It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"I heard that Bai Ye has also reached the tenth level. You must work hard to protect my safety."

Alaiya replied calmly:

"If he is still at the ninth level, I can try to kill him. Even if he reaches the tenth level, I should be able to take one or two of his moves and help the young master create an opportunity to escape."

Alaya, who had reached the eighth level of perfection, could not defeat Bai Ye head-on, but Bai Ye's state of mind for reaching the tenth level came from Garberd, which was somewhat similar to Alaya's current state of mind. In addition, Alaya was far from being an ordinary eighth level of perfection. She had the sword energy of Qingyun and Lid on her body, so it was not an exaggeration to say that she could block Bai Ye's attack.

Considering that it was already December and the temperature in Yunhai, which was like spring all year round, had begun to drop, Alaiya prepared a lot of winter clothes for Lid and packed a thick package in a suitcase. Considering that the situation might be more dangerous during this trip to Yunhai, Alaiya also prepared a huge backpack filled with dry food and water.

She has become very skilled in doing these things.

After everything was ready, Reed wrote a letter to Bai Feng.

The letter included a copy of the Yunyang & Yunhai Strategic Treaty that Lid signed with Bai Feng when he first went to Yunhai. Lid believed that Bai Feng still remembered the treaty signed on September 9, 332, and also remembered the most critical fourth clause in it -

"The fourth son of Yunyang, Li De, will do his best to help the second son of Yunhai, Bai Feng, take the position of the lord of Yunhai. On the contrary, the second son of Yunhai, Bai Feng, must not hinder the fourth son of Yunyang, Li De, from planning and attacking the three territories of Yunyang, Zhaochen, and Tiancheng in any way."

Therefore, Reed clearly told Bai Feng in the letter that he came to Yunhai this time to fulfill the promise he had made.

He wants to help Bai Feng take the position of Lord of Yunhai.

Of course, since he was unfamiliar with the place and needed a guide, he also brought his sister back with him.

A few days later, Bai Feng, looking haggard, opened the letter from Yun Yang, and her eyes gradually turned cold.

He exhaled, slowly tore the letter in his hand into countless pieces, balled it up and threw it into the wastebasket.

13. An old hermaphrodite

An ordinary-looking carriage slowly moved towards the sea of ​​clouds.

Although Bai Feng was very angry after reading the letter, he had no reason or power to stop Li De from visiting Yunhai. Not to mention that Bai Feng was not yet the prince of Yunhai, even if he had already secured the position of prince, only the lord-level bosses were qualified to refuse the lord-level interview. As long as the lord of Yunhai did not speak, Bai Feng could only open the door and welcome Li De to come.

The reason why Bai Feng was angry was very simple. First, Lide brought his sister Bai Huang back at this time. Second, Lide's coming at this time obviously interfered with the dispute over the Yunhai Crown Prince. The high-sounding reason of fulfilling the agreement was just a passing one. If they really wanted to fulfill such a treaty, why didn't they do it earlier? Although Yunhai had made a lot of money in the transaction with Lide in the past two years, Lide never put forward any chips that could actually help Bai Feng.

Being able to help but not doing so means that Lid also hopes that the situation in Yunhai will drag on.

But now Reid is here again. No matter what his purpose is, Bai Feng doesn't want to see him catch any fish in the muddy water of the sea of ​​clouds.

Of course, for Lid, it didn't matter what Bai Feng thought of him. If he wanted to save Bai Feng or Bai Ye, he would have to fall out with the other party, or even both parties. So Lid was in a more relaxed mood now. If Alaiya hadn't been following him closely, Lid would even want to go to Yihongyuan, which Fang Yuan recommended last time, to have another taste.

The carriage headed south and smoothly entered the territory of the sea of ​​clouds.

"..."

Along the way, Bai Huang spent most of his time with his arms folded, looking outside the carriage.

Her eyes were unfocused, and she seemed to be looking at the scenery here indifferently. The sea of ​​clouds at the beginning of winter was a little more solemn than usual, and the battle for the prince of the sea of ​​clouds seemed to have cast a layer of haze over this place.

Seeing the right opportunity, Lid squeezed next to Bai Huang, rubbed his hands, took half of the mink shawl on her shoulders and put it on himself, and asked with a smile:

"What's wrong? Others are so happy when they go back to their parents' home, but why are you so gloomy every day? Cheer up, Xiao Huang! If your brother saw this, he would think I was bullying you every day in Yunyang."

Bai Huang forced a smile and said to Lid:

"I just feel that it's going a little too smoothly. I didn't see any conflicts along the way, nor did I get involved in any trouble. Everything is so peaceful and normal. Look at the people outside, they are still doing their own business, shouting all kinds of snacks and selling all kinds of leather goods. There is no tension at all like the decisive battle on the top of Baiyun Mountain."

