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At the mention of this, Tang Guixi’s expression became very complicated.
“Sister, do you like stew?”
Yu Niaoniao said, “I quite like it.”
Tang Guixi asked again, “If I let you have stew for every meal 365 days a year, would you still like it?”
Yu Niaoniao imagined that feeling and involuntarily shivered.
“I won’t like it!”
Tang Guixi said, “Those bandits only know how to make stew. No matter what ingredients are in their hands, they will eventually turn into a pot of stew.”
In the past, she had eaten big pots of stew with her father in the military camp. It was fine if she was used to it.
However, she had eaten so many types of food with Yu Niaoniao in the past three years that she had long become picky.
As the saying went, it was easy to go from simple to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.
Now that she was asked to eat those messy stew, it was very difficult for her to accept it.
Yu Niaoniao looked sympathetic.
“Then what will you do in the future?”
Tang Guixi sighed. “What else can I do? I’ll make do first.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Didn’t I give you a book of recipes? You can give that book to the cooks and ask them to cook according to the recipe.”
Tang Guixi refused without hesitation.
“No! That’s your recipe. It records your unique secret recipes. How can you give it to others casually?”
Yu Niaoniao could not help but laugh. She didn’t realize that this girl was quite protective of her food.
“It’s okay. I don’t cook for a living anyway. It won’t affect me if the recipe gets out.”
Tang Guixi said, “That won’t do either! If they want to learn your skills, they have to kowtow to you at least twice and respect you as their master. They have to abide by the ethics! How could they obtain a recipe for nothing?”
Yu Niaoniao said, “But if they don’t have a recipe, they won’t be able to improve their culinary skills. You won’t be able to eat delicious dishes.”
Tang Guixi waved her hand with an extremely determined attitude.
“It doesn’t matter! Other than being disgusting, there’s nothing wrong with those stews. I’ll eat a few more meals and slowly get used to it.”
Yu Niaoniao couldn’t do anything to her. “Why are you making things difficult for yourself?”
Tang Guixi leaned back and smiled.
“This is also a form of training for me. If I go to the battlefield in the future, the conditions would definitely be much harder than in the military camp. If I can’t even take this bit of hardship in the military camp, wouldn’t I be unable to endure it on the battlefield? It’s good like this.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Turn around.”
Tang Guixi was puzzled. “Why?”
“Let me see how the wound on the back of your head is doing.”
Tang Guixi said, “It’s fine. I’m fine.”
Yu Niaoniao glared at her. “Turn around!”
Tang Guixi was quite afraid that she would be angry, so she could only obediently turn around.
Yu Niaoniao leaned over and pulled back her hair to examine her wound carefully.
The scab had fallen off, leaving only a small scar.
There was no longer any hair on the scar. The small area was bare, making Yu Niaoniao frown.
“You have to grow hair. I’ll get Little Lo to get you a prescription for hair.”
Tang Guixi smiled and said, “It’s fine. I usually tie my hair up. You can’t see that area.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “And the wound on your stomach?”
“It’s all healed.”
Yu Niaoniao stared at her.
Tang Guixi had no choice but to unbuckle her belt and pull open her clothes.
The wound on her abdomen had indeed almost healed, but it had also left a scar.
Yu Niaoniao asked, “I asked Little Lo to give you the scar removal ointment previously. Have you used it?”
Tang Guixi’s eyes wandered. “I used it.”
When Yu Niaoniao saw her like this, she knew that she was definitely not telling the truth.
“Have you used it or not? If you dare to lie to me, you’ll have to eat stew every meal for the rest of your life.”
This threat was too ruthless! Tang Guixi could only tell the truth.
“I really did, but sometimes I forget to apply the medication when I’m busy.”
Yu Niaoniao educated her. “The ointment has to be used in line with the prescription. How can it be effective if you fish for three days and dry the net for two days?”
Tang Guixi replied obediently.
“I know.”
The next two days were calm.
Not to mention assassins, they did not even see a bandit along the way.
The bandits who threatened them previously had disappeared. It was said that they had returned to their hometown to farm.
Yu Niaoniao thought that nothing would happen but it was as if the heavens were deliberately going against her. That night, a group of killers came to attack them.
Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly. After a series of battles, all the killers were captured.
These killers were clearly trained. As soon as they were arrested, they immediately committed suicide by taking poison Hence, they were left with no evidence.
Yu Niaoniao was still wearing her sleeping clothes. She was wearing an outer shirt, and her long black hair was draped behind her.
She stood in the courtyard and looked at the corpses all over the ground.
“Hiring so many professional killers at once must have cost a lot, right?”
