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Zhang CuiShan said, "Thank you!" and opened the checklist of gifts. He was shocked to see that on the ten or so pieces of darkly coloured gold paper were listed a total of more than two hundred gifts. The first listed gift was "Exquisite jade lions – a pair," the second was "Emerald phoenix – a pair" and after the listings of an endless number of treasures was "High Grade Purple Wolf Drawing Brushes – one hundred pieces," "Imperial tributes, Tang dynasty ink – 20 slabs," "Xuan [1] paper made with Mulberry worm silk – a hundred sheets" "Top Quality Duan [2] Ink-Stones – 8 squares." Because the master of the Heavenly Eagle Sect heard that his honoured guest was well-versed in the art of writing, he thus sent over an extremely expensive pile of pens, ink, paper and ink stone. On top of that were clothes, shoes, crowns and belts. Yin WuFu turned around to exit the room, only to return with ten baggage carriers, every one of them carrying two loads balanced on a shoulder pole, which they placed to the sides of the room.
Zhang CuiShan was silently fretting to himself, "I grew up in a simple abode amongst the humble mountainous environment. What use do I have for these expensive gifts? Yet these gifts were bestowed by my father-in-law and brought here from afar, it would be too disrespectful if I don't accept it." Therefore he could only express words of gratitude and accept the gifts while saying "Your young mistress has contracted a slight illness through the arduous journey. Perhaps you can reside on the mountain for a few days before you see her?" Yin WuFu replied, "Master and madam are both extremely desirous to hear about young mistress, they commanded us to report back to them right away. If it is not too straining for young mistress, your humble servant I would like to request just one look at her and then we will retreat immediately."
Zhang CuiShan replied, "If that is the case, then please wait here for a moment" while he returned to his room and told his wife about the situation. Yin SuSu was extremely happy and briefly fixed her hair before going out to the smaller reception rooms to reunite with her two family members. While she asked about her father, mother and brother's well being, she also invited these two servants for a meal and some drinks. Afterwards, Yin WuFu and Yin WuLu asked their young master and mistress for the permission to leave.
Zhang CuiShan thought to himself, "Father and mother-in-law sent us such generous gifts, I should really grant a hefty reward to these two people. Yet I'm afraid that even if I gathered together all the money on this mountain, its meagre sum would still be hardly worthy of a mention." Zhang CuiShan was by nature magnanimous and therefore does not take such matters to heart. With a laugh, he said instead, "Your young mistress has married a penniless master who can't afford to grant you any rewards. Housekeepers, please do excuse us." Yin WuFu replied, "Please do not say such things young master. To have the opportunity to meet the fifth hero of Wu Dang is my greatest pleasure and is a honour worth much more than a reward of a thousand pounds of gold." Zhang CuiShan thought to himself, "This housekeeper expresses and enunciates his words with such poetic eloquence, he seems to be a person with an academic background." When they arrived at the median gates, Yin WuFu said, "Young master, please cease your steps here. We hope that you and young mistress will arrive to our home as soon as possible in order to lessen master and madam's longing. The whole sect will also be anticipating the day when they can be granted with a glimpse of your charisma." Zhang CuiShan laughed.
Yin WuLu said, "There is still one little thing that I need to report to you young master. When my brothers and I were delivering the presents to the mountain, we encountered three escorts gathered within an inn in the town of Xiang Yang. Amongst the conversation of these three men, there was mention of you." Zhang CuiShan said, "Oh? What did they say?" Yin WuLu said, "one man said, 'although we are much indebted to the seven heroes of Wu Dang, yet the seventy odd lives of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency cannot be forgotten just like that.' The three of them decided that since they themselves cannot participate in this incident, they therefore wanted to go to the KaiFeng City's Sacred Spear Ruling Eight Directions, Old hero Tan to stand out and dispute over this incident with you young master." Zhang Cui Shan nodded his head and did not say anything.
Yin WuFu reached inside his pockets and took out three small flags which he then presented to Zhang Cui Shan with both hands and said, "When your humble servants overheard that these three escorts were daring to dig up on the land governed by the Earth God [3], this incident is already considered as the business of our Heavenly Eagle Sect."
