Without another word, Zhang Tie pulled Bai Suxian straight out of Half-Jade Pavilion. Only after they had walked some distance did he release her hand.
Bai Suxian was still fuming. "That man was too detestable. Why didn't we teach him a lesson...?"
"They were waiting for you and me to make a move." Zhang Tie smiled.
"What do you mean?"
"The moment either one of us lost our patience and attacked, the guards outside would have rushed in. In the chaos, as long as one person died while we were fighting, you and I might have had to pay for the lives of a few death warriors raised by others. On Xuanyuan Hill, even knights were sentenced to death for killing without cause." A trace of coldness lurked beneath Zhang Tie's smile.
"How dare they!" Bai Suxian's eyes widened as she said angrily.
"You are the Princess of Prince of Guangnan's Mansion, so naturally they wouldn't dare do anything to you. This was aimed at me. I never expected Half-Jade Pavilion to be directly controlled by Golden Power Market. Han Yuanhong probably learned that the two of us had entered Half-Jade Pavilion the instant we walked in, so he set up a killing trap and waited for me to walk into it. In someone else's shop, they can sell their own goods at whatever price they please. After all, no deal had been made yet. If we killed someone in anger in their shop because we couldn't agree on the price, we would have no grounds to stand on if the matter got out. We might even have to pay with our lives. That man came half an hour ago, and he hadn't come alone—ten others came with him. The guards at the entrance and inside the shop had all