The elderly man in splendid robes narrowed his eyes and laughed, "You have little experience, don’t you?"
Yang Ge laughed, "Who else could it be, with Tong leaving such a deep impression on me from the beginning?"
Without even blinking, the elderly man in splendid robes said, "Let’s not talk about the past, let us focus on the present... Do you have any chance against the man backing Yang Potian?"
Yang Ge scoffed, thinking to himself: ’Old age doesn’t necessarily mean wisdom, but their skin is definitely thicker than others’.
"Let’s not discuss whether I have a chance for now, how about you talk about your chances against Yang Potian?"
The elderly man, still smiling, said, "Since I have come here, I naturally have the confidence to ensure his death."
"Good, I have some reservations about dealing with Yang Potian myself, so I’ll leave him to you to handle."
Yang Ge breathed out gently, "As for the person behind him, I dare not claim certain victory, but if I die, he will surely be severely damaged!"
The elderly man looked at him and clicked his tongue in wonder, "Are all the young people of nowadays like you in the way they handle matters?"
There is a saying that seeing is better than hearing.
This Yang Erlang is indeed more resolute than the rumors suggest!
Yang Ge turned around and walked slowly into the city, "I have yet to ask, Elder, what is your honored surname?"
The elderly man in splendid robes, carrying a long-bladed weapon, followed his pace, "No need for such honorifics, my surname is Tang, with the given name a bold ’Xiong’, having accompanied Emperor Taizong on three expeditions to the Northern Desert, I was titled Duke Xin."
Yang Ge exclaimed, "Forgive my poor eyesight, I did not realize I was in the presence of a duke!"
Tang Xiong waved his hand with a laugh, "I’m old now. If I were thirty years younger, I wouldn’t have allowed the Ming Sect rebels such audacity!"
Yang Ge, "Are you also planning to settle scores with me as well?"
Tang Xiong, "I absolutely have no such intentions, Marquis of Luting, do not falsely accuse me!"
Yang Ge, "Hehe... one last question, are you afraid of heights, Elder?"
Tang Xiong, "Ah?"
Soon, a series of fearful screams "Aaaaah" echoed over Luting, and countless townspeople looked up to see a streak of golden light shooting into the skies...
...
Elsewhere.
Fang Ke led his team along the official road for a short distance before Shen Fa and a group of brightly armored imperial guards met him.
Shen Fa, looking towards Luting, anxiously asked in a low voice, "Lord Yang didn’t ask about me, did he?"
Fang Ke shook his head, "Not at all, Lord Yang doesn’t even know you’re here..."
Shen Fa breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both relaxed and somehow heavy-hearted.
Just then, a loud "Waah" of wailing suddenly emerged from the middle of the convoy.
"Stop!"
The two exchanged glances and hurriedly rode towards the carriage from which the crying emanated.
Right after the convoy halted, Zhao Hong lifted the carriage curtain and jumped down from the carriage, rushing to Zhao Miao’s carriage in a few big strides, and asked in a low voice through the curtain, "Big sister, what’s wrong?"
Zhao Miao just cried inside the carriage.
Shen Fa, accompanied by Fang Ke, rushed to Zhao Hong’s side and asked softly, "Crown Prince, what’s wrong with the princess?"
Zhao Hong replied with a baffled look, "You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"
Shen Fa could only step forward and gently knock on the carriage pole: "Your Highness, what has happened?"
Inside the carriage, Zhao Miao was still crying relentlessly.
"Get out of my way!"
Zhao Hong impatiently pulled Shen Fa aside and lifted the curtain of the carriage.
He saw Zhao Miao sitting on the floor of the carriage, crying loudly with a piece of white sugar cake in his mouth, and the floor was scattered with fist-sized wax paper packages... and silver notes all over the place.
"Five hundred taels."
"One thousand taels."
"Five thousand taels."
"Ten thousand taels..."
"Gulp!"
Zhao Hong swallowed hard, he had certainly seen money before, but seeing so much of it still made his heartbeat inexplicably quicken.
Just these silver notes on the ground, there were at least several hundred thousand taels!
Damn, was that guy really so rich?
On the other hand, Shen Fa and Fang Ke, upon seeing these silver notes, knew exactly what was going on.
The two of them sighed silently, Shen Fa patted Fang Ke on the shoulder, "You go and calm the Shopkeeper and the others first..."
Fang Ke nodded, turned, and strode toward the Liu Family’s carriage.
Shen Fa lifted the curtain and made a "please" gesture to Zhao Hong inside the carriage.
Zhao Hong swallowed, climbed onto the carriage, and bent over to walk in, clumsily picking up the silver notes scattered on the ground, "Stop crying, why are you crying if your brother is giving you money? If he gave me so much money, I could wake up laughing from my sleep..."
Shen Fa, hearing his muttering, shook his head helplessly and climbed onto the carriage.
In the meantime, Zhao Hong had already picked up a stack of silver notes and handed them to Zhao Miao, "Alright, alright, quickly put away the silver notes..."
"Slap."
Zhao Miao slapped the silver notes out of his hand onto the ground, sobbing unclearly with the sugar cake in his mouth, "My brother doesn’t want me anymore!"
Zhao Hong and Shen Fa looked at each other.
One feeling both amused and annoyed.
The other full of helplessness.
Shen Fa whispered, "Your Highness, please get up, let’s talk this over."
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Zhao Miao slapped his thigh while crying, "I’m not getting up, I want to go back to the inn..."
Zhao Hong, extremely frustrated, blurted out, "What are you going back for? Your brother isn’t at the inn..."
Zhao Miao’s crying stopped, and he stared at Zhao Hong with his swollen eyes.
Zhao Hong’s scalp tingled, pointing at Shen Fa he said, "Don’t believe me, ask him!"
Shen Fa: "What kind of karma have I created!"
"Your Highness, please get up, let me explain slowly!"
Zhao Miao scrambled up, hitting his forehead on the roof of the carriage without even caring about the pain, and said urgently with tears in his eyes, "Where did my brother go? Tell me!"
After some thought, Shen Fa could only provide a brief explanation to Zhao Miao, finally saying, "He rushed to send you and the Crown Prince back to the capital because he was worried about the safety of the inn after his departure, making it unsafe for you and the Crown Prince to stay at the inn. Don’t worry, I understand him, once he has finished his business, he will definitely come to the capital to pick you up..."