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The Cruel Tyrant CH 028 The Zhang Family Village

Su Mu got up before dawn. As a modern elite white-collar man who worked 9 to 5, Su Mu now felt that his previous life was practically indolent.

The weeds under the eaves still carried dew. As their arrival coincided with the autumn harvest, the Zhang family could be seen to have already collected a lot of grain from the fields.

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There was still some chill in the morning, but Zhang Datong and his daughters-in-law and sons were sweating profusely. They were surprised to see Su Mu wake up so early: “Why doesn’t Gongzi take some more rest?”

Su Mu smiled and said, “Getting up early and going to bed early is key to being healthy.”

This year there was no harvest in the Xijiang area because of the drought. Although other parts of the Qing kingdom were not as affected, the harvest was still reduced by half. Su Mu saw that the grains Zhang Datong collected back were all plump and had an attractive golden yellow luster. He couldn’t help but wonder, and asked: “Laorenjia, the harvest everywhere is not good this year, but why is the quality of your grain so good?”

Zhang Datong’s second son had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a sturdy body and tanned skin. He also had a rather gullible looking face and appeared even more honest when he grinned: “This is a kind of grain my father found in the mountains. The yield is one and a half times higher than ordinary grain. My father spent several years cultivating it before we reached this result.”

Was this, a natural variant of mutagenic seeds?!

Hybrid rice!

Su Mu felt his heart begin to beat quickly, and restraining his excitement, he asked: “How much grain can you harvest per mu of land, laorenjia?” (TN: mu=classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare)

Zhang Datong glared at his son subtly, and said: “This year, one mu of land has probably been harvested for five dan.”

One dan was equal to 150 catties, so 5 dan was 750 catties. Even the best harvest on a mu of land in a good year could not have better results.

“Then what is your highest dan that you collected for a mu of land?” Su Mu asked again.

“Answering Gongzi, more than 6 dan.” Zhang Datong replied calmly.

More than 900 catties!!!

Su Mu felt that his heart was about to jump out.

Su Mu, who realized that he had stumbled on a treasure chest, immediately invited Zhang Datong for a private chat in his room.

On the square table in the main hall, a table of fairly sumptuous dishes had already gone cold.

Yun Feiyu, Liu Xi, Qin Ye, and Lan Lan all sat upright at the table. No one dared to move the chopsticks before the Crown Prince came.

Lan Lan was a little uncomfortable facing the stunning members of the Crown Prince’s harem. Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, she got up and said, “I’m going to heat up the food, Xiao Xi, go and invite the Crown Prince over to eat.”

Liu Xi just wore ordinary black clothes, but he still managed to pull off a seductive beauty. He was tall and slender with long legs, and none of the daughters-in-law of Zhang Datong’s family dared to look directly at him.

As soon as Liu Xi walked near the room where the Crown Prince was, he saw two door gods with expressionless faces standing at guard.

“Is Gongzi still inside?” Liu Xi asked.

Shi Nuo nodded expressionlessly.

Liu Xi said again: “It’s almost past the meal time, so please ask Gongzi if he is ready for the meal.”

Shi Nuo nodded, turned and knocked on the door: “Gongzi, please have your breakfast.”

Inside the room, Su Mu, who was having a great conversation with Zhang Datong, came back to his senses when he heard Shi Nuo’s voice, and found that he was indeed hungry but was too excited to notice.

Su Mu was a little embarrassed and said: “I have been rude.” Then he said to the people outside: “Bring in the food.”

“Yes.” After Shi answered, he went to bring the breakfast over for Su Mu.

Su Mu kept himself and Zhang Datong in the same room for the whole day. If they hadn’t appeared at the table in the evening, suspicions would probably arise that the Crown Prince’s taste had become even more hardcore.

Early the next morning, Su Mu took his attendants and set off again, but he left Shi Nuo behind in the Zhang family village, as well as a few secret guards.

Su Mu’s order to Shi Nuo was to protect Zhang Datong and his family no matter what happened.

This person and these grain, were too important.

In the evening, Su Mu and the others arrived at Jinyang City.

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The dilapidated city walls appeared to have passed a long time since it was last repaired. The soldiers guarding the city oppressed the people with ferocious faces. Suddenly their eyes lit up when they saw several carriages arriving.

A fat sheep had come.

The soldiers exchanged looks and thought tacitly.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 034 Three Person Bed Fight

Nie Bufan stared closely at the little monkey that broke out of its shell. It was only half the size of a palm, its body sticky with fluids and eyes not opened yet. Its limbs were curled and squirmed slightly.

“This……this, this is Wukong!” Nie Bufan poked the little monkey’s forehead with a trembling finger, his eyes flashing bright like searchlights. (TN: Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West)

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At this moment, Zhang Junshi walked in with hot water.

Nie Bufan held the little monkey, took the towel that Zhang Junshi handed over, and carefully wiped the mucus on its body.

Only now did Zhang Junshi see the little thing in his hand and was surprised: “What is this?”

“My son.” Nie Bufan replied without raising his head.

“……This seems to be a female.”

“Then it’s my wife.”

“……” This was too hardcore……actually, what Nie Bufan meant to say was “daughter”, right?

“Where did this little thing come from?” Zhang Junshi asked with puzzlement. He just went out for a short moment, it couldn’t be that a monkey ran into the room at that moment and left this little monkey behind? Regardless of how possible this matter was, what surprised him was that this monkey was too small!

“I don’t know, I picked it up by the window just now.” Nie Bufan answered casually.

After helping the little monkey get clean, he said to Zhang Junshi: “Zhang Third, can you buy me a female dog or ewe that has milk?”

“This is no problem, I will ask someone to do it right away.”

“Thank you.” Nie Bufan smiled brightly and his eyes were full of joy.

Zhang Junshi’s chest where his heart was warmed and he couldn’t help but lean forward and press a kiss on his face. Such a lovely Nie Bufan was really irresistible.

Nie Bufan slapped him away with discontent: “Hurry up, Wukong is starving.”

“Wukong?” Zhang Junshi pointed to the little monkey who was wrapped around Nie Bufan’s finger.

Nie Bufan nodded, raised his hand, and affirmed: “It will be called ‘Wukong’ from now on.”

By noon, the workers brought back a female dog that was currently in the post pregnancy stage.

Nie Bufan had people modify a leather water canteen and filled it with warm milk, feeding the little monkey through a hollow reed tube.

Zhang Junshi watched from the side, his eyes full of tenderness and smiles.

Seeing the little monkey sucking happily, Nie Bufan suddenly said, “I have decided to live here for a few days to facilitate feeding. I will go back when Wukong becomes stronger.”

“Can’t you bring the female dog back to the village?” Zhang Junshi certainly welcomed Nie Bufan living here, but he was sure that Li Yi would come to find him soon, so it was better to return to the village than stay at the restaurant.

Nie Bufan shrugged and said in a disagreeing tone: “You have lived in Chicken Nest Village for so long, haven’t you found that there are no other animals in the village except chickens?”

“This is indeed quite puzzling.” Zhang Junshi remembered that he once lost a donkey in Chicken Nest Village, and it had not been traced back so far. Later, he gave another donkey to Nie Bufan, but it also disappeared without a trace.