As soon as he saw the three small flags, Zhang CuiShan could help but be taken back for he saw embroidered on one flag the head of a vivacious tiger, roaring fiercely towards the heavens while in a crouching position. It was obviously the flag that represented the "Crouching Tiger Escort Agency." Embroidered on the second small flag was a white crane soaring through the clouds, which would naturally be the agency flag that symbolized the "JinYang Escort Agency" for the white crane amongst the white clouds symbolized the head escort Yun He [4]. As for the third small flag, there were nine swallows embroidered with gold thread, incorporating the word "Swallow" in "Cloud Swallow Escort Agency" and the "Nine" in their head escort Gong JiuJia's [5] name.
Zhang CuiShan asked with curiosity, "Why did you take their escort flags?" Yin WuFu replied, "Young master, you are the Heavenly Eagle sect's honoured guest, who did Qi TianBiao and Gong JiuJia think they were? Especially since the seven heroes of Wu Dang has performed good deeds for them before, how dare they go to ask an old bloke such as the so-called "Sacred Spear Ruling Eight Directions" Tan RuiLai from the KaiFeng City to come and pester young master you? Is that not ridiculous? Therefore when we heard the three escorts' offensive words of disrespect …" Zhang CuiShan remarked, "Those words really can't be considered as being particularly disrespectful." Yin WuFu said, "Yes, but that is because young master you are so magnanimous and forgiving, such is something that others cannot compare with. But my brothers and I really could not restrain ourselves from taking care of those three escorts and seizing the escort flags of their agencies."
Zhang CuiShan was greatly taken back as he thought about how people like Qi TianBiao were all lords that ruled over the escort agencies of a region and who have long made a name for themselves within the martial arts world. Even though they can't be considered as great or ultimate figures of the martial arts world, yet they all had their own unique abilities. How can it be that the three servants of his father-in-law's household can calmly say with such ease that they have 'taken care of them'? However, even if Yin WuFu was just boasting for show, yet they were indeed able to obtain the three agencies' escort flags. Forget just taking it from right under their eyes, but even to steal it secretly would prove itself to be a hard task. Can it be that they used some kind of tranquilizing sedative or soporific incense at the inn to harm the three heads escorts? Thus he asked, "How were you able to obtain these three escort flags?"
Yin WuFu replied, "At that time, my second brother WuLu was the one who issued the challenge. We set up a time to meet with them at the Southern gates of Xiang Yang for a duel. It was the three of us up against the three of them. We've already stated before that if they lose, they must leave behind their escort flags and chop off one of their arms, while also promising to never step foot back into the Wu Bei Province for the rest of their lives." Zhang CuiShan was becoming increasingly perplexed as he listened, no longer did he dared to take the two servants in front of him lightly. He asked, "Then what happened?" Yin WuFu replied, "Nothing much. They just left behind their escort flags, severed their left arm and stated that they will not take one step back into the Wu Bei Province for the rest of their lives."
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Zhang CuiShan said, "Thank you!" and opened the checklist of gifts. He was shocked to see that on the ten or so pieces of darkly coloured gold paper were listed a total of more than two hundred gifts. The first listed gift was "Exquisite jade lions – a pair," the second was "Emerald phoenix – a pair" and after the listings of an endless number of treasures was "High Grade Purple Wolf Drawing Brushes – one hundred pieces," "Imperial tributes, Tang dynasty ink – 20 slabs," "Xuan [1] paper made with Mulberry worm silk – a hundred sheets" "Top Quality Duan [2] Ink-Stones – 8 squares." Because the master of the Heavenly Eagle Sect heard that his honoured guest was well-versed in the art of writing, he thus sent over an extremely expensive pile of pens, ink, paper and ink stone. On top of that were clothes, shoes, crowns and belts. Yin WuFu turned around to exit the room, only to return with ten baggage carriers, every one of them carrying two loads balanced on a shoulder pole, which they placed to the sides of the room.
Zhang CuiShan was silently fretting to himself, "I grew up in a simple abode amongst the humble mountainous environment. What use do I have for these expensive gifts? Yet these gifts were bestowed by my father-in-law and brought here from afar, it would be too disrespectful if I don't accept it." Therefore he could only express words of gratitude and accept the gifts while saying "Your young mistress has contracted a slight illness through the arduous journey. Perhaps you can reside on the mountain for a few days before you see her?" Yin WuFu replied, "Master and madam are both extremely desirous to hear about young mistress, they commanded us to report back to them right away. If it is not too straining for young mistress, your humble servant I would like to request just one look at her and then we will retreat immediately."
