Chapter 19: This Woman Is Pretty Fierce
After walking out of the courtyard gate, in just a few steps, Li Xiao brought the three of them to Second Uncle’s house next door.
Second Aunt had already taken Er Bao and her two daughters to Dragon Heart Island, while Da Hu would come over to live together with Li Xiao and Er Hu.
Second Uncle’s house was now empty, perfect to leave for Xiao Yanyan and the other two.
“These few rooms are for you to live in. There’s not enough bedding at home, so make do by sleeping on sheepskin for a few days!”
“The water in the water jar is full. When it’s time to eat, I’ll have Da Hu and Er Hu bring food to you.”
Li Xiao walked into Second Uncle’s house and began instructing Xiao Yanyan.
Although the villagers of Hexi Fort were full of resentment toward that guy Da He Chu Luo Duo, they wouldn’t blame it on Xiao Yanyan, a woman.
What’s more, Li Xiao knew she was a princess.
“Good~ This place looks pretty nice.”
Xiao Yanyan walked into the courtyard, looking left and right, then said to Li Xiao in a satisfied tone.
“We won’t mess with your things.”
“Also, take this thing first; consider it payment for our lodging and meals during this time.”
“I don’t like owing favors.”
With that, Xiao Yanyan casually pulled an ornament from her body—a phoenix-shaped one forged from gold, very exquisite.
Her escape along the way had caused her to lose many things; this ornament was one of the more valuable ones.
“Gold! Worth some money, I won’t stand on ceremony.” Li Xiao chuckled and took it.
This gold phoenix ornament weighed about three taels, and in Western Liao, the exchange ratio between gold and silver fluctuated around ten to one.
In other words, the actual value of this ornament was about thirty taels of silver; factoring in craftsmanship and added value, it could double.
The value of one tael of silver in this era could exchange for about one thousand copper coins, or one string of copper coins.
Thirty strings of copper coins might sound like not much, but Western Liao’s commerce wasn’t very developed, especially in the Four Prefectures of Northern Frontier, where industry was relatively simple.
Mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry.
Northern Frontier Han People families might have plenty of cattle and sheep, grain worth far more than thirty strings of copper coins.
But aside from paying taxes, these cattle and sheep, grain were hardly ever sold.
Therefore, precious metals like copper coins, gold, and silver were still relatively scarce in Northern Frontier.
This exquisitely crafted ornament was worth some money to Li Xiao, but to Xiao Yanyan, the dignified Western Liao princess, it was probably just an ordinary accessory.
So Li Xiao unhesitatingly pocketed it—after all, the horse meat he had just treated the three of them to was also worth quite a bit!
However, seeing Li Xiao so shamelessly accept the gold ornament, the Khitan warrior who knew Chinese couldn’t help but snort: “This thing could buy two good horses; why don’t you thank Kun Ji quickly.”
The reason this Khitan warrior was so upset was mainly because Li Xiao and these Han People were too shameless.
Not only did they take the Geluolu People’s war horses, weapons, and such, they didn’t even spare the Khitan People’s.
They had robbed them of so many horses and weapons, and now they even charged for lodging and meals for the three of them?
Simply shameless!
Hearing the Khitan warrior’s words, Li Xiao glanced indifferently at him.
For some reason, from the start, these two guys had looked at him unfavorably, and he also looked down on them.
In Northern Frontier, the price of a good horse was much cheaper than in the Central Plains, but still between ten and twenty taels of silver.
So, this Khitan saying the ornament could buy two good horses was no exaggeration.
But Li Xiao really didn’t care about this bit of money.
Moreover, this Khitan’s tone made Li Xiao very unhappy.
So right in front of the Khitan warrior, Li Xiao naturally put the ornament in his pocket, and the next second, suddenly kicked out.
“Bang~”
After transmigrating, Li Xiao’s body strength seemed to have been comprehensively enhanced, with enormous power in his legs.
Kicking the Khitan in the chest sent him flying entirely, crashing heavily to the ground with a dull thud.
“Ah~”
The Khitan warrior lay miserably on the ground, clutching his chest where Li Xiao had kicked him and shouting loudly.
He felt like his ribs were about to break.
And he kept vomiting, spitting out the horse meat he had just eaten.
“Eating so much and being so useless, you’re just a rice bucket!”
“No wonder your master was chased and killed so miserably by the Geluolu People; it’s because there are wastes like you around.” Li Xiao said with a cold snort.
To Li Xiao, this Khitan warrior was really too weak.
“Atu~”
The other Khitan warrior saw his companion get beaten and angrily shouted, just about to draw his knife.
But immediately, Li Xiao kicked out again, and this Khitan warrior ended up lying side by side with his companion.
Li Xiao got even angrier and continued pointing at these two guys, cursing: “Fuck your mother, I’ve been tolerating you for a long time.”
“Chattering in front of me, do you think this is the Royal Court?”
“Believe it or not, I’ll make sure you can’t leave Hexi Fort?”
Western Liao was ultimately a country ruled by Khitan People, so even lowly Khitan had a strong sense of superiority in front of Han People.
