Top-notch Little Horseman

"Thump! Thump! Thump!..."

The copper ring was struck, and everything was settled.

Smoker had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow, no matter what, he had to save face for Ye Chen.

"Coming! Coming! Please wait a moment!"

From inside the gate, a servant's shout came from afar.

A moment later, the gate was pulled open from the inside, and the servant immediately saw two soldiers standing at the door.

However, judging from their clothes, these two men were not regular border soldiers, but rather common soldiers.

In terms of status, he was not even as high as this servant.

"Gentlemen, what brings you here?" the servant asked politely, looking at the two men.

"I am Ye Chen, the squad leader of the cavalry detachment of the Right Guard of Yanmen Pass. I have important business to discuss with Master Qian Wansan. Please inform him." Ye Chen stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting, and said.

"The squad leader of the horse camp?" The servant could smell something was off about the two of them, and his face showed obvious disgust.

"You...are you horse breeders?"

The smoker smiled slightly, cupped his hands in greeting to the servant, and said, "That's right, we are soldiers who eat military rations. We've come to see Master Qian today because we have important business to attend to. We hope you can do us a favor."

The Smoker had more experience dealing with these watchdogs than Ye Chen. He took out five copper coins and stuffed them into the servant's hand.

The servant weighed the few copper coins in his hand, nodded slightly, and said, "Alright, gentlemen, please wait a moment."

As he spoke, he turned and went back into the house. About fifteen minutes later, he returned with an old man wearing a long robe and a square hat.

"Butler Ye, these are the two military officers. They say they have important business to discuss with our master."

The servant sneered as he looked at Ye Chen and the other man.

"My lords, it's really unfortunate, my master has gone out of town on business." Steward Ye had his signature smile on his lips. Even though he looked down on the two lowly horse grooms, it was impossible to tell from his face.

"I'm not in the manor right now, so you two have made a wasted trip. Hey, Lai Cai, you two soldiers must be hungry after traveling such a long way. Go to the kitchen and get two steamed buns for them to have something to eat."

"No need," Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "Since he's gone out of the city on business, let's go inside and wait."

"This is very important; we must see him today."

Ye Chen walked inside as he spoke. He didn't have time to come back; he had to see the person today no matter what.

Seeing that Ye Chen wouldn't listen to reason and actually tried to force his way in, Butler Ye's face immediately turned cold.

"Sir, the master is not in the manor. There are several ladies in the house. It is not appropriate for you to come in." Butler Ye reached out and stopped Ye Chen.

"We're all family, can't you do me a favor?" Ye Chen smiled gently, meeting the gaze of Butler Ye, and asked.

After exchanging a glance with Ye Chen, Butler Ye felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively looked away.

Those eyes were truly terrifying; he felt as if he were seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

This is a ruthless man who has been on the battlefield and killed many people!

Butler Ye took a deep breath, but did not back down, though he did not dare to meet Ye Chen's gaze.

"Who said we're family? This is the Qian residence! Even your general wouldn't dare trespass here. I advise you to leave now, otherwise, if something unpleasant happens, it will be too late to regret it!"

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "You also have the surname Ye, and so do I. We were one family five hundred years ago. I really don't want to hit you."

"I'm telling you, this is very important. You'd better let me see your master, otherwise you won't be able to bear the consequences if something goes wrong!"

Butler Ye raised his eyes upon hearing this. What did this fool say? He said he was going to attack him?

How dare he do that?

He even said this matter was very important. He's just a horse breeder, what important things could he possibly have? He really dares to say anything!

Who is my master? He's someone who can drink at the same table as the General. Even if there's something important, it's impossible for a horse groom to deliver it.

"Boy!" Butler Ye's face darkened, and he glared angrily at Ye Chen, shouting, "You dare to make a move here?"

Ye Chen's lips curled slightly, and then he slapped her across the face.

"Smack!..."

Ye Chen's slap wasn't very hard, but it was very loud and extremely humiliating.

Butler Ye covered his face, looking incredulous. He was the Qian family's butler, and even the border soldiers had to show him respect.

"You, you dare to hit me..."

The servant was stunned for a moment, then rushed into the mansion, shouting as he went, "Help! Help! Someone has broken into our Qian mansion! He... he hit Steward Ye..."

"Smoker, since you've followed me, then today... I'll give you your first lesson." Ye Chen said as he walked into the inner palace and headed towards the long corridor inside.

"Sometimes money isn't everything; might makes right!"

Smoker was speechless. He really didn't know what to say. How did this timid captain become so reckless?

"Captain, you...you've gone too far...This is the Qian residence! How are you going to clean this up?!"

Smoker sighed helplessly and hurriedly followed. He really didn't know what to say to this captain.

"What, are you scared?" Ye Chen chuckled, stopped and turned to look at the Smoker.

"Afraid? We've been through mountains of knives and seas of fire, what's there to be afraid of?" Smoker chuckled, put his hands behind his back, and followed behind Ye Chen.

The Qian family mansion was undoubtedly the most luxurious mansion in Beiping City. The artificial hill inside alone cost several thousand taels of silver.

It has to be said that, no matter the era, rich people always know how to enjoy life.

The Qian family mansion's courtyard design features corridors, ponds, and artificial hills, and consists of dozens of gray brick and red tile buildings, with many valuable plants.

For ordinary people, one or two taels of silver is enough to eat, or even to buy a life, but the vegetation here cannot be bought with just a few taels of silver.

As Ye Chen strolled through the garden, a dense crowd of people rushed out from all directions when he was still a few hundred meters away from the main mansion.

Holding long sticks, they looked fierce and quickly surrounded Ye Chen and the Smoker.

"Hey... there are so many people, I can't protect you..." Smoker looked at the guards who rushed out, there were at least a hundred of them.

Although he is quite capable in combat, he is no match for so many people. Let alone protecting Ye Chen, he himself would probably have difficulty getting out of there.

Despite saying that, he still instinctively stood in front of Ye Chen.

"I don't need you to protect me, just protect yourself... Also, don't kill us, we're here to do business."

Ye Chen chuckled, shook his head, and walked forward, his gaze falling on the guard directly in front of him.