29 The duo (2/2)
During the course of the ride, Jiao Yu was accompanied by Xukun, the second in command of General Yu, the man in the red armor, as they introduced themselves to her earlier before they left. She was surprised to know that the man in red armor was the prestigious young general, Yu Xing Han and his second in command Xukun.
Though one was not able to see them before, however, one was still able to hear about them. The duo who made their names though out the Jing capital and let people admire them. Yu Xing Han was from the same roots as the also infamous Prime Minister of the right, Yu Jie Xing and was older than Yu Jie Xing by just a year. Unlike his younger brother, he aspired to be like their father and looked forward to become the next head of the Yu family.
The other was Xukun, he was also admired by his passion and determination to be of help to the Yu family. And far from the infamous pair of brothers, Xukun did not came from a wealthy nor a noble family as he came from the roots of a servant from the Yu residence's. However, the two young military men were quite close and their ranks did not matter to the two of them.
The carriage was not grandiose and was styled in a humble and indistinguishable way and could only be occupied by two or three people, making the people seeing it unable to tell that inside it, there was the young lady of the Liu family and the famous second in command, Xukun.
Aside from Xukun asking Jiao Yu if the carriage was alright for her to ride it, the two of them did not speak any longer. Despite the fact that Xukun confessed his admiration towards Jiao Yu, he however did not show any kind of inkling that one indeed admire her beauty and looked only at the opened window, as if one was traveling alone.
Though the silence was a bit deafening and Xukun's character changing was a strange thing to see, it did not matter to Jiao Yu as it did not seem to be a threat to her nor did he act out of the ordinary. At leastshe could use the silence to get her thoughts and act straight.
Under the sleeves of the robe Yu Xing Han gave her, her hands were balled into a fist and turning white with the strength she putted into it while her face remained placid.
Today, fate had almost had won in taking her life. Jiao Yu could not blame anyone else but herself as she was too sudden in her actions and thought of the way she was before. After killing Mui Gu, Jiao Yu became too worked up and felt like an immature hunter, doing things without thinking and even messing up big time. Though her experience and ability was indeed good, it was not a match from a man's strength and crafty method, like the man she fought earlier. If only one had the strength of a man then what happened to her would not happen, Jiao Yu thought.
Jiao Yu felt the carriage jolt into a stop and heard Xukun speak, ”We're here.”
Jiao Yu looked up at him and then lifted the curtain of the window beside her to look outside. She could only see trees after trees and a long flight of stairs going up above. Xukun opened the door of the carriage and went outside to help her out.
”Where are we?” Jiao Yu inquired as she took his hand and got out of the carriage, looking around.
Xukun said, ”Upstairs is the Temple of Wo Long, one could just go upstairs and meet the monks waiting on the other side of the way and will lead you inside the temple to rest. While I will send someone to get someone from the Liu to get you.”
Xukun moved to the driver's side and handed a lilac pink silk robe to her, ”I thought that it would make people inside the temple speculate if one was wearing a men's robe when coming to the temple so, I went out myself to get you something to cover up.”
”Until then, please do not go outside of the temple and stay there patiently.” Xukun said.
The man in front of Jiao Yu was probably nineteen or twenty years old, even though he was the second in command of the prestigious young general Yu Xing Han, he still had the air of a playful young man.
Jiao Yu took the robe from him and said, ”I will remember this for eternity and one would think of a way to repay you and General Yu from saving me.... Only that, I ask General Yu to keep what happened today from someone knowing it.”
Xukun smiled at her, ”I'll bear that in mind and no need for thanks, we were only doing what we should be doing and also instead of repaying us, we only need you to answer some questions once there will be a time. One would expect that Liu Young lady would let us.”
”Absolutely....” Jiao Yu replied.