Chapter 275 If a dog bites you, I will pluck a piece of their flesh
The eight people all changed their clothes and sat in a corner of the restaurant lobby, not being very noticeable.
Listening to gossip and having a meal at the same time makes people feel happy.
Amidst the merriment, a group of people in foreign costumes walked into the restaurant. They looked tough and arrogant, and after the waiter bowed and invited them, they went upstairs.
"Are these foreigners who came to pay tribute? The coronation ceremony has already passed, why are they still in Changjing?" Su Wu muttered.
Wei Li withdrew his gaze from that place. "In two days, the palace will hold a farewell banquet, and only then can they leave. These are the red tape of the royal family, and they have to follow them even if they don't like it."
"Those assassins in the Imperial Ancestral Temple were brought by them, right?" Su An patted Wei Li's shoulder sympathetically. "A dog bit you, and you gave it a bone and said you didn't feel any pain. Alas, it's not easy to sit in a high position. Just bear it."
Su Wen leaned over the table and laughed silently.
Bai Yu turned his head and shook his shoulders, and the two adults held their foreheads.
Wei Li's mouth twitched. Was the senior brother trying to annoy him or disgust him?
Night falls.
The city of Changjing was brightly lit, and it was once again bustling and prosperous.
In a house in an alley in East Market, Tianbao ate a bowl of sweet rice wine, washed up, turned off the lights, and prepared to go to bed.
Suddenly a figure appeared outside the window.
Tianbao tilted his head and chased after him.
Two figures, one in front and one behind, flew over the walls and eaves of the alleys, stepping on the lights of thousands of homes.
It wasn't until they reached the palace that the dark figure in nightgown stopped and turned around, pulling off his mask. He raised his lips to the girl chasing him from behind, "Senior Sister, my Qinggong hasn't deteriorated over the years, has it?"
Tian Bao jumped in front of him, the soft moonlight falling on her slightly raised fair face, "Are you here to compete with me in Qinggong?"
If she hadn't recognized him, she would have cut him in half.
Silly boy, alas.
"..." Wei Li pretended not to notice the sympathy on the girl's face, which was exactly the same as Suan's. He tilted his head back and said, "Come with me. I'll take you to have fun."
"What are you playing?"
"You'll know when you get there."
Tianbao looked confused as she followed the young man who could have walked through the palace gate openly but insisted on taking her over the palace wall. She made turns in the palace to avoid the patrolling guards.
Finally, they landed on the eaves of a towering palace.
Glancing at the furtive boy who had dragged her into the shadows of the roof, Tian Bao couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing? This is your own home. If you want something, just give me a command. Why do you have to be a thief?"
"Hush!" The young man raised his index finger and carefully lifted the tiles at his feet. "That's different. We've been separated for many years, and I haven't been able to participate in any of the fun things."
A small hole was opened in the tile, revealing the scene below, which was dazzling with jewels and precious stones.
He turned around, his eyes shining brightly in the night sky, "I want to steal something from Senior Sister."
Tianbao: "..." Should she indulge this bad habit or not?
In her more than ten years of life, this was the first time she had encountered someone stealing her things in such an exciting and tortuous way.
Meeting the boy's expectant eyes, Tianbao sighed.
Forget it, who asked him to call her senior sister?
Tian Bao waved the boy aside and leaned over to look down from the hole. "What do you want? I'll get it for you."
In the aisle below, the patrolling guards happened to pass by. The leader became alert and quickly looked up at the roof.
Wei Li made a silent gesture, and the team leader immediately lowered his head and led the team away, pretending that he saw nothing.
"This is the inner treasury, where all the emperor's personal finances are stored, all left over from the previous dynasty. I just ascended the throne and haven't gone in to count the items yet." Wei Li glanced at the girl's serious back, a little nervous. "There should be a lot of rare things. Doesn't Grandpa Du like to collect medicinal herbs? Beautiful jewelry and head ornaments can be brought to grandma, aunt, and uncle to make them happy. Master likes calligraphy--"
He counted them one by one, and before he could finish his words, the girl stood up and handed him a jade-inlaid dagger. "The daggers in the emperor's collection must be quite good. Use them to protect yourself, and don't let the dog bite you."
"..." A familiar feeling of frustration spread in his heart. Wei Li tentatively suggested, "Sister, if you don't like these, I'll take you to the armory?"
Tian Bao raised her eyes, saw the disappointment hidden in his eyes, and patted him on the shoulder, "Want to have fun? Follow me."
After she finished speaking, the girl rushed out first.
Under the moonlight, her high ponytail flutters in the wind, and her back looks free and easy.
Wei Li felt warm in his heart and followed with a raised lip.
…
After the hour of Hai, the lights in the city went out one by one.
The envoys' post house in the West Market also began to quiet down. The illuminated lanterns hanging outside the post house gate swayed in the night wind, emitting a dim glow.
Most of the people in the museum had already gone to bed, and only three or two rooms were still lit.
There was a faint sound of whispering in one of the rooms.
"Emperor Xuan Jing's coronation ceremony has already taken place. What a shame... We will be leaving in a few days. My Lord, will he create some obstacles to stop us?"
"He wouldn't dare. The envoys from the surrounding countries are all here. No matter who he tries to stop, the others won't just stand by and watch. This time, we're all in this together. If Emperor Xuan Jing is truly so ignorant of the bigger picture, it would be like offending all the neighboring countries at once."
"That's true, but the people from the exile area are hard to understand, so they might not care about this."
"This is also a headache for Emperor Xuan Jing. If something happens to the envoys who came to pay tribute in his country, the other countries will directly attack the country without even finding an excuse! He should know whether to control his own people or wait for the other countries to punish him."
While the people in the house were talking openly, a colorless and odorless smoke spread silently throughout the inn.
Tianbao hid in the shadow of the outer wall of the courtyard. He waved and shook his hands, patted the confused junior brother on the shoulder, and made a gesture: Run!
Wei Li was really confused the whole time.
He thought his senior sister brought him here to steal the envoy's things.
The result is that they came to kill and rob?
Following the girl, he left the outer wall of the inn and jumped onto the roof of a tall shop on the opposite street. Wei Li was then pulled down by the cat again.
"Senior Sister, let's watch how they die here?"
"Um."
“…”
Hearing this, Wei Li looked towards the inn over there with a serious look.
Since Tianbao wants to kill them, then let him kill them. He will find a way to deal with what happens next.
Soon there was a noise coming from the other side, it was the sound of quarreling, which became more and more intense, and finally there was a fight.
Soon more people joined the fight, swords drawn, and as time passed, they became more and more furious and blood-thirsty.
Wei Li was stunned for a moment.
"Daiyue can't take action. They're killing each other. The blame shouldn't be put on Daiyue, right? I'll leave a few of them alive to report back." Tianbao looked over there, her clear voice light, "Even if they continue to find excuses to deal with Daiyue, they'll secretly create rifts and start infighting. No one will have an easy time."
"Senior Sister—"
The girl looked back and said, "If these dogs bite you, I will tear off a piece of their flesh, and you don't have to hold your breath."
Looking at the girl's bright eyes, Wei Li curled his fingers unconsciously, and somewhere in his chest he felt warm and swollen.
He knew that Tianbao always protected his own people and had no other intentions.
It was him... My heart skipped a beat.
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