Chapter 497 – Strange Everything
Perhaps feeling lucky, Floating Mist City’s City Lord Daxi Changge had accompanied An Zheng and the others the moment they entered the door. Basically, he entrusted his subordinates with the task of entertaining the other guests. Most people gathered in the courtyard to chat, while Daxi Changge brought An Zheng and the others to walk through the front courtyard, and entered the study in the rear courtyard.
“This is your Central Plains tea.”
Daxi Changge asked the servant to brew a cup of tea and personally gave it to An Zheng: “Although the merchant from the Central Plains who sold me the tea leaves said that it was this year’s new tea, I know that he was lying to me. The journey from Da Xi to Tsukiko was thousands of miles long and the journey was very hot. It was hard to travel to most places, so the new tea from that year could not be brought over. But precisely because of the existence of these merchants, we can enjoy these things that come from the Central Plains. ”
He pointed to the cup. “Tea, including this teacup.”
In the Buddhist kingdoms of the Western Regions, wealthy families usually used silverware. Only the noble houses could use porcelain that had been trafficked from the Central Plains.
“City Lord, if you have any orders, feel free to speak out.”
An Zheng could tell that Daxi Changge had something to say, but it was obvious. Daxi Changge should not know about the identity of An Zheng and the others. Even if he did, An Zheng was merely the duke of a small country like State of Yan, so there was nothing much that he could possibly request of him. And Daxi Changge’s obvious move of trying to get close to him right now was extremely strange.
“Sigh …”
Daxi Changge looked at An Zheng and the others, wanting to say something but hesitated.
“Although we are outsiders, we are indebted to the City Lord’s hospitality. If there is anything that can be of help, feel free to tell me. ”
“This …”
Daxi Changge was silent for a good while, and said with a little difficulty: “Actually... Let me show you this. ”
He turned around and picked up a scroll from the desk as he gave it to An Zheng. The scroll waainting, and the painting was none other than him … The drawing was extremely exquisite, not to mention An Zheng himself, even if it was An Zheng’s friends who weren’t familiar with An Zheng, they could immediately tell at a glance that the person inside the painting was An Zheng without a doubt.
“This is?”
An Zheng looked at Daxi Changge: “Why does the mayor have my portrait?”
Daxi Changge said: “This was spread from the palace... A few months ago, a total of 320 such portraits were sent out from the palace of Peacock City. Each of them was sent to the big cities under the jurisdiction of the Tsukiko and taken care of by the mayor himself. The Palace has strictly ordered that if you discover the person in the portrait, you must return to Peacock City. ”
Chen Shaobai sighed: “I didn’t expect you to be a wanted criminal.”
It was originally a joke, but Daxi Changge’s expression changed, and he hurriedly shook his head: “No, no, no, of course they’re not wanted criminals, but our Tsukiko’s distinguished guests. Even though in this short period of time, our Tsukiko and your Central Plains people have been quite unhappy, because of the Immortal palace ruins, both of them have stepped in. Even the Golden Crown was stationed in the Immortal Palace for a long time, and had given the order to investigate every cultivator that came from there. But I can guarantee that you and your friend are our Tsukiko’s esteemed guests. ”
An Zheng could not help but ask: “Why?”
Daxi Changge said: “Looks like you really have forgotten … When Immortal palace ruins just appeared, you saved a girl in Inside the Immortal Palace, her name was Da Da Ye … She is the princess of our Tsukiko and the future king of our Tsukiko. ”
Only now did An Zheng come to his senses, and that cute little loli appeared in his mind.
Da Da Ye, Tsukiko’s princess.
To be honest, if not for his return to Tsukiko this time, An Zheng might have already stored this girl in a corner of his memories. With An Zheng’s memory, she would definitely not forget it, but she would definitely not do so on purpose. Hearing that Daxi Changge had made people draw a portrait or even spread it to the entire country, An Zheng’s heart was indeed a little shaken. At that time, he didn’t think that the girl called Da Da Ye really liked him. She was just curious about that strange man.
Only now did An Zheng realize that he was wrong.
Girls at that age always have their own stubbornness, and what they decide often takes a long time to change. Moreover, this change was not something that could be changed by others. It was a change that required time to complete.
For a moment, An Zheng was somewhat speechless.
Daxi Changge saw through An Zheng’s awkwardness and laughed: “This matter can temporarily be pushed back a bit. Today, I still have to thank everyone for helping Floating Cloud City when they are in danger. Furthermore, I feel that those Six-Winged Skeleton will very likely come back, so I need to investigate this matter thoroughly. I have already sent people to rush to Peacock City as soon as possible to report this to His Majesty the King and the high monk of the Peacock Palace. ”
An Zheng nodded his head: “We were just passing by. In my opinion, all cultivators would help out under those circumstances.”
Daxi Changge obviously didn’t want to let the atmosphere become cold, so he found the matter of the princess a little laughable. It was just that a little girl’s heart was moved by it, there wouldn’t be any results in the future. Moreover, although the King had agreed to the princess asking her to search for An Zheng throughout the entire kingdom, the King had done so because he was sure that she would not find him. However, who would have thought that the person who should have left would return?
