Book 19 - Chapter 8 – I The Sea (1/2)
Book 19 Chapter 8 – I into ialloped their horses to Man Qing Yuan’s e left?”
The guards at the door proate and replied, “Two Guan Ye [ herself presentable, but the carriage is ready, it can leave anysaid, “Show me the way!”
And then the two ju the way into the inner courtyard Along the way Kou Zhong indirectly made inquiries, and very quickly he found out the procedure Shang Xiufang took whenever she went out to a party, including the number attendants that usually came with her, so he made a plan in his heart
The sky was still dark with the clouds, but no rain The suffocating at, even the flowers and plants and the trees in the courtyard seemed to lose their color
By the ti was staying, her e and the horses in preparation to set off
After sending the guard away, Kou Zhong pulled the leader of the attendants, aTaizi [crown prince] specially sent us here to protect Miss Xiufang Bai Xiong ought to know about incidents that happened frequently in the Eastern Capital!”
Bai Sheng looked at the two , “Two officers’ faces look very unfa lowered his voice and said, “These days ith Xuanshu Gongzi in Yanshi+ on business, that’s e rarely shu Mansion, didn’t I see Bai Xiong? It’s just that I was on guard duty inside the Mansion I still rezi bearslike that Hey! I only reot the rest!”
He was telling the truth, Ba Sheng’swhen he said, “I also heard about the Eastern Capital not being too safe Xuanying Taizi is indeed considerate, but Miss usually does not like ostentatious display If two officers are escorting on either side, I a on the side, Xu Ziling was a that withat the front and rear, wouldn’t it be ostentatious display? But this Bai Sheng was obviously only ive the i to be openly associated with govern wanted Patting Bai Sheng’s shoulder, he said, “That’s easy, we’ll take off our uniforms, and we can follow the party froXiufang, in splendid attire, helped by two pretty‘tactfully’ pulled Xu Ziling aside He spoke in heavy voice, “Now, if we could pass the Imperial City’sthe sea!”
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Shang Xiufang’s entourage went out of Man Qing Yuan, heading toward the Iht up the rear, putting on an act of looking forward and back cautiously Everybody constantly looking up to the sky, afraid that the accumulated moisture in the air would turn into heavy rain at any moment, hence subconsciously they increased their speed
They have not gone far when frouard, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked back, and i after thesun Wuji and Yuchi Jingde, fourthey could do at thisthat Li shi+’s attendants; otherwise their identity would be unmasked
Li shi+ at all; how could they be easily deceived?
The two pro their internal strength to restraint the essence of their qi, and hunching their back a little, so that they would not arouse Li shi+lad that if they were not riding on the horse, ht physiques would easily attract the ene the lead Li shi+min was the first to pass them, but it seemed like his le glance toward the two boys One after another Bai Sheng and the others saluted, but Li shi+ Yu and the others followed Li shi+min closely, they did not pay any attention to the two boys either
As he reached the carriage, Li shi+min slowed down to , how are you? shi+min is late!”
The two cheered inwardly Turned out Li shi+ to the Palace
After returning the greeting fro spoke in astonish has always been punctual, why did you unexpectedly arrive late today? Siufang has no intention to blame at all, just curious!”
Li shi+min looked up at the pitch-black sky, he rode silently by the carriage’s side for quite a while before sighing and said, “Miss Xiufang, do you happen to re at the back, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling pricked up their ear and listened carefully Hearing Li shi+reatly interested On one hand, they ondering what Li shi+ late had to do with them; on the other hand, they also wished to kno this beauty and skillful-in-art beauty would respond
Shang Xiufang suddenly went silent It was quite a while later that she started to speak gently, “About Kou Zhong! Twice has Xiufang had the destiny to sit with him on the same banquet table He made quite an impression on me, I always feel that his personality traits are different froliliu Pavilion; I haven’t had any opportunity to know hi late because of them?”
Her voice was suave, pleasant to listen to, and straightforward The most attractive aspect was that within her intonation, there was soh-the-worldly-affairs free-and-easy and languid feeling This moment, since no one could see her but could only listen to her singing voice, that feeling was even h the cadence and rhythm of her intonation, the listeners could also make associative connection to, as well as reflect on, her touching singing voice In the ently across the desolate desert and lowly plains, there was a trace of joy that all things are looking forward to, creating an extre wryly, Li shi+ know that shi+ood friends, but noe have becoht between life and death?”
“Ah!” Shang Xiufang cried out tenderly It was quite a while later that she spoke in low voice, “In that case, was it because of this ’s body and ive her straight answer; changing the subject, he said, “Just noas rushi+ng about for the”
Surprised, Shang Xiufang asked, “Isn’t Kou Zhong working for wanggong?”
Li shi+ in the past Miss Xiufang should not let the you-hoodwink- your ears”
Appearing to be probing further, Shang Xiufang said, “Although those two have outstanding martial art skill, and both are exceptional heroes, but if they wanted set the their capabilities too ed as the carriage and horses entered thetoward the I along the Luo River, vehicles and horses strea the street; water and land traffic set each other off nicely
Because of her touching voice, everybody seeet the darkened sky
Li shi+h and said, “These twomartial art skill They may be the inning of history Rarer still, they are both intelligent and brave Therefore, until today, nobody is able to do anything to them Even Li Mi, anted them dead, finally fell head first under their hands From this, you can infer the rest of the story”
The tone of his voice was bri the impression that he valued and treasured these two formidable opponents very much
From the way he esteemed his adversary, one could see his broad vision and positive outlook, as soe his opponents
A peculiar feeling e’s hearts; they never expected Li shi+hly of them No wonder by hook or by crook, Li shi+ to annihilate the asked in low voice, “Are they still in the Eastern Capital nowadays?”
“That is very hard to tell,” Li shi+ in the dark, everybody feels that it is difficult to guard against and plan countere has reached the Chengfu Gate The guards at the gate all raised their spears in salute, letting the entourage sped through the gate
Finally Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were able to put down their high-strung heart
Li shi+ Under escort of the i [Minister of Cerericulture] Ministry, and turned left in front of the Shangshu Mansion, entering the Dong Taiyang Gate, following the horse path along the inside wall of the Palace City, straight toward the Heavenly Gate, the rand Palace City
Inside the Palace City, the halls were interlinked with each other, balconies stood in great nuh walls on all sides, with portals between the walls, so that the halls were like interconnected chain
This was the first tih last ti into the Palace City, he was like viewing flowers from horseback, plus he was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, hence they both felt that this was an eye-opener occasion