When the sword comes out of Emei, I will be the front

Chapter 22 Jade pendant as proof, opportunity as bait

As the saying goes: There are seven grades of officials in front of the prime minister.

Now the king of Ruyang, Chahan Timur, is young and powerful. He controls the military power of several provinces and has wiped out the anti-Yuan rebels several times. He is highly regarded by the Yuan Emperor and is not inferior to the prime minister. His family's disciples are naturally above the top.

The man was in his fifties, standing at the door with a bulging belly and a fat face raised high. He was greeting gift-givers one after another while he was skillfully putting away the bulging door bags. In his arms, if he felt that the door bag was a little light, he immediately threw it back with a cold face, and did not accept any gifts from the visitor.

There were another twenty or thirty young men running back and forth, constantly carrying the gifts they received into the mansion.

I was busy working hard when I suddenly saw a seven or eight-year-old boy walking to the door with the beautiful nun Shi Shiran. The boy looked up at the plaque on the door, nodded and said: "Master, this is Ruyang Prince's Mansion, let's go in." .”

The nun looked proud and nodded slightly, and the two of them climbed up the steps and entered the door in a grand manner.

The doorman was stunned and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Hey! This is Ruyang Prince's Mansion. If a monk wants to give alms, he should go to the side door and wait."

"Alms? Are you blind? My master and disciple came all the way to Dadu to give some charity to your family?"

Menzi never expected that the young man's expression changed and he started to curse, his face full of arrogance.

"you!"

Menzi wanted to get angry, but he was afraid that the other party had extraordinary origins. He suppressed his anger and looked at it carefully, and was suddenly shocked.

I saw this young man, wearing a tiger skin cloak, with his arms open, revealing a moon-white gown with excellent texture and workmanship. That was fine. What was scary was that there was a piece of jade hanging on his belt, which made the door look more and more familiar. .

Look at the nun again. She is also wearing a zither dress made of high-quality brocade. She is playing with a string of rosary beads in her hand. Each one is round and shiny, and they are made of pearls.

If she only wears extraordinary clothes, it would not be surprising. There are many monks in the city who are rich and wealthy. The key is that this nun has a cold and indifferent expression, and is extremely arrogant. When she occasionally glances at her, she seems to be looking at a dead person. This kind of temperament is really... Captivating.

Menzi's heart skipped a beat and he didn't dare to make a mistake. He said with a smile on his face: "Ah, this master's wife and this young master have made a mistake. Since you are not asking for alms, why do you two come to the palace? "

The young man sneered: "My Anda invited me to come to his house as a guest, and your prince hired my master to serve as a worshiper in the palace. What do you think my master is worth?"

The disciple's heart skipped a beat again. Their prince was keen on martial arts and had recruited many masters to worship him in his house. Naturally, he knew what he was doing as a disciple. But the word "Anda" is heavier than the ordinary guest.

I couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if Mr. Anda is..."

The young man reached out and touched the jade pendant, and said calmly: "Of course I am your little prince."

The disciple wanted to ask again, but the young man's face darkened and he said coldly: "Old man, I have given you enough face. Even if you want to cross-examine me, you should ask someone who can speak to me in the palace to question me."

He turned to the nun and said, "Master, let's go in. Anda said that when you come to the palace, you will feel like home."

After saying that, he helped the nun and walked inside.

The disciple thought he was bluffing, but he didn't dare to stop him. He quickly smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I'm verbose, I'm verbose. Please go to the flower hall to serve tea..."

While reaching in to invite him, he pulled a boy over and whispered, "Please come to the flower hall, Mr. Ha!"

That young man and nun were naturally Ye Guhong and Miejie's master and disciple.

Although Ye Guhong heard that the door arranged to invite Mr. Ha, he just ignored it and helped Miejie into the palace. He walked around the screen wall and followed the boy who led the way to the flower hall. He sat down and a maid brought incense. Two cups of tea.

Not long after, a muscular man followed the young man and asked after entering the door: "Which young master calls himself the young prince's Anda?"

Ye Guhong looked sideways at the big man and sneered: "Can you find the second young master in this room?"

The big man paused for a moment, then looked at Miejie again: "Then this master must be my prince's new servant?"

Miejie glanced at him and ignored him. Ye Guhong stood up and said: "When you ask questions, shouldn't you first tell me who you are? My master and disciple came all the way around Dadu, not to talk nonsense with irrelevant people."

Seeing that he was young, his words were sharp, and Miejie's breathing was long. He obviously possessed great internal skills. He couldn't figure out his details for a while, and he didn't dare to take advantage of him. He laughed and said, "Easy to say, easy to say! My surname is Ha. I am the general manager of the foreign affairs of the palace, and the warriors in the palace are all under the command of Ha. If you have any needs for worship, Ha will arrange them. I wonder if I, with my humble status, can talk to your master and disciple?"

"It turns out it's General Manager Ha." Ye Guhong nodded, clasped his fists, and said in a more polite tone: "Since it's General Manager Ha in person, my master and apprentice will naturally talk about everything. General Manager Ha, this master is here. Master, people in the world call him the 'Goddess of the South Sea', my surname is Ye, and my name only has the character "Question"."

Manager Ha clasped his fists again and said: "It turns out it's the Nanhai Shenni who I've admired in person for a long time. Mr. Ye, I wonder when you and my young prince became Anda, and how did the Shenni get hired by my prince?"

Ye Guhong said with a smile: "Manager, I don't tell secret stories. My master and apprentice came unexpectedly, and it is inevitable for your family to have some suspicions. I will tell you everything, and please sit down and take a closer look." explain."

