Vol 10 Chapter 17 (1/2)

Chapter 17

VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 17: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS FAN CITY (4)

Liu Bei POV

“Yun Chang, Zi Long, do you both hear anything?”  I turned behind to ask as I stopped my horse.

“Un?”

“Apart from the winds, there is nothing else right?”

No… There was something else that sounded like the sc.r.a.ping of wood. I closed my eyes and concentrated.

*Gachi* *Gachi*… There was indeed a certain sound in the wind.

“Xuan De?”

After I confirmed it, I dismounted and ignored the others as I went to search around.

If my guess is not wrong then the sound should be… I muttered as I looked about.

*Giiyaa* *Giiyaa*~

The wind blew even stronger, morphing and amplifying the sound.

“Ah, what kind of sound could that be?” Yun Chang said when she heard the same sound that I did as she dismounted and frowned as she looked about.

Ah! Just then, my eyes stopped at a certain residence. It was not too eye-catching and was rather decrepit though the same could be said of practically every other residence on the street. But for some reason, this residence in particular gave me the feeling that there was life in it despite being empty and dark.

“Is there anyone staying here?”

“This is…” Yun Chang looked about and thought about it for a moment before turning to Zhou Cang, “Zhou Cang, you’re in charge of this street right?”

“Ah un.” Zhou Cang said as she stopped chatting with Chen Dao and jogged over. I have not seen her in a while but she is as beautiful as ever.

“Do you have any impression of this residence? Is there anyone staying here?” Yun Chang asked as she pointed at the residence in question.

“Un… Ah, I think so.” Zhou Cang said with a dazed look that made me suspect if she really did know about it, “Hey, I really do remember this residence.”

“I didn’t say anything…”

“My lord, everything was exposed on your face.”

Uwaa… I never thought that even Zhou Cang could see through my expressions especially when I was still wearing this gra.s.s circlet.

“The household that lived here… Yes, this street was. .h.i.t especially bad by the bandits back then and it seems like Shen Pei and the rest hadn’t yet gotten to improving this street.” Zhou Cang said as she nodded, “This household seems to have suffered the worst of all the others here.”

“What happened to them?”

“The entire household, about 6-7 members in total, that lived here were slaughtered.” Zhou Cang said as she came over, the rest following behind her, “The corpses were still lying inside the building when we came here. Both those belonging to the bandits and also to the members of the household. Because of how long they had been lying around, the bodies were riddled with maggots.”

Wu… Just thinking about it makes my hair stand on end.

“Ah, I remember this household now.” Wen Yuan chimed in, “This particular household was bookmarked by Shen Pei as it is a branch family of Jing state’s Liu clan.”

“Jing state’s Liu clan?”

“It means that they belonged to Liu Biao’s family clan.” Yuan Zhi said as she cam over and looked at the residence, “This means that they were distant relatives of Liu Biao.”

“Un… The pillars of this house seems to be made of good wood and this house in particular is significantly larger than the surrounding houses.” Yuan Zhi said as she reached out to touch a pillar and peered inside, “There

should be a courtyard inside as well.”

I too peered inside and saw that there was indeed a small courtyard inside. But… Liu Biao’s relative huh? Even though it is mostly in name only, they are also my relatives I guess.

*Gachi* *Gachi*…

“Un? It’s that sound again.” Feng Xian said in alarm as she got her stance ready, “Could there be enemies?”

“No, I think that it’s made from the building itself.” Yuan Zhi answered.

“Un? The building?”

“Yes, listen closely.” Yuan Zhi said as she reached out and pushed against a pillar. Just this much shaking was enough to make a lot of wood splinters fall off.

“So the sound we heard was from the shaking of the building then?” I asked.

“Yes, the wind has been strong of late and the sound we heard from before was from the shaking of the building,” Yuan Zhi explained as she nodded, “This is just a guess of mine but it’s likely that anything made of good wood was taken away and only the gate and any other installments that were too difficult to extract were left behind.”

“In that case, instead of leaving it as a hazard, we might as well collapse it ourselves.” Yun Chang said as she folded her arms across her chest and turned to look at Guan Ping, “Guan Ping, I’ll leave this to you. Make sure you remember to get this done.”