beg for mercy

Before long, 10 soldiers were able to eat.

Seeing this, the other soldiers were extremely envious.

The young soldier who had just shouted at Long Qian still hadn't gotten any food.

So the young soldier snatched the bread from a fat soldier and wolfed it down.

"What are you doing? Give me back my bread!" The fat soldier was furious and tried to snatch the bread back.

However, the young soldier immediately ran away, eating bread as he ran.

Then, some soldiers, due to extreme hunger, followed the example of the younger soldiers and stole food from others.

In an instant, the bamboo forest became a chaotic mess, filled with smoke and smoke.

"Oh my god, how could this happen?" Xu Zhixun was startled.

Long Qian's face was ashen. He ordered his soldiers, "Men, arrest all those who steal other people's food!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers agreed and went to arrest the man.

As a result, the scene became even more chaotic, with screams, beatings, and running sounds filling the air.

About an hour later, the soldiers who had stolen food from others were all captured and brought back by the soldiers.

There were about 80 of them, all of them badly beaten, kneeling before Long Qian.

Long Qian glanced at the kneeling soldiers and said coldly:

"You have stolen other people's food, which violates military discipline. Each of you will be given 50 lashes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, some soldiers immediately stepped forward and dragged the soldiers who violated military discipline aside to be flogged.

Seeing this, General Zhao immediately reminded Long Qian:

"Sixth Prince, the person who first snatched someone else's bread should be executed!"

Long Qian's expression was indifferent: "You're right."

At this point, Long Qian pointed to the young soldier kneeling on the ground:

"Guards, give this culprit 500 lashes and beat him to death!"

The young soldier, barely in his early twenties, had already been beaten bloody and was on the verge of death by his soldiers.

At this moment, the young soldier burst into tears and begged Long Qian for mercy:

"Sixth Prince, spare me! I was so hungry just now, I had no choice but to steal a piece of bread!"

Upon hearing this, the other soldiers pleaded for the young soldier's life.

However, Long Qian showed no mercy and still intended to execute the young soldier.

Xu Zhixun was terrified and pleaded for the young soldier:

"Long Qian, please spare him! He only stole a piece of bread; he doesn't deserve to die!"

Long Qianjun's face turned ashen: "With the current drought, even a loaf of bread is a very precious food."

"Therefore, that soldier wasn't stealing bread, he was stealing someone's life!"

Upon hearing this, the fat soldier whose bread had just been stolen immediately echoed loudly:

"Yes, yes, yes! That robber must be killed! The Sixth Prince is brilliant!"

The young soldier was terrified and struggled to crawl to Xu Zhixun's side, repeatedly kowtowing to her:

"Miss Xu, please save me! I don't want to be beaten to death!"

Xu Zhixun couldn't bear it, so she said to Long Qian:

"Long Qian, please spare his life, he's so pitiful..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the young soldier kneeling on the ground suddenly pulled out a dagger hidden on his body!

The next second, the young soldier stood up, raised his dagger, and stabbed Xu Zhixun viciously.

"Die! I'll make you all pay with your lives!"

Xu Zhixun was so frightened that she was completely unable to react.

At this moment, Long Qian was shocked and quickly pulled Xu Zhixun back to safety:

"careful!"

Xu Zhixun screamed and stumbled, but was pulled aside by Long Qian.

At the same time, General Zhao flew into a rage, drew his sword, and forcefully stabbed the young soldier!

The young soldier was unable to dodge in time and was stabbed in the neck by the sword, bleeding profusely!

"Ahhhhhh!" Xu Zhixun and her two maids screamed in terror.

General Zhao, with a serious expression, withdrew his sword.

The young soldier collapsed to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.

Upon seeing this, Xu Zhixun was terrified, her face turning deathly pale: "Ahhhhhh!"

"Stop looking!" Long Qian immediately reached out and covered Xu Zhixun's eyes.

"Guards, drag this culprit away and tear him to pieces!"

"Yes, sir!" Two soldiers quickly stepped forward and dragged away the young soldier's body.

Meanwhile, a scarlet bloodstain was left on the clearing in the bamboo forest, which was chilling.

"Zhi Xun, don't be afraid, it's alright..." Long Qian lowered his right hand from Xu Zhi Xun's eyes and gently comforted her.

Xu Zhixun was still in shock, her voice trembling with tears:

"Why? I just pleaded for that soldier, why did he try to kill me?"

Long Qian sighed, "Because you are the manager of the Time-Space Supermarket. If you die, I will no longer be able to buy more food and water from the supermarket."

"In that case, many soldiers would starve or die of thirst."

Xu Zhixun suddenly realized: "So that's how it is! No wonder that soldier said he wanted us all to be buried with him!"

Long Qian: "Yes, that soldier violated military discipline and should be executed."

"You shouldn't have been so soft-hearted just now, you shouldn't have pleaded for him."

Xu Zhixun was filled with remorse: "You're right, I was so foolish just now."

"I really didn't expect that soldier to be such a bad person!"

Long Qian looked at Xu Zhixun and said solemnly, "Anyone who violates military discipline is generally not a good person."

"You must learn from this lesson and never plead for prisoners again!"

