After hearing what his father said, Xiao Lingzhou looked down at his clothes. He had gone out fishing early in the morning and had no time to dress himself.
Seeing that his father and his brother and sister were all clean, Xiao Lingzhou reached out and rubbed the dirt stains on his clothes, but because the dirt stains had already solidified, no matter how hard he rubbed, he couldn't get them clean.
"I caught... fish, but haven't had time to collect... clean up yet." Xiao Lingzhou said truthfully.
"Fishing?" The tyrant suspected that he was hallucinating. He, a prince, was fishing?
When I saw him for the first time, I thought this brat had been kidnapped and sold as a slave.
The Tyrant: "Why don't you stay in the city and be a prince? Why are you here fishing? To experience life? Where are the Seventh Brother and the others?"
Seventh brother had told him before that the fact that the two of them were leaving the city, changing their names and becoming self-reliant must never be known to their father, so when Xiao Lingzhou heard his father ask him this, he shook his head without saying a word.
"No... I don't know. I promised... Seventh Brother, I absolutely can't tell." Xiao Lingzhou took a bite of the chicken leg in his hand and bit his head hard, "I can't tell."
Wanwan: [What is Lao Qi doing? Of course he is living his life as a cold-blooded killer.]
Tyrant: “???”
Xiao Moqing: “???”
Xiao Lingzhou: "!!!"
Xiao Lingzhou couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the little girl's thoughts.
Sister... How does my sister know that Brother Seven is a killer now?
[At this point, Brother Qi is probably still halfway through his mission of killing people.]
Although the original text did not go into detail about the Seventh and Eighth Princes, the author did mention later in the story when they returned to the palace to be executed. The Seventh Prince was rebellious and dissatisfied with being a useless prince who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun in his fiefdom, so he took his younger brother out of the city to fend for himself.
[By some strange coincidence, the Seventh Prince joined a clan of assassins who robbed the rich and gave to the poor. This clan specialized in killing treacherous and unscrupulous businessmen. In less than a month, the Seventh Prince became the clan's top assassin, earning a very high commission.]
Xiao Lingzhou was shocked when he heard this. Sister...sister is really amazing!
How did she even know this?!
Sister...Sister is a fairy!
Was it just his imagination? Why did he feel a chill on his neck?
Xiao Lingzhou subconsciously touched his neck, and when he looked up, he met his father's gloomy gaze.
The murderous look in his eyes frightened him.
Even though Xiao Lingzhou's IQ was indeed lower than others, when he saw his father's murderous gaze, an idea emerged in his mind.
Father... Can the Emperor also hear what my sister is saying?
A killer! A killer who robs the rich and gives to the poor?!
The tyrant was furious when he learned that his seventh son was a killer.
This brat!
“Dad, you…”
Xiao Lingzhou looked at his father's gloomy gaze and was about to ask something when his mouth was suddenly covered by his second brother.
Xiao Moqing covered his mouth, pulled him up, and found a topic to talk about: "Second brother, I can't stand it anymore. You are too dirty. Second brother will take you downstairs to clean it up."
He was afraid that his silly eighth brother would be exposed if they could hear the little brat's thoughts.
Please give our sister some privacy.
Xiao Moqing asked someone to take Xiao Lingzhou to take a good bath and change into clean clothes.
After tidying himself up and changing into clean clothes, the beggar-like Xiao Lingzhou had already disappeared.
Xiao Moqing walked in and saw his eighth brother, who had transformed into a noble young man in the blink of an eye. He couldn't help but pat his shoulder and said with a smile, "Well done, kid. You've really grown handsome after not seeing you for seven or eight years. This is what my brother should be like. When I first saw you, I thought you were kidnapped and made a slave."
Hearing his second brother's praise, Xiao Lingzhou blushed shyly and scratched his head.
Ever since he and his seventh brother came out to make a living on their own, he hadn't been served like this for a long time.
"Second brother, you too, are getting more... more handsome."
Hearing the compliment, Xiao Moqing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Of course."
Seeing that Xiao Lingzhou's belt was a little crooked, Xiao Moqing reached out to straighten it for him.
After all, he hadn't seen his second brother for seven or eight years. Xiao Lingzhou's impression of his second brother only stayed on the time when he and his seventh brother left the palace and his second brother lay on the city wall and cried loudly.
Also, when he was a child, he wanted to eat fish, so his second brother took him to the pond in the imperial garden to catch koi. After roasting three of them to death, his second brother was severely beaten by his father for him.
"Second brother, why are you, father, and sister coming to Hancheng? Could it be that father really came here for seventh brother?"
Did the news about Seventh Brother making a living as a killer really reach the capital and reach the ears of the Emperor?
Xiao Moqing: "We are not here for Old Seven. This is a long story. I will tell you in detail when I have time."
"Okay." Xiao Lingzhou nodded and watched his second brother adjust his belt. Since there was no one around, he said mysteriously, "Second brother, I want to tell you something in secret."
"uh-huh?"
Xiao Lingzhou thought for a moment and said, "I suspect I know some magical skills!"
When Xiao Moqing heard this, his hand that was tying his belt slipped. Xiao Lingzhou felt his waist tighten and he quickly loosened the belt.
He stared at his second brother's face full of disbelief and nodded seriously at him, "Second brother, it's true. I didn't lie to you. I really do know magic!"
Xiao Moqing laughed and said, "For example?"
Xiao Lingzhou said mysteriously, "I can hear my sister's inner voice."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Lingzhou thought he could see shock in the man's eyes, but unexpectedly, his second brother just glanced at him lightly, and then said calmly:
"What a coincidence! I also know this magic."
Xiao Lingzhou: "!!!"
"Not only can I do it, but also Father, the Crown Prince, your third brother, fourth brother, fifth sister, and sixth sister." After saying that, Xiao Moqing paused and said, "Oh, maybe the seventh brother can do it too."
"What...what?" Xiao Lingzhou was shocked. He opened his mouth and was about to ask why when he heard his second brother pressing his shoulder with a serious face and saying:
"But you must never tell anyone about this. Don't ask why. My sister came to save our family. This is a matter of life and death for our entire family. If anyone else knew, we would all die!"
Xiao Lingzhou's eyes widened in shock. "The whole family will die! Is it that serious?"
"Did you hear clearly?" Xiao Moqing asked seriously.
Xiao Lingzhou nodded vigorously, "Then...my sister, is she a fairy?"
Xiao Moqing nodded and said seriously: "Yes, my sister is a lucky star from heaven who came to our family."
Xiao Lingzhou's eyes lit up.
My sister is really a little fairy!
No wonder my younger sister knew about Seventh Brother’s affairs. My younger sister is so amazing!
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