The current emperor is truly unique
Duan Baiyue said: “It’s just a piece of business. If there are too many matters in the hands of the eldest young master, there’s nothing wrong with handing some deals over to the second young master, so why is everyone in the house making fuss out of it?”
“But the second young master has always been uneducated and could only accept small deals.” Huang Li said, “The eldest young master was not happy after hearing about this. He even went to the hotel where the distinguished guests were staying in order to disrupt the situation. But he didn’t succeed, and later someone said that it was the guest who chose second young master to do the business.”
Although Bao Dadu preferred the eldest son usually, but his second son was also his own blood and flesh. Since the guest specifically asked to do business with the younger son, he didn’t interfere much. The deal was easily negotiated, and the deposit was delivered to them as scheduled. Everything seemed to be in order. No one expected that these killers would never return. Bao Dadu was furious because of this, and the situation in Jianmen was even more chaotic that he didn’t even dare talk about it openly. The second young master Bao Yan was grounded at home, while the eldest young master Bao Yu took everyone out to the sea overnight and became the head of the sect. No one knew where he went.
Sikong Rui shook his head again and again: “If you have this kind of cheating son, it’s better not to raise him at all.”
Duan Baiyue said: “When you were serving the dishes, did you remember what the guest from Dachu talked about?”
“I didn’t stay in the room all the time. I only heard a few things here and there.” Huang Li said, “And there were maids and servants in the dining room. They shouldn’t be talking about anything important, most of them were like just exchanging pleasantries. There was only one sentence the guest said that he is going to Xingzhou.”
“Xingzhou?” Duan Baiyue had never heard of this place before.
“It’s a deserted island and reef located in the South China Sea.” Sikong Rui knew, “But although it is deserted, the scenery is beautiful. The fishermen accidentally discovered it when they were hiding from the storm. It is said that you can view the entire galaxy at night, and the location is not bad, though it is barely integrated with today’s commercial waterways.”
“No one wants to occupy such a good place?” Duan Baiyue asked.
“It is a deserted island, not a town.” Sikong Rui said, “Although it has no owner, if it is occupied, they will have to build houses and roads, move people and open a port, which is not a project that can be completed in a year or two. Besides, there are countless island nations in the South China Sea, whoever strikes first will be the first to rot.”
“From what I heard at that time, it seemed that the guest wanted to stay in Xingzhou permanently and invited the second young master to be a guest in the future.” Huang Li said, “That’s probably all I know.”
Duan Baiyue nodded: “Thank you, Miss.”
“I should thank the masters.” Huang Li said, “In this Baixiang country, no one dares to provoke the head of Bao except guests from other places.” I didn’t have much hope before, but I didn’t expect to escape with my life.
Duan Baiyue asked Duan Yao to take her back to her room first, and then asked Sikong Rui: “How far is Xingzhou from here?”
“It’s not that far.” Sikong Rui said, “If you take a larger cargo ship and the weather is good, it will take about twenty days to reach there. Want to go and see it?”
Duan Baiyue nodded.
Sikong Rui said: “Okay. Anyway, Jianmen refuses to accept customers now, and the rest of the escort agencies are also in danger. The ones who are being scrutinised will be taken over. If you stay here, it will be of no use.”
Duan Baiyue said: “Considering what the little girl just said, there may be nothing wrong with Jianmen. The problem is the second young master Bao Yan. He has always been unsuccessful, so he worked hard to make a splash, and then he was stabbed in the back. Now that he is imprisoned and grounded, he has also brought trouble to his whole family and even his colleagues in the Baixiang Kingdom. He should regret it and hate Chu Xiang and others to death.”
Sikong Rui said: “Why don’t we go take a look tonight?”
Duan Baiyue said: “Okay.”
At midnight, the streets were quiet. The two of them sneaked into the Jianmen Gate easily, and saw that it was pitch black inside. Only the red lanterns were burning at the entrances of each small courtyard. They looked very solemn and rather sinister. There were at least three teams of guards patrolling. Other than that, there was no movement at all in each courtyard.
According to what Huang Li said, the courtyard where Bao Yan was imprisoned was in the south, and there were indeed many guards outside. Duan Baiyue bypassed everyone’s sight and landed quietly on the roof. He leaned over and listened for a moment, then stood up and walked out of the small courtyard back into the lush trees where he had previously hidden.
