It doesn't matter what the lord is.

It took two full days of illness for me to be able to get out of bed, and this period was also thanks to Aleiya's care.

During this period, Bai Huang served as patrol captain as usual, maintaining public order in the city. He successfully cracked two cases of incitement and arrested seven criminals.

I took Fileta to the blacksmith shop and dumped all the rare items I had found from the demons on the table. They included glowing diamond horns, the mane of red-maned bears, and precious materials dropped by several other fifth-level demons killed by Alaya. This time, I asked Fileta to come in person so that she could communicate more with the owner of the blacksmith shop and try to make the most convenient staff.

As for me, after a long day's sleep, I gathered the people and gave a speech in high spirits.

The content of the speech was also very simple, it was nothing more than telling everyone. My father expelled me from the family for no other reason than that I was an unwelcome child. I was driven to Yuxi City after being ostracized, and I was like a dog that had lost its home. This was certainly because I was not likable, but it also showed what kind of status Yuxi City held in my father's heart.

"I know some of you are resentful of me because of this incident. It feels like I led you away from Yunyang and onto a path full of unknowns."

"I have also heard many people say that I have dragged down Yuxi City and destroyed your peaceful life."

"But people have their own standards. I think you can all see what Yuxi City was like before I came and what it is like now. I have basically done everything I should do, including reducing taxes and levies, emphasizing agriculture and commerce, and promoting benefits and eliminating disadvantages. Look at your own living standards, they are still rising steadily. So far, many of you have gotten rid of your thatched huts and built new houses."

"This momentum will continue. As long as I am the lord of Yuxi City, Yuxi City will never fall. I don't need you to do anything for me, you don't need to fight to the death, and you don't need to sacrifice yourself. There is only one thing to pay attention to, that is, everyone should do their job well. The soldiers on the front line are ready, I hope you will not hold them back. Repeat, unless there are special circumstances, you must stick to your job even if the sky falls!"

After speaking a few words, I returned to my house and fell into a deep sleep.

Anyway, what you have to face will come sooner or later, so you might as well stabilize your mentality and gather your strength to face the coming storms.

By the time He Yue started working despite his still-ill body, Yunyang's envoy had finally arrived at the city.

I climbed up the city wall and looked down. I found that the envoy leading the team looked familiar. After a little thought, I remembered that this man seemed to be Yunyang's steward, with a relatively long career. His name was Pulun. He stood on the right side and had been my brother's lackey for a long time. When my brother had trouble with me before, he often fanned the flames on the side.

I couldn't help but laugh.

It seems that my brother is unwilling to give up this opportunity to humiliate me, but he doesn't dare to come to Yuxi City as an envoy himself, so he simply sent his top licker to convey his leader's instructions. It's a good plan. I didn't say anything, but leaned against the city wall and stretched out my hand to greet him:

"Oh, Uncle Pu, your presence here brings honor to our little town. I wonder what you are here for?"

Pullen was thin, with a flat head, a hunchback, a triangular goatee, and small eyes as big as soybeans that glowed with blue light. He rolled his eyes, but with a kind smile on his face, he said:

"I haven't seen you for a long time, young master. The master has some instructions to convey, so he sent me over to say a few words and bring you a gift."

As he spoke, he pointed to several black boxes behind him.

Judging from the fact that several people were carrying a box, the things in the box should be heavy. But it was hard to say whether it was valuable. He did not actively state his purpose, but instead beat around the bush and talked about this and that. I guess he was afraid that I would not open the city gate, so he kept wasting time with him.

Although I knew it was just an excuse, I didn't expose it. I shouted from a distance:

"Open the city gate."

The heavy door that had been reinforced twice slowly opened.

Pulun walked slowly into the city, and I came down from the city wall and went to the city gate with my subordinates including Alayya, Felita, and He Yue to greet them. I have no right to control Bai Huang, but she came here on her own today, straightened her chest and followed behind me, as if she was going to help me.

I feel a little more grateful towards her.

When Pullen saw me, he first greeted me with a smile, but when the city gate closed, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted sternly:

"Li De! God is watching you. You have caused such a big disaster, and you still don't know how to apologize when you see me?"

I almost laughed out loud, and quickly said with a serious face:

"Master Pu, Lid was just about to speak."

Pullen put his hands behind his back, looking like an old man inspecting something, and snorted:

"Oh?"

I added unhappily:

"I was just about to say, Lord Pu, you have such great authority. You are not even my father's dog, my brother's dog, and your seniority is lower than mine. What are you yelling about? If you have something to say, say it. If not, get out of here."

Pullen shouted:

"How dare you! If you were still the fourth young master of Yunyang, I would not bother with you. But now I am the envoy of Yunyang to Yuxi City, and you are about to be expelled from Yunyang. You are a stray dog, and you are not qualified to talk to me like this?"

I said nothing and looked at him coldly.