Tang Guixi sneered. “Those people are very rich. Hiring so many assassins is nothing to them.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Since they’re so rich, why do they have to snatch land from the commoners?”
Tang Guixi said, “They’re just greedy.”
Xiao Juan ordered someone to hand over the corpses of these killers to the local government.
After cleaning up the scene, everyone went back to sleep.
The next morning, they continued on their way.
Then, they experienced three more assassinations, each more vicious than the last. From the looks of it, they really hated Xiao Juan to the core and wanted him dead!
The Eagle Guards quickly dragged the corpses of the killers away and cleaned up the scene.
Tang Guixi hooked Yu Niaoniao’s shoulder and said half-jokingly.
“Sister, do you see that? This is the outcome of offending the rich and powerful. They have plenty of money and can constantly send assassins to hunt you down. As long as you are a little negligent, you might die.”
Yu Niaoniao looked at the remaining blood on the ground and did not say anything.
Tang Guixi asked, “Do you regret it?”
Yu Niaoniao was still silent.
Tang Guixi smiled. “Alright, I was just joking with you. No matter how dangerous it is, I’ll protect you. I can’t say the same for anywhere else. At least in Liaodong County, I can definitely protect you.”
Two days later, the convoy arrived at the Xia family village.
The Xia family village, which had originally been empty, had returned to its usual liveliness.
Xia Haisheng had already found out Yu Niaoniao’s identity from the county magistrate of Wang Song City.
When he saw Yu Niaoniao arrive at the village, he was extremely surprised. He hurriedly called the villagers out to welcome her. At noon, he specially prepared a sumptuous meal for them to thank Yu Niaoniao for her help.
After eating and drinking, Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan went out for a walk.
It was still winter, and the fields had yet to be planted with food, but the diligent villagers had already removed all the weeds in the fields. They could only start farming in spring.
The cries of chickens, ducks, pigs, and cows could be heard everywhere in the village. From time to time, children would run past them.
Yu Niaoniao took two quick steps and turned around.
As she walked back, she looked at Xiao Juan and asked.
“We’ve encountered so many assassinations along the way because of the land. Have you ever regretted it?”
Xiao Juan looked into her bright eyes and said without hesitation.
“Never.”
Yu Niaoniao smiled brightly. “Neither have I!”
268 Assassination
At the mention of this, Tang Guixi’s expression became very complicated.
“Sister, do you like stew?”
Yu Niaoniao said, “I quite like it.”
Tang Guixi asked again, “If I let you have stew for every meal 365 days a year, would you still like it?”
Yu Niaoniao imagined that feeling and involuntarily shivered.
“I won’t like it!”
Tang Guixi said, “Those bandits only know how to make stew. No matter what ingredients are in their hands, they will eventually turn into a pot of stew.”
In the past, she had eaten big pots of stew with her father in the military camp. It was fine if she was used to it.
However, she had eaten so many types of food with Yu Niaoniao in the past three years that she had long become picky.
As the saying went, it was easy to go from simple to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.
Now that she was asked to eat those messy stew, it was very difficult for her to accept it.
Yu Niaoniao looked sympathetic.
“Then what will you do in the future?”
Tang Guixi sighed. “What else can I do? I’ll make do first.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Didn’t I give you a book of recipes? You can give that book to the cooks and ask them to cook according to the recipe.”
Tang Guixi refused without hesitation.
“No! That’s your recipe. It records your unique secret recipes. How can you give it to others casually?”
Yu Niaoniao could not help but laugh. She didn’t realize that this girl was quite protective of her food.
“It’s okay. I don’t cook for a living anyway. It won’t affect me if the recipe gets out.”
Tang Guixi said, “That won’t do either! If they want to learn your skills, they have to kowtow to you at least twice and respect you as their master. They have to abide by the ethics! How could they obtain a recipe for nothing?”
Yu Niaoniao said, “But if they don’t have a recipe, they won’t be able to improve their culinary skills. You won’t be able to eat delicious dishes.”
Tang Guixi waved her hand with an extremely determined attitude.
“It doesn’t matter! Other than being disgusting, there’s nothing wrong with those stews. I’ll eat a few more meals and slowly get used to it.”
Yu Niaoniao couldn’t do anything to her. “Why are you making things difficult for yourself?”
Tang Guixi leaned back and smiled.
“This is also a form of training for me. If I go to the battlefield in the future, the conditions would definitely be much harder than in the military camp. If I can’t even take this bit of hardship in the military camp, wouldn’t I be unable to endure it on the battlefield? It’s good like this.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Turn around.”
