TFHS: Chapter 147

Just as they were talking, another silver armored guard came on horseback. If Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were a bit slower, they would’ve run into this person, who turned out to be their old acquaintance called Kong Zhao.

If Feng Ming was to meet Kong Zhao, he would really want to ask him, ‘Is this the powerful person of the court that you are loyal to?’

The moment Kong Zhao arrived, he was received by an armored guard. Kong Zhao found something wrong here, so he asked a few more questions. The armored guard who received him explained the situation in detail.

Kong Zhao was surprised. “Young Marquis Zong from Gaoyang County? In addition, the ger’s surname is Feng, and the man’s surname is Bai? Did anyone record it? Find a photo stone for me to see.”

What a coincidence! Kong Zhao suspected that the people in front of him were Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. It wasn’t surprising that Young Marquis Zong knew them. After all, these two people also came from Gaoyang County.

Someone actually recorded it and showed it to Kong Zhao, who immediately looked upset. It could be said that Feng Ming had really suffered an unexpected disaster.

If he was in their place, he would also be angry. What type of person was this?

Before, he had persuaded Bai Qiaomo to join the Silver Armor Army and work for the court. After this incident, he was afraid that Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo would have an even worse impression of the court.

“I know about this. I’ll take this photo stone away.”

Kong Zhao was wondering if he should investigate the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Now that he had come across it, he couldn’t just turn a blind eye.

He knew the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. It was just a facade.

But the more such mansions they were, the more they liked to save face.

If he didn’t deal with it, the marquis of Ningyuan would probably cause trouble for Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. After all, too many people had seen it at the city gate and the news would definitely spread in Imperial City.

The marquis of Ningyuan had lost face, and he must find a way to get it back.

Thinking about the fate of Wu Yingyan and the Wu family, Kong Zhao always had a hunch that it was related to these two people.

But the Imperial City wasn’t like other places. The forces here were too complicated. If things got out of hand then it would be difficult to resolve.

Young Marquis Zong Yuyan first sent Jiang Ran and his group to settle down. Then he made arrangements for Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo.

He didn’t have the chance to come into contact with these two people in Gaoyang County. The young marquis hadn’t expected to run into them after they arrived in Imperial City and to help them out.

Of course, even if he didn’t recognize them, Zong Yuyan would’ve intervened since he couldn’t stand the behavior of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. He also heard some things about this mansion and couldn’t stand it.

He dared to say and do it, even if he was reported to His Majesty.

“Young Marquis.” Bai Qiaomo asked, “Do you know if the team from Sihong Academy has arrived?”

The young marquis shook his head. “I don’t know. Why don’t you come to my house and rest first? I’ll send someone to inquire about it. If they come, I’ll send you over. There is no need to refuse. The Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion will definitely inquire about your whereabouts. If you are alone, there will be some entanglement. After knowing you are in my house, they won’t dare to move. Once your people from Sihong Academy come, they won’t dare to move thanks to your academy’s protection. After all, even if a girl from the mansion marries into the prince’s mansion, the prince will still want to win over forces like Sihong Academy.”

Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming exchanged looks and agreed to the young marquis’ proposal.

Feng Ming said angrily, “Is there no one in charge of this Imperial City? Today, she wanted to whip me in the face, and we were able to stop her. Tomorrow, what if she wants to whip someone else? if they don’t have the ability, will they have to endure it?”

The young marquis knew from Gaoyang County that Feng Ming was a person who couldn’t tolerate humiliation, so it wasn’t surprising for him to react like this. “It isn’t that there is no one in charge, but that the people in the mansion know how to treat people differently. She has misjudged your identities today, thinking that you are from a small place and have no power to rely on, so you don’t dare to resist. You can only endure it.”

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were wearing very ordinary clothing. It was no wonder that the noble people of the capital treated them as ordinary people.

It was because Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were in a hurry. If they dressed too well, it would tell others that they were easily taken advantage of to be robbed. In order to avoid trouble, they naturally had to dress more casually.

Feng Ming’s lips curled up. “So she is a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. All those people in the nest of the mansion aren’t good things.

The young marquis was amused by Feng Ming’s description. He actually used a nest to describe the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion.

Zong Yuyan took Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo to live in his own mansion, and immediately sent someone to inquire about the situation of Sihong Academy.

There weren’t many people in the young marquis’ mansion. His father hadn’t returned to Imperial City this time, but stayed in Gaoyang County.

It had been half a month since the young marquis came back. This time, he was out of the city on business. Coincidentally, when he came back, he ran into Feng Ming’s group, who had just arrived in Imperial City.

The people who went out to inquire about the news returned quickly. The group from Sihong Academy hadn’t arrived yet, but they must be arriving soon. It was because there were only five days left until the league.

If it wasn’t for what happened at the gate of Imperial City, Feng Ming would definitely be very interested in taking Bai Qiaomo out shopping after arriving at Imperial City.

This was the only super city in the Dongmu Dynasty. It must be more prosperous than all the places they had been to. It was a pity if they didn’t take a good look around.

Now the result was good. Feng Ming didn’t want to cause trouble, so he stayed quietly in the guest house of the young marquis’ mansion. In his spare time, he either read books or stayed in his room to refine medicine.

This was seen by the essence dan realm elder who followed the young marquis. His opinion of Feng Ming also increased a lot.

In the past, when he saw the actions of Feng Ming’s group, they seemed to jump around quite a lot. This wasn’t very pleasant for an old man like him.

