Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 439 - 437

Xiao’er glanced and noticed that soldiers had already entered the inn’s main gate.

"Zhao Yong, how is your wound?" After taking two healing pills, it should have mostly healed by now.

Zhao Yong could no longer feel any pain. He touched the deepest wound, which had already scabbed over, and the other minor injuries had also returned to normal.

Once again, he deeply appreciated the magic of these healing pills!

"The deepest wound has already scabbed over."

Xiao’er breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"Mess up your hair a bit, pretend like you just woke up, the bodyguards are coming." Xiao’er said this while messing up her own hair. Looking over the two of them and the furnishings in the room, seeing that everything was normal, she opened the door while yawning, "Innkeeper, what’s going on at your inn? It’s so noisy in the middle of the night, can’t people sleep?"

The innkeeper was carefully accompanying the bodyguards, when he heard this, he saw Xiao’er’s sleepy face and hurriedly reassured, "My apologies, there was an assassin who broke into the Imperial Palace and has escaped. The guards are now searching all over."

Hearing Xiao’er’s words, the officers standing in the corridor all looked toward her.

Who is this person? Is he really just waking up or pretending? He dares to argue with them!

Xiao’er saw so many officers, and was scared awake. She quickly apologized with a laugh, "So it’s the officers doing their job! You go ahead, ignore what I just said! You’re really working hard! How dare that damn assassin break into the Imperial Palace of all places! Sir, you must catch him, otherwise I won’t dare to sleep tonight!"

The leading officer walked over to Xiao’er.

In situations like this, anyone would lock their doors, yet he was the first one to see someone actually open the door to find out what’s going on.

Anything abnormal would be a trick in some way.

Zhao Yong and Yang Liu also came out, "Third Brother, what happened?"

"The officers are catching an assassin. Big Brother, didn’t you always want to be a soldier? You should ask them if they’re still hiring!"

"Third Brother, stop messing around, the officers are on official duty!" Zhao Yong faked an irritated tone, pretending to be annoyed with his younger brother.

"I heard there’s an assassin in the Palace and they’re in need of people right now. The Government Office must be hiring! You should ask this officer here, you might be able to land a position!" Xiao’er dragged Zhao Yong over to the leading bodyguard.

The leading bodyguard heard this, his mouth twitched, where did this eccentric come from!

"Sir officer, are you hiring? Look at my big brother, tall and strong, with the strength of an ox, why don’t you take him! My father said, it’s alright if the wages are a few coins less, you must feed him well! Five bowls of rice for one meal, that’s enough for three meals a day!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yong almost couldn’t continue playing along. Are you implying that I eat too much?

The innkeeper and the officers all rolled their eyes! Five bowls of rice per meal, that’s fifteen bowls a day! And they have to pay him! Who could afford that?

Can’t afford him at home, so wants the Government to keep him!

There really is all kinds of people out in the world!

"Get out of here, don’t get in the way of official business, or I’ll have you thrown in jail!" The leading bodyguard looked them over once more before speaking.

"Don’t you want to check inside their room for the assassin?" He instructed the bodyguards behind him.

"Sorry, my third brother was joking, four bowls of rice for dinner is enough for me, I can’t sleep if I eat too much, please feel free." Zhao Yong quickly pulled Xiao’er away and let them into the room.

"Hey, why is there a burnt smell in your room!"

"It was a bit chilly last night, so we had the waiter bring a charcoal basin in. My big brother doesn’t sleep well, he kicked a thin quilt onto the charcoal basin and set it on fire." After Xiao’er said this, she gave the innkeeper an apologetic look.

The innkeeper heard this and rushed to check the quilt on the bed, sure enough, it had a big hole burnt in it!

"This quilt can’t be used anymore, you have to compensate one silver tael!" The innkeeper took the opportunity to ask for more.

"This quilt is neither new nor old, and you want one silver tael for it? Sir officer, I want to sue the innkeeper for deliberately trying to cheat me out of my silver!"

"I didn’t have that quilt for long! It cost me a silver tael when I bought it!"

"One silver tael, who are you trying to cheat! This old quilt has been used by who knows how many people! Who knows how many times it’s been used! I’ll depreciate it, and compensate you 100 coins!"

"No, that quilt was newly purchased not long ago..."

The leading officer ignored what Xiao’er was saying and focused his gaze on Zhao Yong again. The assassin had blond hair, while this man’s was black, it shouldn’t be the assassin, but his stature was very similar.

Has the art of disguise improved to the point where even hair color can be changed now?

There are many talented and unique individuals in this world. It’s not impossible.

With this thought, he quickly extended his hand and slapped Zhao Yong’s left chest.

Zhao Yong didn’t dodge, he just took the palm hit. Under the impact, his body retreated a few steps.

"Hey, why did you suddenly hit someone!" Seeing this, Xiao’er forgot about her dispute with the innkeeper, she quickly rushed to support Zhao Yong.

"Big brother, are you okay? Do you need to charge him for medical expenses? Is one silver tael enough? Let me check how badly you’re hurt! Let’s see how much silver we should ask for." Finished speaking, Xiaor reached out to tug Zhao Yong’s clothes.

Zhao Yong quickly grabbed Xiao’er’s hand.

Lady, you’re overdoing it! If our master finds out that you tore my clothes, would I still be alive!

"Third Brother, Big Brother is fine, there are other people here!" Zhao Yong chimed in with feigned bitterness.

"What’s there to be afraid of, we’re all men here! If he has internal injuries, we should have him compensate a few taels of silver! Father said that government officials are all wealthy!"

"..."

Yang Liu lowered his head, unable to bear the sight.

The bodyguards present all twitched at the corners of their mouths, is she trying to scam even their team leader?!

Xiao’er had already loosened Zhao Yong’s outer clothing, revealing the white undershirt inside. The leading bodyguard saw that there was no blood on Zhao Yong’s chest. He also noticed that there was no bandaging there. He turned his gaze away and walked out, "Withdraw!"

The assassin was seriously injured, he didn’t use much force just now, but if he was indeed the assassin, after that palm hit, the wound would definitely bleed.

"Big Brother, are you really okay? Don’t you need to see a doctor?"

"It’s okay, you know I’m strong, I can take a punch like that without seeing a doctor."

"Really!" Xiao’er’s tone was full of regret.

The bodyguards looked at Xiao’er as if she were a mental patient, then all walked out.

"Gentlemen, you need to compensate for the quilt first, otherwise, you cannot stay!"

"Innkeeper, how could your quilt possibly be worth one silver tael? Two hundred coins, take it or leave it, otherwise, we’ll just leave!" Xiao’er was ready to pack up and leave.

Two hundred coins? Two hundred is two hundred then! The quilt only cost two hundred and thirty coins when he bought it.