Back then, Lu Chen passed the test of the martial arts contest to choose a husband and won the championship, becoming the son-in-law of the city lord's mansion. This caused a sensation throughout the city and even caused quite a stir.
However, Lu Chen left so quietly, and the subsequent investigation revealed that he had left with a woman, which made the little princess lose face.
At this point, Lu Chen brought her back, and the little princess certainly wouldn't give him a warm welcome.
Lu Chen sighed, looking helpless, and said, "Leave? I wish I could leave on my own. I was forced into this situation. I was captured by the bandits of Seven Dragons Stronghold and trapped there. Fortunately, at that time, the bandits were busy dealing with the enemy and fighting fiercely, so I managed to escape."
Lu Chen looked at the little princess with a sigh of emotion on his face, then suddenly smiled and said, "It's already a great fortune that I was able to come back to see you alive. Enough said, there's something important I need to discuss now. I wonder if the little princess could allow me to see the city lord?"
After Lu Chen finished speaking, he saw that the little princess looked shocked. Clearly, she was stunned by what Lu Chen had described.
"Three years old? Princess Qilongzhu naturally knows that there are three extremely large bandit forces outside Qinglong City. Qinglong City once sent troops to besiege and suppress them, but it was very difficult to wipe them out."
Unexpectedly, Lu Chen was captured by bandits.
Hearing this, the little princess seemed relieved, and the expression on her face softened considerably.
However, she still didn't completely believe it.
"You say you were captured by bandits? Do you have any proof?"
Without saying a word, Lu Chen took out a jar of wine and placed it in front of the little princess.
As soon as the jar of wine was opened, a strong aroma filled the air instantly.
"This is the Seven Star Begonia Wine, personally brewed by the sixth leader of Seven Dragons Stronghold. I'm sure the little princess has heard of it."
Lu Chen had heard before that this sixth leader didn't care much about anything else, but he was very talented in the art of brewing.
Moreover, they are quite famous in Qinglong City.
However, it is very rare for anyone in Qinglong City to be able to drink this Seven Star Begonia Wine.
Having lived in Qinglong City for so long, the little princess had naturally heard of it. Upon smelling this special fragrance, she was already 70% convinced.
"This is indeed Seven Star Begonia Wine. Only the Seven Dragons Village's sixth leader could brew Seven Star Begonia Wine of this quality."
The little princess nodded, a rare occurrence, and her gaze towards Lu Chen softened considerably.
Over the past few months, she had grown increasingly angry. Why should she, the little princess of the Azure Dragon City Lord's Mansion, suffer such humiliation? Was she not worthy of Lu Chen? Therefore, she wished she could personally grab Lu Chen, this bastard who left without saying goodbye.
But upon hearing Lu Chen's explanation, her resentment subsided considerably.
"Qingqing, now is not the time to talk about this. Right now, the three major bandit groups are fighting each other at the Seven Dragons Stronghold's headquarters. This is a golden opportunity to wipe out all the bandits outside Qinglong City in one fell swoop. This is an opportunity we cannot miss."
Lu Chen suddenly sent a secret telepathic message to Nie Qing, saying, "If we can wipe out these three huge bandit forces, wouldn't that be a great achievement? Don't you want that credit?"
Upon hearing this, Nie Qing's eyes lit up.
She was not an indecisive person to begin with, and immediately grabbed Lu Chen, saying, "Come with me to see Father."
With the little princess's intervention, Lu Chen was able to meet the Lord of Qinglong City without any trouble.
His nominal father-in-law, at this moment, looked at Lu Chen with a frosty expression.
However, when Lu Chen finished recounting everything that had happened over the past few months, mentioning that he had been forced into this situation, kidnapped by bandits and unable to escape, and thus had no choice but to eke out a living, the city lord finally withdrew his murderous gaze.
"You said you were kidnapped by bandits, so why didn't they kill you?"
The city lord raised a crucial question.
Given Lu Chen's strength, these bandits should not even bother with him, nor would they allow him to escape.
Lu Chen remained calm and said, "I don't have any other skills, but I do know some weapon crafting techniques. So, in order to endure humiliation and survive, I helped those bandits craft some weapons. Perhaps they thought I was useful, so they let me stay."
Upon hearing this, the city lord's eyes suddenly lit up.
"You know how to forge weapons?"
Even Nie Qing was quite surprised. He had been following Lu Chen for quite some time, but he had never heard that Lu Chen could refine weapons.
"How come I didn't know this before?"
The little princess questioned her directly.
Lu Chen said helplessly, "You didn't ask me before! Do you think I have to brag about everything I know? That's not like me! I'm always humble and never show off."
The little princess was immediately furious and wanted to give him a good whack on the head, but seeing her father present, she was too embarrassed to be so intimate, so she forced herself to hold back.
Instead, the city lord burst into laughter upon hearing this, saying, "Good, good, good! I didn't expect you to have such a skill. You're quite good."
Lu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that the city lord would attack him without asking any questions, which would be terrible.
Fortunately, I made the right bet.
So, Lu Chen recounted the situation that had just occurred.
Upon hearing this, the city lord immediately ordered the little princess to personally lead 10,000 troops from Qinglong City to attack Qilong Village.
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