But he saw that Feng Ming didn’t want to cause trouble to the young marquis this time. He stayed here obediently and didn’t go out for a stroll. It could be seen that Feng Ming had some caution in his heart.

However, the young marquis couldn’t stand it any longer. He took a day off to take Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo for a walk around Imperial City. In his words, it would be a waste of a trip if they came to Imperial City and didn’t look around.

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo naturally wouldn’t refuse the invitation from the young marquis.

The situation at the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion was different. The girl from their family made a big fuss after returning home, and insisted that the mansion send people to capture all those who bullied her at the city gate. She wanted to take revenge personally.

However, she was ignorant of the situation. Could the other people in the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion really do things according to her temper?

The armored guards who sent her back said that they did it according to the instructions of Young Marquis Zong Yuyan. The whip marks on the young lady’s body were also caused by the young marquis’ horsewhip.

The people in the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion were originally very angry. Who dared to bully them? If they were let off easily, wouldn’t everyone dare to bully them next?

Then after hearing that it was Young Marquis Zong Yuyan, the anger in Marquis Ningyuan’s heart immediately subsided.

He sent the armored guard out of the door in a gentle manner. Then he turned around and asked people to keep an eye on their young lady. Without the permission of the elders, no one was allowed to let her out to cause trouble.

The marquis’ wife was puzzled. She didn’t know much about the situation of this family. “Isn’t it just an imperial family member? There are many imperial family members in the Imperial City. Many of them are so poor that they can’t even make ends meet. Why should we be afraid of them?”

Marquis NIngyuan said angrily, “Is this an ordinary imperial family member? Even among imperial family members, there are those who are doing well and those who aren’t. This family is exactly one that is doing well. Now he is the lord of Gaoyang County. Why don’t you go and ask your son-in-law if we can afford to offend such a family?”

The marquis’ wife also hesitated and decided to ask her married daughter about the situation. A good girl went out and came back beaten like this. How could a mother not be angry? She wanted to catch the people back and beat them to death immediately.

“Even if we can’t afford to offend that young marquis, can’t we afford to offend those two lowly people who dared to offend our daughter? You have to find a way to make our daughter calm down. Don’t tell me you aren’t angry after seeing her situation.”

Marquis Ningyuan thought about it and found it made sense. The marquis’ mansion had been slapped in the face by someone. If they didn’t investigate thoroughly and teach the people a lesson, how could the marquis’ mansion have the face to walk around in public in the future? Even their prince son-in-law would be unhappy.

“Okay, I’ll have someone investigate. Anyone who dares to touch a girl from my mansion will be punished.”

If they didn’t think this way, how could they teach their daughter to be so spoiled and domineering?

As a result, they sent people to investigate and found that these two people were now living in Zong Yuyan’s house. As for their background, it would take some time to find out.

Marquis Ningyuan ordered his men to continue investigating and get to the bottom of the matter.

The actions of the NIngyuan Marquis’ Mansion weren’t unexpected to Feng Ming, Bai Qiaomo, and Zong Yuyan. This was why Feng Ming had been staying at the young marquis’ mansion. It was only because the young marquis invited him that he and Bai Qiaomo went out for fresh air.

Bai Qiaomo wasn’t in a very good mood either. After all, he was still a bit weak and couldn’t even protect Feng Ming. He had just arrived in Imperial City and needed the help of an outsider to avoid the powerful.

But seeing that Feng Ming was in high spirits, he perked up to accompany Feng Ming.

The young marquis specially arranged for a carriage with the family emblem to travel. It was because Imperial City was too big and it would take a long time to walk around the whole city. It would be tiring.

The roads of Imperial City were wide. Several carriages running side by side wouldn’t make it feel crowded. However, when the other carriages saw the logo of the carriage that Feng Ming’s group was riding in, they consciously gave way.

This class privilege was really useful when enjoying it personally, but it was hard to describe when experiencing it from the other side.

The buildings here were magnificent. There were many noble people, and an air of luxury everywhere.

However, when walking on the street, they met many cultivators with a heavy aura. Here, let alone the qi gathering realm, even the essence liquid realm didn’t seem to be worth much.

This had a lot to do with the rich vital energy in Imperial City and the concentration of cultivation resources in Imperial City. It could be said that the entire power of the Dongmu Dynasty was gathered to support this Imperial City. How could the cultivation level of the cultivators here not be high?

There was one shortcoming. It was that there were many young children of powerful people who seemed to have a high cultivation level, but Feng Ming could sense that the aura on them was rather weak.

For example, the woman he met at the city gate. Her cultivation wasn’t much weaker than Feng Ming’s. She was also in the late stage of the qi gathering realm. However, Feng Ming dared to say that he could easily subdue her.

At noon, the young marquis found a restaurant and entered to have lunch with Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo.

Feng Ming asked him curiously, “The vital energy here in Imperial City is so rich. Why did you run to Gaoyang County? The county city is far inferior to Imperial City.”

The young marquis shook his head. “It is far better to go to Gaoyang County than to stay here. I can make my own decisions there, but I am subject to more restrictions here. His Majesty has many adult princes. If I stay here, I will inevitably be disturbed by them. It is better to leave.”

Due to the affairs of the Wan family in Gaoyang County, he and his father were very grateful for the opportunity brought to them by Feng Ming and his father. They not only got rid of the notorious Geng Jiulang, but also tore a large piece of meat from the Wan family.

The young marquis always kept this matter in mind. Therefore, he protected Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo without hesitation at the city gate.

Moreover, he felt that even if he hadn’t stepped in, these two people wouldn’t necessarily be in real trouble.