The Glory After Rebirth [ɇÇ”Ÿä¹‹Å°Šè£] Chapter 572- 573

Chapter 572: Daily Life (6)

Ling Zhang left the palace without bringing a guard of honor and directly went to the Ling Mansion. On that day, at the palace banquet, he had talked with his father about having the trading fleet add an extra voyage to the Fangcun Kingdom to their yearly schedule, but the two of them had not had the time to enter into details. Today he was free, so he decided to finalize the plan with his father, which would save his father a trip into the palace.

Wang Dashan and the others were all momentarily surprised as they saw that Ling Zhang was really here to confer with Ling Zhaowu about something.

“So our young master is not really angry?”

“He doesn’t seem to be.”

“What should we do? His Majesty sure as hell misunderstood him.”

“Well, I think it’s not that big a deal … “

They exchanged apprehensive glances and then quietly averted their faces.

…

Yuwen Tong, after being informed that Ling Zhang was heading for the Ling Mansion, appeared fairly hesitant for a while, which was rather uncharacteristic of him.

Leaving everything else aside, the Ling Mansion constituted Ling Zhang’s “boyhood home”, and if it came to those people’s knowledge that he had pissed Ling Zhang off, they would not be so keen to listen to him justify himself.

However … the Ling Zhang he knew probably would not show any sign of his anger on his face, because if he did, he would have a hard job explaining to them why he was unhappy. Ling Zhang would never let anybody else know what had been drawn on his back.

As this thought crossed his mind, Yuwen Tong’s disquiet was allayed appreciably, and he began to ponder what he needed to do to get back in Ling Zhang’s good books.

Ling Zhang was angry at him because he refused to wash off the picture of peonies on Ling Zhang’s back. In fact Yuwen Tong had considered effacing the picture as Ling Zhang wanted him to, but after giving it some thought, he had, knowing Ling Zhang as he had done, realized that this was probably the last time Ling Zhang would allow him to draw a picture on his back, that if he washed it off, he would regret it for a very long time, which was why he could not bring himself to do it.

…

In the imperial palace.

Yuwen Yue, having watched her father leave, excitedly set off to her big brother’s place, planning to challenge him to a fight and defeat him with the two moves she had just learned.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Qi, at the sight of her, gave a violent shudder and directly surrendered himself. “I admit defeat, Crescent. Please have mercy on me.”

Yuwen Yue was stunned. The reason why she had specially learned these two moves was because she wanted to defeat her big brother fair and square. How could her big brother admit defeat when they had not even fought yet?

“You’re not allowed to admit defeat. Let’s scrap right now. Father has just taught me another two moves, with which I’m sure I can flatten you!” Yuwen Yue disagreed, insisting on Yuwen Qi having a kung fu competition with her.

Yuwen Qi was vexed with her. If he won the fight, Yuwen Yue might snitch on him to their father again; if he was to let her win, how to do it without her realizing it would be a tricky problem.

“No, you must have a competition with me. If you refuse, I’ll talk to Father and have him make you do it,” said Yuwen Yue.

Yuwen Qi, ” … “

That was exactly what he feared the most.

“Okay, okay, you’re the boss. Come on. Let’s get it over with!”

When the two of them were fighting, Yuwen Lin was enjoying the show on the side.

Losing the fight had not been easy for Yuwen Qi, but his sister, having “defeated” him, was glued to the spot, looking incredulously at him. “I really won?”

“Yeah, you really won. The new moves you’ve just learned are so badass!” Yuwen Qi hastily said.

However, Yuwen Yue, instead of being elated at the victory, indignantly hurled her weapon to the ground and flared, “You let me win!”

Yuwen Qi was flustered. “Ah?”

“You definitely let me win. I haven’t used any of my new moves yet!” huffed Yuwen Yue.

‘Oh, crap. I forgot that,’ Yuwen Qi muttered inwardly.