Zhang CuiShan replied, "If that is the case, then please wait here for a moment" while he returned to his room and told his wife about the situation. Yin SuSu was extremely happy and briefly fixed her hair before going out to the smaller reception rooms to reunite with her two family members. While she asked about her father, mother and brother's well being, she also invited these two servants for a meal and some drinks. Afterwards, Yin WuFu and Yin WuLu asked their young master and mistress for the permission to leave.
Zhang CuiShan thought to himself, "Father and mother-in-law sent us such generous gifts, I should really grant a hefty reward to these two people. Yet I'm afraid that even if I gathered together all the money on this mountain, its meagre sum would still be hardly worthy of a mention." Zhang CuiShan was by nature magnanimous and therefore does not take such matters to heart. With a laugh, he said instead, "Your young mistress has married a penniless master who can't afford to grant you any rewards. Housekeepers, please do excuse us." Yin WuFu replied, "Please do not say such things young master. To have the opportunity to meet the fifth hero of Wu Dang is my greatest pleasure and is a honour worth much more than a reward of a thousand pounds of gold." Zhang CuiShan thought to himself, "This housekeeper expresses and enunciates his words with such poetic eloquence, he seems to be a person with an academic background." When they arrived at the median gates, Yin WuFu said, "Young master, please cease your steps here. We hope that you and young mistress will arrive to our home as soon as possible in order to lessen master and madam's longing. The whole sect will also be anticipating the day when they can be granted with a glimpse of your charisma." Zhang CuiShan laughed.
Yin WuLu said, "There is still one little thing that I need to report to you young master. When my brothers and I were delivering the presents to the mountain, we encountered three escorts gathered within an inn in the town of Xiang Yang. Amongst the conversation of these three men, there was mention of you." Zhang CuiShan said, "Oh? What did they say?" Yin WuLu said, "one man said, 'although we are much indebted to the seven heroes of Wu Dang, yet the seventy odd lives of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency cannot be forgotten just like that.' The three of them decided that since they themselves cannot participate in this incident, they therefore wanted to go to the KaiFeng City's Sacred Spear Ruling Eight Directions, Old hero Tan to stand out and dispute over this incident with you young master." Zhang Cui Shan nodded his head and did not say anything.
Yin WuFu reached inside his pockets and took out three small flags which he then presented to Zhang Cui Shan with both hands and said, "When your humble servants overheard that these three escorts were daring to dig up on the land governed by the Earth God [3], this incident is already considered as the business of our Heavenly Eagle Sect."
As soon as he saw the three small flags, Zhang CuiShan could help but be taken back for he saw embroidered on one flag the head of a vivacious tiger, roaring fiercely towards the heavens while in a crouching position. It was obviously the flag that represented the "Crouching Tiger Escort Agency." Embroidered on the second small flag was a white crane soaring through the clouds, which would naturally be the agency flag that symbolized the "JinYang Escort Agency" for the white crane amongst the white clouds symbolized the head escort Yun He [4]. As for the third small flag, there were nine swallows embroidered with gold thread, incorporating the word "Swallow" in "Cloud Swallow Escort Agency" and the "Nine" in their head escort Gong JiuJia's [5] name.
Zhang CuiShan asked with curiosity, "Why did you take their escort flags?" Yin WuFu replied, "Young master, you are the Heavenly Eagle sect's honoured guest, who did Qi TianBiao and Gong JiuJia think they were? Especially since the seven heroes of Wu Dang has performed good deeds for them before, how dare they go to ask an old bloke such as the so-called "Sacred Spear Ruling Eight Directions" Tan RuiLai from the KaiFeng City to come and pester young master you? Is that not ridiculous? Therefore when we heard the three escorts' offensive words of disrespect …" Zhang CuiShan remarked, "Those words really can't be considered as being particularly disrespectful." Yin WuFu said, "Yes, but that is because young master you are so magnanimous and forgiving, such is something that others cannot compare with. But my brothers and I really could not restrain ourselves from taking care of those three escorts and seizing the escort flags of their agencies."
