HCB Chapter 212 Rebellion
Chapter 212 Rebellion
The next day, when Xiao Xian woke up, she still thought that last night was just a dream.
Until she met Xiao Yun's smiling eyes looking at her, all the memories of last night came to her mind and Xiao Niang buried her head in the quilt.
Xiao Yun was afraid that she would feel embarrassed, so he said seriously, "We will leave later today. You can sleep for a while. If," he paused, "if you feel uncomfortable, let the maid help you apply medicine."
Xiao Niang, who was covered in the quilt, felt her whole body was burning.
What she did was too unconventional, but she didn't regret it.
At noon, Xiao Yun led everyone out again. Considering Xiao Meng, the group slowed down their pace.
It was seven days later when he arrived at Tianmen Pass. Although he had heard about it before, Xiao Yun couldn't help but clench his fists when he saw the situation at Tianmen Pass.
He first settled Xiao Nai down, and then led his men to the well in Tianmen Pass.
The well was surrounded by Hu's army and the people had to pay money if they wanted to get water.
Xiao Yun sneered repeatedly. He walked quickly forward and looked at the soldier guarding the well with a half-smile. For the first time, he felt that the dark red armor was very annoying.
He didn't say anything and pretended to move closer to the well, but immediately a soldier shouted at him.
"Where did this unruly person come from? Don't you know the rules of fetching water?"
Xiao Yun stopped and looked at the soldier who spoke. He was fat and had a wretched look. Xiao Yun frowned and said, "Rules? I really don't understand the rules."
"Ha," the soldier looked Xiao Yun up and down, and saw that he looked a little intimidated, "Who are you?"
The soldier asked tentatively, and Xiao Yun sneered, "He's a traveling merchant."
The soldier's eyes lit up and said, "Merchants are good. Merchants have silver."
He immediately took a step forward, raised his big round head, and looked at Xiao Yun with his nose.
"Here," he pointed to the ground under his feet, "is the territory of our Hu family army. We, the Hu family army, have the final say."
"Oh?"
Xiao Yun's smile widened, "This land belongs to the king. Do you mean that this Tianmen Pass belongs to your Hu family?"
"Also, His Majesty has already issued an order that all wells in Daxia can be used free of charge by the people. Why are you charging money?"
The soldier frowned and rubbed his big belly with his hand. "Hmph," he snorted coldly and glanced at Xiao Yun up and down. "The emperor is far away, don't say that it's useless."
"If you want water, bring the silver."
As he spoke, he stretched out a fat, black hand towards Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun's eyes darkened and his hands rose and fell rapidly.
Immediately afterwards, the soldier screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and an arm fell heavily to the ground.
The soldiers around immediately drew their swords, with the tips of their swords pointing at Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun whistled and the secret guards easily subdued those small fry.
Soon, Tianmen Pass began to be cleared.
At the same time, Xiao Yun ordered people to contact the Hu family's branches and quickly clean out Hu Man's confidants.
He also sent a secret letter to his father, telling him that the catapults and bombs could be safely sent to Tianmen Pass.
While Xiao Yun was taking action, Xiao Meng also started to move.
Many of the businesses she and her third sister had in various cities in Tianmen Pass were taken away by Hu Man and his cronies for various reasons.
With Xiao Yun's help, she easily got the business back.
Recheck the account books and purge the people Hu Man arranged to enter the store...
Xiao Niang also felt extremely refreshed this time. If it could be like this every time she went out to do business in the future, Xiao Niang reached out and touched her lower abdomen.
She really hoped to have her own bloodline. With her family background, it wouldn't matter if Xiao Yun disliked her in the future.
Xiao Niang felt that even if she was alone, she could still raise the child well.
But she had a hunch that Xiao Yun was not an irresponsible man.
Xiao Niang curled her lips and looked at the unusually dry streets inside Tianmen Pass. She thought maliciously of Li Qingying who always loved to lecture her.
The girl was only sixteen years old, but Master Li had taught her to be a little conservative.
She had hardly read any other books except those on women's precepts, female training, and female virtues, but she did not feel any resentment towards her father for this.