Tang Guixi was puzzled. “Why?”
“Let me see how the wound on the back of your head is doing.”
Tang Guixi said, “It’s fine. I’m fine.”
Yu Niaoniao glared at her. “Turn around!”
Tang Guixi was quite afraid that she would be angry, so she could only obediently turn around.
Yu Niaoniao leaned over and pulled back her hair to examine her wound carefully.
The scab had fallen off, leaving only a small scar.
There was no longer any hair on the scar. The small area was bare, making Yu Niaoniao frown.
“You have to grow hair. I’ll get Little Lo to get you a prescription for hair.”
Tang Guixi smiled and said, “It’s fine. I usually tie my hair up. You can’t see that area.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “And the wound on your stomach?”
“It’s all healed.”
Yu Niaoniao stared at her.
Tang Guixi had no choice but to unbuckle her belt and pull open her clothes.
The wound on her abdomen had indeed almost healed, but it had also left a scar.
Yu Niaoniao asked, “I asked Little Lo to give you the scar removal ointment previously. Have you used it?”
Tang Guixi’s eyes wandered. “I used it.”
When Yu Niaoniao saw her like this, she knew that she was definitely not telling the truth.
“Have you used it or not? If you dare to lie to me, you’ll have to eat stew every meal for the rest of your life.”
This threat was too ruthless! Tang Guixi could only tell the truth.
“I really did, but sometimes I forget to apply the medication when I’m busy.”
Yu Niaoniao educated her. “The ointment has to be used in line with the prescription. How can it be effective if you fish for three days and dry the net for two days?”
Tang Guixi replied obediently.
“I know.”
The next two days were calm.
Not to mention assassins, they did not even see a bandit along the way.
The bandits who threatened them previously had disappeared. It was said that they had returned to their hometown to farm.
Yu Niaoniao thought that nothing would happen but it was as if the heavens were deliberately going against her. That night, a group of killers came to attack them.
Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly. After a series of battles, all the killers were captured.
These killers were clearly trained. As soon as they were arrested, they immediately committed suicide by taking poison Hence, they were left with no evidence.
Yu Niaoniao was still wearing her sleeping clothes. She was wearing an outer shirt, and her long black hair was draped behind her.
She stood in the courtyard and looked at the corpses all over the ground.
“Hiring so many professional killers at once must have cost a lot, right?”
Tang Guixi sneered. “Those people are very rich. Hiring so many assassins is nothing to them.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Since they’re so rich, why do they have to snatch land from the commoners?”
Tang Guixi said, “They’re just greedy.”
Xiao Juan ordered someone to hand over the corpses of these killers to the local government.
After cleaning up the scene, everyone went back to sleep.
The next morning, they continued on their way.
Then, they experienced three more assassinations, each more vicious than the last. From the looks of it, they really hated Xiao Juan to the core and wanted him dead!
The Eagle Guards quickly dragged the corpses of the killers away and cleaned up the scene.
Tang Guixi hooked Yu Niaoniao’s shoulder and said half-jokingly.
“Sister, do you see that? This is the outcome of offending the rich and powerful. They have plenty of money and can constantly send assassins to hunt you down. As long as you are a little negligent, you might die.”
Yu Niaoniao looked at the remaining blood on the ground and did not say anything.
Tang Guixi asked, “Do you regret it?”
Yu Niaoniao was still silent.
Tang Guixi smiled. “Alright, I was just joking with you. No matter how dangerous it is, I’ll protect you. I can’t say the same for anywhere else. At least in Liaodong County, I can definitely protect you.”
Two days later, the convoy arrived at the Xia family village.
The Xia family village, which had originally been empty, had returned to its usual liveliness.
Xia Haisheng had already found out Yu Niaoniao’s identity from the county magistrate of Wang Song City.
When he saw Yu Niaoniao arrive at the village, he was extremely surprised. He hurriedly called the villagers out to welcome her. At noon, he specially prepared a sumptuous meal for them to thank Yu Niaoniao for her help.
After eating and drinking, Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan went out for a walk.
It was still winter, and the fields had yet to be planted with food, but the diligent villagers had already removed all the weeds in the fields. They could only start farming in spring.
The cries of chickens, ducks, pigs, and cows could be heard everywhere in the village. From time to time, children would run past them.
Yu Niaoniao took two quick steps and turned around.
As she walked back, she looked at Xiao Juan and asked.
“We’ve encountered so many assassinations along the way because of the land. Have you ever regretted it?”
Xiao Juan looked into her bright eyes and said without hesitation.
“Never.”
Yu Niaoniao smiled brightly. “Neither have I!”
