Chapter - 346 Broken Marriage of the Purple Dress King (9) (1/2)
Throughout Zhao Min listened attentively without saying anything. Finally with a serious look on her face she said, ”At first I only thought this old granny as a powerful martial art master, turned out she is involved in many gratitude and grudges. Listening to your story, it seems that this old granny is truly a formidable opponent, we must not be careless at all.”
Zhang Wuji said with a smile, ”Junzhu Niang-niang is well-versed in both pen and sword, under her command there are numerous warriors with marvelous and diverse ability. Dealing with a trivial Jin Hua Popo, she should be able to accomplish the task with ease.”
Zhao Min also smiled and said, ”Too bad in this boundless ocean I have no way to summon numerous warriors and foreign monks under my command.”
Zhang Wuji said, ”That chef who prepared our meals, the sailors who pull the sail, although they can't be considered Jianghu's top rank fighters, can't they be counted as the second rank warriors?”
Zhao Min was startled, then broke into chuckle while saying, ”My admiration! Da Jiaozhu truly has a good pair of eyes; nothing can be concealed from you.”
Turned out when she returned to the Palace to get the gold, silver and the horses, she also left a secret message via the guard, dispatching a group of warriors under her command to rush to the seaside. They also rode on fast horses, only they arrived half a day later than Zhang Wuji. She had carefully picked the warriors who had not participated in the battle at the Wan An Temple; those who had not met Zhang Wuji before, to come over and guised themselves as kitchen helpers, sailors, et cetera. However, for people who practiced martial art, naturally their facial expression and bodily movement differed from average people; therefore, although they tried to conceal it carefully, Zhang Wuji only needed to take a single look and he had already found out their true identities.
Hearing him say that, Zhao Min mused on the fact that since he could see through their disguise, then Jin Hua Popo must have had seen it also; since she had a lot more experience, plus she was a wily old fox. Luckily they had more people on their side; Zhang Wuji's martial art was far superior. It would be fine whether Jin Hua Popo saw through the disguise or not. Either way, if they were to battle each other, Zhao Min did not have anything to fear from Jin Hua Popo plus Zhu'Er. And since Jin Hua Popo had most likely seen through their disguise then they did not have any reason to continue concealing their true identities.
These past several days, Zhang Wuji was most concerned over whether the poison pill Zhou Zhiruo took had broken out or not. Zhao Min understood his concern; as soon as she saw he wrinkled his brows, she sent someone to the upper cabin with the pretense of serving tea, while spying around on their enemies. Each time he returned, he would report that Miss Zhou looked just fine, without any poisoning symptoms. This happened several times; finally Zhang Wuji felt embarrassed. He sat quietly on the corner of the cabin; thinking about the snowy area of the western region, where Zhu'Er kept him company for several days. How He Taichong, Wu Lie, Ding Minjun, and the others came and surrounded them, how in the presence of He Taichong and the others he was saying loudly, 'Miss, with all my heart I sincerely desire to marry you. I only hope you will not regard me unworthy.' How wholeheartedly he promised, 'From now on, I will cherish you with all my might, I will look after you. No matter how many people come to make things difficult for you, no matter how many fierce people come to bully you, I don't care if I'll have to lose my life, I will protect you. I want you to be happy, I want you to forget your past sufferings.' Thinking about these things he could not help but blush.
”Pei!” Zhao Min suddenly spat, ”You are daydreaming about your Miss Zhou!”
”No, I am not!” Zhang Wuji denied.
”Humph,” Zhao Min snorted, ”Daydreaming is daydreaming. You are a real man, why would you lie?”