Chapter 2485: So That's How It Is

How did this Chu country fool actually end up in Lin Zi?He's pretending it's our first meeting!Who in the Morning Hear Dao Heavenly Palace doesn't know that the only masked armored male duck is you?!

Little Bao Xuan Jing was lifted into the air, struggling like a little chicken flapping its wings. He could only watch with wide eyes as that graceful figure swayed in the distance, just like that, lightly... disappearing into the crowd. Like a white lotus disappearing into a sea of lotus leaves stretching to the horizon.

Hate!

"Stop... stop there!""Release our young master!""Do you know he is the noble son of Shuo Fang Bo Fu!""Patrol Inspection Fu, quickly send people! Guards! Guards, where are you!?"

The noisy voices of the servant girls and family retainers were completely useless; they couldn't even be heard outside this alley. They wanted to rush up and save their master, but they couldn't even get close.

Zhong Li Yan, after all, was a Martial Dao True Person. Exterminating a country wasn't just talk. In a small alley, delivering a muffled blow would absolutely not miss.

Bao Xuan Jing, with a tearful little face, cried, "What are you doing?!"

Standing in front were two people, one tall and one short.Grinning fiercely was Zhong Li Yan. The one with a proper expression and attire was Zhuge Zuo.

"Adult, do we still have matters to attend to?" Zhuge Zuo, draped in a witch's robe, tugged a bit at Zhong Li Yan's clothes.He was desperate to leave. Bullying a child was too embarrassing. He was already twelve years old; Bao Xuan Jing was only eight. How could he make a move against Bao Xuan Jing?

Moreover, the task for this trip was overseas! The one surnamed Zhong Li insisted on coming to Lin Zi to get some supplies, though he didn't say what kind. In the end, as they were walking, they just couldn't leave. They lingered stubbornly outside Shuo Fang Bo Fu. When they saw Bao Xuan Jing, they pounced like evil dogs after food, following him for several streets, and they just couldn't stop!

He only came to his senses later. After all, he truly hadn't expected that a dignified Martial Dao True Person could be this petty. You just indirectly scolded me a couple of times in the Morning Hear Dao Heavenly Palace, right? As for killing from Chu country to Qi country, tens of thousands of li just for revenge!?

Zhong Li Yan slapped Zhong Li Yan's hand away, still holding the Bao family's young master in front of him without letting go: "Little boy! Don't pout like that, don't pretend to be innocent and pure. You're a little troublemaker, rotten to the core. This great master can see through you at a glance!"

Bao Xuan Jing's Dao Yuan was completely suppressed. He tried a flying kick but couldn't reach: "How unreasonable! How dare you treat me like this? My grandfather won't let you off!"

Zhong Li Yan laughed wildly: "Call your grandfather over! I'll even duel him! These old fogeys, they should have retired to the fields long ago, planted some flowers and grass, taught some children. But *pian pian* they're still occupying the latrine—look what you've been taught into. Rude and shallow, ignorant and lacking knowledge!"

"Zhong Li Yan!" Bao Xuan Jing was furious to the extreme: "We have no past grudges or recent animosity! This is Qi country! This is Lin Zi! What do you want to do!?"

Zhong Li Yan only then remembered where he was. Chu country people shouldn't be too arrogant in Qi country. But he had prepared for this long ago. His arrival was with reason and evidence. He then crossed his arms and hung the little brat: "I heard you were bullying your classmates in the Morning Hear Dao Heavenly Palace. This is not good, this cannot be. Chu and Qi have been friendly since ancient times. I also admire Old Hero Bao for a long time. Today, as a senior, I'll help manage and educate you a bit."

Bao Xuan Jing's eyes widened in disbelief: "Who did I bully?"He was once noble as the Nether God Deity, with a lifespan almost eternal. He had experienced too many things in his lifetime. He had never been slandered with such casual fabrications. He was only eight and a half years old. What kind of monsters were in the Morning Hear Dao Heavenly Palace? With his current strength display, who could he bully?

