??Chapter 211: Chapter 205: The Top Card of Piaoxiang Tavern
Chapter 211: Chapter 205: The Top Card of Piaoxiang Tavern
Ye Chen added: “Also, prepare a horse-drawn carriage, with two horses, put so food in the carriage. You know there’s so boxes in the carriage, right? Roast chicken, grilled sesa seed cake, beef and so on, prepare as much as possible. Best if it’s enough to last for three or four days.”
A leader replied: “Don’t worry, I will make sure everything is in order.”
“Prepare anything else you think we might need, like dical supplies. I want everything ready and brought to the forest outside the city in two hours.”
He quickly delegated tasks to the ten n.
Ling’er was listening. Although she knew these guys would never tell her what they were up to, they seed to be following this monkey’s orders more and more. It seed all trust had started since the monkey had saved their lives.
Ye Chen pointed to another group of twenty people and said, “You twenty, guard the city gates. Rember, do not close the gate. I can get out even if it is closed, but I cannot assure you the sa. If you cannot leave, you’ll be like rats running in the street, wanted by all. You must control the city gates, all our lives depend on you.”
Each one of them nodded in agreent.
“I don’t want to stir up unnecessary trouble, so do not kill unless it’s essential.”
“You’re already doing so much, yet you don’t want to stir up trouble.” Ling’er retorted coldly.
Li Mo also laughed. He guessed she was probably the only one in the room who had no idea what was going on.
Ye Chen smiled. “The other twenty of you, co with
to the Piaoxiang Tavern.”
Ling’er seed baffled and asked, “Are you really going to the Piaoxiang Tavern?”
“Yes, didn’t I tell you? I saw a very beautiful girl, a real beauty. You can give
your opinion of her later.”
“So your plan is to take a girl from the Piaoxiang Tavern to be your wife? But they are all brothel girls.”
“Hmm, as long as they’re beautiful, I don’t care.”
“You bastard, you’ve really lost your mind. Do you know people are going to bla you for disrespecting your ancestors?”
“I don’t care.”
Ling’er cried in surprise, “Who are you going to take?”
“Of course, their top girl. She’s the most beautiful girl in Ghost City.”
Ling’er, recalling sothing, asked, “Hong Ying?”
“Oh, so you also think she is the most beautiful. My taste is not bad, is it?”
Ling’er glared at Li Mo. “Are you really going to the Piaoxiang Tavern with him to kidnap a wife, Hong Ying?”
Li Mo wanted to explain.
But Ye Chen beat him to it. “Yeah, they all agreed. This is my only wish, and I will fulfil it tonight.”
“What on earth are you guys thinking? Helping him kidnap a girl, and not just any girl, but the top one? Are you still people of the New City Sect? Do you know what you’re doing? My father will skin you alive.”
Li Mo said, “We’re not doing this for a bride. We’re doing this to deal with Yang Jing.”
Ling’er was dumbstruck; then suddenly it beca clear. Rembering sothing she had heard about Yang Jing and Hong Ying, she asked, “You want to use Hong Ying to deal with Yang Jing?”
“We plan to ambush Yang Jing in Futu Valley, but we have to lure him there.”
Ling’er exclaid questioningly, “Ambush Yang Jing in Futu Valley?”
“Not just Yang Jing but also Tong Hegan and the four evil spectres.”
Ye Chen admitted, “Well, not entirely. I do genuinely want to have a chat with Hong Ying.”
“You’re going to use a woman to trap Yang Jing, what the hell are you people doing? Are you still my father’s disciples?” Ling’er started yelling.
“We had no choice. All of them have agreed to it.” Ye Chen said.
“We’re from the New City Sect. We’ve never used won to deal with others.” Ling’er was almost jumping in rage.
“Can you calm down and lower your voice? She’s just a bait.”
Ling’er protested loudly, “Not while I’m here. I won’t let you do this. Forget about it.”
Ye Chen looked at Li Mo, who was at a loss for words.
“Since when has the New City Sect started using won to deal with others?” Ling’er made to leave. Fearing she’d alert others, Ye Chen hit a pressure point, rendering her immobile.
Ye Chen ordered, “You ten in charge of the horses and the carriage, carry her to the carriage. Without my permission, don’t untie her.”
“You ruthless bastard, release , or you’ll regret it.”
“Heh, I’d be interested to see how you’re going to make
regret it.”
He pointed and hit another pressure point, silencing her.
Ye Chen sighed in relief. “You can understand how important this is, right? Do not untie her. If anything goes wrong, it’s on you. This operation concerns all of us. After leaving Tianle City, more than two hundred disciples already died. If you want more disciples sacrificed, just ignore my orders. If anything goes wrong, you will explain it to Wei Sisan.”
Of course, his n understood how critical the situation was. All of them kept quiet.
“Okay, everyone in charge of a task should do his job.” Ye Chen continued, “I’ll start in two hours, which might alert the people of Ghost City. The capture will take around an hour, after which we should reach the city gate. Those twenty people of you should have the gate under your control by then.” He quickly sent them to get ready. al ti was almost over.
Ye Chen had soone carry Ling’er downstairs.
The now-kidnapped Ling’er was certainly very angry.
Ye Chen and his n proceeded towards the Piaoxiang Tavern.
It was already nightfall. Ye Chen did not rush in imdiately. He had his n enter first and get a clear understanding of the situation in the Piaoxiang Tavern, including Hong Ying’s whereabouts.
Ye Chen did not want to alert the people of Ghost City prematurely.
He first learned about the situation around the tavern.
Soon, soone returned and inford him of Hong Ying’s location.
