Red Dragon Swordsman
Ci An city.
Liu Tong hugged Li Hong Xiu his wife who was now a magnificent corpse on a pile of firewood ready for the cremation of a woman who meant so much to a Liu Tong..
"Sister Tong, are you ready for your wife's cremation ritual? " quired Zhang Xiao Long subtly to Liu Tong who was holding a torch in his left hand after sprinkling yellow roses on his wife's corpse.
"Already." replied Liu Tong steadfastly.
The flames wrapped Li Hong Xiu to dust as the flames burned down Li Hong Xiu before Liu Tong who shed tears of sorrow for his wife..
"Sister Tong, heal your heart" Zhang Xiao Long said patting his shoulder.
"Yes." Liu Tong replied briefly.
"Boyard Liu, before your wife died he left a letter for you and a Jade bracelet for me. " nalan Yan Ran said subtly to Liu Tong while giving Li Hong Xiu's Jade letter and bracelet to Liu Tong.
"Thank you young mistress Nalan Yan Ran" Liu Tong said kindly to Nalan Yan Ran as he received his wife's Jade letter and bracelet from Nalan Yan Ran.
"ciii.. Where is Fan Yi Xing? " zhang Xiao Long asked around the outer Ci village after they collected Li Hong Xiu's ashes in an urn that Liu Tong had brought to carry in the Ci river at the entrance to the great city of Ci An..
"He's safe inside here when I see that there's been an attack on the Ci tribe's villagers outside then I immediately secured the boy inside here before me, brother Hong Xiu and Miss Shiu Chiu lunged at the people of the red Ci flower sect outside this house.. " nalan Yan Ran replied opening the wooden crate inside the wooden bed in the right corner of the house and lifting the baby Fan Yi Xing from inside.
"Thankfully, she survived" said Zhang Xiao Long taking the baby from Nalan Yan Ran's sling.
"Great master Afung, the,should you and your wife leave your child to my teacher's aunt alone at the Ci duke's house in Ci An city for our trip throughout the northeastern region to be calmer and safer? " ask Miss Shiu Chiu politely to Zhang Xiao Long.
"Your idea is very kind, Miss Shiu Chiu. All right, my wife and I will leave our son to your aunt in Ci an for a while until our work in the northeast region can be completed perfectly. " Zhang Xiao Long replied in agreement with Miss Shiu Chiu's proposal.
"Sister Long, I can't leave our son to anyone else, so let me take him home to us, and I won't go with you on adventures all over the world of the great landmass but I and the others will wait for your return to our homes patiently. " said Nalan Yan Ran giving the right solution to the kindness of Nalan Yan Ran and Fan Yi Xing their foster baby boy to Zhang Xiao Long.
"That's fine, Yan Ran. Alright, you and Fan Yi Xing should go home to our house then you and the others wait for me to come home to us patiently. " said Zhang Xiao Long who finally released Nalan Yan Ran back to their home in the capital of the Red Dragon Empire by riding the horse they had just bought at the entrance market to the city of Ci an.
Liu Tong looked calm as he walked into the city of Ci an followed by Zhang Xiao Long and Swordsman Zhao as well as Miss Shiu Chiu who was seen looking for a way to approach Zhang Xiao Long without being present Nalan Yan Ran was at the side of the young man.
"That's my teacher's aunt" said Miss Shiu Chiu who waved at the noble lady waiting for them at the gate of the Ci ducal house.
"Shiu Chiu, why did you just come to my house..?" duke Ci's concubine asked with an affectionate hug to Miss Shiu Chiu as they arrived at the Duchy of Ci.
"Ouh, okay. Let all of you enter the house of Duke Ci. "said the lady in a friendly tone welcoming the arrival of Zhang Xiao Long and Liu Tong as well as Swordsman Zhao.
"Yes, well, thank you very much for your invitation, Nyonnya Ci. " liu Tong said respectfully to the aunt of the teacher Miss Shiu Chiu who then invited them into the main room of the Duke Ci's house.
There, there, there, they met Duke Ci Jen who was sitting in a chair facing the door and flanked by his five wives and his children and grandchildren who had sat sweetly in their seats to welcome their guests.
"Welcome to special guests who would love to visit our humble home.. I'm Duke Ci very pleased with the arrival of you great landlords whom I have long wanted to meet" said Duke Ci, who saluted Zhang Xiao Long, Liu Tong and Swordsman Zhao were paying their respects to the sixty-year-old man.
"Yes, thank you for the invitation from Duke Ci for us. " said Zhang Xiao Long, Liu Tong and Swordsman Zhao in a polite tone.
"Let the Swordsmen taste a typical wine treat of our city of Ci an brought by my wife for the four of you. " duke Ci said kindly presenting a cup of wine typical of the city of Ci an to Zhang Xiao Long, Liu Tong and Swordsman Zhao as well as Miss Shiu Chiu who had sat in the guest chair.
"Alright, Duke Ci. I came to your house to ask about heirlooms that are shaped like small children's marbles that are red when placed in a pitch-black room. Have you ever heard of it in Ci An? " Miss Shiu Chiu went straight to the core of her arrival to Duke Ci's house to the old man who became her teacher's aunt's husband.
"Remember." answered Duke Ci an immediately.
"Where? When and who did you hear had it in this town? " ask Miss Shiu Chiu in a very friendly tone
"In the palace of the Kingdom of Ci at the top of Mount Ci, and I heard it when I visited the mountain top village of Ci a few days ago that the person who had the heirloom was this dozen-year-old man who was the same age as you, Miss Shiu Chiu. " duke Ci replied with his old face so agitated when talking about the heirloom and the heirloom holder in front of his guests.
"Hmm, Uncle Ci.. You don't worry we will definitely protect you and your family if you want to help us to go to the royal palace of Ci on the top of Mount Ci tonight. Are you willing to help us for peace throughout this country? " ask Miss Shiu Chiu sincerely to Duke Ci.
"Alright, Shiu Chiu. I will help you to get what you want at the top of Mount Ci if it is for peace throughout this country" answered Duke Ci willingly.
"Hmm, alright, we begin preparations for us to go to the top of Mount Ci at night by starting from now on at your house, Uncle Ci. " said Miss Shiu Chiu who directly held a secret meeting with Duke Ci, Zhang Xiao Long, Liu Tong and Swordsman Zhao in another room in the Duchy of Ci.
Zhang Xiao Long carefully observed the map of Ci an city area as he attended the meeting held by Miss Shiu Chiu along with Duke Ci and Swordsman Zhao as well as Liu Tong in the Duke's private room Ci itself.
"There's an ice bear head statue in this town square.. Hmm, there is a downhill road at the entrance to the Ci kingdom. "inner Zhang Xiao Long.
"The orange flower of Ci is a symbol of the suspicious Ci tribe, " whispered Liu Tong and Swordsman Zhao together near Zhang Xiao Long who stood in the middle of the two.
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