Shaoliang City got its own prosperity, but the big shots in high positions always found things to worry about. Different from other people, it was hard for them to put many things into words and they had to grind their teeth to settle.
At the crucial moment Xie Chenjun arrived at the capital, all the people there held their breath to see what would happen in the city. The Emperor had told the high-ranking officials at the court yesterday that he would lead all the officials to welcome the old man at the gate of the capital. He valued Xie Chenjun not only because of the latter’s reputation at the court, but also because the peace which Dazhou enjoyed temporarily was earned at the cost of Xie Ying’s life.
All of them should be convinced. If they weren’t, they needed to go and kill some emperor and princes like Xie Ying before saying anything.
The ones who worried in Shaoliang City mostly didn’t know how to face the old man.
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People had to cross the chain before they got to Wanbao Pavilion and it was the only way. Standing at one side of the peak and looking at the other side, Xie Ying suddenly asked, “Li Fuyao, can you harness your swords? Will you show me?”Li Fuyao shook his head and ignored his question. “Shall I carry you over?” He asked.Xie Ying burst into laughter. He raised his head to say something, but stopped when he saw the setting sun. He murmured, “I don’t know what it looks when the sun rises, but the sunset is not bad.”Li Fuyao also looked at the sun, but he made no comments.They began passing the chain and Xie Ying was in the front. The most outstanding of Xie Clan from Yanshi City walked on the shaky chain. He was not terrified at all, but he moved little by little and it was by no means agreeable.It might be the road Xie Ying walked most slowly, most stably and most unwillingly to make mistakes in his life. He
Before going downstairs, Xie Ying collected his clothes.When he got outside of Wanbao Pavilion, he was the treasure of the Xia Clan and the next chief.He still pressed his hand against the handle of the blade. It was an old habit and he always pressed his hand against the handle when he was free.The three people outside seemed surprised when they saw Xie Ying in such a state, but they came back to their sense immediately.Xie Ying called the two men, “Uncle Ye. Uncle Yang.”Then he turned to the ugly middle-aged woman and called aunt.One of the two men was called Ye Kaishan and the other was called Yang Wu. Both were master-hands kept by the Xie Clan. Ye Kaishan had earned the title of Mountain-splitting Palm in Dazhou’s society about twenty-years ago, because he could split a huge rock into halves with a single slap of his palm and the warriors in the society gave him the title. On the other hand, Yan
Xie Ling stood a distance away and looked at Xie Ying who was gasping for breath. She said softly, “I can’t figure it out why you could make it from the Imperial Palace without getting hurt. Is there any elixir that my elder brother has given you?”Xie Ying didn’t reply. He was thinking the elixir that Li Fuyao fed before, and Li Fuyao was an immortal on the mountain. His elixir was not bad and Xie Ying was almost recovered after taking only one.He wondered why Li Fuyao didn’t take it out earlier and let him sick for quite some days.But no matter what, Xie Ying would never blame Li Fuyao.Some things shouldn’t be taken granted for.Standing on his feet, Xie Ying went to pull Qike from Ye Kaishan’s body. Then he turned to look at Yang Wu and said suddenly, “Uncle Yang, since you’ve made a deal with my father, why don’t you make a deal with me too?”Yang Wu’s expression changed and he asked finally hoarsel
When Xie Ying went inside Wanbao Pavilion out of his wits, Li Fuyao was leafed through books on the second floor. There were all initiatory Confucianism books, which were easy to read and understand.Xie Ying flung himself by the window, leaned against the window frame, picked up a book casually and covered it over his face.Li Fuyao closed his book and asked, “What happened? What did your aunt say to you in the end?”He couldn’t see Xie Ying’s face because of the book covered over it. He heard Xie Xing sighing. “What could she say? She has to let it go in the end. But our family members are always free and easy. My aunt didn’t ask me to spare my father before she jumped down.”Li Fuyao moved over and sat opposite Xie Ying. He said patiently, “Your aunt refused to talk with me, but she talked with you in the end. I can feel the feeling you have now, and it is not civilities. When people comfort someone, it always works when
When Xie Chenjun and Li Ji, the Prime Minister, was having a drink inside the mansion, only the coachman who accompanied the old man here was in the yard.The coachman of little reputation was sitting there alone with a blade in his arms. He looked at the light in the room with a straight face.The coachman was called Xie Shian, who was born by a concubine of the Xie Clan. He was good at using blade and well deserved the title of number one in Dazhou’s society.He had instructed Xie Ying devotedly on how to use a blade. Without his help, Xie Ying wouldn’t be so extraordinary on martial arts at such a young age no matter how talented he was.Qike, the blade handed down from generation to generation, was his weapon before.In his generation, Xie Chenjun’s reputation got higher and higher in the imperial court while Xie Wuyi earned a rising name in the society. Xie Shian, from the offshoot, didn’t have too many tho
The Emperor blew his fingers, which were numb with cold as he stood up and walked to the bookshelf to fetch a book.A moment later, he heard the continuous patter of raindrops.He pushed the window open and looked at the night rain.It was a little cold in the night rain. The Emperor soon closed the window, went back to his table and sat down. Then he fixed his gaze on the oil lamp and lost in his thoughts.A figure showed up outside the Imperial Study unnoticed.A teenage in white robe showed up outside the Imperial Study, carrying a sword case on his back and holding an umbrella in his hand. Disregarded the Manager of the Ceremony Department, who was on his guard for all possible danger, he folded his umbrella, stood under the eave and put his umbrella by the door. Then he looked at Su Jin, the Manager, and said with a smile, “Who said that there isn’t any cultivator in Dazhou?”Su Jin looked at t
When the light rain stopped this night, the battle between two grand masters also came to an end. As a matter of fact, Xie Shian, who used the blade, was much the same as single-armed Xie Wuyi.Xie Shian was inferior to Xie Wuyi a little.If the blade Qike didn’t show up in the small yard, maybe the battle would have another result.Since Qike was back, then the young general of the Xie Clan was back too.Although Xie Chenjun was drinking with the Prime Minister in the room, his attention was put on the yard actually. Thus, not only Li Ji, but also Xie Chenjun was surprised when Xie Ying pushed the door open from outside and went into the room.Xie Ying’s cloth was damp when he entered the room. He took off his coat and put it by the stove. A moment later, white steam was rising from the coat. Xie Ying took the half full wine pot in his hand and had a couple of sips before sitting down opposite to his uncle. He
It was still some time from the daybreak, and Li Fuyao didn’t try to leave Shaoliang City right away. Under the law of Shaoliang City, the gates should be closed at night. So if he wanted to leave the city from the gates, he had to wait until 5 o’clock in the morning.With Li Fuyao’s current attainment, it was not hard for him to jump over the city wall, but he didn’t want to because he had changed into white when he returned to Dazhou.He still had affections toward this city.He at least had affections towards the common people in this city.Li Fuyao was walking slowly on the streets of Shaoliang City with the red lantern in his hand. Occasionally, he came cross a passer-by, but no one cast him more glances because he didn’t sleep in his home but was wondering on the street with a red lantern in late night.Before he could notice it, Li Fuyao got to the southern city from the Imperial Palace.The