Chapter 34 Don't Try to Blackmail Me
"I heard that you defeated Xu Chong today and took first place in the competition. Congratulations, little Yanqing."
"Hahaha, it was just a fluke. Please stop making fun of me, Mr. Shen."
Mr. Shen smiled and stroked his beard as he looked at her, "Are you leaving us soon?"
Xiao Ning scratched his head. "To be honest, I don't really like dealing with books."
As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Shen paused in surprise as he was stroking his beard.
"You don't like dealing with books, but why do you sit here like a wooden stake every day sorting out these boring documents?"
"It's work, so I have to do it even if I don't like it. Besides, I can learn something while organizing the paperwork."
Mr. Shen admired this young man more and more.
At only seventeen or eighteen years old, he can control his temper and do things he doesn't like, and still do them with relish.
This kind of mentality is rare.
After saying goodbye to Mr. Shen, Xiao Ning put away the red tassel spear, locked the door, carried her small bag, went to the stable, took her horse, and left the camp.
It is now the summer solstice.
The sun was still quite strong at this time, so Xiao Ning chose a shady path to walk on.
When passing by a woods, a girl suddenly rushed out and fell in front of her horse. Xiao Ning hurriedly pulled the reins, and the horse neighed and raised its front hooves, barely avoiding the girl.
Seeing that the girl was not hurt, Xiao Ning breathed a sigh of relief and quickly dismounted to check on her.
"Are you okay, little girl?"
"Hey, you bastard, run... keep running, run..."
"I've raised you for over a decade in vain, you ungrateful traitor! I should have strangled you to death when you were born!"
A woman chased out from the woods, with her hands on her hips, panting and cursing.
Xiao Ning: “…”
The little girl's clothes were torn, revealing large scratches on her arms and legs, with blood oozing out.
The little girl bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes, but not a single drop fell. She grabbed Xiao Ning's arm and said, "Master, please save me! I am willing to sell myself to you, even as a slave or a maid!"
"Hey, you bastard, what are you talking about! Get up and go home with me!"
"The Zhao family is still waiting!"
As the woman spoke, she was about to step forward and pull him, completely ignoring Xiao Ning who was standing next to her.
Xiao Ning raised his hand to stop her.
The woman looked Xiao Ning up and down with her triangular eyes. Seeing that Xiao Ning was well-dressed, she didn't dare to make a scene. She just said, "I'm taking my daughter away. Why are you stopping me, young master?"
Xiao Ning spread his hands and said, "I don't want to stop you, but your daughter just scared my horse. This horse is a priceless Ferghana horse. I usually treasure it. Today, I rarely ride it out for a stroll, and your daughter scared it."
The woman rubbed her hands and glanced at the horse. "It's standing here just fine, eating grass. It doesn't look frightened at all."
"You, don't try to blackmail me..."
Xiao Ning tugged at the reins casually and said, "Look, it doesn't want to move."
Woman: "...It's eating grass and definitely doesn't want to leave."
Xiao Ning: "I usually feed it with fresh grass brought back from the north. If it weren't so frightened, it wouldn't even look at this dry grass."
Although the woman was uneducated, she had some knowledge as she lived near Shengjing City.
This guy clearly wants to blackmail her!
He looks well-dressed, but why does he do such a thing?
Although this horse does look more energetic and beautiful than the horses used to pull goods in the village, it cannot possibly be that precious!
The woman was no pushover either. She rolled up her sleeves and said, "Alright, then come back with me. Once I've settled this bastard down, we can go to Jingzhao Prefecture and talk it over. Let's find out what frightened your horse!"
All the villages around Shengjing were under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Xiao Ning chuckled, "Jingzhao Prefecture, I'm too lazy to go!"
"This is your daughter, right? Have your daughter go to Jingzhao Prefecture and tell her that I'm waiting here, and tell the Jingzhao Yin to come over quickly!"
After saying that, Xiao Ning casually pulled out a green jade pendant from his arms, hooked the knot with his fingertips, shook it twice, and handed it to the little girl.
"Here, take this. If he sees it, he'll come right over."
In fact, the quality of this jade pendant is ordinary, but it outlines the family emblem of Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.
The country woman didn't know the value of things. She only saw that Xiao Ning was dressed elegantly and didn't take the Jingzhao Prefecture seriously. Now he took out a jade pendant as a token of trust and asked him to give it to the Jingzhao Yin. She felt a little scared.
She originally thought that this person was blackmailing her and said that on purpose to scare him off, but she never expected...
Seeing his daughter limping to her feet and really intending to take the jade pendant, he immediately slapped her and said, "You stupid bastard, how dare you take anything?"
Xiao Ning stopped her hand and asked coldly, "Why? Didn't you say you were going to Jingzhao Prefecture to have a talk? What do you mean by not allowing me to report the news now?"
The woman forced a smile, "...No, there's no need to bother. How do you want to solve this problem, young master?"
This person must be of high status. I don't know how Jingzhao Yin will deal with him when the time comes. It's better to settle it privately now.
The Zhao family is still waiting at home...
Xiao Ning squinted his eyes at the woman and said coldly, "Look at you, you are also a poor ghost. How about this, I will take pity on you. If you bring out a hundred taels of silver today, I will let you go."
"One hundred taels!" the woman screamed, "Why don't you just go and rob the money!"
"Besides, it's just a horse. So what if it got frightened? It's not a big deal. It will heal on its own in two days!"
Xiao Ning snorted, "My horse is incredibly valuable! Just the daily fodder alone costs a thousand taels a month, not to mention the other expenses. Your daughter scared my horse today, so I'll definitely have to get a doctor when I get home. This hundred taels might not be enough!"
Woman: “…”
A horse is more valuable than a person!
These damn nobles! Damn it!
With this one hundred taels, she could marry ten or eight pretty wives for her son!
"I don't have a hundred taels to pay you. Since it was this damned girl who scared your horse, then you should let her pay for it. If she can't pay, you can sell her to pay off the debt!"
"No, your little girl is like a bamboo pole, how much can she be sold for? You still have to pay for it!"
"Bah, what's there to compensate for? It's just this one girl, take her or leave her!"
After the woman finished speaking, she ran away, faster than a rabbit.
Xiao Ning: “…”
She was just bluffing, and he was actually fooled.
The little girl looked at Xiao Ning timidly: "You just said all this... to help me, right?"
Xiao Ning: "What else?"
The little girl breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as tears streamed down her face. The tears flowed like pearls from a broken string, more and more.
She fell to her knees and kowtowed: "Thank you! Thank you..."
Xiao Ning hurriedly helped her up, "What are you doing? You're still injured!"
Xiao Ning took off the water bag from the horse's back, washed the girl's wound, and then took out the golden wound medicine and sprinkled it on the wound.
The little girl was very embarrassed. "Sir, there's no need to waste these medicines. My injuries are not serious and I will recover soon..."
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