1150 The 15th Day of This Lunar Month (1/2)
Chapter 1150: The 15th Day of This Lunar Month
Translator: WQLEditor: Aleem
On the 15th day of the lunar November of the 903rd year of Black Iron Calendar, although people living in Xuanyuan Hill didn't feel it was anything special, none of them could imagine that this day symbolized that Taixia Country was involved in the 3rd holy war between humans and demons in an all-round manner in the eyes of people dozens of years later.
Although the holy war had started so many years ago, the battle flames and smokes in subcontinents had not extended Taixia Country on the Eastern Continent. Besides the disappearance of Emperor Xuanyuan and the riots of the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church which were annoying, commoners' lives were not affected by the 3rd holy war during the past years.
The 15th day of lunar November was an unusual sunny day.
After getting up in the morning and having a bow of decoction of medicinal ingredients, Uncle Zhong felt much better after so many days' recuperation; especially today, he felt like he was untroubled by the witch parasites anymore. Uncle Zhong felt pretty happy as he finally saw a bit of hope in curing the broken-gold witch parasites.
When Uncle Zhong got up, Old Zhou, the boatman on the Golden Water River also got up. After cleansing up, Old Zhou stood in the courtyard which was planted with some peach trees and looked up at the clean, blue sky as he told his wife with a smile who was preparing breakfast for him, ”It's a good weather today. I guess more people would like to travel on the Golden Water River; if I'm fortunate, I could make another 2 gold coins!”
”Watch out your health. Come back earlier!” The woman prepared the breakfast rapidly in the kitchen as she said.
”As it's the Treasures Meeting lately, I could make more than that I made in a week previously, it's nothing to be a bit tired!”
”You have to watch out your safety. Liu Hui told me that one of your guests fought a woman on a gaily-painted pleasure-boat and made a great trouble on the Golden Water River...” The boatman's wife told him out of concern.
”You don't know that. Childe Cui and Miss Bai are dignitaries; especially Childe Cui. He's like a river god. When the huge waves approached us, Childe Cui just stood on the prow. When I realized that the boat might be capsized, a water flow rose up and cupped the boat like a pair of hands steadily. I carried some knights before; however, it was my first time to meet such a great knight. 3 months later, I will have our 2nd son and his uncle go to Youzhou Province...”
”Do you really believe in their words? The traveling expense between Youzhou Province and Xuanyuan Hill is high; additionally, they have to spend much time on the way...”
Old Zhou touched that gold coin which was marked with Zhang Tie's fingerprint in his pocket before saying, ”This is a favorable fate, how could a man like Childe Cui play a joke with small figures like us? I think we could have a try. Our Zhou Clan might make our ancestors illustrious one day...”
After hearing the boatman's words, the woman in the kitchen became silent.
After having breakfast with the peach bloom spirit and dried plums that were prepared by his wife at home, the boatman, with full of aspiration towards a bright future, left for a wharf on the Golden Water River where he fastened his boat to the cleats on the dock...
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When the boatman arrived at the wharf, a customized top black Faerie-dragon limo was slowly driving out of the Finance Minister's Mansion in Xuanyuan Hill. A flock of sparrows on those peach trees outside the Finance Minister's Mansion were tweeting. Han Zhengfang was watching those jubilant sparrows on the tips of twigs on the roadside in the car with a glassy-eyed look.
Hearing the tweets, Han Zhengfang felt fretful unconsciously.
Of course, the Finance Minister who attended myriad affairs daily would not lose temper to those sparrows that could be seen everywhere daily outside his mansion. What he was fretful was that his 2nd son had been missing for many days. Additionally, his 2nd son's airboat was also missing, leaving no trace at all. Therefore, Han Zhengfang felt something bad out of his instinct.
'Did something bad happen to my 2nd son?' Han Zhengfang had considered about this possibility; however, given the comprehensive intelligence, Han Zhengfang found Xuanyuan Hill was as normal as usual. The top 4 armies were still following the prescribed orders. The top three chancellors didn't encounter any abnormal situations. Therefore, Han Zhengfang didn't believe that his son could encounter any accident. 'Who dares do harm to my son across Taixia Country? Additionally, my 2nd son is not a weak scholar, he has a great aptitude and has already promoted to an earth knight. Besides, he's protected by an earth knight, a black iron knight and so many bodyguards. As long as he shows his identity, he will face no obstacle wherever he is. How dare anyone find him trouble?'
'Is he having fun with a lot of women somewhere once again?'
'It's possible; it's probable.'