Chapter 770: Jiangsai City (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
However, as soon as he asked, he saw that the surrounding people, who originally had nothing to do with him, were all looking at him, as if he had said something shocking.
When a butcher who was slaughtering meat heard this, he slashed the butcher’s knife in his hand at the chopping board, his fat body trembling non-stop. “Ha, what King Xiaoyao, what carefree dog? When you come to our territory, there’s no such thing as a king. Kid, you can eat meat casually, but you can’t speak nonsense. Otherwise, you’ll become everyone’s side dish tonight!”
When the others heard this, they also laughed maliciously. They sized up w.a.n.g Wulang as if he had really become a dish and not a living person.
There were even people who looked at All Yu, who was already wearing a veil, and Tang Yuan, who was dressed as a maidservant at the side. Their gazes were very explicit and disgusting.
Chi Tu and Chi Ding kept their hands on their swords. They were only waiting for Ah Yu’s order to cut off these people’s heads and make them fall to the ground.
Chi Gou was also enduring. Staying with these people really dirtied Miss All Yu’s eyes.
They were not in a hurry to look for the officials first. Instead, they found an inn that looked relatively clean. The shopkeeper there was not an honest person. However, after they cut off the arm of a waiter on the spot, the shopkeeper’s expression changed. He quickly arranged a suite for them which came with a small courtyard.
Although it was called a small courtyard, it was actually just a palm-sized piece of land that could let in some fresh air.
It was already late at night, but w.a.n.g Wulang could not fall asleep. He sat on the threshold of All Yu’s room and said to her, “Ah Yu, sleep early. Big Brother will guard the door. Don’t worry, no one can enter.”
Just as w.a.n.g Wulang finished speaking, he heard a plop from Ah Yu’s room, as if something had fallen into the river outside the room.
Right on the heels of that, he heard the sound of a window opening. w.a.n.g Wulang thought of something and immediately opened the door, just in time to see Ah Yu jump out the window.
“All Yu!”
The others also heard the commotion and jumped into the river.
In the dead of the night, there were still many people staying in the inn during the day, but at this moment, it was as if there was no one around. Other than the sound of paddling, they could not hear anything.
The few of them quickly pulled All Yu out of the water. Only then did they realize that Ah Yu was still pulling the corner of someone’s shirt tightly.
They pulled that person up and realized that it was a girl around 13 or 14 years old.
“You guys go out first. We have to change this Big Sister’s clothes first.” Ah Yu chased the men away, leaving Ah Yu, Tang Yuan, and Chi Gou in the room.
Tang Yuan quickly found a few sets of clothes and changed them for All Yu before changing it for the others.
After changing her clothes, Tang Yuan was about to go out to look for the waiter to boil soup when she was stopped by Chi Gou. “There’s our water and clay pots in the room. Take them to the courtyard to boil. Watch it the entire time. You can’t even yawn, understand?”
Tang Yuan understood and immediately went to get some ingredients to make soup.
When the soup was done, she gave it to the girl to drink. Only then did the girl slowly wake up. When she opened her eyes and saw Ah Yu, she realized that the other party was a very familiar-looking girl under the dim light.
She grimaced. “You shouldn’t have saved me.”
“If you’re saved, you’re saved. Since Little Sister was saved, you should cherish your life well. Don’t commit suicide again.” Ah Yu disagreed. “What can’t be resolved properly? Must it come to this?”
“Little Sister, I’m afraid you’ve just arrived and don’t know how terrifying this Jiangsai is.” The girl sighed and said, “If you want to roam the martial arts world, I advise you to leave early. This is not a place for humans.”
This girl was unwilling to say anything else. She was even unwilling to reveal her name.
She originally wanted to leave directly. But Ah Yu felt that those people outside were not good people. Moreover, if a girl walked out at night, she might encounter danger again, so she left her in the room and let her go out at dawn.
The girl was obedient and stayed until the next morning. At dawn, the girl left. However, when she reached the door, she turned around and asked All Yu, “Although I originally didn’t want to be saved, since you saved me, you’re my savior. If you need my help with anything, I’ll definitely do my best. Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I won’t hesitate.”
Ah Yu found it a little funny. “There’s no need for that, but we’ve indeed just arrived and are unfamiliar with the place. I want to know, if the Imperial Court sends officials to Jiangsai, where will they go to take up their duties first?” The girl was immediately shocked. “You’re officials?!”
“I guess so.” All Yu didn’t say anything else and only said, “I originally thought that Jiangsai was a very big place, and Jiangsai City should be very big too. However, it’s not very big, and I didn’t see any government buildings, so I asked. If the people here suffer grievances or have any lawsuits, where can we find a proper government office?”
“Ha, don’t ask a second person about this. Otherwise, they’ll laugh at you to death. Don’t think that just because there are some people outside who look like officials, you can a.s.sume that they’re from the government. There’s no government in Jiangsai City. Those people wearing the clothes of the officials are either deserters or bandits who committed crimes, killed the officials, and stole their clothes. If you encounter anything, don’t look for them.” As the girl spoke, she lowered her voice and said to Ah Yu, “Whether you’re from the government or not, don’t say anything when you go out. You don’t know that a big shot came here last time. At that time, he was very ostentatious. He said that he wanted to reorganize the atmosphere in Jiangsai. But in a few days, that big shot was killed and even had his skin peeled. He was hung on the city wall for everyone to see.. Rats climbed up and ate him every day!”