After a while, Sikong Rui also came back and said that there was silence on the other side of the main house, as if everyone was sleeping and nothing was found.
“It’s as we expected before,” Duan Baiyue said, “If they continue to guard, we may be able to find something, but we may not be able to find it either. Time is limited, so let’s go directly to Xingzhou.”
Sikong Rui nodded and walked out of the sword gate with him.
If you want to go to sea, you have to have a reason. Fortunately, Wangxi Reef is well-known. Since the martial art sects of Baixiang Kingdom do not accept business, they did not get anything out of this trip. So, it is not unusual for the two of them to continue to go south to find other resources.
The day before departure, Duan Yao took Huang Li to avoid seaside inspections at night, and jumped on a large ship going north without anyone noticing. The plan was to first send her to the small island where the Southwest Garrison was located, and then Duan Yao would return back to meet up with his brothers.
Duan Baiyue and Sikong Rui continued to head south to Xingzhou. This big ship’s final destination is the southernmost Xinmao country, but most of the guests on board disembarked midway — it has to stop at dozens of island countries and seaports along the way. As long as you have the will, there is money to earn everywhere. Why bother to go all the way to the south!
So Duan Baiyue and Sikong Rui got off the boat at a port not far from Xingzhou, and saw Duan Yao eating noodles at a small stall.
Duan Baiyue laughed: “You are quite fast.”
Duan Yao also saw the two of them and ran over after eating a bowl of noodles.
“I thought we would be waiting for you here.” Sikong Rui said, “But I didn’t expect you to be waiting for us.”
“I came here on a fast boat, with iron spear pointing at both ends. It is much faster than a big boat.” Duan Yao said, “I arrived the day before yesterday.”
“That little girl is settled?” Duan Baiyue asked.
“I just sent her to Duan Nian to help with the kitchen.” Duan Yao said, “There are no maids on the island, so everyone loves her.”
Duan Baiyue smiled and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”
“One more thing.” Duan Yao said, “When I came here, I happened to see a cargo ship going to Xingzhou leaving the port. I asked the locals and they said it was covered with wood and ropes, as if they were building a house. There is another ship over there. That will also go to Xingzhou with grain and livestock on it.”
“Livestock?” Duan Baiyue said, “It seems that the upper level of the ship is considerably large, otherwise they would not be able to transport living animals and livestock there.”
“Looking at the situation, maybe they have already begun to settle down there.” Sikong Rui said, “This is just the right time to use this boat to go to the island to see what kind of tricks they are playing.”
In Dachu Yunde City, in front of a solitary grave, an old woman with gray hair was bowing and burning paper. There was no name on the tombstone, only a red mark engraved in the lower left corner, indicating that the owner of this tomb was related to the palace.
And the people in the city were also talking about it. Not because of anything else, but because the current emperor had personally come to see him off for the last time a few days ago.
He really must have some special identity.
“Let’s go.” After burning the last piece of paper in her hand, Aunt Feng stood up and picked up the basket tremblingly.
Her husband next to her supported her: “Easy.”
Aunt Feng said: “All these years, we knew that he was in the palace, and you also knew that he was in the palace.”
“So what if I knww.” Her husband complained, “He likes to guard, so I let him guard. And if he couldn’t be driven away, it would have seemed that I cared about him.”
Aunt Feng shook her head with a smile, straightened his clothes for him, and walked back home slowly. Along the way, she saw a fish seller, so she took two with her. It happened that her daughter and son-in-law will come back tomorrow, and the family will become lively.
The sun is setting. The vast wilderness is quiet and peaceful.
And at the border of the White Sea, the warships of the Chu State were moored neatly at the port. When the sails were raised, the end could not be seen at a glance.
A strong wind arose in the middle of the night, and the ship rocked violently on the sea. At the bottom of the cabin, Sikong Rui caught a fallen cabbage and said: “Since I am suffering with you here, I’m afraid you won’t be able to pay this favour back even in your next life.”
Duan Baiyue said: “You are overthinking. I have no intention of paying it back at all.”
Sikong Rui pulled out a cloth bag, lowered his head and vomited wildly.
Duan Baiyue and Duan Yao both turned their heads, and no one cared whether he could hold on.
Sikong Rui was so weak thinking that life could be worse than death.
