My master has no connection with the imperial court. Could it be that my uncle committed some offense in the palace, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard came to Black Dragon Pool to raid the mountain?
Besides, they've never seen that brand before, so nobody knows if it's real or fake.
He thought for a moment and said, "Unfortunately, my master has been gone for many days. If you two have anything to discuss, please come another day."
The two men from the Imperial Guards exchanged a glance.
One of the men said, "To be honest, we are here on the orders of the Emperor to pay our respects to the Valley Master and to investigate an event that happened twenty years ago."
The man glanced at the disciples of Black Dragon Pool; the oldest of them was not even thirty years old, and they might not know what happened more than twenty years ago.
The Imperial Guard man asked again, "Has the Valley Master said when he will return?"
"It can take anywhere from ten days to half a month, or even two or three months."
Knowing that a reply was still waiting in the capital, one of the Imperial Guards had no choice but to explain his purpose.
"orphan!"
Several disciples of Black Dragon Pool exclaimed in surprise.
A disciple in his early twenties smiled. "Senior brother, could it be my parents coming to find me?"
"Thirteenth Junior Brother, how can you be so sure it's your parents? It's also possible that my parents asked the Emperor to send someone to find me."
The man called Thirteenth Junior Brother touched his handsome and fair face and chuckled, "Master praised me for being fair-skinned and for being able to read and write faster than my senior brothers. Master said my father must have been a scholar."
The seventh senior brother still had his senses and saw everyone rushing to climb up the pole to claim kinship.
He said, "Please forgive my rudeness, Master. We disciples of Black Dragon Pool are all homeless orphans. I don't know what the orphan you are looking for looks like."
"What! They're all orphans?!"
The two were dumbfounded.
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