Chapter 138: Enjoy It Even If I Die
When Fang Jie woke up, he was in Gold-Sharing Duke’s residence and not the shop that he rented, and Du Hongxian who caught him in mid-air was nowhere to be seen.
Mu Xiaoyao and Chen Qingshan sat on his bedside, and Da Quan stood on the side with a caring expression on his face.
Surprisingly, Wu Yinyu was also in his room.
Mu Xiaoyao heaved a sigh of relief when Fang Jie woke up.
“Sorry.” Fang Jie smiled apologetically and said, “I have never fainted in the first 15 years of my life, but I fainted three times after I left Fangu. Am I not adapting to this environment?”
“Why are you joking around?” Mu Xiaoyao rolled her eyes at him and said, “Mr. Zhuo came to see you earlier, and he took your pulse and said that there is nothing wrong. You were fatigued, and your meridians were shocked by someone; that was why you fainted. The crippled old man also came, but he left since something is going on at Beckon of the Red Sleeve; he left not long ago.”
Fang Jie chuckled and said, “It doesn’t count as fainting this time; it is only a deep sleep.”
Chen Qingshan didn’t say anything after seeing that he was fine. She stretched and revealed her slender waist.
Fang Jie had zero resistance toward the figures of beauties, so he stared at the waist that Chen Qingshan showed.
As if she didn’t see Fang Jie’s greedy and shameless stare, Chen Qingshan turned around and planned to sleep. Fang Jie continued to look at her slender waist and even glanced at her round butt.
“Shameless!” Wu Yinyu cursed while blushing and chased after Chen Qingshan. “Sister Chen, let’s go! I don’t want to stay in the same room with a pervert.”
Chen Qingshan smiled and whispered something to Wu Yinyu. That girl blushed even more, stomped her feet, and said, “Sister Chen, you are bad too!”
Then, Wu Yinyu ran away.
Chen Qingshan looked at Wu Yinyu’s charming figure and turned around before saying to Fang Jie, “Look, you took advantage of another girl.”
It was summer, and girls were wearing thin gauze dresses. Their figures were outlined, and men had a hard time looking away.
Fang Jie had said that he only had a pure appreciation for beauty and wasn’t a pervert, but he didn’t even believe it himself.
“She stayed here for one day and two nights,” Mu Xiaoyao whispered to Fang Jie.
Fang Jie was touched and said to Chen Qingshan who had walked out of the door, “Sleep well, but don’t take off your clothes when you sleep.”
Chen Qingshan stopped and teased Fang Jie with her eyes before asking, “Why?”
“This isn’t our home. I would lose out if someone saw you like that.”
“Yuck!” Chen Qingshan blushed slightly and said, “Why would you lose out if someone saw me like that? If you are truly afraid of that, you can guard me in my room.”
Mu Xiaoyao could never say something like this; only Chen Qingshan dared to tease Fang Jie in public.
After Chen Qingshan left, Fang Jie said to Mu Xiaoyao, “Sister Xiaoyao, you should rest as well. I know that you must have guarded me for one day and two nights too. Wait, you mean I slept for one day and two nights?”
“Yeah.” Mu Xiaoyao rubbed her sore eyes and said, “It has been one day and two nights since someone brought you back here.”
“Then… the entrance exam of the Martial Arts Academy?” Fang Jie asked.
Mu Xiaoyao replied, “Gold-Sharing Duke said that the results would be posted today. Since Ms. Wu participated in the entrance exam as well, Gold-Sharing Duke sent someone to check the post this morning. Don’t worry; he said that you should be able to get in since your five written tests all received excellent ratings.”
Fang Jie nodded and thought, “How come I slept for this long? That old monk’s strike wasn’t too aggressive, and I didn’t feel any pain.”
“Who brought me here?” he asked.
Mu Xiaoyao replied, “Mr. Zhuo.”