Fortunately, before he vomited his entire stomach out, the big ship had arrived at Xingzhou first and docked at the port pier.
There were a lot of people around, and the three of them hid in the dark room of the cabin until dawn. When the surroundings became quiet, they got off the boat and went ashore in secret.
The surroundings were still deserted, with only a hastily built port and not many people. But the further you go, the heavier the smell of fireworks becomes, and gradually there are villages and even a market.
“None of the countries in Southeast Asia dare to act rashly, but they let outsiders take their advantage.” Sikong Rui shook his head.
Duan Baiyue said: “Looking at the clothes of some people, I can recognize that they are from Chu kingdom, but there are some I don’t know where they come from.”
Sikong Rui said: “I don’t know them either, but there are many island countries in the South China Sea, and the folk customs there are very different. So it’s not surprising.”
“Wait a minute.” Duan Baiyue gestured the two of them to look forward, “What does it look like?”
A group of low-rise houses are neatly arranged, built as square as tofu. There are at least dozens of them.
Duan Yao said: “Army?”
Duan Baiyue nodded: “Ordinary villagers build houses, but who would build them like this?”
“Chu Xiang is raising troops here?” Sikong Rui clicked his tongue, “Yes, now we have something to play with.”
“Someone is coming.” Duan Yao said.
The three of them quickly ducked behind a boulder.
After a while, they saw a group of people approaching from a distance. The person at the lead, dressed in brocade clothes and jade belt, is incompatible with the desolate and dilapidated scene around him. He is the deposed prince Chu Xiang.
Sikong Rui said: “He really comes from the palace. His aura is different from the others at first glance.”
Duan Baiyue asked: “The aura of seeking death?”
Sikong Rui: “…”
Duan Yao added an explanation on the side: “The aura of the current emperor is unique.”
“That’s right. Who can compare with the current emperor, but I’ve never seen him.” Sikong Rui folded his hands and was dissatisfied, “Even if we had a chance encounter when we were young, his arm was dislocated by you, so how can I tell anything about his aura.”
Duan Yao opened his mouth wide when he heard this and looked at his brother in shock.
Have you ever done something that worse like a beast?
The current emperor is truly unique
Duan Baiyue said: “It’s just a piece of business. If there are too many matters in the hands of the eldest young master, there’s nothing wrong with handing some deals over to the second young master, so why is everyone in the house making fuss out of it?”
“But the second young master has always been uneducated and could only accept small deals.” Huang Li said, “The eldest young master was not happy after hearing about this. He even went to the hotel where the distinguished guests were staying in order to disrupt the situation. But he didn’t succeed, and later someone said that it was the guest who chose second young master to do the business.”
Although Bao Dadu preferred the eldest son usually, but his second son was also his own blood and flesh. Since the guest specifically asked to do business with the younger son, he didn’t interfere much. The deal was easily negotiated, and the deposit was delivered to them as scheduled. Everything seemed to be in order. No one expected that these killers would never return. Bao Dadu was furious because of this, and the situation in Jianmen was even more chaotic that he didn’t even dare talk about it openly. The second young master Bao Yan was grounded at home, while the eldest young master Bao Yu took everyone out to the sea overnight and became the head of the sect. No one knew where he went.
Sikong Rui shook his head again and again: “If you have this kind of cheating son, it’s better not to raise him at all.”
Duan Baiyue said: “When you were serving the dishes, did you remember what the guest from Dachu talked about?”
“I didn’t stay in the room all the time. I only heard a few things here and there.” Huang Li said, “And there were maids and servants in the dining room. They shouldn’t be talking about anything important, most of them were like just exchanging pleasantries. There was only one sentence the guest said that he is going to Xingzhou.”
“Xingzhou?” Duan Baiyue had never heard of this place before.
“It’s a deserted island and reef located in the South China Sea.” Sikong Rui knew, “But although it is deserted, the scenery is beautiful. The fishermen accidentally discovered it when they were hiding from the storm. It is said that you can view the entire galaxy at night, and the location is not bad, though it is barely integrated with today’s commercial waterways.”
“No one wants to occupy such a good place?” Duan Baiyue asked.
“It is a deserted island, not a town.” Sikong Rui said, “Although it has no owner, if it is occupied, they will have to build houses and roads, move people and open a port, which is not a project that can be completed in a year or two. Besides, there are countless island nations in the South China Sea, whoever strikes first will be the first to rot.”
