Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 344 Be Prepared
Before Huang Sixi could ask Kankan for details about the bandit's nest in Bieshan, Xu Shiji had already arrived at the foot of the mountain on a raft and came to meet them.

When the victims behind Xu Shiji saw this scene, they all came forward, gathered around Huang Sixi, and knelt down to kowtow.

"Are you the immortal who subdued the Dragon King?"

"The Immortal asked the Dragon King to appear and rescue us common people. He will surely be able to subdue the flood in the future!"

"Let's kowtow to the immortal and offer our treasures to him!"

As the victims landed one after another, more and more people gathered around Huang Sixi, including many local gentry who carried precious curios and jewelry with them before leaving home.

In years of famine, treasures were of little use and far less valuable than food. These gentry offered treasures with the intention of seeking shelter from Huang Sixi in exchange for food.

Huang Sixi glanced at the victims and shouted, "I'm not an immortal, don't shout nonsense anymore!"

The victims immediately changed their words: "Then we will call you the Great Sage Subduing the Dragon. Everyone, come and pay your respects to the Great Sage!"

"I'm not a monkey!"

Huang Sixi pressed his hand to stop him: "You are not allowed to call me the Great Sage either!"

The victims did not understand what it meant. Great Sage means saint, so how is it related to monkeys?
They did not ask any more questions, but were determined to give Huang Sixi a title of honor: "What should we call you, Langjun? Please tell us! When the disaster is over, we can also build a temple for you!"

Seeing Huang Sixi remained silent, Xu Shiji suggested, "You will be raising the Dragon King and managing all his affairs in the future. Why not call him the Dragon Subduing Manager?"

The victims immediately responded in unison: "Great, great! Meet the Dragon-Subduing Chief!"

Kanan looked at the disaster victims who were treating Huang Sixi with reverence as if he were a saint, and heard the shouts of "Subdue the Dragon". Suddenly, her concentration became distracted, and a look of confusion and bewilderment emerged on her beautiful face.

Huang Sixi was also confused. He turned his head and glanced at Xu Shiji. Why did he reveal the situation of the little dragon to the victims and let the victims give him an official title of the Sui court?

Xu Shiji gave Huang Sixi a wry smile, then took off the medicine box on his back.

After opening the lid of the box, a scent of medicine hits you in the face.

Huang Sixi glanced into the box and saw the little dragon sitting inside, chewing a Ganoderma lucidum in big mouthfuls.

Xu Shiji then explained: "My dear, you sent Long'er to deliver a message to me. I didn't want to let it show up, but it likes to eat precious herbs. Many disaster victims carried medicine with them when they left home. When it smelled it, it ran to the victims to ask for it. It ran around in the crowd, and all the victims saw it. We couldn't stop it even if we wanted to!"

When the gentry heard this, they quickly opened their treasure boxes and rushed to introduce Huang Sixi: "General Manager, I have a treasured snow ginseng in my home, and I am willing to offer it to the Dragon King for consumption!"

There are also Gastrodia elata, bird's nest, and Polygonum multiflorum, all of which are tonic medicines.

Huang Sixi has not yet expressed his opinion whether he wants it or not.

The little dragon had already jumped out of the medicine box, grabbed the gentry's medicines one by one, and put them all into the medicine box.

It seemed to sense that Huang Sixi was unhappy with it for accepting the gift privately, so it raised its dragon head to look at Huang Sixi, then quietly stretched out its claws, slammed the lid of the box shut, locked itself in the box, and began to enjoy the medicinal herbs.

When the crowd saw this scene, they couldn't help but whisper to each other that the Dragon King was really a sign from heaven who understood human nature and could read people's expressions. He was even smarter than anyone else!

Kanan was even amused by the little dragon's childish and greedy behavior and started laughing.

She leaned close to Huang Sixi's ear and spoke in a sweet voice, "My dear, this green snake is actually a dragon. Does it like to eat herbs? I will find ancient herbs to feed it and make friends with it. Do you agree?"