“Huh?” Fang Jie rubbed his forehead and asked after a moment of hesitation, “Sister Xiaoyao, did you see a woman in a simple blue floral dress? About 30 years old and quite pretty. You probably saw her once before in Fangu. She is Yun’s owner’s wife. The woman who I said was beautiful after I saw her in Fangu, and you and Da Quan went to peek at her one night.”
“No.” Mu Xiaoyao shook her head and said, “Only Mr. Zhuo came. Why? Did she come to Chang’an? How did you meet her?”
“Nothing… Sister Xiaoyao, did Mr. Zhuo say anything about the old monk who injured me?”
“No,” Mu Xiaoyao replied, “After he dropped you off, he left without coming in. The servant who took you in said that he left in a hurry as if he had an urgent matter to take care of. He didn’t mention that the person who injured you was an old monk. Fang Jie… Did the people of the Buddhist Sect chase you to Chang’an?”
Fang Jie slowly shook his head and tried to recall that old monk. He felt like something was off, but he couldn’t pinpoint where.
…
“I’m guilty! I didn’t capture that person from the Buddhist Sect.”
Luo Weiran, Hou Wenji, Zhuo Buyi, and Li Nan all knelt in Smooth Spring Garden and said in unison.
The Emperor who was sitting on the heatable brick bed seemed to have predicted this. He continued to look at the memorials to the throne and said while waving his hand, “Buyi, Li Nan, you two have chased after them for two days; you can go back and rest.”
Zhuo Buyi and Li Nan looked at each other before nodding and exiting the room.
After leaving, Li Nan looked at Zhuo Buyi and wanted to say something. Zhuo Buyi sighed and said, “I’m also curious; it seems like His Majesty doesn’t mind this outcome.”
Li Nan shook his head powerlessly and replied, “Perhaps he is extremely disappointed.”
Both these men weren’t in a good mood, so they said farewell to each other and left.
In the room, Luo Weiran and Hou Wenji were still kneeling. Although the Emperor didn’t sound angry, they knew the Emperor well; how could this aggressive ruler tolerate a member of the Buddhist Sect roaming freely in Great Sui?
“Hou Wenji, continue to search around with people and see if any other members of the Buddhist Sect infiltrated Chang’an. Great Sui has been peaceful for 11 years, so many people forgot where the peace came from. I should be angry that you guys aren’t prepared to handle the challenge from the Buddhist Sect, but there is nothing to be angry about since six of you couldn’t stop one person. Just leave; tell Mou Liangbi and Zong Lianghu to come here. Also, invite Principal Zhou as well.”
Hou Wenji nodded and left the room. On the way out, he peeked at the Emperor and saw that the Emperor’s expression looked normal. However, the calmer the Emperor was, the more anxious he felt.
Now, Luo Weiran was the only person in the room with the Emperor.
The Emperor put down the memorial to the throne in his hand, looked up, and asked, “What do you think about this?”
“I… didn’t do my job well. I should have asked Principal Zhou and Spiritual Master Xiao for help. If they helped, that heavenly lord of the Buddhist Sect wouldn’t be able to get away. If I instantly informed the military after finding out that person’s identity, perhaps we would have caught him. It is my fault; please punish me.”
“You couldn’t do it.” The Emperor waved his hand and said, “I already informed Principal Zhou and Spiritual Master Xiao, and I gave an order to the military. Unless the enemies caused trouble in the Royal Palace, they couldn’t move at all.”
“Huh?” Luo Weiran was shocked.
The Emperor got off the heatable brick bed, stretched his body, and said, “I’m asking you why two people from the Buddhist Sect suddenly came to Chang’an. Don’t say that they are here to challenge us; they are no fools.”
“Could it be… Mongo-Yuan detected that Your Majesty is about to wage a war against them?” Luo Weiran asked with courage.
The Emperor nodded and said after a moment of hesitation, “Perhaps. I’m surprised that I hid this from the officials but not from Mongo-Yuan. It would either be that someone who knew about this leaked it, or something happened in the west. The first situation would worry me, and the second situation would make me curious. A heavenly lord of the Buddhist Sect came here to seek information; what exactly happened in the west?”