Reed followed Bai Huang's gaze.

He was very close to Bai Huang in an instant, because the car window was so small, if he wanted to see the whole picture outside clearly, he had to get closer. Bai Huang was sitting near the car window, and the two of them were inevitably close to each other, but Bai Huang seemed to be focusing all his attention on the outside and did not move away.

Merchants who travel far and wide still occupy the streets of Yunhai, and young men dressed in red and green walk swaggeringly on the streets.

Compared with the last time I came here, there are fewer eye-catching people and things, but it is still as prosperous as before.

Lid sat back in his original position and analyzed:

"It should be said that they don't care much. Yunhai is the most prosperous commercial territory, and this will not change whether Bai Feng or Bai Ye takes the throne. Yunhai gathers merchants from all over, but these merchants have no sense of belonging to Yunhai. They only come to purchase and sell goods, and have no interest relationship with the Lord's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion."

Lid put his hands in his pockets and continued:

"Look at it in a positive way. This also shows that your two brothers are still very rational and have not dragged the foundation of Yunhai into the struggle. Merchants have been the capital that Yunhai has relied on for hundreds of years. If merchants do not take sides, the damage caused to Yunhai by the dispute over the crown prince will be limited."

Bai Huang snorted and said dissatisfiedly:

"If they were really that rational, why would they have to fight to the death over such a matter?"

Reed didn't respond, but looked out the window with a faint smile.

People have different perspectives, different mindsets, different identities and statuses, and different angles on issues, so naturally the choices they make are different.

For a family of three, what they worry about is nothing more than firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. If you go up one step to a street, there will be neighborhood disputes. If you go up one step to a region or a city, there will be more things to consider. You have to worry about how to make the cake bigger and how to cut the cake. However, when you really take charge of a territory or even a country, you will find that the affairs in front of you are completely different from before, so people say that ruling the world is much more difficult than conquering the world.

On the other hand, even though they know that the higher you go, the greater the responsibility you bear, there are still countless people who are trying their best to climb higher. Because different levels see and get different things. A family of three may work hard all their lives just to give their children enough food to eat, but the superiors can overlook the vast mountains and rivers with ease, raise their hands to startle the wind and rain, and turn their hands to decide life and death. The people of the world need to rely on his grace to live and die, and the prosperity and splendor that ordinary people can't reach is just a toy in his hands.

Reed didn't know what Bai Ye was thinking, but he could feel the aura from Bai Feng.

In his eyes, there is the entire sea of ​​clouds and all the living beings in the world. Naturally, he is not willing to be just a young man in brocade clothes with many followers in this life.

The carriage drove all the way to the City That Never Sleeps and was finally stopped at the gate of the City That Never Sleeps.

The one who stopped Lide and Bai Huang was not the guard of Lord Yunhai, nor was he Bai Feng or Bai Ye's man, but a young man whom Lide did not recognize. He stood at the door with a large number of thugs, screening the cars one by one. The moment he saw Bai Huang, his eyes lit up, and he immediately called the people behind him to surround the carriage that Lide and Bai Huang were riding in.

Bai Huang frowned slightly. Before Lid could ask anything, she jumped out of the car and asked in an unhappy tone:

"What are you doing here?"

The young man patted his chest, glanced at Bai Huang, and asked:

"If you can come, why can't I? As the nephew of Lord Yunhai, I have been in charge of all the affairs of Never-Sleeping City. Isn't I more useful than you, my cousin?"

The young master pinched his nose and lifted the curtain of the carriage, took a casual look inside, turned to Bai Huang and said:

"Oh, you're still bringing someone home at this time? I'm not saying anything bad about you, cousin, but you just gave away the discarded equipment a while ago, right? You're really generous. You brought your little lover back at this time. Do you want to get married, or do you want to give Yunhai away as well?"

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I want to apologize to my brothers. I was ill some time ago. After repeated screenings at the hospital, I decided to have an operation. I have been running to the hospital for blood, nucleic acid, CT and other screenings, so the updates are not very stable. If everything goes well, the operation should be performed tomorrow. The situation is not serious. If nothing unexpected happens, I will recover quickly. I will try my best to maintain normal updates during my hospitalization. I apologize again for the previous interruption.

14. Don’t touch what you shouldn’t touch

From the quarrel between Bai Huang and the other party, Reed gradually figured out the whole story.

This arrogant young man is named Bai Qiu, and he is the son of the eldest daughter of Lord Yunhai.

