Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 324 - 141: Heading to the Great Zhou Imperial City! The Destiny Coffin Escapes Again! (10,000-Word Mega - , Subscription Requested)_5
And to come in and say that trouble is fun?
This...
As expected!
Yun Shouji found that no matter what, he could never fully grasp Fan Wu’s thoughts.
How could anyone like trouble?
Find trouble fun?
Yun Shouji could tell that Fan Wu’s remark was not a well-intentioned lie; it was said with genuine, cut-to-the-bone emotion. At the same time... it was also a solid, undeniable truth!
That was even more preposterous!
...
The next day.
Early in the morning.
Old Blue Ox, seemingly unaccustomed, shook its robust bovine body, jostling the Nanjun County Prince, who was bound to its back, causing him discomfort, yet the prince didn’t dare utter a word of complaint.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t tried to resist. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
After all, he couldn’t remember anything and was suddenly bound up, to be taken to some so-called Imperial City.
Who would be happy about that?
Then.
He was pinned to the ground by Fan Wu with one hand and roughed up for quite a while, completely deflated his temper.
Especially when Fan Wu held his head in one hand, the Nanjun County Prince had a strange feeling—that this man named Fan Wu might only need to use a bit of strength to crush his head, ending his life then and there.
So.
He became obedient!
"Daoist Priest Fan, let me tell you, although I’ve only been to the Imperial City once or twice, I remember the way there!" In front of Old Blue Ox, Yun Jiuqing led the ox by the rope while patting her chest which rose and fell with her breathing.
She was no longer disguised as a man but was dressed properly in women’s clothing.
However, at first glance.
Her attire was still rather androgynous.
Yun Jiuqing continued, "The Great Zhou Imperial City is located in one of the five major prefectures, the Central Prefecture, at the very heart of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It’s the largest city within the dynasty. Three or four Nanjun prefectures put together might not be as big as the Imperial City."
"From Nanjun Prefecture Government to the Great Zhou Imperial City, the road is quite smooth, and it takes less than a month to get there. If it’s not that smooth, then it would take a little over a month, or even two months."
"The last time I went from the prefecture to visit my grandfather in the Imperial City, it took me about twenty-five or twenty-six days. That time, things went smoothly, and we didn’t run into any trouble on the road."
"Oh! Daoist Priest Fan! Let me tell you, there’s so much delicious food and fun in the Imperial City! The brothels there are much bigger than the ones in the prefecture..."
"..."
Under Yun Jiuqing’s enthusiastic chattering along the way, Fan Wu, Yun Jiuqing, the Nanjun County Prince, and Old Blue Ox... two men and one ox, left the prefecture of Nanjun and headed towards the Great Zhou Imperial City just as dawn broke.
Since whether it was the recently famed Fan Wu, or Yun Jiuqing, the daughter of the prefectural lord, or the Nanjun County Prince with his special status...
Each of them was a figure that drew public attention.
This meant that as soon as they left the prefecture, a wealth of information spread rapidly throughout Nanjun Prefecture Government.
The news reached the ears of many important figures.
For many, the first reaction upon hearing this was disbelief, as if a brutal and wicked demon had suddenly descended among them. As everyone trembled in fear, did the demon just up and leave?
But as they kept confirming the news, they realized it was true.
Fan Wu really had left Nanjun Prefecture Government!
At that moment...
Many people breathed a sigh of relief.
In an inn within the prefecture, the same group gathered—some were family heads of certain clans, some were leaders of certain forces, others were officials in charge of certain areas within the prefecture.
"Phew!" A middle-aged man with graying temples couldn’t help but exhale in relief, feeling as if a weight had been lifted off him and said, "He’s finally left. Having been worried these past days that he would suddenly target my Li Family!"
Beside him, a portly prefectural official sipped wine and said cheerfully, "Family Head Li, you must be joking. Everyone knows your Li Family runs a legitimate business, why would Daoist Priest Fan come after the Li Family?"
"Ha ha ha ha!" Patriarch Li laughed awkwardly. Among all those present, who didn’t know the others well? His Li Family had been dominant in the prefecture for decades—could they really be clean?
Even he, the family head of the Li Family,
could hardly guarantee it.
After all.
He himself wasn’t clean!
"It is indeed good that he’s gone!" Another family head commented, "Having that Fan Wu in the prefecture one more day was agony for me."
"Indeed!" Another person agreed, "Who knew if he would suddenly turn against us? Thankfully, he’s gone."
"However... why did Daoist Priest Fan take the Nanjun County Prince with him? And why is the daughter of the prefecture governor with him?"
"It’s said that His Highness the Prince of Nanjun ran into some trouble, though the specifics are not yet clear. Perhaps they need to take the prince to the Imperial City for an examination by the royal physicians!"
"Right, didn’t you send someone to Qiulong County to gather information? Did they find out anything?"
As these words fell,
Everyone in the room quieted down, all eyes focused on one man.
That man coughed and said, "I indeed sent people to Qiulong County at full speed to inquire. For this, a good four or five horses died of exhaustion to bring back news from Qiulong County in such a short amount of time."
