She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 111 - Jie Chen Is Captured
Chapter 111: Chapter 111 Jie Chen Is Captured
Chapter 111 -111 Jie Chen Is Captured
The conditions to reach the eleventh floor did not appear.
Instead, a reminder informed Xiang Ying that she must continue feeding the figurines until reaching a hundred before the conditions would be displayed.
She twisted her eyebrows in thought.
This was an increase in difficulty.
Why didn’t she have this much trouble in her previous life?
Could it be that her space had upgraded again?
Xiang Ying suppressed her many doubts and turned towards the screen.
The little figurines were actively recruiting and trading, looking like tiny radishes as they began to divide the work among themselves.
Xiang Ying could only invest more resources for them, including meat, horses, and weapons—one portion for each without skimping.
Among them, an electronic figurine with a beard was the most diligent, running up and down, collecting all the things that Xiang Ying had given him.
Then, as if holding a meeting, he stood at the top, passionately speaking.
Although Xiang Ying couldn’t hear what they were saying, she could sense that they were all very excited and enthusiastic.
She hoped they would work harder and quickly recruit a hundred little cartoon figures for her!
After taking care of these matters, Xiang Ying felt a bit sleepy.
The outside world must be in chaos right now, no one would come to bother her.
So, Xiang Ying quietly took out a soft quilt from her space, and covered the straw with it.
Lying on the plush straw, she immediately sighed with comfort.
She fell asleep with her arm as a pillow.
The next day when she woke up, the day was already bright, and unexpectedly, no one had disturbed her all night.
It seemed that the loss of the food was taken very seriously by the General.
Xiang Ying stored the quilt back into her space.
Leaning against the wall, she looked out through the narrow window, seeing the sky was clear and blue.
“Tsks, the kids must be hungry by now.”
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Usually, at this time, she would have already made breakfast for the kids.
Now she did not know how the kids were faring; they must be worried about her.
Thinking about this, Xiang Ying felt as if she had lost her appetite… which was impossible!
The kids had Tao Xue and Qi Fengyi looking after them; they surely wouldn’t suffer.
She went into her space, ate a boiled egg, half a corn on the cob, and a bowl of wontons.
She then took a bath in the upstairs bathroom.
When Xiang Ying opened her eyes again, she felt fresh and clean.
At the same time, a soldier opened the door to her cell.
Xiang Ying, in a cheerful mood, arched her eyebrows and squinted her eyes, with a blossoming smile of radiance.
“Good morning, I had a great sleep here.”
The soldier, with dark circles under his eyes, glared at her resentfully: “You look comfortable enough, but we ran our legs off last night!”
“Speaking of which, you’re lucky. Some stinking thief came out of nowhere and dared to steal from our granary, and actually succeeded!”
“The General deployed people to search all night without success, you’re in luck, someone vouched for you, and the General didn’t have time to take your life.”
He unlocked the chains for Xiang Ying; up close, he could smell the fragrance of natural soap on the woman.
The soldier got a bit distracted.
This woman really was unlike the others, just like the rumors said.
Other female prisoners would have stunk after being exiled for so long, but she still emitted a fresh scent.
Xiang Ying had already stood up, loosening her muscles and joints.
She rubbed her shoulders and asked with a smile: “Was it Jie Jianjun who vouched for me to get out?”
The soldier came back to his senses, grumbled: “You guessed it right.”
Xiang Ying was satisfied in her heart.
No matter whether the figure in black last night was Jie Chen or not, she did the right thing in rescuing him.
After leaving the prison, the person waiting outside to escort her was the Acid Scholar.
Seeing Xiang Ying, the Acid Scholar waved: “Elder Princess, the Military Supervisor arranged for me to pick you up.”
The two got into the carriage and set off on the road back to camp.
The Acid Scholar stealthily observed Xiang Ying but noticed that her face did not show the slightest hint of gloom or depression.
Instead, her eyes sparkled, her expression emanating relaxed joy.
Not even this stint in jail had dulled her sharpness.
