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Chapter 11 - Yi County at night

These two hundred odd Sky Nation soldiers were not brought over by Shi Dakai from the south, but one of the armies that had been dispersed after the failure of the Heavenly Kingdom's Northern Chasm. At that time, General Liu Lang had the highest status amongst this group of soldiers, he had even brought a large portion of North Guard's pay out and hid in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, waiting for the Kingdom of Heaven to attack again from the north.

However, the gray beard and the rest did not wait for the arrival of the North Guard. Instead, they waited for their former boss, the Winged King Shida Kai who faked his identity.

In the past, the North Guard was one of the elites of the Balanced Sky Nation. Along the way, they attacked and plundered the cities along the way, food was released to kill off the nobles and tyrants, accumulating a large amount of military wealth. Not only did they have a large amount of gold and silver, there were also a lot of rare treasures.

Right now, in front of Xiao Letian, was a huge, shining gold mountain. The ground was covered with exquisite gold, silver and jade artifacts. The one-foot tall coral tree was leaning against a corner, and a handful of pearls were pouring down onto the ground, rolling all over the place. In the corner of the porcelain vat, an axis of calligraphy and painting definitely wasn't ordinary.

”Inside here are the military assets brought by Liu Lang and the others, as well as the treasures that I had secretly transported over from the south. I had secretly set up thirteen holy treasury like this in the Great Qing Dynasty …” Shi Dakai spoke as if he was talking about someone else's property, his tone was as calm as water.

”Due to the fact that property needs to be secretly transported, we can only give up on things like 2 copper coins and 2 silver coins. Right now, the treasury is the essence of the Heavenly Kingdom's holy treasury, and every treasure can be said to be priceless …” ”It's a pity that it's too difficult to materialize …”

Shi Dakai opened up Tang Bohu's Spring Palace and sneered, ”Those rich people in Jiangnan like to flatter Tang Bohu and other common paintings. If it wasn't for the fact that I could exchange for a bit of money, I would have already burned them all …” With that, he threw it into the corner.

Aiyo, but my heart hurts so much. You're a moral gentleman, but I'm not. Brother, I love this. Xiao Letian quickly took all of Tang Bo Hu's real works into his hands. Tsk tsk tsk, this painting is really exceptional. Was the one pushing from behind a maid or a concubine?

When Xiao Letian was deep in his fantasies about the life in the Ming Dynasty, Shi Dakai pushed him, ”Advisor! Military advisor? I'm asking you something, what treasure are you going to bring down the mountain with you? ”

”Ah?” Oh... It's like this. Your majesty should know the market price of these treasures and help me find some that are easy to carry. Also, I need to take treasures that are worth close to 110 thousand silver down the mountain. After saying that, he casually handed the Spring Palace scroll to his personal guard. ”This painting is not bad. I like it. Put it in my study …”

Cough cough cough, Shi Dakai was so suspenseful that he did not even choke on his saliva, thinking to himself, is this overseas person really doing as he pleases? Even if you wanted to, you have to tell me secretly about such an unrefined painting of the Spring Palace. Why are you asking for it so carelessly in front of me? This was simply disregarding reputation and integrity.

As expected, the overseas foreigners only eat raw beef and do not know how to recuperate. I must advise more military advisers in the future. At such a young age, you shouldn't be too greedy for beauties.

”Your Highness! ”Your Highness?” This time, it was Xiao Letian who pushed him. Ah … Sorry, little Wang lost his composure … The treasure that mister wants lets me think about it.

”Antique calligraphy and painting are really expensive, but only those who know how to buy them will pay a huge price. It's not easy to buy them quickly, so I should think of a way to get my hands on them …”

Xiao Letian and Shi Dakai stayed in the treasury for an entire two hours, and in the end, under the protection of the three bodyguards that Shi Dakai had arranged, they galloped towards the Yi County at full speed.

From the Taibai Top to the Yi County's County City, even if Qingzhuang were to continue on, it would still take two days. Xiao Letian brought the false braid that was prepared for him in the village as well as his fake identity documents, and rushed straight to the Yi County.

When Xiao Letian rushed to Yi County's County City, it was already the evening of the second day. The two smoke-faced veterans at the west gate of the city had already started to drive the last few people in and out of the city, and the city gates were about to close soon.

”Aiya, it's about to close the city gates. We have to hurry …” Xiao Letian was definitely a beginner rider, even though he was saying that he was running here and there, he was still last place.

The three janissaries that Xiao Letian had brought out were all elites that Shi Dakai had picked out from thousands of people. Not only were they skilled with bows and horses, they were also very quick-witted, and most importantly, they could read. The young man leading the way was called Xiao Hexin. When he saw that the city gate was about to close, he quickly whipped his horse and rushed to the front.

The scene of the big horses charging at full speed was indeed shocking. The big bowl sized hooves of the horses trampled on the road, causing dust and dirt to fly into the air. The villagers nearby even felt the ground trembling.

The two old men looked back and were startled. If they didn't have only four horses, they would have thought that the county had been attacked. Didn't you see that the city gate was already closed? ”Hurry to the tavern outside the city and wait for tomorrow …” Before he could finish his words, he saw two strings of copper coins roll towards him and his mouth was blocked.

Xiao Letian did not even get down from his horse, he only bowed and chatted with the two veteran soldiers in a low voice, after which the city gates, which only had one crack, opened once again. This time, even if Xiao Letian swaggered in front of the two older soldiers, no one would ask anything.

After the four of them turned around the corner, Xiao Letian asked in a low voice, ”Don't the Qing Dynasty need to search for the way to lure people? It can be seen that the four of us are not people with great reputations, yet he let us in so easily? ” Xiao Letian's doubts were reasonable, unless you have a good name, Paleogene would not be able to leave your hometown easily, and after walking around your county, no one would care about you. If you need to cross over a county, you would have to go to the county magistrate to lead the way.