Gai Yuncong spoke up: “To assume that there are such brazen thieves in my jurisdiction, it’s my fault as properly. I hope your Excellency will settle for this as a slight compensation.” Yan Lie smiled and nodded. Gai Yuncong reverentially held up the envelope and stated: “Your humble servant has simply cleaned up my humble dwelling and could be honored in case your Excellency and Madame would transfer there.” Yan Lie replied: “This place is appropriate; I benefit from the peace and quiet.” His face out of the blue darkened, “Do not come round disturbing us anymore.” Gai Yuncong instantly nodded and stated: “Sure, sure after all! In case your Excellency nonetheless wants something, then please don’t hesitate to ask your humble servant.” Yan Lie didn’t reply, he solely shook his head and waved his arm repeatedly. The 2 males shortly led the opposite males away.

The supervisor was scared out of his wits because the proprietor of the place dragged him into the room. The proprietor kneeled down and kowtowed asking for mercy for them each. He stated that so long as they’re left alive, they’d be prepared to just accept no matter different punishment may come their means. Yan Lie took out a silver yuan bao from the plate, threw it down on the ground, and stated smiling: “Take it, it is a reward. Now get out of my sight.” The supervisor could not fairly imagine all of it, however the proprietor noticed that Yan Lie had no unwell will in his expression, so he instantly picked up the silver yuan bao, kowtowed a few occasions, and dragged the supervisor out of sight in worry that Yan Lie may change his thoughts.

Bao Xiruo couldn’t fairly imagine what she had simply seen: “What sort of magic does that envelope maintain? How come the authorities had been frightened out of their wits after they noticed its contents?” Yan Lie smiled: “I really don’t have any energy over them actually, however these officers are hopeless. Zhao Kuo solely has this sort of folks serving him; if he does not lose this nation, then there is no such thing as a justice on this planet.” Bao Xiruo requested: “Zhao Kuo? Who’s that?” Yan Lie casually replied: “The current Tune Emperor Ningzong.” Shocked, Bao Xiruo instantly admonished: “Quiet! How will you say His Majesty’s title out loud like that?” Seeing that she cared about his security, Yan Lie was ecstatic; smiling, he stated: “It is no large deal if I say it out loud. Up north, what would we name him if we do not name him Zhao Kuo?” Bao Xiruo was confused: “Up north?” Yan Lie nodded and was about to elucidate when hurried hoof beats out of the blue come from exterior as ten or so riders got here and stopped in entrance of the inn. Some colour had simply returned to Bao Xiruo’s white face; however upon listening to the hoof beats, the occasions of that evening all got here again to her. This made her face flip white as a sheet once more. Yan Lie was frowning, trying as if he wasn’t more than happy.

Then got here sound of trainers as a number of troopers in high quality clothes got here strolling in. Upon seeing Yan Lie, their faces instantly broke out in smiles as they concurrently shouted: “Your Majesty!” All of them kneeled down and saluted. Yan Lie smiled: “So that you’re lastly right here.” Listening to that they known as Yan Lie “Your Majesty”, Bao Xiruo was each shocked and puzzled. As these males acquired up off the ground, she seen that they had been all very sturdy and properly constructed. Yan Lie waved his arm and stated: “Go wait exterior.” The troopers answered and shortly left. Yan Lie turned to Bao Xiruo: “How do you assume my males examine with these Tune troopers?” Bao Xiruo was much more shocked: “They don’t seem to be Tune troopers?” Yan Lie smiled: “I assume I’ve to be trustworthy now, they’re all Nice Jin’s elite troopers!” He couldn’t assist however snicker out of pleasure.

Bao Xiruo out of the blue realized: “Then… you… you’re…” Yan Lie smiled and answered: “To inform Madame the reality, my surname wants yet another phrase: ‘Wan’ and my given title additionally has yet another phrase: ‘Hong’. Wanyan Honglie, the Sixth Prince of Nice Jin, and titled the Prince of Zhao, at your service.”

