Chapter 240 (2/2)
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”Brother Deng, sit on the carriage,” Ning Xiaoyao stuck out her head to call for Deng Rong by the gates Deng Rong took the reins fro the ride Meanwhile, Lou Zigui cli's battle horse to lead the way up front
”You've worked hard,” Ning Xiaoyao said to Chen Lu as she perched on the carriage”If you keep working like this, you ht as well as the Grand Preceptor directly for your salary”
Chen Lu didn't speak
”I let the Lord Protector go to the ht, General Chen?”
Chen Lu quickly bowed ”Yes, this subject already knows”
”I was forced to a point of no return too,” Ning Xiaoyao added ”You're so busy working for the Grand Preceptor that I had to trouble the Lord Protector to work for me”
Chen Lu's lips moved, but no words came out
”Just wait for the Grand Preceptor's orders,” Ning Xiaoyao went on ”Fortunately, it's cool in thethe summer You can just spend the entire season here”
”Go,” Lou Zigui told Deng Rong before riding on ahead Ning Xiaoyao pointed at Chen Lu with her finger
Chen Lu bowed and said, ”This subject respectfully sends off Your Majesty”
”Forget about that,” Ning Xiaoyao replied What 'respectfully sending off?' He'd probably rather wish I was dead
Chen Lu waited until the trio were out of sight before raising his head again All of the soldiers could see that his expression looked awful, so none of them said a word
”Go report to the Grand Preceptor,” Chen Lu ordered one of his guards after a beat ”Just say that His Majesty and Lou Zigui have come to Iron Buddha Tees”
The guard obeyed and ran off on horseback with the report Chen Lu looked left and right, causing all of his troops to scatter in fear Only his deputy general Chen Fang scooted closer and whispered, ”Big bro, His Majesty's just left, ah Wouldn't he find out if we send out er now?”
Chen Lu simply waved a hand at him ”I have no other choice now” He had helped the Grand Preceptor against His Majesty so many times that it was now a path of no return
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”Are we supporting the Grand Preceptor?”
Inside Iron Buddha Temple, a few of the head monks approached Great Master kumu with the question
Great Master kumu chanted another Amitabha before he shook his head ”It's better if lance at Ning Yu wasn't sos like selling the statues foremperors had worshi+pped Buddha, but now there was an exception Great Master kumu muttered 'an exception' under his breath round chaic, he'll have to hand hi Yu summoned the man in the future
Currently, the 'exceptional case' Ning Xiaoyao was sitting in the carriage and stroking Big Boss Black's fur while tossing sugar beans into herwhether the eer yet
Big Boss Black felt so co that he shut his eyes and started to purr
”Black Tubby,” Ning Xiaoyao said, ”How do you think the eer will definitely say that you deserve an unnatural death,” Big Boss Black replied
”Do you have to be so savage?”
”Thenso you can reincarnate quicker'”
Ning Xiaoyao turned over until she was lying on her belly to face Big Boss Black ”Where did you learn these things from? Do you cats curse each other the sa each other out?”
”We just use our claws We never stop to argue,” Big Boss Black replied ”This is how Jiao Jiao's mistress denounces those little demonesses”
”Little de Boss Black exposed his sto Xiaoyao indulged hi a random bit of trivia from the Ministry of Works' household These are do about how the e Boss Black now turned over to sprawl by Ning Xiaoyao's head ”You'll be sad if you know, hed She wasn't sad, but anyone would feel rotten if they had to go back to the palace and wait to get stabbed
Zhuo Xing (拙行) – Zhuomeans ”behavior, conduct, to move/walk/travel” ↩