Zhong Li Yan pulled Zhuge Zuo back, who was walking towards the alley exit: "My little Zuo from my house, Zhuge!"

Zhuge Zuo covered his face with his sleeve, too embarrassed to participate.

"Zhuge Zuo?" Bao Xuan Jing felt a shock and grievance he had never felt before: "I haven't even spoken to him!"

Zhong Li Yan raised his hand again and gave him a sharp knock on the head: "Look! You isolate him, target him, oppress him, not speaking to him!"

In that instant, Bao Xuan Jing felt an extremely real killing intent. He really wanted to liberate himself, open his God Phase, and teach this dog thief a lesson he would never forget.

But with a chest full of killing intent, he could only suppress it. The identities of these two people from Chu country were not ordinary. Entering Qi country must have been reported, and someone from Qi country was probably watching. Moreover, he wasn't sure if he could suppress Zhong Li Yan with his current body's strength. Rashly exposing himself was a self-defeating move. Grandfather was right; being born into the Bao family was very lucky. It was not easy to find this body.

"Desire adds crime! What worry without words?" Bao Xuan Jing displayed the anger of a noble young master, though in a weak position but not yielding, resolutely struggling against evil forces.

Zhong Li Yan raised his hand and just delivered another blow: "This great master is teaching you how to be a human! You're dropping book bags on me? You're very learned, huh? Love to show off, do you?!"

Bao Xuan Jing glared at him with hatred: "Bullying the small with the big, what kind of ability is that? Have the guts to wait a few years—"

Zhong Li Yan gave him another one, interrupting and correcting him: "Bullying what bullying? This great master is educating you!""You're still saying harsh words to me? At such a young age, you're already showing bravery and fighting ruthlessly. What will you be like when you grow up? The Bao family's reputation cannot be ruined by you!""Still waiting a few years! Wait a few years for what? Still beat you in a few years!"

Bao Xuan Jing endured the unbearable, biting his teeth and enduring again. Zhong Li Yan delivered a series of knocks, knocking on his little forehead *dong dong dong dong*, getting more and more excited. Suddenly, he stepped back one step and said to him seriously: "Bao Xuan Jing, listen up. If I catch you bullying other little friends next time, it won't be this simple. This great master will beat you until you lie down and carry! Today is out of deep affection, and the scolding is also sharp. You must remember this lesson. Afterwards, be a good child, loyal to the monarch! Love your country! Be obedient! Don't make your family people worry anymore!"

He then pulled Zhuge Zuo, and in one lift of his foot, he was gone.

The cries of the Bao family's servant girls and family retainers could only now be heard outside the alley. The noisy sounds of the long street also surged back at this time. In some sense, they had endured a Martial Dao True Person's test. From beginning to end, Zhong Li Yan didn't detect any problems. He truly thought he was just here to teach a little brat. He truly thought these were ordinary servant girls and ordinary family retainers. Everything was as usual, without any hint of being taboo.

"All of you shut up!" Bao Xuan Jing touched his head full of bumps, enduring not to grimace: "When the person was here, none of you could do anything to him. Now that he's gone, what are you still yelling about?! Calling people to come and see the Bao family's joke?"

A group of people looked at each other, ashamed and speechless. At this time, a team of yamen soldiers entered the alley, firmly securing the entrance, instantly on full alert. Bao Xuan Jing only then confirmed why Zhong Li Yan had hurried away—bound by his current condition, he was truly not as alert as Zhong Li Yan. If he didn't open his God Phase, he was just an eight-and-a-half-year-old performing at the Heavy Xuan Zun level. At that time, Heavy Xuan Ming Guang could still use force to suppress his 'unfilial son,' although that old thing was never truly willing to make a move.

He lifted his eyes forward, and it was the last person in the team of yamen soldiers walking to the alley entrance. This person was wearing casual clothes, with a waist knife in its sheath. Just a sweep of his eyes carried an unspoken but evident majesty, shocking these Bao family retainers and servant girls into silence. It was none other than the North Yamen Commandant, Zheng Shang Ming!

