The Golden Age - Chapter 84: The Manor at the City
Yuwen Chengchao!
Qin Xiao’s heart sank. You have to be kidding me. This person is the eldest son of Marquess Yuwen?
Out of the three most powerful families of Xiling, Yuwen ranked first.
Qin Xiao has been guessing which Eldest Son the man in front of him was since they were on the mountain. But he never even imagined that this Eldest Son was the son of the Yuwen family.
After all, in addition to the three Menfa in Xiling, there were also hundreds of families under it. With the three families as the trunk, hundreds of other families developed as branches, which now formed as the Xiling Menfa.
The oldest son of any of those hundreds of families can be called the Eldest Son.
But the person in front of him turned out to be none other than the eldest son of the Yuwen Family.
Qin Xiao didn’t speak for a while, wondering if there was a chance Yuwen Chengchao was the Eldest Son of a branch of the Yuwen family.
Yuwen was the most powerful family in Xiling. But there’s no way only Marquess Chang Yi had that name.
“Little brother, you’re lucky you met the Eldest Son,” Seeing Qin Xiao just standing there, Zhao Yi wondered if Qin Xiao was scared after hearing the name. He smiled, “This is our Marquess’s Eldest Son, and also the Eldest Son of Yuwen County. If the Eldest Son wants to help you, you’re nothing but lucky.”
Crap, so it is the Eldest Son of Marquess Chang Yi.Â
Qin Xiao smiled bitterly. It seemed that his luck was indeed good. He just stepped into Yuwen County, and now he happened to meet the Eldest Son of Yuwen County. With this kind of luck, going to the casino would probably earn him millions.
“Zhao Yi, stop saying that everywhere,” The Eldest Son, Yuwen Chengchao said in a deep voice towards Zhao Yi, then turned towards Qin Xiao, “Little brother, you can come with me to Fenggan City for now. I’ll help you arrange what happens after that.” He stopped for a second, and then asked, “Oh, I still don’t know your name yet.”
“Eldest Son, my name is Wang Xiao,” Qin Xiao quickly made something up.
Of course, he can’t tell them his real name.
All of Zhen County was looking for him. Who knew if they were looking in other counties or not. If the Yuwen Family was helping the Zhen Family and was also searching for him, then he’ll be caught immediately.
“Wang Xiao?” Yuwen Chengchao nodded slightly and then said to Zhao Yi and Pang Yu, “Go back and take those horses with us. Let’s go to the city first and wait for Da Peng and the rest of them.”
The two nodded, and without another word, they all patted their horse and left.
Qin Xiao looked at their backs and hesitated for a moment. But then he remembered, as long as he could hide the truth from Yuwen Chengchao, even if Marquess Zhen was a God, he would have never guessed that he was working in the Manor of Marquess Yuwen. So technically, it should be safer for him to stay with Yuwen Chengchao.
He knew that although Marquess Zhen hated him, he couldn’t search for him forever. It had been more than three months already. Hong Ye told him not to come back to Gui City within half a year, which meant after half a year, it should be safe for him.
He wouldn’t need to be with Yuwen Chengchao for too long. Manage for three to five months, then find a chance to leave, and then go back to Gui City to find Hong Ye.
After planning everything out, he stopped thinking, and then followed the Eldest Son.
Yuwen Chengchao and others knew that Qin Xiao wasn’t very good at horse riding, so they did not go at full speed either. They led Qin Xiao towards a southwest direction.
After a whole night of horse traveling, they ate a meal at a restaurant along the road. After that, they continued southwest.
At noon, Qin Xiao could see a huge shadow appear in the distance. Under the bright light of the sun, a huge city gradually appeared.
This city was way bigger than Gui City. The giant stones which make up the ten-meter tall wall were slightly slanted, giving people outside of the wall a feeling that the wall might crash down on them any second.
There were also many watchtowers and guards on top of the wall.
Qin Xiao shook his head in awe. This was his first time in Fenggan City. Now he finally saw what the largest city in Xiling was like.
At now, he also understood why the Manor of Xiling’s Defense was settled here.
“Pang Yu, you’re good with horses. Bring all these horses to White Tiger Battalion,” Before arriving in the city, Yuwen Chengchao already started giving orders, “Bring these horses to Yuan Shengyu and tell him they are a gift from me.”
Pang Yu did not hesitate. He got off his horse, carefully took the corpse off the horseback, and then walked to Qin Xiao, “Brother Wang, please bring my friend home.” He placed the corpse on Qin Xiao’s horse, and then went back onto his own horse. He got on, waved his hand, and went to the west with the rest of the horses.
The White Tiger Battalion is probably a private army of the Yuwen family, just like Zhen County’s Wolf Riders. Qin Xiao thought to himself.
After entering the city, Yuwen Chengchao did not slow down at all. Citizens on the streets would all quickly dodge to the side after hearing the sound of horses so that the Eldest Son, Qin Xiao, and Zhao Yi could get through. Qin Xiao could somewhat feel that the Eldest Son was a respected noble after all.
