Volume 3, Chapter 6: Guest from the Eastern Sea (1/2)

Volume 3, Chapter 6: Guest from the Eastern Sea

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Xiaoshunzi raised the curtain of the carriage The both of us saw that all twelve of the ined to protectthe carriage I the way, pointed at the two e and hollered, “Who are you to have the iazed out fro before the carriage One was in gray clothes; his appearance was elegant and he had a sword at his waist The other h his appearance was not bad, his skin appeared to be bronzed His hands held onto the bridle of Zhou Wu’s horse With one glance, I saw that his hands were covered with faint scars My heart leaped into ray clothes carried a young boy roughly six or seven years old in his bosoed and he had an excited expression on his face, there wasn’t any sign of dread in his eyes

At this moment, I heard Zhou Wu speak in a stern h we are traveling swiftly, it is difficult to injure anyone Although this child appeared suddenly, I am confident that I a in other people’s business?”

The ardless of the time, how can you travel so rapidly in the city? If I hadn’t used allhorse, it is likely that this pitiable child would have been injured by the horse hooves”

Just as Zhou Wu was about to dispute thea glare at Zhou Wu, Jing Chi coldly stated, “As it is late at night, we didn’t expect for there to still be people on the streets, so we traveled quickly This is our fault I will apologize on behalf of this brother of e to meddle in others’ affairs, presumably the two of you are real men Do you dare to coed looks, clearly seeing the hesitation in each other’s eyes Although the carriage escorted by these men was extree was of excellent quality and was not soh these guards were dressed in civilian clothing, their vigor and grandeur was not nor at their posture on the horses, one could immediately tell that they were military men In addition, each and every one of them had extraordinary uards could only be from the family of a duke or marquis The twoexchanged intents, the gray-clothed ized, then that is enough We still have some matters to attend to and will not bother you any further”

Just as the two finished speaking and were preparing to leave, Jing Chi laughed aloud With the wave of his hand, eight of the iuards spurred their horses forward and surrounded the two ray-clothedintent was revealed on the black-clothedChi spoke, “I have been in Chang’an for some time now With one look, I could tell that the both of you are out-of-towners This city is the Emperor’s capital Within the ireat bandits arrive here, they have to follow the rules There aren’t ht After all, you would inevitably get into the trouble if you run into the I the streets For the two of you to be so fearless, presureat o as you please”

The gray-clothed ’an does not have a curfew Traveling at night is our business Are you using ourin other people’s affairs as a pretext to make a fuss? Do you wish to deliver us to the authorities?”

“That’s not the case,” denied Jing Chi with a laugh “I only wish the two of you to couest If the two of you are innocent, I will not only apologize to the two of you, I will also like to befriend both of you Afterwards, if you two run into trouble in Chang’an, as long as I aray-clothed rave The man in black moved his hands to his waist It seemed that they were about to act However, the two of the theer eyes were filled with the power A bloodlust that reached the skies had already completely enveloped the two of them The two felt extree out of the encirclement, it was likely that their whereabouts would be co, the curtain of the carriage was raised and a youthful looking man leaned out This man had a black cloak draped over his shoulders, co his clothes This man’s appearance was of a delicate and handso his head out at this point of no return filled with bloodlust, this , stay your hand”

The hearts of the twoChi, a look of understanding flashi+ng in their eyes The gaze that they directed at me, however, was filled with suspicion With this, I was even ement was correct and thus smiled, as I declared, “This lowly official is a subordinate of the Prince of Yong, Major Jiang Zhe of the household of the Marshal of Heavenly Strategies Just now, ize to you two on their behalf” So speaking, I clasped ether and saluted them

The two men bowed, at the same time, from the waist to return ray-clothed heard of your carriage”

The man in black’s face expressed both alar at hi needs to be careful in Chang’an His Highness does not have any ill intent towards your ’s whereabouts are leaked, then it would be extreh Chang’an is good, it is not a place to stay long in It is better if you two leave quickly”

When I said the words, “Brother Fang,” the bodies of both y to prepare to make their move But when they heard my subsequent words, they relaxed Thehesitated before he bowed and requested, “Jiang daren, I was forced by circumstance to enter the capital Would it be possible to speak privately with daren?”

I stared at hih the identities of the two ’s subordinate He had frequently entered the capital in secret I had seen a painting of his appearance before I ought to recognize hi The man’s skin tone was peculiar, clearly soht all year round Beyond that, his hands had traces of rope burns fro up the sails Lastly, combined with his close friendshi+p with Ye Tianxiu, I was able to guess his identity Originally, I only thought that a few kind words to express h to have them depart and prevent soly, this Fan Yuanxin wished to speak with me If news of our conversation were to spread, it would not be good After all, Jiang Yong was still a rebel, even if the Prince of Yong had no intentions ofthe beseeching look in his eyes, I softened and said, “Brother Fang, please clilanced at Ye Tianxiu and muttered in a low voice, “Go back first”

Quietly, Ye Tianxiu whispered back, “He is a trusted confidant of the Prince of Yong You have to think this over carefully”

With a wry s Yuanxin replied, “The littleelse The Prince of Yong definitely won’t take advantage of another’s difficulties”

Fang Yuanxin boarded the carriage Ye Tianxiu hesitated and glanced anxiously atto bid his farewell Just as he was about to take the boy and depart, I raised my voice and said, “Wait a moment”

Ye Tianxiu shi+vered inwardly before turning around and asking, “Does daren have any instructions?”

I suest here in Chang’an It is better if this boy is handed over to me to handle”

His worries relaxed, Ye Tianxiu accepted, “If that is the case, then I will entrust hi, he quickly disappeared into the night

One of the i over to pick the child up and placing hi for a uard The i the boy’s head

Fang Yuanxin entered the carriage and i aze caused Fang Yuanxin to feel as if his entire body had been drenched by a bucket of ice-cold water, penetrating straight to the heart He immediately knew that this man’s identity—Demonic Shadow” Li Shun This man was an expert withto the extre to serve as a servant

Seeing that Fang Yuanxin looked as if he was sitting on pins and needles,¹ I shot ae Yuanxin felt his breathing relax, realizing the extraordinariness of the De Yuanxin had cal wishes to speak toYuanxin asked, “Since Jiang daren already knows my identity, then daren</ehtly and responded, “I naturally know It is only that General Fang ’s criminal anointed by the emperor Why would you wish to speak with me? If this matter were leaked, it is likely that I wouldn’t be able to let you go even if I wanted to”