Volume 2: Case within a case, the granary of the world Chapter 26: The Dragon Emperor steals buns

  On the main street, it was as bustling as usual. The foot of the emperor is always the most prosperous place in this world. When we arrived at the market, the horse-drawn carriage could not pass through, just like Shanghai's pedestrian street, where only heads of people were seen, and even bicycles couldn't squeeze in.

  As soon as we arrived at the market, we got off the carriage. Hou Xian stood beside me, frowning: "Madam, I'll buy it for you, it's too crowded."

  "Because I also want to go out and have a stroll, it's been a long time since I last went out."

  "Haha, I knew you couldn't resist."

  "Alright, let's go buy a map."

  Among the crowds of people coming and going, I saw many Tianji Palace people, because they were very recognizable, wearing white clothes fluttering in the wind, and pretentiously wearing a white gauze canopy hat.

  "Hou Xian, why have there been so many people from Tian Gong lately?"

  The eunuch did not answer, but instead smiled and said: "Madam, do you still remember the Linglong Treasure Mirror?"

  "Linglongbaojian? I remember."

  "At that time, you didn't go to steal it, but failed. Later, the Tianji Palace announced on the surface that the Linglong Treasure Mirror was lost, but they didn't search for it actively. In fact, the Linglong Treasure Mirror is still in their hands."

  "I see, but all that's in the past now, what have they been up to recently?"

  "Haha, Linglongbao is really lost this time!"

  "Ah?" I couldn't help but laugh, I never thought I'd be so delighted by misfortune. "What a great loss, this thing would harm people even if it were kept."

  "That's right, madam, this way!" Hou Xuan cleared a path for me, which led to a bookstore. I caught sight of the Qian Mu Xue special shelf and had an idea, so I told Hou Xuan: "You go buy a map, remember it has to be exactly the same as the one in Yuan Chen's house, I'll go visit your mother..."

  "Madam, how dare you scold me!" Hou Xian despised me. I was speechless: "I haven't finished speaking yet, it's your mother's book!"

  "Ah~~~~" After a moment of enlightenment, he frowned and said, "Madam, read fewer of my mother's books, they will corrupt you."

  Speechless again, I really can't believe that Hou Xuan is the son of Qian Mu Xue, the great female sex goddess in our minds. He is as pure as a blank sheet of paper.

  The days in the palace are very boring. I buy some erotic books to alleviate the loneliness. I choose, I choose, I choose again.

  "Miss, miss, be good."

  I turned around, it was an old woman with disheveled hair, holding a broken bowl with several copper coins inside. I looked at her and she smiled, extending the bowl in front of me. As I rummaged through my pockets and took out a few copper coins to put into her bowl, she suddenly whispered: "Has that zither been handed over to the Emperor yet..."

  At once. I was tongue-tied. She beckoned me over and then walked towards the corner, and I followed without thinking much about it.

  Not many people noticed us in the alley, and my wife and I walked in one after the other. Suddenly, she stopped, straightened her bent waist, turned around, and leaned against the wall: "Well done, you've actually become the emperor's favorite concubine."

  "This tender and delicate voice, I immediately exclaimed: 'The flower has bloomed!' (No one dies in this book.)"

  "Yes, it's me!"

  "You scoundrel, playing dead!" I strode up to her and grabbed the collar of her tattered clothes. "You scared me half to death! And you only left me with half a sentence. If you're going to fake your own death, at least have the decency to finish what you were saying!"

  "Ah~~~ My medicine's power is out of control. How did you find out later that I was referring to the Emperor?"

  "Hmph, this is none of your business." I pushed her away, this woman really infuriated me.

  "I also didn't want to trouble you, but people from both sides want to kill me, can I not die?"

  "Are you playing double agent?"

  "Yo yo yo, you know a lot, anyway I'm done for, hurry up." Hua stretched out his hand to me.

  I don't understand: "Quick what?"

  "Money! Ah. Grew a pretty smart face, how can you be so stupid? I'll do it myself." Hua said and then unceremoniously reached into my bosom to search.

  "Alright, feed! Ah! Not right! Feed, feed, feed. You took everything, what am I supposed to buy books with?"

  She gave me a white eye: "Is human life more important or is the book more important? Alright, I won't say anymore, it's off topic. We'll meet again... who knows when. Wishing you to be favored every year."

  The whole process, I was almost stunned, completely being led by one person

  My nose is running. Hey! I say, this strange thing really happens every year, rarely taking a carriage ride, last time on the street, money was gone. This has always been me robbing others, but today I was robbed instead.

