The name card was exquisitely made, but with the gold-inlaid jade name card in her memory, Hua Cai's eyes lit up instantly, and she flipped it open without a second thought, heading straight for the contents.
moment.
"Who is Yue Chen?" Hua Cai looked at the last two elegant and gentle characters on the name card, her gaze falling on the sharp stroke at the end. She raised an eyebrow and carefully searched Jin Baozhu's memories, but found nothing.
The servant delivering the name card looked at Hua Cai with a strange expression.
Jin Yin took the name card from Hua Cai's hand and nodded to the servant: "In that case, please lead the way, young brother."
The servant obeyed and led the way. Jin Yin, holding Hua Cai's hand, lagged behind two steps. She glanced at the servant's back and said in a low voice, "Yue Chen, the third prince of Yue Kingdom, a very favored third prince."
Jin Yin emphasized the word "very" heavily, which puzzled Hua Cai. However, Jin Yin seemed to think that the previous words still did not fully express the importance of Yue Chen, so she lowered her head and added in Hua Cai's ear, "He is so favored that the Emperor of Yue did not hesitate to use the other two princes as shields to protect him all the way."
Hua Cai froze, gasped, and stared at Jin Yin in disbelief.
Jin Yin nodded solemnly.
Hua Cai had lost all interest in admiring the scenery when she first arrived in Yue, and her brows furrowed slightly.
Jin Baozhu was a young lady from a secluded family, and she had a sweetheart since she was six years old. Jin Yin protected her too well, and her world consisted of nothing but Jin Yin and Li Zheng.
However, it's surprising that the Yue Emperor's precious darling would appear in such a place. As soon as they stepped into the city gate, someone came to hand them their name cards, so it seems they didn't just arrive today.
Moreover, how did they know about the Jin family and make such arrangements? Even the urgent arrest warrant, issued from 800 li away from the capital, had only arrived in the border town three days ago.
The border is no good place. To put it bluntly, about 30% of the people in this city are from other countries who have come to gather information. If this noble third prince is discovered here, it would be a windfall for the spies, and they probably wouldn't mind taking a big gift back with them.
Offering unsolicited favors is either a sign of malice or theft.
Hua Cai touched the dagger strapped to her waist, glanced at the more than thirty top-tier experts following behind her, and then thought about the pile of low-energy but very useful items in the system shop. Hua Cai felt at ease.
I'll meet force with force and water with earth; whatever tricks you have up your sleeve, I'll take them all.
The servant led Jin Yin and his entourage directly to a teahouse.
"Please come in, gentlemen." The waiter pointed to the side, turned around, and went upstairs.
Hua Cai and the others followed quietly behind, finally stopping in front of a private room.
"Baozi, is there an ambush inside?" Hua Cai was still worried and needed to confirm.
"There was no ambush, but there were two top-notch fighters."
A super expert.
Hua Cai wasn't too surprised. If there weren't any experts with them, she would have suspected that someone had impersonated them and tricked them into coming here.
The servant stopped at the door of the private room, gestured to Jin Yin, and respectfully said into the room, "Young master, Master Jin has arrived."
Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the room, and the door creaked open, revealing three people walking out.
Hua Cai looked up and her gaze suddenly met the face of the person in front of her, causing her to gasp in shock.
"Holy crap, system, that brat Wu Mu is doing a mission too?"
That face, overflowing with flirtatious charm, that forced smile, that hypocritical voice—it was exactly like a shaman.
"What?" The system looked puzzled and followed Hua Cai's gaze, stammering, "This, how is this possible? Even if there are multiple protagonists in a world, it is impossible for two mission takers to enter at the same time, otherwise they will be eliminated by the rules. Wait a minute, let me confirm."
The system paused for a moment, then spoke with certainty two breaths later: "I have confirmed with the main system that the rules have not been changed. Only one mission participant can enter each mission world. This Wu Mu is truly just a coincidence."
coincide.
Hua Cai looked at Wu Mu's face and felt awkward no matter how she looked at it. She kept trying to convince herself, when suddenly she felt a hand on her head.
Reflexively dodging to the side, Hua Cai looked over warily and saw that Jin Yin seemed to have misunderstood something, looking at her with a pained expression, his outstretched hand still frozen in mid-air: "Baozhu, are you alright?"
"Huh?" Hua Cai suddenly woke up and quickly shook her head: "I'm fine, I'm fine."
Jin Yin glanced at Hua Cai's somewhat unpleasant face, then at Yue Chen across from her with a gentle smile, and affectionately patted Hua Cai's head: "My daughter is not good at socializing, please forgive her."
"Mr. Jin, you are too modest. I have long heard that your daughter is beautiful and intelligent, and her appearance is stunning. Seeing her today, I can confirm that it is indeed true. I have specially brought some fine tea from Yuedu. Please enjoy."
Jin Yin nodded, instructed Yingzi and Hua Cai to follow her inside, and then went into the private room first.
The private room was empty; it seemed that Yue Chen and his two guards were the only ones who were going to see Jin Yin this time.
They said they were having tea, but they actually had something to discuss. Hua Cai listened quietly with a teacup in her hand, and she managed to glean a lot of information from the conversation.
It seems that spies from various countries have been keeping an eye on the Kim family. As soon as something happens to the Kim family, they immediately send people to investigate.
In the original storyline, the entire Kim family was beheaded in front of everyone, and they were all dead beyond any doubt, so naturally, these things didn't happen. However, after Hwa-chae arrived, the Kim family in the country perished in a great fire.
Upon hearing that the gold and silver had gone missing, the other three kingdoms were in an uproar.
This is simply a golden opportunity to bring gold and silver into one's own country.
The Li Kingdom was not peaceful either, but the only difference was that the Li Kingdom was in a different kind of uproar. Li Zheng issued a warrant for his arrest in the shortest possible time. He had not seen Jin Yin's body with his own eyes. If he had fled to another country, he would have been a threat to the Li Kingdom.
The Yue Emperor sent people to every city on the border between the Li Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom, and even considered sending people to the border of the neighboring Liang Kingdom. Fortunately, his remaining rationality told him that the Liang Emperor might be doing the same thing. If he went there to openly snatch people at this time, none of the people he sent would probably come back.
Fortunately, Jin Yin and his group chose Yue territory, so the Yue emperor's enthusiasm was not in vain.
Yue Chen sincerely expressed his father's eagerness to find talented people, and said that if there were any conditions, Mr. Jin could just ask for them, and they would leave the country without hesitation if they could meet them.
Who is Jin Yin? No one in the four countries could get more benefits than him. Yue Chen dared to say this. No, it was the Emperor of Yue who dared to say this. Even Hua Cai, who had her mind wandering as soon as she saw Yue Chen's face, was surprised.
In contrast, Hua Cai once again refreshed my understanding of Mr. Jin.
Even during a time of exile, the emperor of a nation could utter such words; Old Master Jin is far more formidable than she imagined.
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