Having sat in this position of immense power for several years, he had already cultivated a certain presence. He was no longer the stubborn youth who was completely crushed in front of the Town State Yuan Shuai Fu.

"This official was just casually patrolling this street and detected something not right here—what happened?"

Zheng Shang Ming inquired with his mouth, his gaze sweeping, and he already saw Bao Xuan Jing. He stepped forward urgently, catching this precious darling of Shuo Fang Bo Fu, rubbing him up and down thoroughly, ensuring no part was missed: "Little Bo Ye, you're alright, right?"

He clearly knew better, but expressed great concern and tension: "Were you hurt anywhere?"

Bao Xuan Jing, who unexpectedly received a little minor injury, Bao Xuan Jing, who turned danger into safety under the protection of the capital city Patrol Inspection Fu, only the best Bao Xuan Jing. Only then could he earn Shuo Fang Bo's sincere gratitude.

Bao Xuan Jing felt a bit of a sour taste in his mouth. He heard that Zheng Shang Ming, in his early years, was still friends with Yan Fu and Jiang Wang. Now, although the Yan family just sent a betrothal letter, you, he-mother, the dignified North Yamen Commandant, are personally maintaining order! Saying you're casually patrolling the street, bringing so many subordinate yamen soldiers, who doesn't know you're here? How can Yan Ping, that old thing, not see? This is too...Too much of that North Yamen Commandant flavor!

The North Yamen Commandant's style was to strike wherever the imperial order pointed. Outside the imperial order, all directions were harmonious. Initially, Zheng Shi Neng was so powerful in Lin Zi, precisely because he understood this. Why was Yang Wei Tong transferred? It was just because he relied on Court Discuss Doctor Yi Xing Chen behind him, didn't handle the relationship with meritorious nobles well, and got an evaluation of "enforcing the law too harshly." If Bo Wang Hou hadn't pulled some strings, the lucrative position in South Xia wouldn't have gone to him. This kind of style, which didn't indulge anyone, was actually very suitable for displaying in a place like South Xia, where all the old powers were smashed. And today's Zheng Shang Ming already had ninety percent of his father's old appearance! It wasn't in vain that Zheng Shi made way for him and suffered grievance in the Zhan Yu Army.

"Commandant adult, I'm fine," Bao Xuan Jing said: "Just... got hit."

"Hit where? How did you get hit? By whom?"

Zheng Shang Ming asked successively, then stood up again, turning back like a tiger looking around: "Why aren't you scattering to catch people? This matter concerns the safety of the capital city! Patrol Inspection Fu must give Little Bo Ye an explanation!"

Even if Bao Zhong Qing were resurrected, he probably wouldn't be as anxious as this.The yamen soldiers suddenly scattered into the sea like fish, returning to the crowd. In Lin Zi, the capital of Qi country, it was still very easy for the Patrol Inspection Fu to find a few suspects.

"No need!" Bao Xuan Jing's voice stopped them: "It was just True Person Zhong Li Yan playing a joke with me... no harm done."

Honestly, what kind of face matter was it to be bullied by a muddle-headed person like Zhong Li Yan? Even if he went back and cried his eyes out, his grandfather, Shuo Fang Bo, wouldn't be able to step forward. As for how serious this matter could be, it definitely wouldn't be. If they fought normally, they would have to consider Zhong Li Yan. If they just poked Zhong Li Yan a bit without pain or itch, given this guy's pettiness, he would definitely find an opportunity to get revenge... and it would be against himself, this little child. Facing this kind of scoundrel who didn't care about face, there really seemed to be no good way. Fighting wouldn't cause pain or itch, and scolding wouldn't hurt him at all. Either seize an opportunity to beat him to death, or just endure! Small things not endured will mess up big plans.