Zhang CuiShan was greatly taken back as he thought about how people like Qi TianBiao were all lords that ruled over the escort agencies of a region and who have long made a name for themselves within the martial arts world. Even though they can't be considered as great or ultimate figures of the martial arts world, yet they all had their own unique abilities. How can it be that the three servants of his father-in-law's household can calmly say with such ease that they have 'taken care of them'? However, even if Yin WuFu was just boasting for show, yet they were indeed able to obtain the three agencies' escort flags. Forget just taking it from right under their eyes, but even to steal it secretly would prove itself to be a hard task. Can it be that they used some kind of tranquilizing sedative or soporific incense at the inn to harm the three heads escorts? Thus he asked, "How were you able to obtain these three escort flags?"
Yin WuFu replied, "At that time, my second brother WuLu was the one who issued the challenge. We set up a time to meet with them at the Southern gates of Xiang Yang for a duel. It was the three of us up against the three of them. We've already stated before that if they lose, they must leave behind their escort flags and chop off one of their arms, while also promising to never step foot back into the Wu Bei Province for the rest of their lives." Zhang CuiShan was becoming increasingly perplexed as he listened, no longer did he dared to take the two servants in front of him lightly. He asked, "Then what happened?" Yin WuFu replied, "Nothing much. They just left behind their escort flags, severed their left arm and stated that they will not take one step back into the Wu Bei Province for the rest of their lives."
Zhang CuiShan said, "Thank you!" and opened the checklist of gifts. He was shocked to see that on the ten or so pieces of darkly coloured gold paper were listed a total of more than two hundred gifts. The first listed gift was "Exquisite jade lions a pair," the second was "Emerald phoenix a pair" and after the listings of an endless number of treasures was "High Grade Purple Wolf Drawing Brushes one hundred pieces," "Imperial tributes, Tang dynasty ink 20 slabs," "Xuan 1 paper made with Mulberry worm silk a hundred sheets" "Top Quality Duan 2 Ink-Stones 8 squares." Because the master of the Heavenly Eagle Sect heard that his honoured guest was well-versed in the art of writing, he thus sent over an extremely expensive pile of pens, ink, paper and ink stone. On top of that were clothes, shoes, crowns and belts. Yin WuFu turned around to exit the room, only to return with ten baggage carriers, every one of them carrying two loads balanced on a shoulder pole, which they placed to the sides of the room.Zhang CuiShan was silently fretting to himself, "I grew up in a simple abode amongst the humble mountainous environment. What use do I have for these expensive gifts? Yet these gifts were bestowed by my father-in-law and brought here from afar, it would be too disrespectful if I don't accept it." Therefore he could only express words of gratitude and accept the gifts while saying "Your young mistress has contracted a slight illness through the arduous journey. Perhaps you can reside on the mountain for a few days before you see her?" Yin WuFu replied, "Master and madam are both extremely desirous to hear about young mistress, they commanded us to report back to them right away. If it is not too straining for young mistress, your humble servant I would like to request just one look at her and then we will retreat immediately."Zhang CuiShan replied, "If that is the case, then please wait here for a moment" while he returned to his room and told his wife about the situation. Yin SuSu was extremely happy and briefly fixed her hair before going out to the smaller reception rooms to reunite with her two family members. While she asked about her father, mother and brother's well being, she also invited these two servants for a meal and some drinks. Afterwards, Yin WuFu and Yin WuLu asked their young master and mistress for the permission to leave.Zhang CuiShan thought to himself, "Father and mother-in-law sent us such generous gifts, I should really grant a hefty reward to these two people. Yet I'm afraid that even if I gathered together all the money on this mountain, its meagre sum would still be hardly worthy of a mention." Zhang CuiShan was by nature magnanimous and therefore does not take such matters to heart. With a laugh, he said instead, "Your young mistress has married a penniless master who can't afford to grant you any rewards. Housekeepers, please do excuse us." Yin WuFu replied, "Please do not say such things young master. To have the opportunity to meet the fifth hero of Wu Dang is my greatest pleasure and is a honour worth much more than a reward of a thousand pounds of gold." Zhang CuiShan thought to himself, "This housekeeper expresses and enunciates his words with such poetic eloquence, he seems to be a person with an academic