The specific situation is a bit complicated. The eldest daughter of Lord Yunhai is named Bai Ru. Bai Ru's mother is a maid who is not favored and has no status. But this maid is very brave. In order to escape from her lowly status, she took the risk of taking off her clothes to seduce the young Lord Yunhai at that time, and successfully became pregnant. The young Lord Yunhai took her as a concubine despite the opposition of his family, but the maid used this relationship to bully and become arrogant in the following years, making the interpersonal relationships around Lord Yunhai a mess.

The Lord of Yunhai then distanced himself from the maid, and her eldest daughter Bai Ru was never favored. But Bai Ru was obviously more scheming than her mother. After years of forbearance, she invited a son-in-law to come to the house and gave birth to the first nephew Bai Qiu to the Lord of Yunhai. As the saying goes, "generations are close", the Lord of Yunhai has no feelings for Bai Ru and her mother, but he still has some affection for Bai Qiu. It's a pity that Bai Qiu did not inherit her mother's scheming and tactics, but inherited her grandmother's arrogance and self-righteousness. She bullied men and women outside under the banner of the Lord of Yunhai, and gradually became disgusted by the Lord of Yunhai.

At this moment, Bai Huang appeared in the eyes of Lord Yunhai.

She was not as good as Bai Ye and Bai Feng, so she would not make Lord Yunhai feel pressured. At the same time, she was sincere and lovely. Although she often got into trouble, she was always upholding justice. Every time she asked Lord Yunhai to punish her with a downcast look, Lord Yunhai found it funny. As a result, Bai Huang became more and more favored, while Bai Qiu suffered a lot of neglect and was once thrown back to the countryside to play in the mud alone.

Bai Qiu therefore bore a grudge against his cousin, thinking that she had taken away something that belonged to him.

He even thought that Bai Huang was just like his mother, a scheming green tea, except that Bai Huang's tea art was more advanced. Although Bai Huang's request for weapons and equipment was kept secret not long ago, it was still heard by Bai Ru's spies. Bai Ru realized that this was an opportunity and immediately asked her son Bai Qiu to return to the Never-Sleeping City, busying himself to win the favor of the Lord of Yunhai, intending to use this opportunity to pull Bai Huang down from the altar.

That's why there is a confrontation between the two people now.

Obviously, Bai Huang was not good at talking, and she did have a guilty conscience, so after being annoyed by Bai Qiu, she immediately showed her fist in anger and said angrily:

"Do you believe that I will tear your mouth apart?"

Bai Qiu sneered and shouted loudly:

"Come and see - Miss Yunhai is beating someone up for another man -"

Bai Qiu had stopped quite a few carriages, and many people were bored in the traffic jam, so they popped their heads out as soon as they heard about the melons to eat. Passersby also gathered around, and most of them were civilized melon eaters, not openly taking sides, nor helping Bai Qiu to add insult to injury, but their eyes looking at Bai Huang contained all kinds of unspoken contempt.

Bai Qiu had someone to back him up, so he immediately straightened his chest and raised his head, taking advantage of the situation to say:

"I still say the same thing, cousin. A daughter who is married off is like water that has been poured out. Since your heart is no longer in Yunhai, why do you have to come back with such a shameless face? The Lord will be so sad to see you like this! He is so good to you, but you have never considered Yunhai in the slightest. You have only caused trouble and betrayed him. Who do you think you are worthy of?"

Bai Huang said angrily:

"What do you mean, Bai Qiu? If you have something to say, just say it. Stop being so sarcastic."

Bai Qiu crossed his arms, glanced at Lid who got off the carriage, and sneered:

"What I mean is, please go back to where you came from, cousin. It's up to you to be with that wild man you want to be with, but you are not welcome in the City That Never Sleeps. This is not just my idea, it's also the Lord's idea, do you understand?"

Bai Huang snorted, not wanting to waste time talking to Bai Qiu, and simply reached out and pushed him aside, then walked forward:

"I grew up in the city that never sleeps, and I don't believe anyone dares to stop me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Qiu immediately said loudly:

"Stop her and don't let her go to the Nightless City and cause trouble for the Lord!"

The guards brought by Bai Qiu rushed forward immediately. Two big men held Bai Huang down on the left and right, twisting her arms behind her back. Bai Huang's martial arts were no problem for bullying ordinary hooligans, but it was still unrealistic to fight these professional guards.

Heji drew his sword and moved forward, but Bai Huang had been controlled. He did not dare to move for a moment and could only stare at Bai Qiu fiercely.

Bai Huang's arms were held, but his long legs were still kicking back and forth, cursing:

"Bai Qiu! You bastard, if you have the guts, let me down and fight you one-on-one! You are no hero if you lead people to rob people on the road. I will look down on you for the rest of my life!"

Bai Qiu glanced at Bai Huang, sneered, and did not answer.

