Chapter 00137: The General's Tiger Daughter
# The General's Tiger Daughter
Chapter 137
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 137: The General's Tiger Daughter
A jade tablet that could speak was an absolutely peculiar thing.
After all, even the demons of Peach Blossom Valley clicked their tongues in wonder upon seeing it, to say nothing of ordinary mortals.
Therefore, Li Chengxi had instructed Yang Yiyi to tuck the jade tablet into her clothes, not to reveal it in front of outsiders, and not to tell anyone about him.
But now that it had been seen, Yang Yiyi's clumsy attempts at explaining might just make things worse.
It would be better to just state things clearly.
"I'm sorry, Yingluo, I lied before. When I was hiding in the mountains, I only survived with Big Brother Li's help."
Fortunately, the girl didn't blurt out the matter of Peach Blossom Valley.
She recounted the story of how she was forced to jump off a cliff and how she met Li Chengxi.
"Big Brother Li is an Immortal. He used the jade tablet to speak with me. He's not a demon."
Evidently, the people outside Peach Blossom Valley were not as easily fooled as demons.
Although they believed Yang Yiyi's story about jumping off the cliff, they still held some suspicion about the jade tablet and the Li Chengxi speaking from the other side of it.
It was only human nature.
Believing everything you were told was just being witless, and people like Yang Yiyi were actually quite rare.
And so, Li Chengxi spoke:
"We can talk about my matters in detail when we have time. Before that, I want to know what the Plum Blossom Guard is, and what your relationship is with them. I'm guessing… that girl, the one dressed in training clothes like a man, yes, you. I guess it has something to do with you using a fake name, right?"
Upon hearing Li Chengxi say that Zheng Ping had used a fake name, all three of them were astonished.
Yang Yiyi was shocked that she hadn't noticed at all, while the other two were amazed at how Li Chengxi had seen through it.
"I am an Immortal. I can divine small matters like a name."
This reason was indeed invincible.
He could divine the future and calculate fortunes, so figuring out a real name was no problem at all.
But in truth, Li Chengxi had simply seen it.
Don't forget, a right-click and a dropdown menu could reveal the character panel.
She had said her name was Zheng Ping, but her real name was 'Zheng Yinping'.
She had shortened her name and used a homophone.
She probably hadn't expected to run into Yang Yiyi at the inn and didn't have time to think of a more suitable alias when introducing herself, which was why she called herself Zheng Ping.
Li Yingluo, who was with her, didn't use a fake name, yet she did.
This was likely because Yang Yiyi knew Li Yingluo, and using a fake name would have been exposed immediately.
The question was, what was the purpose of using a fake name? Zheng Yinping had never been captured by the Liu Family, so there was no need for an alias.
There was definitely something fishy going on.
With her identity exposed by Li Chengxi, she knew there was no point in hiding it anymore.
She clasped her fist towards Yang Yiyi and said:
"I used a fake name for safety. My real name is Zheng Yinping, daughter of the Great General of the Liu Prefecture Kingdom."
"Eh... so isn't that a family member of a high-ranking official from the enemy kingdom of this Yue Prefecture Kingdom?"
Li Chengxi was not yet clear on the international situation of this Wuxia script, but Yang Yiyi certainly was.
"That's right. Yingluo is the young lady of a first-rank great official in the Liu Prefecture Kingdom. Our homes are separated by only a single wall, so we grew up together."
"So you're both authentic, high-born young ladies…"
Is that all you're exclaiming about?
The point was not whether they were young ladies or not.
Li Chengxi had no choice but to interject:
"What is the Plum Blossom Guard?"
"They are the Emperor of the Yue Prefecture Kingdom's personal guards. Their main job is to secretly monitor and arrest ministers."
Isn't that just the Embroidered Uniform Guard?
"I heard that Yingluo had been abducted, so I rushed out on my own to find her without my family's permission. Although I found Yingluo, we might have been targeted by the Plum Blossom Guard. They probably want to capture me to negotiate terms with my father."
