Chapter 1106: Chapter 1105: Ah-Niu Chapter 1106: Chapter 1105: Ah-Niu “Princess.”

It was Ms. Gao’s voice.

“Come in.”

Liu Sisi responded casually while continuing to organize the items in her hand.

The door creaked open, and Ms. Gao walked in, “Princess, I have arranged for someone to go and inquire, I believe we will have results soon.”

As per Liu Sisi’s usual practice, whenever she arrived at a place, she would command her subordinates to inquire around with Di Yelei’s portrait, to see if there were any new discoveries.

But every time, she was disappointed.

“Good, have you contacted the Old Master Marquis, Chou Chou, Gao Qi, and the others?”

After casually organizing her items, Liu Sisi sat down on a sheep wool blanket, took out paper and pen, and began to grind the ink.

Ms. Gao hurriedly stepped forward to help, “Everyone has been contacted. They have gone around from another mountain pass. If we just continue forward, after two more small towns, we will be able to meet up with them.”

Seeing that Ms. Gao’s expression was somewhat distracted, Liu Sisi slightly raised her eyebrows, “Do you have something on your mind?”

Ms. Gao was momentarily stunned, then quickly shook her head: “The old servant does not, but I was thinking about something. At present, we are short of silver, so why not notify the Old Master Marquis and others to hurry over and collect all that silver. At least for the next few months, we wouldn’t have to worry about money.”

Liu Sisi, who was just about to dip her brush-pen in ink, smiled in response, “You only see one aspect and are unaware of the other. You see the worth of that pile of silver but haven’t considered how many people are eyeing it! Just for some trivial material possessions, how many people’s attention would be drawn to us. By then, we would have to exhaust ourselves daily in dealing with those endless bandits; how could we then talk about searching for someone?”

They were here for the sole purpose of searching for someone!

If, for the sake of those material possessions, their priorities became reversed, that would be a loss that is not worth the cost.

Ms. Gao then understood!

“So, did the Princess deliberately leave that pile of silver for that little girl? The question is whether her brother will be able to protect so much silver.”

Liu Sisi, having filled her brush with ink, began to unfold the rice paper, “From what I gathered, her brother is something akin to a Centurion, so safeguarding so much wealth is unlikely. If he is smart, perhaps his rank might even be elevated. Otherwise… I’m afraid that silver could be enough to send him to the executioner’s block!”

Having said that, she didn’t even lift her eyelids as she picked up her pen and began to write on the rice paper, recording all that she had seen and heard throughout the day.

“Today marks the 267th day of our search, and in a few days, it will be the Spring Festival of the Han people. Chengen and I are still on the territory of Xixia Country, following the ancient Silk Road in our quest…”

Liu Sisi and others had settled down here.

Meanwhile, Fan Baor and her brother were escorting a treasure of gold and silver, hurrying to their base.

Fan Baor’s mouth hadn’t stopped moving from start to finish.

“Brother, you should have seen how outrageous he was! He clearly had the ability to save me, yet he chose not to act, waiting for those sand bandits to take me back to their lair before rescuing me. Their bow and arrows are so strange, capable of shooting five arrows at once and even Fire Arrows. Once they launched those flame-tipped arrows, they set the bandits’ lair ablaze. I can’t begin to tell you how delighted I felt at that moment…”

While Fan Baor was prattling on, Centurion Fan Ying’s eyebrows were furrowed the entire time.

As their base was not far off, he couldn’t resist gesturing to a soldier to come over.

The soldier hurriedly approached, “What does the Centurion command?”

“Hurry back to the camp tents and call for Ah-Niu. Go now, quickly!”

He waved his hand, sending the other party away.

Only then did Fan Baor stop talking, blinking her eyes with a face full of curiosity, “Brother, why are you calling for Ah-Niu? Are you asking him to come greet me?”

“You! You only smile when you talk about your Ah-Niu.”

Unable to help himself, Fan Ying shook his head, “I really don’t understand what’s so good about that Ah-Niu that has you so bewitched. Among my hundred or so men, which one isn’t stronger than him? Yet you have eyes only for him?”

“Not at all, stop talking nonsense!”

Fan Baor’s voice carried a hint of shyness, and her face turned red in an instant, “Ay, brother, these days Ah-Niu has been such a help to you. Yet you still speak of him like this, aren’t you ashamed?”

“Why should I feel ashamed to speak? That bastard is going to steal away my beautiful and generous sister!”

Every time this topic came up, anger surged in his heart, “Just look at your face, it lights up with hearts whenever he’s mentioned. But there’s no you in his eyes; his hands hold only his ‘little fairy’ as the most beautiful. I think you better give up on this!”

“What ‘little fairy’? That’s just a piece of wood, nothing more. Am I, a living person, really worse than that rotting wood?”

Fan Baor fiercely refused to accept this.

“Sigh! I have said all I am going to say. If you don’t listen, there’s nothing I can do. Just take this time, for example! If you hadn’t gone against me, acting willfully and running off, how could you have suddenly encountered danger? I have to deal with military affairs and also discipline you. If it really comes down to it, I’ll just have to call mom to take you back and properly discipline you!”

He was clearly determined, speaking very seriously.

“I don’t want that at all, I don’t want to go back!”

Fan Baor immediately became anxious!

“Although I encountered danger this time, didn’t you gain all these gold and silver treasures? Didn’t you say General Li always brings up Centurion Shangguan intentionally or unintentionally in front of you? With this batch of treasure, you’re bound to complete the mission sooner than him. All this has my contribution in it! Yet you still scold me, I won’t accept it!”

She stamped her feet repeatedly!

“You silly girl, you only look at the surface of things. If you understood the twists and turns involved here, you could be a Centurion yourself!”

The other party’s face showed disappointment, “And another thing, we discuss important military matters; it’s not something a little girl like you should be secretly listening to. If you do it again next time, I’ll have to directly give you ten military lashes to serve as a warning! Truly, if it comes to that, don’t think your brother will go easy on you!”

His words carried a serious weight, immediately changing Fan Baor’s expression.

“You…”

Just as she was about to throw a tantrum, she caught sight of a figure approaching from ahead. Quickly, she suppressed the anger on her face, assuming a gentle and light smile as she called out crisply to the figure.

“Ah-Niu, you’re here.”

The newcomer was a man dressed in the attire of a regular soldier, his facial hair scruffy and his eyes filled with confusion. It took him a while to fix his gaze on her, looking at her steadily, appearing especially honest and dull-witted.

Watching his sister act like a lovesick fool, Fan Ying shook his head helplessly, sighed deeply, and gestured to the man.

“Ah-Niu, come here. I have something to ask you.”