Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 188 Fire in the Backyard
The Zhao Trading Company in Kyoto City knew early on that the transport fleet of their own family would arrive in Kyoto City today, so they cleared the city's west dock in advance. The only ships that could enter the port today were the Zhao family's ships.

When the transport fleet arrived, one huge ship after another docked at the harbor shore, and the huge hulls cast a shadow.

The crew members skillfully dropped the anchor chain, making a "clattering" sound.

Several managers of Zhao's Trading Company had already been waiting here with the coolies from the dock. The new large warehouse had also been vacated, waiting to unload the precious cargo from the ships.

The leading ship lowered the sampan, and Ruan Yu and his men got off the boat and came to the entrance of the harbor.

The manager of the Jingdu Zhaohang hurriedly led people to greet him. He came in front of Ruan Yu, bowed and saluted, and asked politely: "Are you the family's offering?"

But Ruan Yu seemed not to hear it. She opened and closed the ivory fan in her hand and looked around as if she was looking for something.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, the ivory fan was closed with force and slapped against the left palm.

Ruan Yu frowned and asked, "Why didn't Zhao Qi'an come in person?"

He kept calling Zhao Qian'an's name, which immediately made everyone around him change their expressions.

The originally polite steward straightened up a little after hearing this, and said with a fake smile: "The boss is very busy, and it seems that such a small matter can be handled by us servants."

This sentence immediately made Ruan Yu widen his eyes.

Zhao Linyuan felt a little emotional. The boss was worthy of being the boss. Even though they had come to Kyoto City, any manager under his command was a loyal and brave man.

He coughed lightly and said, "Mr. Ruan, it's time for us to go visit the young master."

Ruan Yu's eyes were originally somewhat hostile, but upon hearing this, she chuckled and tapped her palms lightly with her folding fan: "No hurry, no hurry. We've all been exhausted from the journey, how can we go to see the young master in such a dusty way?"

"After resting, it won't be too late to meet the young master."

"But we are new to Kyoto. The young master wouldn't even arrange a place for us to stay, right?"

The steward spoke tactfully, saying, "Of course, a courtyard has been arranged. Please follow me to offer sacrifices to this family."

Ruan Yu waved her fan and pointed at her fellow disciples behind her: "You take them there, I'll just take a look around. I heard that the Zhao family built a large-scale business in Kyoto City, so I'd like to go take a look."

Zhao Linyuan couldn't help but glance at the manager, who shook his head at him.

……

On the top floor of the Treasure Pavilion, An Shoudao was sorting books on the bookshelf.

Most of the books on it are rare and precious copies collected for him by Zhao's business bank over the years, and they are rarely seen on the market.

An Shoudao's hobby, besides playing chess, is reading.

The Zhao family is trying to please the other party.

Just as he was dusting the books on the shelves, someone hurried up to the attic.

"President An, someone wants to see you. It's a priest from our family."

"The main family offering?"

An Shoudao was somewhat puzzled. He counted the days with his fingers and suddenly realized, "Did they transport the birthday gift from the East China Sea to Kyoto?"

"Yes."

"Why would you meet me if you don't want to see Mr. Zhao?"

"This... I don't know, but the person has already left. I just asked the manager of the Treasure Pavilion to give a generous gift to Dean An."

"A generous gift?"

"He also prepared a gift list..."

The steward also presented a gift list.

An Shoudao took the gift list, looked at it, and gradually frowned.

It has to be said that the treasures on this gift list are very valuable even for An Shoudao.

But the question is, how could the Zhao family's main priest give gifts to him, the Kyoto priest? This puzzle was not solved until An Shoudao saw the end of the gift list.

There are two sentences at the end of the gift list.

This first sentence indicates that this gift was not given by him, Ruan Yu, but by Zhao Wanjin, the Duke of Donghai.

The second sentence expressed in a humble manner that no matter what happened to the Zhao family, they would treat President An as a guest of honor and nothing would change.

These two sentences combined together... become quite intriguing.

After reading it, An Shoudao burst out laughing, twirled his beard, and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Zhao is in a little trouble."

He handed the gift list back to the steward who had brought the news, and instructed him, "Accept the gifts, but send this gift list... to Zhao Dongjia to have a look."

The steward immediately understood what he meant, put the gift list into his sleeve, and said, "Yes."

……

The news was reported up the chain of command, and finally Zhao Nishang personally took the gift list and went to the princess's residence to meet Zhao Qian'an.

When she saw Zhao Qi'an, Zhao Qi'an was handling official business in the study.

She slammed the gift list on the table and said angrily, "Godfather, take a look."

Zhao Qi'an paused when he heard this, put the brush aside and put it on the pen holder. Then he picked up the gift list and looked down at it.

Zhao Nishang was waiting for him to finish reading, eagerly awaiting Zhao Qi'an's orders.

But after Zhao Qi'an read it, his expression did not change. He just folded up the gift list and put it back on the table: "Okay, I understand."

Zhao Nishang was stunned and said, "Foster father, his last two sentences... It's clear that our family is trying to harm you."

Zhao Qi'an shook his head and said, "We can talk about it after the birthday banquet."

His father, who was far away in the East China Sea, had some thoughts during his absence.

Zhao Qi'an could already sense this.

But as he said, the most urgent task at hand is Emperor Tianwu’s birthday banquet.

Among the people around him now, only a few are his confidants who have followed him from Donghai, and even those confidants are unable to go back to Donghai to handle these "family affairs" for him.

For this reason, if Zhao Qi'an wants to resolve his family's affairs, he must go back to the East China Sea in person.

But the birthday banquet was approaching and he couldn't get away.

This time, the Longevity Banquet is not just for celebrating Emperor Tianwu's birthday...

Zhao Nishang was still furious, and said angrily: "This family's worshiper really doesn't take you seriously. Why don't you just kill him on the road?"

Zhao Qi'an glanced at her and said, "How can you kill someone just by saying so with a third-grade magical power?"

Zhao Nishang was a little unconvinced: "Mr. Nie can always do it."

Zhao Qi'an shook his head helplessly at Zhao Nishang's idea.

The third level of a warrior is to develop the flawless body to the extreme, tap into the body's hidden treasures, and manifest numerous supernatural powers.

Martial artists at the level of supernatural powers can regenerate severed limbs and remain immortal even after being beheaded. The "vital points" in the ordinary sense are meaningless to them. Even if their heart is crushed, they can grow a new one.

Therefore, it is not difficult to defeat a warrior with third-grade magical powers; but it is extremely difficult to kill him.

If Elder Nie takes action, even if there is a one percent chance that Ruan Yu will escape, it will cause considerable trouble.

After all, he is a disciple of Marquis Dingbo, so it is possible that he does not have life-saving items such as the "Tuowu Pai" on him.

What's more, who can know what the other party's attitude is before arriving in Kyoto?

What if it was just a misunderstanding?
But now it seems that there is no such thing as misunderstanding or no misunderstanding.

(End of this chapter)