186 His Son Brought Hope to Him (2/2)

If people found out he had this martial art, he would encounter a great trouble.

He was a profound man. Surely, he could foresee such things.

The next moment, they both took a sigh of relief. They were both calming themselves down.

They didn’t know each other’s thoughts…

“The day after tomorrow, I have to secretly return to the north.” Ye Nantian said, “The kingdom is in the worst situation. I have to take responsibility.”

“I understand.” Ye Xiao nodded.

He actually felt sad when hearing Ye Nantian talk about separation.

“As long as I am there, the north will be fine. The disturbance you have aroused this time has actually made some good impact somehow. It has actually drawn out the snake out of its hole [1]… That was a lucky hit… So there is a chance that we can solve the problem in the north once and for all.”

Ye Nantian said and smiled happily, “Thanks to your fandango though. You are such a lucky person.”

Ye Xiao laughed, “Well, I guess I should do more things like that in the future.”

Ye Nantian acted like he was angry and said, “How dare you!”

Ye Xiao acted like he was begging for forgiveness. And then they both laughed out loud. They truly are close to each other now.

“However… things are not good in the other three sides.” Ye Nantian frowned and said, “I reckon the west and east must be in great danger, even though they were still safe at the moment. The south should actually be the best of the three, but there are fatal dangers hidden in the south. The House of the Chaotic Storm is most likely aiming for the south. When they make a move, things will be totally different there.”

“The reason why I have such a conjecture is simple. There are only two persons in the Kingdom of Chen that are highly seen by the House of the Chaotic Storm. One is me, and the other is Su Dingguo.

So Prince Hua-Yang, my Brother Su, is probably going to face some severe danger.

But I am too busy to take care of all sides.” Ye Nantian frowned tightly, “The mastermind of the House of the Chaotic Storm hasn’t shown up yet… Except for the Xiu of the Heavens… She has appeared in the Chen-Xing City before… I just cannot see through them.”

Ye Xiao remembered the words Prince Hua-Yang told him before he left to the south. He felt a bit depressed in his heart.

Su Yeyue had been coming for Ye Xiao nearly every night. She had lost much weight during this time. She seemed full of thoughts all the time. Her bright smiles in the old days had disappeared.

She would lose her bearings staring at the south from time to time.

Ye Xiao knew that she was worrying about her father. He just didn’t know what he could do to comfort her.

He thought for a while and talked to Ye Nantian, “What if I go to the south for you, father?”

Ye Nantian was indifferent, “You have no soldiers or even one general. What can you do even if you are there?”

Ye Xiao smiled bitterly and didn’t know what to say.

And then he was suddenly enlightened.

[I have no soldiers or even one general?]

Ye Nantian happened to remind Ye Xiao something rather important.

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The next day, Ye Nantian got in and out the House of Ye as usual with a dark face. He drove away all the people from some officials’ families who were there to visit him.

“Get the hell out of here, all of you! I am working on my son’s wound. You assholes keep coming to flatter me. It is merely wasting my fxcking time! If anyone dares to talk about shit again, I will cut his head off at once!”

General Ye was apparently in a bad mood.

The yes men all ran away with terrified expressions.

There was of course the Crown Prince among them!

General Ye didn’t show any respect to him at all.

When the Crown Prince left the house, his face was all dark. He was disgraced and annoyed at the same time, yet he couldn’t lose his temper a bit.

Nobody dared to come visit him again after he said such words.

When everyone thought that General Ye was curing his son in his house, Ye Nantian secretly got out of the city at midnight. The three hundred blood guards took moves separately and left the city earlier than Ye Nantian. They were waiting for him far away from the city.

In the dark night, a group of men were riding horses with as few baggages as they needed while heading to the north!

At the same time, a few carrier pigeons flew to the sky and spread the news, “Ye Nantian’s son is in severe condition. Ye Nantian has turned furious. After he killed a lot in the Chen-Xing City, he stayed at home alone trying to cure his son! After investigation, Ye Nantian is in his house all the time. The House of Ye is fully guarded. The security became more rigorous than before.”

Those pigeons were carrying the “important” news to different directions…

…

Those who were preparing for the auction were now on their way. Some of them had already arrived in the Chen-Xing City.

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[1] Draw the snake out of its hole (引蛇出洞), means allure the enemy out from their secret locations.