Vol 2 Chapter 19 (1/2)
Chapter 19
Book 2: The Infinite Heart
Chapter 19 – The Infinite Heart (Part A)
“Really, not dying any earlier or later, only waiting until the worst moment to kick the bucket” Fuyao had a mournful face as she crouched in front of Ah shi+na’s body that had not even a scratch on it, biting her fingernails whilecurses at him
Right now, despite her substitute city ly secure, the reality was that she was treading a thin steel wire She had to rush in circles just to stabilize the situation, first sending Zong Yue over to Prince De to detail the specifics of the event, in order to get his approval to become the temporary cityin the district governan to train a militia to bolster the defensive power of the Han residents who had lesser numbers She also redrew household residency boundaries, separating the Rong who had beco with each other to let them livewho hung colored cloth h some covert movements were impossible to prevent in the city, it could still be considered peaceful
She couldn’t support everything on her own – a lot of the details wereYue He also obtained the trust of Han residents ere familiar with the local situation, formulated a plan for citizen self-protection, and when the coled through official docu care of all the varioush the docu the heart of the issue every time, and the mountains of piled scrolls all quickly disappeared in a blink Meng Fuyao could only exclai Yue’s origin was far froood at bureaucracy? Once, when she raised the question, Zong Yue acted like he didn’t hear anything The next day he went off to continue collecting his herbs, refusing to help her, causing her to have no choice but to stay silent on thequite well
Yet even with all this hard work, it see would dissolve like floater The Rong of Yao City fervently esteemed this City Master If the news of Ah shi+na’s death spread out, the volatile blazes that they had just ain!
Clearly, there was a spy inside Yao that was acting for the Rongthe fla with outside forces, they could take Yao City without needing to sacrifice even one soldier
While her, this city master who suddenly fell from the sky, would likely not be able to coovernment branch of all ene up She said to Zong Yue who had been cal at Ah shi+na’s body, “Let’s dissolve it”
Zong Yue frowned “You think that the Rong wouldn’t co previous City Master just because you dissolved it? In the next couple days will be the Rong’s ‘Deity Festival’ and Rong everywhere will celebrate If Ah shi+na doesn’t show in this type of event, you will have no way to explain”
Fuyao gave a , she suddenly heard the pounding of the complain dru over and over, neither fast nor slow It didn’t have any of the grieving or frantic rage of a funeral crier, but was drawn out and distant, the sounds passing all the way into the basement jail There even seemed to be so, faintly traveling over
The discordant noises sounded like so the drum surface
Fuyao rose uncertainly, rievance? Under the blue skies of the rule of Meng, shouldn’t there only be peace and harmony, with no injustices at all?”
Zong Yue gave her a glance and revealed a bit of a helpless smile This Fuyao’s spirit must be made of steel – even such a terrible situation couldn’t stop her fro jokes all the time
Fuyao bounded outside, brushi+ng aside the unlucky stuff for now She was full of anticipation for presiding over her very first case in her city master career! The attendants all stood ready fully armed She shook her custo to her seat Hearing that the dru, she impatiently turned her head and shouted, “What are you still pounding for! This elder has already arrived!”
With this turn, she saw clearly the person as dru
Letting out a surprised gasping sound, with a tumble she fell backwards off of the
raised platform
… in front, looking out froht purple-robed h in front of the coant his aura co awo at his slender wrist exposed to the sunlight fro down of his robe sleeve
What made one even more speechless was, at the bottom of the dru its head to pound out “peng peng peng” noises Every three times its master hit the drum, it collided with the drum once in a precise interval, its attitude completely focused
Who else could it be other than that unscrupulous pair of master and pet?
Meng Fuyao’s h to fit Master Yuanbao inside She froze in her seat, not knohether to pound her wooden gavel, or to quickly flee Before her thoughts could coracefully set down theand nodding to the ladies gathered outside, then strode inside aasps
A certain fat ball squatted on his shoulder, its gaze dignified as it gazed around complacently
Upon careful observation, a bit of scorn could be detected in its eyes – that official’s robe was so ugly!
Fuyao was struck speechless for a while Suddenly she sniffed and raised her head, encouraging herself
Ai … wasn’t it just so over to plea a case? Even if this person was just a little teeny bit special, and his truethe case just a little teeny bit suspicious, she definitely could just pretend he was a co a case
Only … why did she keep feeling a little guilty in her heart?
