C2

Ten miles outside of the city, there was a small bazaar for bluebirds.

The small market was not big, and it was only two or three miles wide. A few small merchants were shouting back and forth, making it hard to tell how lively it was. Because of this, this small market had less food and drinks compared to the other lands.

Outside of the small market, a horse carriage that had experienced countless hardships slowly stopped in front of a small tavern. It seemed like this was one of the few restaurants in the Cyan Bird Market, and there were quite a number of customers.

The old servant holding the horsewhip stopped his horse and jumped down from the carriage's shaft, moving his body. He then knocked on the carriage a few times.

River Fish shook his head, rubbed his face, and then opened his sleepy eyes.

"Old Gu, have we arrived?" Jiang Youyu calculated the time in her heart. She estimated that they would arrive at Qingzhou soon.

"Young Master, there's wine to drink here." The old servant, who was holding a horsewhip with some hesitation, stood outside the carriage while staring at the tavern. He brushed off his tattered cloth robe, which he had been wearing for an unknown period of time, in an attempt to make himself look more dignified. He had always been serious about drinking.

When Jiang You Yu, who was in the carriage, heard the old servant's words, his originally listless eyes suddenly narrowed. Then, his originally reclining body instantly dashed out of the carriage. As a result, the small tavern outside the Cyan Bird Market had two shabby looking drunkards who drank until they were full of vigor.

"Young master, my alcohol capacity is a bit lower, an old Gu like you drank even more than me."

At the small table in the restaurant, there were over ten empty wine jars placed, and the bowls of wine were placed into the stomachs of an old man and a young man. Looking at the remaining wine in his jar, Jiang Youyu pursed her lips and hugged it tightly.

Old Gu's temperament was known to have fish, and he did not recognize people because of the alcohol. It was obvious that Old Gu had his eyes on the jar of wine in Jiang Youyu's arms as he knocked on the empty wine bowl.

"Waiter, go …" "Serve the wine."

Jiang Youyu shook his head as he looked at Old Gu, who was grinning so much that his teeth were showing. It was all because Old Gu had drunk an extra jar than him. Thus, Jiang Youyu always felt that his face deserved a beating.

Far away from the small tavern, a cyan bird owner frowned as he saw the young man struggling to hold the jar of wine. After a moment of surprise, he slapped his head and quickly took out a piece of good Xuan paper from his bosom.

On the xuan paper, there was a young man's face, and the drawing was also full of spirit. It perfectly depicted the youth's laziness on the Xuan paper. Suddenly, the old servant with the yellow teeth glanced at him, then he grinned at him and snatched the wine jar from Jiang Youyu's bosom, letting himself drink it again.

Qing Pi didn't think too much about it. The old servant who was half a block away with his mouth full of yellow teeth was smiling at him. After confirming that the young man lying on the ground was the young man in the painting, he quickly walked to the other side of the street.

Probably an hour later, a fast horse entered the Azure Continent and didn't stop at all at the city gate. It then rapidly headed towards a mansion in the northern part of the Azure Continent.

Inside the Abyss King's Mansion, the message was delivered layer after layer into a house deep within the Mansion. Following that, a maid nodded towards the butler who delivered the message, and then knocked on the gatekeeper's door.

"Miss, a letter came from the Cyan Bird Collection." When the maidservant entered, she had a strange expression on her face that seemed to be filled with curiosity.

"That Jiang has fish in the Cyan Bird Market?" There was only a long table in the room. Behind the table, a beautiful lady slowly stood up. Her hair was tied around her shoulders, revealing a face that was devastatingly beautiful.

This was an extremely beautiful face, and each of her lips and eyebrows was extremely beautiful. A plain white robe draped over the woman's body, accentuating her otherworldly temperament. As for this woman, she was perfect to the extreme. If he wanted to find a flaw in her perfection, then he could only start from her face.

Cold. This woman's face was indeed very beautiful, but it was also truly cold.

However, from such a cold expression, it was hard to tell that this woman had any superfluous emotions. The message from the maid was related to the woman's final destination or the rest of her life.

Thus, the maidservants were very disappointed.

"Hmm, should I inform Butler Xu that he has arranged for someone to take care of that River Fish?" The maidservants' words were said with caution, and they had a suggestion.

Ning Ziqing glanced at the maidservant and frowned slightly.