“I will instantly send someone to investigate.” Luo Weiran bowed.
“I kept you here to tell you to investigate. You can use the people who are hiding in Mongo-Yuan. Those chess pieces that I buried in Mongo-Yuan after I got on the throne could be used now. If I don’t use them, they will become rusty after hiding in Mongo-Yuan for 11 years.
Luo Weiran was shocked, and he felt sad after thinking about those people who were sent to Mongo-Yuan when the Emperor just came into power. Those people were the most talented young men of Great Sui, but they had to sneak into the enemy nation and live there anonymously for 11 years just for this war that Great Sui might wage in the northwest.
In the last 11 years, the Emperor never contacted them to make it safer for them.
Luo Weiran was the person who was responsible for reaching these people.
“We need to start the West Expedition earlier.” The Emperor paced in the room and said while looking at the giant map of Great Sui on the wall, “Regardless of what had happened in the west, Mongo-Yuan is anxious. Otherwise, why would a prestigious heavenly lord of the Buddhist Sect come to Chang’an in person? I have been waiting for an opportunity, but it hasn’t arrived yet after 11 years even though I have fully prepared. I wasn’t planning on waiting for the opportunity anymore; I was going to fight this war with my preparation. Now, it seems like everything is aligned; the opportunity seems to be here. How can I let this chance escape?”
Luo Weiran was startled by the fire in the Emperor’s eyes; he had never seen the Emperor this excited before.
The Emperor’s eyes were filled with desire and greed.
“Luo Weiran, if I lead the military in this war… Which one of the three princes do you think is capable of guarding and managing Chang’an?”
Luo Weiran was scared by what the Emperor said, and he knelt and replied, “Your Majesty, you can’t do that! Please reconsider your decision!”
…
About 6,100 kilometers to the west of Fangu, there was a vast grassland. The climate here was warmer compared to Fangu, and the four seasons are quite distinct.
The grass reached people’s knees, and wild horses dashed on the land.
There were also large and vicious wolves, lying in their territories in packs. They wouldn’t leave their territories and wouldn’t allow other wolf packs to enter theirs.
Wolves were at the top of the food chain on the grassland; even fierce lions didn’t want to trigger a wolf pack.
The coyotes in Wolf Breast Mountain Range were scary, but they seemed like gentle kittens when compared to these wolves.
However, these fierce wolves looked at the two people, one walking in the front and one following in the back, with alertness; they didn’t even dare to get close and only watched them walk by.
One of them wore a clean robe that turned white after being washed too much, but it had no wrinkles. He wasn’t fast, and he would sometimes look at the magnificent mountain that showed its rough shape.
The other person’s fur coat was already torn, and it was stained by blood. It seemed like one of his legs was injured, so he had a little difficulty walking.
The man in the scholarly robe in the front looked back and disappeared.
When he returned, he pulled back a huge wolf.
This wolf looked like an adult horse, and it seemed to be the leader of a pack. However, it could only whine and beg for mercy at this moment.
“Ride on it,” the man in the scholarly robe said.
The man in the fur coat chuckled and climbed onto the back of the wolf. “I skinned too many animals in Fangu. After seeing this wolf, my first thought was skinning it.”
This wolf seemed to have understood this man, and it shivered in fear.
“Tugou, how many people did we kill?” the man in the scholarly robe asked.
“Those from the Buddhist Sect; 480 golden-body monk soldiers, 16 arhats, and four aryas. You also injured a heavenly lord yesterday. Those from Mongo-Yuan; more than 60 level 8 masters and 13 level 9 masters. I didn’t even count those under level 8; there were too many.”
[TL Note: Arhats and aryas are titles in the Buddhist Sect in the story.]
“Eh… Tugou, do you regret this?”
“Sir, what are you talking about? I’m enjoying this.”
“You might die if you go further.”
“I will enjoy it even if I die.”