“Well, that’s because Chicken Nest Village cannot accommodate other animals for the time being.” Nie Bufan looked at the little monkey in his hand and muttered, “I don’t know if this little guy will be an exception……”

The appearance of the little monkey made Nie Bufan completely forget the fact that he once again lost his chastity, and even more so he completely forgot the dissatisfied hungry wolf that was Li Yi. He only thought about how to raise the little monkey.

It wasn’t until after dinner did Li Yi suddenly appear in front of Nie Bufan.

He came faster than Zhang Junshi expected, and once he came he monopolized the position next to Nie Bufan, looking like an immovable wooden stake.

“Why don’t you go back to the village?” Li Yi asked.

“Because of this little guy.” Nie Bufan showed off the little guy in his hands enthusiastically and with a proud expression.

Li Yi glanced at it from the corner of the eye, and said with disinterest: “If you like it, take it back.”

“I will take it back, but I still have to stay here for a few days.” Nie Bufan was not happy that his daughter was ignored, and he harrumphed, “Tu Beng is in the village, so you won’t be going hungry. You can go back first.”

Li Yi looked at the faint hickey on his collarbone and his expression darkened. He said, “Then I will stay too.”

Zhang Junshi leaned against the door, and said lightly: “Brother Li, my restaurant specializes in food, beverages and meals but does not double as an inn. Could you please move to another place, we do not entertain guests here.”

“I’ll sleep with Bufan.” Li Yi did not feel any embarrassment for essentially being told to piss off, and remained sitting there motionless.

Zhang Junshi raised his eyebrow and said with a smile: “This room where Bufan sleeps is mine. Brother Li does not plan to be the cuckoo that occupies the nest, right?”

“Why not?” Li Yi looked at him directly, with a proud expression that conveyed “I have martial arts, what can you do to me.”

Zhang Junshi’s smile faded away, and once again engaged in a statically charged staring contest with Li Yi.

Nie Bufan simply ignored their turbulent undertones. He lay on the bed, looking at the little monkey next to his pillow, and waved his hand saying, “Sleep wherever, I want to exchange feelings with Wukong tonight. Unrelated idlers shall withdraw.”

Li Yi glanced at the outrageously small monkey and said lightly, “With your sleeping habits, you are not afraid of crushing this little thing to death?”

Nie Bufan glared at him and said with a displeased tone: “What’s wrong with my sleeping habits? I have always slept well and peacefully.”

Zhang and Li both cast contemptuous looks at him at the same time.

Nie Bufan suddenly felt that he had been seriously insulted, and pointed at them: “Okay, let’s sleep together tonight, and see if I am a peaceful sleeper or not!”

Li Yi said sincerely: “En, I will definitely observe you carefully.”

Zhang Junshi said: “I look forward to your performance.”

Nie Bufan suddenly felt like he had dug his own grave, and he muttered: “I have warmed your bed so many times but not only are you not grateful, but you also tried to slander me. The human heart is really unpredictable and sinister……”

But with three people in a bed, nothing would happen, right?

After washing up at night, Nie Bufan put the little monkey on the plush blanket on the bedside table. And to prevent the little monkey from catching a cold he also put a hot water bottle under the plush blanket. The little guy slept soundly so Nie Bufan also relaxed. As soon as he turned around, he saw Zhang Junshi and Li Yi each occupying one side of the bed, leaning on the bedpost and staring at him with bright and alert eyes.

Zhang Junshi patted the empty space in the middle, and smiled: “It’s late, time to sleep.”

Li Yi lifted the quilt and crooked a finger at him.

What happened to these two people? Weren’t they as incompatible as water and fire? When did they become so harmonious and united?

Nie Bufan tilted his head, thinking about the possibility of leaving at this time, and his feet also started to twitch eagerly in preparation for escape.

Both Zhang and Li seemed to have known his thoughts, and at the same time stretched out their hands to drag him on to the bed.

“Aiyo, what are you doing?” Nie Bufan yelled loudly, “Don’t you see that I haven’t prepared myself yet?”

“What preparation do you need for sleep?” Li Yi glanced at him.

“For example, mulling over the urge to pee in advance……”

“Sleep!” Li Yi covered him entirely with a quilt, causing him to look like a human-shaped pupa.

Nie Bufan poked out his head carefully and whispered: “Otherwise, let’s tell stories?”

Zhang Junshi rubbed his head warmly and said: “It’s best you don’t tell any stories, or it will be at your own risk.”

Nie Bufan muttered under his breath, and then tucked his head back into the quilt. Not long after, he felt two warm bodies around him, and then there were two sets of arms wrapping around his chest and waist, one from the left and one from the right.

Nie Bufan was silent for a while, and finally couldn’t help but poke out his head and said: “If we sleep like this, there wouldn’t be any need to wait until tomorrow to know that I can definitely sleep as solid as a rock.”

He simply couldn’t move at all!

Li Yi put his head on top of his head and replied: “You will get used to it.”

Zhang Junshi pressed his face to his neck and said with a smile: “If you feel uncomfortable, just say it. I have always been reasonable.”

I am not feeling well now! Nie Bufan yelled in his heart.

“Okay, go to sleep!” Li Yi put his hand into his shirt, and pretending that it was unintentional he pinched the red bean on his left chest.

Zhang Junshi’s hands wandered down to his abdomen, and his warm breath sprayed on his neck, causing him to tremble.

Nie Bufan endured it for a bit, but still said, “Can I sleep on the outside of the bed?”

“No.” The two refused at the same time.

Nie Bufan looked aggrieved, and like a pitiful little wife he endured the harassment from the two.

There was silence in the room except for the breathing that alternated from slow to quick from the three people.

In the darkness, a salty pig’s hand suddenly grasped Nie Bufan’s vital part. (TN: slang for a groping hand)

Nie Bufan’s breath stuttered, and he tried his best to suppress the urge to yell. Subconsciously he clamped his legs together, but it only clamped that hand in tighter.

He stretched out his hand, pinched a piece of skin on that hand and twisted it fiercely. The next moment the sound of someone letting out a deep gasp sounded in his ears.

Nie Bufan secretly smiled in his heart: Xiaozi, is it so easy to take advantage of me? (TN: xiaozi, or little guy, is a mild insult also used as an affectionate term)

But before he could feel proud for long, another hand wandered around the base of his thigh, as if it was tickling or tempting.

Nie Bufan grabbed the other’s wrist and kicked him warningly.

Suddenly, Nie Bufan felt his body being pulled into the arms of Li Yi and deviated from the middle position. Zhang Junshi immediately hooked his waist, trying to pull him back, but lacked the strength.

Zhang Junshi stretched out his foot, bypassed Nie Bufan, and kicked Li Yi fiercely. Li Yi was not moved, but instead pressed Nie Bufan’s leg to straddle his waist.

Nie Bufan had his back to Zhang Junshi and closely pressed up against Li Yi.

Zhang Junshi squinted his eyes and smiled coldly. He stretched his hand down Nie Bufan’s back, plunged straight into the deep entrance covered by his pants, and sneakily penetrated it with two fingers.

