Xia Chujian was used to San Zong's way of speaking, so she didn't waste time with him and went straight to the point, saying, "San Zong, you must take good care of the Blood Kirin in the metal canister. And that plant..."
She glanced at Small Dog and said, "Cut off a leaf for me, and a few petals."
She wanted to take them back and show them to her aunt's attending physician, Shen Junyi.
She had found the Kong Sang, but she didn't know how to use it yet.
Should it be taken internally, or applied externally? San Zong happily agreed and went to the storage room to open the lid of the metal canister, picking a few of the freshest-looking leaves and two particularly complete petals.
Xia Chujian also put them in a freshness-preserving storage bag, placing it next to the storage bag containing the nine Blood Kirins, both in the compartment of her sniper rifle case.
They were members of the Dark Night Hunter Association, bounty hunters who were legally allowed to carry guns.
Xia Chujian used to keep her gun in the Combat Aircraft owned by the team, but now she wanted to take it home.
These two assassination attempts had given her a bit of post-traumatic stress.
Without a gun in her hand, she figured she'd have to sleep with one eye open.
While she was explaining things to San Zong, the team was also discussing things.
Ye Shijie had benefited from eating Unicorn Cattle Meat Buns and wanted to look around to see if he could hunt a few Unicorn Cattle to take the meat back and eat slowly.
Li Fu and Song Mingqian hadn't eaten as many buns as Ye Shijie in the past few days, but they had eaten quite a few, and both felt their Mental Strength increasing rapidly.
Now that they saw Ye Shijie so enthusiastic about finding Unicorn Cattle, they understood what was going on and agreed with smiles.
Ye Shijie and the other two exchanged knowing glances and went into the forest with a military crossbow and assault rifles.
Ping Qiong didn't understand what was going on. She returned to Xia Chujian's Flying Vehicle and casually mentioned, "Xia Chujian, the Unicorn Cattle Meat Buns you made were so delicious that the three of them went hunting in the forest, wanting to hunt a few more Unicorn Cattle."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She didn't know how big Unicorn Cattle were.
But they were still cattle, so they were going to hunt several at once? What big talk! Could their Flying Vehicle even fit a few cows! Xia Chujian wondered secretly.
But this also reminded her.
There was still a lot of grain and meat in the storage room of this Flying Vehicle, and she wanted to take it home...
Of course, she would have to divide it equally with the team members.
The rice, flour, and meat were all things that couldn't be bought on the market.
Because they had to wait here for Ye Shijie and the others to return from hunting, Ping Qiong went with Xia Chujian to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
The Unicorn Cattle Meat had already been eaten, so today they were eating Luo Xu Goat Meat.
While Ping Qiong was preparing the tender goat meat, she asked Xia Chujian, "Xia Chujian, have you ever been to Luo Xu Province?"
"You mean Luo Xu Province in the west?" Xia Chujian shook her head. "I haven't been there. I heard that animal husbandry is very developed there?"
"That's right! It's all ranches. Besides goats, there are also various farmed cattle and dairy cows. I heard there are also many horse farms. The Nobles and the Royal Family all have their own horse farms there!" Ping Qiong said with envy.
Xia Chujian wasn't envious at all, mainly because she wasn't interested in raising horses.
How could someone who had raised an eagle (Griffon Sea Eagle) look favorably on worldly horses?
Xia Chujian was calm and didn't respond in a Buddhist manner, concentrating on making her Mandala Scallion Stewed Lamb.
Mandala Scallion was a special seasoning that could stimulate the unique flavor of lamb when paired with it, leaving a long-lasting aftertaste.
Xia Chujian had only eaten it once in her life.
And the lamb at that time wasn't this top-quality Luo Xu Province Small Goat Meat, but the side dish was Mandala Scallion.
The wild Mandala Scallion tasted the best, and the self-cultivated one didn't have that flavor, for some reason.
Therefore, no one cultivated Mandala Scallion.
Moreover, in the Exotic Beast Forest near Mulan City, Mandala Scallion grew in large patches, covering the mountains and fields, and it never stopped growing, even in winter.
Xia Chujian directly asked San Zong to pull a few Mandala Scallions for her from the wild, washed them, and put them into the boiling stewed lamb.
Luo Xu Province Small Goat Meat was already very fresh, and when the washed Mandala Scallion was added, the fragrance was like an overlay, immediately making it several times fresher.
Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong couldn't wait for the three team members to return, so the two of them each ate two bowls of fragrant stewed lamb in the small kitchen first.
Xia Chujian said with lingering interest, "We should make some 'mo', tear them open and put them in the mutton soup to eat Lamb Paomo, that would be absolutely amazing."
"What is 'mo'?" Ping Qiong had never heard of such food and looked at Xia Chujian blankly.
Xia Chujian thought, this is what Auntie made for her, it seems to be another food that can't be found on the Star Network.
She took a sip of the mutton soup and said, "My aunt taught me, it's a kind of pancake made from flour, and you tear it to eat."
"Your aunt is really amazing!" Ping Qiong said enviously, "I hope she gets better soon!"
This was a blessing from a foodie, very precious.
Xia Chujian accepted it with a smile.
When the two of them were starting on their third bowl of clear stewed mutton, Ye Shijie, Li Fu, and Song Mingqian returned.
