Castle of Black Iron

Translator: WQL  Editor: Aleem

On the next morning, Zhang Tie woke up surrounded by the white and plump b.u.t.ts and b.r.e.a.s.t.s.

Linda was sleeping on his left; Fiona was lying on his chest; Beverly pushed her head against his right hand; Aimei and Aixue leaned against his waist and thigh. Zhang Tie"s whole body was pressed by his wives.

As it was Bai Suxian"s first time to visit Zhang Mansion, she needed to be reserved; additionally, as a princess, she felt it was improper to strive for Zhang Tie"s favor with the other women. Therefore, she didn"t join the chorus last night. Linda, Beverly, Fiona, Aimei and Aixue felt like having good rain after a long drought. After the home banquet came to an end last night, Zhang Tie returned to his own courtyard. Since they started to help him take a bath, Zhang Tie had been surrounded by an endless affection. After having 7 rounds of fights in the tenderness, Linda and the other 4 women finally fell asleep satisfactorily due to fatigue.

As the room was matched with heating units, although it was heavily snowing outside, it was as warm as spring in the room. The entire room was filled with sweetness and love. Although they were crisscrossing on the huge bed in naked, they would not catch a cold.

Beverly"s blond hair caused Zhang Tie"s ear itchy. Zhang Tie turned around and saw Beverly"s mature and beautiful face on his right side as he felt pretty tranquil inside.

After over 10 years" hards.h.i.+ps, the little girl that he had acquainted with since in Wild Wolf Valley had become a beautiful, grande dame and the mother of two kids. Previously, Beverly was very beautiful; now, she became more enchanting. This woman was still fascinated and spoiled by Zhang Tie.

So were Linda and Fiona.

Zhang Tie lightly kissed Beverly"s forehead. The moment his lips left Beverly"s s.h.i.+ny forehead, her long eyelashes had moved. Closely after that, she opened her eyes and watched Zhang Tie silently.

“Baby, you"re tired. take another nap!” Zhang Tie whispered.

“Please don"t leave us alone. We want to see you on our side when we wake up. We want to know that it"s not a dream!” Beverly mumbled as she pushed closer to Zhang Tie"s side. Meanwhile, she put an arm around Zhang Tie tightly with eyes closed.

After hearing Beverly"s request, Zhang Tie abandoned the thought of getting up. As an earth knight, Zhang Tie had reached another peak physically and spiritually. No matter how many times had he “fought” those women last night, only after taking a 2-h nap before the daybreak, Zhang Tie had already recovered once again.

Zhang Tie then closed his eyes once again as he just waited quietly to get up together with his wives.

Although lying on the bed, Zhang Tie"s spiritual energy had covered the overall internal city of Jinwu City since he woke up just now.

The day had not broken yet. The guards who were on duty outside the internal city had started to make s.h.i.+fts; some servants and maids in the Zhang Mansion had prepared to get up and work; some servants of Zhang Mansion were checking some fresh vegetables and food ingredients and loading them onto vehicles in the back gate of the internal city before pus.h.i.+ng the vehicles to the refrigerators of the kitchen in the backyard under the leaders.h.i.+p of a steward.

…

In winter, the boiler in the kitchen of Zhang Mansion worked around the clock. The boiler firemen in the kitchen were busy making the fire fiercer so as to heat up the water in the pots. Some female cooks were preparing for the first round of breakfast for the servants and maids. Some porridge and bones had been stewed since last night.

A steward was making an inspection in the kitchen as he gave directions every now and then.

“Watch out, second young master has come back, followed by the princess of Lord Guangnan of Taixia Country. As she"s born in an influential major clan, she has seen the world. Our kitchen couldn"t make any mistake on dietary in case of incurring jokes and losing Zhang Mansion"s face; otherwise, even I can"t bear it. It"s jubilant across Zhang Mansion. The old man and the old madam are both happy. As the new year"s festival is coming, last night, general steward Zhang whispered to me that our year-end bonus would increase at least 2 times. Be more careful!” The steward said as he made an inspection in the kitchen.