“From what I heard at that time, it seemed that the guest wanted to stay in Xingzhou permanently and invited the second young master to be a guest in the future.” Huang Li said, “That’s probably all I know.”
Duan Baiyue nodded: “Thank you, Miss.”
“I should thank the masters.” Huang Li said, “In this Baixiang country, no one dares to provoke the head of Bao except guests from other places.” I didn’t have much hope before, but I didn’t expect to escape with my life.
Duan Baiyue asked Duan Yao to take her back to her room first, and then asked Sikong Rui: “How far is Xingzhou from here?”
“It’s not that far.” Sikong Rui said, “If you take a larger cargo ship and the weather is good, it will take about twenty days to reach there. Want to go and see it?”
Duan Baiyue nodded.
Sikong Rui said: “Okay. Anyway, Jianmen refuses to accept customers now, and the rest of the escort agencies are also in danger. The ones who are being scrutinised will be taken over. If you stay here, it will be of no use.”
Duan Baiyue said: “Considering what the little girl just said, there may be nothing wrong with Jianmen. The problem is the second young master Bao Yan. He has always been unsuccessful, so he worked hard to make a splash, and then he was stabbed in the back. Now that he is imprisoned and grounded, he has also brought trouble to his whole family and even his colleagues in the Baixiang Kingdom. He should regret it and hate Chu Xiang and others to death.”
Sikong Rui said: “Why don’t we go take a look tonight?”
Duan Baiyue said: “Okay.”
At midnight, the streets were quiet. The two of them sneaked into the Jianmen Gate easily, and saw that it was pitch black inside. Only the red lanterns were burning at the entrances of each small courtyard. They looked very solemn and rather sinister. There were at least three teams of guards patrolling. Other than that, there was no movement at all in each courtyard.
According to what Huang Li said, the courtyard where Bao Yan was imprisoned was in the south, and there were indeed many guards outside. Duan Baiyue bypassed everyone’s sight and landed quietly on the roof. He leaned over and listened for a moment, then stood up and walked out of the small courtyard back into the lush trees where he had previously hidden.
After a while, Sikong Rui also came back and said that there was silence on the other side of the main house, as if everyone was sleeping and nothing was found.
“It’s as we expected before,” Duan Baiyue said, “If they continue to guard, we may be able to find something, but we may not be able to find it either. Time is limited, so let’s go directly to Xingzhou.”
Sikong Rui nodded and walked out of the sword gate with him.
If you want to go to sea, you have to have a reason. Fortunately, Wangxi Reef is well-known. Since the martial art sects of Baixiang Kingdom do not accept business, they did not get anything out of this trip. So, it is not unusual for the two of them to continue to go south to find other resources.
The day before departure, Duan Yao took Huang Li to avoid seaside inspections at night, and jumped on a large ship going north without anyone noticing. The plan was to first send her to the small island where the Southwest Garrison was located, and then Duan Yao would return back to meet up with his brothers.
Duan Baiyue and Sikong Rui continued to head south to Xingzhou. This big ship’s final destination is the southernmost Xinmao country, but most of the guests on board disembarked midway — it has to stop at dozens of island countries and seaports along the way. As long as you have the will, there is money to earn everywhere. Why bother to go all the way to the south!
So Duan Baiyue and Sikong Rui got off the boat at a port not far from Xingzhou, and saw Duan Yao eating noodles at a small stall.
Duan Baiyue laughed: “You are quite fast.”
Duan Yao also saw the two of them and ran over after eating a bowl of noodles.
“I thought we would be waiting for you here.” Sikong Rui said, “But I didn’t expect you to be waiting for us.”
“I came here on a fast boat, with iron spear pointing at both ends. It is much faster than a big boat.” Duan Yao said, “I arrived the day before yesterday.”
“That little girl is settled?” Duan Baiyue asked.
“I just sent her to Duan Nian to help with the kitchen.” Duan Yao said, “There are no maids on the island, so everyone loves her.”
Duan Baiyue smiled and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”
“One more thing.” Duan Yao said, “When I came here, I happened to see a cargo ship going to Xingzhou leaving the port. I asked the locals and they said it was covered with wood and ropes, as if they were building a house. There is another ship over there. That will also go to Xingzhou with grain and livestock on it.”