Ye Chen took a mont to calm down, worried about infuriating people. One disciple suggested, “We could lower her down from the second floor, without having to cross the corridor. It won’t alert anyone that soon.”
Another disciple suggested, “We could invite her to this room and seize her here. Then lower her down where others can co to intercept her. It will take a while for them to realize she’s gone.”
Soone else asked, “But who’s going to invite Hong Ying?”
“Of course, Ye Chen,” another replied.
Ye Chen glanced at him and questioned, “Why ? Do I look like I frequent brothels?”
A disciple teased, “We’re not experienced.”
Ye Chen was alard to respond, “So in your eyes, I’m very experienced, am I? I’ve never been in a brothel before.”
“Perfect opportunity for practice then.”
Ye Chen suddenly beca shy and said, “Why should I have to be the one to do this, not you?”
“Aren’t you trying to marry Hong Ying to be your wife?”
“Didn’t you hear
trick that girl! Seems like you’re even more stupid than her, you fool.”
They all began to laugh heartily.
Another disciple chid in, “It should be you, Ye Chen. You’re more suited.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen asked, “Suited for what? To look like the regular patrons here?”
The disciple didn’t dare to respond after hearing this.
“Our leader is more charming, and his martial arts skills are better.”
Ye Chen gave a cold laugh. “Fine, two of you co along with . The rest will stay behind and support from here.”
He quickly made so arrangents.
Ti passed, unknowingly, more than two hours had gone by.
Ye Chen, dressed as a dandy, entered the Piaoxiang Tavern. He found a room near the window and began to call out, demanding to see Miss Hong Ying.
An older woman ca over. An aide next to Ye Chen said, “This is the mistress of the Piaoxiang Tavern.”
Ye Chen started to behave drunkenly, shouting and hollering.
The woman, very courteous, asked, “Sir, you’d like to see the girls, right? How about these?” She brought along five or six of them.
Ye Chen shook his head. “No good, I must have Hong Ying today.”
“But she’s the top draw here at Piaoxiang Tavern.”
Ye Chen put a gold bar on the table.
The woman’s eyes lit up as she snatched it away, bit it to confirm its authenticity, and her eyes shone green. “Our Hong Ying only provides entertainnt, not her body.”
“Fine, have her co over quickly, but no selling of bodies.” Ye Chen said, drinking his liquor.
“Are you aware that Hong Ying belongs to Yang Jing?”
“What do I care about Yang Jing? Don’t bother . Have Hong Ying co quickly, I want her to play so music.”
“I’ll leave a couple of girls here to keep you company.”
“No need. Hurry, don’t spoil my mood.”
The woman quickly withdrew.
Ye Chen stood up, opened the window, and glanced outside. Two of his n followed him out and switched out with the New City Sect disciples on the street using their signal.
The inside was sowhat gloomy, filled with red decorations, reminiscent of a wedding.
Hearing voices coming from the back, they quickly closed the window.
The voices grew nearer.
Soon, a lively girl entered, thin with large eyes that compelled one to feel pity for her.
The woman followed the girl in and was about to say sothing.
But Ye Chen interjected: “Don’t worry, I won’t pounce on her. I just want to listen to a couple of tunes for now.”
Giving the woman another silver piece, she finally left the room with a smile.
Ye Chen had soone shut the door as Hong Ying sat down next to the table, a pipa in her hands.
She was smiling gently. Ye Chen then asked, “Are you Hong Ying?”
She nodded.
“Yang Jing’s sweetheart.”
Hong Ying looked up at Ye Chen, unsure of his intentions. Very few would ask such questions when she entered.
“We have so bad news. We’re going to catch you.”
Hong Ying imdiately tensed up upon hearing this.
“I am from the New City Sect. We need you to deal with Yang Jing, but we won’t hurt you.”
“Whoosh…”, Hong Ying got up to escape.
Before she could reach the door, a silver light sealed it. She halted as dozens of silver needles flew towards her which Ye Chen knocked away effortlessly. Surprised that the girl was skilled in martial arts, he struck her when she tried to charge out, quickly closing her mute acupoint when she attempted to yell for help.
“Heh, she also knows how to use flying needles. If it wasn’t for my quick reflexes, it could have ended badly.”
A disciple next to him noted, “It’s poisonous!”
“Yang Jing’s woman is indeed different.” Ye Chen retorted.
Two of his subordinates ca over, glanced outside the door, and quickly shut it again.
“I’m sorry, but the one thing we can promise is that we won’t hurt you. Later on, we will bring you back here.” Ye Chen directed, “Hurry up.” They picked up Hong Ying, and Ye Chen looked outside. It was the back of the house where fewer people were. Ye Chen picked up Hong Ying and swiftly jumped down.
The two disciples followed him. Ye Chen handed Hong Ying to another disciple and instructed him to carry her.
But before they could reach the street, the Piaoxiang Tavern was already flooded with shouts of Hong Ying being kidnapped.
Ye Chen couldn’t care less and yelled, “Run! We’ll figure things out after we leave!”
Twenty n took off towards the city gate.
The old woman rushed over and asked, “What happened?” It turns out a tea-serving maid had discovered their plot.
The woman asked, “Who’s taken Hong Ying?”
“It was soone from the New City Sect.” The tea-serving maid responded.
Ye Chen did this on purpose. He had to let people know that it was the New City Sect who abducted Hong Ying, to provoke Yang Jing. But he didn’t expect that the girl would tell the Piaoxiang Tavern so quickly.
“The New City Sect… who would have thought.”
An aide hollered, “We must close the city gates imdiately!”
Hearing this, the woman ordered, “Yes, quickly send the signal for them to close the gates.”
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