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Chapter 11 - Yi County at night

These two hundred odd Sky Nation soldiers were not brought over by Shi Dakai from the south, but one of the armies that had been dispersed after the failure of the Heavenly Kingdom's Northern Chasm. At that time, General Liu Lang had the highest status amongst this group of soldiers, he had even brought a large portion of North Guard's pay out and hid in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, waiting for the Kingdom of Heaven to attack again from the north.

However, the gray beard and the rest did not wait for the arrival of the North Guard. Instead, they waited for their former boss, the Winged King Shida Kai who faked his identity.

In the past, the North Guard was one of the elites of the Balanced Sky Nation. Along the way, they attacked and plundered the cities along the way, food was released to kill off the nobles and tyrants, accumulating a large amount of military wealth. Not only did they have a large amount of gold and silver, there were also a lot of rare treasures.

Right now, in front of Xiao Letian, was a huge, shining gold mountain. The ground was covered with exquisite gold, silver and jade artifacts. The one-foot tall coral tree was leaning against a corner, and a handful of pearls were pouring down onto the ground, rolling all over the place. In the corner of the porcelain vat, an axis of calligraphy and painting definitely wasn't ordinary.

"Inside here are the military assets brought by Liu Lang and the others, as well as the treasures that I had secretly transported over from the south. I had secretly set up thirteen holy treasury like this in the Great Qing Dynasty …" Shi Dakai spoke as if he was talking about someone else's property, his tone was as calm as water.

"Due to the fact that property needs to be secretly transported, we can only give up on things like 2 copper coins and 2 silver coins. Right now, the treasury is the essence of the Heavenly Kingdom's holy treasury, and every treasure can be said to be priceless …" "It's a pity that it's too difficult to materialize …"

Shi Dakai opened up Tang Bohu's Spring Palace and sneered, "Those rich people in Jiangnan like to flatter Tang Bohu and other common paintings. If it wasn't for the fact that I could exchange for a bit of money, I would have already burned them all …" With that, he threw it into the corner.

Aiyo, but my heart hurts so much. You're a moral gentleman, but I'm not. Brother, I love this. Xiao Letian quickly took all of Tang Bo Hu's real works into his hands. Tsk tsk tsk, this painting is really exceptional. Was the one pushing from behind a maid or a concubine?

When Xiao Letian was deep in his fantasies about the life in the Ming Dynasty, Shi Dakai pushed him, "Advisor! Military advisor? I'm asking you something, what treasure are you going to bring down the mountain with you? "

"Ah?" Oh... It's like this. Your majesty should know the market price of these treasures and help me find some that are easy to carry. Also, I need to take treasures that are worth close to 110 thousand silver down the mountain. After saying that, he casually handed the Spring Palace scroll to his personal guard. "This painting is not bad. I like it. Put it in my study …"

Cough cough cough, Shi Dakai was so suspenseful that he did not even choke on his saliva, thinking to himself, is this overseas person really doing as he pleases? Even if you wanted to, you have to tell me secretly about such an unrefined painting of the Spring Palace. Why are you asking for it so carelessly in front of me? This was simply disregarding reputation and integrity.

As expected, the overseas foreigners only eat raw beef and do not know how to recuperate. I must advise more military advisers in the future. At such a young age, you shouldn't be too greedy for beauties.

"Your Highness! "Your Highness?" This time, it was Xiao Letian who pushed him. Ah … Sorry, little Wang lost his composure … The treasure that mister wants lets me think about it.

"Antique calligraphy and painting are really expensive, but only those who know how to buy them will pay a huge price. It's not easy to buy them quickly, so I should think of a way to get my hands on them …"

Xiao Letian and Shi Dakai stayed in the treasury for an entire two hours, and in the end, under the protection of the three bodyguards that Shi Dakai had arranged, they galloped towards the Yi County at full speed.

From the Taibai Top to the Yi County's County City, even if Qingzhuang were to continue on, it would still take two days. Xiao Letian brought the false braid that was prepared for him in the village as well as his fake identity documents, and rushed straight to the Yi County.

When Xiao Letian rushed to Yi County's County City, it was already the evening of the second day. The two smoke-faced veterans at the west gate of the city had already started to drive the last few people in and out of the city, and the city gates were about to close soon.

"Aiya, it's about to close the city gates. We have to hurry …" Xiao Letian was definitely a beginner rider, even though he was saying that he was running here and there, he was still last place.

The three janissaries that Xiao Letian had brought out were all elites that Shi Dakai had picked out from thousands of people. Not only were they skilled with bows and horses, they were also very quick-witted, and most importantly, they could read. The young man leading the way was called Xiao Hexin. When he saw that the city gate was about to close, he quickly whipped his horse and rushed to the front.

The scene of the big horses charging at full speed was indeed shocking. The big bowl sized hooves of the horses trampled on the road, causing dust and dirt to fly into the air. The villagers nearby even felt the ground trembling.

The two old men looked back and were startled. If they didn't have only four horses, they would have thought that the county had been attacked. Didn't you see that the city gate was already closed? "Hurry to the tavern outside the city and wait for tomorrow …" Before he could finish his words, he saw two strings of copper coins roll towards him and his mouth was blocked.

Xiao Letian did not even get down from his horse, he only bowed and chatted with the two veteran soldiers in a low voice, after which the city gates, which only had one crack, opened once again. This time, even if Xiao Letian swaggered in front of the two older soldiers, no one would ask anything.

After the four of them turned around the corner, Xiao Letian asked in a low voice, "Don't the Qing Dynasty need to search for the way to lure people? It can be seen that the four of us are not people with great reputations, yet he let us in so easily? " Xiao Letian's doubts were reasonable, unless you have a good name, Paleogene would not be able to leave your hometown easily, and after walking around your county, no one would care about you. If you need to cross over a county, you would have to go to the county magistrate to lead the way.

