My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 291 You've angered him to death!

"Is he your brother?" Xin Nian asked with a face full of curiosity.

Xiao Jinzhi nodded expressionlessly.

King Cheng, lying on the ground, barely managed to raise his head, his eyes fixed on him, making a hissing sound, but seemingly unable to speak at all.

Looking at the man's tattered clothes and blood-soaked appearance, Xin Nian couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

"Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them, is this how you play the game?"
"Which brother of yours?" The girl was actually incredibly gossipy.

She loved listening to royal gossip, all sorts of dramatic and scandalous stories, more exciting than watching TV.

Isn't that where the topic comes from...?

Xiao Jinzhi lowered his eyes and glanced at the cute little girl, then smiled slightly, "She's the third-ranked Prince Cheng."

"After the natural disaster, he went to Wanzhou to make moves, but I don't know how he ended up here in Biancheng. Maybe he had some kind of conflict with the fourth brother? I don't know."

King Cheng lay on the ground, panting heavily, his eyes fixed on the Crown Prince, his pupils seemingly sunken in, as if he wanted to shoot two holes in the Crown Prince.

How could this be? His sixth brother looks exactly the same as before the natural disaster, without any change whatsoever.
She still possesses the graceful and elegant demeanor of a bright moon and gentle breeze, as pure as a jade tree.
How is this possible? The natural disaster has been going on for so long, and his damned sixth brother is still in good health.

In the past, only he and his brother, the Prince of Jin, had the right to swagger around. But now, looking at the Crown Prince, he realized that things were not the same as before, which made him furious.

King Cheng struggled to turn over, slammed his fist on the ground, but made no sound.

The prefect, standing nearby, was quite frightened and hurriedly stepped forward, bowing respectfully. "Goddess, young master, I swear, I didn't lay a finger on him. The reason he's like this is entirely due to my wife's abuse."

What the prefect was trying to say was that every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor, and that revenge must be sought from the right person.

The Crown Prince, however, did not listen to his words. He only knew that no matter what, the life and death of the Xiao family members were not up to them, a mere prefect and his wife.

With a flick of his finger, a burst of energy shot out, slicing through the governor's throat.

The old man instinctively covered the wound on his neck, staring at Xiao Jinzhi in horror, and slowly leaned back.

The prefect's two sons secretly got up and ran forward one after the other.

Unfortunately, after running only a few steps, Big Head crashed heavily into the spatial wall again and fainted once more.

Xin Nian found them annoying, jumped forward and kicked them several times, saying, "What kind of trash are you? All show and no substance."

He looked strong and healthy, but I never expected him to fall down after hitting his head several times.

Xiao Jinzhi dragged Prince Cheng up from the ground and looked at him.

King Cheng was covered in blood and grime, unable to speak, and could only stare at his younger brother with venomous eyes.

"Look at you, you pathetic sight, nobody would want you even if you were thrown in the trash. And look at me..." Xiao Jinzhi sneered, "You're as presentable as ever. Are you curious why I've been unharmed all this way, while you've become worse than a beggar?"

"Because you're stupid." The Crown Prince spoke to himself, completely disregarding the King's feelings.

"Why isn't your mother from Yanbei with you? Did she abandon you and run away when the crisis came?"

“Look at me, I have teammates and subordinates by my side, uncles and aunts, and Niannian. That’s the biggest difference between you and me! I’m open-minded and smart! You’re stupid, and you’re so stupid that you don’t even know it and you’re so self-righteous.”

Xin Nian dealt with the two foolish sons of the prefect, and just as she returned, she overheard the crown prince's words.

Looking up at Cheng Wang again, the kid was rolling his eyes, his mouth open as if he wanted to curse, but he couldn't utter a single word after a long time.

The Crown Prince snapped at him, "Stop struggling, just die already. Don't worry, to maintain your pitifully thin royal dignity, I'll do my best to send you on your way, burning you to ashes." Prince Cheng ultimately couldn't utter a single word, his head lolled to the side, and he died…

The prince threw the man to the ground, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and quickly tossed a tinderbox onto him.

The handkerchief fluttered and landed on the fire.

The prince turned his head and met the little girl's gaze.

You've made him so angry!

Practice has shown that people can indeed be driven to their death by anger, mainly because the Crown Prince's words were so infuriating.

Xiao Jinzhi looked at her calmly, "How could that be? He was riddled with illnesses, and it would be normal for him to die if he couldn't make it through."

He walked over to her and took out a clean handkerchief to carefully wipe her hands. "Look at these people, they're all so unlucky."

They're all cowards, yet each of them harbors the ambition to become king of the mountain!

Xin Nian raised her head, gesturing for him to look back.

Xiao Jinzhi glanced over and saw that there were many houses in the backyard, with the doors slightly open, indicating that many people were watching from inside, but no one dared to make a sound.

"The prefect is dead, so who is in charge here?" Xiao Jinzhi asked calmly. When no one answered, he said, "Since there is no one, let's burn this village down as well."

"No, no!" At this moment, several doors opened at the same time, and someone rushed out from inside, bowing and making obeisance to Xin Nian and Xiao Jinzhi.

"Your Highness, you mustn't! I am Ding, the Registrar of the County. After the Prefect's death, everything can be temporarily handled by me."

Xiao Jinzhi glanced at the skinny man and nodded slightly. "Registration Officer Ding, have someone clean up this and that. The dead prefect and his family should be burned in an open space, just like I did, to prevent the spread of disease."

"Yes, yes." Clerk Ding nodded hurriedly, not daring to refuse.

They had witnessed the two men's methods clearly from inside the house; they were far more capable than the Prefect's wife.

"Find someone to take us to the water source."

"Yes, yes, I will personally lead you two there." Ding, the registrar, was a pragmatic man. Upon hearing Xin Nian's instructions, he quickly took two of his men and led Xin Nian and Xiao Jinzhi there.

Many people sat on the barren land covered with black water, watching them walk past them with numb expressions.

There are more than a dozen people guarding the water source, so not just anyone can go and fetch water.

In reality, the prefect's family controlled the water source, allowing people to exchange water for the resources they dug up. This included not only food but also any utensils.

So most of what was stored in the warehouse before came from this source.

Xin Nian threw the water quality tester in, and after a minute or two, she took it out and looked at it. The light was yellow, indicating that the water quality was problematic and not suitable for drinking.

So all they washed and waded through was black water, and their feet were also covered in clumps of black water.

Xin Nian hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but say, "This water is undrinkable. The water quality is a bit bad. If you really want to drink it, you must filter it."

Clerk Ding was taken aback, "Filtering?"

Xin Nian glanced at the surrounding wasteland and then looked down at the ruins buried beneath her feet.

"Dig two pits, one higher and one lower. Keep all the stones and bricks you dig out, and find some clean strips of cloth," Xin Nian said, glancing at Clerk Ding. "Hurry up and have someone make them."