Chapter 31 Aren’t You Afraid that I’ll Run Away?
Scarface, who was feeding the horse, was nearby.
Hearing this, he said in a gruff voice: “If you are like her, you also save people, and the military supervisor will reward you in the same way!”
"Don't say the grapes are sour because you can't eat them. Your heart is smaller than that of a swallow."
Xiang Qianqian's face turned pale and she cursed, "Rude!"
She was afraid that Scarface, the rough guy, would confront her, so she didn't dare to continue the argument.
After Scarface left, she pulled the concubine beside her and complained in a dissatisfied tone.
"It's ok for Big Sister to save her own people, but why did she save the soldiers of South Vietnam? Did she forget that it was these people who caused our country to be destroyed?"
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After walking for nearly half an hour, we finally entered Yucheng.
A middle-aged man in an official robe ran over, covered in dust and fell to the ground.
"Greetings to the military supervisor. Our Yucheng has been overthrown by an earth dragon, and food is in serious short supply."
"Well, we have searched the granary and finally found enough food to fill two carts. Please send someone to inspect it."
He waved his hand, and the minor official behind him came forward dragging two carts of grain with the sacks slightly open.
It's all white rice with plump grains.
Xiangying saw the official's flattering smile and listened to their conversation, and learned that he was the city garrison commander of Yucheng.
He was originally from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but when the troops of Nanyue attacked, he took the initiative to open the city gates and surrender. Now he claims to be a loyal subject of Nanyue.
Xie Chen gently rubbed the white rice with his slender fingers, and said coldly with his thin lips: "The reason why the city is named after Yu is because the soil here is fertile and the grain yield is amazing."
"Now tell me, all the food in the granaries in the city is only enough to fill two carts. Where did you eat the rest?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier behind him immediately drew his sword and put it against the neck of the city defender.
The city defender was so frightened that his knees went weak and he knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Military Supervisor, how dare I lie to you!"
"During the previous war, the Western Zhou court transferred grain and grass from us. Now we have encountered such a natural disaster, and it is really not enough. If you don't believe me, take people to the granary for a thorough investigation, and you will know it at a glance!"
Xiangying squeezed past Jie Chen and stretched out his jade-white hand to insert it into the rice bag.
She narrowed her eyes.
Is the bottom of the rice wet?
Xie Chen glanced at her and said coldly to the city guard: "No need to check, it will waste time. You arrange a restaurant so that my brothers can take a bath and eat."
The city garrison commander then stood up and said, "No problem, military supervisor, please come in."
They went into the city.
All the houses Xiangying saw were damaged.
Some houses were not built tightly enough and collapsed.
Hundreds of people were crushed to death.
After Xiangying entered the city, he saw government officials dragging the dead away and burying them together.
At the other intersection, several officials were setting up a tent to distribute porridge.
The people affected by the disaster all had sad faces.
The rice soup they brought was similar to what Xiangying and his companions drank in the exile team, clear to the bottom and with very few rice grains.
The city garrison commander did not forget to play the victim: "Look, there is really not enough food. There is little for the military supervisors, and even less for the people."
Xie Chen pursed his lips and said nothing. His cold eyes beneath the mask showed no emotion at all.
The city garrison took them to a private room in a restaurant and ordered the owner to serve them delicious food.
The restaurant was empty except for these few guests.
Xiangying was not here to eat. She was just trying to find an excuse to leave when Jie Chen called her, "Follow me."
She followed him out of the private room alone, and Xie Chen took out a fifty-liang silver note from his pocket and handed it to her.
Xiangying frowned: "What?"
Xie Chen said coldly: "Didn't you say you wanted to buy something for the child? How can you buy it without money?"
Xiangying paused.
She was going to buy it for free, so why would she need money?
But she still took it with a guilty conscience: "I almost forgot. Thank you on behalf of the children."
Jie Chen pushed her shoulders and walked to the window.
He pointed to several shops, some selling cloth and some selling dry food.
"I'll give you half an hour. Come back here after you finish your work."
Xiang Ying's phoenix eyes were filled with ripples: "You won't come with me? Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"
"It's up to you. If you don't care about the child's life or death, just run." After saying that, Jie Chen went downstairs alone, as if he was going to do something else.
Xiangying immediately put the banknotes away and was overjoyed.
How could such a good thing happen?
She was still thinking about how to find an excuse to leave alone, but it was so simple!
Xiangying climbed out of the restaurant's back door without hesitation.
She grabbed a child, took out a piece of brown candy from the space, and exchanged the location of the city garrison's residence with him.
Xiangying ran straight away.
She suspected that the grain had been embezzled by that corrupt official.
There would definitely be nothing in the granary, because the city defenders were afraid of Jie Chen's inspection and must have moved the grain long ago.
In any case, he must have some surplus food hidden at home.
Perhaps because Jie Chen brought people into the city, there were not many people in the city garrison's house, only a few guards and maids.
Xiangying easily climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.
She rolled up her sleeves and tied a handkerchief around her face.
He started to search every house and knock out every person he saw.
When Xiangying kicked open the door of the private vault, he was almost dazzled by the glittering golden gems and pearls.
She knew that the city garrison would not be honest.
So many goodies! Pack them all away!
After packing, Xiangying went straight to the kitchen. The cellar was full of grain bags, even stacked up!
No wonder the two bags of rice she touched before were wet. They were probably taken out from the cellar.
This thief official!
Xiangying took them all without hesitation.
She ran straight to the backyard and knocked out two beautiful concubines.
They packed away the new silks and satins, as well as many pieces of furniture made of golden nanmu wood.
Xiangying was about to leave when he suddenly remembered that he had not searched the study yet.
There must be some treasures.
Relying on her memory, she turned around and ran towards Xiyuan, a place she had never been to.
However, as soon as they entered the West Garden, they saw thick smoke rising from the roof of the study.
Xiangying was stunned.
On Fire?
She quickly ran to the door and was about to go in to check, but someone opened the door from the inside.
A tall, masked man in black came face to face with her, catching her off guard.
When they saw each other, they were both surprised.
Xiangying's eyes turned.
This man was carrying a sack on his back, which was bulging with treasures. No one knew what was inside.
Although he was wearing a mask, his sharp and cold eyes were too familiar.
No way…
Without waiting for Xiangying's confirmation, the man in black had already come to his senses and was the first to throw a punch.
Xiangying immediately stepped back to avoid it, thinking that a fight was going to happen, but the man in black just feinted and then flew onto the eaves with his lightness skills.
He turned around and gave Xiangying a cold look, then nimbly jumped off the roof and jumped to another yard.
Xiangying heard the guards shouting and yelling.
"The assassin is there, catch him!"
The man in black seemed to have led the security guard away.
Xiangying immediately went into the house.
The study was in a mess and the man seemed to be looking for something.
Seeing that there was nothing to take, Xiangying left decisively.
By the time she climbed out of the mansion, there were already five or six fires in the house.
Xiangying turned and ran back to the restaurant.
However, just as I passed a street corner, I saw a middle-aged woman in rich clothes lying on the ground.
She was breathing heavily and sweating profusely. When she saw someone passing by, she immediately reached out with all her strength and grabbed the corner of Xiangying's clothes.
"Save me...save me, and I'll give you a ton of gold..."
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Jie Chen: Wife, aren’t you going to buy something for the kids? Why are you here? Wife, say something!
Xiangying: No one answered the princess' hotline you dialed. Please leave a message after the beep.
(End of this chapter)
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