Chapter 34: The Master of Life Canglong [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

The old man behind the stall took a deep puff of his pipe and raised his wrinkled eyelids: "I have always been by your side. When have I ever been to Beijing? And what would I do in Beijing? Can't I shoot him to death here?"

The boy with a simple face was immediately worried when he heard this, and suggested: "But our whereabouts have been exposed, let's retreat, sir, I told you not to come out but you refused to listen, aren't you fine at home?"

"What a fart!"

The old man took another sip of the pot, held it in his mouth for a long time before slowly exhaling the green mist.

"We didn't tell anyone about this trip, so how could it be leaked? We are really in danger in Guanzhong now."

Hearing this, the young man's eyes lit up immediately: "What are we waiting for? Let's go. Why bother with Wei Mingqi? He has more enemies than you. He might die someday."

"..."

After a long silence, the old man shook his head and ordered, "I'll find someone to take you back. I'll find a chance to shoot three arrows here. Whether it succeeds or not, it'll all be written off. I'll never go out again."

The young man was puzzled when he heard this. For his sake, the old man had even let go of the revenge for the extermination of his family and had stayed by his side for the past ten years. Why would he risk his life this time after the truth was revealed?
"Listen to me."

"..."

Looking at the old man who was so stubborn that he seemed to have lost his hunter's sense of smell, the young man absentmindedly recalled what others had said to him.

Wait until he leaves.

"Evil door."

Cang Liangye bit his cigarette holder, looked at the long Tongjing Post Station and said, "I didn't even tell my own grandson about Di Longsu, how did that kid know? Could he really be the master of Canglong?"

Walking through the long palace road.

The faded vermilion palace walls looked even more dilapidated after the first drizzle after the winter solstice. The East Garden, which had not been repaired for many years, seemed to have been forgotten by the palace city, and the splendor and prosperity described by the poets in the past could no longer be seen.

So it is natural that the woman who once used her beautiful name as an embellishment of flowers has also become a thing of the past in the hearts of the people along with it, and perhaps no one will mention that name again for many years.

Wei Mingqi was supposed to be one of the "worldly people" until one day when, by chance, he accidentally broke in.

"Why are you here again——"

In a side hall, the woman who had just been busy counting the charcoal subconsciously picked up the charcoal on the ground and pretended to throw it, and scolded in a stern tone:
"You are so bold! I am the imperial concubine of Emperor Jingzong! Do you believe that I can go out and ask the guards to drag you out and behead you right now?"

"..."

Wei Mingqi stopped at the door, put his hands behind his back, and gave her a kind smile: "Aunt Shi, don't be nervous, I'm here to see you."

No one believed what he said, and it made him look like he had bad intentions. The woman not far away trembled slightly with her shoulders and her face tense.

"I'm fine here. You don't need to come to see me. If you're fine, just leave. The guards will be here to inspect soon."

Whether there are guards or not, Wei Mingqi, who is in charge of arranging the secret guards of Dongyuan recently, can't he know it? But he didn't expose it.

"You are my aunt, and you should have refused to entertain the younger generation who came to visit you, but why did you chase them away?"

"..."

The woman wanted to say that she was not familiar with him, but she did not dare to do so because there was no one around. She could only humbly say, "Auntie, the conditions here are not good. I can't entertain you this time. Please come again later."

She decided that as long as she could survive this disaster, she would go out and find someone to capture and severely punish Wei Mingqi as soon as he left.

"Really."

The young man in front of him turned around with a look of regret: "Well, I wanted to talk to you about how I took care of Feng Guan, but since Auntie can't entertain you, forget it."

"and many more!"

A woman's urgent voice came from behind.

Wei Mingqi turned around and saw her biting her lips hard, her clear eyes misted over as she stared at him intently:
"What did you do to Feng Guan?" "..."

Wei Mingqi, who had wanted to tease her, suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but said seriously without showing any sign of it: "I promoted her to the rank of pacification envoy."

"..."

Ah, is this the kind of care?
The misty woman was stunned for a moment, but then she reacted and gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? You are just a pacification officer, why do you give others a promotion?"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention—"

Wei Mingqi slapped his forehead and smiled even more brightly: "I was just promoted to commander a few days ago, aunt, why don't you give me a wedding gift for this happy event?"

"..."

Commander? It's only been a few days? Even with a rocket tied to his butt, he couldn't rise that fast. This guy is lying to her again! Little did he know that she was not stupid!
Just as the woman gritted her teeth and forced a smile to think of words——

"At first I thought that such a quick promotion would be bad for my future development. How would the public view me? How would my colleagues view me? So I wanted to wait and see."

"But my grandfather wouldn't let me. He pushed and dragged me to make progress. He also gave me all the power in the West Palace. I could promote whoever I wanted and suppress whoever I wanted. Even the commanders at the same level as me didn't dare to supervise me."

"Because of this incident, Feng Guaner doesn't even dare to breathe heavily when he sees me recently."

The young man's tone was full of complaints.

"..."

The woman was stunned. After a long while, she asked in a daze: "Who is your grandfather--"

"Well, I won't mention his name, he's just an old eunuch."

"..."

The woman suddenly felt completely hopeless.

If what he said was true, calling the guards or even the woman over would be useless. In Dragon City, the old eunuch had an extraordinary status.

With a glimmer of childish hope, the woman forced a smile and took off the jade bracelet on her hand, holding back the pain and tears in her eyes as she handed it over:

"This is a happy event, so we really need to give her a wedding gift. But I have been in the palace for a long time and don't have much money, so this bracelet will be used as wedding money. Since you and Fengguan are friends, I will ask you to take good care of her in the future."

If possible, she would rather Feng Guaner not have this so-called care, and she worried more about the latter than herself.

But she had no choice. From childhood to adulthood, she had only done one thing to control her own destiny. Since then, no one cared about her and she had to go with the flow.

So even though I know that the hunter in front of me may not care about this little profit and has bigger ambitions, I still say the same thing -

There was nothing she could do.

Wei Mingqi felt very uncomfortable watching this, but since it involved the thieves in the East Garden and Shi Fengguan, he could only refuse and say "No, no," while sliding the jade bracelet into his sleeve.

The woman was relieved when she saw this.

It's good that he is willing to accept the things. It's better to take things than people. However, she usually uses her monthly salary to take care of the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If she can fool him this time, what will she do if he comes again next time? She doesn't have that many things left by her mother.

Just as she was worried, she saw the 'sanctimonious', 'money-loving', 'ungrateful' villain in front of her looking up at her after receiving the bracelet:
"Aunt, after talking about Fengguan, let's talk about you."

"you--"

Tears welled up in the corners of the woman's eyes, and her voice became nasal:

"Why are you still thinking about people after you've collected the things?"

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