"According to Liu Qianwei, there seems to be some trouble over there." Seeing her young miss frown, the servant quickly explained. After all, he grew up with his young mistress, and he knew that she was prepared to treat him coldly. It would clearly be a violation of his mistress' taboo to suggest that he send people to help Jiang Youyu.

Ning Ziqing pinched the center of his brows in pain. Looking at the serious look on the maidservant's face, he opened his mouth to confirm, "Drunk?"

"Hmm, I heard that the two of them drank more than ten jars of wine before they were detained by that restaurant."

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"We have no money?" He spoke to the old adviser beside him. Jiang Youyu looked at his wet clothes and then looked at the several fierce-looking men who surrounded him.

"There's nothing else." Old Gu shrunk his head and hid behind Jiang Youyu. He carefully searched through all of his pockets again and again. In the end, he gave Jiang Youyu an accurate reply.

"We seem to have brought a lot of money with us, right? The old man has some conscience after all. He gave me all his money. Old Gu, you won't hide the money behind my back, right? " There were some doubts in Jiang Xianyu's mind, as far as he could remember, he did not seem to be lacking in money either. Besides, the road that the old man had taken to get to the capital was so long that it was as if the old man had loaded up all his family assets for Jiang Youyu.

Old Gu didn't say anything. He just looked at Jiang Youyu, his face filled with grievance. After that, seeing that Jiang Youyu still had a face full of suspicion, Old Gu felt in his pocket and pulled out a few crumpled pieces of paper.

Jiang Youyu looked at the stack of papers that Old Gu handed over, somewhat puzzled.

"Yanzhou City, Chong Yang City Head Brand Flower Lady, costs 617 gold taels."

"The trip to the Heavenly Note Valley in the Ji Prefecture cost one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four taels of silver."

"Injuring the Great Master of the Black Valley Ridge would not be easy, so I'll give him eight hundred silver taels."

"We're friends, the experts of the martial arts world, Liu..."

… ….

There were more than ten pages on the paper. The words' Jiang You Yu 'was written crookedly on it. As for Jiang You Yu, she was looking at the paper in her hands at this moment. She suddenly felt a pain in her heart.

"Clang!"

A machete fell directly onto the table where Jiang You Yu was sitting on. The machete's tip penetrated deep into the board, but the machete hilt still continued to vibrate.

"You guys finished the discussion?" A scar-faced man looked at Jiang Youyu, his hand stroking the surface of the machete.

As a professional debt collector, Scarface was definitely a professional. To collect a debt, the first thing he had to do was to be intimidated. He could only shock the other party first, then things would be much easier.

"Not yet. Can you give me some more time?" Jiang Youji stared at the scarred face before him, carefully making his own small request.

"Ah, ah, you brat, you are bargaining with me, the Old Ba? "Do you believe that I won't kill you with a single slash? Ah!" Dao Ba's eyes widened into perfectly round circles as he stared at Jiang Youyu with a ferocious expression. He raised the machete in his hand again and it fell down with a clang.

The owner of the inn had a sullen look on his face as he scurried over to the side of the table. He looked at the wooden board that had been cut open by the machete with a pained look in his eyes.

"Old Ba, be gentle, be gentle." The shopkeeper used a lot of effort to pull out a firewood knife from the crevice on the table. Then, he looked at the fierce scarred face and muttered a few words.

"That's enough, that's enough. Do you want to ask for more or do I want to ask for more? Hurry up and greet the guests. There are only two days left until we have to pay the bill. When that time comes, don't cry and be poor with me." The scar-faced man pulled open the shopkeeper and then sat down on the opposite side of Jiang Youyu with a golden look on his face. He then threw the machete onto the table.

"Can I have some credit?" Jiang Youyu looked at Scar face with a tone of discussion, fawning on him. He carefully pushed the edge of the machete towards Old Gu, then looked at Scar face.

"Who are you? Do I know you? Credit? "Hmph, it's easy to do without money. I'll take that carriage of yours. I'll just treat it as the money for the wine." Scarface snorted coldly as he pointed at the carriage that was tied to the side of the road and pointed at a path for Jiang Youyu. Although the carriage looked rather old, it was more than enough for a meal.

"This really won't do. My family's Xiao Hong is a lifelong friend of mine." "How about this, I'll write a written contract for you. In a few days, I'll come over and return the money for the wine." Jiang Youyu looked at the color of the sky and thought it was already too late. If she didn't enter the city today, she would have to sleep in the wild. He had enough fish in this kind of life.