  Money! Right, hurry up and feel the purse, it's flat, empty. This has really not left me a single silver coin! You're cruel! Swindling me to death, and still leaving me with a pile of troubles.

  Suddenly, the outside of the alley became noisy. I poked my head out and saw a man running very fast, seemingly an apprentice, holding a kitchen knife and shouting loudly: "Dead dog - stole buns! Stop right there!"

  The dog steals buns? Ha! I think it's more likely that someone uses a bun to hit the dog, and then it's gone for good.

  Everyone dodged to one side to let the man and dog pass, I leaned on someone's shoulder to look over, only to see a greyish-brown dog running extremely fast, with that fellow hot on its heels.

  "Stop right there——stop right there——"

  Her curious gaze followed the dog, but her heart skipped a beat as she saw that it wasn't just one bun that had been stolen, but an entire basket of them. How impressive! But this dog... looked so familiar. A strong sense of unease rose to the surface, and before she knew it, she was chasing after the dog.

  "Halt!"

  The fellow chased for a long time, forcing that black dog into the alley. I stood behind him, and the man chasing the dog didn't attract much attention from others. Everyone didn't pay attention to the human and dog confrontation in the small alley. It's really like driving a dog into a dead end.

  "Hah! I'm going to take you down today!" The fellow rolled up his sleeves and picked up the kitchen knife in his hand.

  "Woof woof! Woof woof!" The dog put down the basket and grinned.

  Those sharp teeth, those eyes with a special color, that wolf-like body and that fierce aura, could it be true?!

  Xiao Ha is not common here, Hou Xuan said that the thing Nangong Qiuyue envies the most is having a Dragon Emperor, this dog is rare in the Xuan Yuan Dynasty.

  And now, a Husky appears in the capital city, so well-trained, most importantly, it gives me the feeling that tells me, it is the Dragon Emperor!

  "Woof!" The Dragon Emperor let out a loud roar, and the familiar feeling grew even stronger.

  The dragon king let out a roar, and the fellow really jumped in surprise. I walked forward and patted him on the back, and he seemed to be highly tense at this moment. The tightly strung bowstring was startled by my pat, turned around, and swung the kitchen knife in his hand towards me. I quickly retreated, geez, if it hit me, it wouldn't just be a matter of disfigurement.

  "Ah----" The fellow actually let out a sharp cry, and upon seeing it was me, he suddenly became furious and started scolding loudly, "You're looking for death!"

  I'm too lazy to bother with him, so I casually took a pearl hairpin from my head and put it in front of the shopkeeper: "Those buns, I'll buy them."

  The fellow's face changed at once, from grinning to fawning: "Miss is really a good person." He came to take my pearl hairpin, I sneered, and bit off the smallest pearl from the hairpin and threw it into his hand, "Get out!"

  Although the fellow was somewhat dissatisfied, that small pearl would have been enough to buy him more than a hundred buns, so he left with a smile.

  The dragon emperor in front of me was still staring at me with a fierce gaze, but it was obviously not as tense as before. At that time, it was preparing for battle, and now it was just on guard.

  "Dragon Emperor?" I called out tentatively, dogs tend to have less hostility towards people who can call out their name.

  The dragon king's standing eyes returned to a calm state, worthy of being a trained dragon king. If it were a pet dog, it would have rushed up and wagged its tail at you.

  The dragon emperor picked up the vegetable basket, walked in front of me, put it down, sniffed my skirt with his nose, and looked at me with a hint of confusion. Then, he walked to the entrance of the alley.

  "Hey, your baozi." Long Huang surprisingly forgot about the baozi. But I was wrong, Long Huang didn't forget, he just let me carry it. He crouched at the entrance of the alley, his cold eyes carrying a certain kind of lofty majesty, just like Nan Gong Autumn Leaf.

  It's true what they say: a dog reflects its owner. The Dragon Emperor is so arrogant and bossy, ordering me around.

  She hesitated for a moment, then picked up the vegetable basket. If Long Huang came out to steal buns, it must mean that Nangong Qiuyue was not feeling well, had he been injured?

  My heart suddenly thumped and jumped up, why? Why am I still worried about that bastard Nangong Qiuyue? What an injustice!

  The dragon king is really dirty, there's not a single spot on his body that has its original hair color, it's either black mud or gray dust, how come every time I see the dragon king he's always so disheveled?