The King of Kings: Three Days Emperor

Chapter 08: The Jade Seal

Wu Lei returned in the early morning with a bright smile on his face but was met with a makeshift nanny in the form of Xiao Tian. Xiao Tian tut-tittered with squinted eyes as he rested his face on his fist, "Young Master...Where did you go last night? When will you take Ya Rong home to our estate and be the Madame?"

Wu Lei wound back with a piercing glare and finger to his lips to hush him up. Xiao Tian smiled mischievously at the act. Wu Lei continued with a warning, "Keep your mouth shut and do not tell another soul!"

Xiao Tian put his finger to his own lips and shushed himself. "But what did you guys do last night?" He asked casually as they strolled back to their room.

"You're very nosy," Wu Lei whispered.

"As I should be! Young Master's affairs are all in the hands of this servant. I need to know so I can be well prepared in the future," he said with a huge grin at Wu Lei's aloof stare.

"Young Master!" Wei Han greeted him, "The Tang sect left this morning along with Si Wu!"

"Si Wu left you a letter!" Bai Li handed it over to him.

Wu Lei quickly ripped opened the envelope and in it revealed a letter along with a key.

Shen Feng Shixiong,

Here is a useful little gift that I believe would be useful to you. It is a key to a safe in He Shan Lou that I've given to the care of Lao Huo. Go to him with this letter and the key and he'll hand it to you.

Dancing freely with the wind.

Wu Lei with his subordinates ran to see Lao Huo.

It was a nice sunny day so Lao Huo went to water the pots of flowers in the back deck over the pond of the Inn. As he tend to his garden he sang to the school of goldfish. Every morning with the same routine, nothing changed.

Shang Tian rested on the wood chaise with an ancient wood scroll in hand while enjoying his daily tea.

"Lao Huo-ah, Lao Huo." Shang Tian groaned and sighed with irritation when Lao Huo messed up the lyrics. "Are you planning to work at Million Orchids Hall?" Shang Tian had enough of the terrible single, lamented his concern, "Your singing is so so exquisite that the flowers don't even want to bloom. The fish are scattering to the middle of the pond–as far away from you as possible."

Lao Huo heard no evil, saw no evil and kept his singing.

"Your pitch is too high! It's hurting my ears! Lao Huo!"

"Lao Huo!" Wu Lei shouted when he saw him from afar. Shang Tian shot up from his seat, but Lao Huo was still singing until Wu Lei pulled on his arm to have him face them. "Si Wu left me something, right?" Wu Lei handed over the letter to have Lao Huo read it.

Lao Huo nodded in silence before stating, "It is probably for you, but it isn't probably for you either."

"Stop this bullshit, it is for me. I received a key for it, hand it over." Wu Lei demanded.

Lao Huo put both hands behind his back and sternly rejected Wu Lei's demand.

Wu Lei lowered his voice and said, "Consider this as a warning. Do not be my enemy!"

Wei Han was on the roof with his arrow aimed at Lao Huo while Xiao Tian and Bai Li surrounded him.

"What's wrong?" Shang Tian asked.

Lao Huo saw the formation then calmly said, "Before I give it to you, I need to continue on the explanation about this competition." He glanced over to Shang Tian then back at Wu Lei.