Nie Bufan trembled slightly. Coincidentally it was just as Li Yi covered his lips and blocked his exclaim. He was stimulated on both ends at the same time, which was truly indescribably terrifying.

Nie Bufan twisted desperately, but it caused Li Yi’s fire to soar, and his desire to rise up to press tightly against his abdomen.

He had no choice but to arch his body slightly, but it happened to only make it more convenient for Zhang Junshi behind him.

Zhang Junshi took out his fingers, leaned on his legs and pressed his lower body closer, gently inserting himself into the area that had been expanded just now.

Nie Bufan realized that his situation was not looking so good and wanted to struggle away, but his limbs were all restrained, his lips were also captured, and he could only make a few indecipherable sounds.

Zhang Junshi realized the situation was rarely so convenient. Thrusting forward, he forcefully penetrated into the hinterlands, which had Nie Bufan cry without tears from the sting. In the darkness, there was only a slight sound of flesh on flesh collision.

Li Yi realized that something was not good, so he let go of Nie Bufan’s lips and stretched out his leg to insert between his legs. But it happened to collide with a certain someone’s knee instead, causing the two to grunt at the same time. Li Yi reacted a little faster, and kicked Zhang Junshi away. He then lifted Nie Bufan up, spreading his legs and then slamming him down on his groin, filling up again the area that was just opened up by another.

“Ah!” Nie Bufan finally called out, feeling that he had been penetrated right through.

At this time, Zhang Junshi once again determinedly pressed over, leaving many hickeys on Nie Bufan’s back. He looked a little irritable having not had his desire completely relieved.

Li Yi gained the initiative and began to thrust unscrupulously. The repression of many days worth of dissatisfaction was vented out at this moment. It was like the outbreak of a flood, completely out of control, even almost forgetting the presence of Zhang Junshi on the side.

One would become addicted to Nie Bufan’s taste once they had a sample. Both Zhang and Li have a deep understanding of this, despite the fact that this guy was always so maddening.

“Enough!” Nie Bufan cried out in a strange voice, “Can’t we sleep peacefully? Stop it! I can’t stand it anymore!”

“If your energy isn’t completely drained, how can you sleep well?” Li Yi replied with a husky voice.

“It’s you guys who have too much energy, what does it have to do with me?” Nie Bufan felt aggrieved. He clearly just wanted to sleep. Who knew that three people sharing the same bed wasn’t enough to stop them from turning into beasts! What about morals? What about morals? Are they still there?

“Why doesn’t it have anything to do with you?” Zhang Junshi bit his ear and said in a low voice, “Who let you be so tempting?”

“Is that my fault?” Nie Bufan trembled, “Can you guys be even more shameless?”

“To be honest,” Zhang Junshi sighed, “After I met you, I finally knew that I could be so shameless.”

Li Yi said with deep empathy: “Encountering Bufan will ruin one’s life. In this life, I am afraid that there is no saving me. So Bufan, you have to compensate me for my loss.”

“Your loss?” Nie Bufan’s voice changed key and he said angrily, “Is your loss bigger than mine…… ngh, be gentler!”

I cry without tears, I cry without tears!

“Li Yi, are you finished?” Zhang Junshi’s face was rather dark.

“Ask me again in another hour.” Li Yi continued to exercise unswervingly.

Nie Bufan became irritable, pulling loose an arm he reached downwards and grasped the thing, pulling it hard.

Li Yi was befell with tragedy, his body arching up in unbearable pain.

He was too careless, actually having forgotten Nie Bufan’s powerful destructive power.

Zhang Junshi took advantage and pulled Nie Bufan into his arms.

Nie Bufan darkened his face: “If you dare to go in, I will male it so that you will be impotent in the future!”

Only then did Zhang Junshi dare not move rashly, enduring his straining and painfully swollen desire with difficulty.

Nie Bufan righteously said: “Although the thickness of my skin is comparable to a city wall, but it is not something you can try to puncture casually! You want me to give up my male dignity and obediently let you do things to me, then only in the case that my chickens all become Buddhas!”

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Both Zhang and Li were speechless. What kind of male dignity did he even have? It would just be best to accept your fate obediently, but still you stubbornly struggle to death. Don’t you know that the more you struggle, the more excited the enemy would be?

They have been bent completely, and this guy still want to remain straight? In your dreams!

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After Becoming The Tyrant CH 007 No Money

The Chancellor of the Exchequer still clearly remembered how the King reacted after reading the letter sent by the Kingdom of Bressi a month ago.

At that time, in front of the messenger, he tore the letter to pieces, then smiled and said: “Since Johan has sworn allegiance to me, then it is time for him to die for the great Legrand Empire.”

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The rage and coldness under that smile made one shudder.

20,000 pounds.

Even for the entire Legrand Empire, it was not easy to come up with such a large sum of money. In the reign of King William III, in order to launch a war against Bressi, he once raised one hundred thousand marks (equivalent to 66,000 pounds). That time it took more than seven months.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least two months to raise 20,000 pounds.

However, the Bressi Kingdom only gave one month of time.

——They had no intention of releasing the prisoners of war.

Coupled with the widely circulated claims that General Johan had defected to the enemy and the Duke of Buckingham had a suspicious attitude, the King directly abandoned paying for the ransom of General Johan and only set a time for negotiations with the Kingdom of Bressi.

The King’s attitude was there, and even Grand Duke Grice’s letter of persuasion was useless. It only made the King even more angry, so other officials even more so dared not anger him.

Therefore, more than a month had passed, yet they haven’t even raised a penny, let alone 20,000 pounds.

But who would have thought that with only a few days left before the negotiation and the delivery of the prisoners, the King suddenly brought up the matter. It even seemed as if he had changed his mind and planned to pay for General Johan’s release.

The Chancellor almost wanted to kneel down for his capricious King.

“Two months?”

The King tapped the armrest with his fingers.

“How much is there in the treasury?”

The Chancellor’s forehead was covered with cold sweat. He carefully observed the King’s face and replied tactfully: “Your Majesty, in order to resist the invasion of the Bressi Kingdom, we have spent a lot of money in April, and even raised the exemption from military service tax……”

“Where is the royal treasury?”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked like he would begin trembling at any moment, and his voice became even smaller: “Your Majesty, you built two royal castles in the west and the north some time ago……”

The King remembered.

The Legrand Empire had an eventful year this year, with riots in Newcastle in the north and Nordover in the west at the end of last year. After suppressing the rebellion, in order to strengthen the rule of these two places, Pureland began building a castle belonging to the royal family each in these two locations. In order to build the castle, the supervision of the royal forest area was even increased.

Excellent.

The King thought expressionlessly.

How about he just let General Johan make a sacrifice for the country.

“What about my private territorial income?”

This part was regarded as the King’s own personal income. His question obviously meant that the King intended to pay for General Johan’s release at his own expense. The Minister was surprised.

He reported on the income of the several territories directly under the King. Although the amount was considerable, the King’s daily extravagant life was obviously also very expensive——in these three days, the money that could be mustered up urgently was only a few thousand pounds.

