Liaochen and his companions stood at the mouth of a deserted alley. A breeze happened to sweep past, and several of them shivered despite the blazing summer heat.
Yu Xingmian glanced sideways at the excitement on the little one's face and let out a heavy sigh.
They had never intended to leave that underground treasure vault.
Although the little one had charged around the tunnels under the banner of treasure hunting, never once mentioning candy, those who knew the truth had not been entirely without countermeasures-
They had only intended to indulge her briefly and wander around underground. As for going up to browse the shopping street...
Going up was out of the question. They would never go up, not in this lifetime.
But they could not withstand the little one's thoughts coming one after another-
[What?!]
[There are bad people up there?!]
[Those bad people want to blend in with the people of Beiming and use that to infiltrate our Great Rui army?!]
Everyone present froze.
Xu Jiu instinctively followed the thread of the little one's thoughts.
Emperor Mingze had a fearsome reputation, but he had always treated the people of defeated nations generously. After conquering their territory, he would also do his best to ensure that their lives did not change too drastically.
He would simply replace the local troops with soldiers he could trust.
So...
The method the little one had mentioned in her thoughts might actually work!
In an instant, cold sweat broke out across Xu Jiu's temples and back!
Without the warning from the little one's thoughts, who knew how long it would have taken them to uncover such a scheme!
[Huh?!]
[Children?!]
[Those bad people are even using children?!]
Her abruptly rising voice dragged everyone out of their thoughts.
What children?
How did children