nucmednet Chapter 1087: A short episode
Chapter 1087: A short episode
The next day, early in the morning.
His Royal Highness the King of Chu got up early, and after Xuan Ce counted the goods, he asked Jiang Sheng to find the innkeeper, and the two parties settled the accommodation fee. Then he and everyone continued on their journey.
The beautiful scenery along the way from Shanzhou to Shancheng made Aya, a girl who had never left Shu, extremely happy.
"Master, what kind of flower is that?"
"Master, look, there is a huge pile of cow dung over there!"
"Master, look at that kite flying in the sky over there..."
"Aya!" King Chu was also convinced. He had never seen such a clingy worshiper: "You..."
His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was halfway through his words when he saw Aya pursed her lips and looked straight at him with a pair of bright and charming big eyes. She did not say anything, but for some reason made His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu have a strange thought that "the head of the family should not be so domineering."
"..." Thinking of this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was too lazy to talk nonsense. He directly drew the bow and arrow behind him and shot three arrows in the direction of Aya's finger.
Yuwen Qing, who was watching the show behind him, saw this and hurriedly rode away on his horse.
Not long after, he returned with a hawk with a broken wing in his hand.
"Miss Aya, take it." Yuwen Qing handed the harrier to Aya and motioned her to accept it.
"Uh..." Miss Aya looked at the harrier, then turned her gaze to the master who was riding leisurely: "Master, you are so awesome!"
"Isn't it amazing?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu turned around and glanced at Aya: "Why, don't you want this harrier hawk?"
"I don't want it!" Aya shook her head and said, "I just think it's fun."
"Oh, then Yuwen Qing, roast it in the evening and we will..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was halfway through his words when he saw Aya snatch the harrier from Yuwen Qing.
"Hey..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu shook his head helplessly when he saw this: "Okay, continue to eat dry food."
"Your Highness, I'm going to go hunt rabbits. If I'm lucky, I might even be able to hunt a gazelle." Upon hearing this, Yuwen Qing volunteered.
"No need." His Royal Highness the King of Chu shook his head and said, "It's okay to eat light food on the road. I will eat meat after we reach Luoshui City."
"Well! Your Highness is wise!" Yuwen Qing said nothing more after hearing this, and everyone continued on their way.
But near sunset, when they happened to pass through a canyon area, Zhang Zhenxuan suddenly rode up to Li Kuan and whispered, "Your Highness, the tail is following us."
"They're here, so they are." His Royal Highness the King of Chu laughed and said, "Bandits are very common in the northwest."
"There may be an ambush ahead. I will go and explore the way." After Zhang Zhenxuan said this, he took the lead and rushed towards the valley ahead.
"Master, I can help." Aya held the tamed harrier in one hand and controlled the reins with the other hand, and came to His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "Don't worry, I'm very steady!"
"Okay, okay, you are very steady. Then please stay with me." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was too lazy to talk nonsense. At this moment, he had already deployed nearly a hundred black-clad warriors in a poplar forest in the distance.
However, the outcome of the matter was somewhat beyond his expectations.
"Your Highness, that group of bandits actually rushed straight over!" Jiang Sheng and Pei Xingjian had been walking at the end of the team. Both young men seemed to want to prove their martial arts skills. At this time, seeing the other side being so arrogant, Jiang Sheng simply shouted from the back: "Look at the number of people, there are only about fifty or sixty people, you let me kill them!"
"Okay, then you go." His Royal Highness the King of Chu had turned his horse around and came to the end of the team.
"Yes!" Jiang Sheng accepted the order and rode his horse forward.
"This bastard..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu sighed when he heard the words, and then he had an idea and ordered the black-clad warriors who were originally ambushing in the poplar forest to cooperate with Jiang Sheng in launching an attack.
However, just as the two groups were about to gather together, someone from the distant bandits suddenly shouted, "Your Highness the King of Chu! Your Highness the King of Chu! Teqin Muduluo still owes you a yellow sheep!"
"So it's an acquaintance!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was stunned at first, then he smiled and said, "Then things will be easy..."
A moment later, when Teqin Muduluo arrived in front of the Chu Palace, he immediately dismounted, knelt down and saluted the Chu Palace, saying: "Teqin Muduluo, I pay my respects to the honorable Tang Chu Palace!"
"Brother, how are you?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu laughed and said, "Get up! I never thought that your bandit business has expanded to the interior of the country! After all, Shanzhou is the territory of the Tang Dynasty. We cannot have bandits here..."
"Your Highness, you misunderstood. I am... I am now a businessman." Natelemudu Luo hurriedly explained, "Now I have changed my career with my brothers and started a jewelry business. If you don't believe me, just look at it-"
When Telemuduro said this, he suddenly took out a small wooden box carefully from his arms, and then opened it in front of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
“Your Highness,” Telemuduro raised the wooden box above his head and showed Li Kuan the huge, sparkling sapphire inside. “I came here this time to present this treasure to you. If you hadn’t spared my life in Qianquan City, my brothers and I would have died long ago…”
"This treasure is indeed good." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded and immediately ordered: "Xuan Ce, you said that we can't just take other people's things for nothing--"
"Your Highness, this is a gift from Teqin Muduro to repay you. You have already paid the reward a long time ago." Teqin Muduro is also a good person.
"That--"
His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is still hesitating.
But Aya jumped off the horse first, came directly to Teqin Muduluo, took the sapphire from the box, and put it into the flowered bag: "Master, take advantage of it! I heard from Taoist Chunfeng that you went to Tubo this time for the little county lady. Can you give this sapphire to the little county lady?"
"Okay, you do make sense." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu smiled when he heard this. He did not spoil Aya's little thought: the reason why the other party took the sapphire on their own initiative was to implicitly tell his own prince that there was no conspiracy here - hidden weapons, poison or anything like that, there was no such thing.
"Teqin Muduluo," after receiving the gift, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not intend to let this group of people go: "Are you interested in accompanying me to Tubo? Perhaps, we will have to visit Tianzhu in the future."
"I am willing to serve Your Highness at all costs!" When this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came, Teqin Muduro did not hesitate at all and agreed immediately.
"Well, now you are the leader of this caravan." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, and suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the special agent Muduro's men who were surrounded by black-clad assassins in the distance: "Are there any of them who are not worth using? Kick them out as soon as possible so that I can deal with them more easily."
"Your Highness, rest assured. Those who have always been loyal to me... those who have followed me with evil intentions have already parted ways with me since I decided to change my career..."