"No, my subordinate will make arrangements right away."
Seeing the captain of the guard running away in despair, Xia Jing snorted coldly on her face, "This guy is not old, and he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve."
It can be said that life in Prince Qian's Mansion was too comfortable, and he was not aware of the dangers outside.
If this kid doesn't change, he will suffer a loss one day in the future.
"Princess, your name is Ding Dazhuang." Ding Dazhuang held many bows and arrows in his arms and smiled at Xia Jing, a little shy.
Xia Jing glanced at his blood-stained face and the bow and arrow in his arms, and nodded: "Ding Dazhuang, right? I remember you, are you injured this time?"
"Thank you for your concern, Master. It's just a small injury."
Ding Dazhuang had never been in contact with big shots since he was a child. It was impossible not to be nervous when he rashly faced a princess.
It was a rare opportunity to talk face to face with the princess, and he was so nervous that he didn't know what to talk about.
He accidentally remembered the bow and arrows in his arms, and handed them forward like a treasure, and said excitedly: "Princess, look, I have captured a lot of bows and arrows. From now on, we will also be armed people!"
"Pfft!" The strong man following Ding Dazhuang couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw Ding Dazhuang's stupidity.
The corners of Xia Jing's mouth curled up slightly, and she was also amused by Ding Dazhuang's silly appearance.
She nodded and affirmed: "Well, from now on we will also be armed people."
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Xia Jing took over a bow. It was heavy in weight and well made. This bow was not something that a wild man like a bandit could have.
Looking at the other bows in Ding Dazhuang's arms, they are all equally well made, as are the bows held by the strong man next to him.
This is a bit intriguing.
The village of more than a thousand people is full of bandits, or in other words, they wear the appearance of bandits, but inside they use weapons that can only be used by the army.
"How many weapons have you collected?"
Upon hearing the question, Ding Dazhuang immediately straightened his back, the silly smile on his face disappeared, and his expression was serious: "Our team of ten people has collected more than 20 bows, hundreds of arrows and feathers, and a dozen broadswords."
Xia Jing nodded: "Give the collected weapons to others, and your team of ten will follow me."
"Eh!"
The eyes of Ding Dazhuang and the brothers next to him lit up, they responded, and excitedly put the weapons in their arms on the ground and handed them over to others for care.
Xia Jing led the ten guards and ten strong men who originally protected her and walked around the village.
The houses in the village are built no different from those in other villages. They are all standard farmhouses in Jingzhou's rural areas.
It’s just that after walking around for a long time, you will find that the style of the houses in this village is the same, but the newness and oldness are greatly different.
Judging from the sturdiness of the houses, the per capita income in the bandit village is higher than that in other villages.
Maybe he was considering not showing off his wealth, and the house was only slightly better.
"These houses are good. It would be great if we could move the houses and move them to Lingnan." Ding Dazhuang said with emotion that the houses in such a large village can accommodate a thousand of them.
"It's already dark, and you haven't woken up from your daydream!" Others laughed at him.
Xia Jing saw a courtyard with a relatively high wall in front of her, and she walked in with about twenty people.
The guards who were searching the house wanted to salute her when they saw her coming in, but she raised her hand to stop them.
One of the guards took a step forward and said, "My subordinate Yan Shiyi has met the princess."
Xia Jing looked around at the layout of the house and asked with a smile: "How was your search? Did you find anything?"
"The owner of this house should have a high status in the bandits' den." Yan Shiyi scratched his head, his face a little embarrassed, "But we searched the house several times, but we didn't find many valuable things in this house."
Xia Jing gave a soft 'hmm', waved to him and said, "I know, you go and do your work. I'll show them around if I have nothing to do."
Yan Shiyi resigned and led the guards out of the yard carrying the found supplies.
"Princess, is there anything weird about this house?" Ding Dazhuang followed Xia Jing. When he saw her looking around, he asked his doubts.
Xia Jing shook her head, "I don't know. You should spread out and search carefully again. If you find anything, report it in time."
"yes!"
The others dispersed, leaving only two guards following Xia Jing.
Xia Jing walked around the yard and found nothing unusual, so she entered the main house.
She used her mental power to explore it, but found nothing.
Then he entered the left and right wing rooms again, but still didn't find anything.
Her mental power could detect whether there were secret rooms or dark rooms in the house, but she could not detect any habitable rooms.
She even wondered if there was a mistake. In fact, the owner of this house really didn't get any money?
The guard following behind asked: "Princess, there are still kitchens and livestock sheds that have not been inspected. Do you still want to check?"
Xia Jing hummed, walked out of the room, and turned into the kitchen.
In addition to a pile of firewood in one corner and cupboards in another corner, there are two large stoves in the kitchen.
Xia Jing repeated her old tricks and used her mental power to explore. When she found one of the large stoves, she made a discovery.
Guard: "Princess, this place is too narrow and can be seen at a glance. There is no place to hide anything."
Xia Jing pointed to the two stoves and said, "Go and remove these two pots. Our team will grow in the future and these two pots will be used in the future."
The two guards who followed opened their mouths and wanted to say that the bottom of the used iron pot was full of black ashes. They should go and take it off and don't want the clothes on them anymore.
Because the ash on the bottom of the pot can't be washed off even if it sticks to clothes.
"hurry up!"
"Oh." The guards hesitated for a while, and finally stepped forward and took out the two pots.
"Eh!"
The guards took out the pot and discovered that there was a black hole under the large pot.
"It turns out there is a cave under the stove!"
"Princess!" Now the two of them were excited!
It’s as exciting as discovering a new continent!
Xia Jing pretended, "Did you find something?"
"Yes, there is a hole inside the stove, and there might be a treasure cave underneath."
Xia Jing reminded him, "Then one of you should go down and take a look. Pay attention to safety. Be careful that there are bandits hiding inside."
Another guard cleverly shouted towards the yard, "Brothers, there is something discovered here!"
The young men and guards who were still exploring other rooms came running over.
"What did you find?"
"Have you discovered the darkroom?"
The two fastest runners rushed in and loudly asked the questions they were looking forward to.
When they saw one of the guards preparing to get into the stove, they rushed over immediately.
He blocked the guard who wanted to get in and gave him an idea, "Wait a minute! I don't know where this corridor leads, so we'd better be careful. It's inconvenient to get in and out. In my opinion, we should dismantle the stove first."
"Brother, what you said makes sense, so let's dismantle this obstructive stove first!"
The guard who wanted to get in looked at Xia Jing hesitantly.
Xia Jing waved her hand and let them do what they wanted.
She had already explored the cave and found nothing inside except treasures and weapons.
She was very pleased that the guards could take care of their own safety. At least they did not act blindly.
It is not easy to build a stove, but it is easy for a few grown men to dismantle it.
A large stove was dismantled cleanly with three clicks, five cuts, and two cuts, and the half-person-high hole was clearly visible to everyone.