The King pressed his forehead.

It might be a side effect of rebirth, but now his head was beginning to ache.

“What is the income of my uncle’s territory?”

He asked casually.

Of course, he did not expect to see the Duke of Buckingham, who practically lived like an ascetic monk and did not value pleasure, to have much in his pockets. He even suspected that the Duke had used most of his income to fill the pit that was military expenses.

However, the answer was still shocking to the King.

The Duke simply could not make ends meet.

“That’s it, Your Majesty.”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied.

“According to facts, Lord Duke is one of the biggest creditors of the royal family.”

Legrand was practically in the midst of chaos when Pureland was still a babe. The King, who was still a baby, worried the nobles of many vassal states——in this era, babies faced too many risks growing up, especially when this baby was the Emperor of 36 vassal states.

It was the Duke of Buckingham who had repeatedly paid out of his pocket and used huge loans to support the royal family’s finances.

Then, soon after the King officially came of age, rumors that the Duke of Buckingham was unwilling to hand over power arose. At this time, the Duke of Buckingham did something unexpected——he burned all those certificates of indebtedness.

The King pressed his forehead so hard that his finger joints turned white.

The Chancellor took a peek at the young King, only to see him have his hand on his forehead, covering his eyes. The Chancellor could not make out the King’s mood at this time.

There was silence in the room for a long time.

“Excellent.”

The King mustered up his energy.

“Prepare for negotiations and start raising money.”

Hearing about raising money, the Chancellor immediately got a not-so-good hunch.

“I remember that the inheritance rights of the nobles are controlled by me.”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer had already started to stutter: “Yes……yes……yes, that’s correct.”

“Then let those heirs pay taxes for their titles.”

“Your Majesty……”

The cold sweat gathering on the Chancellor’s head instantly fell down to the floor. There was nothing wrong with the King ordering this. According to the charter signed by the nobles at the time of the King’s coronation, the King had the right to rule on succession of titles——but this was generally used when the succession conditions of two heirs were similar.

However, listening to the King at this moment, he clearly wanted all the major and minor nobles with inheritance rights to take out all the money in their pockets.

In this way, even the legitimate eldest son who was originally sitting firmly in the position of heir would become restless.

Obviously, their brothers would be very willing to give a large sum of money to the royal court, so as to obtain the ruling of “everything by business”——whoever bid higher would inherit and take the title from their eldest brother.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer could already imagine how many nobles in the country would be glaring at the roses in their gardens while cursing the King for his insidiousness.

But for Zhu Chi, there was no alternative.

Legrand’s current situation was too disastrous. Various complicated factors were involved and he did not have enough time to sort it all out. According to the answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pureland had exploited civilians at least three times in the past two years. If he directly increased the tax burden on civilians, then the people’s riots would not be far off from now.

He would rather face the rebellion of some nobles than the riots from the civilians.

Of the two, the latter was the real devastating blow.

And one could not forget that the Duke of Buckingham was not executed. So long as the old Duke was still alive, those nobles who wanted to rebel have to weigh their chances carefully.

“Must this really be done?”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked with a little hope.

“You tell them.” The King said calmly, “Either pay or go to the frontlines.”

Alright, any hope was completely extinguished now.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought with despair.

——As the conveyer of the King’s will, he was afraid that he would have to bear some infamy.

…………

Upon learning that the King had ordered a ransom to be raised, the Duke of Buckingham also came to see the King.

“I know what you are going to say.”

Before the old Duke could speak, the King blocked his words.

“But Johan is not only your son, my brother, but also the general of the Legrand Empire, the dignity of the Rose Family. Most importantly——”

The King paused.

“I need to know the truth about the Battle of Keven and who betrayed me.”

Anger infused through his ice-blue eyes.

The Duke of Buckingham remained silent.

…………

At the same time, the day of the negotiations was approaching.

They began to prepare to set off for the negotiation site, close to the city of Truu on the front.

The Duke of Buckingham originally planned to go with him, but Zhu Chi had other concerns.

He was not at ease about the current situation in the Legrand Empire, and he did not trust those nobles to be obedient during the time he went to the frontlines. So he entrusted the Duke of Buckingham to return to the palace in the heart of Legrand and temporarily replace him in being in charge of government affairs.

Before leaving, Zhu Chi recalled something.

That owner of Mohn Castle, Earl Walter.

He had not come to see the King for a long time.

“Why, does he think the three days I granted were too much time?”

Zhu Chi sat in the carriage and asked softly.

The Master of Households hurriedly left to find Earl Walter.

After waiting for about an hour, he rushed back to report with a pale face.

“Your Majesty……”

“Speak.”

“The Earl has committed suicide.”

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The air seemed to have also been frozen by the cold of midwinter.

“Suicide?”

Inside the carriage, the King laughed cryptically.

The procession that was about to leave stopped.

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After Becoming The Tyrant CH 006 Twenty Thousand Ransom

Viscount Moore was an aristocrat from the north.

Before being conquered by Pureland’s great-grandfather, the northern part of the Legrand Empire was regarded as “barbaric land.”

In the twelfth century before the Western Continent came to be, there was an invasion by oversea barbarians. However, the tide-like invasion only lasted less than a hundred years before they disappeared. The northern part of the Legrand Empire had been occupied by barbarians since then. It was not until later that the descendants of the barbarians gradually merged with Legrand, but still their language and customs were deeply influenced by the barbarians’ traditions. Their pronunciation was much more rough and they valued simplicity and practicality.

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Because of this, aristocrats from the north have always been ridiculed in the palace.

When Viscount Moore explained the assassination plan, the King had already noticed that his style of speech and expression were very concise——in the words of the nobles in the central and eastern regions, it was “vulgar as a peasant”.

However, the last couple of sentences that Viscount Moore said just now could be called elegant, and especially the last part “lifetime of effort for you and for the Legrand Empire” was a typical palace expression influenced by the Holy Church.

This was not what an authentic northern aristocrat like Viscount Moore would use.

——Unless someone said this to him recently.

Moore was taken aback by the King’s sudden questioning. He didn’t even understand how the King knew such trivial things.

“Who said it?”

The King’s tone became steely, and like the old Duke of Buckingham just now, his face seemed to have on a cold iron mask at this time.

“Carl, Carl Roy.”

Moore muttered, he also began to realize something.

“He is a traveling merchant.”

“Arrest him. Immediately.”

……………

Today’s Mohn Castle was plagued by disasters.

At seven o’clock in the morning, the owner of the castle, Earl Walter, was almost exiled on the spot, and in the afternoon, under the King’s command, the soldiers in the entire Mohn territory became busy again. All the traveling merchants in the territory were detained and only released after verification of their identities.

By the evening, the castle was shrouded in oppressive darkness.

The sound of wood burning in the fireplace was clearly audible. The King was sitting not far from the fireplace, but his face was mostly in the shadows.

Just now, the Master of the Households delivered a report from the defense army: they found three traveling merchants named “Carl”. There was only one who fit with Viscount Moore’s description of having “talked with them just the night before.”

——When the soldiers broke in, he decisively drew out his dagger and cut his throat cleanly.

