Chapter 275: I’m Back
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Yes!” Zhang Nuo answered without hesitation. His eyes were filled with joy and anticipation that Su Ying had never seen before.
Su Ying didn’t know what he was looking forward to. “Buying seeds makes you so happy?”
Zhang Nuo laughed foolishly. He wasn’t happy that he could buy grain seeds, but that he could use what he knew to do something for Su Ying. Or rather, he was happy he could do something for the people in the city and make everyone’s lives better.
“I’m just happy. Don’t worry, City Lord. I, Zhang Nuo, will definitely not disappoint you.”
“Alright.”
Su Ying told him to go back and prepare. To play safe, she selected a team of gray-robed men to escort them, lest they were robbed of their silver.
“City Lord, City Lord! Oh, City Lord!”
Su Ying had just watched Zhang Nuo and his group leave when she saw Tian Mu running toward her with a wide grin on his face like a fool.
“City Lord, City Lord! It’s completed, it’s completed. I’ve succeeded!” Tian Mu ran up to Su Ying. He was so happy that he almost jumped into the air.
Su Ying was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses. “You made the wooden puppet?”
“It’s done! City Lord, quickly follow me to take a look!”
Su Ying ran all the way like a gust of wind, and even left Tian Mu far behind.
She walked into Xue Zhen’s small courtyard and saw a large pile of discarded wood scraps. There was no lack of wooden puppets that had already taken shape in the heap, but those were all failed specimens. The truly finished specimens were in the house in the backyard.
Su Ying ran to the backyard. When she saw the two wooden puppets fighting each other, her eyes lit up.
When she looked closely, she could see that these two wooden puppets were more agile than before, especially when they were fighting and dodging. They could dodge faster through the reaction of the operator inside.
“Xue Zhen, Xue Zhen. Come out.”
Su Ying shouted at the wooden puppets, but to her surprise, one of the wooden puppets suddenly turned around and attacked Su Ying.
Su Ying wasn’t annoyed. She grabbed a long rod from the side and started fighting the wooden puppet.
She didn’t dodge on purpose. Instead, she exerted her strength. Every strike from the rod hit the wooden puppet with a certain amount of force, but the wooden puppet was very sturdy and didn’t even crack.
Su Ying threw the wooden rod away and pulled out the dagger from her clothes to stab at the wooden puppet.
The sharp dagger quickly stabbed into the wooden puppet’s body, but because the wood was very hard, it required more strength to pull the dagger out after it went in.
Su Ying pushed the wooden puppet away with a single palm strike, causing it to stagger and fall to the ground. However, it quickly stood up again.
The wooden puppet immediately squatted down. Xue Zhen opened the wooden puppet’s belly and jumped out.
“Su Ying, you’re so powerful. You even defeated me.”
“You guys are the powerful ones.”
Su Ying eagerly jumped into the wooden puppet and began operating it. After a round of ferocious actions, Su Ying discovered that the improved wooden puppet was indeed much more flexible in its operation!
She was extremely excited. She gestured with her hand and told Tian Mu and his group to make 50 wooden puppets first for a look. If there were no problems, they could continue to expand their production.
“Alright.”
Everything in Sky Alpha City slowly got on track. Spring passed and autumn came. Time flew by rapidly.
Just as the people in the city were immersed in the joy of the harvest, good news came from the Chu State.
The Chu State won and successfully reclaimed the two cities that the Nan State had previously conquered. They even laid siege to a city until the Nan State’s troops were forced to surrender. This time, they really surrendered. The Nan State took the initiative to request peace talks and even wanted to compensate the Chu State. All they asked from the Chu State was a ceasefire.
It was almost winter again. After this year’s war, the state treasury of the Chu State had almost been exhausted. If it wasn’t for this year’s good harvest, the state might not even be able to provide the food rations needed by the military.
“Your Highness, now that the war has ended and His Majesty has summoned you back to the capital, when does Your Highness plan to set off?” General Yong Wu walked into the camp with the news from the capital.
Xiao Jin lowered his eyelids, covering the dark depths of his eyes. “There’s no rush.”
General Yong Wu frowned. How could he still say that when the Imperial decree had been issued?
“I still have to fetch some people. If I’m going back, they have to go back together with me.”
General Yong Wu was completely unaware of Xiao Jin’s life in the northern wilderness. It was not that he had not inquired about it, but the people around Xiao Jin were tight-lipped, so he could not get anything out of them. When he heard Xiao Jin’s words, he could only probe deeper. “Who does Your Highness want to bring back?”
“Princess Consort.”
General Yong Wu was stunned. He had heard of the matter regarding Princess Consort Qi before… Was Prince Qi possessed? He still wanted to bring her back to the capital?
Of course, Xiao Jin would not give him an explanation. He only told Jiang Yun to prepare to leave for the northern wilderness the next day.
In Sky Alpha City.
Su Ying’s gaze was blazing like a torch as she looked at the wooden puppets lined up neatly on the training ground. “Two to a team. Get ready for real practice.”
Everyone’s muffled but vigorous response rang out from inside the wooden puppets.
The drums sounded, and the wooden puppets on the training ground went into physical practice.
During the exchange of blows, it could be seen that the operators were already very familiar with the operation of the wooden puppets.
A whole field of wooden puppets looked extraordinarily impressive. Although the puppets had no actual combat experience, they could still scare people when placed outside.
Among the mass of large wooden puppets, there were a few small wooden puppets that Tian Mu and his group had specially made for the children.
Su Ying couldn’t help laughing out as she looked at those few tiny wooden puppets mimicking other people.
“City Lord, he’s back. His Highness is back!”
Su Ying’s body suddenly froze, and she turned around to look at Zhao Neng, who was running toward her.
“What did you say?”
Zhao Neng’s face was filled with joy. “His Highness is back! His Highness is back to fetch you, City Lord!”
Su Ying blinked and saw a familiar yet distant figure walking toward her.
He was dressed in a long black robe with a jade belt tied around his waist, accentuating his broad shoulders and narrow waist. His black hair fluttered in the freezing wind, framing his mesmerizing and handsome but chilly eyes. However, the moment his eyes landed on Su Ying, they became unprecedentedly gentle.
His steps were steady yet very fast as if he wished he could reach Su Ying in just a few short steps.
A gust of freezing wind blew past, and Su Ying squinted her eyes slightly. When she opened her eyes again, he was already in front of her.
In the next moment, Su Ying was pulled into a firm embrace.
He really exerted a lot of strength, so much so that he almost made Su Ying’s body merge into his.
“Su Ying, I’m back.”
Su Ying’s eyelashes trembled slightly as she subconsciously hugged him in return. “Xiao Jin, welcome back.”
“Give him a kiss!”
The training ground had become extremely quiet earlier. When a voice suddenly rang out, the training ground immediately became restless.
Perhaps it was because they were hiding in the wooden puppets and couldn’t receive Su Ying’s death glare, but the bolder ones all joined in.
“Give him a kiss!”
“City Lord, kiss-kiss!”
Su Ying turned around and glared at the source of the voice. However, when she turned back, her lips met a pair of slightly cold lips.
Su Ying felt as if the world had come to a standstill, and all that was left in her ears was the sound of her heart pounding rapidly like drums.
Xiao Jin kept hugging her. Just as he was about to deepen the kiss, Su Ying realized that she actually missed the scent of his body very much.
Su Ying’s eyes revealed a deep smile as she opened her mouth and bit down..