Only then did the surrounding victims turn their attention to Xianxian.

All that was seen was that Kankan was barefoot with her snow-white feet. As the ground was muddy and wet, she only used her thumbs to support her slender and graceful body, like an immortal spirit whose feet were not touching the ground. Her beauty made the crowd present hold their breath in silence.

She noticed the crowd's attention and hurriedly moved close to Huang Sixi's side. She stretched out her delicate hand and gently held Huang Sixi's arm, acting like a little bird leaning on its man. She turned her pretty face towards Huang Sixi, taking only Huang Sixi into her beautiful eyes.

When the crowd saw her showing affection towards Huang Sixi, they all withdrew their gazes and dared not look at her anymore.

Huang Sixi already knew why the traces of the little dragon were exposed to the victims, so he took the medicine box and told Xu Shiji: "Zhu Can's army has been completely destroyed. You should lead the people to burn the bodies first, and then place them in the city, and then come to the temple on the top of the mountain to find me!"

Huang Sixi did not get involved in the specific settlement matters and immediately accompanied Kankan to climb the mountain.

When Xu Shiji was in Wagangzhai, he commanded a troop of tens of thousands of soldiers. He was extremely skilled in allocating food and fodder and setting up camps.

Cuiyu Mountain City is not big, and there are only a few thousand people living there. Xu Shiji can easily manage it in an orderly manner.

But Xu Shiji also knew that the Sui court had not yet collapsed, and the news of the little dragon should not be spread. When he arranged affairs for the victims, he first sternly warned them not to discuss the Dragon Subduing Steward and the little Dragon King with outsiders in the future, otherwise the little Dragon King would be angered, floods would occur every year, and the victims would continue to suffer in the future.

The victims swore to keep the secret of the Dragon Subduing Chief and the Dragon King secret, but asked Xu Shiji: "Master Xu, after the flood recedes, can we build a temple and shrine for the Dragon Subduing Chief and the Dragon King?"

Xu Shiji waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it after the flood. This time the flood is so large that all the fields are submerged. Even if the flood recedes, there will be no harvest. I don't even know if you can save your lives, let alone talk about building a temple or a shrine!"

Xu Shiji wanted to see what Huang Sixi's future plans were. If Huang Sixi started a rebellion after the disaster, even if the people did not say anything, Xu Shiji would instigate the people to build a large number of temples and shrines for Huang Sixi in their respective villages.

If it had happened in the past, when faced with such a severe natural disaster, the people would have certainly been filled with sorrow and pessimism, fearing their future would be in jeopardy.

However, the appearance of the little dragon gave them infinite faith. The real dragon from the sky had come to them. What natural disaster could they not overcome?
"Everyone, follow Xu Langjun to clean up the mountain city, and then go to the Bodhisattva Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha!"

"What Bodhisattva Temple? The chief steward and the Dragon King live there, so it's the Dragon King Temple!"

"Yes, yes, yes, the chief steward of the Dragon King Temple!"

The victims were full of energy. From the 80-year-old man to the 8-year-old child, they were all inspired by the arrival of the little dragon and worked hard enthusiastically.

Unexpectedly, just as they had dealt with the corpses at the foot of the mountain, they heard a wailing sound. They stepped over and saw a fat, big-eared man covered in blood, his limbs pierced by daggers, and he was dying, but had not yet completely died.

They hurriedly called Xu Shiji to come over and check. Xu Shiji took a look at the man and showed contempt: "This fat man is called Zhu Can, who calls himself the King of Garuda. He has harmed countless people and died here. This is the chief steward and the Dragon King getting rid of this harm for the people!"

"He is Zhu Can?"

A local gentry among the victims had heard of Zhu Can's atrocities and immediately shouted angrily: "This beast killed women, children and infants in Qingzhou, which aroused the indignation of the people. We expelled him from Qingzhou. Who would have thought that he would come here to do evil again? Kill him. We must not let this beast live any longer!"

The victims rushed forward and hacked Zhu Can to pieces.

