Chapter 397 - Chapter 397: The Rotund Second Prince

Chapter 397: The Rotund Second Prince

Translator: Henyee Translations | Editor: Henyee Translations

Xiao Ran’s tone was also very disdainful when she found out about this. “As long as they delay for a period of time, they can remove the official position of the prefect here on the grounds that he didn’t exterminate the bandits well.

The Yan Family has done a lot of such things.”

She asked the two of them, “Are you planning to do a good deed today and resolve this trouble for the people?”

“At first, we didn’t have the emperor’s orders and privately mobilized the soldiers to suppress the bandits. Those imperial censors were going to cause trouble for nothing. They were so noisy that my head hurt, but…”

Xiaoxiao’s face was filled with innocence. “But if they were the ones who offended us, can’t we, a general and a prince, fight back when we’re provoked by mere bandits?”

Xiao Ran tapped her little nose. “You’re the smartest!

Hence, when this group of bandits came to kill the “fat sheep” confidently, the leader kicked the scout over in shock and anger—

“You Peking didn’t hear clearly when you eavesdropped. Is what he said tens of thousands of silver acreage? Those are f*cking soldiers!

The bandits’ reverence for the Imperial Court had become weaker after a long time of smooth plundering. However, today, they would personally realize their insignificance and understand how stupid it was for a mayfly to shake a tree.

The bandits who were still alive were sent to the government office. They were either executed or locked up. The prefect was grateful to Xiao Ran for her righteousness. What was even rarer was that she actually returned all the payments to the government office without taking a single cent.

Prefect Yu, who thought that he was clean and honest enough, felt inferior and deeply admired her.

Prefect Yu and the officials were going back to the government office. Xiao Ran was about to continue on her way, but Xiaoxiao suddenly exclaimed, “Eh, what’s that?”

There was still a gray spear lying in the bandit’s treasure vault that had been confiscated. Even though Xiao Ran was not very particular about weapons, she did not take a fancy to it.

However, Xiaoxiao seemed to be very interested. “Mother, don’t Official Yu want it anymore?”

Xiao Ran looked up and down at the long spear that was almost covered in mud. “I think so. This is so old.”

Xiaoxiao hugged the things. “Then let me play with it?”

Xiao Ran felt that there was no problem, Gu Chang’an felt that there was no problem, and Yun Er and Yun San also felt that there was no problem. Rong Yan only had one question. “How many points did you use to exchange it?”

Xiaoxiao whispered to him, “100,000.”

Rong Yan looked at the spear with a burning gaze.

After the others left, only the few of them stayed. Xiaoxiao asked very seriously, “Mother, let’s keep this a secret and not let others know. Otherwise, others will be jealous of you and snatch it from you.”

Xiao Ran didn’t think that such a lousy spear would make others jealous. However, since it was her daughter’s request, she naturally agreed to everything. However, she never expected Xiaoxiao to ask her to get into the carriage mysteriously after she cleaned up the mud and dust on the spear in the carriage for the entire afternoon.

Xiao Ran thought that her daughter was acting sweetly and happily jumped into the carriage. Then, she saw a majestic and cold divine weapon.

Xiaoxiao specially found a discarded piece of cloth and slashed it at the spear tip. After a very soft sizzling sound, the cloth broke into two.

“Mother, what do you think about us calling it the Rising Sun Spear?”

Xiao Ran’s eyes widened. As an expert at using a spear, she couldn’t wait to practice now. She took the spear and shouted, “Ah Yan, come and spar with me. Try my Rising Sun Spear!”

The two martial arts fanatics were evenly matched and could not stop themselves amidst the clanging sounds. Xiaoxiao sat on the shaft of the carriage and swayed her two small feet, looking very relaxed.

The wind in the mountains blew away her slightly long bangs, revealing a pair of closed eyes. Her eyelids trembled and she suddenly opened them, meeting Chernan’s eyes that she did not have time to retract her gaze.

His eyes were filled with amazement, but it was also full of scheming. He was attracted by the sounds of fighting. He did not expect to see Xiaoxiao, who seemed to have changed into a different person after changing her clothes. He also did not expect the words “clothes make the man” to be so reliable. The wild girl really looked like a rich young lady after changing into a skirt. In that case, it was a pity to let her marry his Eldest Brother.

Xiaoxiao didn’t like his gaze and turned around to return to the carriage. Behind her, Yun San’s sword was already on Chernan’s neck. He shouted as if he was afraid that others couldn’t hear him, “Master, General Xiao, Second Prince Xiongnu ran to Miss’ carriage and acted sneakily!”

They still remembered that it was October when they set off for the border. When they returned, it was already autumn. It had actually been almost a year. Before leaving the border, Xiaoxiao cast many sandstorms specially made by the space on the border city. The planting method was also handed over to the soldiers and commoners there. As long as they followed her method, in less than three years, the border city would no longer be a “poor village” that was criticized by others.

When she left, the commoners of the border city, who had received her favor, sent her off. Many of them even had red eyes. Although she repeatedly emphasized that someone would come to buy their sheep and fruits for a long time in the future, everyone was still uneasy about her leaving. They were afraid that once she left, everyone would return to their previous dark days.

She had spent a lot of effort to convince the commoners to be at ease. In the end, it was only when Deputy General Yu, who was staying in the border city, patted his chest and promised that the commoners could bear to watch her leave.

Xiaoxiao felt that the commoners were the simplest people, so she wanted to treat them better. Hence, she did not hesitate to spend a large number of points to specially leave an NPC behind so that she could teleport back at any time and continue to change the soil there.

Recently, she did not hesitate to spend points. Even after exchanging for the Rising Sun Spear, she did not seem anxious.

“After I go back, 1 have to go back to Xijiang County. I think Mother should be giving birth soon.”

Because he had peeped at Xiaoxiao “sneakily” once, Chernan was prohibited from walking around freely and had his meals deducted. If he wanted to eat, he had to buy it himself. Xiao Ran and Rong Yan expressed that they could accept credit, but he had to sign the receipt with their fingerprint as proof. He had to pay it back within a limited time. If he still didn’t pay, they would use the iron ore as payment.

Chernan suspected that they were deliberately targeting him and had reason, but he was hungry.

Ever since they walked along the official road to the town, all kinds of delicacies and exquisite small items had dazzled Chernan’s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

He had long known that Great Xia was prosperous, but hearsay was ultimately different from seeing it with his own eyes. Moreover, the letter sent back to Xiongnu would not tell him what it felt like when the meat buns were just out of the pot. He could not control his desire to spend at all. His wallet was empty after two days.

However, he was a person with principles. It was impossible for him to pawn the iron ore for silver. Absolutely impossible!

“How much ore is one tael of silver?”

His Xiongnu’s personal guards:…

That was how Chernan convinced himself. “Anyway, there will be silver when we reach the Imperial Capital. The iron mine will still be ours.” Hence, when everyone finally saw the entrance of the Imperial Capital, Xiao Ran and Rong Yan also obtained a fresh IOU. Chernan also went from being a lively second prince who was getting fat gradually, to a depressed and chubby second prince who was deep in thought..