Chapter 15: Picking up a Shen Lang and Going Home

Xu Qianqian is really full of herself.

I can discard and trample on you, but you still have to be infatuated with me as usual. When Shen Lang is useless, he will sweep you out, but when you are useful, you will enter my house and work like an ox and horse.

Shen Lang said nothing and turned and left.

Xu Qianqian said, "Shen Lang, even if you are skilled in dyeing techniques, it doesn't change anything. You are still the same person as before. Don't think that your dye can surpass the craftsmen in our family. We have dozens of dyers, none of them even have names."

This is true, so-called dyers are nothing more than lowly servants. In this world, technology is not very popular.

So even if Shen Lang can produce dyes, in Xu Qianqian's eyes, he is still just a rustic countryman. Even if he is exceptionally handsome, he is still a lowly person.

"You can't read, can't fight, you can't do anything, except for entering my house to work, you won't find a mouthful of food to eat," Xu Qianqian said. "And don't forget, you still owe Tian Heng a thousand gold coins."

Since Lin Mo refuses to buy Shen Lang's new dye formula, Xu's family wants to take advantage, so the thousand gold coins naturally will not be available.

At this moment, Tian Thirteen appeared before Shen Lang like a ghost and said, "I still say, if you don't get a thousand gold coins before tonight, I will kill your entire family. The Black Robe Gang always keeps its word."

Xu Qianqian said softly, "Shen Lang, you are at the end of your rope. You have less than a day to find a way to earn a thousand gold coins. Your only way out is to join my family and unconditionally surrender the two dye formulas, so I can clear your debt with Tian Heng."

Tian Thirteen said, "The sun is about to rise. Tonight, we will go to your house to get the money. Your time is running out, less than seven hours."

Xu Qianqian said, "Shen Lang, are you expecting something from Lord Wang Lian? He won't come to save you again, and today he's not here to save you. He's just deliberately suppressing my Xu family because of the grudge with my fiancé, Zhang Jin. He won't care about your life."

Xu Qianqian was right about that.

Tian Thirteen said, "Shen Lang, rest assured, our Black Robe Gang will use legitimate charges to arrest your entire family and then, easily find an excuse to make your family disappear on the way. Your family is an outsider, truly like a rootless duckweed."

Xu Qianqian said, "If the Xu family doesn't see the new dye formulas for purple and rainbow colors by nightfall, I really can't guarantee what will happen. The Black Robe Gang is always ruthless, Shen Lang, you are not very clever, but you need to be smart in this matter."

Then Xu Qianqian boarded the carriage and left directly.

Tian Thirteen turned back and said, "Before the sun goes down, we will go to your house to get the money."

Then he slung the knife on his shoulder and walked away leisurely.

He no longer needed to follow Shen Lang, because Shen Lang was extremely filial and could not go anywhere as long as he was watching over his parents and brother.

Throughout the whole process, Shen Lang didn't say a word and quietly watched the drama unfold between the couple.

After walking a few dozen meters, Xu Qianqian lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the lonely Shen Lang in the middle of the street, then suddenly chuckled.

"Weakness is truly the original sin. You really look just like a dog."

"Shen Lang, for someone of your status to enter my house as a servant is already a great favor. Otherwise, someone as worthless as you would only starve to death."

These were her inner thoughts, which Xu Qianqian would only say when no one was around, otherwise it would damage her image and make her seem mean.

...

Shen Lang stood in the middle of the street.

For him, making money was now completely meaningless.

Even if he earned a lot of money, without the protection of power and influence, it would only bring disaster. This was a world of the survival of the fittest.

The Xu family, the Lin family, and Tian Heng's Black Robe Gang.

Any of these three forces was a giant for Shen Lang.

Tonight, Tian Heng and the Xu family will definitely take action, and use his family's lives to force Shen Lang to hand over the two dye formulas.

Even if Shen Lang hands them over, unless he works as a servant for the Xu family for the rest of his life, continuously developing new dyes, his family will still not be safe.

This problem must be resolved once and for all.

Originally, his plan to live off others was meant to mature with some groundwork and spin.

Now it seemed necessary to advance it.

Shen Lang rehearsed this plan in his mind over and over again.

At this moment, the sky was almost beginning to dawn.

It was almost time, Shen Lang needed to leave the city as soon as possible, to go to the most influential place within a few hundred miles.

Earl Xuanwu's Mansion!

