Chapter 214: Chapter 106: Who Is Whose Hero?
Cao Kun was a very trustworthy man. At the dawn of the eleventh day, he took his harvest from Xiangcheng and his subordinates prepared to leave.
Yun Ce was sitting at the busiest crossroads in Xiangcheng, he and those meritorious ministers who participated in attacking the six cities in the Northern Territory were not satisfied, but Yun Ce watched them commit crimes with eager eyes, even if they had great dissatisfaction, they did not dare to say more.
In fact, the effectiveness of Seal the Blade for ten days after city breaking only lasted two days, accurately speaking only one and a half days, because the people in the city all ran to sit behind Yun Ce at that time.
At the time of parting, Cao Kun suddenly said to Yun Ce: “Are you sure I can safely return to Yujin Pass?”
Yun Ce nodded and said: “You, of course no problem.”
Cao Kun sighed and said: “That means others have problems, right?”
Yun Ce shook his head and said: “How would I know if they can return home? You know, the Northern Territory has just experienced a rebellion, thieves are everywhere…”
Cao Kun continued to sigh and said: “As long as you don’t become a thief, the other thieves are not a concern.”
Cao Kun turned back to look at the Great Wall generals with pleading expressions on their faces, then said to Yun Ce: “I’ll stay with you for one more day.”
Yun Ce said worriedly: “You are a noble, now there’s nothing in Xiangcheng, no things to entertain you with.”
1 Cao Kun laughed: “No harm, no harm.”
1 While speaking, his gaze fell on the horse carriages those people brought, which were fully loaded with good things scavenged from Xiangcheng.
1 The generals had no choice but to leave half of the scavenged materials and beauties.
1 While the two were talking, the Red Date Horse returned from the wilderness like lightning, happily neighing and jumping beside Yun Ce, not only agile in reaction but also able to jump a full zhang high.
1 Cao Kun helplessly watched the Red Date Horse frolicking beside Yun Ce, and once again said to the generals behind him: “General Yun’s Thunder Smoke Beast is exceptionally divine and handsome, it can run a round trip of a thousand li in a single day.”
1 The generals looked troubled upon hearing this.
1 Yun Ce said softly: “Not just that, Big Red can traverse mountains and ridges as if on flat ground, it is the most powerful Thunder Smoke Beast on earth and under heaven.”
1 One general could no longer endure and said to Yun Ce: “General Yun, let’s speak plainly, what percentage of our loot from Xiangcheng do you intend to take?”
1 Yun Ce, Filth all over, said seriously: “Seventy percent, leave seventy percent, you take the remainder, and also, not a single person is allowed to be taken away.”
1 Upon hearing this, Cao Kun immediately signaled Cao Ling to leave all the women behind, and took more than a dozen carts of materials as the first to leave Xiangcheng.
2 The generals were shocked by Yun Ce’s shamelessness and did not react for a moment, only to see that after Cao Kun left, a group of people closed the City Gate.
2 Yun Ce shook his Filth outer robe and said to those panicked generals: “Now, I want one hundred percent, including your warhorses, weapons, and armor!”
2 “Yun Ce, you are bullying us too much!”
2 Yun Ce beckoned behind him, and immediately two strong men laboriously dragged Yun Ce’s meteor hammer over, placing the Iron Chain in his hand.
2 The huge meteor hammer became as light as two children’s toys in Yun Ce’s hands, whipping through the air with whistling sounds over everyone’s heads, sending chills down their spines.
2 Just as Yun Ce was choosing which general’s head to smash the meteor hammer onto, Zhao Yi, the general from Dong Quan Pass, jumped down from his horse and began to remove his own armor. Similarly, his two hundred guards also began to put down their weapons and remove their armor.
2 With Zhao Yi taking the lead, the other generals had no choice but to follow suit. In the past ten days, they had visited two slaughter sites personally created by Yun Ce and did not want the East Gate of Xiangcheng to become a third one.
2 Watching these men remove their armor, Yun Ce showed not the slightest bit of happiness, but instead felt much more melancholic. He doubted whether such a group of cowards could really defend the Great Wall Defense Line when the Gui Fang people arrived.
2 In the end, Yun Ce still let these people go.
2 Because the people of Xiangcheng did not demand that Yun Ce seek revenge for their dead family members.
3 So, they were also a herd of cattle and sheep that could be herded. Even if a fierce tiger appeared in their camp, they would not dare to demand blood debt from the evil wolves that harmed them.
3 Liang Kun brought twenty-three neatly dressed young men. Yun Ce pointed at Liang Kun and said: “From now on, he is your City Lord.”
3 He pointed at the twenty-three young men again and said: “From now on, they are the ones managing you.”
3 After the people present bowed to Liang Kun and the others, Yun Ce said to the people present: “Those whose daughters were abducted, if they are here, take them back. Those whose household goods were robbed can reclaim thirty percent from here.
3 From now on, do your business well in Xiangcheng, do your work well, pay taxes on time, and I will provide you protection.
3 From now on, those who invade Xiangcheng die!”
3 The scene of the masses cheering as often seen in stories did not appear, nor did the joyful sight of people running to spread the news. After confirming they would be managed by another group, the people returned to their homes.