Yuwen Lin on the side lapsed into giggles, clearly deriding Yuwen Qi as brainless.

Yuwen Yue’s eyes reddened. “You’re insulting me! I don’t need you to let me win!”

Yuwen Qi hastened to placate her. “No, I really did not let you win. I was just momentarily distracted.”

Yuwen Yue did not buy it. “What distracted you?”

“Daddy gave me a punishment because of my poorly-done homework, and I’ve been having a tough time trying to figure something out to get Daddy to stop being angry. Crescent, would you please be the best sister you always have been and help me pacify Daddy?” Yuwen Qi’s eyes roved and with that he made an attempt to convince Yuwen Yue to help.

Yuwen Lin tossed him a disdainful glance.

Yuwen Qi gave a little cough, pretending not to have seen it.

“Daddy’s left the palace. There’s nothing I could do.” Yuwen Yue fell for Yuwen Qi’s story and finally cooled down.

“He left the palace? Why did Daddy leave the palace?” Yuwen Qi was astonished. Yuwen Lin also looked at Yuwen Yue.

Yuwen Yue recounted to her brothers what had happened on the drill ground earlier this day.

“This is bad. Do you think Daddy’s really so angry as to have abandoned us?” said Yuwen Qi.

Yuwen Yue had not deemed this a serious matter, but after hearing his words, she knitted her eyebrows and demurred, “Nonsense. Daddy would never do that.”

Yuwen Lin walked over to them and said, “Stop taking wild guesses. Daddy left the palace probably because he wanted to pay a visit to the Ling Mansion to keep our great-grandfathers company.”

“What should we do now? With Daddy being in the Ling Mansion, even if we figure out a solution, we wouldn’t be able to put it into action,” said Yuwen Qi.

“Father has left the palace as well, presumably to talk to Daddy. I think Daddy would have calmed down by the time they return,” said Yuwen Lin.

Yuwen Qi was anxious. “No!”

Yuwen Lin looked bemusedly at him. “What do you mean by ‘no’?”

Yuwen Qi leaned over and breathed, “You see, this time around it’s very obvious Daddy is really angry, and Father has been vainly trying to coax him out of anger for days, right? If we manage to cheer Daddy up at this point in time, we’d get all the credit, wouldn’t we? And Father is guaranteed to reward us, and better still, I’ll be rid of the threat of the punishment of copying out those books.”

The corners of Yuwen Lin’s mouth twitched. “Are you sure you’re not trying to get yourself scolded again?”

Yuwen Qi was actually suggesting they step on their father’s toes. If their father found out about it, they would sure as hell rue the day they made the decision. Unlike Crescent, the two of them would never get any special amnesty from their father.

There was no telling whether or not their father, considering how easily he got jealous, would be angry with them instead of grateful.

Yuwen Lin disagreed, believing that it was too much of a risk.

But Yuwen Qi felt that his plan was very practicable, and even Yuwen Yue was convinced. The two of them made up their minds to get out of the palace to see Ling Zhang.

Yuwen Lin, ” … “

Though wanting no part of this whatsoever, he was worried that the two of them might get themselves in trouble if they left the palace together, so he had no alternative but to go with them.

The three of them brought many guards on their trip out of the palace, who kept the princes and princess under heavy protection. On top of that, there were some secret bodyguards following in their wake covertly.

The Ling Mansion was located to the south-west of the palace and fairly far away. It would take over an hour to walk from the palace gates to the residence.

Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Lin on horseback, Yuwen Yue sitting in a carriage, the large group headed in the direction of the Ling Mansion.

…

This was Yuwen Yue’s first time going out of the palace with her big brothers without their parents’ company, so she naturally did not have to take as much heed of the code of conduct as she did in the presence of the imperial couple, which was why she had been peering out of the carriage window all along.

At the Rosefinch Avenue, they chanced upon a wedding procession.