background." When they arrived at the median gates, Yin WuFu said, "Young master, please cease your steps here. We hope that you and young mistress will arrive to our home as soon as possible in order to lessen master and madam's longing. The whole sect will also be anticipating the day when they can be granted with a glimpse of your charisma." Zhang CuiShan laughed.Yin WuLu said, "There is still one little thing that I need to report to you young master. When my brothers and I were delivering the presents to the mountain, we encountered three escorts gathered within an inn in the town of Xiang Yang. Amongst the conversation of these three men, there was mention of you." Zhang CuiShan said, "Oh? What did they say?" Yin WuLu said, "one man said, 'although we are much indebted to the seven heroes of Wu Dang, yet the seventy odd lives of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency cannot be forgotten just like that.' The three of them decided that since they themselves cannot participate in this incident, they therefore wanted to go to the KaiFeng City's Sacred Spear Ruling Eight Directions, Old hero Tan to stand out and dispute over this incident with you young master." Zhang Cui Shan nodded his head and did not say anything.Yin WuFu reached inside his pockets and took out three small flags which he then presented to Zhang Cui Shan with both hands and said, "When your humble servants overheard that these three escorts were daring to dig up on the land governed by the Earth God 3, this incident is already considered as the business of our Heavenly Eagle Sect."As soon as he saw the three small flags, Zhang CuiShan could help but be taken back for he saw embroidered on one flag the head of a vivacious tiger, roaring fiercely towards the heavens while in a crouching position. It was obviously the flag that represented the "Crouching Tiger Escort Agency." Embroidered on the second small flag was a white crane soaring through the clouds, which would naturally be the agency flag that symbolized the "JinYang Escort Agency" for the white crane amongst the white clouds symbolized the head escort Yun He 4. As for the third small flag, there were nine swallows embroidered with gold thread, incorporating the word "Swallow" in "Cloud Swallow Escort Agency" and the "Nine" in their head escort Gong JiuJia's 5 name.Zhang CuiShan asked with curiosity, "Why did you take their escort flags?" Yin WuFu replied, "Young master, you are the Heavenly Eagle sect's honoured guest, who did Qi TianBiao and Gong JiuJia think they were? Especially since the seven heroes of Wu Dang has performed good deeds for them before, how dare they go to ask an old bloke such as the so-called "Sacred Spear Ruling Eight Directions" Tan RuiLai from the KaiFeng City to come and pester young master you? Is that not ridiculous? Therefore when we heard the three escorts' offensive words of disrespect " Zhang CuiShan remarked, "Those words really can't be considered as being particularly disrespectful." Yin WuFu said, "Yes, but that is because young master you are so magnanimous and forgiving, such is something that others cannot compare with. But my brothers and I really could not restrain ourselves from taking care of those three escorts and seizing the escort flags of their agencies."Zhang CuiShan was greatly taken back as he thought about how people like Qi TianBiao were all lords that ruled over the escort agencies of a region and who have long made a name for themselves within the martial arts world. Even though they can't be considered as great or ultimate figures of the martial arts world, yet they all had their own unique abilities. How can it be that the three servants of his father-in-law's household can calmly say with such ease that they have 'taken care of them'? However, even if Yin WuFu was just boasting for show, yet they were indeed able to obtain the three agencies' escort flags. Forget just taking it from right under their eyes, but even to steal it secretly would prove itself to be a hard task. Can it be that they used some kind of tranquilizing sedative or soporific incense at the inn to harm the three heads escorts? Thus he asked, "How were you able to obtain these three escort flags?"Yin WuFu replied, "At that time, my second brother WuLu was the one who issued the challenge. We set up a time to meet with them at the Southern gates of Xiang Yang for a duel. It was the three of us up against the three of them. We've already stated before that if they lose, they must leave behind their escort flags and chop off one of their arms, while also promising to never step foot back into the Wu Bei Province for the rest of their lives." Zhang CuiShan was becoming increasingly perplexed as he listened, no longer did he dared to take the two servants in front of him lightly. He asked, "Then what happened?" Yin WuFu replied, "Nothing much. They just left behind their escort flags, severed their left arm and stated that they will not take one step back into the Wu Bei Province for the rest of their lives."
