Chapter 17: Is Xiao Fu Bao Disliked? The Whole City Loves Me With Their Lives
**Chapter 17: The Assault on the Posthouse**
Good brother?
Su Dongpo felt indifferent to this question. However, children are always right, aren’t they?
Soon, Su Dongpo changed his approach.
His storytelling was simple and straightforward.
If someone treats him poorly? Write a poem and scold them!
Then, get demoted, write a letter to his younger brother, and take advantage of the situation.
...
As Suisui fell asleep in a daze, she thought...
Uncle Dongpo’s younger brother must be very good and cute, and wouldn’t throw urine at her.
As for reducing internal conflicts...
Suisui didn’t quite understand it.
But the seed had been planted in her heart, and the system eagerly anticipated it growing into a towering tree in the future.
The next day, Suisui’s condition had improved a lot.
However, it rained lightly in the morning, and the air was damp everywhere. They couldn’t go out to play.
After breakfast, the two children huddled in the room, sighing as they looked at the rain outside.
“Can’t we release the lanterns in this weather?”
“It’s okay, brother.”
“If someone holds an umbrella, we can still release them, but the lanterns won’t last.”
“We can watch the rain, brother.”
...
Physician Liu was flipping through medical books nearby, occasionally glancing at the medicine on the stove and listening to the children’s conversation. He felt that living like this wasn’t too bad.
Then, in the evening, Zhan Yuan returned with injuries.
The sight of his blood-soaked clothes frightened the two children, making their faces turn pale.
The maid quickly took the two children back inside, while Di Yu swiftly got the medical kit.
Qingshan and the others quickly boiled water, and everyone worked together to treat Zhan Yuan’s injuries in no time.
Physician Liu asked in a low voice about the situation.
Zhan Yuan shook his head; since it involved anti-bandit operations, many details couldn’t be disclosed.
Seeing this, Physician Liu didn’t press further.
Zhan Yuan quickly dispatched people outside, repeatedly instructing, “Make sure to keep a close watch on the two children. That group of people seems crazy; they might do anything!”
Although the current state of the Great Xia’s empire was not entirely peaceful, it was indeed quite stable.
So, the mountain bandits in the Qingzhou area were not surviving out of necessity; they had established their territories.
These people initially consisted of a group of desperados, and then recruited many who lived off of others’ labor.
As more and more people gathered, they became a malignant tumor in the Qingzhou area.
Prince Qing was recently resting in the capital, and the emperor, troubled by this issue, decided to send him to clear them out to avoid further trouble.
Prince Qing, a battle-hardened warrior, was known for his ruthless handling of these bandits, showing no mercy.
Seeing that they were about to be eradicated, the bandits had started to go berserk!
Zhan Yuan’s instructions were clear.
He feared that the desperate bandits might attack the posthouse.
Physician Liu nodded solemnly.
After Zhan Yuan left, Physician Liu first checked around the posthouse and found no abnormalities. He then sprinkled some insect repellent to prevent the bandits from sending poisonous creatures in if they couldn’t come themselves.
Then he carefully instructed all the staff at the posthouse to manage their respective areas, complete their tasks, and keep a close watch on the two children.
After all the preparations, Physician Liu’s heart was still beating uneasily.
He had a bad premonition but wasn’t sure what else to prepare.
Feeling anxious, Physician Liu decided to stay with the two children.
He thought: if something happens, he could vent his frustrations!
The first half of the night was calm.
Physician Liu felt slightly more at ease and started to feel drowsy.
Suisui’s bedtime story for tonight...
Was skipped; no one was summoned.
Although a bit disappointed, Suisui obediently went to bed.
Thinking about the beautiful rain-drenched landscapes the system had shown her earlier, Suisui drifted into a sweet dream.
In her dream, though it was raining, the grass was lush, the flowers were vibrant, and the air was fresh and pleasant.
In her dream, she climbed a particularly large wild fruit tree and was about to pick the fruit when she was repeatedly awakened by the system calling her name.
“Suisui, Suisui…”
The outside was in chaos, but the two children were still sleeping like little pigs inside.
At this moment, if someone broke in, they could just take them away!
Physician Liu had arranged for both children to sleep in the same room for better supervision.
Suisui was sleeping on the bed, and Feng Xuanrui on the couch.
Woken by the system, and hearing the fighting outside, Suisui’s face turned pale with fear.
“Suisui, don’t be afraid, wake up your brother, and hide!”
Suisui knew the danger of the situation.
So, she quickly jumped out of bed, not caring that she was only in a thin garment, and ran to Feng Xuanrui’s side to wake him.
Feng Xuanrui woke up, still groggy.
Hearing the increasingly close sounds of fighting, Suisui’s face paled further, but she kept her voice as low as possible, “Brother, we need to run!”
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