Vol 5 Chapter 45 (1/2)

VOLUME 5 CHAPTER 45: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS RIDING AS 3 FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES (22)

Yun Chang POV

Even though we hadn’t gotten a grasp of what was happening, we had already entered Xingyang city. After rounding a corner, and going past the residential district, we came to the Administrator residence.

To prevent what happened in Luoyang from happening again, we left Gan Qing, Mi Zhen and Hua Tuo with all of our troops elsewhere.

I raised my head and surveyed the Administrator residence. It wasn’t very big but it was much better than the few small buildings in Luoyang or the hastily put together brick houses in Sishui Pa.s.s.

Whether it was the outskirts or the heart of the city, Xingyang city on a whole felt rather peaceful. While we were on the way in, the pa.s.sers-by we saw were typically in high spirits and were engaged in various activities and business. Whenever the ordinary citizens met someone they knew, the conversations were polite and the mood was cordial. This sort of atmosphere wouldn’t be out of place back when the world was more peaceful.

“Please wait here for a moment while I go in and notify the Administrator.” The aide spoke for the first time since he led us in as he saluted and bowed before entering the residence,

We stood at the door with feelings of trepidation, and didn’t know what to say so we just waited silently.

“Yun Chang.” Wen Yuan poked my back as she looked at me with a slight frown and a baffled look. “What did the soldiers at the tower mean by all that?”

— Your permit has just arrived!

The words we just heard reverberated once more in my ears at Wen Yuan’s question. “Could we perhaps have done the necessary paperwork for applying for the permit before?”

Perhaps we just forgot about it.

“No, impossible. I helped my foster father attend to the paperwork for permits when we roamed the land. The procedures are notoriously complicated and aren’t the sort of thing you can do in a hurry.” Lu Bu shook her head as she frowned at the memories of dealing with permit applications.

“And as Bian Xi said before, you all have caused quite a bit of trouble so there’s no way that the permit can be sent over in such a short time.” Liao Hua who was diagonally behind added while she rubbed her scar with a calm expression, and sighed at not being able to understand what was going on.

“Apologies for keeping everyone waiting.” Just then, the aide came out at which we all hurriedly stopped our discussions and awaited her next instructions.

“Please follow this path to the inner residence. It’s only a short journey.” The aide gestured and made way for us to enter.

On entering, there was only one path and we followed it and arrived at the main hall.

“You’ve come.” Just as we entered the main hall, a high, aged voice came from inside.

We slowly entered, and found the Administrator, w.a.n.g Zhi, sitting in the center of the hall and looking at us. He only looked at us with a stormy expression and neither got up to receive us nor did he invite us to sit.