After hearing his words, the atmosphere in the kitchen heightened at once. As Zhang Mansion always treated their servants mercifully, if the year-end bonus could increase 2 more times, it definitely meant a great amount for those servants and maids.

“Steward Liu, it"s said that the princess who followed second young master back directly called old man and old madam dad and mom. Is that true?” A female cook who was adjusting the temperature of the water and was.h.i.+ng dishes asked in a low volume.

“Of course, it"s real. Yesterday, I"ve heard it from the crowd behind the square. Our second young master is not a commoner. Even the princess of Taixia Country would behave tamely in front of our second young master. Later on, Zhang Mansion will grow increasingly more prosperous. It would be increasingly harder to enter Zhang Mansion. Therefore, you"re fortunate to work in Zhang Mansion!” The dietary steward said in a high spirit.

…

In a pinewood in the backyard garden of Zhang Mansion, some little cute squirrels were wrapping themselves using their big furry tails and sleeping leisurely in the tree holes being filled with pine nuts. Zhang Gui was slowly walking in this wood in a thin fur and checking the safety layout in Zhang Mansion seriously…

The heavy snow in the wood was already thick. When commoners stepped on it, they would cause sounds “pffft”; however, when Zhang Gui walked on the snow, he only left half-inch thick footprints.

There were two hidden posts beneath the snow, which couldn"t be discovered from outside by commoners. When Zhang Gui was close to the two hidden posts, he took out a token that he received when he came to Zhang Mansion yesterday from his waist and waved it towards the two hidden posts before continuing to walk forward…

The hidden posts were matched with heavy crossbows. Not until they caught sight of the waist token did they move their sight bead of the crossbows away from Zhang Gui"s body.

The pinewood was still as quiet as usual.

…

Zhang Yang also got up early. Before it broke, he had already cleansed up and put on his clothes tidily. After that, he went to his study to deal with affairs. Over these years, Zhang Yang had been used to get up early. He even got up earlier than most of the servants in Zhang Mansion. Perhaps Zhang Yang didn"t have an apt.i.tude in cultivation, he was always more diligent than anyone else.

This also explained why Jinwu Business Group constantly developed over these years.

One subordinate of Zhang Yang was reporting something to him.

“…I"ve figured out the background of the three rumormongers in Heavenly Fragrance Building last night. They indeed came from Shengzhou Province. That young man is called Tang Jiyao, a grandson of Tang Gaolin the provincial governor of Shengzhou Province. He"s not outstanding in Tang Clan. He always has a great ambition but little talent. He didn"t have any great achievements. Tang Jiyao just imitated literati across Taixia Country to travel in Youzhou Province, followed by his two guards. Tang Gaolin the provincial governor of Shengzhou Province attaches to the Gobbling Party; therefore, the Gobbling Party have a great power in Shengzhou Province. All the members of Tang Clan are the loyal fans of the Gobbling Party in Shengzhou Province. Tang Jiyao is just a timid guy. After some torture, he had admitted that what he said in Heavenly Fragrance Building were imagined by him by combining the gossips in Youzhou Province. There"s n.o.body on his back. Besides a remote-sensing communications device, we find nothing else valuable in the hotel where the three people lived…”

“He didn"t need to be told how to do this!” Zhang Yang who was sitting behind the office desk revealed a sneer, “Tang Clan is thoughtful. Soon after Meng s.h.i.+dao is said to promote to the prime minister, Tang Clan has dispatched a lame duck to Jinwu City to bring trouble to Huaiyuan Palace and express their loyalty to Meng s.h.i.+dao. Tang Clan has so many people. Even though this unworthy descendant is Tang Gaolin"s grandson, his life is nothing pitiful. I"m afraid that even Tang Gaolin couldn"t remember him among hundreds of grandsons. As long as this event is heard by Meng s.h.i.+dao and has Meng s.h.i.+dao bear Tang Clan in Shengzhou Province in mind, it would be a worthy business for Tang Clan!”