As the City Lord of the closest city to Peacock City, Daxi Changge was well trusted by the King. He was very smart. He knew that even though the princess desperately wanted to find this person, the king might not really want to find this person. Of course, if the princess insisted on being married to this man, the king would not obstruct her. Because the succession to the position of Lord in the Tsukiko is very special … The king was a woman, so the choice of men was, of course, just her own interest.
Oncrince or something like that was born, he would be conferred the title of an idler, but the Grand Princess would likely inherit the throne in the future. However, it didn’t really matter who the Grand Princess’s father was.
“Let’s go drink.”
Daxi Changge pulled An Zheng and stood up, “Floating Mist City cannot say that we are rich, but we can say that we have a lot of good wine. I have already sent people to bring all the good wine in the city. Thank you for your help in Floating Mist City. Tonight, we shall get drunk. ”
When Qi Tian heard that they were only drinking, he immediately became interested: “Let’s go, the good wine of Buddha truly does live up to its name.”
Chen Shaobai glanced at An Zheng, and he could sense the worry in his eyes. Qi Tian had an open-minded personality, of course he wouldn’t think too much about it.
The few of them left the study and walked through the backyard. As they walked towards the front yard, the sounds of singing and dancing and drinking and punching outside were even louder than before. Chen Shaobai walked beside An Zheng and said in a low voice, “Right now, all of the cultivators in Floating Mist City are gathered at the City Lord’s Mansion. It looks like the City Lord did this on purpose. He might have some secrets about the Six-Winged Skeleton, but I guess it’s because he’s worried that the Floating Mist City won’t be able to block the next attack of the Six-Winged Skeleton with their own strength. Now that all the cultivators have been gathered, if the Six-Winged Skeleton attack again, Floating Mist City will have the ability to protect itself. ”
An Zheng nodded his head, “That’s about what I thought. This Daxi Changge must know some of the Six-Winged Skeleton’s secrets.”
Chen Shaobai said: “Logically speaking, it is really hard to understand. How can the Peacock Palace allow the evil monster to appear in such a close distance from Peacock City? Furthermore, experts are as common as clouds in the Peacock Palace. According to the speed analysis, the experts of the Peacock Palace should be arriving by now. ”
An Zheng: “We’ll just have to wait and see. If it’s really just to defend against the Six-Winged Skeleton, there’s no harm if we stay a while longer.”
Chen Shaobai acknowledged his as he looked around cautiously.
An Zheng’s current focus was on a small hut in the distance. Outside the wooden house, there were at least thirty guards from the City Lord’s Mansion. The guards looked serious, their hands never leaving the hilt. In other words, the people in that wooden house were especially important.
An Zheng went outside to find a place to sit down. After drinking two cups of wine, he asked a man dressed in the garb of the City Lord: “The courtyard in the back is heavily guarded.
The guard shook his head, “No, it’s that monk who saved Floating Mist City.”
An Zheng suddenly realized, but then... Since it was that monk, why did he have such tight protection?
An Zheng and Chen Shaobai looked at each other. Qi Tian, who was sitting on the other side of the table, was already exchanging cups witough man whom he did not recognize. Of course, Chen Shaobai understood what he meant. The two of them stood up, pretended to go to the toilet, and then unfurled the yaksha umbrella inside the toilet and sneaked towards the backyard.
If it was just to protect the monk, there was no need to send so many people. He didn’t even need to send someone to protect him. The monk was a friend of Misty City, norisoner. Moreover, everyone knew that the monk had saved Floating Mist City. Could it be that someone would intentionally harm him?
Fortunately, the cultivation levels of the guards were not very high, thus An Zheng and Chen Shaobai were not discovered even when they approached the outside of the wooden building. An Zheng pointed to the banquet outside, meaning for Chen Shaobai to help him keep watch. Chen Shaobai glared at him, her eyes saying, “Why should I be on guard and not you? However, he moved a few steps outside and observed the situation outside. Although his eyes were very resistant, his body was very honest.
An Zheng held onto the yaksha umbrella, and lightly swept up to the second floor. He entered from the open window on the second floor, and then looked down from the stairs on the second floor … There were at least four or five guards inside, and they were already unsheathed. This was even more strange.
The monk was lying in the hall on the first floor. There was a simple wooden bed without a blanket on him. This treatment was not normal. Those guards who had drawn their sabers didn’t look like they were protecting him, but more like they were ready to attack at any moment. An Zheng noticed the painful expression on the young monk’s face and frowned deeply. The two things he had brought with him, a string of buddhist beads and a bowl, were placed beside him.
Although it looked a little unusual, An Zheng was still unable to make any judgements about it. It could only be said that City Master Daxi Changge definitely knew something, and that there should be a lot of people who knew about it.
Suddenly, a terrifying thought appeared in An Zheng’s mind … The moment this idea appeared, An Zheng’s back immediately turned cold. A cold look involuntarily appeared in his eyes.
He looked outside and then looked at the monk that was curled up on the wooden bed. He seemed to have understood something.
As for the people guarding the monk, their knives were very close to him.
Daxi Changge!
An Zheng wanted to kill.
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