The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 102 - 99 Raiding the House

Chapter 102: Chapter 99 Raiding the House

In the carriage

Ruo Xuan was counting her silver notes one by one with great pleasure, not even caring about cultivating anymore.

Xuanyuan Que was closing his eyes and cultivating.

The Demon Lord didn’t want to be a dog anymore, so he went to provoke Xuanyuan Que, just wanting to enrage him enough to be slapped to death with a single blow!

He vigorously pawed at Xuanyuan Que’s thigh with his two paws, but even after a long while, Xuanyuan Que still didn’t pay him any attention.

So the Demon Lord resorted to biting him, even gnawing his brocade robe to tatters, but Xuanyuan Que remained indifferent.

Unable to hold back any longer, the Demon Lord started to curse at Xuanyuan Que with "woof woof woof".

(After you became a human, Xuanyuan Que, you really have no backbone at all. You can tolerate such provocation from me? You weren’t like this before. In the past, anyone who dared to irritate you would have been scared out of their wits!)

Finally, Xuanyuan Que responded, "I have always made it a point not to argue with livestock."

Demon Lord: "..."

He paused for a moment, then started cursing like crazy!

"Woof woof woof woof woof..."

"Woof woof woof woof woof..."

...

The "woofing" sound was as annoying as a fly buzzing in one’s ear, so Xuanyuan Que finally lashed out with a slap.

The Demon Lord got his wish!

He was slapped by Xuanyuan Que.

But his wish was only half fulfilled. He was slapped, but not to death—instead, he was slapped mute.

The Demon Dog’s mouth kept opening and closing, but no sound came out.

Ruo Xuan, feeling sympathetic, patted its head, "Be good, don’t provoke Brother Xuanyuan. Are you not afraid of not growing up?"

The Demon Lord almost died of anger. Was he afraid of not growing up? He was afraid of not dying!

Unfortunately, now he couldn’t even manage a single "woof"!

The Demon Lord resentfully glared at Xuanyuan Que and Ruo Xuan.

These two humans were too much! They didn’t care about his feelings as a dog!

Couldn’t they just give him a clean break?

No one paid him any attention.

Feeling dejected, he covered his dog head with his two paws and went to sleep.

Ruo Xuan finally finished counting. Her eyes were shining like stars, "Brother Xuanyuan, there’s a total of six thousand eight hundred taels. I’ll give you half."

Ruo Xuan joyfully divided half of the silver notes and offered them to him.

"There’s no need. That money was given to you by others and you deserve it," Xuanyuan Que said indifferently, still with eyes closed and not even moving an eyelid as he continued cultivating.

So Ruo Xuan happily pocketed the notes, "Brother Xuanyuan, with six thousand taels, we could buy a very large shop, right?"

"Yes, if you want to buy a shop you could ask Shopkeeper Gu," Xuanyuan Que replied.

Shopkeeper Gu immediately took up the conversation with enthusiasm, "Lady Xuanbao, a good shop in town costs about five taels per square foot, around ten in the county city, around thirty in the prefectural city, and fifty to one hundred in the Capital City."

"These prices are for shops that come with a courtyard. Normally, you get the courtyard with the shop for free. Shops without courtyards are a bit cheaper, about a third less costly."

"Bogu Pavilion, because of its large courtyard, cost around five thousand taels to purchase initially. Lady Xuanbao, if you want to buy a shop, I’ll keep an eye out for you."

Most shops in cities during this era came with either large or small courtyards.

The shop fronts were for business, while the courtyards served as living quarters and storage for goods, making everything more convenient.

So Ruo Xuan said, "Thank you, Grandfather Gu. Either the county or prefectural city is fine, the courtyard doesn’t need to be too big, I’m planning to turn it into a bookstore."

"Alright, I will keep an eye out for Miss Xuanbao. You don’t have to be polite, Lady Xuanbao."

Shopkeeper Gu then thought of scenes that Lady Xuanbao certainly likes to watch, so he steered the carriage straight into the city.

An hour later, the carriage stopped in a bustling stretch of the prefectural city and couldn’t move forward another step.

The entire street was clogged with people!

The whole Great General’s Residence was surrounded by the Feiyan Army, clad in black armor.

Taking the Great General’s Residence as the center, a circumference stretching out several meters was filled with onlookers.

A small figure dragged another small figure through the dense crowd, forcing their way into the center.

Xuanyuan Que was covered in the various scents of different people and deeply regretted following her out of the carriage to join the crowd.

No, it wasn’t that he wanted to follow, he was dragged out of the carriage by force.

With a dark expression, he performed a Little Immortal Technique to cleanse the scents from both their bodies.

Frowning, he stood protectively behind her with his handsome face as cold as a banished immortal, guarding against the jostling of the crowd from behind.

