Book 3: Clear River in Turmoil - Chapter 1: Robbery 1 (2/2)
Su Chen sighed, closed the book, and said, “In the Crow Region, there are a total of sixteen prefectures separated by three es The rivers are extrely,Country in terms of terrain Because of how treacherous the roads are here, its relative desolateness, and its distance from the emperor’s palace, almented by tyrant overlords The worst cases include Clear River, Suyuan, Blackwater, and Panshan Governmental influence in those locations is weak, and the territories are large, resulting in constant conflict in those areas Bandits have also settled down, infesting the area for a number of years”
This flurry of information was spat out at an extremely fast rate He Xiaochan was completely thrown for a loop “I…… I don’t knohat you’re talking about”
“If you don’t know, then don’t ask so much,” Su Chen said sincerely
He picked his book back up and began to read
At that e
A gruff voice deood for you, hand over thethis, Su Chen raised his head
The curtain covering the carriage opened Old He’s head poked in, fear written on his face “Prince Su, the bandits are here”
Si head in “Master, there’s twelve of the been with Su Chen for so many years, Iron Cliff was already extremely accustomed to Su Chen’s habits He was always concise and to the point when he spoke
“Only twelve?” Su Chen felt some surprise
“They should be s Realst theht for a moment, then said, “Give them the money and see if they leave us alone”
“Ok” Iron Cliff understood Su Chen’s intentions and went to carry out his orders
A h a crack in the curtains, Su Chen watched as a bandit waved his blade and yelled, “damn, you want to payyou have!”
Iron Cliff replied stiffly, “What if I don’t give it to you?”
“Then die!” the bandit yelled
Iron Cliff shook his head “I won’t give you money even if you kill me”
The bandit sized up Iron Cliff’s , when he saw Iron Cliff, his heart began to pound; after all, Iron Cliff was truly enormous However, when he considered that they had the nue and soe, he had roup to advance
After seeing Iron Cliff hand over soreatly bolstered It seee
To survive on the streets, courage was the h
The ht about it, the less he feared Iron Cliff
Upon hearing Iron Cliff refuse to give hiht to hi to hand over soive However, this big lunk was still a big lunk, and he would probably go all out if his back was pushed to the wall Thus, it was better for him to quickly make a move and finish him off, then deal with the old s ht, he o die!”
The blade pierced towards Iron Cliff’s chest
“AHH!:
As the blade stabbed forwards, He Xiaochan shrieked in fear, yet there was also the
Sparks were sent flying The poor-quality blade had snapped in two, half of it falling to the ground as it glinted in the sunlight
Everyone was stunned
How had the blade broken?
The ten or so bandits were stunned, as was Old He
Iron Cliff didn’t even spare thelance He turned around and said, “Master, this blade strike was aimed at my heart with the intention to kill”
“Then you knohat to do,” Su Chen’s cale
“Yes, Master” Iron Cliff turned around and chuckled darkly at the bandits, then cracked his neck and said, “Alright, now it’s my turn”