Bao Xuan Jing could only bear the head full of bumps and swallow this bad temper. The urgent matter now was still that White Bone Holy Maiden. Within the borders of Qi country, relying on the power of the Bao family, there were many ways. Outside of Qi country, where there were no restraints, he didn't believe she could escape his grasp. As for Zhong Li Yan... just wait for the day when the country goes to war, the army attacks Chu, and the soldiers surround Xian Gu!

Zhong Li Yan's name was famous early on. Hearing this name, Zheng Shang Ming also felt quite a headache. If he really invited Zhong Li Yan back to the yamen for tea today, it was hard to guarantee that this fellow wouldn't hate him for a lifetime. If Zhong Li Yan had really violated Qi country's law, then there would be nothing to say. But this was a close call, and even Bao Xuan Jing himself wasn't pursuing the matter... He silently made a hand signal, indicating to the yamen soldiers to handle it lightly, no need for a real chase. Then he said to Bao Xuan Jing: "Today the Yan family is having a joyous occasion. The city is too lively, with mixed crowds, and accidents are frequent. I fear some bad people might disturb you again. This official will personally escort you back."

Bao Xuan Jing was eager to go find the White Bone Holy Maiden, so he immediately smiled obediently: "No need, Zheng adult, your public duties are important. I still want to stroll around a bit and see the excitement!"

Zheng Shang Ming thought for a moment and made a choice very easily: "Just right, I'm also free today. How about this, I'll accompany you for a stroll. After strolling, I'll send you back to the fu."

Bao Xuan Jing opened his mouth, still wanting to say something. Zheng Shang Ming patted his shoulder, interrupting him: "Don't be polite with me! We're friends with your father, so you should call me Uncle Zheng! Today can also be considered a chance for us uncle and nephew to occasionally get together and enhance our relationship! Let's go, come this way. This road is a bit more convenient, and we can also snatch a few gold beads to soak up some joy."

Normally, Bao Xuan Jing wouldn't mind getting on good terms with the North Yamen Commandant. Although, for cautious reasons, he wouldn't directly involve himself with the mind of the North Yamen Commandant, who could peel and plunder under the emperor's order and could be seen by His Majesty. But just using human means, interacting with feelings and interests, could also be of great use. But today, he was truly in no mood.

After thinking for a moment, he could only say: "Uncle Zheng, really no need. My grandfather isn't in the fu these days. I'll just play for a while by myself and go back!"

Shuo Fang Bo, who was eager to please, wasn't at home. Surely you, North Yamen Commandant, can't keep bothering him, right?

Zheng Shang Ming, however, misunderstood his meaning, and affectionately touched Bao Xuan Jing's little head: "Your grandfather is busy with public duties and works hard for the country. He doesn't have time to accompany you, but this doesn't mean he doesn't love you."

For a moment, he thought of little Xuan Jing who lost his father at a young age, and how Shuo Fang Bo was usually relatively strict. He thought that this child had never enjoyed any family warmth. He was also like this. His father, who presided over the North Yamen, almost lived in the yamen, and was not at home for most of the year. He knew that kind of loneliness and understood the sorrow of missing certain emotions during growth. Many people spend their entire lives healing from childhood.

He held Bao Xuan Jing's hand tightly, unusually gently: "Follow Uncle, Uncle will take you to play. We'll go eat at the Yan family together later. Don't be nervous, they're all very easy-going people..."

Bao Xuan Jing's teeth almost collapsed! He probably wasn't willing to have close contact with old cunning giants like Yan Ping. How tiring it was to deal with them! One wrong look, and they could be stared at and pursued eight hundred times. But this Zheng Shang Ming completely didn't understand human words, didn't see his unwillingness, and almost directly hugged him! You, mother-beast, what's with that face full of overflowing fatherly love? So eager to be a dad, why don't you go and have one yourself?!

"I..." Bao Xuan Jing opened his mouth.

"Right," seeing his hesitation, Zheng Shang Ming comforted him again: "Bo Wang Hou will also be there at that time. He is about to become a father, and he especially likes children now. He will definitely dote on you. Initially, we were all very good friends with your dad—Xuan Jing, what's wrong?"

