It doesn't matter what the lord is.

I crossed my legs, imitated Bai Huang's sitting posture, supported my head with one hand, and said with a smile:

"So? Bai Feng is going to give me his sister, so I should thank God and marry her? Didn't I just say that I don't like her. Bai Huang is better than many noble ladies, at least she is more comfortable to look at than my sisters. But the eldest lady still has a bad temper, why should I marry her?"

He Yue said:

"then you……"

I interrupted him calmly:

"At least I can't give her the position of principal wife. I already have someone chosen."

He Yue asked:

"Who?"

As soon as he asked, his expression changed in an instant, and he opened his mouth and asked:

"Alaiya?"

I didn't answer directly, but just said:

"As for me, I am pretty shameless. But I have never met a girl who has given so much for me, and in the end I just said dryly, 'You are really trying hard, keep working hard' and sent her away. Alayya has always been stupid. She will not do anything else except listening to me and thinking about me, just like a puppet. But as long as she is willing to be with me, I will take her with me. Moreover, she is also the first person I have met in this world who is truly kind to me, so if she has that idea, I will give her that status. This has nothing to do with her status and position. Although I can have no worries about food and drink by holding Bai Huang, a rich woman with the sea of ​​clouds behind her, if I have to abandon Alayya for this, I would rather not eat the rice!"

I glanced at He Yue, spread my hands and said:

"The same goes for you. Although I asked you to come here to build Yuxi City, if one day I have to choose between Yuxi City and you, I will choose you without hesitation."

He Yue's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

She compromised and said:

"Okay. But in my opinion, this isn't love between you two, it's more like family. There will be a lot of changes in the future, so I won't interfere. But Bai Huang, I advise you to keep her in the city. Even if there is no marriage, her staying here will be a deterrent to other forces. Before the relationship between you and Yun Hai is figured out, Bai Huang's identity can make many guys who have ill intentions towards Yuxi City give up their ideas."

I smiled and asked:

"Especially the blind and lame female commander... Is this your real purpose?"

He Yue smiled and seemed very happy that I understood him.

He stretched himself and said:

"It's just that I'm sorry to bother you with the money. That Edelweiss cream doesn't sound cheap."

I said complacently:

"What's this Edelweiss cream? I was just teasing her. It's actually a mixture of sugar and beeswax mixed with water, and costs no more than twenty copper coins. Yuxi City is so poor, how can I get a luxury bath? In the past, I had seven or eight girls to serve me when I took a bath, but now only Alayya insists on rubbing my back. As for the food and wine, doesn't Alayya know how to stew radishes with cabbage? Just let her show Xiao Huang her skills and it'll be done."

"Bai Huang has no respect for himself..."

He Yue said, and smiled, shaking his head and said:

"However, Yuxi City has its own rules. It's okay once or twice, but we can't let her do whatever she wants every time... But you have to be definite. We are managing her with an attitude of offending people. If one day she turns into the mistress of Yuxi City, we won't be able to bear the revenge she will take overtly or covertly."

I patted He Yue on the shoulder and unscrupulously painted a big picture for him:

"Don't worry, your position will not be lower than hers in the future. Only you will take care of her, not her. "

He Yue stood there in a daze.

19. I, Alayya, learned how to use a sword to kill people

Well.

As for He Yue, I don't need to worry about him. If he stays in Yuxi City, he will be able to handle internal affairs in terms of ability and qualifications. He is also good at handling interpersonal relationships. Although he says he is worried about retaliation, he must have thought of a solution long ago.

I asked He Yue:

"Besides marrying her to keep her in good stead, what other use is there for Xiao Huang? You can't really keep her for nothing."

He Yue smiled and said:

"Don't worry about that. I've already thought about it."

He took me to the window and looked at the scenery outside the attic window. Yuxi City had survived the most difficult period. The long-term pressure from the outside world had aroused the people's sense of urgency. In addition, Yuxi City's current policies were relatively relaxed and taxes were relatively low. Everyone was immersed in the atmosphere of labor, and the whole city showed a thriving atmosphere.

He Yue said with emotion:

"Yuxi City is really incredible. But when you think about it carefully, everything makes sense. The people here are uncivilized and still retain their ignorance and conservatism. But over the years they have not been crushed by the external and internal troubles of the demons and nobles. Now that we treat them like brothers, they have also shown great resilience. This year is expected to be a good year."

He Yue shook his head and continued:

"Two days ago, a fight broke out in Yuxi City. Someone opened an underground casino, which led to a dispute. The residents of the city formed several teams and fought each other. When our soldiers arrived at the scene, the perpetrators had already fled. Two young men who were full of vigor and vitality died, and another was seriously injured and could not be saved."