Xu Shiji was shocked to see Zhu Can dead and the corpses of his soldiers scattered all over the mountain. He thought in disbelief, "Your Excellency has single-handedly annihilated all of Zhu Can's troops. There are two to three thousand veteran soldiers. How strong is your martial arts to be able to kill them so easily?"

Xu Shiji felt more and more that his decision to leave Wagangzhai was absolutely correct. Even if Huang Sixi did not have the idea of competing for world domination in the future, simply following Huang Sixi to learn martial arts would be enough to make him famous. He led the victims to work until midnight, burned all the corpses in the city, and counted the population and money and grain reserves in the city.

Then head to the mountaintop temple to meet Huang Sixi.

During the battle with Zhu Can's army during the day, the temple was also littered with corpses, and Huang Sixi and Kan Kan cleaned them up personally.

The two of them were busy until midnight before they could relax.

Kanan originally wanted to prepare some wine and food and have a big meal, but the flooded city made it impossible to find suitable ingredients, so she could only eat some dry food soaked in boiling water.

She had found some tea leaves when she was cleaning the temple, but she was dissatisfied with the unclean teacups in the temple. Unexpectedly, Huang Sixi took out a set of clean tea sets like a magic trick.

When Xu Shiji entered the temple, Kankan had just brewed the tea.

Huang Sixi waited for Xu Shiji to sit down before asking, "How much food is stored in the city?"

Xu Shiji replied: "About 10,000 dan! There are more than 5,000 disaster victims living in the city. If we distribute food in fixed quantities every day, they can last for two months!"

Huang Sixi then instructed Xu Shiji: "Tomorrow you must continue to send people out to the surrounding villages and towns to help the trapped people enter the city!"

After the flood, many people were trapped in their homes, waiting to die. As long as Huang Sixi saw these victims, he would ask Xu Shiji to rescue them.

There is no problem with food rations in the city now, but every time the population increases, the food is consumed faster.

Xu Shiji made a suggestion: "My dear, should we first look for a new source of food, and then rescue other disaster victims after we have enough food?"

He was worried that if he rescued too many people, the city’s grain reserves would be used up and there would be no new food, which would put him in a desperate situation.

Huang Sixi disagreed. "When the flood occurred, the government did not evacuate the people. Most people were trapped in their homes. If their houses collapsed, they would be drowned. Even if there are highlands and mountains near their homes, they will not survive for a few days without food relief! You just go and save people, and I will find a way to get food!"

Huang Sixi said this and pointed at Xianxian: "Miss Xianxian knows the lair of the four major bandits. These bandits have been roaming around and looting for years, and have accumulated a large amount of food, all stored in the other mountains in the north!"

Xu Shiji turned his head and looked at Xianxian: "As far as I know, the four major bandits don't have a fixed lair. How did you find out that the lair of the four major bandits is hidden in another mountain?"

He was not deceived by Kankan's beauty, because he had seen female disciples of the Demon Sect who were good at charm before and whose temperament was similar to Kankan's.

This made him feel distrustful towards Kankan from the first moment he saw her at the foot of the mountain.

Kanan was keenly aware of Xu Shiji's hostility, and politely poured him a cup of tea.

She asked casually, "My dear, you said that General Xu is the leader of Wagang Village, and that the four major bandits have secret dealings with Wagang Village. How could General Xu not know where the lair of the four major bandits is? It seems that your status in Wagang Village is not very good!"

Xu Shiji frowned, realizing that Kankan also distrusted him.

Kankan's question was implicitly pointing out that Xu Shiji had not revealed all the secrets of Wagangzhai to Huang Sixi, and it was also obvious that she suspected that Huang Sixi had other purposes in staying with him.

He quickly clasped his fists to Huang Sixi and explained, "My dear, Luo Yan is in charge of all the affairs of Wagang Village in the martial arts world. She may know more about it, but I really don't know whether Wagang Village has any connection with the four major bandits?"

"Luoyan? Is it the pretty military strategist Shen Luoyan?"

