Chapter 30 (1/2)
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Deaf whole-heartedly
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Chang Geng chased after the monk to the outside of the city It was already deep into the night, the surrounding was quiet, only the faint sound of the wooden cart patrolling in the city could be heard He then stopped and called out to the other: “Master, please slon your footsteps”
Liao Ran ca spoke slowly, not a trace of anger in his attitude He was gentle and courteous, similar to how he used to sit quietly in thetea
Only his hand had moved to the hilt of his sword, the blade could be unsheathed at any moment and easily pierce the : “I have had the chance to converse with the ain frooes out to the civilians in this country, you are not one to stay still in a tes only in theory”
“As for in, perhaps Master have also heard about it The Marquis’ eneral for this generation But no matter what position this country had placed him onto, to me, he is still a family member that I’m mutually dependent with in order to live”
“I am simply a minor character with no ability, the weapon in h to h to dwell on the grander sches”
“My heart only contains the Marquisas the palm of my hand, and a few number of people, I still hope that the master will explain clearly”
Liao Ran: “…”
He did not kno Chang Geng usually talked with Gu Yun, but for outsiders, his speeches had always reht that he already experienced it himself, but he still never expected that in this world, even words filled with murderous intent such as ‘Friendshi+p is friendshi+p, if you will dare to touch Gu Yun, I will pierce you with this sword’ – could be conveyed in such a calm manner
Liao Ran looked down at his shoes Due to excessive walking and running these few days, they had lost their original color He tried to test the water: “Your Highness came from the line of nobility, you are kind and benevolent Your heart should contain the vastness of heaven and earth, there is no need to degrade yourself as such”
Chang Geng remained stable, not at all moved by his words: “Men born in this world, if one could not even keep the small arc of land around theht so far out?”
Liao Ran let out a bitter s was not so easily fooled, he had no choice but to make a sole one strand of hair would affect the entire body, how can this ’s hand still remained on the hilt of the sword: “Butmy yifu to this place”
Liao Ran said with all seriousness: “Your Highness please co stared at hiain He smiled and said: “Then, thank you for your trouble,the way to make clear of this situation”
If you can’t make it clear then I would still have to pierce you
The monk took off his outer robe and turned it inside out His white attire actually had two sides The inside was black, and when used to cover hiht
Chang Geng: “…”
A question had involuntarily ehout their travel froe his clothes, in the end, did the inside of his robe had a black color, or was it the result of hith of ti who had a quirk for cleanliness suddenly felt that there was no way he could walk alongside the ht clothes’, Liao Ran led Chang Geng through Jiangnan with es, and soon arrived at the Inner Canal Pier
The passage between the sea route of Great Liang and the inland canal had been opened ten years ago The two passages were parallel to one another, very convenient for shi+ps to co the seaside In recent years, due to heavy taxes, it appeared to be a bit depressed
However, a dead cah it was already late at night, there were stillon the dock
Liao Ran waved his hand to stopped Chang Geng’s footsteps and said: “There are already watching eyes of the Black Iron Ca Geng glanced at him, then took out a Tian Li Yan to look at the water
The pier was calm, boatmen and the delivery workers came and went There were sonan Garrison standing on the shore, checking the goods He could not see any Black Iron Camp’s people, nor could he see any abnor did not trust Liao Ran this time, he did not directly pose any question but observed the scene silently
The boatoods, they were unifor on the shi+p, the lid of each box uards would then check thehly The checked boxes will be transported to the other end, there were several workers waiting there to carry the boxes that have been properly sealed onto the shi+p
A few days ago, he had heard the local people gossiping about it — the sea and river transportation terminal wasn’t quite strict on nan’s recent i puppets, the ie quantity of Ziliujin here To prevent any private reselling, they had tightened the checking process
As soon as one box was opened for inspection, even when separated by a hundred feet, Chang Geng still couldn’t help but wrinkle his nose: “What is that scent?”
Liao Ran wrote on the tree next to the: “What?”
Liao Ran signed: “Your Royal Highness stayed in the Marquis manor, the balm used there must have been sent down frooods that the civilians use”
“These are piles of an assort of scented products, co, three layers of sealed cansthe scent out Only a s ater, it can be used for several months”
“Each scented balm is only the size of a thumb, to use for nine or ten years is not a proble of coins ”
The corance had reached a certain degree, it co’s head hurt fro them He did not even have theThe manor had never used balm, the washed clothes only had the scent of saponin soap
Chang Geng raised his Tian Li Yan and suddenly saw a figure of a man on thewere different froe of foreign countries that Liao Ran once taught hito what you have toldYing… What do Dong Ying people require this much scented bal is another naave him a look filled with appreciation
The wooden boxes containing the balon, four or five shi+ps hidden in the dark night waited for the even more spectacular than the merchant shi+ps that carried fresh aquatic products and seafood docking next to thele scented balht years, ould anyone buy thisislands, even thecould not necessarily be able to use up the nuuards on the dock were soaked with tears, holding a handkerchief to their noses, desperately urging the boatinally a dog that assisted the inspection, but it had been soon rendered useless by the too strong scent, lying ht I ask the uards, what is it used for?”
“That is the ‘inspection dog’,” he said: “Ziliujin has a faint scent of s are very sensitive Ziliujin is a reat i care of Ziliujin black reat contributions and is still of use until today”
The cheap scented balht now it could not even sense : “Themerchants has an ulterior purpose, thus you have led ate?”
However, before he even had ti immediately asked: “So dare I ask the master, how do you know that my family’s Marquis will come in person? And thisTian nan He abandoned his duty to get here, how do you know that he will definitely intervene?”
“Why didn’t you go find the governor or the inspectors, why must you skip the nearby solution to reach out to the one further away and go throughhim here from the northwest?”
Liao Ran: “…”
He used to think that as the boy went out alone for the first tirand conspiracy like this – when in a state of shock, it was easy to overlookwas not at all shocked Fro to end, he only frowned once,to the bottom of the matter
The monk could not help but think of the ruht this child back from the town of Yanhui — some people have said that the barbarian rebellion in that area was pushed forward by the foster hness had put aside fa the Black Iron Camp with preparations to exter be at that time? At best, he was only twelve or thirteen years old…