Chapter 87: Being Arrogant
Chapter 87: Being Arrogant
After Long asked the Shadow Guardian to leave, he sat up from the bed.
Half a month? It seemed that they should quicken the pace, but anyway, it wouldn’t be achieved within half a month.
Well, they had to use another way…
After he thought about it on the bed for a while, Long’s eyes brightened a little and he had an idea.
After daybreak the next day, Long got up and asked servant to tell Xu to come over for breakfast.
"Xu You, I’ve got a plan now. It can save Fang Shuoyang out of the place where he is locked and also make Tianyin post in chaos, but I need you to take risks. Will you do it?"
Xu didn’t hesitate at all. "Okay, elder brother, please tell me."
Long smiled. "I’ll send two Shadow Guardians to follow you and you’ll go to Tianyin post in broad daylight."
"What?" Xu was stunned after hearing the words. "In broad daylight? Elder brother, are you sure? Isn’t it too risky?"
Long smiled. "Of course not. If you go there in secret, there will be problems and they will get rid of you secretly. But if you go there on behalf of the royal family and take royal guards with you, then they will open the door to welcome you. But remember, you go back just for Fang Shuoyang. You just have to focus on him and don’t make others get suspicious. Understand?"
Xu was a little hesitant. "Elder brother… I’m afraid that if I don’t do it well, I’ll ruin your plan."
Long shook his head slightly. "Don’t be too stressed. Let me tell you how to do it…"
After the two of them talked all morning, Xu finally nodded his head. "Elder brother, for you, for the damned Tianyin post, I’ll go!"
Long smiled.
Two Shadow Guardians with great martial arts became Xu’s personal guards and followed him.
Then, Xu set out for Tianyin post in broad daylight.
The gatekeepers were very surprised to see Xu. With the order of their leader and his wife in mind, they were going to arrest him, but Xu slowly took out a golden dragon token.
"Open your eyes and see clearly what this is. I came here at the emperor’s order. You want to stop me? Fine. It seems that you’re not afraid of me chopping off your heads!"
The two gatekeepers trembled with scare. They opened their eyes wide and couldn’t believe that was the golden dragon token.
One of the two Shadow Guardians shouted angrily, "Ask your leader to come to welcome us! Here’s the golden dragon token. How bold your leader is! How dare he ignore it?"
The two gatekeepers trembled again and their faces turned pale.
"No, I’m sorry, sir. We’ll go to report to our leader now."
After saying that, they hurriedly rushed inside.
Fang Qiuhua was in the study just then and there were people guarding outside.
The gatekeepers tried to break in and they looked so anxious as if the sky had collapsed. The guards outside the study stopped them.
"You’re so bold! What are you doing?"
"The emperor… the emperor is here." The gatekeepers were too scared to speak smoothly.
The guards outside the study were also shocked. "What? The emperor?"
Since they could be sent to guard such an important place as the study, they were naturally deeply trusted by Fang Qiuhua. Moreover, they also knew some secrets about their leader. Now that they heard that the emperor was there, the first thing they thought of was that the big secret had been exposed!
The guards were shocked and rushed back to the study without even knocking on the door.
Fang Qiuhua was also shocked and didn’t have time to scold the guards for their recklessness. In fact, he had just heard the sounds outside.
However, Fang was not brainless. Even if his secret had been exposed, the person who would be there shouldn’t be the emperor!
There must be something wrong with it!
So Fang called the goalkeepers in to ask about it again.
After one gatekeeper explained everything nervously, he was slapped by a guard.
"You moron! That is Mr. Xu. Why did you say the emperor is here? Do you want to die?"
The gatekeeper didn’t dare to argue, but he said in a low voice, "But… he has the golden dragon token…"
Although they were in the martial arts world, all the land in the nation was in the charge of the emperor.
Of course they knew what the golden dragon token represented.
Fang Qiuhua calmed down. It was Xu You who went there, not the emperor himself. That was
Xu would only come for his son. However, since he could come on behalf of the emperor and he also had the royal guards accompanying him, did it mean that the emperor had begun to suspect him?
He had to remain vigilant. Moreover, he could make use of this chance to test Xu.
It seemed that he had a complicated thought, but in fact, it didn’t take him a long time.
Then, Fang hurried to the gate with his men.
Xu didn’t wait long for Fang to arrive. Just then, Xu still held the golden dragon token which represented the emperor.
Therefore, Fang and the others knelt down and greeted the emperor.
"Long live the emperor, long may you reign."
Xu stared at Fang from a high position. After he enjoyed the feeling of being respected by so many people, he said slowly, "Lord Fang, long time no see."
Fang raised his head. Since Xu hadn’t put the token away, he still dared not to get up.
So, Fang just raised his head.
"Mr. Xu, welcome. Sorry that I’m late." Fang really sounded neither humble nor arrogant by saying that.
However, it was a pity that Xu was no longer the innocent young man who knew nothing in Tianyin post before.
Most importantly, his elder brother had told him a very detailed counter plan.
In short, Xu’s reaction fully explained what the word "arrogant" meant!
"Well, you’re indeed a little late."
Fang was a little stunned, but he still looked calm. "Mr. Xu, please don’t take it to heart."
Then, Xu handsomely waved his hand.
"Forget it. I’m not a petty-minded person. All right, you can get up."
The people in Tianyin post were very dissatisfied with Xu, but they all bowed their heads and no one dared to say anything.
Fang stood up calmly, and then other people followed him.
"Lord Fang, where’s Fang Shuoyang? Why didn’t I see him?" Xu asked directly.
Fang said, "My son went out. He’s not in the fort now."
"Huh? He went out?" Xu frowned at once. "I came here for him. Where did he go?"
He really came for him… Fang’s eyes brightened slightly and then he said, "My son said he went out to do some business, but I didn’t receive any news about him afterwards. I’m also very worried about him now. I sent many people to look for him, but he hasn’t been found."
"What?" Xu was shocked. "So you mean he’s missing?"
Fang looked a little sad. "Yes."
Xu frowned greatly. He thought for a second and then said, "I believe that Fang Shuoyang is lucky and nothing bad will happen to him. How long has he been missing?"
"More than a month," Fang said. He hoped Xu could leave quickly so he could look for his son.
However, he hadn’t expected that Xu said after pausing for a second, "I believe he will come back. This is his home. He will surely come back. I will stay and wait for him. Lord Fang, may I stay here?"
Fang was so shocked that he almost spit blood. Xu would stay here and wait for his son to come back? He frowned greatly in his heart, but he didn’t dare to keep Xu, who represented the emperor at the moment, out of the gate.
What’s more, he suspected that Xu might have an ulterior motive. So, Fang said, "Of course, Mr. Xu, you can live here."
"I’m a seventh-rank official now," Xu suddenly said.
Fang was stunned and quickly changed his wording. "Minister Xu, please come inside."
"Mhmm." Xu nodded, "Let’s go in. I haven’t come back for a long time. Let me see if Tianyin post is still the same as before."
Fang smiled. "Minister Xu, how about you still stay in the previous place?"
"Okay," Xu said casually.
Then, Xu stepped into the gate first, followed by Fang…