Pullen took a deep breath and said:

"Send it up!"

Naturally, the most lackey of the lackeys would present a scroll to Pullen with a smile on his face.

Pullen shook the scroll in his hand, looked at me with contempt, and asked:

"Do you know what this is?"

What is this? Isn't it just a handwritten letter from my father?

Without waiting for me to speak, he looked around at the people behind me, and then cast his eyes towards Yuxi City, which was far less prosperous than Lingyun City. He took two steps and walked towards the city center. The people on both sides of the road made way for them and looked at the envoys from Yunyang from both sides. I shook my head and followed them.

Pullen laughed and said:

"Hey, you, and you. Listen up! Because your stupid city lord has committed a crime, the Yunyang Lord no longer wants him! Including you! You have also been abandoned by Yunyang! From now on, there will no longer be a city called Yuxi City on the land of Yunyang, and you will lose your identity as Yunyang citizens forever. If you want to blame someone, blame your incompetent city lord!"

He shook his splendid robe, and walked towards the podium surrounded by envoys, holding only the tightly bound scroll in his hand.

37. His intention is always in Alayya

Pullen stood on the platform, raised the scroll in his hand, and shouted:

"Li De! Lord Yunyang's handwritten letter is here. Seeing the letter is like seeing the person. Why don't you kneel?"

Before I could say anything, Bai Huang took two steps forward, stood beside me, and replied:

"Oh, Lord Yunyang is just a lord. Does he have the power to force people to kneel when he sees someone? We in Yunhai don't dare to do that. If I remember correctly, except for the king's order, no one else's order requires kneeling."

I glanced at Bai Huang. This girl...

This girl stole my lines, damn!

Pullen was stunned for a moment, and asked reflexively:

"Who are you? Do you think a servant like you can interfere in Lord Yunyang's family affairs?"

Bai Huang glanced at He Ji behind him. He Ji drew his sword calmly. Seeing that the situation was not right, I stretched out my hand to block it. Bai Huang was a typical arrogant person, but her arrogance was basically directed at the bad guys. However, there was still an obvious problem of excessive self-defense. Pu Lun scolded Bai Huang as a servant, so it was reasonable for her to kill Pu Lun. But Yun Yang's envoy died in Yuxi City, and things would become quite troublesome later.

Bai Huang snorted and said to Pulun:

"What are you looking at? Are you looking at me, Yunhai Baihuang? You still call me 'servant'? If you say that again, your tongue will be gone. Do you believe it?"

The domineering attitude is undoubtedly revealed.

Pulun was silent for a moment, knowing that he shouldn't fire any more cannons, so he simply turned his target to me again, sneering and saying:

"Master Lide is amazing. He used to hide behind Alaiya, but now he has found a new backer. He is always with women. He is really a role model for our generation."

I waved my hand:

"No, no, my father has something to say. If you keep dithering, he will probably be mad to death. You are the role model of our generation who thinks chicken feathers are the arrows of authority."

Pullen gritted his teeth, nodded, and suddenly unfolded the scroll in his hand and read:

"My son, the fourth son of Yunyang, and the Lord of Yuxi City, Lide. Since birth, he has been lazy and stubborn, like a piece of rotten wood that is hard to carve. His talents are not worth much use, and his personality is stubborn and unspeakable. I have carefully trained him for seventeen years, but he does not know how to repay his biological father and Yunyang, but instead bullies the people every day, which is a disgrace to the civilized world."

"My Yunyang has produced both good and evil people from generation to generation. The only people I despise are those mediocre people who do nothing, or those villains who are talentless and immoral but self-righteous. Looking at Li De, he is a beast in human form, treacherous but loyal, cunning and treacherous, stubborn and self-righteous. He is already terminally ill and rotten to the bones. It is unfortunate for the family to have such a son; if we let him go, the family reputation will be humiliated! If we do not make a decision when we should, we will suffer the consequences. Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. I cannot bear to let him die on his own, but how can the reputation of the Yunyang family be ruined in my hands!"

"I was caught in a dilemma, and my hair turned gray early. Only today have I been able to free myself. The interests of the family are more important than my own. I will bear the eternal infamy on my own. I will now give my son money, armor, farm tools, and food, which is my last duty as a father. I will announce to the world: from now on, Lide and Yuxi City will no longer be under the command of Yunyang."

"Lord Yunyang. September 25th, year 332."

What a... devoted father image.

The scene was dead silent. Neither Pullen, nor I, nor the onlookers, made a sound. After a moment, Pullen raised the scroll in his hand and said to me:

"This is the Lord's order, Lid, come and take it."

Alayya and Felita both looked ready to kill their opponents at any time. Because of this, He Yue looked at me with some worry and whispered:

"Lid..."

I turned my head and said:

"I know. Now is not the time to act rashly."

I took a step forward and said loudly:

"Thank you Lord Yunyang for your seventeen years of training!"