The wedding procession was heading east, which was different from the direction they were going. Yuwen Yue and her brothers had not brought a guard of honor, but they were in the company of so many guards that the wedding procession, who could tell that they were from special background, came to a halt, unsure as to whether or not they should make way.

Yuwen Qi, a reasonable youngster, waved his hand and said, “A wedding is too celebratory an event to be delayed. Make way for them.”

The team moved to the roadside to allow the wedding convoy to pass. A man on the opposite side thanked them repeatedly and then the procession resumed its eastward progress.

The bride should be from a large, wealthy family, given the many chests of trousseaus and the long line of men carrying them. Yuwen Yue, awestruck by the scene, exclaimed in spite of herself.

When the bridal sedan chair passed by, the curtain of it was lifted by a breeze, revealing the gorgeous-robed bride inside, whose bridal veil was adorned with beautiful, shiny, gold beads.

Yuwen Yue stared unblinkingly. When the bridal sedan chair went far away, she still could not take her eyes off it and even attempted to hang out of the carriage window, but the middle-aged handmaid beside her stopped her in time.

Still, after the wedding convoy went past, Yuwen Yue felt that she had not looked her fill at all. “Qi, Lin, let’s follow them and find out who’s marrying the bride!”

Yuwen Lin knitted his brows disapprovingly. “You’re not going anywhere. That kind of conduct is unbecoming to a princess.”

But Yuwen Qi believed otherwise. As he saw Yuwen Yue watching the receding wedding convoy with a twinkle in her eyes, it struck him that as her big brother, one who had brought her out already, he was obliged to grant as many of her requests as he could and make sure that she enjoyed herself.

“You really want to go along for the ride, Crescent?” asked Yuwen Qi.

Yuwen Yue, sensing that there was still hope, hastened to bob her head. “Yes!”

Yuwen Qi said, “Then we’ll follow them and take a look.”

Yuwen Lin demurred, “Don’t you put her up to this. We’ve breached the rules once already by making way for those people just now. It’d be frivolous of us to follow the bridal sedan chair with Crescent. If by any chance someone finds out you’re a prince, it would make the imperial clan seem flippant. And if it comes to Daddy’s knowledge that you’re responsible for it, he’s guaranteed to mete out punishment more severe than copying out those books ten times. I suggest you think twice.”

Yuwen Qi was momentarily stunned at his warning. “But nobody will find out who we are if we do it secretly.”

Yuwen Lin glanced at the guards and the pedestrians in the vicinity before saying, “Although we’re not in the company of a guard of honor, we brought so many men with us, and we went out of the palace through the front gates, so it’s safe to say all those with discerning eyes have guessed our identities. How are we supposed to cover our tracks?”

Yuwen Qi also glanced at the people in the vicinity and found that there were indeed many of them sneaking surreptitious looks at them, their faces respectful, their eyes full of curiosity.

Yuwen Qi scratched his head, shifted his gaze to the wedding convoy disappearing from view, and then said to Yuwen Yue, “Crescent, Ling’s got a point. We should drop the idea, but I’ll take you out another time.”

Dejection clouding her face, Yuwen Yue looked disappointedly at Yuwen Qi. “We really can’t go?”

“Crescent, you’re a princess. Do not forget that,” cautioned Yuwen Lin.

Yuwen Yue bowed her head and gave an “Oh” of reluctance.

Yuwen Qi could not bear to see her like this. He came up with an idea and said to Yuwen Lin, “We can turn into that street first, change clothes and then bring only a couple of guards and secret bodyguards with us there.”

Yuwen Lin was almost rendered speechless. “What the … Why do you want to see it so bad? It’s just a wedding.”

“Alas.” Yuwen Qi leaned closer to him and breathed, “Can you not tell Crescent is eager to see what it’s like? Unlike us, she can’t get out of the palace whenever she wants, and there are a lot of things out here she’s never seen before. Beautiful as the palace is, she’s been in there too long to still find the scenery enjoyable. Let’s take her there to see the fun and then come back. It won’t take long.”