I pursed my lips and said unhappily:

"We collect less tax so that they can have enough to eat, not so that they will be full and bored."

He Yue shrugged and said:

"But we can't control them. These guys are in a gray area outside the law. Besides, the law doesn't punish everyone. This kind of large-scale fight is really a headache. I plan to set up a team in the city specifically responsible for patrolling, collectively known as the Supervisory Guard. The position of Chief Inspector can be given to Bai Huang. When she was in Yunhai, she was used to being a female knight who punished evil and promoted good. Patrol work is also very familiar to her."

After getting my approval, He Yue went to talk to Bai Huang.

I yawned and walked out the door, when I suddenly heard a deafening explosion coming from the back garden.

I hurried over and saw thick smoke, it felt like a military factory had exploded.

I rushed over coughing. Suddenly, a cold sword wind blew and the dust dispersed. Alayya half-knelt on the ground, with the sword in her hand deeply inserted into the soil. The mud on the ground seemed to have been turned over, and all the flowers I had worked so hard to plant fell to the ground. Heji held a big sword in both hands and looked at Alayya with a cold expression. After seeing me, the tense expression on his face was relieved a little.

Alayya spat out a mouthful of blood, half-knelt in front of me, lowered her head and said:

"I'm sorry, Master. It's Alayya's fault..."

Heji interrupted her and said:

"It wasn't her. I didn't control the strength well. I wanted to spar with her, but I accidentally blew it up."

I said:

"Why are you two still being so humble? It's okay, I hope it's your fault, Heji, so that I can legitimately ask Xiao Huang for compensation. But before that, let me tell you what happened."

Heggie briefly told me what had happened.

It wasn't a big deal. When I was talking to He Yue, Alaiya asked Heji to spar with him. Heji thought he was very good, and he had achieved the sixth level of swordsmanship. He thought it was a bit of a bully to fight Alaiya, a "newcomer" who had just reached the fifth level of swordsmanship not long ago, so he suppressed his own realm a little and fought Alaiya with the fifth level strength. Unexpectedly, after fighting for 20 or 30 moves, he was almost killed by Alaiya with one sword, so he hurriedly showed his power, but he didn't control it well at that moment, and blew up my back garden neatly.

Okay, it's all your fault.

Heji smiled bitterly and said:

"Although it's a sparring match, Miss Alaiya is a little... too aggressive. It's as if every move she makes is intended to take my life."

I spread my hands and said:

"What can I do? My Alaya originally practiced swordsmanship to kill people. Swordsmanship is for killing people, so every move naturally prioritizes killing people. Her fighting style is more practical, which is completely different from the flash bomb that can freeze nineteen continents with one sword. You don't even understand this, and you still suppress your realm to fight her? If we fight one-on-one at the same realm, there is no one that Alaya can't kill."

Heji frowned and said:

"The sword is a gentleman's weapon. It's too reckless to strike like this."

Alayya stood up shakily, holding the sword, and stood beside me without saying a word.

I said to Heggie:

"Your swordsmanship has been suppressed at the sixth level for a while now. Are you planning to consolidate your foundation and rush to the top level? You are so relaxed... You don't have to worry about suddenly encountering someone stronger than you. You die without reaching a higher level? You have a faint smell of medicine on you, and you must have eaten a lot of natural treasures, right? If I'm not mistaken, you must have been a rich kid from Yunhai, so you can have such a lot of time. In your eyes, the sword is a gentleman's weapon. But in the eyes of people like us who don't care about us, it's nothing more than a weapon to kill people."

I patted Alayya's shoulder and comforted her with a grin:

"It doesn't matter if you lose. Fighting him a few more times during this period will also help you improve your realm."

Heji waved his hands hurriedly:

"No more fighting. Let's just coexist peacefully. If I suppress you, I won't be able to win. If I don't suppress you, and you break something, my salary won't be enough to pay for it."

20. You and I are both ordinary people

Heji glanced at Alaiya, and seemed to be still in awe of her swordsmanship. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he frowned and walked away quickly. Alaiya followed me, holding her sword.

I can understand Heji's feelings. To be fair, everyone agreed to spar with each other, but the other party showed a life-and-death attitude. No one would be happy. There would even be all kinds of suspicion. Even if you are close friends, you may end up breaking off the friendship if you play such a trick, let alone two people who are not very familiar with each other.

I guess Heji won't teach Alayya kendo so easily anymore.

Alayya held the sword in her arms without saying a word, but it was clear that she was in a low mood.

I smiled and patted her shoulder and said:

"Why, are you heartbroken?"