The room was filled with horrible silence. The three knights knelt on the carpet with gray faces and lowered their proud heads.

They had a drink together in the inn some time ago. When drunk, it was inevitable that they had said some complaints. At that time, the traveling merchant was next to them, and he said that line casually. But God knew what had befallen then, maybe it was resentment, maybe it was the devil, but for some reason that sentence became deeply rooted in their minds.

Later, they heard the traveling merchant exclaim, “It would be good if there were brave members of the religious order, but unfortunately the heroes are dead”——the popular play at that time was on a story about the pagan tyrant Caligula being assassinated by a member of the religious order.

In short, it was after that day that they planned the assassination.

After explaining everything, Moore no longer dared to look at the King’s expression. The knights realized a terrible thing: someone had carefully prepared this series of conspiracies.

Their vengeance, which they had believed to be an act of bravery and heroism, was in fact playing into the hands of the vicious enemy.

The silence in the room was too heavy for people to breathe. The King did not speak, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Moore leaned down, his forehead pressed to the carpet, and said with repressed shame: “We have committed an unforgivable sin, and we are willing to pay the price of our lives for our mistakes. But, Your Majesty! There is a problem with the Battle of Keven! General must have fallen for a conspiracy.”

The Battle of Keven was the battle in which the son of the old Duke had led the expedition to the Kingdom of Bressi a month ago.

According to the report sent back to the palace, the Duke’s son, the young General Johan, was negligent despite the food and weapons supply being sufficient. He did not take the enemy’s vanguard seriously, and ended up losing the Moon River Fortress at the eastern border of Legrand at the end of July. The loss of Moon River Fortress directly led to the complete defeat of the battle.

“Are you pleading for him?”

The King looked down at the three knights kneeling on the ground, his tone slightly mocking.

“Three people who are about to die and yet try to intercede for others.”

“I pledge with the honor of my family that General Johan is definitely not a person who will make the mistake of underestimating the enemy!”

There was no blood left on Moore’s face, but he still gritted his teeth and made the vow.

“So long as any word I have spoken is a lie, everyone in the Briou Family will burn in the pits of hell forever!”

“The matters after death fall under the jurisdiction of the Holy Spirit.” The King said lightly, “In my opinion, things like eternity in hell are not worth a penny.”

His words caused the three knights to fall into despair.

“But——” the King’s tone changed. He looked at the three knights who suddenly raised their heads. “The diplpmatic mission will arrive on the 21st. Like the fool Earl of Mohn, you have three days. I want to see a detailed report of the battle you participated in——from the deployment of every soldier, the direction of every flag, every longbow, every piece of grindstone for sharpening swords to every bag of grain flour, every piece of cheese prepared……use these things to prove to me that your general really did his best to prepare for this war.”

To request such a report in such a short period of time could be considered quite harsh.

But the King did not mean to be tolerant.

“If you can’t do it——”

The King leaned forward, and his silver hair almost fell on Moore’s cheek. His soft voice pierced into his ears——sounding even more full of mockery than if he were to make severe orders.

“Then this self-proclaimed noble spirit of sacrifice is nothing but that.”

As expected, he saw the knights showing an expression of anger——no knight could calmly face this insult to their character.

“Of course, for now, you don’t have such a thing as a knight’s chivalry.”

The King straightened up and leaned on the crimson velvet chair, arms propped up on the armrest and pale fingers crossed, the fingertips pressing against each other lightly.

The faces of the three military officers flushed.

At the side of the King, that same delicate crossbow remained.

“The financial department of the royal family will assist you. But whether the task can be completed is up to you.”

He said in a soft but fear evoking tone.

“Go, prove to me that he is innocent.”

When Moore and the others stood up, they saw the King smiling cryptically under the flickering lights of the fire: “Now, his life is in your hands.”

This was a threat.

…………

The three knights left, leaving the King alone in the room.

He sat quietly by the fireplace, and the light from the flames outlined the delicate contours of his face.

Zhu Chi didn’t care whether he could find out the reason from the report.

No one knew the army better than an officer who had been promoted from the bottom. What he wanted to do was to gain an initial understanding of Legrand’s imperial army objectively and without being deceived.

Standing high and removed.

There were too many heavy and vision impairing screens around the King.

Perhaps someone like the old Duke who had survived decades of battle on the battlefield could be more certain of the situation in the army, but Pureland?

Forget it, if three out of the ten sentences he heard were truthful then he should be thankful for the conscience of the nobles and ministers for not whitewashing or exaggerating.

After a while, Zhu Chi came back to himself from having fallen into contemplation.

He looked at the snow outside the window and was silent for a while. He then had the Master of the Households bring the old Duke of Buckingham a brand-new cloak befitting of a Duke.

………………

The old Duke unfolded a scarlet cloak. The cloak was made of soft snow fox skin and was excessively expensive. But this was not what the Duke cared about.

With his thickly callused hands from years on the battlefield, he gently stroked the rose pattern embroidered with gold thread on the cloak. The rose was the symbol of the Legrand royal family.

“My little Pureland.”

The old man sighed softly.

Strictly speaking, he had accepted and held his infant nephew from the hands of the Queen earlier than even his brother William III. At that time, his elder brother was still fighting the rebel parties. It was he who guarded the newborn heir for his brother.

The Duke of Buckingham took off his dark robe and draped the cloak with the Rose Family pattern on him.

He was very happy that he could serve his little King again.

…………

The King’s ministers soon arrived in Mohn.

Obviously, the King’s capricious behavior of sneaking out of the palace this time made these ministers very troubled. But the matter regarding the Duke of Buckingham had them unable to admonish the King. They also joined the task of organizing the war report.

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But one person alone was summoned by the King.

As soon as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, still covered in dust from the travel, stepped in, he heard the King’s words:

“How long will it take to raise 20,000 pounds?”

His vision went dark and he almost stumbled.

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Bird Dude Nie Bufan CH 033 Hatching Of An Egg (Or Zhang Third’s Strategy)

The next day, Li Yi left Nie Bufan’s room with a face looking like he had constipation. In a short period of time, it was likely he would not be coming over again.

When Zhang Junshi learned of the situation, he laughed unkindly, something that was seldom of him. Who let that man knock him out? He could only send him three words: served you right!

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Nie Bufan was no longer in danger of losing his chastity so his days were lived in a disgustingly happy manner. He no longer had any troubles so that meant the Tian Nu, Si Chenyu, Chen Muran, Li Huai and others all met with troubles. Often they would be harrassed inhumanely, unable to sleep well or eat well, and having to always be on guard of flying feathers.

Si Chenyu said to Li Yi and Zhang Junshi: “I notice you have a good relationship with him, so can’t you control him a bit?”

Li Yi’s face was cold, and black anger emitted from all over his body.

Zhang Junshi smiled as gentle and pleasant as a spring breeze, and promised that he would do some damage control.

That day, Nie Bufan came back from getting fresh air, and suddenly saw an egg next to his pillow.

He thought it strange, under his training the hens had not laid eggs on his bed for a long time. What’s up with this one today?