“Scholar,” Xiang Ying suddenly spoke up.
The Acid Scholar snapped out of his thoughts and hurriedly responded: “Yes! Elder Princess, what are your commands?”
Xiang Ying pointed at the increased patrols of soldiers on the streets and feigned ignorance: “What’s this about?”
The Acid Scholar started pouring out his grievances, rattling on and on.
About how last night a notorious bandit had slipped through multiple checkpoints and stolen a great deal of grain.
Some grain depots were spared, but still, General Changsheng was in an exceptional fury.
“To steal right under the nose of a General is to scorn his authority, hence the General demanded that the patrols be strengthened, and for these coming days, any household with unaccounted for grain must be thoroughly interrogated.”
Xiang Ying acknowledged with an “Oh,” and without betraying her emotion, asked: “But that person must have left no trace, right?”
“Not at all, otherwise, how could he be called a notorious bandit? Surely it was someone highly skilled to steal so much grain without detection.”
Just thinking about the challenge of transporting grain without being noticed by so many was already a problem.
Xiang Ying let out a sigh of relief.
Of course, she wasn’t worried about herself being discovered, but about whether the figure in black might have left behind any clues.
What a pity for the remaining grain that wasn’t taken, but Xiang Ying couldn’t make a second trip; her own space was already filled to the brim.
Upon Xiang Ying’s return to the camp, Skinny Monkey, along with the children, came forward to greet her.
Xiang Xiuxiu lunged into Xiang Ying’s arms and looking up with pitiful eyes, said: “Mother, Uncle Monkey has been mistreating us.”
Skinny Monkey hastily denied in fear: “I certainly did not, Miss is talking nonsense!”
Xiang Xiuxiu indignantly retorted: “You made us eat your pancakes, they’re as hard as rocks!”
Xiang Yuanshuo added: “And the eggs you gave us were rotten.”
Xiang Ying’s scrutinizing gaze swept towards Skinny Monkey, who shook his head desperately, his will to survive strong.
“That was salted duck egg! I just bought it a few days ago from the market, it was expensive, I myself wouldn’t even bear to eat one!”
The three little ones snickered secretly, and Xiang Ying knew then that Skinny Monkey had become the children’s plaything once again.
She gently tapped the little ones on their heads: “It wasn’t easy for Uncle Skinny Monkey to take care of you all.”
Skinny Monkey was touched: “Sister-in-law understands me… No, that sounded strange. Jie Jianjun isn’t around, right? Definitely don’t let him misunderstand.”
Xiang Ying chuckled: “Jie Chen hasn’t returned yet?”
“He’s still with the Great General, I just saw the Vice General head over too, probably to tattle,” Acid Scholar interjected.
Skinny Monkey snorted coldly: “Let him tattle, as if our Military Supervisor would be afraid of him.”
Unexpectedly no sooner had he finished speaking than Supervisor Ke walked over swiftly with a severe expression.
“The entire team on alert, Skinny Monkey, Scholar, you two get all the prisoners into the tents.”
Xiang Ying looked towards him: “What’s happened?”
Supervisor Ke pursed his lips and stared at Xiang Ying with a solemn face.
He initially didn’t want to say but considering that Xiang Ying was almost one of their own, Supervisor Ke still spoke in a low voice:
“The grain depot has been burglarized, and the soldiers found a thin iron mask inside, one that Jie Jianjun has worn. Now, the General has detained the Military Supervisor.”
Hearing this, Xiang Ying felt her heart skip a beat.
“A mask made of thin iron?”
“Yes,” Supervisor Ke frowned, sighing, “I remember the Military Supervisor’s mask was lost, how did a new one suddenly turn up?”
After a moment of silence, Xiang Ying pursed her red lips: “That was a gift from me.”
“You!?” Supervisor Ke raised his voice, and after a brief look of astonishment, he shook his head anxiously, “You’ve really done him in this time, if the accusation sticks, military laws will apply, it’s to the death!”
