Clip-clop, clip-clop...
Aboard the enormous treasure ship in the harbor, Ye Jingtang led Big Black Horse, who had spent two days putting on weight, out of the stable, fetched a saddle from the tack rack, and settled it on his back.
Fan Qinghe, dressed as an exotic beauty, stood beside him with a little pouch still pinched in her hand, her eyes distinctly bewildered.
"Why are we suddenly going to Xiaoshan? Is something urgent?"
Ye Jingtang was not actually in a hurry, but after they finished buying the little undergarments at the Cloth Shop, he had paid. He could hardly pick out Yunli's selections and pay for those separately; if he was paying, he had to pay for everything.
Then Yunli had run out, looking rather embarrassed, and thrust the pouch containing the undergarments into the hands of the block of ice waiting outside.
After all that, it was essentially the same as him giving undergarments to those black-stockinged thighs.
Ye Jingtang had not even dared to observe Heroine Xue's reaction. Using urgent business in Xiaoshan as an excuse, he had grabbed Aunt Fan and fled.
Naturally, he could not go back on something he had already said, so he had come straight to the docks outside the city to collect his horse.
Seeing Miss Fan's bewildered questioning, Ye Jingtang smiled.
"We're going to look around Xiaoshan Fort and investigate something while we're there. Xiaoshan isn't all that far from here. We should get there by midnight..."
"I'm coming too?"
"Xiaoshan Fort is a reputable orthodox sect, and they work with the Imperial Court. When I infiltrate somewhere, I usually knock everyone flat. Making that much noise might not have a good effect. I'll need your help with this, Miss Fan."
Fan Qinghe was indeed an expert at infiltrating powerful