Chapter 330: Chapter 330. Thinking of The Same Thing
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Ji Shuisheng realized that Luo City was heavily guarded. The city guards all had serious expressions on their faces. They were on guard as they went out of the city and entered the city to check carefully. It seemed like something had happened.
No one dared to stop Ji Shuisheng and the others in the Wan family’s military uniform. When the city guard commandant saw the Wan family’s military flag, he hurriedly welcomed them flatteringly. Naturally, they did not have to be interrogated with the commoners.
“General, you have had a tough journey. I am the commandant of the Luo City garrison.”
“Yes, take us to the relay station. Tell your Zhizhou to meet me at the relay station.”
Ji Shuisheng sat steadily on the horse’s back and ordered the city guard commandant with an arrogant expression.
“General, the Zhizhou of Luo City was killed last night, and the Zhizhou government residence was burned to the ground. All the prisoners in the prison have escaped, and the grain in the granary has been moved out. The city guards last night were all killed. It just so happens that General is here. 1’11 have to trouble you to stay in Luo City so that we can have a backbone.”
Luo City’s commandant had a worried look on his face. Luo City was in chaos overnight. He couldn’t bear the responsibility!
“What happened?”
Ji Shuisheng asked in a deep voice. He was here to pick up Su Qing. He did not expect to hear this news. The first thing he thought of was that Su Qing had done this.
“I’m not sure either. Last night, when 1 saw the Zhizhou Manor on fire, I led the soldiers to extinguish the fire. After putting out the fire with great difficulty, I found that the Zhizhou’s entire family had been burned to death, and all the criminals had disappeared. I led people to capture them overnight and brought back some, but Su Hanxuan from the Su Residence and the bodyguards from the Bodyguard Agency had disappeared. 1 suspect that this matter has something to do with Su Hanxuan.”
The battered commandant was angry. His lips were bleeding, and his saliva flew everywhere.
However, he was still astute. He immediately thought of Su Hanxuan.
After all, Su Hanxuan was the wealthiest man in the prison. He had the strength and the appeal. He liked to make friends with people in the martial arts world.
“Is this how you handle cases? The Imperial Court has raised a bunch of trash like you.”
Ji Shuisheng heard him suspect Su Hanxuan, kicked the poor commandant, and sent him tumbling. The Wan Family Army was used to being arrogant. Although the commandant was angry, he did not dare to show his dissatisfaction. He quickly knelt on the ground and admitted his mistake.
“Yes, I was wrong. Please explain yourself.”
“You just said that the granary was robbed. Go and check if there are any bandits in the prison. Were there any disaster victims? Have any suspicious people been entering the city recently? Previously, there was a disaster in the City of Brisk where the victims attacked the yamen and robbed the food in the granary, killing the local governor. Don’t waste time on the wrong path.”
Ji Shuisheng’s face was as dark as water. His dark and deep eyes glared coldly at the commandant. His words stunned the commandant, and he quickly cupped his fists in agreement.
“Yes, I’ll go and investigate now.”
“Alright, General has something urgent to do. Prepare a meal for us and leave after eating.”
Since Su Qing was not in Luo City, and she had rescued the butler and bodyguard, there was no need for Ji Shuisheng to stay in Luo City. He could eat and drink his fill before going to the next stop.
Realizing that he and Qing’er always thought of the same thing, he planned to use the Wan Family Army as a cover to plunder grain from various cities and transport it back to Mo City to feed his soldiers.
He didn’t expect Su Qing to be one step ahead of him. He wanted to see her immediately and ask why she was suddenly fighting with him. When Ji Shuisheng thought of the coldness in Su Qing’s eyes, it turned into gentleness. The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl up.
The moment he thought of Su Qing ignoring him, the tenderness in Ji Shuisheng’s eyes turned into worry. His mood fluctuated, and it all moved with Su Qing.
