Chapter 90: I Must Go

The Grand Audience Hall.

At the morning court session.

Qin Xiao was in a state of mind nearly ten thousand times better than before; his face was full of health and color.

“My lords, has there been any matter of late that calls for memorial?” Qin Xiao asked with a smile.

The court was no longer Tang Sicheng’s one-man domain. There were sons from humble families.

There were also sons from collateral branches of noble houses.

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To be devoured bit by bit by so many worms was truly the most nauseating way to die. Just imagining those worms burrowing into her body and leaving nothing behind but a skeleton made Jujuan tremble all over. Compared with that, she would rather have the Blood Emperor pierce her heart with a single sword stroke and die cleanly and neatly.

One must know that over these years, the men and women of the Eight Divisions had lived in the dark abyss, hiding here and there to evade the pursuit of the beastfolk. No one knew how bitter their days had been.

Sudeceng had indeed already learned of Danny’s disappearance, and he also knew that Su Xin was searching for Danny; all of this had been told to him by Zhou Biyu over the phone.

After finishing off the leader of the venomous spiders, the blue potions in Lin Fan’s backpack had long since been exhausted, and he could only choose helplessly to return to the city to rest and recover.

If he were not gifted in administration, Ye Lao would probably have long since kicked him out; how could he have been kept until today?

A deep, mysterious streak of black light followed behind her, inseparable, as though it had already become part of her shadow.

“Precisely because of the power of the holy relic did my father feel at ease letting Young Master Chen follow behind me. Otherwise, with his original nature, wouldn’t he be a venomous snake that could strike back at any moment?” Lin Xi said through tears and a smile.

Taking down the blue longbow, the first choice for a sneak attack, from behind, and placing a bundle of arrows beside me, with the hunter’s knife slanted into my back, I was preparing to deal with the first tracker.

The monthly stipend of an ordinary noncommissioned officer was one hundred and fifty copper coins, while the rank of second lieutenant would raise it to ten silver coins, that is, one hundred thousand copper coins. A hundred thousand versus one hundred and fifty... there was simply no comparison.

Bai Sha had truly never expected that, after using his trump card and making the sacrifice of cutting off both his arms, he still could not kill Su Yang, and had not even wounded a hair on Su Yang’s body.

Either fight to the bitter end or pay to avert disaster. After weighing it over and over, the latter still seemed the smoother path. Hua Shao had no choice today but to swallow his pride. As long as he got the chance, he would certainly take this face back someday—though whether he would ever have that chance was another matter entirely.

Sha Polang was very pleased and said to Mo Jing, “Fenghuo insists on taking the Yang Road, so I shall reluctantly go along with it.” Such words had to be said; otherwise, if anything really happened later, it could still be blamed on Tang Hua’s stupidity.

“Let us not speak of this for now. I need to step out for a while.” With such a major event having occurred, there would certainly be a furious outburst on the old man Zhuo’s side; moreover, I would have to make a trip to Chu Sha’s side as well.

About a minute later, a soft crack sounded. Fireworks rose from the outer wall. The blond man in a white suit lowered his hand and, with the same motion, pushed at the villa door. With a creak, the door slowly opened.

“I thought it was something serious? You can leave it with him. I’ll agree to this on behalf of our Qingzi. When Qingzi gets back later, I’ll tell him; just have the one from your family come over.” Sister Xiuyun smiled and patted her chest as she took the matter on.

While waiting at an intersection for the traffic light, a young couple beside them were kissing passionately without a care for anyone else. The two held hands, exchanged a glance, and laughed. They still had not been this uninhibited out on the street. But when the light ahead turned green and they were about to cross, Mustard gently pecked Bluewood on the face.

In this way, everyone was pleased. The merchant caravan of the Zhao family received protection from warriors along the route. Although this meant the lord charged a somewhat higher fee, for them the road to the Zhao family had become much safer.

By evening, Lu Tao called. He had sent his men out to look for places and had actually found three decent ones. They were fairly suitable, so he asked Yan Zhi whether she had time to go take a look.