Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 14 - Chapter 4.1

FENG YU JIU TIAN VOLUME 14 CHAPTER 4.1

Semi-summary for this chapter.

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The largest fleet of the Xiao Family finally decided to hoist anchor after one day had passed. The reason for the departure wasn’t because the good news Feng Ming had long waited for had arrived at last.

In fact, bad news had come one after another.

The first one was regarding the Wen Lan flowers: The subordinate of the Xiao Family, who had been chasing after Lady Yao Ye, had finally handed over Feng Ming’s letter of request to the Lady’s hands and then breathlessly brought her reply letter back.

Lady Yao Ye’s letters were usually very direct, and her response letter was no exception. It only contained a few harsh words, expressing her point of view very clearly, just like when she wrote the letter to Xiao Zong to force marriage.

“You little rascal, do you think the Wen Lan flower that your mother effortly planted is something you can randomly give away to others easily?”

Feng Ming and his maids were filled with anticipation when they opened the letter, but after reading it, they were disappointed. It was clear to Feng Ming that Lady Yao Ye loved the old man more than her own child.

Seeing that he probably wouldn’t be able to receive the Wen Lan flower, Feng Ming felt disheartened for not being able to fulfill the promise he had given to Du Feng.

The second bad news was Zi Yan’s letter. There was no problem in him investigating the situation within Tong Kingdom, but provoking the pirates on his own was a different story.

Feng Ming had been hesitant to head to Tong Kingdom because he had been waiting for these two news to arrive, but since the Wen Lan flower now seemed to be unobtainable and Zi Yan was on the verge of encountering danger soon, Feng Ming didn’t want to sit still and do nothing any longer.

He ordered Luo Deng to hoist anchor and prepare to set sail for Tong Kingdom.

“Isn’t this too quick?” Unexpectedly, the first person to stop Feng Ming was Luo Yun.

Everyone stared at Luo Yun in surprise, even Chiu Yue looked at him strangely.

After hearing the news, Luo Ning came to meet with Feng Ming. While stepping through the door and hearing Luo Yun’s words, he immediately interrupted, “Young Lord has made his decision, your subordinate will act upon it.” He turned to one of his bodyguards and ordered, “Go and tell the other ships to prepare to set sail.” Turning back, his eyes swept towards Luo Yun, filled with a hidden meaning.

Luo Yun stared back at him with his cold eyes, then glanced over to Feng Ming with a worried expression. He knew it was an imperative to set sail, even though he knew Tong Kingdom was going to be filled with dangerous traps, but the matter involved his mother and he could not tell Feng Ming a single word about it. He could only stiffen his handsome face as if he had nothing more to say.

Unlike the rest, Rong Hu didn’t care much about the Wen Lan flower. If Lady Yao Ye didn’t want to give it up, then there was no point in forcing the issue. The one thing that made him worry was regarding Zi Yan. He had known Zi Yan for some time and understood his personality. When Zi Yan encountered a difficult problem, he wouldn’t disclose much and would only mention half of it. For him the lightly use of the word “investigate” would usually mean extreme danger. Therefore, when they received Zi Yan’s letter, Rong Hu was in half agreement with Feng Ming’s decision to set sail.

After several days of anchoring, the large ships finally departed.

During the remainder of the trip, Chiu Lan and the twins were busy creating some new outfits for Feng Ming. It would be another 150 miles until they reached the borders of Tong Kingdom. Everyone knew how dangerous their journey could become because Prince Qing Li wanted to seize the opportunity to eliminate Duke Ming in order to prove the death of his father.

While helping Feng Ming with his bath, Chiu Xing brought up the topic of Luo Yun and how heartless he was in training, causing all the bruises on Feng Ming’s back. Feng Ming defended Luo Yun by stating that Luo Yun was the only person who would seriously train with him. Because of the strict training, Feng Ming was able to see improvement in his swordsmanship and was now able to block up to ten strikes from Luo Yun. The maids were skeptical about Feng Ming’s improvement, but figured that Rong Hu might be more knowledgeable in that area than they were. Speaking about Luo Yun, Chiu Lan said, “That’s right, I saw Luo Yun wearing something that was awfully familiar.”

CX: (laughed) What do you mean familiar? That was something Chiu Yue made for Duke Ming. Some time ago, during training, Luo Yun pierced a hole through Duke Ming’s armor. Didn’t Chiu Yue get upset and threw it at Luo Yun? That foolish rascal decided to wear it himself.

CY: Speaking of this, I get so angry, but what’s so funny about it?

After the bath, Feng Ming was fitted into fancy garments and ornaments. While admiring his handsome image, they heard a loud sound from outside.

Lie Zhong Shi and Liu Dou, along with Little Autumn, came to greet them and to hand over a gift to Feng Ming.

CY: Why are you two here? Did you have fun on the trip? I thought you left on another ship to play and never come back.

