Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 204: Elders of the Fadungan
Saturn's horse carriage troupe had just entered Xue He City via the southern path. They had briefly returned to the Yang Empire after making some observations of the branch opening plan. Now they come with preparation for having found a suitable place and will start the development stage.
"Miss, there's a group of people in front. Looks like they just had a fight." The coachman spoke from his place trying to tell the situation he was seeing.
Sontak Liu Mengqi raised his face then briefly peeked out from the window slit while scribbling the faint white cloth in front of him.
However, being slightly hindered by the coachman's back Liu Mengqi was unable to clearly see the situation.
"It looks like some of them are injured. Are we gonna stop helping them?" ask the coachman.
Hearing that Liu Mengqi momentarily thought. He was hesitant to interfere in this matter as it might be a trap that the bandit group had created to look for prey.
But the closer the distance between them, Liu Mengqi began to look at the group of people in question and realized a figure that was quite familiar to him.
"Zhang Yu!" murmured Liu Mengqi inwardly.
At the same time Zhang Yu was quite surprised to the point of squinting at the sight of Saturn's chariot. Because he had previously thought the group that came was part of the Spirit Palace or the group of Prime Minister Song Wejin. Who would have thought his guess was really off the mark.
"Third Brother, isn't that the epitome of Saturn's trade group?" xuan Wu asked while showing the flag on top of the main horse carriage.
"really. One month ago they registered to open a business. It seemed that they wanted to quickly inaugurate a branch in the Xuan Empire."
The horse carriage stopped. The horseman immediately ran to the side then lowered the stairs for Liu Mengqi.
"Miss Liu, nice to see you again," Xuan San greeted with a perfectly fluffy smile. It seemed that a different gaze was aimed at Liu Mengqi.
Liu Mengqi immediately returned the greeting kindly and warmly. "It's also nice to be reunited with the Third Prince."
Not to forget also Liu Mengqi greeted Xuan Wu, Xuan Yin and of course Zhang Yu who had since attracted his attention for wearing the robes of the Imperial Academy.
"Miss Liu, are you and your party on their way to the city center?" ask Xuan San.
Liu Mengqi immediately turned his gaze away from Zhang Yu. "really. We were on our way to the city center until we saw a trace of the fight from a distance."
"Third Prince, Fifth Prince, are you all right?" ask Liu Mengqi.
Although it seemed a bit late to ask, but Liu Mengqi became even more curious from seeing the injuries on the two princes' bodies.
Xuan San and Xuan Wu looked at each other. The next second they laughed softly while shaking their heads.
"We're doing fine. But can we come with you back downtown?"
Liu Mengqi briefly looked at Zhang Yu and immediately replied to him. "of course. We have enough places here."
...
Meanwhile in the Imperial Academy.
After the main gate and the entire in and out access were closed, a guard was gradually deployed. But until this moment the figure of the woman who awaited it has not revealed the trunk of her nose.
"Academy Chief, who exactly are you looking for?" ask Elder Xin Fei. He had already heard that Wang Chen was looking for someone so the entire exit access was closed for some time.
But what made Elder Xin Fei curious was how to see the female elders of the outer court gathered in this place as if to be the object of a suspect.
"..."
Instead of paying attention to Elder Xin Fei's question, Wang Chen quite seriously took a look at every single face of the outer court female elder who was now standing before him.
"You don't need to be nervous or anxious if you don't make a mistake," said Wang Chen trying to calm the elder who looked tense.
"Mother, you said you still remember that woman's face. Let's look at the elder who lined up there and tell me if you recognize him." With the continuous understanding his daughter gave him, Han Rui became more confident as he started to analyze every face there.
Yet he only shook his head as a sign if none of these elders were the woman he gave the ring to.
"Mother, are you sure that woman isn't here?" he Jiao asked as she asked her mother to look again at the faces of the elders before them.
"Mother sure. There's no."
Wang Chen's forehead shriveled when he heard Han Rui's reply. Gradually he took out a list of the names of the elders that Elder Xin Fei had just handed over just a moment ago and began to ascertain their numbers.
Surprisingly all the female elders listed were standing here. So what about the female elder? Or maybe he's not the elder of the Imperial Academy?
"Chairman Xin Fei, are you sure all the elders are already on your list of records?" ask Wang Chen.
Of course Elder Xin Fei was a little panicked when he saw the extremely serious eye gaze of Wang Chen.
"It's been so pseudo ...." Just as Elder Xin Fei was about to answer him, one female elder opened her mouth.
"Sorry Academy Head, there's actually one person who didn't come together."
Wang Chen looked at the female elder. "really? Wh who? Where is he now?"
"Rong Liuwen's. He had only been an elder these few months so his name had not been included in the outer court's elder list."
Wang Chen immediately looked at Elder Xin Fei who also looked puzzled. The female elder spoke again. "Elder Xin Fei probably didn't know about Rong Liuwen because he entered the academy with Elder Lou Yi."
"..."
There was no word that could be said when hearing the words of this female elder. Wang Chen kept the list scroll and asked Elder Xin Fei to call Elder Lou Yi.
Meanwhile in a fairly hidden place, a woman peeked and heard the discreet talk between the female elder and the Head of the Academy.
Gradually the look of his face turned tangled and became bad when he heard his identity had been revealed.
"Damn! How do they realize it so quickly! I didn't even get out because every exit was closed."
Rong Liuwen momentarily stared at the ring in his hand. Now he has to figure out how to get this ring out and hand it over to the prime minister.
Just as Rong Liuwen was still thinking of ways, two outer court disciples had somehow emerged from the mama suddenly already beside him.
"Greetings elder!" say them.
Rong Liuwen was shocked to the point of jolting. But instead of returning the greeting, Rong Liuwen looked at them sharply.
"What are you guys doing here? Go quickly!"
The two confused disciples of course immediately left Rong Liuwen. But Rong Liuwen had until recently been unable to think of a way to bring the ring out of the gates of the Imperial Academy.
"Who's there!"
Wang Chen's voice echoed loudly. Rong Liuwen gulped for a moment, then rushed away without any interest in being there anymore.
At the same time Wang Chen appeared at the place where Rong Liuwen was hiding. Although it did not manage to find the person it was looking for, Wang Chen could confirm if the woman was still in the academy's territory.
Wang Chen crouched down taking the elder token that was on the ground then smiled as he stared at the token.
"Since you're still inside the academy's territory, then don't even think about going out!"