novelhk Chapter 550 The City Lord's Invitation
Chapter 550 The City Lord's Invitation
Yun Yici and her group were surrounded by onlookers, and in the blink of an eye, the crowd grew larger and larger.
"Hurry up, I heard someone rejected Peach Quilt Beauty's invitation. Let's go see what that hothead looks like."
"Really? Let's go!"
The crowd jostled and pushed, and Yun Yici glanced around. There were humans, demons, and monsters among them, and no racial prejudice was visible in their conversations.
Yun Yici thought to himself, "This is truly a wonder of the world."
However, Xie Guanxuan had disappeared by the time they were delayed by the crowd.
Just as Yun Yici was trying to figure out a way to escape, the noisy crowd not far away suddenly quieted down and parted to make way for her.
The tall and slender city guard leader arrived with a squad of guards to check the situation.
"What are you doing? Blocking this place like this, have nothing better to do than this!"
The guards were shouting and yelling, which scared away many of the onlookers on the roadside.
The guard leader walked ahead, and after seeing the handsome appearances of Yun Yici and the others, he noticed that they did not have the obvious insignia of the five major families.
His eyes lit up: "May I ask where you gentlemen come from?"
"Our city lord has always been respectful to the virtuous and talented, and intends to invite you to visit his mansion."
"If there is a great opportunity, I might become a retainer of the Xie family."
Yun Yici noticed out of the corner of her eye that the onlookers all wore expressions that were hard to describe.
A thought struck her, and she tentatively asked, "My brother-in-law is from a branch of the Xie family and lives nearby. Unfortunately, when I went to his house to look for him, he was nowhere to be found."
“My sister told me that my brother-in-law visited a friend in the City of Forgetfulness, so I brought my guards here to try my luck.”
The city guard leader's expression stiffened for a moment, then he smiled and said, "May I ask which young master Xie this is?"
Yun Yici, neither flustered nor out of breath, asked, "Have you ever heard of Xie Qianjue?"
The city guard leader's expression immediately relaxed, but a hint of disdain inevitably crept in.
Tch, the names of the prominent young masters of the Xie family are all arranged according to their generational names.
There are no people with the character "千" in their names.
It might be an extremely unorthodox branch, or even something that tries to associate itself with the Xie family simply because it shares the surname Xie.
Looking at the woman again, although he couldn't tell her cultivation level, he could roughly tell that she was young and probably the favored youngest daughter of some small family.
The emperor and his men did indeed protect Yun Yici very closely, and the head of the guards did not doubt her words.
But once her identity was revealed, he knew what was going on.
These people have no powerful backers, and they're all incredibly good-looking.
If he presents it to the city lord, the city lord will surely remember his kindness.
Perhaps the city lord can take him with him when he returns to the Xie family.
Once the head of the guards made up his mind, he deliberately lied and said, "So, you gentlemen are related to my master by marriage."
"It's quite a coincidence. My family is also from a branch of the Xie family. Maybe that's why we know your brother-in-law."
"Go to our city lord's mansion and ask; it'll be faster for you than wandering around the city aimlessly."
Yun Yici thought to herself, "This person is trying to trick us into seeing the city lord. Could it be that the city lord has already discovered their identities?"
She quickly dismissed the idea; if they had known their identities, they wouldn't have sent even a lowly henchman.
As the saying goes, "to catch the thief, first catch the king," Yun Yici also had the idea of meeting that city lord.
She nodded: "Alright, then I'll go see Lord Xie."
The moment Yun Yici agreed, she keenly heard gasps and sighs coming from the crowd.
"Ah, they really are outsiders, unaware of our city lord's character."
"This young girl and her guards are quite good-looking. I'm afraid they won't be able to leave this city without suffering a lot of pain."
"Tch, going outside the city? That person they've set their sights on, they'll only let them go when they've had their fun with them to the point of exhaustion. Don't they remember the previous one..."
"Shh, stop talking, Hu Gou is looking over here."
These sounds were so low they were almost breathy, yet Yun Yici heard them clearly.
The imperial edict and his companions had no objections. They had already ventured into dangerous places, so why would they be afraid of a small city lord's mansion?
Yun Yici alone could demolish this Forget-Worry City, but since they are newcomers, they don't want to attract the attention of the local bullies yet.
The guard leader, who had been called a "barbarian dog," was overjoyed and glared at even the slightest discontent among the crowd as a warning.
"Please come, distinguished guests."
He was terrified that these troublemakers would ruin his plans with their nonsense.
Before Yun Yici could take a step, a pretty little girl peeked out from the pavilion where she had thrown the flower branch to Shen Huaichuan earlier.
She was cute, and now she was baring her teeth, hands on her hips, and shouting loudly, "Hu Gou, our girl said that they have defiled her beauty, and they are not allowed to go anywhere."
"Unless you come work at our Chunfeng Pavilion and pay off your debt!"
The head of the guards roared angrily, "Chunxian'er, you wretched girl, you keep talking nonsense all day long. One day I'll chop your head off!"
“This is a distinguished guest of the city lord’s mansion. Do you expect him to serve tea and water like you do?”
He was making veiled accusations, and everyone watching knew that he was taking his anger out on this little girl because he didn't dare to criticize Taoqin, who had powerful backers.
Chun Xian'er was scolded, but her face didn't turn red at all. She stared nervously at Yun Yici, hoping she would say something.
She knew that Yun Yici had agreed to go to the city lord's mansion, and it was still not too late to back out now.
Yun Yici seemed unaware of her intentions, and turned back into the crowd to find the peach blossom that had fallen into the dust.
She bent down, picked it up, and gently brushed it with her hand, restoring the ravaged peach blossom to its original state. Then she carried it to Chunxian'er's eyes.
"We've returned the flowers you gave us, young lady. We'll visit you again after we leave the city lord's mansion."
Yun Yici smiled, but Chun Xian'er almost cried.
She grabbed the flower that Yun Yici had presented to her and threw it downstairs.
"You fool!"
She slammed the window shut, as if she were completely enraged.
In the warm and cozy room, a voice came from behind her: "Everyone has their own destiny. We have done what we should do, so there is no need to be sad."