But Li Xiao didn’t buy that at all.
Daring to act superior and show off arrogance in front of him?
Li Xiao sparing their lives was already giving face to Xiao Yanyan.
After beating the two Khitan, Li Xiao casually said to Xiao Yanyan as if nothing had happened:
“Miss Xiao, you should discipline your subordinates properly.”
“With personalities like theirs, they’ll get you in trouble.”
Li Xiao’s kick was very sudden and fast; even Xiao Yanyan didn’t react in time.
Turning to look at her two subordinates groaning in pain on the ground, her beautiful eyes widened slowly, with a dazed and cute stunned look.
“You~”
Immediately after, Xiao Yanyan’s face puffed up with anger as she glared at Li Xiao.
She never imagined that Li Xiao, who had been fine just moments ago, would suddenly flip out and attack.
Was he a dog?
And you look at the owner before beating the dog!
This bastard Li Xiao dared to bully her subordinates right in front of her.
Xiao Yanyan was furious!
The princess, who had originally felt a bit of fresh excitement toward Li Xiao’s wild and fierce nature, now had her favor toward him dropping to negative levels.
But Li Xiao didn’t care about the princess’s thoughts and shook his head on his own: “I just helped you out casually; no need to thank me.”
With that, Li Xiao turned and left directly.
Although Xiao Yanyan was a princess and daughter of the Xiao Clan, Li Xiao wasn’t indulging her.
After all, he never planned to rise through the ranks by relying on Khitan People.
In this world, it’s all about whose fist is bigger.
After Li Xiao left, Xiao Yanyan stood in the courtyard, getting angrier the more she thought about it.
She yelled loudly at the two guards groaning on the ground: “How are you two so useless? Can’t even beat a youth.”
“He was right; how long has it been since you practiced martial arts? All you do is eat and sleep; you’ve become total rice buckets.” Xiao Yanyan vented her anger toward Li Xiao directly onto her two subordinates.
So embarrassing!
Her already ample chest now heaved even more magnificently, rising and falling continuously.
“Huff huff huff~”
Xiao Yanyan panted heavily: “I’m so pissed.”
“This bastard completely disregards me.”
The dignified Western Liao princess actually got lectured by a brat.
The angrier she got, she directly kicked the butt of a ram passing by her side.
“Baa baa baa~”
Before this, Xiao Yanyan had a pretty good impression of Li Xiao—a brave and skilled youth hero.
She had even wanted Li Xiao to be her guard!
But now, Xiao Yanyan changed her mind; Li Xiao was a total bastard.
His personality was too vicious, couldn’t tolerate any offense, a bit arrogant and overbearing, with no reverence for magnates.
If she brought Li Xiao to the Royal Court as her guard, this guy would definitely cause her a lot of trouble.
Maybe one day, in a fit of rage, this bastard would go slaughter Yelü Zhilugu.
Yelü Zhilugu was the current Jie’er Khan and also Xiao Yanyan’s cousin.
Although she wanted to slaughter that guy too, she knew it was impossible.
But she somewhat believed that if Li Xiao went to the Royal Court, this bastard really would dare to do it!
Facing Xiao Yanyan’s scolding, the two guards on the ground looked aggrieved.
“Kun Ji, we~”
“That kid’s strength is huge.”
One guard wanted to explain that it wasn’t their fault; mainly, Li Xiao’s moves were too fast and his strength too great.
They couldn’t withstand it!
It wasn’t that they were useless; the opponent was too strong.
But to Xiao Yanyan, these words were just excuses.
Just as Xiao Yanyan was getting angrier, one of the guards knocked down suddenly widened his eyes and hurriedly shouted: “Kun Ji, watch out~”
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yanyan felt a heavy blow to her butt, painfully stinging.
“Ah~”
Immediately after, the world spun, and she stumbled to the ground face-first.
And unluckily, there were a few piles of cow dung right in front of her.
“Aaaah~”
At this moment, Xiao Yanyan was even more furious, practically exploding with rage.
Looking back, she thought it was that bastard Li Xiao sneak-attacking her!
But unexpectedly, what she saw was a sheep.
It was the ram she had just kicked.
The ram had just been passing by leisurely and got kicked by Xiao Yanyan for no reason.
With its naturally combative nature, the ram definitely couldn’t tolerate it!
And Xiao Yanyan wasn’t good-tempered either; realizing even a sheep dared to bully her, she couldn’t tolerate it more.
So, in fury, she pounded the ground, stood up, and charged at the ram.
Grabbing its two horns and slamming it to the ground.
“Bastard, you dare ram me too.”
Meanwhile, Li Xiao hadn’t even reached his door yet when he saw from afar Xiao Yanyan wrestling with a sheep?
Li Xiao was instantly speechless.
“This woman is kinda fierce!”
In Li Xiao’s impression, ancient princesses were all dignified and elegant, always putting on airs in speech and action.
Some novels even portrayed princesses as schemers, experts in conspiracies and tricks.
But now, seeing this, Li Xiao realized Western Liao’s princess was one of a kind.
The type who would act rather than argue.
Li Xiao liked this personality.
