Chapter 22: Westward Exit from Chu
Chu state palace, the emperor Chu Han and the eldest princess Chu Yue looked at the imperial study within the Houyi bow shocked beyond words, how they did not expect Houyi bow will be noiselessly sent back to the palace forbidden land.
Chu Yue said, "Father Emperor, look under the Hou Yi bow there is a letter."
Chu Han unfolded the letter paper and after reading the letter, his tightly frowned brows gradually loosened.
Chu Yue took the letter and read it once, and joyfully said: ''It turns out that the old ancestor is quiet and wants to go to the continent for a while, with his old man's presence, Yu'er must be fine.''
Chu Han said: "I'm afraid that Yu'er will be able to come back only after a long time, I don't know whether she can adapt to the life outside."
Chu Yue said: "my sister naughty, usually always ask me to take her out, now out of the imperial capital after she can be described as a fish out of water, father do not have to worry about her."
Chu Han was a little emotional, said: ''There are old people, of course I don't have to worry about her, just your second brother Wen Feng has been out for the past few years, and now the little naughty has also left, my three favorite children are now only you are still by my side.''
Chu Yue said: ''Sooner or later, brother and sister will return to father's side, you don't need to be sad.''
Chu Han said: ''Well, in fact, this is also good for Little Naughty, she is too naughty, after this sharpening, she will definitely mature a lot.'' He pondered for a while and said: "Now there is no need to alarm senior Zhuge, do everything possible to block the news of Cinnan's big mess in the imperial capital, never disclose it".
On the way, the little princess realized that the Houyi Bow had disappeared from Chen Nan's body, she couldn't help but keep asking questions, Chen Nan didn't answer any of them, and finally she decided that Chen Nan had hidden the Houyi Bow in the vicinity of the inn.
For last night's events she was ignorant, see Chen Nan a distracted look, she sneered: "defeat to see you look preoccupied, soulful look, the heart must be afraid of it".
Chen Nan nonchalantly knocked on the little princess's glossy forehead and said, "Fear your ass."
The little princess was in pain with tearful eyes, and said in a hateful voice: "You will fall into my hands again one day sooner or later, you dead scum!
Chen Nan patted the little princess's fragrant shoulder and said in a 'heartfelt tone': ''The wish is beautiful, the process is tortuous, but the result is impossible. Alas, the season of fantasy, a young girl's heart is always full of longing, poor child wake up, that day is not likely to come."
The little princess was hateful and angry, she said angrily, "Stinking thief you don't want to be complacent, one day I will make you regret what you did today."
Cinnan laughed: "Don't be delusional, little devil, that day will never come."
Along the way, the little princess and Cinnan kept on fighting, while utilizing various opportunities to escape, but none of them were able to succeed.
At the beginning, Cinnan held the little princess hostage and drove on horseback, but the little princess was too beautiful, constantly attracting the side-eye of passers-by, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, and finally changed to riding in a carriage. At the same time he will be the little princess of the jade face smeared dirty, the results caused a burst of the little princess scolding, and finally in his threat of intimidation, finally the matter will be resolved.
A few days later, Chen Nan's body, which was weakened due to casting the Trapped God Finger, finally recovered, and he let out a long breath.
"There was really no one following him along the way, it must be that the old demon had informed Chu Yue and the others after returning the Houyi Bow. The imperial capital's experts didn't follow them down, so the old monster himself followed them." Thinking of the old demon's terrifying features, a chill ran through his heart, if that old man really had plans for him, he dared not imagine it!
Chen Nan held the little princess hostage and traveled all the way west unhindered, the emperor did not send anyone to chase and block, and even about him making a fuss about the imperial capital have not smelled a word.
"Little devil that emperor your old man and princess sister abandoned you, not only did not send anyone to rescue you, but also blocked the news of the imperial capital, it seems that they intend to give you to me."
