area51novel Chapter 10 The Golden-Sword Prince Consort!
Chapter 10 The Golden-Sword Prince Consort!
As the sun rose over Zhongdu, Jin soldiers were already everywhere, carrying wanted posters and searching for suspicious individuals in the streets and alleys.
Wanyan Chenghui had already led hundreds of elite soldiers out of the city to search all the villages and towns outside Zhongdu and block all the passes leading out of the city, in order to eliminate any chance for Yang Kang to escape.
In the capital city of Zhongdu, Guo Jing and Huang Rong, who had been reunited, were strolling leisurely along the long street.
Huang Rong, dressed as a young girl again, is charming and adorable.
The two strolled leisurely, like a pair of golden boys and jade maidens descended to earth, completely unaware of the storm brewing in the capital city.
As the two strolled around, Guo Jing suddenly cried out "Ouch!" as a flying pebble had hit him on the head.
He instinctively looked in the direction from which the pebble had come, only to see Wang Chuyi hiding in the shadows, smiling and gesturing at him.
Guo Jing excitedly pulled Huang Rong forward to greet her, and asked as he approached her:
"Master, what are you doing here? Have you found your nephew?"
Looking at Guo Jing and Huang Rong before him, Wang Chuyi couldn't help but stroke his beard and tease them:
"Silly boy, you've found such a beautiful young wife in just a few days?"
Guo Jing was slightly taken aback, unsure of how to respond for a moment.
He wanted to explain that his relationship with Huang Rong wasn't like that, but for some reason, perhaps because of a lingering thought in his heart, he stammered and couldn't find the words to explain.
Seeing Wang Chuyi teasing their relationship, Huang Rong blushed, but she also took Guo Jing's arm and said softly, her voice as melodious as a nightingale's song:
"This humble woman, Huang Rong, greets Daoist Wang."
Wang Chuyi nodded with a slightly benevolent expression, then his expression changed slightly, and he said to Guo Jing and the other man in a serious tone:
"We shouldn't linger here. Follow me."
After saying that, he led the two to a secluded place.
Seeing that no one was around, Wang Chuyi solemnly said to Guo Jing:
"Jing'er, do you still remember the promise your father, Guo Xiaotian, made with Yang Tiexin eighteen years ago?"
Guo Jing nodded seriously and said:
"Jing'er remembers. My mother said that the Guo and Yang families made an agreement that if they had two sons, they would become sworn brothers."
"If there is a man and a woman, they shall become husband and wife. By the way, Master Qiu Chuji also gave each of us a name. I am called Guo Jing, and he should be called Yang Kang."
As he spoke, he pulled out a dagger engraved with the words "Yang Kang" from his pocket.
When Huang Rong heard the news that "if the Guo and Yang families have a son and a daughter, they must marry each other," she immediately felt nervous.
Wang Chuyi laughed heartily:
"Little girl, don't be nervous! Your sister-in-law didn't have a daughter, she had a son too."
"Jing'er, he is Yang Kang, and he is also your destined brother."
Upon hearing this, Huang Rong's tense expression vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of shyness and relief.
"Yang Kang, could he be the young prince of the Zhao family of the Wanyan clan, the one the people in the city are talking about today, the one who transformed from a Jurchen into a Han Chinese?"
Huang Rong said with a slight surprise.
Wang Chuyi's smile faded, and he said seriously:
"What a clever girl! Jing'er, you are so lucky!"
"Alright, enough chit-chat."
"Kang'er is waiting outside the city right now. The capital city is in turmoil. The emperor has sent pursuers to take his life."
"You will come with me to meet him, and then we will travel south together."
Guo Jing nodded without hesitation:
"Master, let's go now!"
Huang Rong also abandoned her girlish coquettishness and nodded seriously.
The three of them didn't linger any longer and quietly passed through the alley, heading towards the outskirts of the city.
Meanwhile, Yang Tiexin, who had returned from hiding in the city, had already settled Mu Nianci at the inn.
The father and daughter had been traveling the world together for many years. Although their skills in disguise were not as great as those of the legendary bandits, changing their appearance was still not difficult for them. In no time, they arrived silently outside the city gate.
The heavy rain began to fall silently.
In the afternoon, Yang Tiexin, along with Mu Nianci, disguised themselves as deaf people and quietly arrived at a courtyard.
"Kang'er, my wife, we're back!"
Yang Tiexin shouted excitedly.
During this period, he regained so much. This man, who had been wandering the world and wasting more than a decade, suddenly rediscovered the spirit and demeanor of a young man.
Yang Kang pulled Bao Xiruo out the door.
Mu Nianci stared wide-eyed at Yang Kang, who was standing at the door.
Mu Nianci and Yang Kang looked at each other for a moment, but Mu Nianci eventually looked away shyly and lowered her head.
She removed her disguise and beard, walked up to Yang Kang and Bao Xiruo, and quickly bowed:
"Nianci has met her adoptive mother and her elder brother."
Yang Kang looked at Mu Nianci, nodded and smiled:
"I remember you!"
"You were in the crowd when I returned to Zhongdu that day."
Before Yang Kang could finish speaking, a loud laugh rang out.
"You little rascal, Yang Kang!"
"That day when you returned to Zhongdu, I was with your sworn sister, your biological father, and that Guo family boy in the crowd. You didn't see any of them, but you saw your sworn sister!"
A hearty laugh came from afar; it was Wang Chuyi who had arrived with Guo Jing and Huang Rong.
"Uncle-Master, you're finally back."
Yang Kang, holding a long spear, hurriedly went out to meet them along with Yang Tiexin and the others.
Behind Wang Chuyi, Guo Jing looked excitedly at Yang Kang in front of him, while Huang Rong sized up the rumored young prince.
Wang Chuyi said with great enthusiasm:
"Kang'er, I have not failed you! I have found your brother, Guo Jing."
"Our Quanzhen Sect has finally fulfilled its mission in fulfilling this eighteen-year-old pledge of chivalry. It's a pity that my senior brother Changchunzi is not here at the moment, otherwise we would definitely have gotten thoroughly drunk."
After introducing Guo Jing, Wang Chuyi pointed to Huang Rong and said:
"This Miss Huang is Jing'er's friend."
Bao Xiruo and the others also greeted Huang Rong warmly.
Yang Kang looked Guo Jing up and down with a playful yet scrutinizing gaze that left everyone bewildered.
After a long silence, just as Bao Xiruo was about to speak, Yang Kang finally spoke:
"Guo Jing! I've heard of you!"
"When Genghis Khan unified the grasslands and established the Mongol Empire, your name was among the first batch of households he appointed."
"You are also the youngest among the Mongol commanders, and you are one of the people on the grassland who can freely enter and leave Genghis Khan's tent."
"You are the disciple of the legendary archer Jebe, and the sworn brother of the fourth prince of Mongolia!"
"You are Genghis Khan's son-in-law, a member of the Golden Family, and one of the future kings of the Mongol Empire."
"In terms of power and status, you are no less powerful in Mongolia than I was in the Jin Dynasty!"
"Wealth, power, and fame are all within your grasp! You just abandoned everything you had in Mongolia to come to the Central Plains, all for that grudge from eighteen years ago?"
Everyone was taken aback by these words.