Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

Chapter 173 Token
city ​​gate.

"Ok?"

"Who are you?"

When Xu Changqing swaggered to the city gate with Mudan, he was unsurprisingly stopped by the soldiers guarding the city!

Among them, the defending general shouted sternly, "Insolence!"

"How dare you, you audacious fool, try to play tricks at the city gate, a place of utmost importance?"

The city garrison commander was enraged because he had seen the mask on Xu Changqing's face!

In fact, not only the city's garrison commander, but even the soldiers on the sidelines were moved to tears by this sight!
You must understand that Xu Changqing's actions were tantamount to treating them as nothing, and were a slap in the face to them. How could this not enrage these soldiers?

Peony was terrified by this and followed Xu Changqing timidly like a little quail, while Xu Changqing was fearless.

"What a madman!"

The city's garrison commander, enraged, laughed: "Listen to my command, everyone! Follow me and capture this madman!"

Seeing Xu Changqing's still indifferent reaction, the city guard became even angrier. He raised his halberd, summoned the soldiers around him, and prepared to go forward to surround and kill the enemy!
He refused to believe that with so many men around, the enemy could possibly escape.

"on!"

The city's garrison commander shouted sharply!
He immediately drew his halberd and charged out, heading straight for Xu Changqing.

"Who is this guy? How dare he provoke these soldiers! He's incredibly bold!"

"Who knows? As long as they don't hurt us, who cares about them?"

"..."

The residents and merchants who were queuing to enter the city all stopped and moved aside, fearing that they would be caught in the crossfire and suffer harm!

"Boom!"

Seeing that the enemy was about to surround him, Xu Changqing remained calm. Only when the enemy was within three zhang of him did he slowly take something out of his pocket.

"Take a look at what I have in my hand first!"

Xu Changqing said in a deep voice, and then, under the wary gazes of the city guards and others, he tossed it forward.

"Shh!"

A perfect parabola was drawn.

Taking advantage of the moment the object was airborne, the city guard confirmed that it was not a hidden weapon before catching it.

"what?"

The city guard grasped the object, a cold smile still playing on his lips: "No matter who you are, even if you're a steward from the palace, you won't get away with this..."

"Ah? This is..."

Before he could finish speaking, the city garrison commander's expression changed!
After seeing the markings on the item in his hand, the city guard suddenly remembered something. He could no longer care about anything else, so he quickly stopped talking, abruptly halted his charge, and stepped aside.

"Sir...sir..."

At this moment, the voice of the city garrison commander sounded as dry as if he had swallowed a stone.

He lowered the halberd in his hand, bowed respectfully to Xu Changqing, then returned the token with his hand, and said dryly, "M-Sir, please enter the city!"

After speaking, the city guard maintained this posture, bowing respectfully and holding up the token. He was trembling with fear and walking on thin ice, completely different from his previous iron-blooded demeanor. He didn't look like a warrior at all!

At this moment, when the soldiers under the command of the city garrison commander saw their superior in such a state, they naturally stopped in their tracks, put down their weapons, lowered their heads, and dared not even breathe, for fear that they would get into trouble and offend the wrong people!
"Humph!"

Xu Changqing took the token from the other party's hand, snorted coldly, and felt relieved for the anger he had suffered at the hands of Rong Feiyan and the others!

"This..." Peony, who was standing beside Xu Changqing, watched with a mixture of surprise and respect as Xu Changqing walked through the crowd as if it were his own backyard and entered the city gate with ease.

"Bravo!"

A hint of envy flashed in Peony's eyes.

Sometimes, men are just naturally bolder than women. She had already figured out that the token that the city guards feared like a tiger was something they had taken from the man in black.

That is—a token representing the Prince of Yong's residence!

Indeed, this token was a gift from the Prince of Yong to the man in black, representing the Prince of Yong's identity.

It's important to understand that this token is no ordinary item. Even within the organization of the men in black, only a very few elites possess it. The one Xu Changqing has is a "trophy" he found on Ye Hu.

Since this token can only be considered as evidence of Night Tiger and the others' identities, it's not a particularly significant gain.

"Hurry up, we can't stay here any longer!"

When the soldiers guarding the city could no longer be seen, Xu Changqing quickened his pace and said to Mudan beside him, "I suppose you already know that it was Prince Yong who attacked you!"

Because Sheng Changquan had instructed him to find an opportunity to reveal to the Rong family that the Yong Prince's Mansion had taken action against them, and in order to get rid of the Yong Prince's Mansion's investigation, Sheng Changquan and his group simply wanted to put the Rong family and the Yong Prince's Mansion in a confrontation, thereby relieving their pressure.

After all, this is a matter between the two families.

"We'll probably get the news from the Prince of Yong's residence within a few quarters of an hour after we use this token to enter the city."

Seeing the puzzled look on Mudan's face, Xu Changqing explained, "The Prince of Yong is powerful; you can tell just by looking at the way those soldiers guarding the city are!"

"And since we entered the city this time using their mansion's token, whether it's to curry favor with the Prince of Yong's mansion or to apologize to them, those soldiers will inevitably leak this information to the Prince of Yong's mansion. So we must act quickly now!"

"Otherwise, things will definitely change if we delay!"

Actually, there was another reason why Xu Changqing was so anxious: these men in black had never displayed such a token when they went out before, but instead disguised themselves as ordinary people to leave the city. Therefore, he guessed that this token must represent another more important meaning.

However, if he were to display the token at the city gate at this moment, it would inevitably alert the Prince of Yong's mansion that something had happened to Ye Hu and the others.

As a result, the Prince of Yong's mansion will inevitably have to take action, and may even go to great lengths to intervene.

However, as long as Xu Changqing and his group act quickly, these are all things the Rong family will have to consider. That's why Xu Changqing said that, emphasizing the need to be fast.

"Ok!"

Peony nodded, forcibly enduring her foot injury and quickening her pace. Fortunately, after resting for so long, Peony's foot injury had improved considerably, so she could barely bear it for the time being.

Before long, Xu Changqing and Mudan arrived at the gate of the Rong Mansion.

"Alright, I'll leave you here!"

Xu Changqing looked at the Rong Mansion's gate and said, "Presumably, this place is safe now!"

"Also, take this back with you as a witness!"

Xu Changqing handed the token of the Prince of Yong's mansion to Mudan and said, "With this, your master will have a better understanding of the situation!"

"Then... thank you very much..."

Just as Mudan accepted the token and was about to express her gratitude, Xu Changqing's figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"This……"

After thinking for a moment, Peony could only swallow the words she wanted to say and turned to enter the Rong Mansion.

She strode to the Rong Mansion's main gate and shouted, "Quick! Take me to see the master!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)