­secret Mian Ya was able to retrieve the infor Hu lowered his voice, “If we knew of this earlier, Duke Ming wouldn’t have to be worried for many days now”

Zi Yan added, “I, too, feel that thisprobleroup of female attendants who are usually clueless about these sche the shi+p, the spies we sent out belonged to the Xiao family The news infor Hu finally realized why the Priather information

If they didn’t have Mian Ya, the person who Rong Tian appointed as leader of the spies to be next to Feng Ming, then they would have to rely all of their news and information on the Xiao Family, which shouldn’t be a problem

However, it’s very difficult to believe that the Xiao Fa netould be so incompetent like this They should know that as assassins, they first need to have an accurate and correct infore a successful assassination attehtfully, “Could it be that Luo Yun have been concealing this information?”

“That’s not possible” It’s unbelievable that Luo Yun’s big adversary, Chiu Yue was the one to speak on his behalf “I re Li wanted to slice Duke Ming into thousand of pieces was not Luo Yun, but Luo Ning” Seeing everyone curiously staring at her, Chiu Yue’s cheeks reddened, and she pouted her lips, “Why are you looking atthe truth, it’s not like I’”

“Both father and son love to bully Duke Ming, isn’t it the sa , they are both iures within the Xiao Fa, then the consequenceshis eyebrows, he said, “However, the highly skilled assassins usually frown upon backstabbing sche the father and son would do”

Zi Yan didn’t expect to encounter such a crucialfor a while, he softly said, “First, let’s not suspect anything If they truly wanted to harht noe have to carefully investigate who is in charge of the Xiao Faate this ed glances They have worked together for a long tih to communicate their intentions

Zi Yan stood up, tiredly stretching hi situation will be handled by Rong Hu It seedo juive in, “You just ca now?”

ZY: Mian Ya has left for Fan Jia, therefore, we are short of soather precise inforerous? I doood spy for you The situation at thehas to be careful while on board

Chiu Yue urgently declared, “Youreally happens so we can deal with it together”

Zi Yan chuckled, “If Luo Ning, the coroup, truly wants to take Duke Ming’s life, with their martial arts and number, even with an additional person like me, on’t be able to stop the with all of you Not toinfor with his personality It isn’t like that, and also, ould he want to kill Duke Ming? Everything is just speculation, please rest assured Judging by the present situation, even if there is danger, it would only be along the borders of Tong Kingdoed as Holy Master Xiao’s son, ould dare to make asomeone’s knife to do the deal’ , they wouldn’t personally do it the heard the firmness in his voice and knew that Zi Yan had already decided Staring at hidom is in chaos, you have to understand that we are not the sauards, but you are just one person”

Zi Yan grinned showing his snohite teeth, “Rest assured Duke Ming, I’dom Every year, His Majesty would relocate sodo were to happen while I’douarantee that they will search in vain without finding a single strand of reatly eased the tension in the roo about Dan Lin Strait, I suddenly re proble the luminescent sand, that place that has lots of pirates”

“After I reach Tong Kingdo,” Zi Yan abruptly interrupted Feng Ming, “When I leave this tie shi+p enter Tong Kingdo Hu, whispered a feords to hi on a confident s to obediently wait for his return, Duke Ming, please take care” In a flash, Zi Yan’s ie disappeared behind the door

There were only five people inside the roo Hu didn’t have tiate about the person in charge of overseeing the infor Ming to nod his head, Rong Hu had voluntarily walked out

Seeing Rong Hu leave, Chiu Lan turned over to Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing and whispered, “Starting today, when Duke Ming sleeps, ill not allow Luo Yun to stand guard”

Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing unrelentingly nodded, both desperate to protect Duke Ming’s handsome appearance However, Chiu Yue still solemnly protested, “But I still don’t believe that Luo Yun would want to har, his kind of person”

“It’s not just you that doesn’t believe it, even I can't believe it, also I don’t think Luo Yun is such a bad person, even though his demeanor is fierce However, we still have to take precaution, be a bitHu don’’t suspect the turns each night We won’t be standing guard outside the roo with Luo Yun in front of Duke Ming’s bed”

Feng Ming watched as his three feotiate an important business

God

Oh Prime Minister, just like you said, this journey is filled withnew The fact is I will most definitely be under layers and layers of protection just because of that indo protected by ht now, the dishes on the table were still ware shi+p of the fadom

============ Fan Jia territory

Under the saes, riding along with an ar towards the direction of Fan Jia’s capital

The largest a horses unifore, a gorgeous breathtaking sight, wrapped around the carriage, is a dark curtain ee of a phoenix like bird preparing for flight was sewn onto the curtain of the horse carriage

The front and the back of the carriage were guarded by countless soldiers Nu with spears were sparkling under the chilling ht, the ar, but no one actually dared to make random noises or conversation

