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This town lay more than ten kilometers beyond the checkpoint, yet many traveling merchants still chose to stop here for the night. As a result, it was bustling and lively.
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After crossing the border, Uncle Da and the group of royal guards took their leave of Fushan Yue and hurried toward the capital of the State of Chiyan to report everything that had happened along the way to their ruler.
After four hours, a small party of a little over ten people slowly entered the town.
He Lingchuan had been craning his neck in anticipation. The moment he saw them, he went out to greet them, “Many thanks for your trouble, Lord Marquis!”
The rider at the head of the group was dressed in men’s clothing, wearing a tall cap and a blue robe. A cloth veil covered her face against the dust of travel, but it could not conceal a pair of luminous, water-bright eyes. She leaped down from her horse, then lifted a little girl down as well. Only then did she remove the veil and smile at He Lingchuan, “I was busy getting through the checkpoint while you lot were loafing around here. So, how do you plan to thank me?”
Her eyebrows looked as though they came straight from a masterpiece; her beauty was simply beyond compare. Of course, this was none other than Li Qingge,...
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