Ruo Xuan watched as over two hundred members of the loyal and courageous General’s family and their servants were being escorted one by one by the Feiyan Army, clad in black armor.

The members of the General’s household struggled desperately.

"How dare you arrest me, I am a Sixth Rank Lady bestowed by The Emperor himself!"

"This is the residence of the loyal and brave General, a Fourth Rank Great General of the Imperial Court! Without an imperial edict from The Emperor, by what right do you ransack our General’s residence?"

"The descendants of our loyal and brave General’s family have always been loyal and good. If The Emperor learns of your unwarranted intrusion into the General’s residence, it will be a capital offense punishable by death!"

...

No matter what the people of the General’s residence said, not a single soldier of the Feiyan Army responded to them.

Ruo Xuan watched as the Feiyan Army coldly and swiftly pushed the people of the General’s residence out, shackled them, and locked them in prison wagons!

She observed box after box sealed with official stamps being carried out by the Feiyan Army, their faces devoid of any expression.

She witnessed the removal of the placard from the loyal and brave General’s residence.

She saw the vermilion doors of the loyal and brave General’s residence being closed, and two seal strips crisscrossed over them!

Ruo Xuan felt as refreshed as if she had been cleansed by a gentle rain and then basked in the warm sunshine; she was thoroughly delighted!

It filled her with joy!

Ruo Xuan watched until the last of the prison wagons carrying away the people of the General’s residence had departed, her longing not fully satisfied.

At that moment, only she, the stern-faced Xuanyuan Que, and the patient Shopkeeper Bogu remained on the street.

The rest of the populace had either left or followed behind the prison wagons to watch the spectacle.

Ruo Xuan herself had wanted to follow, but Divine Lord Xuanyuan remained immovable no matter how she pulled, so she let it be.

Xuanyuan Que: "Have you had your fill of watching?"

"Not yet!" Ruo Xuan stood on tiptoe and craned her little head to watch the departing line of prison wagons, casually responding with a tone of reluctance.

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Shopkeeper Bogu stood behind the two children, looking at his young master’s body language filled with helplessness, and couldn’t help but smile warmly.

It seems that only Lady Xuanbao could evoke emotional fluctuations in the young master!

In the past, the young master had no interest in anything and never showed emotional changes towards anyone.

No matter what others said to him, he never reacted!

Now he has learned what anger and helplessness are!

His emotions are becoming more abundant and he’s becoming more like a normal person, which is wonderful!

"Get on the carriage," Xuanyuan Que dropped these words and climbed into the carriage himself.

Shopkeeper Bogu: See if he won’t get impatient now!

"Oh," Ruo Xuan hurried and ran over.

Shopkeeper Bogu lifted Ruo Xuan onto the carriage, then asked, "Young master, shall I follow behind the prison wagons?"

Xuanyuan Que did not speak.

Shopkeeper Bogu smiled, taking his silence as consent, and thus drove the carriage slowly behind the prison convoy, allowing Xuanbao to watch to her heart’s content.

Then, Ruo Xuan also saw the County Magistrate leading Master Xuan Ji, Zhou’s family, and others in a grand procession returning to town.

She saw people throwing rotten vegetable leaves and pouring dirty water on Zhou’s family and the others!

These were prepared in advance by families who had lost their children upon receiving the news, waiting on the streets just to vent their anger.

As they threw the rotten vegetables, they cursed at them.

The surrounding populace, hearing that the loyal and brave General’s household had abducted many children to steal their lifespan and fate, and even committed treason, ran up close to the prison wagons to spit and show their disdain!

Zhou’s face and body were covered with rotten leaves and saliva. Soaked through, she couldn’t stop cursing people, "I haven’t done anything, it was all done by the Ruo Family! The Ruo Family took the fate of my family. The Ruo Family won’t die a good death. I won’t let them go even if I become a ghost..."

Upon hearing this, Ruo Xuan drenched her in Ruo Water, causing her such pain that she could no longer speak!

Hmph, she would like to see if the heavens would give her the chance to become a ghost!

However, the surrounding smell was indeed too intense!

Ruo Xuan covered her little nose, "Brother Xuanyuan, let’s not watch anymore, I’ve had enough, let’s go!"

Xuanyuan Que remained silent.

Shopkeeper Bogu, with a smile, turned the carriage around to leave, saying, "There is nothing worthwhile to watch here. It will be much more satisfying to watch these people being sentenced or executed."

Upon hearing this, Ruo Xuan showed great interest: "When will the execution take place? I want to watch!"

Shopkeeper Bogu, thinking of the Princely Heir’s cruel ways of dealing with traitors, dared not speak!

After all, it was too brutal; Xuanbao was only three years old, and it might give her nightmares.

It was all his fault for speaking out of turn!