The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 365: Afraid of Seeing Something I Shouldn’t See

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

The voices of applause kept coming and going.

Hearing this, Ye Xinran lowered her head in embarrassment.

An Lu was lying on the ground, and when he heard that this woman was actually Xiao Huaian's wife, he felt even more regretful.

Just a little bit, just a little bit close!

He almost caught the wife of the God of Death.

If he could tie this woman back, he could use her to threaten the God of Death so that he would not dare to attack the Kosi tribe again.

Angry and filled with anger, An Lu snorted.

This sound just caught everyone's attention.

Everyone then remembered that this barbarian had actually dared to attack their sister-in-law!

That's their sister-in-law!

Anyone who dares to touch her deserves to be put to death!

The brothers kicked Andrew hard one after another, wishing they could stomp his head into the ground to vent their anger.

Not long after, Andrew's head was kicked into a bloody mess and his eyes were so swollen that he couldn't open them.

Zhang Qian and Zhao Yun finally arrived.

Zhang Qian was very excited to see Xiao Huaian and immediately introduced Xiao Huaian's identity to Zhao Yun.

Xiao Huaian briefly explained the situation to the two of them, and then asked, "Where is King Rui?"

"After King Rui comes down the mountain, he should stay in the canyon to deal with the problem of the grain carts."

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun slapped his thigh and said, "Since Miss Lu is fine, I have to go back quickly. Our food suddenly disappeared, I have to go back and look for it with King Rui!"

"Uh……"

Ye Xinran wanted to say that the food was still there.

But if I say this, how can I explain where she hid the food?

Her sudden disappearance just now was shocking enough.

Anyone who has seen her would never believe that she is just a normal person.

"Huaian, since King Rui's affairs have not been dealt with yet, let's go back and take a look!"

Ye Xinran suggested.

"it is good!"

Xiao Huaian nodded, and then said to the people he brought with him: "You stay here and pay attention to the movements around you. I'll go over and take a look."

"Go, go!" They all waved their hands vigorously on the first day of the first lunar month, with an expression that said we understand you.

With a beauty in my arms, who can bear to be separated from her?

Seeing them like this, Xiao Huai did not explain.

With just a whistle, he called his horse, and rode with Ye Xinran towards the entrance of the canyon!

"Look at this, look at this, I told you that our boss is a reserved person, but you didn't believe me."

"Hasn't that been because you haven't seen him pampering women? Who would have thought that he, a serious man, could have such a cuddly side."

"Then you just don't know him. When I followed General Xiao, I knew that although the Second Young Master was brave and good at fighting, he was kind-hearted. If it weren't for what happened later..."

At this point, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Everyone stopped joking, found their own positions, and began to monitor the movements around them.

……

Xiao Huaian took Ye Xinran back to the entrance of the canyon.

From a distance, King Rui could be seen in the crowd, calmly directing everyone to act separately.

"Hitch up all the available wagons and assemble in the open space on the left.

The rest of the horses were all led to the right.

Load all the food onto the wagons and gather up any that is scattered on the ground. Don’t waste a single grain!”

Everyone acted in an orderly manner under the command of King Rui.

They picked up the scattered grains of food on the ground one by one, but they felt very unhappy.

They had transported the grain from the capital to here with great effort, and when they were almost successful, half of it was gone!

This is life-saving food, how come it’s gone?

Prince Rui had a cold expression on his face and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

But people who were familiar with him, such as Zhao Yun, could tell at a glance that King Rui was in a bad mood.

"Your Majesty, I will go look inside the mountain again. Such a large pile of food cannot disappear out of thin air. The barbarians must have dug a secret passage nearby."

"I have already ordered people to search the mountains. How is Miss Lu?"

When Prince Rui saw Zhao Yun, the first person he thought of was Ye Xinran.

"Miss Lu is fine. Luckily, I ran into her husband over there. I was wondering why Miss Lu, a girl, had to come here! It turns out her husband is here."

"Her husband? Did you meet him just now?"

King Rui was a little surprised. Why did Xiao Huaian appear here?

When I looked up, I saw two people riding a horse, walking towards this side.

"King Rui, how are you?"