Fuyao’s eyes drifted around without stopping She drifted to the crossbearound, only unwilling to drift and face the front She touched the docu to touch that judge gavel to start the case
On her face was clearly written, “I’ht-robed , but Master Yuanbao only rolled its eyes
Outside the hall stoodto see how the new city master would preside over a case, and see what codelicate substitute citycase-bringer underneath No matter how they looked, it seee; the new city master’s face was particularly odd, and there seee to twist and shi+ft constantly
It had been silent for a long tian to whisper to one another Fuyao had her hand forced, and could only cover her face while feebly knocking down the gavel Hoarsely she said, “Who are you down in the hall? What is your purpose of complaint?”
Her gaze furtively glanced over Yuan Zhaoxu, uncertain what kind of bad idea he had inout, “Honorable Elder …”
Fuyao shi+vered
Yuan Zhaoxu didn’t relent With a lift of his robes, he actually prepared to kneel down
She directly leapt up in horror and was just about to yell stop However, Yuan Zhaoxu was only ain He scratched his head chuckling, “Aiya, Honorable Elder, this one forgot that I was bestowed an official rank, when I meet Elder there is no need to kneel”
Fuyao’s teeth were on the edge as she glared at hiuilty anyuy never took a loss He would always eventually return the favor to her! Then, as the use of feeling apologetic about him?
She iavel, loudly yelling, “Hand over the formal complaint!”
With a smile, Yuan Zhaoxu took out a piece of cloth from his robes The teer lifted up a little so that he could see the thing inside the cloth, and i to laugh He held back a smile as he tiptoed over with the fabric
Fuyao curiously took it – this guy actually had a complaint?
When she opened it up to look, a complete fish’s head rolled out from the bundle
She stared at that treasure with an exasperated look Fuyao recognized the thing as the remains of that fish she devoured on Green Pearl Mountain
Strange, didn’t she throw it away? When did he go and retrieve it?
Truly an exceptionally strange “complaint”, huh …
Before she thought things through, she heard the person below speak in a speed neither fast nor slow “Junior, Yuan
Yuan Zhaoxu, sues the Tai Yuan native surnae of s, and turned completely fickle and heartless …”
…
Meng Fuyao almost spat a mouthful of blood out
What kind of stinking complaint was this?
Yuan Zhaoxu, Brother Yuan, this is a court of law, this is the Infinite Empire’s central administration in Yao City! How can you speak those words?
I … took advantage of you and left, deserted you, spurned your feelings, was fickle and heartless?
Her fingers trembled She really wanted to pick up the fish bones and throw them in Yuan Zhaoxu’s face! Unfortunately, this was a court of law, and she really couldn’t afford to lose face Thinking of Yuan Zhaoxu’s phrase “take advantage and leaving”, her face involuntarily flushed scarlet She furiously glared at Yuan Zhaoxu for a time, but to no avail – the person’s face was serious, just like that white-furred rat on his shoulder, with no hint of shame at all
Fuyao had no choice but to deepen her voice and hatefully say, “This sir’s complaint does not seem to fulfill requirements”
“Really?” Yuan Zhaoxu faintly smiled, then pointed at that piece of cloth “Would Honorable Elder give the citizens here a look at the complaint? This junior feels that it should fulfill the requirements for a complaint quite well – even a token of love has been attached to the complaint as proof”
Gossip was an ability that all people in all eras would possess The moment they heard “token of love”, the various citizens below all surged forith a hubbub, wanting to get a look at the treasure that was , however, could only ithout tears with regards to the fish bones … alright … the token of love
With a couple swift movements she quickly put away the “token of love”, in the sa it into dust Then she solemnly stated, “What you said is also reasonable This official has already taken a look Since it’s like this, this official will take care of this complaint Only, we are within the Infinite E that this one has jurisdiction over How about you go to Tai Yuan and file a complaint?”
Once she was finished, she felt very pleased with her own quick thinking In her view, Yuan Zhaoxu definitely wouldn’t be able to say anything else now She shi+fted her butt in preparation to leave the hall, yet at that ave another chuckle
The oosebu As expected, she heard hiirl is a Tai Yuan citizen, she is fond of traveling Recently she has lurked within the Infinite Empire’s borders, precisely here in Yao City Furthermore, she swindles wealth and seducesme, if she will continue to harm others Please, Elder, for the sake of all the co this woman to justice as soon as possible!”