"My lord, General He Jin is now searching the entire city for you. The city gates are likely under martial law. It seems we can no longer remain in Luoyang. Have you decided how to leave and where to go?" After acknowledging Wang Han as his lord, Xi Zhicai immediately asked, preparing to offer Wang Han advice.
"Leave?" Wang Han shook his head upon hearing this and said, "Now is not the time to leave Luoyang. As for General He Jin, his time is almost up. Let's stay here for a while and go back after he dies."
"Does my lord mean that General He Jin is nearing his end?" Xi Zhicai asked upon hearing this.
"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed." Wang Han smiled and nodded, saying, "You'll find out in time. I can't go out recently, so keep an eye on news from the palace."
"Yes, my lord."
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One month later.
Xi Zhicai, who had been gathering information outside, hurriedly returned. Seeing Wang Han exercising, he quickly said, "My lord, just as you predicted, General He Jin was summoned to the palace alone by the Empress Dowager last night and was later killed by the Ten Attendants. After General He Jin's death, the Ten Attendants were also killed by the soldiers under General He Jin's command after they stormed the palace."
"Let's go, we can go back now," Wang Han said, stopping his exercise.
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"Huh, where's the hammer?" Upon returning to the courtyard, Wang Han immediately noticed that the golden hammer he had smashed at the gate was gone. He was puzzled. He had promised that the servants wouldn't take it back, and since General He Jin wanted to recruit him, he wouldn't break his promise. It seemed impossible that someone could have taken it back.
"This..." Xi Zhicai was also puzzled. Apart from Wang Han, probably no one could lift Wang Han's Golden Hammer. He also knew that neither the servants in his household nor General He Jin would break Wang Han's promise.
"We'll find out if we go in and ask," I said, leading the way into the courtyard.
"Master, you're finally back." As soon as Wang Han entered the courtyard, Li Si, who was exercising, saw him and immediately came to greet him.
Upon seeing Li Si approach, Wang Han asked, "Li Si, I have a question for you: where are the pair of golden hammers I left at the door?"
Upon hearing Wang Han's question, Li Si quickly replied, "Master, your Golden Hammer was taken in by a woman a couple of days ago."
"Oh, how did you get it in? You must have used some method," Wang Han asked, already convinced.
Xi Zhicai also looked at Li Si curiously. The sledgehammer weighed 6,000 jin and was in a pit, so it couldn't be brought in by ordinary means.
"The woman first brought three large carts and a lot of stones. She separated the carts with wooden planks. Then she hooked one end of several large iron chains with hooks to the chain on the hammer handle and the other end to the front of the carts. After covering the wheels with large stones, she kept putting stones on the front of the carts. As the stones piled up, the three carts slowly sank down, and the sledgehammer was pulled out of the pit. Then she covered the sledgehammer again, took the stones off the carts, pushed them forward a little, covered the wheels again, and put stones on top. As the carts sank down, the sledgehammer moved forward a little. She repeated this process until she got the master's golden sledgehammer into the yard." Li Si said admiringly, "It took her a whole day. Her hands were all blistered."
Wang Han nodded, saying it was similar to the principle of a seesaw.
"This woman is indeed intelligent," Xi Zhicai nodded in praise, having also figured it out.
"Do you know this woman's name and where she lives?" Wang Han asked. Since she had brought his golden hammer and drumsticks in, Wang Han naturally had to keep his promise.
“I asked, but she didn’t tell me,” Li Si said. “However, she comes once a day, and she will be here in about an hour.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Han nodded and said, "In that case, let's wait for her to arrive."
“Master, there is one more thing,” Li Si said. “Not long after you left, the General sent someone to deliver a strange beast called the White-Armored Divine Rhinoceros. It has strong limbs, two horns growing in front of its head, one in front and one behind. It is nine feet tall (two meters), seventeen or eighteen feet long (nearly four meters), weighs nearly seven thousand catties, and has skin as thick as armor (3 to 4 centimeters). It is said to have been presented as tribute to the late Emperor. The General specially asked His Majesty for it, saying that it was given to you as a mount. It was already tamed when it was presented as tribute and is now being kept in the backyard.”
"Take me to see it first," Wang Han instructed.
"It really is a white rhinoceros." Upon arriving in the backyard, Wang Han saw a tall white rhinoceros eating grass from a stone trough in its enclosure, with two servants watching over it from outside.
Looking at the white rhinoceros in the enclosure, Xi Zhicai said with delight, "Our lord's acquisition of such a rare beast is truly like adding wings to a tiger."
"Master." The two servants who were looking after the white rhinoceros quickly came over and greeted Wang Han respectfully.
"From now on, the two of you will be in charge of taking care of this white-armored divine rhinoceros," Wang Han instructed. He then instructed Li Si, "This is Xi Zhicai. He will be in charge of managing the affairs of the courtyard from now on. Gather everyone together, introduce them to each other, and then pay your wages."
"Yes, Master." Upon hearing this, Li Si carefully examined Xi Zhicai before running off to gather the people.
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Wang Han and Xi Zhicai were discussing in the main house when Li Si entered and said to Wang Han, "Master, that woman has arrived."
Wang Han instructed, "Please invite her in."
"yes."
Soon, a woman dressed in pink was invited into the main house. This woman was exceptionally beautiful, with skin as smooth as jade and a face that could topple kingdoms. Wang Han couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.
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