Chapter 19: This Woman is a Bit Fierce

A few steps after walking out of the courtyard gate, Li Xiao brought the three of them to Second Uncle’s house next door.

Second Aunt had already taken Erbao and her two daughters to Dragon Heart Island, while Dahu would come over to live with Li Xiao and Erhu.

So Second Uncle’s house was empty, just right for Xiao Yanyan and her two companions.

“You can stay in these rooms. There isn’t enough bedding at home, so you’ll have to make do with sheepskins for a few days!”

“The water tank is full. When it’s time to eat, I’ll have Dahu and Erhu bring food to you.”

Li Xiao walked into Second Uncle’s house and gave instructions to Xiao Yanyan.

Although the villagers of Hexi Fortress were full of resentment towards that guy Dahe Chuluoduo, they wouldn’t blame it on a woman like Xiao Yanyan.

Especially since Li Xiao knew she was a princess.

“Okay~ This place looks quite nice.”

Xiao Yanyan walked into the yard, looking left and right, then said to Li Xiao with a satisfied tone.

“We won’t mess with things.”

“Also, take this first. Consider it payment for our accommodation and meals during this time.”

“I never like to owe favors.”

Saying that, Xiao Yanyan casually took out a pendant from her person. It was in the shape of a phoenix forged from gold, very exquisite.

Fleeing all the way here had caused her to lose many things; this pendant was considered relatively valuable.

“Gold! Worth a bit of money, I won’t be polite then.” Li Xiao chuckled and took it.

This gold phoenix pendant weighed about three taels. In Western Liao, the exchange rate between gold and silver fluctuated around ten to one.

Meaning, the actual value of this pendant was about thirty taels of silver. If counting the craftsmanship and other added values, doubling it was also possible.

The value of one tael of silver in this era could exchange for about one thousand wen, which was one guan (string) of copper coins.

Thirty strings of copper coins might not sound like much, but in reality, commerce in Western Liao wasn’t very developed, especially in the Four Prefectures of the Northern Border, where industries were relatively singular.

Mainly agriculture and animal husbandry.

Han families in the Northern Border might have many cattle, sheep, and grain worth far more than thirty strings of copper coins.

But these cattle, sheep, and grain were basically not sold, except for paying taxes.

Therefore, precious metals like copper coins, gold, and silver were still relatively scarce in the Northern Border.

This exquisitely crafted pendant was worth some money to Li Xiao, but to Xiao Yanyan, a dignified Western Liao princess, it might just be an ordinary accessory.

So, Li Xiao accepted it without hesitation. After all, the horse meat he just treated the three of them to was also worth quite a lot of money!

However, seeing Li Xiao accept the gold ornament so thick-skinned, the Khitan warrior who spoke Chinese couldn’t help but snort: “This thing could buy two good horses. Hurry up and thank Kunji.”

The main reason this Khitan warrior was so unhappy was that these Han people like Li Xiao were too shameless.

Not only did they take away the Karluks’ warhorses and weapons, but they didn’t even spare the Khitans’.

Stealing so many of their horses and weapons aside, now he actually wanted to charge for the accommodation and meals of the three of them?

Simply shameless!

Hearing the Khitan warrior’s words, Li Xiao glanced at him indifferently.

He didn’t know why, but these two had disliked him from the start, and he looked down on them too.

In the Northern Border, the price of a good horse was much cheaper than in the Central Plains, but it was still between ten and twenty taels of silver.

So, this Khitan wasn’t talking nonsense when he said this pendant could buy two good horses.

But Li Xiao really didn’t care for this bit of money.

Moreover, the tone of this Khitan also made Li Xiao very unhappy.

So in front of the Khitan warrior, Li Xiao naturally put the pendant into his pocket, and then in the next second, suddenly kicked out directly.

Thud~

After transmigration, Li Xiao’s physical strength seemed to have improved in all aspects, and the strength in his legs was enormous.

Kicking the Khitan in the chest, he sent the man flying directly. He fell heavily to the ground, letting out a low muffled sound.

“Ah~”

The Khitan warrior lay miserably on the ground, clutching the chest Li Xiao had just kicked and shouting loudly.

He felt like his ribs were about to break.

And he was vomiting continuously, spitting out the horse meat he had just eaten.

“Eating so much yet so useless!”

“No wonder your master was chased so miserably by the Karluks; turns out she’s surrounded by trash like you.” Li Xiao snorted coldly.

To Li Xiao, this Khitan warrior was really too weak.

“Atulu~”

Seeing his companion beaten, the other Khitan warrior shouted angrily and was just about to draw his saber.

But immediately Li Xiao kicked out again, sending this Khitan warrior to lie alongside his companion.

Li Xiao got even angrier, pointing at these two guys and cursing loudly: “Fuck your mother, I’ve tolerated you for a long time.”

“Chirping and croaking in front of me, do you think this is the Royal Court?”

“Believe it or not, I can make sure you don’t walk out of Hexi Fortress?”

Western Liao was ultimately a country ruled by Khitans, so even lower-class Khitans had a great sense of superiority in front of Han people.

But Li Xiao didn’t buy this at all.

Daring to act tough and show off an arrogant attitude in front of him?