He stretched out his hand to pick it up, and a warmth radiated from it. Something seemed to be beating in the egg, slowly and powerfully.

Was this a fertilized egg? The chicken inside had taken shape?

Nie Bufan took the egg and held it up against the sun, it was rather dim and unclear.

He randomly stuffed the egg into his pocket and prepared to find a brooding hen to incubate it.

At this moment, Zhang Junshi walked in and said with a smile: “Bufan, are you free? How about going to the restuarant with me?”

“What’s up?”

“Didn’t you sell me the tea egg recipe last time? The restuarant has already made the first batch according to the recipe. I don’t plan to sell this batch. I want to take you to try it out instead.”

“Oh, so that’s it. Okay, let’s go. If we hurry, we can come back before night.” Nie Bufan pulled Zhang Junshi and walked out of the house.

It just so happened that Li Yi went to visit Si Chenyu at his place, and he would definitely not come to keep an eye on him for a while.

When the two arrived at the Zhang family restaurant, the waiter had already peeled the tea eggs and put them in the room, and even had a pot of good wine and plates of appetizers placed on the side.

“How is it? Is the taste okay?” Zhang Junshi asked.

Nie Bufan nodded and said, “En, it’s much better than what I made.”

Zhang Junshi smiled and said, “That’s because we use more ingredients. Come, have some more.”

Nie Bufan was not courteous with him either, his chopsticks moved like they were flying, and occassionally he would clink his wine cup from time to time with Zhang Junshi, all the while making small talk about life.

By the time they were full of wine and food, night had already fallen. Stars could be seen outside the window, and there were few pedestrians on the road.

“Will you stay here tonight?” Zhang Junshi suggested casually.

Nie Bufan leaned against the window with drunken eyes and murmured an affirmative.

Zhang Junshi’s eyes flashed, and he went out and ordered his workers to prepare water.

In the guest room, there was an oval wooden tub big enough for one or two people to bathe in. Of course, it was not as good as the bath at Nie Bufan’s place, and could only soak half of the body.

Nie Bufan undressed and walked unsteadily behind the screen. Zhang Junshi was right next to him, when he suddenly saw an egg falling out of his clothes, he hurriedly caught it, and put it on the bedside table together with his clothes.

Nie Bufan was confused, thinking he was at his own house, and was ready to jump inside when he saw the water. If Zhang Junshi’s eyes and hands weren’t quick enough, he would have definitely caused a catastrophe. Zhang Junshi looked at his charmingly naive countenance and couldn’t help kissing him on the cheek, then he lifted him into the tub. He himself stepped into it naked as well.

“Bufan.” Zhang Junshi whispered in his ear.

Nie Bufan rubbed his arms and muttered, “Zhang Third, I feel dizzy.”

“It’s okay, you’ll be fine after awhile.” Zhang Junshi picked up a towel to help him wipe his body, but this guy was not compliant at all, his body twisting restlessly, and even singing a raunchy song loud and out of tune. It caused Zhang Junshi to become quite agitated.

“Bufan, I won’t be able to hold back if you keeping moving.” Zhang Junshi warned.

Nie Bufan suddenly sat upright with a solemn expression, and pointed at him, “If it’s more than one can bear, then one don’t have to bear it anymore!”

“……” Well then, you said it.

Zhang Junshi stared at him with scorching eyes, then pressed him against the side of the bucket and kissed his lips deeply.

The two were entangled in the slightly narrow tub, their bodies pressed tightly, and even the gradually cooling water could not suppress the turbulent flames.

Zhang Junshi retracted his tongue from Nie Bufan’s mouth, bringing out a silvery strand of saliva. He kissed down his chin, neck, Adam’s apple, collarbone……lifting the other up by the waist, he then moved to capture the cherry red on his chest, twisting and sucking.

“Ah……Zhang Third, you……” Nie Bufan’s mind was a little fogged, but his body’s sensations constantly stimulated his nerves and caused him to blush and his heartbeat to speed up.

Zhang Junshi did not speak, arching Nie Bufan’s whole body out of the bath tub so that it was lying flat on the cloth mat beside the tub.

“Tonight, you belong to me.” Zhang Junshi positioned his desire between his legs, rubbing lightly, as he also kept stimulating the sensitive spots all over Nie Bufan’s body with his hands.

Nie Bufan felt like a fish thrown on the beach, dry, hot, and gasping hard.

The “fisherman” sharpened his knife in eagerness, first steaming him, then spreading some sauce, and then finally taking a bite.

“Ah! No!” Nie Bufan seemed to suddenly come back to himself, startled all over. He raised his foot and pressed it to Zhang Junshi’s lower abdomen to prevent him from entering.

Zhang Junshi pushed his feet away at will, and consoled: “Don’t be afraid, although this is my first time, I will definitely be gentle.”

“It doesn’t seem to be a matter of whether it’s the first time or not the first time.” Nie Bufan trembled, “We’re both men, what’s so great about doing it?”

“Oh? Then you let Li Yi in your bed?”

“Don’t, don’t get me wrong, it was an accident.”

“Oh? Really?” Zhang Junshi smiled, “Actually, this is also an accident. You are drunk and I am drunk.”

“……Does being drunk mean letting loose the beastly nature?”

“Obviously.” Zhang Junshi held his hips and went in a little more.

Nie Bufan leaned back on the ground with his elbows, trying to slip out of Zhang Junshi’s arms. But as he inched back, the other also inched further. The both of them had already moved more than two meters and still remained intimately connected.

Nie Bufan was powerless and looked at Zhang Junshi pitifully.

Zhang Junshi had always been gentle, but at this moment he became uncharacteristically determined, and no longer gave Nie Bufan time to struggle. He clamped down on his waist and with a deep thrust he bottomed out.

“Ah! It hurts!” Nie Bufan slapped hard at the man on him.

Zhang Junshi was actually very nervous, and his heart was beating very fast. It wasn’t until after he entered that the feeling of ecstasy down to his bones finally registered and giving him a great shock.

He sighed slowly, breathing heavily.

This……truly put one’s tolerance to the test! This thought came to both of them at the same time.

Looking at each other, like coming to a tacit understanding, a wave of fierce collisions began.

Nie Bufan had now arrived at a state where he had nothing else to lose, throwing all morals to the wind. He was already at this point. If he continued to restrain himself, then what kind of a man would he be!

With the excuse of being drunk, he put aside his scruples, relaxed his body, and accepted the other as much as possible.

“Ngh……” It was too deep. Nie Bufan moaned.

“Be quieter.” Zhang Junshi gasped in his ear and said, “The walls have ears.” (TN: idiom for thin walls or possible listening ears)

“Ah……nhh……” Nie Bufan moaned louder.

Zhang Junshi immediately kissed him, raised his leg, and thrusted in heavily.

Nie Bufan’s eyes widened, his cheeks flushed.

A smile flashed in Zhang Junshi’s eyes, and his movements slowed down.

The two of them rolled to the other side of the mat, indulging in the pleasure to their heart’s content, their suppressed moans and intermittent sounds of slapping flesh filled the room.

This night was doomed to be sleepless……

Nie Bufan only woke up when the sun was already high up the next day. He immediately felt a splitting headache and his body sore and weak.