The streets in the city were not too wide, but the buildings and shops along the streets were very busy. There were also trees shading most of the street, making the scenery quite beautiful.
Qin Xiao sighed in awe. Gui City really was a rural place compared to this.
It was just that people on the sides saw them carrying two bodies on the horseback, and a tied-up stripped naked man was sitting on Yuwen Chengchao’s horse. This made them confused and wondered what was going on.
The horses didn’t slow down. After crossing many streets and alleys, they finally stopped outside a big manor.
There were two guards in front of the manor. After seeing Yuwen Chengchao, they both stepped forward. One of them took the horse rein that Yuwen Chengchao threw over, the other took the horse rein of Zhao Yi’s horse. Yuwen Chengchao dismounted his horse and then grabbed the Tusun rider off the horse as well. All four of the Tusun rider’s limbs were tied up, and his mouth was also muffled. He fell heavily onto the floor, making a bunch of noises. Yuwen Chengchao ordered, “Bring this bitch in, and lock him in a dog cage.”
Qin Xiao also got off his horse and looked up towards the front gate of the manor. There was no gate plaque on top of the gates. He was confused. The gates of the Manor of Marquess Zhen had a huge gate plaque on top, and in front stood two lion statues. Beside it was four swordsmen as well.
This manor in front of him was nothing compared to the Manor of Marquess Zhen. And there were also only two guards. Far from the oppressive style of Marquess Zhen.
The position of Marquess Chang Yi was no lower than that of Marquess Chang Xin. It was hard for Qin Xiao to believe that the Manor of Marquess Yuwen looked so ordinary. There were several rich families in Gui City who all had better manors than this in Gui City.
Is the Manor of Marquess Yuwen so low-key?
The two guards cut off the clothes used to tie the Tusun rider’s legs and pushed him into the manor. Zhao Yi looked at the corpses of their two companions and asked solemnly, “Eldest Son, they…?”
“Set up a memorial. We have to organize their funeral,” Yuwen Chengchao’s face was just as solemn. “Send someone to inform their family. And also tell them that we’ll definitely get avenge for them. Every day that I live, I will pay all of their family’s expenses.”
Suddenly, a few people also came rushing out from inside the manor. One of them was wearing a light blue robe and looked like he was almost sixty years old. His beard and eyebrows were white, and after seeing the situation, his face became completely pale. “What’s this?”
The old man was wearing ordinary clothes. Qin Xiao knew that this wasn’t the Marquess himself.
“Master,” Yuwen Chengchao stepped forward and bowed, “When we were hunting, we got attacked by a group of Tusun riders. Duan Cheng and the Seventh Brother were both killed. I brought their bodies back. Let’s set up the funeral immediately.”
“Tusun people?” The old man asked in shock, “What are they doing here? Are you sure they are Tusun people?”
Zhao Yi stepped forward. “Master Pang, we’re absolutely sure. We killed them already and captured one alive. We can’t understand the Tusun language, so we brought him back to be further investigated. Oh, Master Pang, you’ve been to Tusun before. Maybe you can understand and help question him.”
The old man, Master Pang, frowned and looked at Yuwen Chengchao, “Why didn’t you go to the Manor of the Marquess and report this to the Marquess first?”
Qin Xiao was stunned. Only then did he realize that this place was not the Manor of Marquess Yuwen. No wonder it looked so ordinary.
Yuwen Chengchao called the old man “master”, therefore this person seemed to have a special status too. Maybe this was the manor of this Master Pang.
However, Qin Xiao, just like Master Pang, thought that after such an important event happening, Yuwen Chengchao did not report directly to the Marquess and instead came here first was really strange.
“I’ll tell him later,” Yuwen Chengchao continued, “Master, please set up the memorial first.”
“Memorial?” Master Pang’s face sank and replied coldly, “How ridiculous. This is your manor, it belongs to the Yuwen Family. Why are you setting up memorials in a Yuwen Family’s manor?”
Qin Xiao was stunned again. This isn’t Master Pang’s manor?
Yuwen Chengchao pointed to the corpses on the horseback and replied, “They are my brothers. They died because of me. Of course I have to make the funerals for them.”
“Chengchao, don’t forget. You only have one brother, and that is the Second Son.” Master Pang said angrily, “These are your men. You can treat them as brothers, but you can’t set up funerals in a Yuwen manor. You already made the Marquess very angry last time, do you want to make him mad again?” He looked toward Zhao Yi, “Zhao Yi, bring a few men with you and bring their corpses back. Get some silver too, and pay each family two hundred taels. And then tell them that the Eldest Son will pay for the expenses of the funerals.”
“Master!” Yuwen Chengchao continued to insist.
Master Pang stared at him angrily, “What else do you want to say? Listen to me. Zhao Yi, what are you waiting for?” Then he looked at Qin Xiao and frowned. “Who’s this guy?”
Translated by: UnderTheMoon
Edited by: EyljeeÂ