Bai Huang has been captured, and the next thing to do is to pursue the victory.

He walked up to Lid, looked him up and down, and said with a smile:

"You are my cousin's husband? You look so shabby. The clothes you wear are worth less than a hundred gold coins. How can you be called a lord... I'm telling you, you are not welcome here. I'm telling you."

Bai Qiu stretched out his hand and poked Reed's chest with his jade-like fingers.

Lid smiled and whispered only three words:

"Alea."

The blond guard standing beside him moved and was already behind Bai Qiu. No one saw how she got there, only that she sheathed her sword nonchalantly. The arm that Bai Qiu pointed at Lid disappeared out of thin air, and blood gushed out from the broken part of his shoulder!

After a moment, Reed stretched out his hand and caught Bai Qiu's right arm falling from the air.

The miserable howling sounded outside the city that never sleeps. The smile on Lid's face was still calm. He slapped Bai Qiu twice with Bai Qiu's broken arm and said in a calm tone:

"What does it have to do with me whether you welcome me or not?"

Bai Qiu howled in pain, and fell to the ground twitching. Lid had thought he could say something cruel, such as "I am the nephew of Lord Yunhai" and "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west". However, the fact was that Bai Qiu, as a rich young man, had never experienced this feeling. The pain of the broken arm made him unable to say anything, and he could only cry and wail.

Lid threw the broken arm to Bai Qiu's guard, who hurriedly let go of Bai Huang and caught his master's limb with both hands. Lid dusted his hands and said with a smile:

"Go, show it to Lord Yunhai and tell him that Lord Yunyang Lide is here to visit. By the way, ask him if his essence was only given to the three people of Night Phoenix? If the remaining children don't know how to discipline them, I will help him discipline them."

15. I'm back

Reed grabbed Bai Huang's wrist and walked into the city that never sleeps with her in a swagger amid everyone's surprised, fearful, or envious gazes.

To be honest, Li De, the Lord of Yunyang, has always been very low-key because he is very clear about the position of Yunyang among all the territories. So when facing the Lord of Lingwu, Xiqin and Nanchu, he always chooses to give them face first, but this does not mean that any small character is qualified to speak nonsense in front of him. Let alone asking for Bai Qiu's arm today, even if he cuts off Bai Qiu's head, this matter will definitely end with the Lord of Yunhai apologizing to him.

As long as Lord Yunhai didn't want to fight Yunyang at this point in time, this level of slap in the face was nothing. Who hasn't been slapped in the face in this world? Lord Nanchu, who owned the second largest territory in the world, had his wife robbed.

Besides, Bai Qiu was never a favored child, and his life really didn't matter.

Bai Qiu's guards really didn't want to let him go, but on the one hand, their young master was lying on the ground half dead with a broken arm, and on the other hand, Alayya, who had reached the eighth level of perfection, had both hands on the hilt of the sword at her waist, and her aura made everyone afraid to act rashly. The outsider Heji finally disconnected and reconnected, holding a sharp blade to force back the onlookers who blocked his way.

After entering the city that never sleeps, Bai Huang did not break away from Lid's hand, but just said angrily:

"Thank you. Hum, if that ballless guy hadn't brought so many people with him secretly, I would have beaten him into a pig's head. Don't let me see him in the City That Never Sleeps from now on, or I will beat him up every time I see him."

Lid walked on the busy street holding Bai Huang's wrist, and said with a smile:

"How are you going to beat him? What can you do if there are always people around him?"

Bai Huang puffed out his chest and answered proudly:

"Of course I will call more people. Call a whole carriage of people, and on a dark and windy night, put him in a sack and beat him up so badly that his mother won't recognize him. He is just taking advantage of me because I just got back to Yunhai and didn't have time to call for help. When we get back, I will take you to ambush him. You don't have to defend yourself against his few guards, he is dead for sure."

Bai Huang's mood quickly improved.

This time when returning to Yunhai, Bai Huang had a plan in mind.

She wanted to go back to the Lord's Mansion first to meet her father, Lord Yunhai. She didn't know what her father's attitude was regarding the competition for the crown prince, but she planned to do her best to persuade her father to make a decisive decision. For example, directly appoint Bai Feng as the crown prince of Yunhai, fundamentally cutting off her elder brother Bai Ye's idea of ​​competing for the crown prince position.

Bai Huang herself knew very well that although her two brothers doted on her, she was still powerless when it came to such important matters. If she could win the support of Lord Yunhai, the situation would immediately become different.

Reed looked at Bai Huang who was humming a little tune and smiled.

A somewhat pitiful smile.

This silly girl always thinks things are simple, people are kind, and the storms outside are not to be feared.