"Aiyo! Stomach ache!" Bao Xuan Jing suddenly covered his belly, cold sweat dripping: "Stomach ache like twisting! Xuan Jing can't accompany Uncle to play... really... sorry... quick!"

He urged the Bao family's subordinates: "Quickly send me back to the fu!" These people with no vision would all be sacrificed to the god seal later.

Zheng Shang Ming obviously had his own idea. He hugged him and just flew: "At this time, what are you going back to the fu for? Uncle will send you to the imperial doctor hall!"

Going to the imperial doctor hall meant a full check-up. Even if there was nothing wrong, they would still have to stick in a couple of needles. They wouldn't let him out for three to five days. The Bao family would be extremely tense, which would greatly affect his subsequent plans and plays. At that time, grandfather might even rush back to see his precious grandson...

"No, no, Uncle Zheng, I just ate something bad. Uncle, don't! Uncle, I want to go home—" Bao Xuan Jing saw that no matter how he called, it was all ignored and seen as a child's petty stubbornness. He could only steel his heart...

The sound of the wind suddenly stopped. Zheng Shang Ming's face was wooden. Bao Xuan Jing's face was hot and red.

"Huh?"

Someone on the street looked up. Before more people detected the strangeness, Zheng Shang Ming waved his big sleeve, wiping away the traces on the spot, and brought Bao Xuan Jing, appearing outside Shuo Fang Bo Fu. It was also because he, as the North Yamen Commandant, could borrow some of the power of the Lin Zi great array. Otherwise, it would be truly difficult to instantly cross the crowd and bring Bao Xuan Jing safely home in this giant city capital with such a boiling human spirit. Maintaining the face of Great Qi's meritorious nobles probably couldn't be counted as "using public tools for private gain"!

Bao Xuan Jing already felt very tired and only wanted to quickly end all this and arrange to capture that White Bone Holy Maiden. But Zheng Shang Ming actually had no intention of leaving and was still standing at the gate. Still! Want! How! Sample! Even if he had more self-restraint and considered the big picture, it was still a bit difficult to bear. He looked at this fellow with hate.

"Don't feel ashamed, this is not your fault. You're only eight and a half, this body has problems..." Zheng Shang Ming gently persuaded: "Rest assured, Uncle won't tell others about today's matter."

Bao Xuan Jing's voice burst out from between his teeth: "Zheng adult, there will be—"

"No rush." Zheng Shang Ming had already put his hands behind his back and very naturally stepped into the Bao house: "How can a dignified Shuo Fang Bo Fu have this kind of unclean food appear? Today it was just eating something bad, luckily you were by Uncle Zheng's side. What about next time? This is a serious dereliction of duty by the kitchen! This problem is very serious. You go first... solve it a bit. I'll go explain a bit to your steward. When you're a little better, we uncle and nephew will sit down and chat again."

Shuo Fang Bo Bao Yi was not at home, so it was naturally inconvenient for him to communicate with the widowed Miao Yu Zhi. It was also appropriate to find the steward of Bao Fu and admonish him a few sentences. The so-called sending the Buddha to the west, he had been busy back and forth for so long, and he was determined to stay and gently console Bao Xuan Jing's young heart! He must make Bao Xuan Jing remember the good of this Uncle Zheng.

Bao Xuan Jing's eyeballs were trembling. You, mother-beast! Explain what? What do you want to explain?!

"Go on," Zheng Shang Ming's voice was gentle, his eyes encouraging, smiling as he looked at him.

Bao Xuan Jing was numb. He now only wanted to kill everyone. Those surnamed Zheng, surnamed Zhong Li, surnamed Zhong, those in his eyes and those not in his eyes, kill them all. Too infuriating!

"Please make yourself at home," he turned around hatefully and walked towards the fu inside. In order not to expose any flaws, he truly gritted his teeth and walked towards the latrine!