Not killing him was already giving Xiao Yanyan face.

After beating up the two Khitans, Li Xiao said to Xiao Yanyan with an indifferent look:

“Miss Xiao, you should discipline your subordinates properly.”

“Character like theirs will cause you trouble.”

Li Xiao’s kick was very sudden and fast; Xiao Yanyan hadn’t quite reacted.

Turning to look at her two subordinates groaning in pain on the ground, her beautiful eyes slowly widened, giving her a confused and dorky look.

“You!”

Immediately after, Xiao Yanyan’s face puffed up with anger as she glared at Li Xiao.

She absolutely didn’t expect that Li Xiao, who was fine just a moment ago, would suddenly turn hostile and attack.

Is he a dog?

And you have to look at the master before beating the dog!

This bastard Li Xiao actually bullied her subordinates blatantly in front of her.

Xiao Yanyan was angry!

Her Royal Highness, who originally found Li Xiao’s savage toughness a bit novel, now had her favorability towards Li Xiao dropping almost to negative numbers.

However, Li Xiao didn’t care what Her Royal Highness thought. He shook his head and said to himself: “I was just helping you out in passing, no need to thank me.”

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao turned and left directly.

Although Xiao Yanyan was a princess and a daughter of the Xiao clan, Li Xiao really wouldn’t spoil her.

After all, he never thought about relying on the Khitans for promotion.

In this world, it depends on whose fist is bigger.

After Li Xiao left, Xiao Yanyan stood in the yard, getting angrier the more she thought about it.

She shouted loudly at the two guards groaning on the ground: “How can you two be so stupid? Can’t even beat a teenager.”

“I think he was right. How long has it been since you practiced martial arts in the past two years? Doing nothing but eating and sleeping, simply became rice buckets.” Xiao Yanyan vented her annoyance with Li Xiao directly onto her two subordinates.

Embarrassing!

Her already heaving chest became even more magnificent at this moment, rising and falling continuously.

Huff huff~

Xiao Yanyan gasped for breath: “I’m so pissed off.”

“This bastard simply didn’t put me in his eyes.”

A dignified Western Liao princess was actually lectured by a brat.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She kicked a ram passing by her directly in the butt.

Baa baa baa~

Before this, Xiao Yanyan had a pretty good impression of Li Xiao, considering him a brave young hero skilled in battle.

She even wanted Li Xiao to be her guard!

But now Xiao Yanyan changed her mind. Li Xiao was a bastard.

His character was too nasty, unable to tolerate any grievance, and looking a bit arrogant and domineering, with no sense of awe for power and status in his heart.

If she took Li Xiao to the Royal Court to be her guard, this guy would definitely cause her a lot of trouble.

Maybe one day, this bastard would fly into a rage and slaughter Yelü Zhilugu.

Yelü Zhilugu was the current Gurkhan and also Xiao Yanyan’s cousin.

Although she also wanted to slaughter that guy, she knew this was definitely impossible.

But she somewhat believed that this bastard Li Xiao would really dare to do such a thing if he went to the Royal Court!

Facing Xiao Yanyan’s reprimand, the two guards on the ground looked aggrieved.

“Kunji, we~”

“That kid’s strength is immense.”

One guard wanted to explain that this matter wasn’t their fault; mainly Li Xiao attacked too fast and with too much strength.

They couldn’t withstand it!

It wasn’t that they were incompetent, but the opponent was too strong.

But in Xiao Yanyan’s ears, these words were ultimately just excuses.

Just as Xiao Yanyan was getting angrier the more she thought, a guard kicked to the ground suddenly widened his eyes and shouted hurriedly: “Kunji, watch out~”

As the voice fell, Xiao Yanyan felt her butt suffer a heavy blow; it hurt painfully.

“Ah~”

Immediately after, heaven and earth spun, and she staggered and fell flat on the ground.

Unfortunately, there happened to be a few piles of cow dung in front of her.

“Ahhh~”

At this moment, Xiao Yanyan was even angrier; she was about to explode.

Turning back to look, she thought it was that bastard Li Xiao sneak-attacking her!

But unexpectedly, what she saw was a sheep.

It was exactly the ram Xiao Yanyan had just kicked.

The ram was just passing by leisurely, getting kicked by Xiao Yanyan for no reason.

Having a combative nature, the ram certainly couldn’t tolerate it!

And Xiao Yanyan didn’t have a good temper either. Finding out that even a sheep dared to bully her, she couldn’t tolerate it even more.

So, she angrily pounded the ground, stood up, and charged at the ram.

Grabbing the two horns, she tried to wrestle it to the ground.

“Bastard, even you dare to ram me.”

Meanwhile, before Li Xiao walked into his house, he saw from a distance that Xiao Yanyan was actually wrestling with a sheep?

Li Xiao was instantly speechless.

“This woman is a bit fierce!”

The ancient princesses in Li Xiao’s impression were all dignified and elegant, putting on airs in whatever they said or did.

Some princesses in novels were even insidious, masters of conspiracy and intrigue.

But looking now, Li Xiao found that the Western Liao princess was unique.

Belonging to the temper of ‘if you can use your hands, never just use your mouth’.

This character, Li Xiao liked.

(End of this chapter)