“Ok, let’s move forward.”
“Eh! Let’s go!”
[TL Note: Finally some news on the man in cyan.]
Mu Xiaoyao and Chen Qingshan sat on his bedside, and Da Quan stood on the side with a caring expression on his face.
Surprisingly, Wu Yinyu was also in his room.
Mu Xiaoyao heaved a sigh of relief when Fang Jie woke up.
“Sorry.” Fang Jie smiled apologetically and said, “I have never fainted in the first 15 years of my life, but I fainted three times after I left Fangu. Am I not adapting to this environment?”
“Why are you joking around?” Mu Xiaoyao rolled her eyes at him and said, “Mr. Zhuo came to see you earlier, and he took your pulse and said that there is nothing wrong. You were fatigued, and your meridians were shocked by someone; that was why you fainted. The crippled old man also came, but he left since something is going on at Beckon of the Red Sleeve; he left not long ago.”
Fang Jie chuckled and said, “It doesn’t count as fainting this time; it is only a deep sleep.”
Chen Qingshan didn’t say anything after seeing that he was fine. She stretched and revealed her slender waist.
Fang Jie had zero resistance toward the figures of beauties, so he stared at the waist that Chen Qingshan showed.
As if she didn’t see Fang Jie’s greedy and shameless stare, Chen Qingshan turned around and planned to sleep. Fang Jie continued to look at her slender waist and even glanced at her round butt.
“Shameless!” Wu Yinyu cursed while blushing and chased after Chen Qingshan. “Sister Chen, let’s go! I don’t want to stay in the same room with a pervert.”
Chen Qingshan smiled and whispered something to Wu Yinyu. That girl blushed even more, stomped her feet, and said, “Sister Chen, you are bad too!”
Then, Wu Yinyu ran away.
Chen Qingshan looked at Wu Yinyu’s charming figure and turned around before saying to Fang Jie, “Look, you took advantage of another girl.”
It was summer, and girls were wearing thin gauze dresses. Their figures were outlined, and men had a hard time looking away.
Fang Jie had said that he only had a pure appreciation for beauty and wasn’t a pervert, but he didn’t even believe it himself.
“She stayed here for one day and two nights,” Mu Xiaoyao whispered to Fang Jie.
Fang Jie was touched and said to Chen Qingshan who had walked out of the door, “Sleep well, but don’t take off your clothes when you sleep.”
Chen Qingshan stopped and teased Fang Jie with her eyes before asking, “Why?”
“This isn’t our home. I would lose out if someone saw you like that.”
“Yuck!” Chen Qingshan blushed slightly and said, “Why would you lose out if someone saw me like that? If you are truly afraid of that, you can guard me in my room.”
Mu Xiaoyao could never say something like this; only Chen Qingshan dared to tease Fang Jie in public.
After Chen Qingshan left, Fang Jie said to Mu Xiaoyao, “Sister Xiaoyao, you should rest as well. I know that you must have guarded me for one day and two nights too. Wait, you mean I slept for one day and two nights?”
“Yeah.” Mu Xiaoyao rubbed her sore eyes and said, “It has been one day and two nights since someone brought you back here.”
“Then… the entrance exam of the Martial Arts Academy?” Fang Jie asked.
Mu Xiaoyao replied, “Gold-Sharing Duke said that the results would be posted today. Since Ms. Wu participated in the entrance exam as well, Gold-Sharing Duke sent someone to check the post this morning. Don’t worry; he said that you should be able to get in since your five written tests all received excellent ratings.”
Fang Jie nodded and thought, “How come I slept for this long? That old monk’s strike wasn’t too aggressive, and I didn’t feel any pain.”
“Who brought me here?” he asked.
Mu Xiaoyao replied, “Mr. Zhuo.”
“Huh?” Fang Jie rubbed his forehead and asked after a moment of hesitation, “Sister Xiaoyao, did you see a woman in a simple blue floral dress? About 30 years old and quite pretty. You probably saw her once before in Fangu. She is Yun’s owner’s wife. The woman who I said was beautiful after I saw her in Fangu, and you and Da Quan went to peek at her one night.”