Bao Xuan Jing, ah Bao Xuan Jing, you know one word "endure" today, and you will truly understand what it is to be human.

"Excuse me, please, where is the latrine?"

When Wu Guan Wang pushed open the door, the sunlight hit his eyes, making them bright white. He just happened to hear someone asking for directions in the great hall downstairs. This inn had a hollow ring-shaped round hall design. The high-grade guest room he ordered was on the fourth floor, and standing in the corridor, he could see the great hall.

He booked the room for a month and reported a year's worth of accounts. Anyway, the one managing the accounts wouldn't come back, and he also planned to leave without辞而跑, getting whatever he could—he absolutely didn't believe the organization could save back Chu Jiang Wang, nor did he think Qin Guang Wang really wanted to save Chu Jiang Wang. This madman was just using this mad name to cover his true goal.

He looked down and saw an ordinary man, probably a sea merchant active on various islands near the sea. His bag was quite full, and he could afford to stay in this good inn. His cultivation was in the Wandering Pulse Realm, his qi, blood, and yuan force were weak and floating, in short—useless, not even worth bothering with as a snack.

Still feeling the sunlight a bit piercing, Wu Guan Wang slowly adapted for a while. It wasn't letting this already refined corpse adapt, but letting his mood adapt to the light.

"Going?" Lin Guang Ming floated behind him and asked.

"Let's go," Wu Guan Wang then walked ahead.

The two brothers—or rather, the two people who looked like a couple—just walked down the inn's wooden long stairs. Their not-so-soft boot soles kicked up dust under the sunlight. As they went down, someone was coming up. That was a relatively ordinary outer building cultivator. To Wu Guan Wang and City Wang now, the flesh and soul of outer building cultivators were no longer considered how precious. What was once regarded as treasure was now too lazy to even look at. They just brushed past each other like this.

"East house! What about that batch of goods?" The man was eager to go to the latrine and was still consulting downstairs.

"Put them aside for now, don't worry about selling," the guest merchant coming up the stairs laughed *hehe*. His round face hung with two copper coin-like smiles.

The "couple" going downstairs were killers from Hell No Door. The "guest merchant" coming upstairs was the younger brother of Miao Jing Yang, the Governor of Cang Shu County in the Great Qi Empire, Miao Ru Tai. Unlike Miao Jing Yang, an outer building cultivator with hope of reaching God Arrive, he had no hope of reaching God Arrive at all. He neither picked up divine abilities in the inner mansion realm, nor truly grasped the dao path in the outer building realm. He just relied on his forefathers' dao path and borrowed positions to barely stand on the third building. The fourth seat, the starlight holy building, was always unstable...

But he had already found a new path! He received Shuo Fang Bo's order to secretly investigate an old matter overseas. It involved the Gao Chang Hou family, so he had to act secretly. It was absolutely impossible to directly go to places like Ba Jiao Island or Chong Jia Island and alert the enemy. He thought about secretly capturing a few Tian family clansmen who were doing secret things. In a situation where the Tian family was inconvenient to speak, he would quietly make a breakthrough. As long as he got the evidence, everything else would be Bo Ye's matter—Bo Ye gifted a drop of fresh blood, which could be used to sense Tian family clansmen with the bloodline. This drop of blood was sealed in who knows what year, and the seal was extremely good. Even the amber outside showed traces of time, but the blood bead inside was still lively and fresh—it seemed that Old Bo Ye hadn't just recently set his mind on the Tian family!

Miao Ru Tai gently turned the ring on his finger and slowly walked upstairs. In one of the guest rooms upstairs, the Tian family bloodline reaction was very strong, seemingly a direct lineage. But according to the current intelligence, none of the Tian family's direct lineage had appeared on this island—this was very interesting. An illegitimate child of Tian Xi Li?

He wasn't in a hurry. He heard that Tian An Ping had the name "Terror Heaven Monarch." Facing terror, one should be cautious.

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