Seeing his magnanimity, Manager Ha nodded, pulled up a chair and sat across from him.

Ye Guhong stopped his smile and said seriously: "A few months ago, by chance, my master heard a great secret, so he packed his bags and headed north, intending to go to Yanmen Pass. When passing through Jiangzhou, he happened to meet the little prince. The same ugly master was surrounded by a group of Jianghu people and fought fiercely."

Manager Ha heard the words "Master Ugly" and knew that what Ye Guhong said was true, so his expression became more serious.

Ye Guhong said with a smile: "There are fightings in the Jianghu all the time. My master and apprentice have important matters, and I have no intention of getting involved. However, one of the people who are enemies of Master Chou is my master's former enemy, and they appeared in Jiangzhou. This area is really strange, I'm afraid I have to go to Yanmen Pass to seize the opportunity."

Manager Ha raised his eyebrows when he heard the words "seize the opportunity" and listened even more intently.

Ye Guhong lowered his voice and said: "My master found out that it was the enemy and took action decisively. She and Chou Toutuo worked together to severely injure the man. When the other party saw this, he had to run away. The young prince and I also got to know each other. After talking to each other, we fell in love with each other. , so we became Anda. I gave him the Heavenly Silkworm Soft Armor that my master passed down to me to protect my life, and he gave me this!"

He took off the jade pendant from his waist and flashed it in front of Manager Ha's eyes. With sharp eyes, Manager Ha immediately recognized that it was the jade pendant that his young prince had carried with him for many years.

Manager Ha has been in the mansion for a long time and knows that this jade pendant was a beautiful jade specially given by the emperor when the young prince was born. The prince had just been crowned king at that time and hired skilled craftsmen to carve it into a jade pendant. The young prince had worn it since he was a child and never left it.

If it were an ordinary situation, if Ye Guhong said that the young prince gave him this jade pendant, Manager Ha would probably not believe it. However, according to Mongolian custom, when they married Anda, the two of them gave each other gifts, and Ye Guhong gave it to his master to save his life. He gave away all his Celestial Silkworm Soft Armor. The young prince was very generous, so it seemed natural to give him this jade pendant in return.

Manager Ha was also a practicing practitioner. Hearing the name of the Silkworm Soft Armor, he guessed that it was probably an invulnerable soft inner armor. This kind of treasure, if only in terms of value, was probably far better than that jade pendant, so he couldn't help but nod slightly.

Ye Guhong continued: "The young prince said that my master was very powerful in martial arts, and his father would be very happy to see him, so he invited my master and apprentice to go to Jiangzhou to meet the prince. My master showed off some kung fu, and the prince was really happy and ordered him on the spot. Hire my master as a worshiper."

Having said this, Ye Guhong looked at Miejie, shook his head and said: "It's just that my master has never liked to socialize with others, let alone be bound by the world. Besides, he was eager to go to Yanmen Pass, so he rejected the prince's kindness. It's just me, kid. I have lived with Master on the island since I was a child and have never made any friends. Therefore, Master took pity on me and specially stayed for two more days to let me play with Anda. "

Manager Ha nodded and thought to himself: That's all. It turns out that this boy has had no friends since he was a child, and my little prince is very sociable. No wonder he fell in love with him at the first sight and gave away all the treasured soft armor. This nun looked so cold, but in her heart she loved her apprentice.

Ye Guhong sighed, shook his head and said: "That day, Anda asked me why I went to Yanmen Pass with my master? Of course I didn't hide it from him, so I told him the truth. Unexpectedly, he turned around and told the prince, who came to look for me again. Master, if it is such an opportunity, it is really not a trivial matter. Since my master’s enemy knows about it and rushes away, how can he know that no one else will know about it? By then, I don’t know how many people will go to snatch it. Although my master’s martial arts is high, he may not be able to do it with his two fists. If I agree to serve as a tribute to the palace, the palace can help my master win that opportunity!"

When Manager Ha heard this, he clapped his legs and said, "Ha understands! The prince has important things to do on his trip to Jiangzhou, so he naturally has no time to attend to them. The matters of your master and apprentice are also urgent, so he came to the palace first to move troops! However, In this case, the prince should have a letter for you to bring."

Ye Guhong shook his head and said: "The prince wanted to write a handwritten letter that day, but I, Anda, said that there is nothing to do. As long as you show this, the people in the prince's palace will naturally cooperate fully."

He shook the jade pendant again.

Manager Ha thought about it, and it made sense. The so-called opportunities that these people in the world valued more than their lives were probably not worth mentioning for their own prince. It was enough to use the little prince's jade pendant for some small things like manpower. In this way, Come, the little prince has face in front of his friends.

He nodded and said, "That's not bad, but since we have to send out troops - it's not because Ham wants to know the secrets of your master and apprentice, but he has to ask what kind of opportunities are hidden in Yanmen Pass."

Ye Guhong closed his mouth and looked at Miejie.

Miejie only had one line today, and he had recited it over and over in his mind many times. At this moment, he took a breath and said lightly: "Tell him, you have already told Anda anyway, and his father also knows, so there is no need to worry about the palace. Keep it a secret anymore.”

Ye Guhong showed a trace of guilt, and after a moment, he looked at Manager Ha and whispered: "Manager Ha, do you know that hundreds of years ago, an earth-shattering figure was buried under the cliff of Yanmen Pass. The King of the South Academy of the Liao Kingdom also served as the leader of the Beggar Clan. Everyone in the martial arts world in the north and south must respect him, Master Xiao!"

Manager Ha opened his eyes and took a breath.

(End of this chapter)