【2024 Year of the Dragon New Year Celebration】
(7) Left Bank
"Chapters 25, 26, and 27 are short plays. This chapter begins and continues from Chapter 24."
The seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, 2:15 pm.
The capital of Laifeng State, on the southern outskirts of the city.
"Zuo'an, slow down! You're already pregnant, why are you still so impatient?"
Looking at Zuo'an, who used his lightness skills to fly towards the city after meeting him, Bu Youran couldn't help but shout loudly.
After all, the child in Zuo An's belly will have the surname Bu after her grandmother Bu Youran. How can she not be anxious?
However, Zuo An, who was in a hurry to return to the East Palace, pretended not to hear Bu Youran's noisy voice behind him, and continued to fly forward using his lightness skills.
More than two months ago, Bu Youran went to Huaqiao Village to inform Zuo An that he should marry Shen Tangli, the Young Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace, on the tenth day of the tenth lunar month. Unexpectedly, this unfilial son claimed to have fallen in love with a peasant girl and even conceived a child with her.
Bu Youran was so angry that she wanted to tear Hua Qingcheng into pieces, but after learning that Hua Qingcheng didn't mind that Zuo An's child would take his father's surname in the future, Bu Youran changed her mind and acquiesced to the marriage between Zuo An and Hua Qingcheng.
[Hua Qingcheng: He's not my child anyway, so I don't care if he takes his father's or mother's surname...]
A quarter of an hour later, in the woods south of the city.
"call out"!
As she was flying through the woods on the left bank using her lightness skills, stepping on the grass and trees, a black figure suddenly attacked her with a sword.
Zuo An then unsheathed the Frost Sword in his hand with a "clang" sound, and started fighting with him with "ping pong pong".
"Zuo'an, is Nalan Qingcheng so good? That she even makes you willing to be devoted to her and become the bodyguard of her princess?" The man's heroic face under the black veil was very gloomy.
"clang"!
Zuo An waved the Frost Sword in his hand and once again easily blocked the opponent's attack.
"Chen Tangli, I don't need you to meddle in what I do!" Zuo An's bright eyes were extremely cold under his slanted eyebrows, and the look he gave the other person was full of indifference and alienation.
"You are my young master's fiancé, how can I not take care of you?" Chen Tangli did not stop fighting with Zuo An while speaking, and the two of them were fighting hard for a while.
"fiancé?"
"I never promised that!"
Zuo An's eyes suddenly became colder, as chilling as a glacier that had existed for thousands of years. Even the frost sword that stabbed at Chen Tangli increased its strength.
"My Lingxiao Palace is the number one intelligence organization in the martial arts world, and is a perfect match for your Luosha Sect, the number one killer organization in the martial arts world. As the young palace master of Lingxiao Palace, I am more than qualified to be a match for you, the young leader of Luosha Sect. What else are you dissatisfied with?" Chen Tangli waved the sword in his hand and pressed forward towards Zuo An step by step.
"I don't care who you are. Anyway, I never agreed to this marriage. Go find whoever agreed!"
Zuo An was agile, and the Frost Sword seemed to have a soul in his hand. He could always counter the opponent's moves amidst the flash of swords and shadows. He was wearing a cool black outfit and didn't even let Chen Tangli touch the corner of his clothes.
"Then this young master will go and kill Nalan Qingcheng!" Chen Tangli, who couldn't get any advantage under Zuo'an's sword, said angrily.
"On the morning of October 16th, the second wave of assassins who tried to assassinate the princess on Qingshi Street were from your Lingxiao Palace, right? Moreover, it was a team led by you, the Young Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace. It's a pity... in the end, the entire army was wiped out and killed by Nalan Qingcheng and Situ Xuanye." Zuo An swept his eyes towards Chen Tangli, his eyes as cold as ice.
"So what if it is, so what if it isn't? Nalan Qingcheng was lucky last time, but it's hard to say what will happen next time..." Chen Tangli had a faint sneer on her lips.
"Nalan Qingcheng's life belongs to me. Anyone who dares to touch her will die! I only refrained from pursuing you because of the High Heaven Palace's slight favor. If you dare to act recklessly again, don't blame me for using you to make the Frost Sword drink blood!"
As Zuo An spoke, he had already placed the sword in his hand across Chen Tangli's neck.
"Zuo'an, are you... really so heartless? Not only are we well-matched, but we've been childhood sweethearts. Who is Nalan Qingcheng? Is she worthy enough to be compared with this young master?" Chen Tangli, with a sword at his neck, looked at the expressionless Zuo'an with a hurt face.
"That's just your wishful thinking. I don't know you well! Three times is the limit. Don't provoke Nalan Qingcheng, and don't bother me, otherwise..."
"Bang"!
Zuo An gathered his internal strength in his palm and struck directly at a thick tree in the forest that required several people to hug. In an instant, the tree crackled and shattered.
“There is such a tree!”
Zuo An withdrew the Frost Sword from Shen Tangli's neck, then used his lightness skills to continue heading towards the palace.
"Left Bank!"
Chen Tangli shouted loudly from behind, but Zuo An, who was gradually moving away, didn't even turn his head.
At one quarter past midnight, in the bedroom of the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace.
Hua Qingcheng, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes. Under the dim palace lanterns, she saw a handsome man in black clothes, a gold ribbon around his waist, his black hair tied up high, and a sword in his arm entering her bedroom.
"Left Bank?"
"Why are you here?"
Hua Qingcheng had long been accustomed to this elusive guy, so she was not too surprised when she suddenly saw her on the left bank.
"I'm glad you're okay."
Worried that the people from Lingxiao Palace would make a feint to the east and attack in the west, he arranged for others to attack Hua Qingcheng's left bank. After defeating Chen Tangli, he quickly rushed back to the East Palace. Seeing that Hua Qingcheng was intact, he finally put down the heavy stone in his heart.
"What could possibly happen to me?" Hua Qingcheng looked at Zuo An with a little confusion.
"I'm glad you're okay..."
"Puff~"
Zuo An, who had already fought Bu Youran in the southern suburbs, engaged Chen Tangli in another fierce battle in the woods south of the city. The two were already evenly matched, but to rush back to the East Palace as quickly as possible, Zuo An, expending no effort in his internal energy, used the fastest and most brutal tactics to defeat Chen Tangli in the shortest possible time.
The consequence was that he injured the enemy a thousand times but lost eight hundred of his own, and Zuo An suffered internal injuries. After confirming that Hua Qingcheng was fine, he spat out a mouthful of blood as a fishy-sweet taste rose in his throat.
"Left Bank!"
Hua Qingcheng was shocked by the man who suddenly vomited blood and was staggering in front of her. She immediately picked him up by the waist and placed him on the large pear wood bed beside her.
"No...it's okay. I just had a fight with someone and got some internal injuries. I won't die..." Zuo An struggled to get up from the bed, but was pushed back by Hua Qingcheng.
"The one who could injure you like this must be someone with extraordinary background. Stay still and don't move!"
Hua Qingcheng couldn't explain why. Perhaps it was because she had already classified Zuo'an as one of her "own people". So when she saw the always high-spirited and cool man suddenly become haggard, with his lips and face slightly pale, she felt uncomfortable.
(The next chapter is still about the left bank)
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