The little princess leaned her back against the carriage and slanted a glance at him, saying: ''You stinking thief are uneducated, you can't even see such a simple thing, you still have the nerve to talk nonsense here, humph''
"In their eyes the reputation of Chu is much more important than you, the princess, otherwise why would they only focus on blocking the news of the imperial capital and ignore you"
"Hmph, this princess will never explain for you, you despicable villain."
「Do you want freedom or not, as long as you are willing to obediently listen to me, I will give you freedom."
The little princess crossed her eyes at him and stopped paying attention to him.
Along the way, although Chen Nan kept practicing "slavery education", the stubborn Little Princess did not give him a good look every time, causing his wish to turn the Little Princess into a docile servant girl to fall through again and again.
Ten days later, the two of them arrived at Tantai City, where there were two major roads, one leading all the way west to the western border of the Chu Kingdom, and the other road leading straight south for hundreds of miles before turning west and heading to the Western Continent through the City of Sin in the mountains in the central zone of the continent.
Looking at the lifelike white jade statue in the square of Tantai City, Chen Nan was overcome with emotion, and it was not until ten thousand years later that he understood the reason why his power had not progressed but had retreated, all thanks to the goddess in his heart in the past.
"Tantai Xuan, on the day I break through the void, I will definitely let you fall to earth."
The Little Princess struck a timely blow from the side, "Daydreaming, how dare you blaspheme Tantai Fairy like that, fairy reveal your spirit, quickly send down the ooze of thunder to punish him."
Seeing Chen Nan raise his hand, the little princess quickly covered her forehead, her bare forehead had been knocked several times in the past few days.
Without knocking her, Chen Nan pinched her pretty nose and said, "Speak nonsense again, I'll pull it into a pig's nose."
The little princess screamed in pain, "Aigoo, let go of the stinking thief!
Cinnan laughed: "The feel is not bad."
"Ouch, dead scum, I can't spare you." The little princess grabbed and kicked, attracting the crowd in the square to look at her, Chen Nan hurriedly let go of her hand.
The night she stayed in Tantai City, the symptoms of the little princess being trapped in the God's finger power finally kicked in, every inch of her skin was bright red and full of blood, the blood in her body flowed at a hundred times the usual speed, almost boiling.
"Ahhh it's so hard, dead scum you quickly untie me from your broken finger technique, I can't take it anymore" Sweat soaked through the little princess's clothes as she lay on the bed and kept rolling over.
Cinnan pointed out a few of her acupoints, so that she could not move around before starting to pat on her body, a golden light was injected into her body, so lasted for half an hour.
After a long time, the terrible symptoms caused by the Sleeping God Finger gradually disappeared, and the little princess's body temperature slowly returned to normal.
"I'll fight with the scum," after the little princess could move, she gritted her teeth and pounced on Chen Nan.
"I bite me, I grab me, I kick me, I hit me," she couldn't bite, couldn't grab, couldn't kick, and finally she hit Chen Nan with her head.
Cinnan did not dare to utilize his power for fear of accidentally hurting the furious little princess, and it took him a great deal of effort to subdue her.
The little princess gasped for air and said, "Stinking thief I hate you so much, you even cast such a vicious finger technique on me, quickly dissolve it for me completely."
Chen Nan said, "I am the only one in this world who can dissolve the Trapped God Finger Force, it will attack every ten days and half a month, if I don't help you to revitalize your essence and blood in advance, every time it attacks you will be in agony just like today, so you have to be a good boy and listen to the instructions, otherwise you know the consequences."
"Go to hell, no one will listen to you stinky thief." The little princess slammed a pillow at him with force before running off to wash up in a huff.
"The maid raising program is bankrupt again."
On the following day, the two of them, Cinnan, stepped onto the main road leading to Sin City early in the morning, and Tantai Ancient City gradually disappeared behind them.
This great road ran through the east and west, and was the most important trade road on the continent, with a large flow of passengers and merchants every day, causing this border road to not be silent.
All the way to the wind and food, the two finally came to the western gateway of Chu Wang Feng City, this city is tall and strong, is the east-west road on the throat of the fortress place.