Yuwen Lin’s forehead twitched at these words and with that he looked over his shoulder at their sister who was sitting in the rear of the carriage, looking somewhat crestfallen. After a long moment’s hesitation, he finally relented. “Fine, but only a brief look, and then we come back immediately. We cannot linger there for long.”

“Don’t worry. We won’t stay there for long. We satisfy Crescent’s curiosity and then return right away,” Yuwen Qi promised.

The team resumed progressing. After turning into the street ahead, they found an inn and had a guard get two rooms for them. The three of them entered the inn with the others, changed out of their sumptuous robes into plain clothes their guards had just bought on the street, which constituted a disguise of some sort, then left the inn, followed by some guards and secret bodyguards, setting off to look for the wedding convoy.

A wedding convoy as large as that would not make only a short trip. They would normally make a circuit of the city before entering the groom’s residence at the agreed auspicious hour.

Yuwen Qi, adept at making inquiries because of his regular trips out of the palace, soon found out about the current location of the wedding convoy and promptly led Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Yue in that direction.

Chapter 573: Spin-Off – Oddity (1)

As expected, the wedding convoy was still on the street. Those people had just reached East Street and were progressing at a gentle pace.

The bridegroom was flushed with delight, and his bride was sitting in the bridal sedan chair, a large trousseau-delivering team following in their wake, the whole street seething with onlookers.

Yuwen Yue was too short to see much, so Yuwen Qi lifted her bodily up and perched her on his arm. Thanks to his years’ kung fu practice, his strength was much greater than that of common people, which proved quite helpful on this occasion. Squeezing his way through the crowd with his sister on his arm was not at all difficult for him.

Yuwen Lin had been staying close to them all along, not daring let them out of his sight. Wherever Yuwen Qi went, he always followed on his brother’s heels for fear of losing him.

The whole place was swarming with people. This was Yuwen Lin’s first time getting so close to so many people, and he was rather unaccustomed to this situation, grimacing occasionally because of the jostle.

“Have you two looked your fill? If you have, let’s get out of here!” Yuwen Lin yelled at his brother and sister ahead of him.

Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Yue were having such a fun time they did not hear their brother’s voice at all. Yuwen Lin had no choice but to call out to them once again.

Yuwen Qi glanced at the rapturous Yuwen Yue sitting in the crook of his arm before he twisted his head around and said to Yuwen Lin, “Just a little while longer.”

Yuwen Lin sighed, “There are too many people here. It’s not safe, and it’s so crowded.”

Being jostled around made him feel very uncomfortable, and the mixed smell in the air was not very pleasant. Yuwen Lin wrinkled his nose, only too anxious to leave.

At this time, the wedding convoy was about to process out of East Street and turn into South Street. Yuwen Qi, carrying Yuwen Yue, was edging along with the crowd. Yuwen Lin, for fear of losing them, gripped the back of Yuwen Qi’s overgarment, their guards following in their wake, all their faces beaded with perspiration.

“Childe Qi, Childe Lin, Lady Yue, we should get back. There’re too many people here. It’s not safe,” cautioned the captain of the guards.

Yuwen Qi twisted his head back to look at his sister. “Crescent, we need to get back. It’s too crowded. You could easily bump into something and get hurt. If Daddy or Father finds out, we’ll be punished.”

Yuwen Yue wanted to keep going and see more of it, but seeing that both her brothers were against the idea and probably would not budge on the issue, she said with a grudging inclination of the head, “Okay.”

The guards, protecting the three of them, tried to lead them out of the crowd, but there were too many people heading their direction, and it was next to impossible to get out of the place against the tide of rubberneckers. In fact, they were being pushed backward one pace after another by the throng pressing along with the intention to follow the wedding convoy to South Street.

“Step aside or there will be consequences!” The guards whipped out their sabers fastened to their belts.

At the sight of the blades, everybody in the vicinity was startled and, no longer daring squeeze their way towards them, hastily moved to the sides.

