Chapter 258: We Are Husband and Wife
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Pu Da’s eyes were filled with hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, “It’s those Nan State people!”
Zhang Nuo’s expression changed at once. “They’re back?”
“Yes. Not only did they come back, but they also brought more people with them. They used vicious methods to attack us and poisoned our water source. If we hadn’t discovered it in time, we would have been finished.”
It turned out that two days ago, after the Li Clan had figured out the situation of these tribes, they immediately sent people here. Their goal was to destroy these tribes.
With so many tribes, the total number of people must be quite large. In addition, the previous incident had already made the tribesmen wary. If the Nan State people were to come again, they could not fight these tribesmen head-on. Thus, the Nan State people found the water sources of these tribes and dropped poison into the water.
At first, no one noticed it, but as people got into trouble, they realized that there was something wrong with the water. After all, they were people who had been in contact with medicine for many years, so they immediately felt that something was wrong.
The tribal chiefs of all the tribes discussed in secret. They came to the conclusion that the people of the Nan State had most likely come back for revenge. In order to protect the lives of their tribesmen to the greatest extent, they fled overnight, leaving only a small number of tribesmen in the tribes’ villages to stand guard and deal with those people. This was to prevent them from discovering anything amiss and immediately going after the other tribesmen. In this way, they could buy more time for their tribesman to escape.
Su Ying, who had caught up with them, understood after listening to them. No wonder there weren’t many people in the tribes’ villages.
“Then where do you guys plan to go?”
Pu Da didn’t recognize Su Ying, so when he heard her question, he replied, “Tribal Chief told us to go to Sky Alpha City. He said we might have a chance of survival there.”
Su Ying suddenly understood. She remembered that she had told Tribal Chief Zhang that if he encountered such a matter again, he should go to Sky Alpha City. If Su Ying wasn’t around, he should go to the city to look for a man called Xiao Jin.
After Zhang Nuo learned that his family members were still alive, he continued to ride his horse to the front to search for them. Su Ying also went to the front to look for all the tribal chiefs.
When they learned that Su Ying had caught up to them, their tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
“City Lord Su, I hope you can take us in!” All the tribal chiefs knelt before Su Ying. If there were any other way, they wouldn’t want to go to Sky Alpha City to escape this calamity. They had nothing but their lives, so how could they go up against a large clan from a state?
The men could cast everything aside for their families and land, but what about those innocent children? They could not watch helplessly as their children were persecuted.
“Let’s get into the city first. When we arrived at the tribe’s village, we realized that those people had already disappeared. Did they retreat because they saw that your tribe members were all gone?”
“No, they won’t let it go so easily. They want to exterminate our race. It’s the people in our tribes who have temporarily lured them to another place. When they realize that something is wrong, they will quickly turn back to pursue us.”
So that was the reason.
It was freezing cold outside, so Su Ying didn’t waste any more time. She told everyone to continue on their way and that they could discuss the other matters after they reached Sky Alpha City.
It took Su Ying three to four days to travel from Sky Alpha City to these tribes, but she had only been traveling on a carriage. With so many people walking, it would probably be slower. In order to prevent the people from the Nan State from chasing them, Su Ying had Zhang Nuo lead the way while she traveled at the back to bring up the rear.
However, even when they saw the towering city gate of Sky Alpha City, the people from the Nan State did not come after them.
Su Ying spurred her horse to the front and arrived at the hidden entrance of the city gate.
She stood at the city gate and shouted, “Open the gate. I’m back.”
The group of tribesmen who were behind Su Ying listened to her shouting and they peered at the city wall. With such a tall city wall, could the people inside hear her shouting?
Just as everyone was feeling puzzled, they heard a click on the stone wall. A large crack appeared on the stone wall. Very soon, an entrance appeared in front of them.
Roar!
Everyone looked inside curiously and saw a ferocious tiger dashing out and lunging at Su Ying.
Everyone’s hearts instantly jumped to their throats, but they saw Su Ying slap the tiger’s head and send its huge body rolling to the ground. “Do you think you’re a dog?”
Roar!
The tiger let out an aggrieved soft growl and obediently lay by her feet to lick her shoes.
Su Ying took out a piece of jerky and tossed it to the tiger. She then instructed the tiger to bring its little friends to a faraway place to play so that they wouldn’t scare people.
The tiger finished the jerky in one bite and then left happily.
This sight shocked those tribesmen. Was this big tiger so obedient?
When the black-robed slaves saw that Su Ying had returned, they immediately went to report to Xiao Jin and the others.
After Su Ying led the tribesmen into the city, they passed through the tunnel and finally arrived at the spacious training ground.
It was currently noon and everyone had already returned to their living quarters to rest.
So many people had arrived in the city all of a sudden. Fortunately, there were enough empty houses.
Just as Su Ying was about to bring these tribesmen there, she heard the sound of galloping hooves behind her. She turned around and saw Xiao Jin urging his horse in her direction.
He was riding astride the horse with his back straight and his chiseled jaw slightly raised. His eyes, which were as dark as the night, were locked squarely on Su Ying. It was as if he only had eyes for her, despite there being millions of people in front of him.
Xiao Jin reined in his horse when he was three steps away from Su Ying. He nimbly dismounted and pulled her into his arms immediately.
Su Ying was immediately enveloped by him in a bear hug, but this time, for some unknown reason, she inexplicably responded and hugged him back.
The moment she reached out to hug him, Xiao Jin was stunned.
This was the first time Su Ying had taken the initiative to respond to him. Xiao Jin lowered his head and took a deep breath on her neck.
Xiao Jin became speechless instantly. Why did she smell like mutton…
He released Su Ying and saw that she was a little chubbier than before she left the city. There were signs of soft flesh on her cheeks next to the corners of her lips.
The two of them were openly hugging in front of so many people. It wasn’t difficult for the tribesmen who followed Su Ying to guess Xiao Jin’s identity.
Zhang Nuo was the one who was most familiar with Su Ying, so he asked, “City Lord Su, he is…”
Xiao Jin’s dark eyes quickly swept across Zhang Nuo’s body. Finally, as if he was declaring his sovereignty, his gaze swept across everyone before he raised his voice and proclaimed, “We’re husband and wife. My name is Xiao Jin.”
The corner of Su Ying’s eye twitched a few times. That was true nominally speaking, but was there a need to proclaim it so loudly?
“Who are these people?” Xiao Jin asked.
“Oh, they are the tribesmen whom we bought the medicinal herbs from before. They were attacked by the people from the Nan State and had no place to go for the time being, so I brought them back.”
When Xiao Jin heard the words “Nan State,” he frowned slightly. “Send someone to call Tiger Might here to settle these people down first.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Xiao Jin told one black-robed man to look for Tiger Might. Tiger Might was now in charge of the residential area.
After Tiger Might received the news, he immediately rushed over. When he saw so many people had arrived here in one go, he was also shocked..