HCB Chapter 34: Asking Niannian to buy weapons!
Chapter 34: Asking Niannian to buy weapons!
Fast forward to the present day...
The next day, at the Fu family's residence—
Sunlight pierced through the clouds, illuminating the earth and bringing a mysterious atmosphere to the morning.
In Niannian's room, sunlight streamed through the curtains, bathing her cute little face in warmth. She rubbed her eyes, stretched, and then picked up her phone from beside her pillow.
Suddenly, the phone rang, breaking the morning's tranquility. A little groggy, Nian Nian answered the phone, asking in her adorable voice:
"Hello...who is it?"
Why would anyone call her if she's not sleeping this early in the morning?
There was no one speaking on the other end of the phone, only the crackling sound of electricity.
"Hello? Why aren't you saying anything!" Nian Nian opened her eyes and looked at her phone screen. Strange, it was an unfamiliar number!
"If you don't say something, I'm going to hang up!"
There was still no reply from the other party. She lightly tapped the screen with her chubby little hand and decisively hung up the phone.
Niannian muttered, "Hehehe, a scam call, trying to fool me!"
Suddenly, a dazzling ray of sunlight shone through the window and shone directly on the phoenix bronze mirror. The mirror reflected a bright light, catching Nian Nian's attention.
She looked up and gazed curiously at the phoenix bronze mirror.
In the mirror, Pei Yunjing sat quietly, engrossed in a book. A look of worry crossed his face, as if something was troubling him.
A question arose in Nian Nian's mind: Brother Yun Jing seems unhappy!
She gently slipped on the delicate pink jacket, her movements soft and graceful.
Then, like a docile little rabbit, she obediently sat down in front of the phoenix bronze mirror.
She cupped her rosy cheeks in her small hands, looked at Pei Yunjing with concern, and asked softly:
"Brother Yun Jing, what's wrong? You seem unhappy. Is something bothering you?"
Is it that you don't have enough food? Or have you been bullied by someone outside?
She fired off a barrage of questions, which landed on Pei Yunjing like pebbles.
Pei Yunjing reluctantly put down the military book he was reading and slowly raised his head;
Looking at the innocent little girl before him, he smiled slightly, revealing a hint of doting affection, and replied in a leisurely tone:
"It is true that I am in a bad mood because of some trivial matters, but there is no need to worry too much."
As for food, we currently have enough to last us for a while. And I haven't been bullied by anyone, so don't worry, Nian Nian!
"Hmm? What is it?" Niannian blinked her big, bright eyes, staring intently at Pei Yunjing, relentlessly pressing for an answer.
Upon hearing Niannian's question, Pei Yunjing hesitated slightly.
It turns out that just yesterday, after Gou Sheng properly buried his mother, she secretly found him and said that she had some intimate and private things she wanted to tell him.
At first, Pei Yunjing thought it was just a trivial matter, but he never expected that Gou Sheng would tell him a shocking piece of news - some of the officials who had been sent out earlier had met a tragic end and were cruelly cooked and eaten.
The other part was secretly escorted to the Mongol Kingdom on the border of the Central Plains.
It is said that Aru Khan has always been plotting to attack Guangling Kingdom. This time, he kidnapped these officials in order to extract secret information about Guangling Kingdom from them in order to devise a good strategy to conquer Guangling Kingdom.
Before Pei Yunjing arrived, his maternal grandfather had warned him to be careful of Aru Khan, but he hadn't taken it to heart.
After all, the strength of the Mongol Kingdom was far inferior to that of Guangling, so how could it so easily extend its reach?
However, when the news brought by Gousheng was presented to him, he realized that things were far more serious than he had imagined—Aruhan had actually extended his reach to the Central Plains.
Even more shockingly, Gou Sheng also revealed that a considerable number of the disaster victims in the area had been bribed by Aruhan.
They were secretly plotting a terrible scheme to kidnap Pei Yunjing and take him to the Mongol Kingdom in order to blackmail the current emperor, Pei Chuan.
Upon hearing this news, Pei Yunjing couldn't help but find it utterly absurd.
Not to mention that he was not favored by his father and had a lowly status among the princes, even if he were to use him to blackmail his father, it would probably be difficult to achieve his goal.
Furthermore, if the other party really wanted to kidnap him to Mongolia, a fierce battle would be inevitable.
However, the current situation is far from optimistic. Pei Yunjing looked around and found that he only had a mere hundred soldiers at his disposal.
The only manpower they could rely on was this large group of helpless, hungry disaster victims right in front of them.
As for weapons and equipment, they had nothing at all; they couldn't even find a decent sword.
Just as Pei Yunjing was deeply worried and frowning over this matter, a figure suddenly came into his view—it was Nian Nian.
At that very moment, a daring idea flashed through his mind like lightning:
Since the Central Plains region is vast and has a large population, why not use local resources to train these disaster victims into a fighting army?
Moreover, given Niannian's background, she must be able to procure a large number of excellent weapons! Thinking of this, a glimmer of hope ignited in Pei Yunjing's heart.
He smiled slightly, looking forward to speaking: "Niannian, there might be a war going on my side, and we need a lot of weapons. Could you ask your grandfather if he can provide them?"
???
What?
"Weapons? War?" Niannian scratched her head in confusion, then her eyes lit up and she nodded. "Leave it to me, Brother Yun Jing, I'll go find Grandpa right now!"
As she spoke, she couldn't wait to slip on her pink slippers, and with light steps, she jogged out of the room, heading straight for Grandpa Fu's room.
We need to hurry, Brother Yun Jing is about to go to war, and if we don't have enough weapons, he might not be able to protect himself!
At this moment, inside Old Master Fu's room...
"How's it going? Have you cleared out most of the near-expiry goods, Lao Liu?" Old Master Fu was carefully checking the list of supplies in his hand, which listed the items to be given to Pei Yunjing.
Butler Liu quickly replied, "Master, only half of those near-expiry goods have been cleared out..."
"Hiss... half!" Old Master Fu frowned, feeling somewhat troubled.
How could this be? Are the disaster victims over there eating so slowly? It seems we need to find a way to urge them to eat faster!
No problem, we'll ask Niannian later when the second round of supplies will begin.
We must get rid of all these near-expiry products. After all, we've finally encountered such a rip-off, it would be a shame not to take full advantage of them!
Just then, a soft knock came from outside the door: "Knock knock knock, Grandpa, Grandpa, don't sleep, the sun's shining on your bottom!"