Chapter Ten: The Honored Guest
Su Tang slept until noon and was awakened by a loud noise, frowning involuntarily. Zhu'er knew he was resting and would definitely instruct the servants not to disturb him, so what else could have happened outside?
Ke'er was not in the house, Su Tang casually put on a coat and walked out in big strides.
In the front yard of the inner city, there were seven or eight strangers, behind whom stood a giant over two meters tall, bare-chested and pulling a cart. The decoration on the cart was ordinary, but it was very wide and long, usually such a cart would need at least three or four horses to pull it away.
Sangbin's build was already quite impressive, but compared to that big fellow, he was completely on a different level, shorter by a head and smaller by several sizes.
None of these are the point, the point is that a silver giant tiger is lying beside the car, although the giant tiger looks very well-behaved, but it has already made the entire inner city in an uproar, obviously having caught wind of the giant tiger's scent.
"Miss, we just came out of the Black Forest and would like to rest in your castle for a few days, may we?" asked an old man wearing a black shirt with a smile.
"No way!" Zhu'er shook her head firmly, actually she was also scared by the silver giant tiger, her voice was trembling slightly, but she still summoned up the courage to refuse, letting this group of people enter the inner fortress, what if the terrifying old tiger went mad and hurt the young master?
"We don't eat and live for free." The old man in black clothes took out a small, exquisite beast skin bag from his body, poured out a few gold coins, let Zhu Er see them with her own eyes, then put the gold coins back into the bag, and casually threw the beast skin bag at Zhu Er's feet.
At that moment, Zhu'er thought of compromising because Xiaolingbao was really short of money, and those were shiny gold coins! However, the young master's safety must come first. Zhu'er gritted her teeth and tried to calm down her tone. She vaguely sensed that the other party was a big shot: "Old man, you continue heading south, it'll be fine when you reach Changshan County, there are many inns there... we here... we have some inconveniences..."
That old man in black revealed a crying and laughing expression, unexpectedly running into a soft and hard girl who wouldn't budge here. Leave? Impossible, the higher-ups have already ordered rest here, forcibly breaking in? Even more impossible, not to mention what kind of attitude the adults would have towards bullying the weak, just the teasing from colleagues alone made him unbearable.
The old man in black paused for a moment, then turned his hand over and took out a plaque emitting a brilliant light from his bosom. The plaque had a peculiar pattern carved in the center: "Miss, do you recognize it?"
The middle-aged man in a grey shirt standing behind the old man couldn't help but laugh and say, "Brother, who would recognize a number plate in this poor and remote place?"
Zhu'er indeed didn't recognize him, but Shang Bin, who was on high alert on the side, revealed a shocked expression. Before Zhu'er could refuse again, he hastily spoke up: "Miss Zhu'er, quickly... have someone tidy up the east wing and let our guests stay there."
Zhu Er was extremely surprised, and as she turned around, she happened to see Su Tang watching the commotion at the corner gate. Su Tang slightly nodded his head, indicating that Zhu Er should follow Shang Bin's instructions.
Su Tang had been observing the cart, the soil in the front yard was all rammed with yellow earth, which looked inconspicuous but was extremely hard. However, the cart had left deep wheel tracks on the yellow earth, indicating that it was very heavy. The canopy of the cart was covered with dandelion seeds, and he also found bird droppings, thorns and branches that were forcibly pulled down by the sharp corners of the carriage, and there were dense scratches on the wall of the carriage.
The old man did not lie, they indeed came out of the Black Forest, but pulling such a cart through the treacherous and roadless forest was what a difficult thing?
The person sitting in the car is definitely of extraordinary noble status.
He has no interest in pleasing anyone, and of course, even less need to offend.
He quietly returned to his own courtyard, and soon Shang Bin also hurried over. He arbitrarily decided to keep the stranger, and naturally had to give Su Tang an explanation.
"Master, I..."
"I already know." Su Tang waved his hand and asked, "Do you recognize that sign?"
"I remember, back then with the old master on the battlefield..." Xiang Bin explained that in the army, a general with the surname Duan also had the same token. The token emitted its own light like a glow-in-the-dark pearl, and the patterns on it were extremely unusual - not landscapes, people, flowers, birds, fish, or insects. The things depicted on it should have never appeared in the ordinary world, otherwise there would be some rumors about it. That's why Xiang Bin remembered it very clearly.
Su Tang was silent for a long time. What Shang Bin said was indeed a general, but now, a strong general actually became someone's follower?
Who can have such qualifications? !
"Shang Shu, did they say how long they would be staying here?" Su Tang asked.
"It's said to be two days."
"Tell Zhu'er that everyone should be careful for the next two days, don't speak loudly or laugh, and don't wander around everywhere, so as not to disturb the guests," said Su Tang.
Shang Bin's expression was somewhat unusual, he rushed here on the one hand to give an account, and on the other hand also wanted to remind Su Tang to be careful, what Su Tang had instructed him to say.
The young master has really grown up... Shang Bin couldn't help but sigh in his heart once again.
It turned out that Su Tang and Shang Bin's worries were unnecessary, those guests were very low-key, the courtyard gate was closed tightly, and no one came in or out. When it was time for dinner, Su Tang didn't dare to let Ke'er go, so he sent a female servant from the kitchen to invite the guests to have dinner at the east wing. Again, it was the old man wearing black who appeared and politely declined, saying they had brought their own food.
The next morning, Su Tang, who had fully recovered his spirit and physical strength, thought of going to the martial arts field for training. Considering the presence of those strangers, he found an excuse to get rid of Ke'er and slipped out of the inner castle alone, jogging slowly towards the Black Forest.
The physical changes are becoming more and more apparent, he has been practicing flying knives for a whole day and night, and each knife is given his all, without leaving any energy behind, surprisingly, he hasn't felt tired at all, even he himself finds it hard to imagine.
However, he also discovered one inexplicable problem after another. It seemed that he had already opened two spiritual apertures and wanted to open a third one, but how should he do it? If there were better spiritual instruments now, could he continue to refine them? And how to upgrade his spiritual soul, etc.
Su Tang ran while thinking, the farmers working in the fields got up earlier than Su Tang. Seeing that Young Master Su, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was recklessly heading into the forest again, some of the farmers were greatly alarmed. They chased after him, shouting and trying to call out to Su Tang, but he thought it was urgent and ignored the shouts behind him, quickening his pace instead. Before long, he approached the dense forest, turned a few times, and disappeared without a trace.
Su Tang didn't run further, found a relatively clean place, felt that the blood and gas in his body had been activated, took a few deep breaths, sat down on a small mound of earth, and began to cultivate the Inner Breath Total Decision.
After a lapse of over thirty breaths, Su Tang suddenly opened his eyes, with a puzzled expression, and listened carefully to one side. Just now, he had vaguely heard the sound of footsteps.