“Do I…need to report it to the castellan?”

“These dirty words could only make the listener upset. It"s unnecessary to let my father know about it. Just put the 3 d**chebags behind the bars. Ignore that!”

“Just put them behind the bars? Do we need to set one free to report to Tang Clan so that Tang Clan could a.s.sign representatives here to take them away?”

“Yup, just put them behind the bars, all of them. No need to interrogate them. Lock them up in another place stealthily. Nothing has happened. Now that Tang Clan want to throw a stone to clear the road, I will not make them satisfied!” Zhang Yang said with a resolute look. Even though he was talking about a clan of provincial governor, he didn"t look fearful at all; instead, he only looked vicious and resolute. “If an elder of Tang Clan comes here, have the subordinates pretend to know nothing about it. We will solve it in official procedures. I wonder what Tang Clan could do to Youzhou Province. If Tang Clan don"t show up, just lock them up until they die. Now that Tang Jiyao is talkative, let him talk about his mercy, righteousness, morality and ethics to those vicious convicts awaiting execution in the prison. Don"t let them die easily…”

‘Yes, sir!” Zhang Yang"s subordinate replied while lowering his body.

“Oh, check the business groups and clans who have trade ties with Tang Clan. From now on, Jinwu Business Group will stop cooperating with any business group, commercial organization and firms who are affiliated to Tang Clan. Make sure that Tang Clan could not gain any vial of all-purpose medicament. Let those business groups make choices themselves. If they want to cooperate with Tang Clan, they don"t need to do business with Jinwu Business Group! Additionally, check the compet.i.tors of Tang Clan"s business groups; give me a name list of them. As for these people who dare turn up their noses at us and promote themselves to higher levels by treating Zhang Clan as tools, we have to let them feel some pain.”

“Yes, sir…”

When Zhang Yang was dealing with the event in his study, Knight Liu was who employed by Zhang Yang was guarding outside the room.

…

Some maids in the main mansion had already got up and made preparations; however, Zhang Tie"s dad and mom had not got up yet. In the bas.e.m.e.nt of the main mansion, there was a cultivation room. A knight at his 50s was sitting on a cattail ha.s.sock with crossed legs in a dull look. This knight was a.s.signed by Heavens Fortune Sect to protect Zhang family a few years ago.

In normal times, this knight didn"t leave the cultivation room. He just cultivated quietly in the cultivation room. Zhang Clan only needed to have people send him some fresh water and fruits regularly each month. This knight didn"t even come out to meet Zhang Tie yesterday.

Zhang Tie extended his spiritual energy over there and wanted to see what this knight was doing.

The moment Zhang Tie transferred his spiritual energy over there, the knight suddenly opened his eyes while shooting out shrewd eye light like how a ferocious tiger opened its eyes. Closely after that, this knight looked towards Zhang Tie"s courtyard. At the same time, he made a strange hand gesture while uttering lightly, “Block…”

As his invisible spiritual energy quivered for a short while in the underground cultivation room, Zhang Tie"s observation was blocked at once. Zhang Tie felt that his perceptions had been covered by a piece of black curtain. As a result, he could see nothing at all.

…

‘F*ck!"

Lying on the bed, Zhang Tie opened his eyes at the same time with a faintly shocked look.

‘Didn"t elder brother tell me that Heavens Fortune Sect a.s.signed a black iron knight here? But that guy below there is absolutely an earth knight." Zhang Tie exclaimed inside.

‘This earth knight is not an average earth knight; he"s much more powerful than Zhang Gui. When I looked at Zhang Gui using my spiritual energy, I was not discovered; when I threw a glance at the knight of Heavenly Fortune Sect, I was discovered at once. Additionally, he could block my perceptions about the cultivation room in a secret method."

Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile, ‘An earth knight of one of the top 7 sects has been protecting my family for a few years? I owe Heavenly Fortune Sect too much. Let an earth knight be our watchdog? d.a.m.n! Only people inside the Emperor"s Imperial City of Xuanyuan Hill could enjoy such a special treatment!"