His upper body was covered in hickeys, and except for a slight tingling in the private parts, it didn’t hurt as much as the first time. In fact, Li Yi couldn’t be blamed for his poor technique. It was the first time, and he also chose to take Nie Bufan when he was sober. Nie Bufan’s ability to act outlandish when he was sober was something too hard for ordinary people to win up against. His ability to complete the process was already considered an extraordinary talent, and yet you hoped that he would be tender?

On this matter, Zhang Junshi was more clever. He first tricked Nie Bufan into coming along with a flawless reason, and then calmly used the wine and dishes to lower his guard. After he was full and tipsy, naturally his guard would also be completely down.

At this time, whether Nie Bufan was a spirit demon or a ghost, either way he could only wait to be eaten by him, and even gaining the ultimate enjoyment.

Just when Nie Bufan was grimacing, Zhang Junshi walked in with a smile.

“You……” Nie Bufan pointed at him, eyes like knives.

“Does your body still hurt?” Zhang Junshi sat on the edge of the bed, pulled his hand down, and said warmly, “Do you want to sleep some more?”

“Don’t wanna sleep anymore.” Nie Bufan shook off his hand and said with full vigor, “Am I such a fragile person? That I would be knocked down in one night!”

Zhang Junshi’s eyes were piercing, and he smiled and said, “Then it seems we can continue tonight.”

Nie Bufan choked and said with his head hanging down: “Zhang Third, I was drunk and you were drunk too, so the beastly nature presented itself, and led to such a result. Why dont we pretend it didn’t happen?”

En……” Zhang Junshi touched his chin and pondered, “Alright, we can do it everytime we get drunk, and forget it everytime we do it, how about it?”

Nie Bufan looked at him slantingly and said with disbelief: “Zhang Third, are you still Zhang Third? Are you still my gentle and pure brother Zhang Third?”

“Of course I am.” Zhang Junshi smiled gently as always, and said smoothly, “Don’t think too much, I will be responsible for you to the end.”

“I don’t need you to be responsible.” Nie Bufan said horrified, “I still want to marry a wife and have children, and raise children to guard against old age.”

Zhang Junshi patted his head and said seriously: “It is better to do less daydreaming.”

“……”

“Okay, I’ll have someone to prepare hot water for you to freshen up. Let’s go and eat together after you clean up.” Zhang Junshi placed a kiss in between his eyes, then got up and left.

Nie Bufan fell on the bed, rolling around while wolf howling. How was it that he had guarded against Li Fourth but forgot Zhang Third?

Wait, that’s not right! Nie Bufan sat up. Why didn’t Wang Shichan appear this time? Was his attitude towards others dependent on the person? Be alert with Li Yi, but ignore Zhang Junshi?

Could he have eavesdropped the whole night?

Nie Bufan scanned the surroundings vigilantly, only letting out a relieved sigh when he made sure that there was no suspicious figure around. Could it be that Wang Shichan didn’t follow him at all?

Nie Bufan simply forgot. Back then he had said personal protection “in the village”. With Wang Shichan’s meticulous personality, he would absolutely follow a prescribed pattern to the letter.

He put on his clothes angrily and decided to use the scriptures as toilet paper after he went back.

At this moment, there was a sudden click that sounded in his ear, as if something had cracked.

Nie Bufan followed the direction of the sound and saw a crack in the shell of the egg on the bedside table.

He leaned forward in surprise, and murmured: “This way can also hatch a chick?”

Although eggs could be hatched artificially, it still needed to have the right temperature, and it was absolutely impossible to hatch if they were exposed to air below 20°C for a long time.

But looking at this situation, the chicken was indeed breaking its shell.

Nie Bufan widened his eyes and stared at the egg’s changes intently. As the egg shell slowly fell off, a fluffy thing was gradually exposed.

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This was……a monkey? A monkey born from an egg?

Nie Bufan was stunned!

AN: “The Secrets of Chicken Nest Village”

Fifth, if the fertilized eggs in Chicken Nest Village are hatched outside the village, they will restore the original form of the mother. And unless they are chickens, animals born outside will no longer turn into chickens when they return to the Chicken Nest Village.

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The Cruel Tyrant CH 027 Departure

When Su Mu woke up, he found himself entangled with another naked person, but his body was feeling clean and refreshed. When looking for a lover, he always preferred the other to be willing, so when he saw Yun Feiyu’s quiet sleeping face, he felt a bit guilty.

Carefully, he pulled away the hand that Yun Feiyu had placed on his waist, and lifted the quilt as gently as possible to get up.

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Dawn had yet to break. Su Mu casually put on the single robe that he wore yesterday, and summoned the servants outside the door to serve him in washing and dressing. As early as when she heard that the Crown Prince was staying at Feiyu Pavilion, Yuzhu had his court clothes prepared and waiting in Feiyu Pavilion.

After Su Mu left, Yun Feiyu slowly opened his eyes. This person was completely different from what he remembered. Even Yun Feiyu almost believed that they were completely different people, but the Crown Prince’s bare body was completely exposed to him and he could tell clearly that this was indeed the same person.

The passionate scenes from last night appeared in his mind, and he once again stifled the budding emotions in his heart.

Su Mu sat on the icy chair and looked down on the officials, saying: “Ben Gong is unwell. During this period of two months, the six Ministries will jointly discuss the affairs of the government. When making major decisions, more than half must agree……”

After Su Mu had explained everything, the officials underneath were all shocked and confused. The Crown Prince wanted to suspend morning assembly for two months. What was the Crown Prince planning to do?

Unwell? The Crown Prince had been poisoned so many times in assassination attempts and yet was still alive and kicking. That he would feel ill, who would believe this completely unreliable excuse!

An old official came out, and it was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Appointments, Yun Jing: “If Your Highness is unwell, then certainly there is a need to call the imperial doctor. But the imperial court can’t be without Your Highness!”

Other officials also spoke up in agreement. The Crown Prince had just moved towards a change for the better so naturally, some people wanted him to keep it up. But there were more flattering sycophants with bad intentions.

“His Royal Highness is unwell, and just wanted to take a break. What intentions are you people harboring for not allowing His Highness to rest? Could you be trying to plot and bring harm to His Highness?”

“You! Making deceptive remarks to delude the public, according to this crime you should be put to death. Your Highness, chen implore you to see clearly.”

Su Mu looked at the chaotic hall that resembled a vegetable market, and his face darkened. Suddenly he shouted, “Shut up.”

As if the pause button was pressed, everyone in the hall fell silent immediately.

A sharp gaze swept over the officials with their heads bowed and saying nothing, and said: “What do you take this place for, look at yourselves and see whether you are any different from the market shrews.”

After a pause, Su Mu said: “If Ben Gong must do everything personally, what is the use of feeding you? Ben Gong has set up a supervisory department that will be operating unseen, and if you know what’s best, all of you should avoid making any trouble.”

After Su Mu dealt with all matters, he took his attendants and departed the city overnight.

The sweet singing of birds accompanied by the fragrance of flowers awakened Su Mu. He lifted the curtain and asked Shi Nuo who was driving the carriage: “Where are we?”