“No.” Mu Xiaoyao shook her head and said, “Only Mr. Zhuo came. Why? Did she come to Chang’an? How did you meet her?”
“Nothing… Sister Xiaoyao, did Mr. Zhuo say anything about the old monk who injured me?”
“No,” Mu Xiaoyao replied, “After he dropped you off, he left without coming in. The servant who took you in said that he left in a hurry as if he had an urgent matter to take care of. He didn’t mention that the person who injured you was an old monk. Fang Jie… Did the people of the Buddhist Sect chase you to Chang’an?”
Fang Jie slowly shook his head and tried to recall that old monk. He felt like something was off, but he couldn’t pinpoint where.
…
“I’m guilty! I didn’t capture that person from the Buddhist Sect.”
Luo Weiran, Hou Wenji, Zhuo Buyi, and Li Nan all knelt in Smooth Spring Garden and said in unison.
The Emperor who was sitting on the heatable brick bed seemed to have predicted this. He continued to look at the memorials to the throne and said while waving his hand, “Buyi, Li Nan, you two have chased after them for two days; you can go back and rest.”
Zhuo Buyi and Li Nan looked at each other before nodding and exiting the room.
After leaving, Li Nan looked at Zhuo Buyi and wanted to say something. Zhuo Buyi sighed and said, “I’m also curious; it seems like His Majesty doesn’t mind this outcome.”
Li Nan shook his head powerlessly and replied, “Perhaps he is extremely disappointed.”
Both these men weren’t in a good mood, so they said farewell to each other and left.
In the room, Luo Weiran and Hou Wenji were still kneeling. Although the Emperor didn’t sound angry, they knew the Emperor well; how could this aggressive ruler tolerate a member of the Buddhist Sect roaming freely in Great Sui?
“Hou Wenji, continue to search around with people and see if any other members of the Buddhist Sect infiltrated Chang’an. Great Sui has been peaceful for 11 years, so many people forgot where the peace came from. I should be angry that you guys aren’t prepared to handle the challenge from the Buddhist Sect, but there is nothing to be angry about since six of you couldn’t stop one person. Just leave; tell Mou Liangbi and Zong Lianghu to come here. Also, invite Principal Zhou as well.”
Hou Wenji nodded and left the room. On the way out, he peeked at the Emperor and saw that the Emperor’s expression looked normal. However, the calmer the Emperor was, the more anxious he felt.
Now, Luo Weiran was the only person in the room with the Emperor.
The Emperor put down the memorial to the throne in his hand, looked up, and asked, “What do you think about this?”
“I… didn’t do my job well. I should have asked Principal Zhou and Spiritual Master Xiao for help. If they helped, that heavenly lord of the Buddhist Sect wouldn’t be able to get away. If I instantly informed the military after finding out that person’s identity, perhaps we would have caught him. It is my fault; please punish me.”
“You couldn’t do it.” The Emperor waved his hand and said, “I already informed Principal Zhou and Spiritual Master Xiao, and I gave an order to the military. Unless the enemies caused trouble in the Royal Palace, they couldn’t move at all.”
“Huh?” Luo Weiran was shocked.
The Emperor got off the heatable brick bed, stretched his body, and said, “I’m asking you why two people from the Buddhist Sect suddenly came to Chang’an. Don’t say that they are here to challenge us; they are no fools.”
“Could it be… Mongo-Yuan detected that Your Majesty is about to wage a war against them?” Luo Weiran asked with courage.
The Emperor nodded and said after a moment of hesitation, “Perhaps. I’m surprised that I hid this from the officials but not from Mongo-Yuan. It would either be that someone who knew about this leaked it, or something happened in the west. The first situation would worry me, and the second situation would make me curious. A heavenly lord of the Buddhist Sect came here to seek information; what exactly happened in the west?”
