In the camping area, the falcon flew by before it landed near Long Yinlian. Then it lightly pulled on the hems of Long Yinlian’s sleeves before he let out a loud screech.
“Hmm? Back already?” Long Yinlian turned to the bird. Though he couldn’t see, he could at least hear where the bird is coming from, especially since the bird had been pulling on his sleeves. When he felt the bird continue its action of pulling, Long Yinlian figured out that something is wrong. “Brother Ruo, is Xiao-er back yet?” Long Yinlian asked.
“Brother Lin?” Ruo An who was nearby looked towards the forest where Lin Xiao has disappeared into earlier. “Not yet.”
“I see… he might be in trouble. Is it alright to ask Brother Ruo to bring some people and pick him up? As long as you follow this bird here, you’ll find him,” Long Yinlian said as he gently pats the falcon’s head.
Ruo An suddenly became worried that Lin Xiao might’ve gotten injured and quickly stood up. ‘I shouldn’t have let him go alone! Hopefully nothing bad happened to him!’ Ruo An thought before he called out two of his subordinate to help find Lin Xiao.
They followed the bird, and when they arrived at the clearing, Lin Xiao had a bored expression on his face. “Why so slow?” Lin Xiao asked.
Actually, Ruo An and his team came as quick as possible but because Lin Xiao didn’t have anything to do, he felt that time goes slowly. Feeling wronged, Ruo An only gave Lin Xiao a helpless expression.
“Brother Lin, we came here as fast as we can. It looks like you were not harmed, that’s good. But Brother Long said you need our help…?” Ruo An said, with a slight confusion on his face.
“Well, I couldn’t bring these on my own now, can I?” Lin Xiao gestured at the two dead bodies of the deer from earlier.
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Ruo An let two of his men carry the body of the adult deer while he alone carried the body of the deer calf. Seeing that the sky is now getting even darker, they quickly made their way back to the camp. Seeing the four of them return with spoils, the other members of the White Swan can’t help but cheer.
“Leader! Are we going to eat fresh meat tonight?” one of the members asked.
“Are these what Brother Lin hunted? I’m sure the three of you didn’t help. It didn’t take long since you left anyway,” the next person who speaks was none other than Sister Yun whom Lin Xiao asked to be the coachmen for Fei Yuxing. She was also currently sitting next to Fei Yuxing who is currently munching on dry bread.
“Yes. Brother Lin only called for us because he can’t bring these back alone,” Ruo An answered with a laughter.
They then proceeded to skin off the deer and then, carefully apportioned the meat. The White Swan worked together to make dinner and they didn’t notice Lin Xiao brought some of the meat into the wagon.
“Lan-er, Fan-er, Zan-er! Meal time!” Lin Xiao said in a soft whisper as he gave them the meat. Only after making sure they ate did Lin Xiao leave the wagon and rejoined everyone near the campfire.
Meanwhile, Ping Jianyu’s eyes continued to stare at the deer horns that came from the adult deer. The horn could fetch a huge amount of money since it can be used as ingredients for medicine. He was trying to find some time to ask Lin Xiao if he would sell it to him. He planned to buy it at a low price but then, he saw the same man sawed the horns off from the deer head and walked back to the wagon.
From his action alone, Ping Jianyu knew that Lin Xiao was experienced, so he knew that he can’t take advantage of the young male.
He didn’t approach Lin Xiao until after dinner. He brought out a bottle of wine, hoping to get into Lin Xiao’s good side. “Young Lord Lin,” he called out with a friendly smile on his face before he held up the wine bottle. “I have a good wine here. Would you like to have a drink?”
Lin Xiao was just about to bring Long Yinlian back to the wagon so that they can settle for the night, but seeing Ping Jianyu with a bottle of wine, he suddenly felt that it might not be so bad to have a little drink.
“Shizun, Master Ping is inviting us for a drink. Would you like to have some?” Lin Xiao asked his master.
Long Yinlian took a moment to ponder before nodding his head. “Just a few cups,” he said to Lin Xiao. “But you shouldn’t drink too much, Xiao-er. The last time that you did, you made me worried sick,” Long Yinlian said and Lin Xiao just let out a nervous laugh.
“Shizun, that was the first time I drank. Now, I can hold my alcohol better,” Lin Xiao replied before he gestured for Ping Jianyu to come closer.
The three started to drink and Lin Xiao have to admit, the wine that Ping Jianyu brought out is really good. They engaged in a small talk, more specifically, Ping Jianyu and Long Yinlian engaged in a small talk while Lin Xiao simply enjoys the wine. After his fifth cups, Lin Xiao is now feeling tipsy, but he was still far from being drunk. On the other hand, Long Yinlian felt that he has enough drink, so he stopped.
“Master Ping, Long Yinlian thank you for the good wine. But my body is not good, so I will have to retire for the night. Xiao-er will continue accompanying you to drink in my stead,” Long Yinlian said before he stood up.
“Shizun! Let me help you,” Lin Xiao said as he also stood up and supported the other male. “Master Ping, I will help Shizun settle in first, then I’ll come back to you. We can ‘talk’ whatever it is you wanted to talk with me about,” Lin Xiao said, emphasizing the word ‘talk’ to let Ping Jianyu knows that he knew the merchant have an ulterior motive to offer them a good wine.
Lin Xiao didn’t take too long, but before he left Long Yinlian in the wagon, the older male warned him to not be too rude to Ping Jianyu. “Shizun… Lin Xiao promise so just trust me!” Lin Xiao said, assuring Long Yinlian.
Since he already promised, Lin Xiao was polite as he talked to Ping Jianyu, “So, what is it that you want?”
“Young Lord Lin… about the deer’s horn…” Ping Jianyu said nervously. “Is it possible for you to sell it to this merchant?”
Hearing this, Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow. He didn’t expect this was what he was asking. ‘I thought he wanted me to forgive his daughter. Ai… his daughter didn’t even come out to apologize for the matter from earlier, I guess this man can’t convince his daughter at all. Not that I care,’ Lin Xiao thought.
“How much are you offering?” Lin Xiao asked. “Keep in mind, if you offer less than what I usually get, I am not selling it to you,” Lin Xiao said as he crossed his arm, giving Ping Jianyu an appearance full of confidence.
Ping Jianyu felt his palm sweats. He knew that others usually offer 100 silver for a deer horn. But in a remote village, that price would be lower. The problem is, he doesn’t know where Lin Xiao came from so he can’t offer less than 100 silver. He also knew the market price of the horn if sold in the capital so after a little bit of a calculation, Ping Jianyu gave Lin Xiao his offer. “500 silver for each one, so it would be 1 gold pieces,” he said.
“Deal!” Lin Xiao quickly said as he held out his hand to receive the payment. Of course, Lin Xiao won’t tell Ping Jianyu that he usually just received 50 silver pieces for the horns. Back in Senlin village, what the villagers wants the most was the bones. To them, horns are useless since they have no use for it other than selling it back. But because their village is quite remote, there are little to no travelers that came to their village.
After receiving the payment, Lin Xiao went to the wagon to fetch the horns and handed it over to Ping Jianyu. “Nice doing business with you, Master Ping! Say, would you also like to buy the bones? Don’t look down on the bones, you can even make it into soups! And sometimes, you can make it into a weapon or accessories! Surely you can sell them if you make it into accessories,” Lin Xiao then tried to get the merchant to buy more.
‘Since you’re willing to buy the horns, you should also buy the bones! Give me more money!’ Lin Xiao thought as he tried to take advantage of Ping Jianyu.
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