“Get out of the way or we will make you!” shouted the guards. The onlookers were disgruntled, but the guards’ forbidding and serious faces deterred them from protesting.

They were just about to walk out of the crowd when something unexpected happened among the wedding convoy turning into South Street behind them. A sudden commotion burst forth from the crowd. Yuwen Qi and the others had no idea what was happening. They only saw that some people behind them started running in their direction.

Yuwen Qi frowned, held Yuwen Yue tightly in his arm, grasped Yuwen Qi with his other hand and then the three of them began to streak forward.

“What’s happening, Qi?” piped Yuwen Yue, clinging on to him with alarm.

“I don’t know, but with that many people running this way, we could easily get hurt. We must stay ahead of them!” said Yuwen Qi aloud.

Clearly the guards were thinking about the same thing. If the flood of people caught up with them, they could easily get trampled underfoot.

Some citizens ahead were standing motionless on the spot, unaware of what was going on.

Knowing that they must not stop to explain to them, Yuwen Qi gripped Yuwen Lin and, carrying Yuwen Yue, swiftly navigated through these people and eventually they forced their way out of the throng, tearing towards the other end of the street, but many of the guards got separated from them, only four still on their heels.

“Guards!” cried Yuwen Lin, jerking his head back.

Yuwen Qi, still gripping his arm, tossed a backward glance at the citizens scuttling around in alarm and said seriously, “It’s okay. There are secret bodyguards nearby. We can’t go back. We need to leave this street as soon as possible.”

Nobody knew what had happened. Those onlookers had suddenly turned and started fleeing as though some cacodemons were chasing them.

The two brothers, having been practicing kung fu for years, ran faster than most others. After reaching the less crowded section of the street, they promptly sprinted towards the area where there were few people and soon left those citizens behind.

It was only then that Yuwen Qi felt a slight sense of relief and said to Yuwen Lin, “There’s no doubt something happened back there. With so many people running for their lives, some of them might get trampled to death. We need to get the City Patrol here straight away.”

Yuwen Lin was panting heavily from the running. He did not have as much stamina as Yuwen Qi did and the running was clearly a challenging task for him. He looked around for a moment before he pointed in the direction of a high building ahead and said, “Let’s get there first.”

Yuwen Qi inclined his head, rushed into that tavern, the others at his heels, and directly charged onto the third floor. They were so quick that the waiters downstairs failed to stop them. After the guards behind produced their ID plates, the waiters were further deterred from asking any questions. At this time, there were people running for their lives everywhere in the street. The customers in the hall on the ground floor were all baffled as to what was going on, peering out apprehensively.

“He’s killing people! The bridegroom suddenly went crazy and started hacking people at random with a saber. He even slashed at the bride!”

“Many of those in the vicinity failed to dodge in time and were hacked to death.”

“My goodness. How come he suddenly lost his mind?”

“Who knows? He’s still attacking people back there. You guys had better run as far away as possible!”

To prevent accidents, the taverner decisively had the waiters shut the doors. “Close all the doors! Hurry!”

The waiters, along with the customers, closed the tavern doors, leaving only a window through which they were now stealthily peeping, trying to find out what was going on outside exactly.

At this time, Yuwen Qi, who had just dashed onto the third floor with Yuwen Yue in his arm and Yuwen Qi in his wake, randomly forced their way into a room with a window facing the street, startling the customers inside. “What are you doing?!” demanded one of the customers.

“Shut up.” Yuwen Qi produced his ID plate. The customers were taken aback at the sight of it and tremulously got on their knees with the intention to pay their respects.

“Be quiet,” instructed Yuwen Qi, cold-faced. Then he hurried to the window and craned out of it, looking down. Now he could see the whole street.