Xu Zhixun was in a state of confusion: "Okay, I've got it."

"I...I want to go back to the supermarket. I'm afraid someone might try to assassinate me again..."

Long Qian gently comforted Xu Zhixun: "Don't be afraid, I'll give you two personal guards."

After saying that, Long Qian ordered two highly skilled guards to protect Xu Zhixun closely.

However, Xu Zhixun was still very scared and wanted to go back to the supermarket.

Seeing this, everyone tried to persuade Xu Zhixun to stay.

However, Xu Zhixun was unwilling to stay, bid farewell to everyone, and insisted on returning to the Time-Space Supermarket.

Long Qian was troubled and confused, so he could only say to everyone:

"I'll go comfort Miss Xu. You all continue searching for food and water!"

After saying that, Long Qian strode into the supermarket.

Next, Long Qian comforted Xu Zhixun for a while.

He then used a handcart to transport a large number of goods from inside the supermarket to outside.

At 7 p.m., night fell.

Long Qian transported all the goods he bought out of the Time-Space Supermarket.

Xu Zhixun hesitated for a moment, then whispered to Long Qian:

"Long Qian, thank you for saving me just now! I want to go back to the modern world for dinner."

Long Qian smiled slightly: "You're welcome. I'd also like to buy five thousand boxes of instant noodles and five thousand boxes of compressed biscuits."

"Could you go to get the goods tomorrow morning? I'll come to buy them tomorrow afternoon, is that alright?"

Xu Zhixun: "Sure, but you want to buy too many things."

"The Time-Space Supermarket's warehouse can't hold that many things."

"Judging from the size of the supermarket warehouse and the speed at which we are moving goods today, I can only sell you 500 boxes of instant noodles or 500 boxes of compressed biscuits per day."

Long Qian sighed, "Alright, I'll give you the deposit now."

After saying that, he took down the large cloth bag hanging from his waist, took out four gold ingots from it, and handed them to Xu Zhixun.

"Here are 200 taels of gold. I will give you another 200 taels of gold after you sell me the instant noodles and compressed biscuits."

"Okay." Xu Zhixun accepted the gold ingot and put it into her handbag.

Long Qian said thoughtfully, "By the way, I'll give you those two sets of clothes from the Dragon Kingdom and those two pairs of embroidered shoes."

"If you want to go to Xia Kingdom or Long Kingdom again in the future, you can wear those two sets of clothes."

Xu Zhixun: "Okay."

Long Qian gazed at Xu Zhixun and said softly, "Then I'm leaving. See you tomorrow."

Xu Zhixun said with a complicated expression, "See you tomorrow."

Next, Long Qian left the Time-Space Supermarket.

Xu Zhixun put the robot Xiao Le back into the system space, and then called her mother.

Every evening at six o'clock, Xu's mother would go to the Time and Space Supermarket to deliver dinner to Xu Zhixun.

Today, when Xu's mother brought her food, she asked Xu Zhixun why she had closed the supermarket earlier.

Xu Zhixun lied and said that her friend had just come to the supermarket and bought a lot of food and drinks.

She personally saw her friend off, so she closed the supermarket.

Xu's mother looked at the supermarket shelves and saw that many of them were empty, so she believed Xu Zhixun's words.

Next, Xu Zhixun transferred 100,000 yuan to her mother via WeChat, claiming it was the supermarket's revenue for the day.

Xu's mother believed it to be true, thinking that Xu Zhixun had met a big client, and immediately couldn't stop smiling.

Xu Zhixun told her mother that she no longer needed to bring her dinner every night, because she might be eating with her friends.

Xu's mother was very happy and agreed to Xu Zhixun's request.

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The next day was Tuesday.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Zhixun called a wholesaler she often worked with and said she wanted to purchase goods for "Hamster Supermarket".

The wholesaler told Xu Zhixun that he would deliver the goods Xu Zhixun wanted to buy to Hamster Supermarket at 2 PM today.

Afterwards, Xu Zhixun took two 50-tael gold ingots and went to the antique shop in the "Cuijiayuan Antique Market".

After examining the gold ingots, Mr. Cai, the owner of the antique shop, believed that each gold ingot was worth as much as 1 million yuan.

However, since the gold ingot was too expensive, Mr. Cai was worried that he had made a wrong judgment, so he called his friend, Mr. Bai, and asked him to come and appraise the price of the gold ingot.

Mr. Bai is one of the most famous collectors in Shanghai.

He opened a private museum.

The museum displays approximately 3,000 precious artifacts.

In addition, Old Master Bai is Bai Shenxing's grandfather.

Therefore, Bai Shenxing and Old Master Bai went to the antique shop together.

Bai Shenxing is Xu Zhixun's college classmate.

When Xu Zhixun was a freshman in college, she had a crush on Bai Shenxing for a year.

However, Bai Shenxing is a rich second-generation and also the school's most handsome guy.

There are countless girls who like him.

Therefore, Xu Zhixun felt somewhat inferior and dared not confess her feelings to Bai Shenxing.

Later, Xu Zhixun's neighbor, Xiao Muchen, relentlessly pursued her.