Chapter 15

"All the places we went had little transaction of fake currency, it can't lead us to the master minds." Long Xu stated, dressed in noble man's clotheing to cover up for his identity, as they exited one of the place under suspicion of using fake currencies.

"Young master." commander Xin called out to hide his majesty's identity. "I have heared that there is a place, have connection with Evey crime, it is home of criminals. It's capital's underground, maybe we can get a clue or something there."

"Hum, it can help us, let's go this place called underworld."

They moved to their destination with commander Xin leading the way, Long Xu and eunuch Xiao Lin following behind.

They entered the place after showing their fake ID's. They went separately in search for clues when eunuch Xiao Lin exclaimed out of nowhere "Young master, it's urgent, you have to see this."

"Did you found something." Long Xu inquired.

"No, but it's more important than that right now, please come this way." eunuch Xiao Lin led both Long Xu and commander Xin towards balcony to look at the floor below.

"What's so urgent that you are dragging..." Long Xu's words got stucked in his mouth from what befall in front of him. The three of them were speachless looking at the inconceivable sight they just witness.

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Few hours earlier...

"What are you guys doing?" Mika asked to the three respective people who were crawling through brushes by the walls of pheonix palace's inner area.

"Ahhh." three of them shouted together.

"What are you shouting for"

"Cause you scared us, god damn it." Long Xin yelped.

"It was you guys who scared me. I saw strange moments in those bushes from over there and thought it was some intruder who sneaked in, still I checked and it turned out to be you guys." Mika started to accuse them.

"You idiotic woman, if there is any intruder then you must call for guards, not go all by yourself. What if he attack you." Han Zhi scolded him.

"He is right but thank goodness you didn't call for guards or we would have been gooner by now." Xichan heaved a sigh of relief.

"Why? Why?" Mika asked reason for Xichan's relief just now.

"That's nothing just know that we must not be seen by any guards or servants here." Long Xin said leaving Mika's curiosity aside

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"So that's why you are not wearing your overcoats which symbolize your status. If that's the case then you sure are gooner." Mika told them gaining their full attention.

"Why do you s..." Han Zhi tried to ask but stopped in middle, hearing some faint sound.

"Your majesty, are you all right. We heard some strange voices coming from here." They heard guard's voice and footsteps apporoaching them.

"RUN." Han Zhi shouted. They run immediately Climbing the walls like monkeys, they left pheonix palace's inner area with guards following behind them.

One of the guards shouted alerting others "Close the doors, there are some intruders in palace. There are about four of them, catch them."

"Shit, is it necessary for them to alert others like that, now we are in bigger problem." Han Zhi cursed those poor guards.

"Obviously they would, that's purpose of their jobs." Xichan stated the obvious.

"Speak less and run fast." Long Xin said as they ran past hallway and were few meter away from where the kitchan was situated.

"Look there is a cart there, let's hide in it" Xichan suggested. They hurridly settled inside.

"Thank god we tricked them to go in opposite direction, now we can leave safely." Han Zhi said taking long deep breath which he couldn't do while running.

"But that's one strange thing." Xichan brought up.

"What's that." other two asked.

"Those guards, they said that there are four intruders that means there is also a real intuder here." Xichan concluded.

"Xichan, your math is really weak. Look you, Long Xin, Han Zhi and me, that's make four of us." Mika stated.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked cause his companions were looking at him like he has grown hornes or something.

"Why are you here?" Han Zhi shoutingly asked.

"What 'why are you here?' You said to run, so I ran and you got us here, so where elae I would be." Mika yell back at him.

"But why did you run in the first place. That was your palace, there isn't any problem with you being there." Xichan asked.

"Then why did you guys ran? You also stay there almost all day from past few monthes." Mika innocently asked them, thinking by himself also.

"Look stop thinking so hard or your pea sized brain might explode." Long Xin gestured him to shut his mouth up.

"Hey, don't go pick a fight with me just tell me your reason to run." Mika annoyingly asked.

"We were punished by the emperor to do our work in our office and not to leave before finishing it. If any guards were to find us they would escort us back to the office, that's why we were crawling on ground and also left our overcoat in office to not to get caught cause of them." Han Zhi explained their situation to Mika.

"I got it." Mika nodded his head in understanding. When suddenly the cart they were in began to move.

"Why is it moving all of sudden, let's hury and jump out of it." three positioned themselves to jump when a hand stopped them grabbbing their collers.

"That's dangerous, Thanks to me you guys are safe, or you would be in your bad, missing one or two limbs of yours." Mika posted himself as a saviour.

"Why did you stopped us." Long Xin yelled at him.

"I did so to save you, don't you guys even know to not to let your head or hands out in a moving vehical." Mika lectured them on which he got puzzled looks from them.

"Let me explain, there is a vehicle called 'Train' in my time. It is made of matel, runs on a track which is also made of matel, with 400 km/h speed. If one stand too close to it on station, there are great chances that the air presser below it might pull you towards it, you'll get crushed by train. When you take your hand out, maybe a poal near the track cutt off your arm. There are many possibility of getting hurt. So better safe then sorry." Mika explained and taught the importance of safety.

"Well, what you said didn't register in my brain but one thing I got from this is that the one you are talking about is quite fast but we are not riding it. We are riding a cart, which can not go that fast. So can we jump safely from it." Han Zhi said getting a headache from his long speech.

"Ahh, you are right. Sorry I forgot that, okay, we can jump now." Mika apologized to them.

"Leave it we don't need to jump anymore. It has already stopped." Xichan stopped Mika who was preparing to jump, when he felt cart stopping in it's track.

"Oh, so I can't jump anymore." Mika said with a disappointed face.

"Why are you getting disappointed." Long Xin asked.

"I just got exited to jump from a cart. I wanted to experiance that as I have never done it before." Mika honestly answered.

"Let's do that next time. First let's get out and find a safe place to hide from guards." Han Zhi stepped out of the cart as he was sitting in the corner.

"Woah, what's this place. I didn't know that such a crowded place existed in palace." Mika was curiously looking around.

"It doesn't. This isn't palace." Xichan said.

"HUH? Then where are we?"

"It's city, we are in capital, out side the imperial palace, in middle of market area." Long XIn answered.

"Oh! So that's how it is. I thought you didn't introduced me to a part of palace." Mika said.

"Are you intrusted in market and shopping." Han Zhi was curious to know Mika's choices.

"No, not really. I prefer to stay away from crowdes. I never go to any place where too many people are." Mika answered.

"But you looked like you liked it just now." Xichan asked.

"That. I never saw any market and busy places of this era, so I just was happy to see onemore thing here." Mika sincerarly said.

"Then that's good, we won't have to waste time here on your shopping or anything." Long Xin said eyeing Mika "We are missing from our office from long time. We must hurry. If father got to know of this then he might punish us severe punishment." He moved towards the road heading to imperial palace. When a man grabbed his hand, pulling him towards himself as he said "Brat, where do you think you are going. You are coming with us, as of today you are a slave. Whom I am going to sell in a while."