3 Families whose daughters were taken dared to boldly reclaim them, but as for those whose property was plundered, not one dared to step forward to demand it back.
3 Liang Kun quickly assumed the role of manager, recruiting personnel on the spot. From constables to neighborhood heads, many hands were needed, and these could only be recruited locally from Xiangcheng or by employing existing clerks.
3 Yun Ce did not care about these matters, or rather, he was not very interested in the Han People here. Even though they were very obedient, Yun Ce did not care much for them.
4 He was waiting for those children in the Yun Clan Villa to grow up. Only when they grew up could comrades emerge from this group armed with Earth culture.
4 Yun Ce felt he could afford to wait. Good food is never afraid of being late.
4 The Red Date Horse galloped happily in the Wilderness. Sitting on the tall horse’s back, Yun Ce could still see those corpses that had long begun to rot. Scavenger birds in the sky and scavenger beasts on the ground had been holding a feast here for many days.
4 Soon, only white bones would litter the ground here.
4 As long as these white bones remained, no one would attack that city without an army or city defenses—Xiangcheng.
4 Zheng Tianshou left three days early. When he left, he took Xiangcheng’s treasury, the city’s most beautiful women, the most intelligent children, and all of Yan Fei’s family.
4 Yun Ce could not judge whether the old man’s actions were unintentional or deliberate. If deliberate, Yun Ce felt he must be on guard against him in the future. Having one’s actions seen through was not a pleasant thing.
4 Moreover, Cao Kun’s inexplicable assist was extremely strange. This was not the scene Yun Ce hoped to see. What was supposed to be a good prestige-building operation was turned by Cao Kun into a duet between himself and him, greatly discounting the prestige result.
4 What should have maintained deterrence for at least three years was halved by Cao Kun, and the Yun Clan’s independence was questioned. This was very unfavorable for future alliances and combinations, and the Yun Clan would become a minority in the Northern Territory from then on.
4 Yet Yun Ce had no way to fall out with the Cao Clan. No matter what, Xiangcheng still needed Pingzhou’s Shehuo for protection. Facing their counterattack, Yun Ce swallowed this bitter wine.
5 On the road back to Jingkou Pass, they would pass a peak called Woman Mountain. This mountain got its name mainly because the two connected peaks were steamed bun-shaped, and the peaks farther away resembled a beauty’s profile.
5 Near the Foot of the mountain, there was a waterfall. The waterfall was not large, just a trickle, but the water was clear. After falling into the deep pool and overflowing, it formed a River flowing to Xiangcheng, called Woman River.
5 At this time, Yun Ce and the Red Date Horse were soaking in the deep pool under the waterfall to clean their bodies.
5 Yun Ce never wanted to bathe with the Red Date Horse, mainly because this guy’s farts were poisonous. Whenever it entered the water, it loved to blow bubbles with its butt, so much so that downstream from its bathing spot, dead fish would float to cover the river surface.
5 Fortunately, there was a small stone pit above this deep pool. The stone was slippery, the Red Date Horse did not come, so Yun Ce lay peacefully in the water pit, letting the waterfall rinse him, without worrying about being poisoned by the Red Date Horse’s fart.
5 Next, he was going to a town called Qi Li Pu to meet the beauty Yan Fei mentioned. Yun Ce planned to wash himself clean before going. In case she ran a black shop specializing in human flesh steamed buns, washing himself clean would save the head chef in her kitchen some trouble.
5 The treasure hiding place Yan Fei mentioned was definitely a trap, and this trap was prepared by Yan Fei to facilitate his own revenge. There would definitely be treasure, but one thing was very annoying: Yan Fei clearly knew he had the ability of Ten Thousand Enemies, so why tell him there was treasure in Qi Li Pu?
5 If the people in Qi Li Pu had the ability to avenge Yan Fei and kill him, this Ten Thousand Enemies, then why didn’t Yan Fei place such an important force, which could almost sway a battle, in Xiangcheng?
5 What was their relationship?
5 Superior and subordinate, companions, or allies?
6 All of this could only be clarified upon arriving at Qi Li Pu.
6 Yun Ce vigorously scrubbed his body with the towel. In the past half month, he had been really too dirty. It took a full hour for Yun Ce to thoroughly scrub his body clean, and he even used the water as a mirror to shave off the beard that had grown messy not long after sprouting.
6 Doggy, who claimed to have learned a full set of beauty techniques, trimmed his face, groomed his eyebrows, and even clipped the nose hairs that had long grown out of his nostrils.
6 Yun Ce never knew that trimming nails could be so troublesome. To match the moon-white on the nails, a set of massage techniques was needed to make the nails ruddy and vibrant.
6 The Red Date Horse received even more treatments; it was the most important prop displaying wealth beside a Noble Son.
6 After Doggy finished grooming the man and the horse, Yun Ce leaned over to look at his reflection in the water and muttered to himself: “Originally the lead performer in the pleasure quarters, a butterfly in the flower groves, how did I end up fallen here.”
6 Up early to write another chapter, then off to the airport, arriving in Hainan in the afternoon.
