Chapter 96 – Fighting the whole Capital (Part 3) (1/2)
“Senior, why bother with these little kids?” Xue Xing Chuan looked at Jin Yu Lu and said expressionlessly.
His words surprised everyone. The entrance of Tradition Academy suddenly became silent.
Everyone noticed that although Xue Xing Chuan was expressionless and cold, he sincerely respected Jin Yu Lu and he didn’t hesitate to show it. Anybody who knew Jin Yu Lu wouldn’t find it awkward. Even Fei Dian, the oldest of the Thirty Eight Generals of Zhou Dynasty was of no older generation than Jin Yu Lu. Even though Xue Xing Chuan was one of the Generals of Zhou Dynasty, it was still suitable of him to address Jin Yu Lu as his senior. Since the youngsters in front of the Tradition Academy’s entrance didn’t know this, they were shocked.
Jin Yu Lu smiled, “Someone wanted to barge in, I could only stop him.”
Xue Xing Chuan turned around and looked at the young man who was covered in blood. He wrinkled his eyebrows and said,
“Aren’t you being a little too rough?”
Jin Yu Lu shook his head, “I was a soldier and my responsibility was to guard my nation’s territory. If the demon race dared to invade, my job was to push them back regardless of my actions and methods. Now, I am the door guard of Tradition Academy and I’m responsible for watching over this entrance. If anyone wants to barge into the Tradition Academy, I’ll fight them back no matter the cost.”
Xue Xing Chuan was silent. He knew the value of Jin Yu Lu’s words.
Just this moment, a young vice-general walked towards him and whispered something.
Xue Xing Chuan raised his eyebrow slightly and said, “this thing is getting into a mess and it’s not looking good for anyone.”
Jin Yu Lu pointed to the crowd in front of the entrance which was showing some signs of unrest and replied, “What can we do? They have already been here for a while and are disturbing the peace. I’ll leave the court out of this even though it should be here to put down the disturbance but should we stop maintaining the peace of our property as well?”
Xue Xing Chuan wrinkled his eyebrows even more. Tradition Academy went through a lot of messy events today but they were just meaningless riots, especially this one. If the government hadn’t asked him to come out here to contain the situation, he wouldn’t even be here.
The young vice-general spoke, “Sir, we should just stand aside and watch. If anyone dare to violate the law of Zhou, then it wouldn’t be late for us to punish them.”
Hearing this, Xue Xing Chuan was satisfied. The suggestion from his vice – general was an appropriate action.
He didn’t hesitate. He walked towards a tavern in the Hundred Blossom Street and was prepared to be a spectator of the situation. The Red Cloud Kylin looked around confused but it followed up. The rest of the army just lined up near the entrance of Tradition Academy. They showed that their intention was not to help any side, but that neither side should step outside of their lane either.
Xue Xing Chuan was satisfied with the current situation, but the two sides inside and outside of the entrance of Tradition Academy wasn’t.
The rioting crowd felt that since many people were already severely injured, it was unfair for Xue Xing Chuan and his army to disregard the criminals who harmed them. Tang Thirty Six felt that Xue Xing Chuan had been unfair because the crowd was still in front of the Academy and was still disturbing the peace.
No matter which side the people were on, both felt that the decision was unfair and illogical.
Xue Xing Chuan felt that it was unfair for him to have to come here to solve this situation so he stopped caring about fairness and logic. Since the Forbidden Soldiers were here, no one would dare to barge into the Tradition Academy again. The students of Tradition Academy would also stop hurting the crowd due to his presence. This was good enough for him to report back.
There are only two places powerful enough for him to report to, the Royal Palace and Li Palace.
But Xue Xing Chuan never thought that although the three youngsters of Tradition Academy may care about his presence, they cared more about restoring peace to their home.
Looking at the Forbidden Soldiers standing firmly in front of Tradition Academy, the rioting crowd realized that the government wouldn’t interfere as long as they didn’t rush into Traditional Academy. Some daring ones quickly started cursing again.
Chen Chang Sheng could hear their words much more clearly at the entrance than at the library. Hearing their insults and accusations that the marriage vow was fake, Chen Chang Sheng’s mood worsened. Tang Thirty Six’s face got colder and his hand held the sword handle tighter than before.
“Are you deaf? Can’t you all hear this nonsense?”
Tang Thirty Six shouted at the young vice-general of the Forbidden Army.
The young vice- general turned around and looked at him expressionlessly, “We can hear it very clearly, why?”
Tang Thirty Six said, “If you can hear them cursing, why aren’t you doing anything to stop them?”
The young vice – general was silent for a moment as if he was giving the question some thought, then he answered, “Why should I stop them?”
Tang Thirty Six’s expression turned even colder and he replied, “then if I say I want to sleep with your sister, is that fine too?”
Hearing his words, the soldiers of Forbidden Army became furious. They glanced at him angrily. Since the General was resting at the tavern, if the vice-general commanded them, they would go up and teach the youngster a lesson.
Strangely, the young vice-general wasn’t angry. Instead, he asked seldomly, “You sure you want to do that?”
Tang Thirty Six thought back to his sister’s violence of her younger days and calmed himself down forcefully, “I’m just joking, why so serious?”
“You are not brave enough to do as you say and now you aren’t even cursing back when thousands of people are pointing at your nose. You are worthless.”
The young vice general looked at him and mocked, “Go back to Wen Shui and cry in front of your grandfather.”
Tang Thirty Six was furious after hearing this. He pointed at the vast crowd outside of the academy and said, ”You must think I’m stupid enough to argue with a thousand people just by myself.”
The young vice general then said with a serious face, “Then there is nothing I can do. They have control of their own mouths and the sound is only heard in the Academy. Who can do anything about this?”
Chen Chang Sheng felt that there was something wrong with this conversation so he walked to Tang Thirty Six and whispered.
“You know him?”
“I’ll explain after getting rid of these people.” Tang Thirty Six answered.
People saw Chen Chang Sheng and thought he was similar to the rumor’s description. His attire was ordinary while Tang Thirty Six’s clothing was luxurious. Their discussion and whispers quickly got louder and they were determined that the person they saw was indeed the Chen Chang Sheng from the rumor. Suddenly, the yelling and cursing got louder as if it was about to reach the sky of the Capital.
Tang Thirty Six’s face became gloomy and he made a small gesture with his left hand.
The previously destroyed door of Tradition Academy was moved into the back. Mysteriously, Xuan Yuan Po had left without anyone seeing him. He followed Tang Thirty Six’s order. He followed along the wall of the Academy and went a long way south.
Then he used a ladder to flip over the wall to join the crowd in Hundred Blossom Street.
Although the crowd was big, no one could stop the strength of a Yao youngster. Just in a few moments, he pushed his way through and arrived twenty yards away from the entrance. Even so, no one noticed him because everyone was too caught up in the chaos.
There was a stone in his hand.
When he saw Tang Thirty Six’s gesture, Xuan Yuan Po knew that it was time to act. Even though he was a little nervous, when he saw Tang Thirty Six’s cold stare, he knew that if he didn’t do as he was told, then the Tradition Academy would face more trouble.
Finally, he made his choice.
He raised the stone in his hand and threw it at the entrance of Tradition Academy and yelled, “Kill this bastard!”