“Livestock?” Duan Baiyue said, “It seems that the upper level of the ship is considerably large, otherwise they would not be able to transport living animals and livestock there.”
“Looking at the situation, maybe they have already begun to settle down there.” Sikong Rui said, “This is just the right time to use this boat to go to the island to see what kind of tricks they are playing.”
In Dachu Yunde City, in front of a solitary grave, an old woman with gray hair was bowing and burning paper. There was no name on the tombstone, only a red mark engraved in the lower left corner, indicating that the owner of this tomb was related to the palace.
And the people in the city were also talking about it. Not because of anything else, but because the current emperor had personally come to see him off for the last time a few days ago.
He really must have some special identity.
“Let’s go.” After burning the last piece of paper in her hand, Aunt Feng stood up and picked up the basket tremblingly.
Her husband next to her supported her: “Easy.”
Aunt Feng said: “All these years, we knew that he was in the palace, and you also knew that he was in the palace.”
“So what if I knww.” Her husband complained, “He likes to guard, so I let him guard. And if he couldn’t be driven away, it would have seemed that I cared about him.”
Aunt Feng shook her head with a smile, straightened his clothes for him, and walked back home slowly. Along the way, she saw a fish seller, so she took two with her. It happened that her daughter and son-in-law will come back tomorrow, and the family will become lively.
The sun is setting. The vast wilderness is quiet and peaceful.
And at the border of the White Sea, the warships of the Chu State were moored neatly at the port. When the sails were raised, the end could not be seen at a glance.
A strong wind arose in the middle of the night, and the ship rocked violently on the sea. At the bottom of the cabin, Sikong Rui caught a fallen cabbage and said: “Since I am suffering with you here, I’m afraid you won’t be able to pay this favour back even in your next life.”
Duan Baiyue said: “You are overthinking. I have no intention of paying it back at all.”
Sikong Rui pulled out a cloth bag, lowered his head and vomited wildly.
Duan Baiyue and Duan Yao both turned their heads, and no one cared whether he could hold on.
Sikong Rui was so weak thinking that life could be worse than death.
Fortunately, before he vomited his entire stomach out, the big ship had arrived at Xingzhou first and docked at the port pier.
There were a lot of people around, and the three of them hid in the dark room of the cabin until dawn. When the surroundings became quiet, they got off the boat and went ashore in secret.
The surroundings were still deserted, with only a hastily built port and not many people. But the further you go, the heavier the smell of fireworks becomes, and gradually there are villages and even a market.
“None of the countries in Southeast Asia dare to act rashly, but they let outsiders take their advantage.” Sikong Rui shook his head.
Duan Baiyue said: “Looking at the clothes of some people, I can recognize that they are from Chu kingdom, but there are some I don’t know where they come from.”
Sikong Rui said: “I don’t know them either, but there are many island countries in the South China Sea, and the folk customs there are very different. So it’s not surprising.”
“Wait a minute.” Duan Baiyue gestured the two of them to look forward, “What does it look like?”
A group of low-rise houses are neatly arranged, built as square as tofu. There are at least dozens of them.
Duan Yao said: “Army?”
Duan Baiyue nodded: “Ordinary villagers build houses, but who would build them like this?”
“Chu Xiang is raising troops here?” Sikong Rui clicked his tongue, “Yes, now we have something to play with.”
“Someone is coming.” Duan Yao said.
The three of them quickly ducked behind a boulder.
After a while, they saw a group of people approaching from a distance. The person at the lead, dressed in brocade clothes and jade belt, is incompatible with the desolate and dilapidated scene around him. He is the deposed prince Chu Xiang.
Sikong Rui said: “He really comes from the palace. His aura is different from the others at first glance.”
Duan Baiyue asked: “The aura of seeking death?”
Sikong Rui: “…”
Duan Yao added an explanation on the side: “The aura of the current emperor is unique.”
“That’s right. Who can compare with the current emperor, but I’ve never seen him.” Sikong Rui folded his hands and was dissatisfied, “Even if we had a chance encounter when we were young, his arm was dislocated by you, so how can I tell anything about his aura.”
Duan Yao opened his mouth wide when he heard this and looked at his brother in shock.
Have you ever done something that worse like a beast?