Xiao Letian remembered that before he left, the scribe on top of the mountain had forged a fake guide for the four of them, but he did not see Xiao Hexin take it out just now.

"Hey …" My dear sir, aren't the rules of this world all made for commoners who have no money or authority? "To those commoner's, this is the law of the land, but …" Xiao Hexin patted the money bag on his waist with a smile, "Is there even a need to talk about laws when you have money? this rotten to the root Great Qing Dynasty should have died a long time ago … "

At that time, Xiao Letian was startled, he did not expect Xiao Hexin to be so bold as to dare to talk about such an outrageous thing on the streets. However, when he looked left and right, he could see that the few people on the street all had numb faces, as if they had been turned into puppets by life.

"Sir, don't worry. Can you see the big hotpot in front? "Then that's the eyes and ears our prince planted in the city. This street has long since become our territory …"

Walking in front of the shop, he saw the words' 2 taels of silver hotpot restaurant 'on the signboard. Before he even entered, the shop assistant had already lifted the curtain and bowed, "Honored guests, please welcome upstairs …" There was no need to mention how invigorated she sounded. The enthusiasm she exuded was incomparable to that of the etiquette ladies in the Star Hotel who used to have eight fake teeth and a fake smile.

For a normal big pot shop to be able to open a two-story building, this already showed that the boss was extremely rich. It seemed like the Heavenly Kingdom's Intelligence s had sufficient funds! Xiao Letian carried his robes up the stairs, and the moment he entered the private room, the innkeeper and waiter followed in. Without saying a word, they knelt down and kowtowed.

"Greetings to the Military Advisor …" "Greetings to the prince …" The fat storekeeper lowered his voice and kowtowed three times. Then, with a wave of his hand, the dishes he prepared earlier were served. Seven plates and eight bowls filled the entire table.

"Military Advisor, don't blame me for receiving the village pigeon's message at noon yesterday. There was no time to prepare anything good, and that's why I barely managed to catch a glimpse of a pair of black bear paws last month …" As he spoke, he brought out a large porcelain plate and a pair of steaming Steamed Bear Hands was placed on the table.

Xiao Letian was dumbfounded, there was no protection for animals in this evil feudal dynasty? This poor black bear was born into this dynasty. Although Xiao Letian was secretly smug in his heart, the drool on the corner of his mouth and the greedy look in his eyes betrayed him. In his previous life, although he had eaten quite a number of high grade dishes, he was not unlucky enough to receive Bear Palm, which was known as the most precious mountain.

"Brother Xiong!" "Brother Xiong, don't blame me if I eat your pair of hands. Once I gain power, I will definitely be the first to enact animal protection laws and will be the first to protect you …" While talking, Xiao Letian took the fresh bear meat with his chopsticks.

Xiao Letian loved to play with treasures, which was known by everyone in the village. Xiao Hexin and the others had already seen it when he was giving his evaluation, and knew that the Military Advisor loved to say some weird words that no one could understand. For example, the phrase 'your sister' had already become a popular term in Taibai Top. If people had any small conflicts with others, their mouths would be filled with the sound of your sister.

Xiao Hexin and the others had long gotten used to it, but they had never seen the thin and fat shopkeeper or the shop assistant before. They thought that the Black Bear Palm which they had meticulously stewed for a whole day and night with wild ginseng and pigeon soup was not to their liking. At that time, the fat storekeeper was sweating profusely.

Now, Xiao Letian had already closed his eyes and had an extremely strange expression on his face, as if he was about to have a stomach attack.

Delicious, it's really too f * cking delicious. It was filled with a gelatinous taste, and a strange aroma that Xiao Letian had never felt before lingered in his throat. At that moment, Xiao Letian felt that his tongue was wrapped in a dense fragrant gelatinous taste, as if it wanted to melt together with this delicacy.

After a full three minutes, Xiao Letian had not regained his senses in the slightest, and when he opened his eyes once again, he found the fat shopkeeper kneeling on the ground, with a face covered in sweat as he begged for forgiveness.

"Advisor, don't blame me. I will definitely get the White Bear Palm for you next time. At the very most, I will get the genuine Black Bear Palm from you next time. Today is just too hasty …"

"Huh?" Xiao Letian was stupefied, I was pondering about it, how did you kneel down to me? Wait! From what you're saying, the bear's paw that I'm eating isn't the most delicious one. Geez, they say that ancient resources are scarce, but that's only for the poor. To the rich, the feudal dynasty is heaven.

Even Shi Dakai only lived and ate with the officials during wartime. When there was no war to recuperate, Shi Dakai's life was also extremely luxurious.

In the Paleogene's eyes, just being able to be conferred the title of King was already a man of heaven that was too far away for him. For Xiao Letian to be able to be on equal footing with the King Yi, then his status would naturally be too noble.

When he heard that the Military Advisor was not angry at all, the fat shopkeeper was so touched that he almost cried, "Military Advisor really has a Bodhisattva's heart. Poor little Yi County, it's already too late to guarantee that we could exchange the goods now.

In Xiao Letian's eyes, he did not feel anything so called the top eight treasure seats, but at this moment, his attention was already focused on the wall outside the window. Under Xiao Hexin's introduction, the names of the Fan family's Guangde were written inside.

Just as Xiao Letian was eating and drinking, while pondering about how he should go see the Manager Fan tomorrow, the sky had already turned completely dark. According to the foreigners, it was already around half past eight.

Just as the corner of Xiao Letian's eyes swept across the darkness on the other side of the street, an astonished figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Unexpectedly, two figures could be seen inside the backyard of the Guangde. Upon closer inspection, it was actually two women.

"Your sister?" Isn't that Hu Niu and A Chou … "