Alayya shook her head and whispered:

"The swordsmanship taught by the young master must be the best. Moreover, Alayya has limited talent and cannot learn those unpredictable swordsmanship. Only the swordsmanship taught by the young master can more or less be mastered. I am just worried... If I reach the sixth level of swordsmanship, it will take ten years. In these ten years, Alayya is not sure if she can protect the young master."

Only then did I react.

In the past, Alayya rarely had the opportunity to communicate with those kendo masters, and she had always practiced sword alone.

So she had expectations in her heart, always looking forward to being promoted tomorrow, always thinking that she was practicing sword very fast. But someone suddenly told her that it would take at least several years to reach the next level, which inevitably dampened her enthusiasm.

I took Alayya's hand and said:

"Let's go for a walk in the street."

Alayya did not refuse, but just refused to hold my hand and still followed me with the sword in hand.

I put my hands behind my head and looked at the scorching sun above me. The autumn heat has just arrived, but the summer heat has not yet dissipated.

The warm temperature of the stone road came from the soles of my cloth shoes, and the heat waves were getting higher and higher.

"When I first met you, you were carrying that wooden sword, standing alone in the crowd. You were laughed at and ignored. I am no different. I am just a lord's son with no lofty ambitions, but I was forced to get involved in all kinds of troubles, and I still have no peace. We are all people at the bottom of the society, trash, bugs, and outliers in the eyes of those upper-class mainstream people."

I looked back at Alaiya and said calmly:

"Because they have never experienced the feeling of having to eat coarse food, they have never understood the feeling of worrying about whether they can survive every moment. They are always worried and anxious. The efforts we make to survive are worthless in their eyes."

People come and go, bustling.

There was a thin girl holding a basket of wild flowers and selling them. I bought a wreath and helped Alaya put it on her head. Alaya followed me as usual with the wreath on her head, still expressionless, but with a much more relaxed look on her face.

Alaiya said stubbornly:

"The young master is different from Alaiya. The young master is the most powerful person Alaiya has ever seen. If the young master wants to do something, he can do it. No matter what it is."

This time I didn't argue.

I looked at Alayya and said with a smile:

"But if I have to do everything, how can I have time to accompany you?"

Alayya tilted her head in confusion.

I looked away:

"As for me, I have seen heroes before. They were real heroes, the kind that would sacrifice themselves for the world. He was very strong, able to do incredible things on his own, and always showed up when people needed him. But I seldom saw him smile, and he seldom communicated with me. Because everyone needed him, he had to keep running around. He lived his whole life as a hero, and I admired him very much, but from then on, I made up my mind not to live like this."

I paused and said:

"So even if I can do something, I don't want to take it all on myself. It's boring. Neither you nor I are heroes. We are just ordinary people."

I smiled at Alayya and said:

"So you, cheer up! You have to grow faster than Heji, because you are my bodyguard, and my life and death all depend on you. I have thought about it, your sword is a sword that kills people, and ordinary training methods will have little effect. If you want to make rapid progress, you still have to find another way. After a while, when Fang Shisan's group retreats, you will follow me out of the city and head west."

I raised my hand and made a sword move, then said to her:

"Killing people is not something you can do now, and it will affect your state of mind. Let's go to the demon clan's territory and kill them until blood flows like a river. When your feet are covered with corpses, and you have seen rivers of blood and seas of corpses, your swordsmanship will naturally be the best in the world."

21. I’m not afraid of you this time

After deciding what to do next, I looked forward to Fang Shisan's return every day.

I have no intention of swallowing up this army, but I cannot let them take root outside Yuxi City. Otherwise, I will be trapped here and unable to do what I want. Just like taking Alayya to the western demon territory, it was originally on the agenda, but it could not be turned into a spontaneous trip.

After waiting for half a month, one foggy morning, I was half asleep when I suddenly felt the whole bed shake. I was sleeping on the edge of the bed, and I fell to the ground when the bed shook.

At first I thought it was an earthquake, but then I heard faint shouting and screaming coming from far away.

Alayya knocked on the door and came in hurriedly. I woke up Fileta, who had quietly climbed onto my bed again last night. Fileta was still a little dazed after waking up. She sat on my bed in dishevel and rubbed her eyes. Alayya said to me with a straight face, as if she was used to it:

"Master. The army outside the city has attacked. This time it is more fierce than before."

"It's getting colder as autumn approaches. If we continue to waste time, it will be winter. In such freezing weather, they who are stationed in the wasteland are definitely no match for us who live in the city. It's not surprising that they would choose to continue the attack. Let's go to the city first to take a look."

As I said this, I casually put a sweater on Fileta's head, then found a coat and put it on Alayya, hurriedly changed my clothes, and walked towards the city wall.