The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 78 Mantuo Villa
The boat sailed straight towards the camellia tree and approached the shore. At a glance, we saw green willows shading the camellia trees, and everywhere was a scene of pink and white.

Just as they were about to leap onto the shore, they suddenly heard the sound of singing coming from the flower forest ahead, and a young maid in green clothes walked out.

The maid was holding a bunch of orchids in her hand. When she saw the boat, her pretty face changed color. She ran over and said quickly, "Where are you from? Let's go quickly. This is Mantuo Villa, the property of the Wang family in the state."

The commander of the water camp frowned: "Miss Youcao, you don't recognize me!"

The maid looked at him and stuck out her tongue, saying, "So it's the commander. Why are you here at the villa today? Don't go ashore. Madam doesn't allow men to go ashore."

Seeing this, Sun Tong shouted at the maid: "How dare you! Who are you, a maid, to dare to speak like that?"

At this moment, those Jianghu people started shouting and jumped onto the shore one after another. The soldiers also went up and surrounded the little maid. The little maid was so scared that the flowers and plants in her hands fell to the ground. She said with red eyes, "You, what are you going to do..."

Zhao Ti frowned, and the water camp commander immediately asked the soldiers to move to the sides, and then said: "Miss Youcao, I have official business today and need to go ashore to check."

The maid trembled: "Doesn't the commander know the rules of Mantuo Villa? Madam does not allow men to come up. If she finds out, she will punish them."

Sun Tong came closer and said, "Your wife is just a commoner. What right do you have to punish others? How does she want to punish?"

The maid didn't dare to speak. The people around her started to shout again. The maid said hesitantly, "If we find a man coming without permission, we will chop off his legs and bury him in the soil to make fertilizer for the flowers."

"How dare you! There is actually such a den of thieves in Taihu Lake!" Sun Tong returned to Zhao Ti and said, "Your Majesty, I request your order to lead the troops to pacify this place!"

The maid was so frightened that she waved her hands hurriedly: "It's just a saying, I didn't see it with my own eyes, I'm afraid it's just a lie to scare people not to trespass."

Zhao Ti walked over slowly and asked: "Is your wife in the manor?"

The maid said, "She went out earlier, I'm afraid she will be back soon."

Zhao Ti hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are Ah Zhu and Ah Bi here?"

"Azhu and Abi?" The maid saw that Zhao Ti was not wearing a military uniform but a casual dress, and her eyes rolled around: "Sir, do you know these two sisters?"

Zhao Ti nodded: "I came here to look for them. By the way, did they bring anyone with them?"

The commander of the water camp said, "Tell the truth about what the young master asks you, or you will suffer."

The maid said cautiously: "Indeed, he brought someone with him, a young man..."

Zhao Ti thought about it and guessed that it should be Duan Yu: "Lead the way, go and check on Ah Zhu, Ah Bi and the young man."

The maidservant said in fear: "Sir, I dare not do that. If the Madam knew, I would be beaten to death."

Zhao Ti said calmly: "With the Song army in front of us, who would she dare to kill?"

“But, but…” The little maid shrank back timidly.

Sun Tong said: "Listen to my master, otherwise the army will sweep over and destroy your villa!"

The maid saw more and more people on the shore, all holding swords and guns, and there were boxes hanging on their waists, and she didn't know what was in them. She stammered, "But if so many people go there together, the Madam will definitely know. Then, then..."

Zhao Ti said: "It doesn't matter. Since your wife is not here, I will take fewer people to look for Ah Zhu and Ah Bi."

After that, he said to Sun Tong, "Sun Qian will stay here and observe the situation of the owner of Zhuangzi. If he comes back, send someone to report to me."

Sun Tong said: "Your Majesty, if the other party is unreasonable..."

Zhao Ti glanced at the soldiers' waists and said, "Treat them as thieves. Shoot them all."

"Yes!" Sun Tong immediately clasped his fists. These soldiers all came with short crossbows, which had extremely amazing lethality. Both their speed and short-range power were different from feather arrows. When hundreds of people fired crossbows together, the power was self-evident.

Zhao Ti asked Tong Guanbai and Su Da to follow him, and divided those gangsters into two groups. He took a few dozen people with him, and ordered Zhou Tong to lead the rest to cooperate with the soldiers to guard the shore.

The little maid had no choice but to walk forward, but she saw that the flowers on both sides were all planted with camellia, and there were no other flowers. Zhao Ti couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

At this time, the road turned forward and changed the path. The fragrance became stronger and stronger, and it was obvious that there was a flower bed nearby.

"Sir, Sisters A-Zhu and A-Bi are in the house over there. Madam won't let them out. She said, she said..."

"Say what?"

"They said they would ask someone from their farm to come and take it away. If they don't come for a long time, they will cut it up and use it as fertilizer for the flowers..."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Where are the men they brought with them?"

The maid said, "I don't know what happened to that guy. The lady wanted to punish him, but then she saw that he knew camellia better than many flower doctors, so she invited him to dinner. I don't know how he offended the lady during the dinner, so she punished him to be a gardener. He should be busy in the flower garden now."

Zhao Ti heard what she said clearly and asked, "Do you know what the man's name is?"

The maidservant said, "I know this man. He is from Dali and his name is Duan Yu."

Zhao Ti smiled. Now they were approaching the flower garden. They saw a large area full of various camellias.

When they arrived at the gate, Zhu Chuyi and Wang Chengzong of the Golden Sword Sect hurriedly pulled open the wooden fence. Inside, there were various small round altars planted with camellia trees.

Zhu Chuyi and Wang Chengzong led the way and looked down. After a few breaths, they saw a young man bending over and taking care of the fertilizer under the flower trees.

The man was wearing a brocade shirt, but it was extremely dirty. He kept sighing and groaning. Finally, he sat down on the ground, muttering to himself, and no one knew what he was saying.

As the crowd approached, the young man turned to look. Zhao Ti saw that it was Duan Yu and couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Duan."

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, then a look of astonishment appeared on his face: "Zhao, Brother Zhao? Am I dreaming?"

Zhao Ti shook his head: "It's not a dream."

Duan Yu patted his face with his hands and said happily, "This is not a dream, Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao, you deceived me so badly!"

Zhao Ti: “…”

Duan Yu got up from the ground and said, "Brother Zhao, I was abducted by the foreign monk Jiumozhi and brought to Jiangnan. I wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but I ended up here by mistake. I saw the appearance of the host's daughter and thought it was Brother Zhao's outer residence in Jiangnan, but, but..."

Zhao Ti blinked and chuckled twice.

Duan Yu whispered, "Oh, Brother Zhao, why do the girls here look like the same person as the jade statue? I remember Brother Zhao lied to me in the Wuliang Cave and said that his family was in Suzhou. This is exactly the territory of Suzhou..."

"Boy named Duan, what are you doing? Who are you talking to?" Suddenly, a dry old woman's voice came from the depths of the flower garden.

Duan Yu heard this and turned his head, put his hands on his hips and said, "Grandma Yan, I'm just talking to my friends, why do you care?"

Then, from the other side of the flower garden, an old woman with chicken skin, white hair, and a face full of flesh came over. In one hand she held a sharp long knife, and in the other hand she held something that looked like flesh and bone, and gave off a foul smell.

"Are you talking to a friend?" The old woman was stunned when she saw Zhao Ti and the others, and then she screamed: "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)