Wang Feng City this name has a long history, it is said that the first Wang Feng City was built at the time of the great war between the East and the West, nearly 10,000 years in the years, the city has changed several times. The Wind Watch City in front of us was built a thousand years ago, and has never changed its address until today, but has only expanded several times on its original foundation.
Although few wars have broken out between the East and the West in the past thousands of years, no matter in which dynasty, this city is regarded as a military fortress and is heavily guarded. Now that it was a time of peace, the military soldiers in the city were mainly checking on the merchants traveling to and from the city and inspecting their goods.
Before Tatsuo Nan entered Wangfeng City, he had already given the Little Princess a round of 'education on entering the city', threatening her to cooperate if she encountered soldiers checking on her.
At first, the little princess sneered, claiming that she would never put on a show for him as a villain, but after Chen Nan terrorized her, threatening that if she was not "honest", she would be disfigured in the event of an incident, and that the power of the Sleeping God's Fingers that she had suffered would kick in early, the little princess compromised with a grudge.
Sure enough, when they entered the city, the two were subjected to strict scrutiny, but fortunately Cinnan was prepared in advance, and made up a set of lies to easily muddle through.
Of course, in the whole process is also a small episode, although the face of the little princess has been Chennan smeared dirty, but its natural beauty is still difficult to cover, the results caused a soldier hairy feet, angry her almost angry, Chennan hurriedly threw down a few gold coins, pulling the raging little princess hurriedly left.
After arriving in the city, the little princess exasperatedly said, "It's too much, how can we have such soldiers in Chu, I'll definitely order to kill these soldiers after I return to the imperial capital."
Chen Nan laughed, "Then you will be killing a quarter of the soldiers, hundreds of thousands of people will have their heads on the ground."
"Nonsense, we don't have that many evil soldiers in Chu."
"If you don't believe me, I'll show you around to those soldiers."
The little princess hurriedly shook her head, if any more soldiers made a move on her, she would be furious.
Although Wangfeng City is located in the border area, but the city is very prosperous, there is a kind of industry in the city is especially prosperous, that is mercenary.
Out of Wangfeng City is the vast mountains, in the road to the western continent there are not only a variety of ferocious birds and beasts, there are also some tough bandits, so people traveling on this road will generally be traveling in pairs, and even most people will spend money to hire some mercenaries, in order to ensure the safety of life and property.
Chen Nan brought the little princess to the mercenary union in the city, it was noisy and chaotic inside, the walls were plastered with all kinds of notices, all of them were big and small tasks waiting for mercenaries to go and claim them, from small to being a bodyguard for someone, to big to exploring some horrible jedi.
Currently, the most expensive mission was to catch the Qilin beast in the Falling Wind Mountain Range, and someone had already bid up to half a million gold coins. Although there were many people who took this mission, so far none of the mercenaries or mercenary organizations were able to get it, most of them never returned, and by now there were very few people who took this mission anymore.
The employers who come here are usually people who are heading to Sin City or the Western Continent, and if they want to deal with bandits on the road, a few mercenaries are not enough, and often a group of people with the same destination collectively hire a mercenary group.
An unkempt, bearded man carrying a large sword approached Chen Nan and said, "Brother want to find a mercenary as a bodyguard? Choosing me is definitely a wise choice, the one who is known as the King of Mercenaries is me, I will guarantee you a safe journey."
A few mercenaries beside him said in unison: "If you are the King of Mercenaries, we are still the King of Mercenaries."
The big man said, "Oh, missing the word future, I am the future king of mercenaries."
Chen Nan could already tell that this big man was indeed considered a strong man, his cultivation had already reached the first rank level, but he did not know why he would be willing to be an ordinary mercenary.
"How about it brother although I just joined this line of work not long ago, but it is definitely a miracle among mercenaries, along the way to ensure that you have a high level of peace of mind. Although your little lady has smeared her face dirty, but a clear-eyed person will know that it is a stunning beauty, if there is not a person with strong skills to protect you, it will be very dangerous when you go out of Wangfeng City."
