To be honest, the situation when Lin Hai and Yan Zipei met was quite different from what everyone imagined.

Not only was Yuan Min, who was wearing heavy armor and holding a long sword, stopped at the door of the Earl's Mansion, but none of the guards he brought with him were allowed to enter.

"Our chief is the guest of your Lord Qinghe, and we are his guards. Why can't we come in? Does Lord Qinghe want to assassinate the chief or is he afraid?" Yuan Min roared at the door of the Earl's Mansion with a long knife in his hand.

"Neither." There were two middle-aged men guarding the door of the Earl's Mansion. One was missing an arm and the other was missing a leg. Both of them were leaning lazily against the door to enjoy the cool air. Well, although it was late summer, the afternoon sun was still very hot.

"You and that whole bunch of crap behind you aren't on the invitation, so you can't go in. As for harming people, if the Lord of Qinghe hasn't sent down a message to kill you, you'll have to die outside Qinghe. If he did, do you think you could survive with just that broken knife in your hand?"

The man without an arm said this without even raising his eyelids.

Seeing this, Yuan Min really wanted to kill this uneducated and rude man with a knife. Unfortunately, although this man looked lazy, dark and arrogant, he was wearing the uniform of the Earl's personal guard. If he really took action, it would be like declaring war on Lin Hai, which was not something he could decide.

Yan Zipei watched the performance from both sides and found it quite interesting. However, Yuan Min was one of his own after all, and he would lose face if he couldn't back down. So he said, "Yuan Min, step back. The Earl of Qinghe is an important official of the empire. How could it be dangerous to come to him? You all go away, I will go in alone."

Then Yan Zipei bowed to the man and said, "Please lead the way."

The one-armed man ignored him and turned to the one-legged man and said, "Twenty-seven, it's your turn." After that, he ignored Yan Zipei.

The one-legged man called Twenty-Seven muttered something, the general meaning of which was that he didn't take care of his mobility issues and thought about how he had fought on the battlefield...

But he did not leave Yan Zipei out in the cold. He just bowed to Yan Zipei and said, "Please come in, sir." Then he turned around and jumped towards the door.

Yan Zipei was surprised. As they walked, he said, "Brother, since you have difficulty moving, why do you want to be a personal soldier for the Lord of Qinghe? Why don't you find another job? Although you look very powerful, you are missing a leg, which makes it difficult for you to move. If there really are thieves, I'm afraid they won't be able to take them down, right?"

The man grinned and said, "Your Excellency, you may not know that I have a good relationship with the Earl of Qinghe. Even if I do nothing, he will still support me. However, I feel uncomfortable eating idle meals for too long, so I asked the Earl of Qinghe for this job. As for the thieves, may I ask your Excellency, you have been in Qinghe for so long, have you ever seen any thieves here?"

this...

Indeed, Yan Zipei had been in Qinghe for several days. As long as he entered Qinghe's sphere of influence, he hadn't seen any robbers, not even wallet thieves. With such security, it didn't matter whether he let anyone in at the gate of the Qinghe Earl's Mansion or not.

The man continued, "If those evil-hearted people from outside the city come, like the one playing with eagles in Zhongdu and the one wearing brocade clothes in Chen Dynasty, I won't be able to stop them. But it's not my job to stop them either. I have Wang Zuo to take care of it, so they won't be a problem."

Hearing the man's arrogant tone, Yan Zipei seemed to have thought of something. Just as he was about to continue asking, he saw a young man in front of him leading a large group of armored soldiers, walking towards them dejectedly.

From behind the large group of soldiers, there were also strong curses.

"Wang Zuo, did you forget your brain in the bedroom this morning, then pack two blocks of tofu pudding in the kitchen before coming to duty? I told you to prepare a good reception for Lord Yan, but you're playing some 'cup-smashing signal, three hundred swordsmen and axemen'? How could we hide three hundred men in that shabby hall of ours? Do you think they're as stupid as you, walking in when they see an ambush?"

And you don't need to think about it carefully. That old eunuch is very powerful and has mastered the Eagle Claw technique. Before your swordsmen arrived, he crushed me to death. Do you want to kill him or me?

The dejected Wang Zuo came with his soldiers. When he saw the one-legged man, he bowed first, then glanced at Yan Zipei, and without saying much, he slipped out along the side of the road.

Just as Wang Zuo was about to cross the small garden and leave, he heard someone shouting from inside the house, "Who the hell told you to take all the soldiers with you? What if that old eunuch really wants to die together with me? Who will protect me? Quickly take a dozen or so skilled soldiers and hide them, and the rest of you get out of here."

Wang Zuo was as if pardoned. He quickly called a small group of soldiers and rushed back. Only Yan Zipei, with a sullen face, was left standing aside. He wished he could use his Eagle Claw Kung Fu to crush the owner of the voice to death.

The one-legged man, however, didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sir. In the countryside, the rules are not strict and the younger generation is used to being lax. Don't worry, they only target bad guys, not you."

After some trouble, Lin Hai finally met the famous eunuch.

Although it was also a eunuch who came to deliver the imperial edict last time, Qinghe at that time was like a man-eating demon in the eyes of outsiders. The little eunuch was sent to deliver the imperial edict because he had no background and was insignificant. He was not as arrogant as Lin Hai had imagined. Instead, he was extremely humble. If it were not for the huge shadow cast by the imperial power on him, he would have wanted to kneel down and read the imperial edict to Lin Hai.

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