The group's favorite little Fubao has become the most arrogant kid in the whole imperial city

Chapter 76 Are you interested in traveling together?
The man collapsed immediately, "No! You can kill me or chop me up as you like, I won't complain, please don't send Ling'er back!"

No one knew better than the man how crazy that group of people were. Sending Ling'er back would simply mean death.

Zhao Chengning brought in a bowl of porridge, blew on it, and brought it to the little girl's mouth. "If you want to save your daughter, then exchange her for something practical."

Then he asked, "For example... why do you make weapons?"

The man comforted the woman, exhaled deeply, suppressed the despair in his eyes, and slowly said: "My last name is Li, I am a weapon smelter, and those weapons... are to be shipped to the capital."

Bang——

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Chengning lost his balance and the porridge in his hand spilled out.

His eyes deepened slightly and he gave a look to his confidant, who immediately understood and led a small team of people to guard the tent.

"Smuggling weapons into the city is a capital crime." Zhao Chengning's aura suddenly became fierce, and his deep black eyes were filled with a storm. "How many are you transporting? When will you transport them? Who is the contact person?"

Old Li slowly closed his eyes, as if he was recalling something. After a moment, he opened his eyes again, and his eyes were clear, as if a breeze passed through the raging fire and rushed straight to the heart.

"It's shipped once every two weeks, and the quantity each time is not much. I don't know who the contact person is. He always covers his face. I don't know where the goods are shipped. I am only responsible for delivering the goods, and I don't know the rest."

Zhao Chengning turned his head and looked at Zhao Jinyuan, only to see the other person shaking his head slightly at him.

The capital city is too big and there are too many places to hide. I really can’t think of any at the moment.

Zhao Chengning calmed himself down and remained silent.

Xihe in his arms suddenly spoke, "Uncle, you haven't told me why you want to arrest Xihe? Xihe doesn't know you, why are you arresting me?"

Old Li looked grim, and said word by word: "Your Highness, I am just... following orders."

"On orders? On whose orders?"

Old Li shook his head. "I don't know. I only know that the higher-ups gave the order and the owner ordered us to capture the princess alive."

"Alive?" Zhao Chengning immediately grasped the key point. "You disguised yourself as robbers and robbed people on the road, but you want to capture Xihe alive. You... want to use Xihe to threaten my mother? Or... my father?"

Xihe was highly favored and honored, so if anyone wanted to use her as a threat, the target would either be Concubine Chen and the Zhenguo Mansion behind her, or Emperor Jingyuan in the palace.

Old Li's face turned grim and he bit his lower lip tightly without saying anything.

Zhao Chengning suddenly sneered, he had guessed most of what was going on, and the look he gave Lao Li was already terrifying.

He turned to General Zhong who was standing beside him and said, "General Zhong, please go back to the palace and report today's events and words to the emperor exactly as they were."

On this study tour, Emperor Jingyuan sent two generals from the Xu family, Xu Qingcheng and Zhong Ting, to accompany him.

In order to avoid suspicion, Xu Qingcheng could not participate, so it had to be done by Zhong Ting, the confidant of Emperor Jingyuan.

Zhong Ting had been in the army for a long time and knew how serious this was, so he immediately agreed, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will take the man back to the Imperial City and ask Your Majesty to make the decision."

Zhao Chengning nodded and said politely, "Then I'll have to trouble General Zhong."

Then he said, "As for this woman..." Xihe suddenly shook Zhao Chengning's arm, her big grape eyes sparkling, "Big brother, let this sister go to the capital with uncle. With the sister by my side, uncle will feel more at ease."

Zhao Chengning glanced at the little girl suspiciously. He originally wanted to hold the woman hostage in case Old Li went back on his word. However, he could not resist his sister's pleading, so he agreed reluctantly and only told Zhong Ting to bring more people along.

Xihe jumped off the chair, slowly walked to Ling'er, brushed off the dust that had just stained her, and smiled sweetly at her, "Don't be afraid, little sister, the imperial city is very safe, Daddy will protect you, don't worry anymore."

Ling'er gestured with gratitude, "Thank you."

Old Li's heart finally settled back down in his stomach. He bowed to Xihe, and it seemed as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. The depression that had been pent up in his heart dissipated with the early spring breeze. "Thank you, Princess!"

His life is worthless, but his daughter is his life. If it can save his daughter's life, he will rebel.

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Zhong Ting was ordered to lead his men back to the imperial city, and the rest of the people rested for half a day before setting off again.

It took me more than half a month to reach Jiangnan, half walking and half playing.

The mist and rain are dancing, and the green smoke is lingering, this is the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

The sweet laughter of women can be heard from the boats in groups of three or two on the lake, the hawking of street vendors is endless, the water is sparkling, the river is green as blue, a touch of indigo is faintly visible not far away, and the graceful singing of the singing girl can be heard from the restaurant.

Xiao Mingxuan was resting with his eyes closed against a big tree by the river. Occasionally he heard a few footsteps beside him. Thinking it was the little girl who had changed her clothes and came out, he opened his eyes suddenly. When he saw her face, the faint smile on his face disappeared instantly.

The woman was frightened by the gloomy and cold aura emanating from Xiao Mingxuan and took a step back. However, looking at that stunning face, she secretly encouraged herself and mustered up the courage to step forward and asked, "I am from the Jiang family in Jiangnan. I wonder if you are interested in going boating with me?"

Jiang Zi spoke humbly, but she couldn't hide the arrogance in her tone.

She is the young lady of the Jiang family. Who in Jiangnan would not give her face?

Jiang Zi stared at the other person with bright eyes, but Xiao Mingxuan didn't even lift his eyelids. He turned around and closed his eyes again.

Jiang Zi pointed at Xiao Mingxuan in disbelief, "You...how can you be so rude? I kindly invited you to go boating, and this is how you act?"

Jiang Zi is not at all gentle and gentle like a girl from Jiangnan. On the contrary, because she is spoiled by her family, she is like a female tyrant. She is used to being rampant in Jiangnan and no one dares to disrespect her.

Now that she was suddenly humiliated by Xiao Mingxuan, the whispers of people around her made her even more angry and furious.

Xiao Mingxuan remained unmoved, but there was a hint of annoyance between his brows.

very noisy.

"I'm talking to you! Are you mute?" Jiang Zi took off the gentle mask and revealed her true face. Seeing that the other party didn't respond, she stepped forward and pushed the person.

Xiao Mingxuan reacted quickly and opened his eyes immediately. He instantly restrained the hand that Jiang Zi stretched out and uttered a few words from his red lips, "If you don't want to die, get out!"

"You!" Jiang Zi was stunned by the coldness in those eyes. She didn't move for a long time. Even after being pushed down, she just sat there stupidly.

There were already signs of summer heat in the south of the Yangtze River, and Xiao Mingxuan's already unhappy mood became even more irritable.

Just as I was about to leave, I suddenly heard a familiar bell sound in my ears.

Suddenly, a petite girl appeared in the distance. She was wearing a light aqua shirt and had her black hair tied into several braids with several red ribbons tied at the ends. She had bells on her wrists that rang with every movement. She was so cute.