“Answering Your Highness, we are already close to Jinyang City, and it is expected that we’ll arrive at noon.”

Su Mu nodded. He returned to the carriage and closed his eyes to rest, a simple world map appearing in his mind.

Suddenly the carriage stopped without warning, Su Mu poked out his head and asked, “What happened?”

Shi Nuo’s whole body was on complete guard and said: “Answering Your Highness, several corpses have appeared in the front of the road, seeming to have starved to death.”

Although he had ordered the distribution of food and disaster relief, but with the pitiful savings in the treasury of Qing kingdom, it was only a drop in the bucket. Traveling the whole way and being witness to the situation of the people, Su Mu felt both chilled and horrified.

No matter how much skills he had, he had just been a young man living in a peaceful world. He had never seen so many deaths in front of him, and these people were his citizens.

Su Mu took a deep breath and said, “Cremate them.”

Towards corpses found on the road, Su Mu passed the order for corpses that were left unhandled to be cremated.

Su Mu didn’t want the people to face a plague as well when they were already tormented by hunger.

After a while, Shi Yan appeared in front of Su Mu, with a serious expression: “Your Highness, there is a large number of refugees’ bodies in the woods. There are probably thousands of them, and there are also many corpses piled up in several places deep in the woods.”

Su Mu’s face darkened and he said, “Go and find out what’s going on.”

It was definitely not just because of hunger that so many corpses were all concentrated here. Su Mu ordered to continue onwards and to meet in the next village.

The golden sun was high up in the sky, shining down on the old leafless trees in front of the village. A few naughty children could be seen throwing mud under the trees.

A child covered in mud suddenly stopped and pointed at the village entrance: “What is that?”

Hearing this, the other children followed where he pointed.

A chubby child exclaimed: “It’s a carriage!”

The small village was right next to the official road and often there would be travelers staying the night. The children were not afraid of strangers and several pairs of bright eyes stared at the carriage curiously.

Su Mu’s refined and flawless face appeared in the eyes of this group of mud children. But in the eyes of a group of children, Su Mu was only slightly different from other people. They were more concerned about the amount of mud on their companions.

“Children, are your parents here?” Su Mu asked with a genial smile.

A sturdy, dark-skinned child replied loudly: “Yes, I will call the village head.”

After finishing talking, he disappeared in front of Su Mu like a gust of wind, and the other children also ran into the village.

Su Mu watched the group of children rushing away, and couldn’t help but think of his childhood. He was once just as innocent. It’s just that people cannot avoid experiencing misfortunes along with the blessings. He wondered if anyone was still going to sweep the graves of his parents.

Yun Feiyu, Liu Xi, and Qin Ye also got out of the carriage one after another. When they saw Su Mu’s pleasant behavior to a group of children their reactions were all different.

Lan Lan pulled at her eldest son and signalled at him. Liu Xi felt rather awkward but then remembered what Lan Lan had said before departing so he walked towards Su Mu.

Lan Lan looked at her son’s slender and straight back and smiled bitterly. How could she not want her son to start a family, marry a wife and have children. But in their situation, having completely offended the powerful figures of Shi kingdom and Wu kingdom, who else could they rely on but the Crown Prince?

However, the most important thing was that the Crown Prince’s martial prowess was formidably strong and his methods cruel and vicious. It was likely that Liu Xi would not be able to escape the Crown Prince’s “devilish claws” in this life, so Lan Lan could only make such a decision.

The bright smiling face was like a coquettish flower. Liu Xi looked at the beautiful scenery of the village and said, “Is Your Highness thirsty? Would you like to drink some water?”

Su Mu shook his head and said: “No need.”

Qin Ye stood by Yun Feiyu and looked at Liu Xi trying to please Su Mu and let out a disdainful snort, immediately looking away.

Yun Feiyu didn’t have any other expressions from beginning to end. He still had that calm smile, as if nothing could shake his heart.

After a while, a group of children led an old man over fifty to Su Mu.

Although the old man was small and thin, he was full of vigor, and his dim eyes occasionally hinted at shrewdness.

“This old man Zhang Datong pays his respects to Gongzi.”

Su Mu smiled and said: “Laorenjia, please, rise. I am Su Mu and want to spend the night after passing by this area. I ask laorenjia for the convenience.” (TN: laorenjia=polite term for an old woman or man)

The surnames of the people in this village were all Zhang and belonged to the same clan. The old man was the head of the clan and after he invited the newcomers into his home, the old man took out all his provisions to entertain the guests.

In the simple wooden house, Su Mu sat at the main seat and made polite talk with the old patriarch. Thinking of the corpses not too far away from here on the way, he asked: “Laorenjia, when we passed by a mountain forest earlier, we saw many people who died in tragic circumstances. What is going on?”

The old man’s complexion changed and he frowned: “This old man doesn’t know exactly what’s going on, but it’s rumored to be the work of bandits.”

Su Mu frowned and said: “Bandits?” Bandits generally ransacked villages and towns. Why did they deliberately throw those bodies into the woods?

Late at night, Shi Yan, covered in dust, returned to Su Mu.

Su Mu, who just woke up, put on an outer robe at random and asked: “Did you find out?”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Even the usual non-expressive Shi Yan showed a look of anger: “Those people were killed by Prince Su Nian of Jinyang. For this year’s drought, Your Highness gave orders to open a warehouse for disaster relief, but the Prince of Jinyang did not comply to Your Highness’s will. Jinyang City did not produce a grain of rice to help the disaster, but killed the disaster victims who tried to rob the food instead.”

Tens of thousands of disaster victims, thousands of unjust deaths, Prince of Jinyang, you are quite capable!

Su Mu sat on the edge of the bed with a dark expression and clenched his fists.

“Shi Yan, go convey Ben Gong’s will, order the Prince of Jinyang to open a warehouse for disaster relief, otherwise Ben Gong will kill him!”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Shi Yan’s figure disappeared from the cabin in a blink of an eye.

Su Nian was the son of Taishang Huang, Su Mochi’s grandfather. So he was the uncle of Su Mochi and was granted lands and the title Prince of Jinyang before Su Mochi was born. This was actually Su Mu’s own diligent supplementing of his knowledge, as for the idiot Su Mochi, he didn’t even know that Su Nian existed. (TN: Tsishang Huang=father of the reigning emperor)

When Shi Yan brought Su Mu’s will to Su Nian, the Prince who had always done whatever he pleased in his own lands threw away Su Mu’s decree on the spot, glaring and angrily saying: “It’s just a bunch of lowlifes, as inconsequential as grass, what’s the big deal if they are dead. This Prince is the Prince of Jinyang personally proclaimed by Taishang Huang, and a younger generation dares to be disrespectful to this Prince……”

You c an fi nd t he la te st cha pte rs at ( th e bl mu se . c o m )

Shi Yan calmly looked at the furious Prince of Jinyang: “My Prince, the will of His Highness has been delivered, please consider carefully……”

“What do you think you are, this Prince will have you executed now!” When Su Nian drew his sword, Shi Yan had already disappeared without a trace.

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