Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 732 - 685: Delivering a Gift for Guoguo (2)

Chapter 732: Chapter 685: Delivering a Gift for Guoguo (2)

The soldiers guarding the gate were dumbfounded.

What? Lang Feihua was captured by Mu Yuanxiu? 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Is it true?

The young soldiers, who had never seen Lang Feihua, gathered around.

Mu Yuanxiu pulled the sock out from Lang Feihua’s mouth and threw it away.

Lang Feihua immediately started cursing, "A man can be killed but not humiliated. Kill if you must, mistreating prisoners is not honorable!"

Mu Yuanxiu sneered, "Lang Feihua, save your strength. If you have something to say, tell it to Lord Baili. I’m just responsible for delivering people."

One soldier joked, "Mr. Mu, the lord has been staying at the government office recently. I’ll pass the message for you."

He cheerfully ran into the gate of the government office.

Soon, Baili Huang came personally.

He instantly recognized the bound person as Lang Feihua.

Lang Feihua had been harassing Liangzhou City for years. Baili Huang had led troops out of the city to fight him more than once.

The two were evenly matched, with victories and defeats on both sides.

But Lang Feihua was arrogant and often spoke vulgarly.

Baili Huang had long wanted to capture him, but as the garrison commander, he couldn’t leave the city at will. Lang Feihua was a Supreme General of Beiyang. Without him attacking with troops, Baili Huang had no chance to capture him.

Now, Mu Yuanxiu had actually caught him and brought him in.

Baili Huang excitedly patted Mu Yuanxiu on the shoulder, "Yuanxiu, how did you catch him?"

Mu Yuanxiu briefly recounted last night’s capture to Baili Huang.

Baili Huang was so surprised that he widened his eyes, "You just caught him like that? Yuanxiu, you’re amazing!"

"Just lucky," Mu Yuanxiu humbly smiled.

Baili Huang wanted to know more details, ordered Lang Feihua to be taken into the prison and invited Mu Yuanxiu to discuss inside the government office.

But Mu Yuanxiu was thinking about Li Yuzhu and Guoguo outside the city and said, "Lord, that’s the situation, nothing else. Guoguo and San Niang are still waiting for me. I must hurry back. If you want to know more about the Beiyang army, you can check these documents, collected from Lang Feihua’s camp."

Baili Huang was even more delighted, repeatedly praising Mu Yuanxiu’s competence.

He also knew Mu Yuanxiu was worried about Li Yuzhu and her group, so he didn’t insist on keeping him.

"Alright then, we’ll talk again next time," Baili Huang said with a smile.

He called over two soldiers to move the documents from Mu Yuanxiu’s horse into the government office.

Mu Yuanxiu pointed to the ten horses he brought and smiled, "These horses, along with Lang Feihua whom we just captured, are gifts from Guoguo to you and Xiao Rui. I hope you and Xiao Rui remember this child Guoguo."

Baili Huang immediately smiled and said, "Brother Mu, even without gifts, Ruirui and I would remember. Rest assured. When the matter in Liangzhou City is resolved, I’ll send someone to bring Ruirui to Zhen An Prefecture to find you."

Mu Yuanxiu smiled and nodded, "Good."

He turned to leave.

Baili Huang called out to him again, "Yuanxiu, according to the government office’s regulations, capturing the enemy army warrants a reward. You’ve caught their commander, so you should get the top reward. Hold on, I’ll have the reward brought."

Baili Huang beckoned to his subordinate, "Bring five hundred taels of gold."

A deputy led people down and soon returned with a box.

Baili Huang took it, opened it, revealing bright large gold ingots inside.

He smiled and handed it to Mu Yuanxiu.

Mu Yuanxiu received it, "Thank you, Lord."

Baili Huang smiled and said, "Yuanxiu, this is what you deserve."

Mu Yuanxiu still had to rush outside the city, so Baili Huang didn’t keep him further, wishing him a "safe journey".

"See you again, Lord," Mu Yuanxiu mounted his horse with the box, heading towards the South City Gate to rendezvous with Xiao Shan.

By this time, the city gate had opened wide.

The guards weren’t the same ones as last night, but a few of them recognized Mu Yuanxiu.

No need for him to show his badge, everyone let him pass.

This trip, everyone returned full of bounty.

On the way, people from Xiao Shan’s group were chatting and laughing.

By the time they returned to the village, it was already halfway through dawn.

Li Yuzhu, holding Guoguo, accompanied by Zhou Zhaodi, was pacing back and forth at the village entrance.

One of the small guards at the village gate kept trying to persuade her.

"They’ll be back soon, Li San Niang, you should go back. If you catch a cold, our boss will scold us."

"I won’t catch a cold, don’t worry about me," Li Yuzhu refused to go back.

She was worried about Mu Yuanxiu and couldn’t sit still inside the village.

She had slept soundly last night, and upon waking, found Mu Yuanxiu was not in the room.

She felt his sleeping platform, which was also cold.

Li Yuzhu immediately woke up Zhou Zhaodi, sleeping on the outer side of the platform. Zhou Zhaodi said she hadn’t heard Mu Yuanxiu leave.

Guoguo, who slept soundly, knew nothing.

Li Yuzhu went outside and found the horse on the carriage gone, guessing that Mu Yuanxiu had gone for business.

She had Zhou Zhaodi watch over Guoguo and quietly went to eavesdrop on the conversations within the village.

The result shocked her.

It turned out that Mu Yuanxiu had gone with the people from the village to tackle a major task the night before during the second watch.

She grabbed one of the small guards, threatening him with poison and silver needles.

Frightened, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old guard spoke the truth.

The truth was that Mu Yuanxiu and Xiao Shan, with twenty people from the village, had gone to seek out the Beiyang army!

Beiyang’s army of fifty thousand came with a fierce demeanor, which even worried Baili Huang greatly.

Mu Yuanxiu and his twenty-something people went to provoke them?

Had he gone mad?

She had Guoguo around her and the timid Zhou Zhaodi, and couldn’t leave to search for him. She could only constantly question those in the village.

But the people in the village told her that Xiao Shan only took the most capable ones, leaving behind those less skilled, elderly, or too young.

The implication was that they couldn’t help Li Yuzhu.

Li Yuzhu could only stand anxiously at the village gate waiting.

Fortunately, she didn’t have to wait long before Mu Yuanxiu and his group returned, bringing back a herd of horses.

People from Sky Wolf Village all came out to greet them.

They had gained a lot, everyone was happily chatting and laughing.

Guoguo also joyfully shouted at Mu Yuanxiu, "Uncle!"

Only Li Yuzhu stood at the village gate, her face dark, without saying a word.

Mu Yuanxiu handed the horses to Zhou Zhaodi, smiling as he walked over, taking Guoguo from Li Yuzhu’s arms, "This is for you."

He handed a bundle from his shoulder to Li Yuzhu.

"You sure have some skills, going to find the Beiyang people with just a handful of men?" Li Yuzhu frowned, refusing to take his bundle.

"There’s gold in here, don’t you want it?" Mu Yuanxiu teased with a smile.

Li Yuzhu grabbed it, giving him a cold glance, "I was worried sick all morning, you must use money to comfort me!"

Zhou Zhaodi watched them, couldn’t help but laugh with her hand over her mouth.

Guoguo’s eyes were fixed on the bundle, "Uncle, how much gold is in there?"