Xiao Huaian greeted from a distance.

When King Rui saw Xiao Huaian, he temporarily put aside the matter of food, looked him over from head to toe, and then said, "Good boy, I was right about you, you are as brave and resourceful as your father was back then!

But, how come you are here?

Did you read the letter I wrote and predict the time yourself? "

Xiao Huaian shook his head: "What letter? I've never seen it.

After I came here, I only received a letter a long time ago saying that someone would be sent to deliver food.

But if the prince wrote me a letter later, I haven’t seen a single word of it!”

"really!"

King Rui nodded in understanding, "I was wondering why I hadn't received your reply. It seems that there has been a problem with the post station here for a long time."

"I'm afraid it's not here." Xiao Huaian replied. "I doubt the prince's letter has ever left the capital."

King Rui did not comment on Xiao Huaian's words and asked again: "Then why are you here? What rumors did you hear?"

Xiao Huaian looked at the wounded soldiers around him, then looked at the piles of barbarian corpses in the distance, and then said, "No, I just happened to meet him.

I led a group of people out of Xixia Mountain half a month ago."

"What are you doing out here?" asked King Rui.

"Looking for food!"

Xiao Huaian answered.

"Your Highness should know that the food reserves in the Xixiashan camp are insufficient. The batch before winter is the life-saving food sent to the soldiers!"

"I know!"

King Rui nodded.

Xiao Huaian continued, "We have been waiting for that batch of food for a long time. Before winter, we sent people here every day to investigate the situation.

Later, they learned from a barbarian that the food had been robbed along the way.

A few days later, it started snowing in Xixia Mountain, and we hadn't received any letters from the capital, so General Qi and I guessed that something went wrong in the capital.

I'm afraid there's no hope for food!"

Speaking of food, King Rui looked back at the remaining food on the carriage, feeling somewhat guilty: "There is indeed a problem in the capital, the third prince colluded with the barbarians and attempted to use this piece of land in the northern border to exchange for the support of the Kesi tribe.

If you hadn’t held on here, the cities in the northern border would have been devastated.”

Xiao Huaian said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as we are still alive, the territory of Xixia Mountain will not fall into the hands of the barbarians."

"You just said you were looking for food? Where are you going to find food? Without food, how did you manage to survive until now?"

Xiao Huaian looked into the distance and smiled generously, "Let's rob! We don't have any food, so let's rob it from the enemy."

"You stole food from the barbarians?"

King Rui took a breath of cold air.

Many years ago, he heard that Xiao Huaian's methods were rather wild.

I didn't expect that after so many years, he is still the same as before, always able to surprise people.

"if not!"

Xiao Huaian asked Ye Xinran to sit aside and rest, and then continued: "The land in Northern Xinjiang does not produce food, and the people have a hard time making a living. Thinking of taking food from the people is no different from taking their lives.

I discussed with General Qi that since the barbarians want to fight, then we should fight them.

The prerequisite is to get the food in their hands into our hands first."

"The most important thing for a protracted war is supply. The barbarians don't have much food either, so they must be keeping a close eye on it." King Rui said.

“It’s hard to do now.”

Xiao Huaian sighed, "When we first started, they didn't expect us to steal their food, but we still managed to get quite a bit of it.

It helped us get through the most difficult time.

But later they strengthened their defenses and hid the food at the back of the team, so it was basically impossible to get a large amount of food."

Xiao Huaian did not describe in detail the difficulties of those days.

But from his thin figure, everyone could guess that they had a hard time these days.

"We can occasionally steal a little from their rear, or when we hear that they are taking action, I will bring people out to check. If it is food, we will rob as much as we can."

"So you came out this time because you thought the barbarians were smuggling food!"

King Rui finally found out the whole story.

"Yeah!" Xiao Huaian subconsciously looked back at Ye Xinran and smiled slightly, "I didn't expect to run into you guys by accident."

Ye Xinran had been listening carefully to Xiao Huaian's words. When she heard this, she continued, "If the barbarians also transported food from here, then their food might be the same batch that Daliang lost."

"I think it is!"

Xiao Huaian agreed, "So, we should take their food away!