Originally, those two followed besides Feng Ming, however, because of their constant loud arguments to the point of dreadfulness, Chiu Xing and the others couldn’t take it anymore. So they had tricked them onto another ship to calm the atmosphere.

Chiu Yue wanted to keep Little Autumn by her side, but unfortunately the little marten was too loyal to its owner.

Surprised that Lie Zhong Shi and Liu Dou had a gift from Lie Zhong Liu, Feng Ming was curious if they had received news from the Prime Minister. They informed Feng Ming that the gift had been handed to them before leaving Yue Zhong with the instruction that once they reached Tong Kingdom, Feng MIng could open up the gift. Other than that, they didn’t received any news from Lie Zhong Liu during the trip.

Once it was reported by the guards that they reached Tong Kingdom, Feng Ming eagerly received the gift. He placed it on the table, after loosening the brocade on the outside, a box was revealed.

Everyone was curious what goods the strange Prime Minister had sent, they all hovered over to take a glimpse. There was no letter on the outside like most gifts would have. Feng Ming could not figure what was inside, he unlocked the silver buckle on the box and the moment he opened the lid, he gave a scream that ran as far as two meters. The maids who were in sight of the object also gave a terrifying scream.

“What happened?” Rong Hu stormed in from outside. On high alert, he looked warily around the room, his eyes swept over to Lie Zhong Shi and Lie Dou, who both gave an innocent look as they pointed towards the box on the table.

Rong Hu’s eyes paused on the box, surprised he said, “Isn’t this the head of Qing Ding? Why is it here?”

Feng Ming had seen the preserved head before, however, this time he was scared to death, mostly because he was not prepared. After recovering from the shock, he came back to the table, “Oh Mother, my heart was almost jumped out.”

The head was originally brought by Third Princess to the secret campsite where Mei Ji had resided. The Princess had hoped to use it to gain a favor from Rong Tian. When Ruo Yan ambushed the campsite, the whole place had been set on fire. Luckily, the head had been kept in a small room, which had been spared from the fire. After Rong Tian had returned to the campsite, he had taken the head with him and as they had entered Yue Zhong city with the help of Lie Zhong Liu, that object also followed them to Yue Zhong as well. He didn’t know whether Rong Tian or Lie Zhong Liu had switched the box due to the damages it had received at the campsite, but if it had been the same box, Feng Ming would have been cautiously aware of it.

CL: The Prime Minister is so strange, why did he send such a terrible thing to Feng Ming?

CX: How horrid, let’s just toss it.

FM: Why toss it? He specifically ordered for the gift to be given to me once we reach the borders of Tong Kingdom, therefore, it will certainly be useful.

Silent for awhile, he asked Lie Zhong Shi, “Did your brother say what purpose this might have?”

LZS: He didn’t say anything.

Lie Dou shook his head confirming this statement.

FM: (chuckled reluctantly) This is clearly a riddle to test me. The Prime Minister gave this to me so there must be a use for it. But what could it be? I can’t bring this gift and hand it to the Prince of Tong. He would never thank me, instead, after receiving the gift, he would have an excuse to turn me into the murderer of his father and then mobilize an army to surround and kill me.

Feng Ming’s tightened his eyebrows into one line.

While pondering, Rong Hu was preparing to speak, but Luo Yun’s voice interrupted him. Outside the cabin, the voice came closer, “We see the port of Fang Di.”

Very quickly the curtain of the door lifted and Luo Yun appeared in front of everyone. He appeared to have something to report, but the sudden smell of herbal scent used to cover up the smell of decay reached him.

Luo Yun had been around assassins since he was little, therefore, he was sensitive to the smell of the rotting head. His eyes gazed over at the opened box in the middle of the table. Walking over and seeing the object inside, his face darkened, “Why is this here?”

Rong Hu noticed that his tone was slightly rebuke and dissatisfied.

LZS: This was something my brother wanted to give to Duke Ming. It needed to be carefully kept without any damages.

LD: Also to not allow anyone else to see it.

FM: It’s hard to explain… I just found out it was on the ship. Ignore how it got here. Right now we’ve reached Tong Kingdom so what is the most important thing we need to do?

RH: Duke Ming, please don’t worry. The Information that the head of Qing Ding is here will remain a secret. No one will reveal this. (His eyes glanced over at Luo Yun.)

At this time the ship slowed down preparing to stop. Luo Yun didn’t notice Rong Hu’s glance, instead he took a closer look at the head and praised the preservation technique before closing the lid and rewrapping it up.

RH: How about you leave this gift in my possession and regarding what to do with it, I will let Duke Ming make the decision in the future.

The ship finally pulled to a stop. Luo Deng informed them that there was someone waiting for them at the fort of Fang Di. Feng Ming asked if it’s Zi Yan, but Luo Deng answered that it was someone much more important.

Feng Ming couldn’t believe the first person to greet them upon arrival to Tong Kingdom was the Royal Uncle Qing Zhang.

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