As the silent are was the secretive main focus of this journey A cruel and cold evil overlord, who is able to spread fear, nu the hands and feet of any person who sees hie, a devil lay hidden

Perhaps, it was indeed a hidden devil This carriage, ever since it had departed, had been quickly advancing towards Fan Jia’s capital

During this short journey, behind the dark curtains, there have been numerous execution commands sent down and every edict was executed out

After Fan Jia's royal family lost their last royal bloodline, the Third Princess, along with the Great King Long Tian, Fan Jia has become an unprecedented weak nation Blood was splattered across the nation, losing its warmth after seconds All of the officials and nobles of Fan Jia, ere brave enough to oppose Li ar the capital were forever silenced

“YourMajesty” Behind the black curtain, a weeping cry was heard for a second before it dissipated in the wind

That was the cry of Si Qiang, as cleanly stripped down like a la’s eyes reflected the i, cold­hearted, powerful man

No sense of pity ca

Si Qiang’s petite body shi+vered as he cried out against the icy pal hi’s neck He couldn’t believe that amartial arts, would have such beautiful tonedcried as he wrapped his arest’s , Ruo Yan’s eyes were exceptionally clear

“Let go” Ruo Yan tossed Si Qiang’s arms aside, which rapped around his neck He swiftly and forcefully turned over the person lying under hi man on his knees with his back towards hie in position, the fiery weapon reached his deepest spot

Si Qiang screamed out in tears Previously, this man had vented hihs swollen red This kind of terrifying pain h his spine up to his te hier and he started slu down

Ruo Yan hadn’t finished yet so he didn’t allow the young rabbed onto the young ’s legs were opened to its maximum capacity He see, just like so rhyth from behind kept its fast pace “Ah ­­­ Ow ­­­­” The insufferable pain left Si Qiang speechless to the point where he regained consciousness His face slightly distorted and his liainst the fierce thrusts, “Ah!”

What seemed to flare up inside his body ally filled hiance filled every inch of the enclosed carriage On the symmetrically handsome face of Ruo Yan was a hint of satisfaction, but it was short­lived After finding release, he indifferently let go of Si Qiang, who slu to end, there was no trace of a smile on his face Even his eyes were ice cold

“Your Majesty” Si Qiang turned hi the beautiful white fluid stains, he looked towards the strong man who had just almost thrust him to death His harsh voice was softer after the flip, he endearingly said, “Just now”

“If you still dare to speak while I’ue” A , but his gaze right noas as if he was looking at a stranger, “Also, don’t use your hands to hug me”

He stood up, his tall firm body appeared even e

Hearing the heartless warning, Si Qiang bit his lower lip, lying still; he looked up and used a prepared clean soft towel to wipe the lower portion of the Great Kings body While personally dressing hi

If he was the s, how can he succu to hold his neck,like some vile whore?

No matter how siine the si

Filled with disgust, Ruo Yan turned around and sat down in front of the table, no longer glancing at the alluring playmate he had been char that person, if only thewas of that person, if only the ared to that person

“Reporting to Your Majesty, an urgent letter!” A loud voice ca his “if onlys”

Miao Guang’s letter came Ruo Yan opened up the letter sent by his sister froht, line by line, he slowly read every word

Duke Ming has fallen into the trap, whether it’s successful or not, just a few more days and he’ll know

This one line, he read three to four ti a very sweet taste of olives His face always appeared cruel and indifferent, but this tientle aura had coed the overall character of hi, who had withdrawn to one side with swollen red eyes, held his breath He couldn’t believe as he gazed at the handso face of Ruo Yan that his deed

I of Licould also have this kind of expression

Si Qiang always thought a few days ago that he would not have been loved by the King, but unexpectedly he was favored and in that ed to that , coaze have been fixated on his face, Ruo Yan put down Miao Guang’s letter and faintly called out

Perhaps he was in a goodyounghiently ordered, “Close your eyes”

This tone of voice, along with the strict order Ruo Yan told Si Qiang awhile ago regarding touching hiht and day

Si Qiang obediently closed his eyes, tilting his head slightly

He held his breath, waiting anxiously, because he knew, the Great King will kiss hientle one

He slowly clenched his fist, anxiously tense, al to bite his lower lip with his teeth

Your Majesty

The heat gradually closed in

When the Great King’s lips filled with passion covered his own, Si Qiang knew the corner of his eyes were already moist

This was obviously an affectionate kiss, where the tip of the , he refused to let go

Nothing could haveburst into tears as much as this

Before this, it was only an overbearing force without anyhi their kiss without a moment to breathe

It doesn’t matter

It doesn’t matter if he can’t breathe

This et to breathe, even in his own body Dying in the arms of a powerful ,bravely held onto Ruo Yan, kissing hi infatuation and drea”

Ruo Yan ’s beautiful drea’s whole body stiffened up “Feng Ming, h was a knife cutting into Si Qiang to the point he despised hi able to coed down froain torn to pieces

END OF VOLUME 13