Xianxian pursed her lips and smiled: "She is the one who secretly contacted the four bandits. General Xu must not have won the heart of Military Advisor Shen, so he didn't even tell you such an important thing!"

Xu Shiji didn't know how to respond to Kankan, so he simply ignored her.

He only said to Huang Sixi: "My dear, if Luo Yan really had an affair with the four bandits, it was also under Li Mi's order. She didn't tell you the truth yesterday, maybe because she was worried that you would vent your anger on her. My dear, you..."

"These are not important, and I don't care!"

Huang Sixi waved his hand to interrupt Xu Shiji: "The most urgent task now is to go to the lair of the four major bandits to find food sources. Bieshan is not far from the mountain city. I plan to set off tomorrow morning and go to Bieshan with Lady Wan. As long as we can eliminate the four major bandits, the victims will no longer have to worry about food!"

Xu Shiji hesitated to speak. He wanted to tell Huang Sixi some heartfelt words, but with Kankan in front of him, it was inconvenient for him to open his mouth.

Kankan seemed to have noticed this, she shook her sleeves, stood up gracefully, and bowed to Huang Sixi: "My dear, you have been working hard all day, you should rest early, Kankan will not disturb you anymore, I will come to you tomorrow morning and show you the way!"

Huang Sixi made a gesture of invitation: "Madam Wan, please do as you please!"

Before turning around, Xianxian waved at the medicine box beside Huang Sixi and said, "Young Master Long'er, you should also rest early!"

Only then did she walk out of the temple with her graceful figure and go to the guest room in the other corner of the temple.

After she walked away and he could no longer hear her scent, Xu Shiji solemnly said, "My dear, this young lady seems to have practiced the magic skills of the Yinkui Sect. With her stunning appearance, she must be a high-ranking disciple of the Yinkui Sect. My dear, you killed the Yinkui Sect elders Bian Bufu and Wen Caiting in Liyang. She might do something bad to you, my dear!"

Huang Sixi had long known about Qianqian's identity as a demon sect member, but he was not as nervous as Xu Shiji: "Shiji, these things are unimportant. Our priority is to help the victims and find food sources!"

Xu Shiji hurriedly said, "Shiji thinks that the four major bandit lairs in Bieshan may have hidden traps for you, my lord. It's best not to go there!"

Huang Sixi knew that he was concerned about his safety, so he did not refute him, but asked: "Besides this old nest, do you know of any other granaries in the surrounding counties that can store enough grain to rescue the victims?"

Xu Shiji couldn't answer. He knew that Huaining County, the seat of Tongan County, was not far to the south, where a large granary was built. However, the breach site of this flood was the river channel near Huaining. No matter how big the granary was, it would be swallowed up by the flood.

Xu Shiji thought for a moment and replied, "If you insist on going to Bieshan, please let Shiji accompany you!"

"You can't go, you have more important tasks!"

Huang Sixi took out a seal and handed it to Xu Shiji: "Although I am confident that I can get food from Bieshan, there are always unexpected things. If I don't receive any news in three days, you should immediately take the seal to Jiangnan. The Song clan has opened grain shops in every county in Jiangnan. If you present the seal, the Song clan will raise food for you!"

This is Huang Sixi's two-handed preparation.

Xu Shiji was surprised, wondering how could his husband have such a deep friendship with the Song family?
He really wanted to suggest Huang Sixi to go directly to the Song clan to transfer grain, but then he changed his mind and thought that this matter involved the people's hearts. Even if the Song clan was willing to transport grain, they would definitely tie the victims under their banner and make them work for them.

Even if the Song clan gave Huang Sixi face and transported grain for free, Huang Sixi would still owe the Song clan a favor that he could never repay.

If he had contacted the Song clan directly without any concerns, Huang Sixi would have done it long ago and would not have waited three days to let Xu Shiji take action.

Thinking of this, Xu Shiji didn't say anything more, and just said: "My dear, please be careful when you go to Bieshan!"

(End of this chapter)