Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 14 Miss Grass
"Big brother."

"I'm not your eldest brother."

"I'm the second oldest, big brother!"

"Go away— Waaaaaah—"

At the entrance of an alley in the outer city, on a bench in a noodle shop, Miss Ye curled up with her knees bent, her expression like someone who had just tasted a piece of intestine.

Pei Xia stopped teasing her, pushed the empty bowl of noodles onto the table, and took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

"Ye Lu waited for you for so long at the academy gate and didn't see you. He probably went to report to the authorities or went back home," Pei Xia said, turning her head to look at her. "Shall I take you home?"

Miss Ye lifted her head from her knees and looked at him with her big, watery eyes: "You're actually a pretty nice person."

“No, it’s not that,” Pei Xia looked up at the sky, “I’m just afraid that the pears will eat your family out of house and home.”

That's Lu Li, whose stomach is growling with hunger. Just thinking about it is terrifying!
When Miss Ye thought about how Pei Xia had attacked someone from the Holy Palace, and more importantly, how the other party had seen her face, she felt so sad that she wanted to cry.

It was already difficult enough being at home, and now they've made enemies and are trying to control the Holy Palace...

She shook her head and sighed, "Let's go."

Regardless, getting home quickly is the priority. If things escalate to the point of reporting to the authorities, it will create another mess and cause more trouble.

Considering safety along the way, she would have to rely on Pei Xia for a while longer.

"Where do you live?" Pei Xia asked.

The girl pointed to the inner city: "Over there."

"...You have to pay taxes to enter the inner city."

"I'll put it on your tab first, and I'll give it to you when I get home."

Pei Xia smiled and said, "Good, that saves us five taels of silver."

The outer city and the inner city are separated by wards and markets. These wards and markets are different from the eight major wards. They are all well-known and have prominent shops. The goods are of good quality and high price. Although people from the outer city can come and browse, if they really want to buy something, they have to rely on the gentry in the inner city.

Those ladies and young women would come and go many times a day.

I don't know which clever person came up with the idea to the princess, but they set up an inner city tax and made a fortune from both inside and outside the city.

Pei Xia was dressed in coarse cloth, and Miss Ye's scholar's robe was patched. Even though they took out ten taels of silver, the soldiers at the city gate couldn't help but glance at them a few more times.

Before leaving, he reminded the two of something: "Be careful not to offend the lords of the inner city."

Pei Xia smiled and clasped her hands in thanks for the reminder.

Miss Ye walked ahead, while Pei Xia followed behind, occasionally looking down to check the three foot-long iron nails hanging from her waist.

This is a magical artifact left behind by Han Youzhi.

Don't be fooled by how this little gadget flies around; it's a genuine martial arts artifact, made of solid materials, with Frost Iron mixed with top-grade Sea Silver Sand.

Even if you don't have the skill to wield weapons like Han Baiyi, just holding it in your hand as an iron spike would be a good thing.

However, Pei Xia doesn't plan to sell it this time.

Anyway, we've already entered the inner city. Once we get back to the Prime Minister's residence, we won't be short of living expenses. We might as well keep such rare and good things for ourselves.

Now that we've entered the world of martial arts, to avoid trouble, it's best to pick up some new skills again.

Sigh, it's a helpless situation. Before I came down the mountain, I thought I should try my best not to engage in cultivation again.

But as expected, Beishi City was not a good place. On the first day of entering the city, we encountered such a disaster.

Who knows how many more troubles might follow?

Lost in thought about these trivial matters, I lost track of how long I had walked.

Only when the slender figure in front of her stopped did Pei Xia look up: "Have we arrived?"

The girl sighed, "We've arrived."

Pei Xia looked around and saw that the two of them were standing in a small alley. The small door in front of them was very different from the grand mansions of the lords in the inner city that he remembered.

However, the courtyard wall was thick and clean, not shabby at all. "So, this is the back gate?"

Pei Xia watched as the girl took out her key and skillfully unlocked the small door, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Aren't you Miss?"

Miss Ye shrugged and said without turning her head, "In a mansion like this, apart from the servants, who isn't a young lady?"

The door opened, revealing a blue stone threshold. A scholar in a scholar's robe stepped over it and glanced back at Pei Xia: "Come in and sit down. Although you caused quite a bit of trouble, you did save me after all."

Even if she didn't say anything, Pei Xia would still go in, since Lu Li was still in their hands.

This was indeed a secluded back door; the first thing you saw after entering was a chicken coop.

This thing is hard to clean up after it poops, and it smells terrible. Which wealthy family would keep it? If they did, they would definitely keep it in a corner far away from the main yard.

Pei Xia covered her nose and fanned herself, while Miss Ye remained calm, clearly used to it.

The grass on both sides is green, and there is a yellow earth in the middle, with a few white stones laid down as a road.

Pei Xia followed behind the girl: "So, you're not the daughter of the head of the family here?"

"No, but the old man really did treat me like his daughter."

"Does being a daughter mean you can't even be allowed through the front door?"

At this point, Miss Ye stopped replying, her eyelashes trembling slightly as she sighed, "Life is unpredictable."

As they walked further in, they encountered several servants. They saw the young lady return home without any apparent change in expression, suggesting they were unaware of the kidnapping and disappearance.

They noticed a man behind her, and everyone looked surprised, quickly covering their mouths and even lowering their eyes in fear.

Pei Xia wasn't surprised. It was indeed not something the servants should be watching when a young lady of marriageable age brought back a strange man of similar age.

Miss Ye is a smart person, which Pei Xia had already noticed when they were in the warehouse.

Being as timid as she was, she naturally wouldn't take Pei Xia to her residence, nor would she bring her into the main hall.

After taking a slightly roundabout route, we arrived at a secluded courtyard.

The courtyard was small, with two water vats in the corner, a small field next to it, and a stone table in the middle.

"Sit down," the girl said to Pei Xia from the doorway, while peeking out and calling to a servant outside, "Xi'er, go and fetch a pot of hot tea."

Pei Xia had just sat down and was turning over a teacup when she heard the sound. She immediately called out, "Do you have any wine?"

The last bite was last night when she saw Zhang Guohan. After not having touched it for so long, Pei Xia's throat was starting to itch.

But Ms. Ye replied very decisively, "No."

Pei Xia rolled her eyes.

Such a large mansion, how could it not have wine? What do you serve at banquets? Tea?

The girl walked over and sat down opposite Pei Xia, explaining, "The wine is expensive, I can't get it."

"Tsk, you're such a low-class lady."

This isn't exactly a compliment.

But the girl didn't feel offended.

With her eyebrows raised and a faint smile on her face, she looked gently at the patched scholar's robe she was wearing: "It's not bad. I can still study. It's much better than when I was a child and had to fight with dogs for food on the roadside."

This sentence shut down all of Pei Xia's complaints.

Just as I was thinking of saying something to ease the tension, footsteps slowly approached from outside the courtyard gate.

The girl assumed it was Xi'er bringing tea and got up to greet her.

But when the courtyard gate opened, she was stunned for a moment.

Looking at the familiar face before him, and seeing the undisguised anger in the other person's eyes.

Miss Ye gave an awkward laugh: "Sister, sister."

(End of this chapter)