Ever since she was small, Bao Xiruo had heard from her father the devious ways in which the Jin used to take the land of her Nice Tune. The disgrace brought on by the seize of the 2 emperors, and the cruelty with which the Jin torture and deal with the Han peasants up north. It was the identical after she married Yang Tiexin, who hated the Jin much more. To search out out that the individual that she had spent all this time with these final couple days was really a prince of the Jin, she was left speechless.

Seeing the expression on her face change, Wanyan Honglie smiled and continued: “I’ve all the time been fascinated by the south. Final yr I requested my father to let me journey right down to Linan as the great will ambassador for the New Yr celebrations. In addition to, the Emperor of Tune nonetheless owed a pair hundred thousand taels of silver in annual tribute, so father needed me to gather that on my journey as properly.” Bao Xiruo interrupted: “Annual tribute?” Wanyan Honglie replied: “Sure, the Tune Emperors, with a purpose to persuade us to not invade, pay us a tribute yearly in silk and silver. However they all the time complain that not sufficient income was generated by means of taxes, so that they by no means gave us the tribute on time. This time I did not depart any room for Han Tuozhuo to fall again on. I informed him that if he did not get all the cash collectively inside the month, I might personally lead a military down to gather it ourselves: then he would not have to fret about it anymore.” Bao Xiruo interrupted once more: “What did Chancellor Han say?” Wanyan Honglie proudly replied: “What can he say? By the point I left Linan, the silk and silver had been all north of the river! Ha…ha!” Seeing Bao Xiruo was trying downwards and never responding he went on: “Really, this tribute stuff did not actually need me; any emissary might have accomplished the job. What I actually needed was to see the south, to expertise its magnificence and to fulfill its folks for myself. Who knew that I might meet Madame, I dare not hope for such success.” Bao Xiruo was at a loss as to what to make of the scenario and nonetheless didn’t reply. Wanyan Honglie supplied: “I am off to purchase some garments for Madame now.” Bao Xiruo replied together with her head down: “No want.” Wanyan Honglie smiled and stated: “The touring cash Chancellor Han gave me beneath the desk would not be gone if I purchased a brand new set of garments for Madame day-after-day for a thousand years. Madame, don’t be concerned, my troopers are stationed throughout this place, no one would dare to bother you.” After he completed, he walked off. Bao Xiruo considered all that had occurred since she met him; a royal prince like him, treating her as politely as he does, what does he plan to do? Then her ideas drifted to her husband’s love and caring for her, but he was killed and left her right here alone. She actually did not know what she ought to do or might do. In desperation, disappointment and confusion, all she might do is clutch her pillow and cry her coronary heart out.

Wanyan Honglie, having put the gold and silver into his shirt, walked out onto the road. Seeing the pleasant angle of the place and the folks, although most of them had been peasants, there have been nonetheless many refined and educated folks, he couldn’t assist however be impressed. All of a sudden, hurried hoof beats got here from forward of him as a horse galloped by means of the streets in direction of him. This avenue wasn’t very large to start with and now it was crammed with folks and retailers; added to that, folks had despatched up small vendor cubicles on each side of the road, how might a horse gallop by means of it? Wanyan Honglie instantly dodged to the aspect of the road and, within the blink of a watch, a yellow horse got here bursting by means of the gang of individuals. This was no extraordinary horse; it was tall and match with muscle tissues rippling all through its physique, clearly it was a really uncommon thoroughbred. Wanyan Honglie was admiring the horse and when he regarded up on the rider he was shocked but once more. Such a wonderful horse, however its rider was a sorry trying fellow who was each brief and fats; he regarded like a large slab of meat driving on that horse. This individual’s legs and arms had been amazingly brief, he didn’t have a neck, but his head was terribly large, as if his neck was sucked into his shoulders. It appeared reasonably odd that horse was galloping by means of the gang of individuals at full velocity, but it didn’t run right into a single individual or knock over a single object. Its hooves landed on the bottom softly and nimbly, leaping over pottery, side-stepping greens; it gave the impression to be flashing by means of some non-existent gaps within the crowd, as if this crowded avenue was a large open plain. Wanyan Honglie might now not include himself and shouted out loud: “Glorious!”