The little princess was furious and said angrily: "Big bearded man what are you talking nonsense, who is this scum's little lady, if you talk nonsense again, beware I will cut off your head."
The big man said, "Aiyaa what a powerful little girl." Then he turned his head and said to Chen Nan: "Brothers haven't gotten it yet, when it's time to strike, strike, otherwise there's no store after this village."
Tatsuo Nan heatedly laughed: "At the moment it's still just my maid of honor."
The little princess, facing the two undesirable men, was furious, and copied the teapot and teacups on the table and threw them out. Chen Nan and the big man quickly dodged to the side, but the people nearby were not so lucky, some of them were drenched by the boiling hot tea, provoking a chorus of angry curses within the mercenary union, Chen Nan hurriedly pulled the little princess to escape.
The big man with a falling beard also followed him out, shouting at Chen Nan, "It's really dangerous for the two of you to go on the road, if you hire me, I'll guarantee you a safe journey."
Chen Nan stopped and said: "We are going to Sin City, I heard that there are a lot of bandits on the road, are you able to protect us alone".
The big man said, "Against those rabble-rousers, one of my hands is enough. Besides, we're not traveling alone, a group of merchants hired a mercenary group, I'm familiar with their leader, so I'll go on the road with them and ensure you're safe as hell."
Although Chen Nan wasn't afraid of the bandits on the road, he wasn't as confident when he brought along the little princess, for the sake of being safe, he decided to go on the road with those mercenaries.
"Alright, we'll come here to look for you tomorrow morning." After saying that he took the angry little princess and walked outside.
The big man shouted after him, "It's a deal."
When returning to the inn, the little princess was full of unhappy color and said in a cold voice: "Stinky thief you will be leaving the border of Chu soon, now you can help me to dissolve the trapped god finger power, right?"
"What's the hurry, we haven't arrived at Sin City yet."
"You forgot what my sister said, if you don't let me go when you leave the border of Chu, she will send an order to kill me and mobilize all the power to hunt you down, you will die without a burial place."
"Hmph, letting you go or not will be a result, instead of that it would be better to keep you around as a maid."
Now the little princess was really scared and said in a trembling voice: "Scum you can't be telling the truth, I don't have any grievances or grudges against you, although we had some unpleasant things happened in the past, but they were all misunderstandings, besides, so much time has passed, you won't want to take revenge on me now right?"
"Pah."
Chen Nan reached out and nudged her fainting point before placing her on the bed.
"You little devil."
Although Chen Nan had some fear in his heart for the old demon that had never shown up, he still felt that it would be safer to leave the little princess by his side. He had already determined that the old demon, despite his terrifying cultivation, was not yet able to unlock his Trapped God Finger, and he secretly rejoiced at the subtlety of his family's Xuan Gong.
On the second day, Chen Nan brought the Little Princess to the Mercenary Union on time.
The little princess was filled with anger, staring at Cinnan with hatred, at the same time, there was some fear in her heart, she was about to leave Chu, she was really worried that she would lose her free body from then on.
The big man saw the two of them and hurriedly beckoned, before he came closer, the little princess gave him a big blank stare.
The big man didn't care about it and smiled hehehe.
This mercenary group responsible for protecting the merchant caravan had a total of one hundred and three people, with the exception of the deputy leader who was an old magician who had reached the first rank level, the rest were all martial artists.
The leader was a middle-aged man around forty years old, looking shrewd and capable, and he was followed by a behemoth, which was clearly an Earth Dragon.
The Earth Dragon was about five feet long, and its black scale armor shone brightly, making it look quite fierce.
The big man said, "A first-order magician, a first-order Earth Dragon Knight, and me, the future king of mercenaries, who dares to mess with this combination to ensure that this journey is safe and secure."
Tatsunami said: "How many gold coins are needed?"
The big man said, "One hundred gold coins for one person, a little discount for two people, let's make it one hundred and eighty gold coins."