Actually, I was reincarnated halfway through my life, and I have only been in this world for five years. But this body is seventeen years old this year, so that means I have received seventeen years of nurturing.

This was half true and half false. Even if he was partial to me and used me as cannon fodder, I grew up in the Yunyang Lord's Mansion after all, and before I had the conditions to earn my own money, I ate a lot of food from their family.

Although I ate it like a dog crawling on the ground.

Pullen stroked his goatee, seemed very satisfied with my reaction, and said:

"Lid, do you have anything else to say to the master?"

I said calmly:

"I, Li De, was born in Yunyang, grew up in Yunyang, and will die in Yunyang if nothing unexpected happens. But man proposes, God disposes, things are unpredictable, and people's hearts are hard to predict. I wanted to be filial to my father, but ended up in this situation. I just hope that everyone can part ways in peace. Come on, bring up the gift I gave to my father!"

Several young men formed a queue and came forward, also carrying a few boxes.

I said:

"It's hard and cold in Yuxi City, so I don't have any gifts to show. But I have to repay my father for raising me, so this is my little token of my gratitude. From now on, I am no longer a member of Yunyang Territory, and we no longer belong to each other. I have been expelled from the family, and according to the ancestral law, I am no longer qualified to call him father. Yunyang is powerful, and I, Li De, can't afford to offend him but can I hide from him? I only hope that there will be no day when we will meet on the battlefield in the future, and that we will all have our own dreams and wonderful lives. Li De wishes the Lord good health, and wishes the young master eternal success in civil and military affairs!"

I looked at Pullen with a half-smile and asked:

"As for the gifts that Master Pu brought, please take them back. Tell the Lord that there is no love or hate without reason in this world, and there are no gifts without reason. It has always been the sons who are filial to their fathers, and I have never heard of a father giving gifts to his son. Does he want to put me, Li De, in an unkind and unjust position?"

Nonsense, of course that's what he thought.

Pullen's cheeks were sweaty, but he still smiled and said:

"Does Lid think that the gift from the master is too light and unworthy of you?"

I laughed and said:

"Father ordered you to carry the box all the way here. I haven't even opened it yet, so how can I know the importance of the gift? Lord Pu, please don't make random accusations. It will be embarrassing if it gets out."

Pullen gritted his teeth and walked down from the platform.

But it’s not over yet.

According to the rules, we in Yuxi City have to treat them to a good dinner before we can send them away the next day.

At the dinner, Pullen sat across from me. After toasting, he changed his tone and said with a smile:

"Li De, actually the reason why the master and the eldest young master asked me to bring gifts this time is not entirely what you think. It is mainly to take this opportunity to discuss something with you."

I saw him suddenly show an unusually friendly expression, and I immediately got goose bumps all over my body.

He cupped his hands and said:

"please say."

Although he said that, when I saw his eyes glancing to the side, I immediately understood what he was going to say.

Sure enough, Pulun took a sip of wine leisurely and said to me:

"The master hopes that you can let Alayya return to Lingyun City. There are better training conditions there, and neither the master nor the eldest young master will treat her unfairly."

38. No one wants to go with you

Alayya was also at the table, sitting next to me.

After Pulun finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Alaiya. But Alaiya still had a cold face, with no expression as before. Pulun probably couldn't see anything from her face, so he turned to me and continued:

"The master and the eldest master have both apologized. In fact, it was only natural that they refused to give you Alaiya last time when they threatened you to do so. This time is different. If you are willing to let Alaiya return to Yuxi City, the master is willing to give you five cities."

Pullen smiled and said:

"I think now that Lord Lide has gotten rid of his identity as one of the four young masters of Yunyang, it's time for him to learn about the world. Yuxi City is a place of hardship and fatigue, not a place for enjoyment. The master knows that you are unwilling to work hard and just want to sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor, so he is willing to hand over five more cities to you from Li Neng's land. Then you can use Yuxi City as an outpost and sit back to eat and drink to your heart's content. You can live a happy life. This is good for both parties and is more suitable for Miss Alaiya. If Miss Alaiya returns to Lingyun City, the master is confident that he can make you the first great swordsman of the tenth level of the sword in Yunyang territory."

I couldn't help laughing out loud.

To be honest, if it was money, fame, a better life, or something like that, I might still ask Alaya what she thought. But I never expected that they would hesitate for so long and then offer a condition of "helping you achieve the tenth level of kendo". I taught Alaya kendo, and at least at this stage, only I can further guide her kendo. If you let her go back with you, can you teach her?

But I still pretended to be very flustered and asked Alaiya:

"Alaiya, what do you mean?"

Alayya put the chopsticks on the table, stood up, walked behind me, and said to Pulun calmly:

"Alaiya doesn't have any such thoughts. As long as she stays with the young master, Alaiya will be satisfied."

Pulun still insisted: