"Tell me! What are you planning to do?"
Zheng Ye was eager to try.
God knows, he was almost suffocating with boredom these past few days while Ning Xi'er and Xie Zhun were away!
If he wasn't afraid they would use Ning Xi'er and Xie Zhun's absence as leverage, he would have rushed up and beaten them up long ago!
Ning Xi'er smiled, intending to test him, "What good suggestions do you have?"
Zheng Ye had indeed thought about it in advance, and was just waiting for Ning Xi'er to come out of the space so that they could carry it out together.
"Poison them! Poison them to death!"
Zheng Ye was full of confidence and spoke concisely.
Ning Xi'er shook her head, "No, Yan Lang isn't like those two idiots, Sun Zuo and Meng Yi. Several people were involved in the wrongdoing, and they've all been dealt with..."
If Yan Lang doesn't thoroughly investigate, it will undermine his authority.
After all, Yan Lang had only been there for two months, and for whatever reason, both of his supervisors had died...
If a few more soldiers were to get into trouble, he would not stand idly by, for both moral and legal reasons.
"Are we afraid of him?!"
Zheng Ye didn't care.
Ning Xi'er smiled, jumped up and slapped him, "Kid, your idea is dangerous!"
Believing Ning Xi'er to be omnipotent, he lost his reason, acting recklessly and without considering the consequences...
When has a dignified General Pingnan ever been beaten by a woman?
But Ning Xi'er's actions felt like something only seen at home, like those of a close sister; it felt intimate, yet she also worried about being seen by others...
Zheng Ye carefully looked around and, finding no one watching, calmed down.
He further suggested, "Just like we did with Meng Yi last time, give them a good beating and teach them a lesson!"
Ning Xi'er shook her head again, "It's only treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
Now is the time when there is no king in the mountains. Although there is Yan Lang, according to the village chief and Zheng Ye, those who extort and demand bribes are obviously old hands and scoundrels!
They'll behave themselves after a beating, but later, thinking they have the upper hand and will surely come back to cause trouble for the exiles and villagers...
At present, there are only two things that are most important to Ning Xi'er:
First, we need to help Xie Zhun with rehabilitation so that he can regain his ability to walk as soon as possible;
Secondly, as discussed with Xie Zhun, the goal is to expedite the development of steelmaking and papermaking technologies to help improve the livelihoods of border guards and also accumulate wealth...
They formed an army, purchased equipment, and had the power to confront the enemy head-on.
Before the time is right, appropriate punishment is sufficient; there is no need to overturn the table and break off relations.
Isn't the imperial court the same?
Zheng Ye thought about it and agreed that Ning Xier's analysis made sense.
It's one thing to be inferior to Her Highness, but she's clearly younger than me. In her presence, I'm just an impulsive young man.
"Then what should we do? I'll do whatever you say!"
Zheng Yexin agreed wholeheartedly.
Ning Xi'er smiled, "The only way to solve this once and for all is to make them unable to stay on their own..."
Ning Xi'er put Xie Zhun back into her spatial storage and used her invisibility ability to blend into the barracks.
Fifteen minutes later.
The two guards who were extorting money from Xingming had a sharp knife pressed against their waists while they were going to the outhouse together...
The two were terrified and instinctively wanted to scream for help, but a pill was suddenly forced down their throats...
Before he could react, his neck was grabbed and he was swallowed.
The two were shocked. When they realized what was happening, they tried to pry the pill out, but it had already been swallowed and they couldn't vomit it up even if they gagged.
The two turned around and saw clearly the person holding a knife to their throat.
After infiltrating the barracks, Ning Xi'er released Xie Zhun from her spatial storage.
Only he knew the guards who were in charge of the evil deeds.
Xie Zhun leaned closer and warned in a low voice, "If you want to live, do as I say!"
What I just fed you was poison.
If you dare to try anything funny, you'll be in deep trouble later, don't say I didn't warn you!
The two guards were so frightened that their legs went weak, and they nodded hurriedly, not daring to do anything rash.
A meal is being served in the barracks.
There were nearly two thousand people, and not enough room for everyone to sit down, so they took turns eating.
Those who were closest to the two supervising soldiers had just entered the main hall and were eating around the long table...
Xie Zhun grabbed the two men by the collar and dragged them to the back door, where they were separated by a thin door panel.
Zheng Ye's threat was in place, and Bei Ningxi'er was able to re-enter the space.
She took out two prepared slips of paper, handed them to the two of them, and whispered, "Read them!"
The two supervising soldiers were all bark and no bite, so they dared not act rashly.
Then the person who had just threatened them vanished into thin air, and two slips of paper suddenly appeared in the air. They couldn't see the person, but they could hear "his" voice...
The knife tip was still pressed against my lower back, and I instantly felt like I had seen a ghost!
But the "ghost" looked exactly like one of the exiled prisoners, the one who dared to glare at them!
The two men were already mentally broken, but the sharp point of the knife against their waist instantly brought them back to their senses.
"read!"
Ning Xi'er lowered her voice and reminded her again.
The voice already showed impatience.
The two were filled with trepidation, while Ning Xi'er watched coldly, showing no sympathy whatsoever after half a year.
One can imagine how these people bullied the village chief and the refugees, and how they acted arrogantly and domineeringly while she and Xie Zhun were away!
The person on the left spoke in a voice barely audible, reading out the first word on the note...
Ning Xi'er slapped him across the face, the sound soft but full of threat:
"Look carefully, it's read backwards! He read it first!"
The person on the right trembled, and read out two words with trembling hands...
As expected, Ning Xi'er delivered another heavy slap.
The person looked aggrieved, as if to say, "I didn't misread it..."
Ning Xi'er, who was invisible, lowered her voice and threatened, "Speak louder!"
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