However, at this moment, a fierce sound of hooves came from behind, shattering the tranquility before daybreak, and even causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Shen Lang turned back and saw a cavalry unit.

It was an elite cavalry, with over a hundred riders. Each knight wore armor and carried a large sword and shield.

Almost at a glance, Shen Lang could see how much money it would take to create such a cavalry. Such a cavalry force was definitely a powerful asset, whether in ancient China or the Middle Ages in the West.

Soon, Shen Lang saw the flags of this cavalry and the emblem on their shields.

They were the cavalry of Earl Xuanwu's Mansion!

The Jin family of the Marquis of Xuanwu Manor is a true aristocratic family that has been established for centuries.

Three hundred years ago, the Jin family guarded the Xuanwu City, and the name of the city itself originated from the title of the Jin family. To some extent, the Marquis of Xuanwu is the master of Xuanwu City.

The leader of this cavalry, clad in silver armor, with a slender figure, and wearing a helmet that covered most of the face, revealing only a pair of eyes.

But those two exposed eyes were as cold and sharp as autumn water swords.

This was a woman, and a woman with exceptionally beautiful eyes.

Even though her face was not visible, the identity of this woman was already unmistakable.

She... was Mulan Jin, the legendary princess of Xuanwu City within hundreds of miles, the dream lover of countless young talents, and the pillar of the Jin family's Marquis Manor.

Shen Lang was slightly taken aback. He was originally heading to the Marquis Manor, but he hadn't expected to encounter her here.

"Make way, make way!"

"Clear the street, clear the street!"

The two warriors in front of the cavalry team shouted loudly, driving Shen Lang away from the center of the street.

With his frail body, if he were to be hit by this cavalry, he would surely be crushed to death!

He quickly retreated to the side of the street to make way for the cavalry.

However, just as Shen Lang was about to leave the street, he deliberately stumbled and slowed down.

Because he had added a small plan on the spot.

"Bang..."

One of the cavalry at the edge of the team brushed past Shen Lang, and the tremendous force sent his body flying!

He was deliberately trying to stage an accident!

"Wife, you bumped into me three years ago, why not bump into me again and then take me home!"

Shen Lang thought to himself, then, after flying several meters and falling to the ground, he even bit his gums to make blood flow from the corner of his mouth. This was the time to play up the victim.

Mulan Jin's gaze narrowed, and then with a raise of her jade hand, over a hundred riders stopped within a very short distance.

Two cavalrymen in front immediately dismounted to check on Shen Lang's injuries, but before they could, Mulan Jin was faster. She leaped from her horse and flew over a dozen meters in the air.

Shen Lang was amazed. She was so powerful!

Mulan Jin squatted down in front of Shen Lang, removed her glove, and placed her jade hand near his nostrils to check his breathing.

"This young man is so handsome, and he seems somewhat familiar!" This was Mulan Jin's first impression.

Shen Lang's injuries were not severe, and his breathing was steady and strong. But as a doctor, he easily feigned a weak and feeble appearance, coupled with the blood at the corner of his mouth, he looked truly pitiful, causing Mulan Jin's beautiful eyes to tremble.

The people of Xuanwu City were all her subjects, and her father had taught her to treat the people as her own children since childhood.

Although it was justifiable for common people to be trampled to death by the army, Mulan Jin would never allow an innocent civilian to die in front of her.

"General, let's take him to a nearby clinic for treatment," a attendant suggested.

"No, we can't. I don't trust ordinary clinics. It's better to take him back to the manor for treatment. We must not let innocent civilians die under our hooves," Mulan Jin shook her head.

"Understood!" her attendant replied, then lightly lifted Shen Lang and placed him on a horse.

Mulan Jin's attendant was also a woman, but she was even more robust and strong than an ordinary man. Shen Lang felt a bit embarrassed being carried in her arms, and he had to keep pretending to be unconscious.

"Back to the manor!" Mulan Jin ordered, leading the cavalry to quickly return to the Marquis of Xuanwu Manor.

The injured yet handsome young man, Shen Lang, was rescued and brought back home by the princess of Xuanwu City, Mulan Jin.

"Shen Ritian, the moment that will decide your fate has arrived," Shen Lang desperately encouraged himself.

"Whether I can save my family, whether I can defeat the Xu family and Tian Heng, and whether I can live a life of luxury and prosperity in the future, it all depends on your performance from now on!"

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