Instead, she loves to preach to other women in the same way as her father did.
And since Xiao Miao was the one who went out to do business in public, she became Li Qingying's "task" first.
Li Qingying preached to her with the intention of saving the fallen woman. If Li Qingying knew that she was unmarried, she would sleep with Xiao Yun.
If she really gets pregnant this time, I wonder what the expression of that old-fashioned Li Qingying would be?
"Pfft."
Thinking of this, she couldn't help laughing out loud.
When Xiao Yun stepped into Xiao Meng's hot pot restaurant, he was puzzled to see her sneering to herself.
"What are you thinking about? So happy?"
Seeing him coming, Xiao Xiao blushed but still said generously, "I thought of Master Li and Li Qingying."
As he said this, he looked at Xiao Yun teasingly. Xiao Yun touched the tip of his nose guiltily, took a few quick steps and held Xiao Meng's hand, "I think I am really my father's biological son."
He smiled with his eyebrows curved, and his extremely handsome face made Xiao Xiao blush.
Xiao Yun slowly approached Xiao Meng's ear and whispered in her ear, "I was born to please my wife."
Teng.
The tips of Xiao Ni's ears turned red as if blood was dripping from them. She pretended to be angry and pushed Xiao Yun.
In Xiao Yun's opinion, Xiao Xiao is really cute when she is so coquettish...
The two of them left the shop after playing around for a while, and the blush on Xiao Niang's face faded away due to anger.
"That Hu Man is so shameless," she was so angry that her eyes turned red, "that bastard actually robbed me of so much money, and I used Li Huan's prescription."
"We have to give Li Huan a dividend at the end of the year. The hot pot restaurant is doing so well, but he didn't keep a single cent."
"What a Hu Man! He deserves to die."
Xiao Yun immediately comforted him softly, "It's okay, I have asked the secret guards to interrogate Hu Man's confidants. He left Tianmen Pass secretly, so he must not have much money on him."
"Besides, Hu Man is still in Qian Qian's hands. What can he hide?"
Xiao Xiao thought for a while and said, "That's right. After all, he has to return what he took from me."
"That's natural."
Due to Xiao Yun's quick action, the main branch of the Hu family in Tianmen Pass had no time to react, so the main general of the Hu family army was replaced.
By the time the head of the Hu family reacted and wanted to find Hu Man to discuss the matter, he was nowhere to be found.
Not long after, the imperial edict of Emperor Mingde arrived, which enumerated Hu Man's crimes and sentenced the main branch of the Hu family to confiscation of property and exile.
From then on, Tianmen Pass was finally under Xiao Yun's control.
Nearly ten days later, a number of new catapults improved by Zhang Junmo were delivered.
The new catapult is not only small in size but also detachable. The smaller the size of the torpedo, the more powerful it is.
When everyone at Tianmen Pass saw the power of the thunder bomb, they all felt a sense of pride as men of Daxia.
What is there to fear from the scoundrels of Southern Qi?
Along with the catapults and torpedoes, young officials personally selected by Emperor Mingde also arrived at Tianmen Pass.
Xiao Yun waited until the young officials had completely sorted out the affairs of the various cities in Tianmen Pass before he took Xiao Meng away.
More than half a month had passed by then, and Xiao Yun quickened his pace for fear of missing his mother's delivery.
After several days of rapid travel, Xiao Xian's face turned pale and she looked listless.
Xiao Yun was worried about her, so he slowed down and asked the accompanying female doctor to take her pulse.
After checking the patient's pulse, the female doctor looked at Xiao Meng with a speechless look, and then looked at Xiao Yun with an expression of annoyance.
Xiao Yun blushed with guilt. The female doctor's opinion of the prince was shattered when she saw him like this. What kind of prince is this?
After taking several deep breaths, the female doctor calmed down and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, Xiao," she originally wanted to say Concubine Xiao.
But then he remembered that the two had not yet been married, so he swallowed and said, "Miss Xiao seems to be pregnant, but it's still early."
"Really?"
Xiao Yun's eyes sparkled and he turned around a few times in excitement.
Female doctor...
This prince is simply unbearable to look at.