The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

Zuiyanlou opens for business at noon.

Li Xun happened to arrive at this time, and he led a team of soldiers to capture the shopkeeper, leaving the rest of the people looking at each other in panic.

The shopkeeper had no signs of this, so he could only cry out for injustice and make indirect accusations. The soldiers escorting him were well-behaved and ignored his howling and beating.

Only after bringing the person into the palace did he calm down for a moment.

Li Xun knew that the shopkeeper would never confess his guilt at this time, but as the saying goes, to catch a thief, one must catch the leader first. Those petty thieves would naturally panic without their leader, and it would be more likely for them to make mistakes.

Therefore, he was in no hurry to make him confess. He just locked the shopkeeper in a dark side room and had four strong soldiers guarding him in turns.

The tavern was indeed in chaos.

The chefs had no intention of opening the shop anymore, so they just closed the door and gathered together to discuss the matter.

The man with the kitchen knife was puzzled, "This is really strange. What did this shopkeeper do to get arrested? And he's a guard!"

"I wanted to go and take a look, but I was stopped by those soldiers. I was so scared that I almost peed myself." One of them said with lingering fear.

"Look at what you have accomplished! It has nothing to do with us anyway, what are you afraid of?"

The man with the kitchen knife thought for a while and said, "I think the shopkeeper must have done something shameful behind our backs before he was arrested."

"He has always been a cautious person. We are the ones who did the bad things. It is enough for him to just enjoy himself. When would he need to act alone? Isn't this taking a risk?" Dicai asked?

"You don't understand. Didn't the princess take Amber away yesterday? The girl must have confessed to the princess. Think about it carefully..." The man with the kitchen knife lowered his voice, "Among those who bullied her, there was the shopkeeper, and he was arrested by a soldier, not a bad guy, so..."

"So what if they are soldiers? So what if they are bad guys?" asked the cook.

The man with the kitchen knife raised his eyebrows and said, "The bad guys are easy to deal with. The soldiers eat the royal family's food and may obey the princess's orders!"

"Stop talking nonsense. How can a princess nowadays have the power to mobilize the army?" Dicai obviously didn't believe it.

"I just can't figure it out no matter how hard I try." The cook sighed. Now that they were leaderless, it was still a question whether they could take action or not!

"That's not right! Since the shopkeeper didn't do anything else behind our back, why was he the only one arrested and not us too?" The man with the kitchen knife guessed the reason.

"Who cares? No matter what the reason is, as long as it doesn't involve us!" Dicai said.

"I think if he is arrested, we will be exposed sooner or later."

"Why don't we go back to the village and hide there first?"

……

Half an hour later, several people had discussed a plan. They packed up most of the food and wine in the tavern and sneaked back to their residence through the back door.

They packed their luggage and brought the carriage.

The five or six young ladies who had been abducted in the past two days and had not yet found a new husband were taken on the carriage.

Several women were squeezed into a carriage, almost face to face and shoulder to shoulder, and they hurriedly set off.

There was a light drizzle on the way. Although the rain was not heavy, it made the road back muddy and we couldn't speed up.

The man driving the carriage cursed under his breath and almost collided with another carriage.

The Mas on the opposite side honked and stopped, and as a result, the carriage overturned due to the sudden stop.

The men and their horses also fell into the yellow mud, and the carriage was drenched in rain. The next moment, many people got off the carriage behind, and rushed towards the cooks, cursing, trying to force them to stop.

The man with the kitchen knife gripped the reins tightly and was about to drive away, but was stopped by a group of people on the opposite side.

The other party looked very angry, and after a few angry curses and dirty words, he asked, "Do you know what's in the carriage?"

The man with the kitchen knife was also in a bad mood, but he knew he couldn't get angry at this time, so he said, "Gentlemen, we are all out on the road, and the road is muddy. It's not our fault."

The fireman said, "How about we, the brothers, help you get the carriage up? We are all on our way!"

The fat man who was leading the other party said angrily, "Help him up? You guys are really kidding, you think it's okay? It was obviously you who drove too fast and scared my horse, causing the carriage to slide sideways and fall down. We won't care, you must pay for it!"

The other cooks were not happy after hearing this, "So you are blackmailing us!"

But there were several carriages blocking the road on the opposite side, and a group of people were standing on the road that had to be passed. They could not avoid them or go around them, and the only way to find a way was to retreat.

The leader on the other side said calmly, "Are you in a hurry to leave? That's easy. Just pay for it. The cart is full of top-quality rice paper. One sheet is worth one gold coin, not to mention a whole cart. Even if you give us the carriage, it won't be enough!"

"Whatever you say it is, it's just a truckload of scrap paper!" The man with the kitchen knife was furious. "Besides, we didn't hit you, so why should we pay for it?"

At this time, they did not know that the other party were not easy to deal with. They all had fierce faces and pulled out big knives from the car without hesitation, one in each hand.

The big knives gleamed coldly in the drizzle, which was not only eye-catching but also truly shocking.

Di Cai shuddered, and said in a fearful tone, "You...you want to kill someone!"

The leader of the other side grinned and said, "That cart of rice paper was wanted by a senior official in Changxingfang, Chang'an. Now it's destroyed and we can't report it to the envoy. We can only skin you alive to vent our anger!"

"Wait, you guys can't get away with it even if you kill us all!" The man with the kitchen knife was also afraid, and his tone softened. Now it was not a matter of stalemate, but a matter of being killed by the desperate criminals. "Why don't you take the six young ladies in our car with you? They are all as beautiful as flowers, and they are more valuable than those pieces of paper. Just consider it as our compensation to you, how about it?"

The other party seemed to be still hesitating, so several cooks drove the women off the carriage.

Six young ladies got off the bus one after another, stood tremblingly at the side of the carriage, and were pushed to the other side by the cooks.

At this time, life is more important than anything else. Even if the other party is making up a story just to extort money, they have to admit it!

The other side has a lot of people and they all have weapons. If a fight breaks out, we'll be half dead at least. The girls can be kidnapped every day, so losing a few of them won't mean losing any meat.

This is the only option left.

The other party saw the young ladies standing in the rain, all of them in dishevel and in such a miserable state that they could not really see their beauty. However, he still hesitated for a while and was already shaken. "What do we want these young ladies for? We want money!"

Under the rain, the girls' hair and clothes soon became wet. They lowered their heads and the wounds on their bodies and faces were faintly visible.

The man washing vegetables said anxiously, "They are beautiful. You can offer them to the officials or keep them for yourself. It's better than going back empty-handed, right?"

After hearing this, the leader of the other party reluctantly drove the other carriages away and told them to hurry up and pass, otherwise he might change his mind at any time.

The cooks were so grateful that they kept saying thanks and left this place of trouble without delay.

Just after they drove away, a woman slowly walked down from the last carriage and gently called the young ladies into the carriage.

Suddenly, one of the young ladies, with tears in her eyes, was calmer than the other women: "You saved us?"

Li Xixiao turned her head and looked, slightly surprised. She was the most injured among the people. Her cheeks were swollen and her whole body was bruised. Not a single part of her looked good.

But the voice seems familiar.