But the barbarians have suffered a loss this time, they will definitely not give up, we must hurry through the canyon and return to the Xixiashan camp as soon as possible."

"I have asked people to clean up the canyon. We can leave once the cleanup is completed."

Rui Wangdao.

The canyon was filled with rocks and corpses that had rolled down from the mountain before, and it had to be cleared before the carriage could pass smoothly.

"but,"

King Rui looked towards the mountain again, "I wonder if the lost food can be found? If we haven't found it when we set out, we can only leave some people here to continue searching."

"Your Highness, I will stay." Zhao Yun volunteered.

“The grain is disappearing before my eyes. Even if I have to dig three feet deep, I will dig out the grain.

And those soldiers who sacrificed their lives, I have to bury them here.”

Seeing that everyone was worried about the food issue, Ye Xinran said to Xiao Huaian: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

Xiao Huaian was stunned for a moment, then obediently put his ear closer.

Ye Xinran whispered, "The food wasn't lost, I hid it. I will bring it to the camp. You can find a reason to stop the prince and the others from looking for it."

Find a reason?

Xiao Huaian was surprised when he heard the first half, but was shocked when he heard the second half.

He looked Ye Xinran up and down. Where was the food hidden? How was it hidden? What excuse could he come up with to cover up this matter?

Even though he was very puzzled, Xiao Huaian still said to King Rui: "Well, Your Majesty, there is no need to look for the missing food. Our own people transported it away, and they are already on their way back to the camp!"

"Were they transported away by our own people?"

King Rui looked at Xiao Huaian with suspicion.

Xiao Huaian felt a little nervous, but still nodded solemnly.

"impossible!"

Zhao Yun's voice was very loud.

"I was here at the time and didn't see anyone moving the food. How could you have transported it away? What method did you use?"

"cough!"

Xiao Huaian coughed lightly, "This is my secret, it's really inconvenient to reveal it.

If Deputy General Zhao doesn't believe me, come with me back to the Qixia Mountain camp to check."

"Really!" Zhao Yun still didn't believe it.

"Every word is true!" Xiao Huaian was unsure when he said this, and subconsciously turned to look at Ye Xinran. Ye Xinran nodded at him, and Xiao Huaian finally felt relieved.

"We have been here for so long, of course we have our own way, otherwise Deputy General Zhao will think we stole the barbarians' food before!"

"As long as the food isn't lost, that's good! As long as the food isn't lost, that's good!"

Although he was skeptical, Zhao Yun still chose to believe Xiao Huaian's words.

Soon the road in the canyon was cleared.

The cars that were crushed by rocks were also dragged out by everyone.

All those who were still usable were harnessed to the horses again, and the injured who had difficulty moving were carried up.

And just like that, the group set out again.

The people brought by Xiao Huaian also mixed into King Rui's team.

Only Xiao Huaian was not with them.

At this time, he had already sat in Ye Xinran's carriage.

Ding Qiao placed two heaters in the carriage while waiting, so as soon as Ye Xinran and Xiao Huaian got on the car, they felt a wave of heat blowing towards them.

Xiao Huaian looked at the simple furnishings in the carriage and said somewhat stiffly: "You have worked hard on this journey."

The surprise and unexpectedness of the meeting just now have been diluted a lot.

When the two were alone together, Xiao Huaian thought of everything that happened when they separated and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

In comparison, Ye Xinran looked much more relaxed.

When she came, she felt a mixture of love and hate.

But after hearing about Xiao Huaian's past experiences on the way, the hatred in his heart turned into heartache.

Until today, when she was rescued from the barbarians by Xiao Huaian and held in his arms, Ye Xinran finally let go of the resentment in her heart.

Forget it, there were many things in the past that he had no control over.

Ye Xinran said this to herself.

"It's not that hard, but I'm worried that I'll see something I shouldn't see and make you unhappy."

Although she had let go of her resentment, when she saw Xiao Huaian's expression, Ye Xinran couldn't help but want to say something to him.

Xiao Huaian savored Ye Xinran's words carefully. When he heard her say that she was afraid of seeing something she shouldn't see, he quickly waved his hand to explain: "I'm here, you can look at anything you want, there's nothing you shouldn't see!"