"This won't do, you brat. If you run away, then who am I going to ask for it?" The knife-scarred man did not even think twice and immediately rejected Jiang Youyu's suggestion. Seeing that Jiang Xiushu wanted to continue, the machete in his hand knocked on the table.

However, it was clear that this firewood knife did not pose much of a threat to Jiang Youyu, "Are you questioning my character? Do you know that I am from the Abyss King's Mansion …. "

Just as Jiang Youyu was about to reveal her identity, the sound of countless horse hooves rapidly drew closer to her. Smoke and dust filled the sky as they flew up from outside the Cyan Bird Market. Everyone stared at the smoke and dust that filled the sky. In just a short moment, a black cloud had rushed out from within the smoke and dust.

Black flags fluttered in the air. Countless soldiers dressed in black armor held onto the reins of their horses. In the blink of an eye, they had pressed their horses close to the small tavern on the side of the road. A silent pressure came from these Black Armored Soldiers, causing the noise in the restaurant to suddenly stop.

"Hiss, it's the Black Abyss Army."

Some of the customers who were eating in the restaurant suppressed their voices, afraid that because their voices were too loud, they would attract the gazes of these soldiers brimming with killing intent.

The customers of the tavern didn't dare to say a word. Soon after, a snow-white horse appeared in front of the tavern.

The horse was white, and its hair had obviously just been washed. There were still some water stains on the sides of the white horse's temples. On the back of the horse was a girl whose beauty made people speechless as she scanned through the crowd in the tavern.

The crowd in the restaurant all looked away shamelessly when Ning Ziqing's gaze landed on them. Even the scar-faced man didn't dare to look Ning Ziqing in the eye.

But in the tavern, there were two pairs of eyes that did not hide anything from Ning Ziqing. They sized him up without hiding anything.

"Cough cough!"

Jiang Youyu felt a bit awkward as she pretended to cough twice in order to cover up her red face. This time, she really lost a lot of face. He was a dignified young master, when had he ever lost too much because of money?

"I'll pay for their drinks." Ning Ziqing was not used to Jiang Youyu's gaze, but he did not say much on this occasion. After talking to the owner of the inn, a Black Armored Army soldier dismounted from his horse and went into the tavern to pay the bill.

The innkeeper trembled as he accepted the money. Then, he watched as Jiang Youyu wobbled out of the tavern. On the other hand, when the scar-faced man saw Jiang Youyu walk out of the restaurant, he turned around and smiled at him. A great deal of sweat suddenly appeared on his fierce-looking face.

You don't have to play with me like this, I am just a small fry. Can't you just mention the name of the Abyss King's Mansion if you don't have the money?

At this moment, Scarface wanted to cry.

Looking at the several holes on the wine table that were created by his machete, Scarface felt like he wanted to die.

"This..." Jiang Youyu walked to the front of the peerless beauty and looked at her seriously. He thought to himself that this old man really wasn't lying to him. Although the girl in front of him was a bit cold, she was indeed beautiful. This marriage wasn't a loss for him. Thinking of this, the embarrassment on her face slowly disappeared. She smiled at the girl, then suddenly thought of something. She quickly took out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to the girl.

Ning Ziqing took the crumpled piece of paper from Jiang Youyu's hands. When he saw Jiang Youyu staring at him, he shot a cold glance at her.

After glancing at that crumpled piece of paper, Ning Ziqing lost his mood to talk to Jiang Youyu, "Get in the car and follow me."

Seeing that this woman did not like him, Jiang Youyu did not say anything else and hurried to the carriage. Old Gu let out a burp. With a shake of the reins, he followed the turning white horse towards Qingzhou City. Following which, the black soldier, like a black cloud, instantly surrounded the white horse and disappeared from the sight of the people at the wine shop.

"Help me... "Help me up." The scar-faced man grabbed a few times but ultimately failed to grab the handle of the machete. After that, he swept a glance at his subordinates who had pale faces and said while trembling.

Not far away, the owner of the inn was shaking his hands. His eyes were staring at the bone-chilling pieces of silver in them. His subordinates, whose faces were like scarred blades, were all pale.

The name of the Black Abyss Army was truly too well-known. Of course, the woman on the white horse seemed to be even more famous than the Black Abyss Army.

Therefore, perhaps the shopkeeper in this restaurant would have trouble sleeping tonight without his vicious face.

And with the scene outside the tavern entering every single place in the Azure Province, even more people were fated to have no sleep tonight.