Meanwhile, Tie Lin, who was more adept at navigating the intricate rules of the officialdom and the vicissitudes of the human heart, dealt with the Provincial Officials and several nobles. Only one master and one servant could not be stopped—it was that Hu man with his deeply hidden martial arts and the Hu girl with a pair of eyes like emerald jade.
Right from the start, the girl seemed to have set her sights on the aloof Wuxin, harrying him relentlessly. Had her status not been so extraordinary, Tie Lin had no doubt Wuxin would have knocked her unconscious with a strike of his hand blade to her neck and then sent her to an inn or post station.
However, now that the girl had the identity of a Baekje noblewoman, if Wuxin were to do such a thing, it could lead to an affair between nations.
