Chapter 72

"Official business, official business, you only know official business," Dong Yi said petulantly: "If your daughter had been killed, would you still be busy with official business?"

"Yi'er, how can you say that? How is that possible?"

The middle-aged man smiled and came to Dong Yi's side, sitting down next to her.

Dong Yi moved to the side, distancing herself from the middle-aged man who had sat down, and continued to blow on her hot tea.

"Daughter, Father heard that a person named Duan Yu saved you?"

The middle-aged man said with a fawning smile: "Since he is a life-saving benefactor, why didn't you keep him?"

"Father heard that the man pierced the horse's head with a single arrow, and then stopped the carriage with his bare hands."

"You know, Father likes brave and heroic people the most in his life. Why didn't you introduce such a talent to Father?"

"I heard he is also a young man?"

As the middle-aged man's voice fell, the sturdy young man standing in front of the hall door frowned imperceptibly.

His gaze turned to Dong Yi.

Speaking of Duan Yu.

The tight expression on Dong Yi's face immediately relaxed.

"Hmph, you know it too."

"If it weren't for Duan Yu, you might not see your daughter again today."

Dong Yi took a sip of hot tea and said: "There's no need to see him, but I have already taken the initiative to thank him."

"Your Ink Jade Qilin Beast, and that Precious Carved Bow that was just sitting there unused, I gave them all to Duan Yu."

"Ah?"

The middle-aged man twitched his mouth, and his eyes twitched with heartache.

"Daughter, that is the Ink Jade Qilin Beast! The Ink Jade Qilin Beast that is hard to find even with a thousand gold!"

"And that Precious Carved Bow, Li Jue and Guo Si have long wanted to ask me for it."

"You......"

"Why are you such a spendthrift?" The middle-aged man clutched his chest: "Oh, my heart aches."

"Hmph," Dong Yi gave a light snort: "What, is your daughter's life not worth as much as a horse?"

"It's not the Red Hare. If you hadn't hidden the Red Hare, I would have given that away too."

"Also, this huge family business of yours, if I don't spend it, who should I leave it to spend?"

"Spend it!" The middle-aged man immediately changed his face and said fawningly: "Your father has nothing else, but I have plenty of money and plenty of good horses."

"As long as you are happy, daughter, we will give them away."

"Hehe, you're not angry with Father anymore, right?"

Dong Yi finally revealed a smile: "That's more like it."

As she spoke, Dong Yi clapped her hands.

Outside the hall, a row of attendants, two by two, carried a huge wooden board with animal skins nailed to it and walked in, then lined up in the hall.

Wolf, bear, tiger, leopard.

The four great fierce beasts of the mountains were arranged in a row.

"This is......" The middle-aged man looked at the four fierce beast skins and raised his eyebrows.

Dong Yi stood up and said: "In two days, it will be your birthday, Father."

"This is a gift I prepared for you."

"For your fortieth birthday, Father, I took four kinds of fierce beasts from the forest."

"Wolf, bear, tiger, leopard!"

"I wish you, Father, to walk the world like a wolf, dominate all directions like a bear, roar in the mountains like a tiger, and soar like a dragon and change like a leopard for the next forty years."

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he also stood up, then laughed out loud.

"Good daughter, good daughter indeed."

"This makes Father happier than a mountain of gold and silver."

"Good, good, good!"

The middle-aged man laughed: "What a 'walk the world like a wolf', what a 'dominate all directions like a bear', what a 'roar in the mountains like a tiger', what a 'soar like a dragon and change like a leopard'!"

"Daughter, where did you get the skins of these fierce beasts?"

The middle-aged man said, stepping forward to examine them carefully.

As a fierce general in the army, the middle-aged man was not someone without experience.

In his early years, he was even addicted to hunting.

He often roamed the mountains and forests.

Moreover, these animal skins were fresh, clearly hunted not long ago.

Dong Yi kept him in suspense and didn't say clearly.

"Father, you look at these animal skins first and see if you can see any clues in them."

"Oh?"

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Are you testing Father?"

"Don't you know that your father is also an expert at hunting?"

Saying this, the middle-aged man began to examine them carefully.

At first, the middle-aged man's brows were still tightly furrowed.

But when he examined them carefully and looked at all four animal skins one by one, those tightly furrowed brows couldn't help but relax.

And he seemed to be carrying a slight surprise.

After walking around, the middle-aged man nodded with a smile.

He seemed to have understood it all.

"Niu Fu, come here and see if you can see the clues in them."

The middle-aged man beckoned to the young general standing in front of the hall.

Niu Fu was already eager to try.

Hearing the middle-aged man's call, he immediately stepped forward two steps.

"Lord."

"Yi...... Miss."

Niu Fu looked at Dong Yi, his big face flushed red, and his eyes dodged.

Dong Yi nodded expressionlessly, which counted as a greeting.

"Come, Niu Fu, you look and see where the clues Yi'er mentioned are. If you guess correctly, there will be a reward," the middle-aged man said.

Niu Fu nodded immediately.

He didn't care about the reward.

It was mainly...... being able to show off in front of his beloved.

Immediately, Niu Fu came to the animal skins to examine them.

A maidservant on the side held up an oil lamp to illuminate them.

At first, Niu Fu was full of confidence.

But after looking at this and that, his brows furrowed tightly.

By the time he finished looking at the last leopard skin, Niu Fu's face was already a bit embarrassed.

"Lord,......"

"This subordinate...... this subordinate didn't...... didn't see anything."

Niu Fu lowered his head in shame and secretly glanced at Dong Yi.

Dong Yi didn't care at all.

Instead, she turned her gaze to the middle-aged man.

"Father, you tell me."

The middle-aged man smiled confidently and then said: "I guess these animal skins were shot and killed by that young man named Duan Yu. I wonder if Father is right?"

"Huh?"

Dong Yi gave a light exclamation, her expression slightly surprised: "Father, how did you guess?"

"Haha!"

The middle-aged man laughed out loud: "This isn't a guess." ===== CHAPTER 74 =====