A man in red, none other than the bridegroom who had been oozing rapture and contentment on horseback only a few moments ago, was slaughtering people with a saber. Apparently he knew kung fu and was pretty good at it. None of those in the vicinity was capable of stopping him. Moreover, there seemed to be something wrong with his mental state. His eyes were crimson, and his face was hideous with blood. Like a lunatic, he seemed unable to control himself, leaving a trail of common citizens lying on the ground in his wake, all of whom had been hacked by him.

Yuwen Qi saw that some quick-witted ones, probably knowing that they would not be able to outrun the man, directly flung themselves flat on the ground. The demented bridegroom ignored those feigning death on the ground and went after those still running away from him.

“Any secret bodyguards here?” shouted Yuwen Qi.

“Childe Qi!” Six secret bodyguards leapt inside through the window.

“Can you restrain that guy?” asked Yuwen Qi.

“We can give it a try,” said one of the secret bodyguards, who had also seen what had happened on the street.

All secret bodyguards were kung fu masters and, theoretically, should not have taken such a conservative attitude, but the problem is that the demented bridegroom down there was also a kung fu master, one who seemed to be suffering from Chi-Disorder.

“Go and stop him. Do not let him kill any more people!” commanded Yuwen Qi.

The secret bodyguard in charge nodded and assigned two men to stay protecting the princes and the princess. The other four leapt out of the window, drawing their weapons from their belts, flying towards the demented bridegroom.

Some of the guards separated from Yuwen Qi and the others, having noticed the dementia of the bridegroom, were trying to overpower him. The secret bodyguards joined them and instantly surrounded the bridegroom.

Seeing this, the citizens in the vicinity hastened to take advantage of this opportunity to flee.

It was after the guards and secret bodyguards intercepted the insane bridegroom that Yuwen Qi felt relieved and put down Yuwen Yue whom he had been carrying all along.

“Keep a close eye on my sister,” he instructed the guards that had just caught up with them.

The guards nodded.

Yuwen Yue was shocked, her face slightly pale. However, born bolder than others girls, she did not appear terrified.

“I’m okay, Qi. Will the secret bodyguards be able to stop that man?” Yuwen Yue asked.

Yuwen Qi, watching the fighting down there, said, “I think so.”

The two secret bodyguards in the room looked outside and then one of them said, “Don’t worry, Your Highness. That man has been intercepted already.”

“What on earth happened to that bridegroom? Why did he suddenly go crazy?” Yuwen Lin was bewildered.

Yuwen Qi shook his head. “He seems to be suffering from Chi-Disorder, but his symptoms are far more severe than those of Chi-Disorder. It was like he lost his sanity in the blink of an eye.”

Yuwen Yue standing on the side had an odd expression on her face, not daring believe that a very handsome bridegroom, who had been on horseback only a short while ago, had suddenly turned into a mass murderer for no reason. Previously it had struck her that the bride sitting in the sedan chair had a happy life ahead of her, but now that thought had disappeared. Now she only felt that the bride was so unlucky, because the man she was marrying had gone crazy without warning.

“I wonder what happened to the bride,” said Yuwen Yue.

“Your Highness, just now someone said that the bride received a slash from the groom. There’s no telling whether she’s still alive or not,” answered a secret bodyguard dutifully.

Yuwen Yue gasped. “I can’t believe this. Wasn’t she his bride? How could he hack his new wife? That’s just horrible.”

Yuwen Yue was traumatized by this experience and got the impression that all bridegrooms could go crazy at any moment. And after she grew up, for a very long time she was scared of getting married. When Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Lin had come to know about it, the two brothers bitterly regretted having brought Yuwen Yue out of the palace on this day.

Of course, that’s another story. At this time there were many wounded citizens lying on the ground. The secret bodyguards, though having intercepted the groom, had not overpowered him yet, which was rather surprising. The main reason was that the man had very powerful internal energy. The secret bodyguards attempted to use hidden weapons covered with hypnotic drug to bring him down, but all the hidden weapons were deflected by the man’s internal energy which enveloped him like some kind of invisible shield.