Ping Qiong hurriedly asked them to come over and eat the Mandala Scallion stewed Luo Xu Province Small Goat Meat.
Li Fu ran faster than anyone else.
He was originally carrying a Unicorn Cattle with Song Mingqian.
Hearing that there was such delicious food, he let go directly, causing Song Mingqian to almost be dragged down by the cattle.
"Li Fu, you just wait!" Song Mingqian also threw the cattle away and ran towards Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong's Flying Vehicle.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Ye Shijie came over and knocked on the hatch of their Flying Vehicle.
This was the first time he had met her since he scolded Xia Chujian away that day.
Xia Chujian looked at him calmly and asked, "Ye Dui, would you like some clear stewed mutton?"
Ye Shijie also said calmly, "Yes, give me a bowl."
Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong exchanged winks on the side, all feeling that this matter was finally over.
While Ye Shijie was drinking the mutton soup and eating the mutton, Li Fu turned on the display screen that came with Xia Chujian's Flying Vehicle to see if he could connect to the Star Network.
As a result, the signal here was very strong, not at all like the time in the Land of the Far North when the magnetic field interfered to the point where they couldn't even set up a host.
As soon as he clicked in, the Beichen Empire Star Network homepage appeared.
Li Fu said with a "Huh": "What's going on? Is the display screen's color display broken?"
Because at first glance, there were only black and white colors on the homepage.
Unlike before, when entering the Star Network, the colorful colors were so dazzling that it almost blinded people's eyes.
Song Mingqian glanced at it, his face suddenly became serious, and said, "Don't you read the news headlines? - Grand Prince is dead! The entire empire mourns! The Royal Family is going to hold a funeral!"
"Ah?! No way?!" Li Fu howled, "Are they going to ban entertainment?!"
"It's more than just banning entertainment, the entire Beichen Empire is not allowed to marry for three months, everyone is mourning for the Grand Prince..." Song Mingqian read the news quickly, his brows furrowing even tighter.
Xia Chujian had just finished cleaning up the kitchen and came out, and when she looked up, she saw the black and white photo on the display screen.
The person had long black hair draped over his shoulders, pale skin, and his eyes were staring straight ahead, looking a little crazy.
His nose was high and straight, with a slightly hooked tip, a standard aquiline nose.
Looking at his entire appearance, Xia Chujian's heart skipped a beat, and her pupils shrank suddenly.
She had seen this person!
That night, the night their team was chased by that shuttle-shaped Flying Vehicle...
Their Flying Vehicle was manipulated, mistakenly entering the sky above the South District of Mulan City, the gray man who jumped out of the rectangular moon gate, and the tentacles that chased him out of the moon gate, piercing through him from behind, the scene of his death on the spot, all vividly appeared in her memory.
At that time, she felt that he looked a little familiar, and now she finally understood why.
Because this person looked somewhat similar to the current emperor of the Beichen Empire.
And all the students in the entire Beichen Empire had to swear an oath to the portrait of the Beichen Empire emperor every morning, so they were all familiar with the emperor's appearance.
No wonder she felt that this person looked familiar, because he was the Grand Prince, the first child born to the emperor and empress, the first in line to the throne of their Beichen Empire! Because he looked like the emperor, so he looked familiar...
Xia Chujian took a deep breath, slowly walked to the vicinity of the display screen, and asked softly, "...Is this the Grand Prince?"
"Yes, he is the Grand Prince." Song Mingqian nodded, "There are photos of him online, the Royal Family takes a family portrait every New Year's Eve to wish the entire Beichen Empire a Happy New Year, don't you watch TV or go online?"
Xia Chujian curled her lips. "My family doesn't have a TV, and I have to mooch off other people's internet to get online. I'm poor and can't afford it."
She only got her own smart bracelet, which allowed her to access the Star Network, after she started high school.
But the data fees for accessing the Star Network are very expensive, so she leeches whenever she can and almost never uses her own data.
Song Mingqian was so choked he almost rolled his eyes.
Xia Chujian sat in her seat, propped her chin on her hand, and looked at the news on the display screen, pretending to be curious as she asked, "This Grand Prince doesn't look that old, so how did he die? Did they say what the cause of death was? When did he die?"
Song Mingqian, who had been quickly scanning the news, gave a summary statement, "Rumor has it that he was in poor health since he was a child and was always sustained by various precious medicinal materials. Now he finally couldn't hold on any longer. According to the time on the news, he died seven days ago."
Xia Chujian blinked.
She remembered that day was when their team received the Blood Kirin mission, the day before they went to the Exotic Beast Forest.
And they stayed in the Exotic Beast Forest for seven days, spent one day on the road coming, and three days on the road returning, for a total of eleven days.
So that Grand Prince should have died twelve days ago, not seven days ago.
Why would the Royal Family announce a false time of death and a false cause of death?
However, Xia Chujian just thought about it casually and then threw it to the back of her mind.
She didn't really care how the Grand Prince died or when he died.
Because that social class was too far removed from her, and she couldn't empathize.
She and her aunt struggled to make ends meet, unable to even guarantee they had enough to eat, so she really didn't have any extra compassion to sympathize with these Royal Family members who lived in luxury.
Instead of worrying about a Grand Prince who was far away and already dead, she might as well worry about whether San Zong and Small Dog could safely survive in this place.
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