“I will instantly send someone to investigate.” Luo Weiran bowed.
“I kept you here to tell you to investigate. You can use the people who are hiding in Mongo-Yuan. Those chess pieces that I buried in Mongo-Yuan after I got on the throne could be used now. If I don’t use them, they will become rusty after hiding in Mongo-Yuan for 11 years.
Luo Weiran was shocked, and he felt sad after thinking about those people who were sent to Mongo-Yuan when the Emperor just came into power. Those people were the most talented young men of Great Sui, but they had to sneak into the enemy nation and live there anonymously for 11 years just for this war that Great Sui might wage in the northwest.
In the last 11 years, the Emperor never contacted them to make it safer for them.
Luo Weiran was the person who was responsible for reaching these people.
“We need to start the West Expedition earlier.” The Emperor paced in the room and said while looking at the giant map of Great Sui on the wall, “Regardless of what had happened in the west, Mongo-Yuan is anxious. Otherwise, why would a prestigious heavenly lord of the Buddhist Sect come to Chang’an in person? I have been waiting for an opportunity, but it hasn’t arrived yet after 11 years even though I have fully prepared. I wasn’t planning on waiting for the opportunity anymore; I was going to fight this war with my preparation. Now, it seems like everything is aligned; the opportunity seems to be here. How can I let this chance escape?”
Luo Weiran was startled by the fire in the Emperor’s eyes; he had never seen the Emperor this excited before.
The Emperor’s eyes were filled with desire and greed.
“Luo Weiran, if I lead the military in this war… Which one of the three princes do you think is capable of guarding and managing Chang’an?”
Luo Weiran was scared by what the Emperor said, and he knelt and replied, “Your Majesty, you can’t do that! Please reconsider your decision!”
…
About 6,100 kilometers to the west of Fangu, there was a vast grassland. The climate here was warmer compared to Fangu, and the four seasons are quite distinct.
The grass reached people’s knees, and wild horses dashed on the land.
There were also large and vicious wolves, lying in their territories in packs. They wouldn’t leave their territories and wouldn’t allow other wolf packs to enter theirs.
Wolves were at the top of the food chain on the grassland; even fierce lions didn’t want to trigger a wolf pack.
The coyotes in Wolf Breast Mountain Range were scary, but they seemed like gentle kittens when compared to these wolves.
However, these fierce wolves looked at the two people, one walking in the front and one following in the back, with alertness; they didn’t even dare to get close and only watched them walk by.
One of them wore a clean robe that turned white after being washed too much, but it had no wrinkles. He wasn’t fast, and he would sometimes look at the magnificent mountain that showed its rough shape.
The other person’s fur coat was already torn, and it was stained by blood. It seemed like one of his legs was injured, so he had a little difficulty walking.
The man in the scholarly robe in the front looked back and disappeared.
When he returned, he pulled back a huge wolf.
This wolf looked like an adult horse, and it seemed to be the leader of a pack. However, it could only whine and beg for mercy at this moment.
“Ride on it,” the man in the scholarly robe said.
The man in the fur coat chuckled and climbed onto the back of the wolf. “I skinned too many animals in Fangu. After seeing this wolf, my first thought was skinning it.”
This wolf seemed to have understood this man, and it shivered in fear.
“Tugou, how many people did we kill?” the man in the scholarly robe asked.
“Those from the Buddhist Sect; 480 golden-body monk soldiers, 16 arhats, and four aryas. You also injured a heavenly lord yesterday. Those from Mongo-Yuan; more than 60 level 8 masters and 13 level 9 masters. I didn’t even count those under level 8; there were too many.”
[TL Note: Arhats and aryas are titles in the Buddhist Sect in the story.]
“Eh… Tugou, do you regret this?”
“Sir, what are you talking about? I’m enjoying this.”
“You might die if you go further.”
“I will enjoy it even if I die.”
“Ok, let’s move forward.”
“Eh! Let’s go!”
[TL Note: Finally some news on the man in cyan.]
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