“This can’t be happening. How come this man’s internal energy is so powerful? I’ve never seen anybody with such internal-energy prowess apart from Father and Daddy,” said Yuwen Qi, amazed.

The two secret bodyguards on the side were also somewhat bemused. One of them said, “If my memory serves me correctly, this guy is He You, the eldest son of He Shijing. His father is the owner of Nantong Chamber of Commerce, who has moved to this city from the south and settled down only earlier this year. Since he owns Nantong Chamber of Commerce, I’m sure His Highness has done some background check on him, but none of us has ever been informed his son has such kung fu prowess.”

The other one was also perplexed. “This is weird.”

Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Lin exchanged a glance, both feeling that there was something fishy going on.

“The City Patrol has arrived.”

The City Patrol showed up, accompanied by yamen runners. They quickly evacuated the nearby residents and transferred those lying on the ground to places where they could get medical treatment, though some of them might have already died. But the demented bridegroom was still fighting those surrounding him. It was as though he had inexhaustible stamina and internal energy, which made it very difficult to restrain him.

Fortunately the secret bodyguards were also not common people. Though killing the groom seemed to be impossible, on no account would they let him escape.

“Alas. Given the severity of this incident, Father would definitely be informed very soon. If it comes to his knowledge we slipped out of the palace and nearly got hacked by this maniac, he’d sure as hell go ballistic,” sighed Yuwen Qi, watching the fight down there apprehensively with the air of a man on his deathbed.

They had come out with the intention to please Ling Zhang and then claim merit for themselves in front of Yuwen Tong, but now, before they could do anything meritorious, they had got themselves into trouble.

Yuwen Lin, however, was much more composed than his brother on this occasion. “If we had not left the palace, nobody would have stopped this lunatic, and more citizens would have been injured. Don’t worry. We have sort of made up for our mistakes. Our punishment from Father should be no worse than being grounded.”

But being grounded meant that there would be no more trips out of the palace, which was clearly a severe punishment in Yuwen Qi’s eyes.

Yuwen Qi subconsciously looked at Yuwen Yue beside him, but after giving it some thought, he came to realize that though his sister was unscathed, he had brought her out and put her in danger, so it was evidently impracticable to ask her to intercede for him. ‘Alas,’ he sighed inwardly.

“Eek? Uncle Mao?” Yuwen Lin suddenly exclaimed, astonished.

Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Yue both immediately hurried to the window and looked outside. “Where is he?”

Yuwen Qi pointed in a direction and with that they spotted Ling Maomao accompanied by Ji Xiaocong. It seemed that they had specially come here after being informed of the incident.

“Uncle Maoooo!” called Yuwen Yue.

Ling Maomao and Ji Xiaocong both heard her, looked up in her direction and were amazed to see that the three of them were in a tavern. Then the two of them shifted their gaze to the guards and secret bodyguards fighting the madman, and with that their faces darkened somewhat.

At the sight of this, Yuwen Qi and Yuwen Lin flinched, realizing that they were toast.

A few moments ago Ling Maomao had been shopping with Ji Xiaocong on another street. After hearing about the incident, the two of them had specially come here to find out what was going on. They had not bargained on seeing Yuwen Qi, Yuwen Lin and Yuwen Yue, all of whom were supposed to be in the palace at this moment. At the thought that these three kids had been on the scene of the mass murder, Ling Maomao broke out in a cold sweat.

If anything happened to any of these three children, he could not imagine how devastated and angry his cousin would be. The whole imperial court would be shocked.

Ling Maomao’s face fell, which made him look rather intimidating. Ji Xiaocong on the side nudged him and said, “Let’s restrain that guy first.”

Ling Maomao took a deep breath, withdrew his eyes which had been glaring at Yuwen Qi and the others, and said, “That man seems to be suffering from Chi-Disorder, and his internal energy is quite powerful. How can we restrain him?”

Ji Xiaocong smiled, “I have an idea.”