It was Shen Leng’s first vacation ever since he came back from the southern border. Before he came back, he specially brought his brothers to the Nanping River’s river bank to catch some fishes. After that experience, Chen Ran swore to never bring up catching fish ever again, and that if he ever did, he would crash into tree.
Shen Leng felt as though he was going to crash into a tree.
Master Cha smiled and went over to take the vegetables from Shen Leng. She smiled sweetly. “You’re back. Quick, go home.”
No matter how bright Master Cha’s smile was, it was of no use. Shen Leng clearly felt that she had not completed her sentence. After she told him to go home, she was probably going to say something along the lines of wanting to beat him up.
“Wait a minute.”
Shen Leng took down the embroidered pouch that was hanging on his waist and gave it to Master Cha. “I specially asked for it to give it to you as a gift.”
Hei Yan realized that he liked the life in a small town. It was slow-paced and comfortable. Most importantly, he knew what the first-in-command of Guan Tang Kou looked like. In Changan city, Hei Yan’s name was well-known. People would rather provoke Bai Ya than provoke Hei Yan. This was because it was easy to see through Bai Ya’s hatred and vengeance, but it was never easy to see through that of Hei Yan’s. He was always acting frivolously, but Bai Ya also mentioned before that if they both were enemies, he would never want Hei Yan to fight against him in person. Guan Tang Kou’s people arrived at the town much later than Hei Yan. Hence, when they arrived, they could be clearly seen by Liu Yun Sect’s scouts. In fact, both parties had been keeping close tabs on one another. Guan Tang Kou’s people were unwilling to provoke Liu Yun Sect within Changan city. It was because they were worried that the person behind Liu Yun Sect was the Great General
The intense pain brought about by the few arrows stuck to his back made Hei Yan’s eyes look more and more calm instead. Even though the speed at which he swung his steel rod at had slowed down, it was still powerful.There were Guan Tang Kou’s men on both sides of the alley. Mu Liu’er’s plan was not very exquisite - it was just that they had more than enough manpower on their side.More than half of them truly went over to Shen Leng’s small courtyard. Naturally, they needed to have a substantial amount of people headed there, or else they would not have been able to lure Liu Yun Sect’s experts. The remaining people seemed to be sufficient to deal with Hei Yan. Hei Yan, with three arrows pierced into his back, was still as ferocious as before, even though he had already lost a lot of blood. If he continued fighting like this, he would die from excessive loss of blood even before Lian Li had the chance to kill him herself.
When Shen Leng carried Hei Yan back to his courtyard, Master Cha and Mr. Shen were not around. He placed Hei Yan on the bed. When he looked at the bed that was starting to soak in blood, he could not help but sigh softly. He thought about how he definitely had to wash it himself. It was simply too dirty - Master Cha would have a hard time washing it. Hei Yan tolerated the pain and asked, “Why do you look so reluctant?”“The bed sheets are dirty.”“Oh…” Hei Yan laid on the bed and looked at the ceiling. “Do you know how much I charge for protecting people?”Shen Leng sighed. “Do you know how beautiful Master Cha’s hands are?”Hei Yan was dumbfounded. He did not even pay any attention to the pain he was feeling. He thought to himself : What kind of logic is that?Shen Leng thought about how fortunate it was that his vacation had not ended, so he had the time to wash the sheets himself. But as
On the second day, at night, Hei Yan was taken away by the people of Liu Yun Sect. However, they did not mention where they were moving to.After they took their dinner, the few men took a small bamboo stool each and sat next to the deck chair, as they listened to Mr. Shen’s stories. Mr. Shen’s stories were always better than the ones that were told by those storytellers. Their best materials were fabricated stories about the underworld. However, Mr. Shen used to be within the realms of the underworld as well as the imperial court. Hence, there was no need for him to fabricate.Mr. Shen did not only dabbled in the underworld, he was once living the dream of being involved in the imperial court matters. Hence, all he had to do was to casually change the names of the characters in the story and it would become a well-developed full-scale story. Master Cha sat in her room, but she kept the windows opened. She supported her chin with
Over the past few days that were spent resting at home, Shen Leng dragged Chen Ran out every day to run along the river bank of the Nanping River. Whenever they passed by swampy areas, they would inevitably come across crocodiles, etc. The fishermen who saw them would run away. But Shen Leng’s response was…Huh? Another one. Chen Ran on the other hand was always afraid. He would grab Shen Leng’s hand and leave hurriedly.The small town that was not far from the Navy camp was not peaceful these days. Changan city’s Liu Yun Sect and Guan Tang Kou became neighbors in that very town. It would be surprising if it was peaceful.Hei Yan had already disappeared without a trace, but he was definitely still in the vicinity. Guan Tang Kou’s men had no other choice either. Mu Liu’er truly wanted Hei Yan dead. She was dying to make that a reality. However, she did not dare to be rash about it once again.She was the one who established Guan Tan
As expected, His Majesty’s decree created an uproar. Not too long ago, he demoted Zhuang Yong one rank, and right now, he promoted him three ranks. Hence, it made several people within the imperial court unhappy. However, His Majesty took pleasure in seeing them unhappy. Of course, those people were not truly undiscriminating - amongst all of His Majesty’s counselors, Zhuang Yong’s position was the lowest. It was only natural for him to promote Zhuang Yong sooner or later. Hence, they diverted their attack towards a young man named Shen Leng. Everyone explicitly expressed their discontent - they felt that promoting a young man directly to a Qizhuan Qingche Commandant was too much. The emperor had no choice but to make him a Liuzhuan Shangqi Commandant instead. Hence, everyone was happy. In the first place, the emperor only wanted to make him a Shangqi Commandant. But after that, the emperor felt that the young man’s meritoriou
Great General Tie Liuli of the Northern Border Cavalry left the military camp through the night. Apart from Guo Leiming, nobody knew he came by. However, this burden and difficulty was shouldered by Guo Leiming himself. The great general told him to use non-military methods to deal with the problem at hand. What was it exactly? And why did the great general bring up Meng Changan’s incident in Yanta Academy? As well as the young man named Shen Leng?As of now, Guo Leiming’s mind was full of questions. He wanted to be clear about the great general’s purpose in visiting him, as well as the meaning behind his words, and lastly, how he should handle the matter at hand in order to make everybody satisfied. However, it was impossible - it was impossible for him to make anyone satisfied.Pei Xiao was Pei Tingshan’s nephew. Pei Tingshan did not have a son, and hence, he regarded his nephew as one. He managed to become as thick-skinned as
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