The commandant hurriedly brought Ji Shuisheng and the others to the courier station and treated them well. Before they left, he even brought some dry rations for them to eat on the way. To let Ji Shuisheng put in a good word for him in front of Prime Minister Wan, he even stuffed a hundred taels of silver into Ji Shuisheng’s hand.
“You want to buy my good words for a hundred taels?” Ji Shuisheng said with disdain.”
He threw the silver notes on the ground with a smack and did not care about them. Seeing Ji Shuisheng like this, the commandant panicked and hurriedly took out a silver note worth five hundred taels and handed it over with both hands.
Only then did Ji Shuisheng take it with satisfaction? Enslaving these corrupt officials who usually acted tyrannically in front of the ordinary people, they still had to be filial to him. Ji Shuisheng felt that pretending to be the Wan Family Army was a great idea.
Ji Shuisheng led the Xiao family’s army out of Luo City and headed straight for Jin City. The Jin City’s guards saw the Wan family’s military flag from afar and went out of the city to welcome them.
While Ji Shuisheng was pretending to be from the Wan Family Army to gather provisions in Jin City, Su Qing was in Mo City entertaining the butler. She slept in the west wing at night with her brother and Xiao Qi.
Xiao Chen hugged Xiao Qi tightly as if hugging a plush toy. The first time Xiao Chen embraced Xiao Qi like this, it felt like there was nothing left to live for. After a long time, she got used to it. She also hugged the cute Xiao Chen and found that she slept soundly with a baby in her arms.
Su Qing lay on her side and looked at Xiao Chen. Her brother looked like an angel when he was sleeping.
Su Qing had heard her mother’s words during the day. She was not interested in the fiance that her father had set for her. She had always been a rebellious person. As long as she was unwilling to do something, no one could force her. What would happen if Ji Shuisheng knew that she had a fiance?
Was he feeling as uncomfortable as she was?
Su Qing turned over in frustration and realized that even looking at her cute little brother could not soothe her mood when she was troubled.
Her thoughts drifted as she thought of the current situation in Mo City.
They had already sent a secret message to Prime Minister Wan that the person who made the great killing weapon had left, but they still did not give up.
This matter was hazardous. She couldn’t stay by her parents ‘side every day. Who could guarantee that things would be able to pass so smoothly next time?
Now that Mo City was the target of public criticism, the Imperial Court and Prime Minister Wan were determined to obtain this great killing weapon.
In the past, the empress and the eldest prince of the Tartan Kingdom still wanted to snatch the great killing weapon. Who knew if the old emperor or the Third Prince had designs on the great killing weapon? Although they appeared to be on good terms with the Tartan Kingdom on the surface, it was hard to know their true intentions.
There were too many people who were thinking about it.
Father and uncle were both in serious cases. If they were recognized, it would be hazardous.
It was time to leave!
But for some reason? The thought of leaving Mo City and Ji Shuisheng made Su Qing’s heart feel like a knife had cut it.
She would get up and soak soybeans if she couldn’t sleep. Tomorrow morning, she would grind soybean milk for her mother, make tofu pudding for her father and her uncle, and make some water and dried tofu.
Eating mutton every day was making people angry. Her mother was still chanting scriptures and had to be a vegetarian. Su Qing planned to make more. If she couldn’t eat the tofu, she could freeze it into frozen tofu. Frozen tofu was even more fragrant than meat.
Su Qing soaked the beans and went to spin wool. It was good to work. There were no worries when she worked. She wanted to weave a wool cloak for her mother to resist the cold in the north.
She worked until dawn, but she was not sleepy at all. The soybeans were almost soaked. She carried the basin to the courtyard and ground the soybeans with a stone mill.
Su Hanxuan was used to waking up early. In the past, when he was doing business, he would wake up after midnight. He didn’t have enough time every day and wished he could live one day as if it were two days.
Seeing his daughter grinding alone in the cold morning, Su Hanxuan hurried over and asked his daughter with concern,
“Qing’er, do you have something on your mind?”
“Father, Mother said you have arranged a marriage for me?”
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