Chen Nan said, "You're robbing money, ten gold coins is already enough for an ordinary family to live for a month, you're just escorting us for a ride, but you're actually asking for such a sky-high price."
"Then one hundred and fifty gold coins, no."
"No, fifty."
"One hundred and twenty."
"No, eighty."
The final price was one hundred gold coins, and Chen Nan paid him on the spot.
At this time, the leader of the mercenary group came over and said, "Guan Hao you have already taken eight people's hiring money, why are you leading two more people now, although you have done us a favor, but with so many people following us, the brothers will have opinions."
Guan Hao said, "These are the last two people."
After the leader of the mercenary group left, Chen Nan gasped, ''Liar return the money.''
Guan Hao said awkwardly, ''This one has a lot of people, but I guarantee your safety.
The little princess said from the side, ''One scum and one is a liar, you don't have a single good person.''
Chen Nan glared at her and turned his head to Guan Hao, "It's fine if you don't refund the money, but when you leave the city, you guarantee that you'll be able to get this little girl out without a word."
Guan Hao looked as if he had come to a realization and said, "So you are a human trafficker."
"Pay back the money."
"Ah, I said the wrong thing. Hey, hey, this is easy to do, it's not just getting out of the city, just point her acupuncture points and stuff her in the pile of goods."
At this moment, the little princess's eyes were capable of killing, she said angrily: "You two bastards."
"Pah!"
Chen Nan pointed her acupoints, then turned to Guan Hao and said, "Are there any women among the merchants?"
"Yes."
"Let's put her in the women's compartment, otherwise it would be troublesome for such a delicate body to be crushed by the cargo."
This group of merchants consisted of more than forty men, women, and children in total, and there were more than twenty carriages pulling the goods, plus more than a hundred mercenaries, the group was quite spectacular.
The Little Princess was acupointed and rode in the carriage with several female family members of the merchants, she could not speak or move her body, she could only lie straight in the carriage.
A few ladies observed her while praising her:
"This sick girl is so beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful woman."
"Yes, she's really beautiful."
"Her face is dirty. She must be protecting herself. She's such a smart girl."
"I really want to pinch her cheeks."
A few women finally began to caress the little princess's jade face.
"I wish I had such a beautiful daughter."
"Yes, she's so cute."
The little princess's lungs exploded and she couldn't help but let out a ragged breath.
"Oops, this girl's getting worse."
"That's not right, how about a huffing and puffing sound."
The group soon reached the city gates, and after the merchants donated dozens of gold coins, the soldiers who were checking them didn't bother the ladies.
It wasn't until they were far away from the city gates that the little princess was unlocked by Cinnan, and as soon as she was able to move, she jumped out of the carriage as if she was fleeing, and then screamed loudly at the roadside woods for a while.
"Hahaha" Tatsunami couldn't help but laugh.
"Dead scum quickly untie that broken finger technique for me and let me go back."
"Dream on."
Guan Hao walked over and said, "Little girl stop screaming, if you scream again you will attract the male wolf."
"You're not a good person, you're not greedy for money, you help me kill this scum, I'll give you 100,000 gold coins."
Guan Hao marveled, "Wow, 100,000 gold coins, a huge fortune, but a gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way, I can't accept this kind of ill-gotten wealth."
"You money grubber and liar, you still have the face to say that there is a way to take money, as long as you help me kill him, I'll add another 100,000 gold coins for you."
Chen Nan knocked on the little princess's head with a 'thud' and said, "How dare you find someone to kill me in front of me, do you take me for air."
The little princess cried out in pain while saying in a hateful voice, "You stinking thief and scum who deserve death by a thousand cuts, sooner or later you will go to hell one day"
Tatsunami laughed: "Buddha said: if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell."
"Then you'll go to hell now."
"I haven't become a Buddha yet."
"Shameless scum, stinking thief."
The merchants and the mercenary group looked at the two men with sideways glances and surprise.
In the next few days, listening to the two fight became a habit for the crowd, and if they didn't hear the two fight for half a day, the crowd would be surprised.