The daughter of an enemy kingdom's Great General wandering around in their territory was tantamount to holding up a sign that said 'come and get me' while spreading her wings like a great roc.
It would be strange if she wasn't caught.
"During the day, they saw us talking with this Miss Yang, so the Plum Blossom Guard probably thought she was with us. I am very sorry for involving the two of you, but do not worry. When I found Yingluo, I contacted our spies in Liu Prefecture. They have arranged for a passenger ship, which will arrive early in the morning."
No wonder Zheng Yinping said during the day that they couldn't travel by land.
She must have known that there would be people pursuing and blocking them on the roads, making it better to take the pre-arranged passenger ship.
"But it's very likely that the Plum Blossom Guard is still lying in ambush outside. When they see that the people who went in to work haven't come out, they might rush in immediately."
"Immortal Li is right. So we should prepare ourselves now."
This was truly the classic development of a martial arts novel.
The protagonist gets drawn into trouble without having provoked anyone.
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Reasoning with an organization like the Plum Blossom Guard, which had the attributes of a secret service, was impossible.
Whether Yang Yiyi was with Zheng Yinping or not would only be determined after she was captured and thoroughly interrogated.
You say you're just a passerby, and we're supposed to believe you?
Do you take us for fools?
Therefore, the only way to escape was to fight their way out with Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo, hide outside the town first, and wait for the passenger ship to arrive at dawn before boarding.
Speaking of which, their two names were quite a match.
Yingluo referred to a magnificent necklace, while Yinping meant a luxurious silver screen.
Both were jewels and luxury items.
From their names alone, it was clear their CP was locked in.
Even if they weren't a man and a woman who could marry, seeing how nervous Zheng Yinping was about Li Yingluo, it was quite possible the two of them were actually into girls.
Putting that aside for now.
Getting out would not be so simple.
None of them knew how many Plum Blossom Guards were ambushing them outside, and Li Chengxi couldn't see them either.
But if they stayed in the inn, not only would they cause a lot of trouble for others, but if the Plum Blossom Guard saw that Zheng Yinping's group wasn't coming out and simply set fire to the inn to force them out, that would be an even greater pain.
Oh, right, none of the three people present had balls.
Then it would be a pain in the uterus.
In any case, fighting their way out was a certainty.
At least the initiative would be in their own hands.
Li Yingluo had only brought a sword and was skilled in martial arts herself, so there was not much she needed to prepare.
Yang Yiyi swiftly got dressed, used the Bone Jade Hairpin (a gift from the hedgehog demon) to sweep up her disheveled hair, deftly coiling it on top of her head in a few strokes before casually inserting the hairpin.
The whole process was incredibly neat.
Li Chengxi, on his end, opened the Sumeru Realm and took out the 'Compliant Golden-Hooped Staff', handing it to Yang Yiyi.
The saying 'an inch longer is an inch stronger' was always reliable, especially in a situation of one against many.
Being armed was far more advantageous than being bare-handed.
Li Yingluo watched as the jade tablet spat out a black wooden staff with copper hoops on both ends, clicking her tongue in amazement.
Although she occasionally heard rumors of demons harming people, an Immortal…
To be honest, she had only ever heard of them from storytellers in teahouses and taverns.
Zheng Yinping, on the other hand, opened the pack on her back.
She took out three short rod-like objects, pushed them together, twisted them tight, and then attached a spearhead and a small blade at the tail.
Just like that, a long spear appeared in her hands.
The daughter of a Great General naturally used a spear.
This was not surprising.
If she had then pulled out a musket and claimed it was the One Yang Finger, now that would have been a real spectacle.
Yang Yiyi reached out, grabbed the jade tablet, and tucked it securely into her bosom.
Zheng Yinping twirled the spear in a flourish to get a feel for it, then nodded at the two of them.
"Let's go, we'll fight our way out! Whoever blocks my path shall die!"
Well now, as expected of a general's tiger daughter, she had the bearing of a fierce general.
(End of Chapter)