She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 207: I am the Golden Saber Guard, Pei Qinglin

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: I am the Golden Saber Guard, Pei Qinglin

Xiang Ying suddenly said, "There is still one alive in my room."

The man known as General Pei had a flash of light in his eyes and quickly stepped in to check the breathing of the bandit.

Thankfully, he was just knocked unconscious by a blow to the temple with the hilt of Xiang Ying’s knife.

When he woke up, he could be interrogated just the same.

General Pei clasped his fists in gratitude, "Thank you for your assistance, my name is Pei Qinglin. We are the Golden Saber Guards escorting Princess Xining. She was abducted by these ruthless bandits on her way to a royal marriage alliance."

"In order to extract the location of their hideout, we had no choice but to disguise ourselves and infiltrate this inn; encountering you was serendipitous."

"We hesitated to take action just now because we feared the bandits might have a backup plan. I hope you don’t take offense."

The three little ones pushed open the wooden cabinet and peeked out one after another.

Hmph~ before they even had a chance to act, mother had already dealt with those people?

Xiang Ying checked on Aren and, seeing that he was unharmed, she clasped her fists in return towards those men.

"We are also unscathed. Since the General has pressing matters, you may take this villain with you first."

General Pei nodded, taking another long look at Xiang Ying.

Xiang Ying went over to check on Tao Xue and the others. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

Thankfully, with Qi Fengyi there, they hadn’t been injured much, except Aren was carelessly captured by them just now.

It was still the middle of the night, and the entire inn was brightly lit.

The children were no longer sleepy.

Xiang Yuanshuo tugged on Xiang Ying’s sleeve.

"Bad mom, I’m hungry. Do you have any tasty food?"

Xiang Ying chuckled, "You’re always the first to get hungry."

She saw Qi Fengyi and Tao Xue chatting with Aren outside, and conveniently took out some food from her space.

Each person got three lamb and carrot buns, accompanied by a refreshing cup of hawthorn juice.

Xiang Ying invited Tao Xue and the others to eat together.

Aren was surprised, "There’s even lamb buns! How come they’re warm?"

Xiang Ying kept a straight face, "Before you went to sleep, I roasted them on the fire with oiled paper. Eat without worries."

Aren gobbled up the food, his eyes filled with the joy of eating meat.

Qi Fengyi on the other hand was somewhat cautious, pacing back and forth at the door.

Xiang Ying approached, "What are you looking at? Why not come and eat something?"

Qi Fengyi’s eyes darkened, "After all, that’s a General from Nanyue. He should have many underlings, but for such a long time, I’ve only seen these three busy here."

"I’m afraid they also have ill intentions, so I’d like to keep watch for a while."

Xiang Ying walked to the staircase and glanced downstairs.

Pei Qinglin was with two companions, moving the bodies of the innkeeper’s family and burying them on the hillside behind the inn.

Xiang Ying withdrew her gaze and pulled Qi Fengyi into the room, "Don’t worry, they won’t be a threat to us as long as they don’t know our identities."

After the meal, Tao Xue and the others stayed in Xiang Ying’s room for the night, spreading out bedding on the floor and sleeping together.

Around the break of dawn, someone knocked on the door.

Qi Fengyi, resting by the door, was the first to open her eyes.

"Who is it?" Her tone was somewhat fierce.

There was a pause from outside, then the voice of Pei Qinglin came through, "It’s me, Pei Qinglin. My men have caught a pheasant, and I wanted to ask if you all would like to eat?"

Qi Fengyi was about to refuse, but was stopped by Xiang Ying.

Pei Qinglin wouldn’t come up unprovoked to invite them to eat; surely he had something he wanted to say.

Refusing now would only arouse his suspicion.

Their current identity was too sensitive to withstand scrutiny.

Xiang Ying opened the door, "My children are still sleeping, but thank you for the kind offer, General Pei."

Pei Qinglin glanced inside the house with the corner of his eye and saw that the three small figures on the bed were indeed still in deep sleep.

He smiled faintly and said to Xiang Ying, "Would you like to have something to eat first?"

Xiang Ying paused for a moment, "That might be good."

She followed him downstairs, and Qi Fengyi, worried, trailed after her.

Upon descending, the aromatic scent of roasted chicken filled the air indeed.

But Xiang Ying could tell by the smell alone that the chicken had no salt or seasoning, and the taste would certainly not be good.

Pei Qinglin’s companion handed over two plates, each with a roasted chicken leg on it.

Pei Qinglin proactively tore off a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

"You can rest assured, there’s no poison."

Qi Fengyi looked unhappy, crossed her arms, and refused to eat.

Xiang Ying, on the other hand, tasted it leisurely.

Pei Qinglin sat across from them and asked, "I overheard last night that you were heading to the Capital to find your family? Our encounter here must be fate."

"As a token of thanks, I can arrange for my men to escort you and your family into the Capital."

Xiang Ying’s expression didn’t change, her tone neither cold nor warm, "There’s no need, General. We prefer to be free and easy, not wanting to be burdened by favors."

Pei Qinglin understood and nodded with a smile.

"I saw your martial arts last night; every move was fascinating. May I ask who your master is?"

"My master has long passed away."

Hearing Xiang Ying’s response, Pei Qinglin showed a look of regret.

He thought for a moment, bowed with his hands clasped, and said, "There’s a favor I’d like to ask of you, for which I am willing to offer ten thousand gold. I hope you’ll consider it."

Qi Fengyi slammed the table, "I knew there was no free lunch. What good intention to feed us roast chicken, it’s all for profit."

Xiang Ying stopped Qi Fengyi, who then sat back down with a stern face.

"General Pei misunderstands, we are all ordinary folks, how could we possibly help the General."

However, Pei Qinglin said, "Without concealing it from you, our mission is to escort Princess Xining to her marriage alliance, but we were ambushed by ruthless bandits, and the Princess was kidnapped. We led the troops to pursue and unwittingly fell into the bandits’ trap."

"The convoy originally had five hundred guards; now, the dead and wounded are many, and less than twenty remain who have the ability to continue the search for the Princess and retain combat readiness."

"We three ventured out with the determination to find Princess Xining. I need someone skilled like you to assist; whatever conditions you have, you may propose them. Upon our return to the Capital, I will certainly petition the Emperor to grant you a top-rank merit."

What top-rank merit, Xiang Ying wasn’t particularly interested.

She only pondered for a moment before asking, "Who is Princess Xining to marry?"

Pei Qinglin paused.

As a Southern Yue person, not knowing this?

Perhaps not much concerned with it.

Without much suspicion, he replied, "With the Prince of Beiqi."

Xiang Ying pondered.

Nanyue must have exhausted too many resources during the war with Xizhou.

According to the terrain, they are vulnerable to a counterattack from Beiqi when weak.

After all, Beiqi borders their heartland and attacking them at any time would be advantageous.

Thus, the Nanyue Emperor must be anxious, seeking to stabilize diplomatic relations by means of a marriage alliance.

This Princess Xining must be very important to them.

Qi Fengyi, with her arms crossed, interjected, "We won’t agree. Rescuing the Princess should be something you sort out yourselves."

From her perspective, these people not bringing reinforcements from the Capital to help, but instead seeking aid from them, strangers met by chance?

There must be deceit!

However, Xiang Ying, stroking her chin, pondered for a while and then said, "I can help with this favor."

Pei Qinglin immediately showed a smile.

But Xiang Ying added, "However, I have a condition."