Gu Yun coughed and followed his hand to lean back, solemnly saying: "That won't work. You can't speak Dong Ying language."

As Cao Niangzi spoke up, aside from Gu Yun who could not hear right now, the others were very surprised - he had just said a very complicated sentence, mixed with a few Dong Ying words that no one knew the meaning of, the rest were stiff and accented Mandarin. Dong Ying people working on merchant ships travel on Great Liang territory year round. They could all speak Mandarin, just that their pronunciation was a bit eccentric, often mixed in words of their own native language. Yet Cao Niangzi actually was able to replicate it flawlessly.

When Cao Niangzi finished, seeing that everyone was staring at him, he looked down and covered his face with both hands nervously.

Chang Geng asked: "Where did you learn it?"

Cao Niangzi replied in a small voice: "Listened to the two Dong Ying people who bring us food every day."

With Chang Geng's understanding of him, there was no need to ask further: one of the delivery men must have been good looking.

Thus, later that night, a slender 'Dong Ying boy' arrived on the small island without anyone knowing.

There were too many Dong Ying people here, though as it was already late at night, no one noticed him. He shivered as he looked at the rows and rows of battleships, then quickly ran.

At the same time, an uninvited guest came to find Gu Yun.

Chang Geng slightly opened the door. Di Song was standing outside, saying with a smile: "Our general heard that a fragrant master had graced our merchant ship with his presence, he has especially asked me to invite you to dinner."

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Chang Geng calmly replied: "Wait."

He then closed the wooden door with a blank expression, leaned back against it, took a deep breath, tried to calm his nerves, and signed to Gu Yun: "Yifu, the rebellion force's leader wishes to see you, what should we do?"

Ge Pang Xiao was utterly shocked, unconsciously holding his breath, and soon turned his face into an eggplant.

Gu Yun's reaction was bizarre.

After Chang Geng saw him become slightly surprised, he revealed a smile as if he had absolutely held victory in his hands, as if he had come to a mutual understanding with someone.

"This is like getting handed a pillow as soon as you're drowsy," said the Marquis of Order - who feared that the world wouldn't be chaotic enough. "I have not seen a living rebel leader for so many years."

Ge Pang Xiao was very easily fooled, seeing that Gu Yun did not pay it any mind, he also unconsciously relaxed as if he was not about to go see the rebellion leader, but some kind of rare treasure instead.