Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

He hadn't expected that the thief in the shadows would steal things too. Stealing money was one thing, but why steal weapons?

They're just bored and have nothing better to do!

After Bao Taishi finished speaking, he knelt straight down on the ground, his head almost bent to the ground.

The study was eerily quiet.

Even Zhao Quan, who was standing to the side, was momentarily stunned.

The weapons were stolen! The weapons they stored at the county government office were stolen! How absurd is that!

The study was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, and Bao Taishi lowered his head again and again.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, a gust of wind rushed in front of him, and then there was a loud "bang".

Bao Taishi instantly felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and a warm liquid flowed down from it.

The next second, there was another "bang," and another sharp object hit him on the head!

Bao Taishi felt a sharp pain on the top of his head, followed by the pain of something piercing his scalp. He was jolted and his body went numb instantly, feeling as if his scalp was about to split open.

Before he could react, he looked up and saw a whole bunch of things being thrown at him again!

Brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, and folded bamboo slips from the bookshelf were thrown at his face, body, and head. His forehead was already bleeding, and these things spread the blood everywhere. Warm liquid flowed into his eyes, blurring his vision.

The furious voice of the Nian King came from above.

"Idiot, good-for-nothing, say it again! Where did that pile of weapons go? Were they stolen?!"

Bao Taishi! I think you're tired of living!

Don't you have any idea how many weapons there are?

It's been sitting in the government office for so long and nothing happened, but in just one night, the entire county government office was robbed?!

The weapons and a huge pile of coal were stolen!

Are all the people in your government office dead? Do they all eat shit?!

The Prince of Nian spoke through gritted teeth, he was so angry, he was really so angry!

His eyes were bloodshot with rage, and a nameless fire shot straight to the top of his head. His gaze inadvertently swept over the weapon rack beside him.

Looking at the swords displayed there, he gritted his teeth, strode to the shelf, and with a forceful pull, he instantly drew the swords that were originally placed on the shelf!

A flash of cold light disappeared in an instant.

The veins on his hand gripping the sword bulged as he held it up, the tip pressed directly against Bao Taishi's neck.

"You deserve to die!"

At first, Bao Taishi didn't react. He only felt a chill on his neck. When he looked down, he saw a gleaming sword pressed against his neck!

He could slit his own throat in the next second.

He was already terrified, and this scene instantly made him lose his composure.

Ignoring the sword at his neck, he immediately knelt down and crawled toward the Prince, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me! I don't know how things turned out this way!"

That person's skill is truly too high. The patrolmen were patrolling just like before yesterday, but they didn't find anything unusual. Your Highness, please spare me! This humble official knows his mistake!

I truly know I was wrong.

"I promise this will never happen again. Please, Your Highness, spare my life!"

The Prince's expression remained unchanged, his grip on the sword tightened, and he stared at Bao Taishi with an expression as if he were looking at a dead man.

"Spare my life? Of course you deserve to die! When those things were handed over to the yamen, I told you to keep a close watch on them!"

Even if you lose your life, you can't lose these things. What did you promise me? What did you promise me?

You told me to rest assured that those things would be safe and sound as long as they were kept at the county government office!

I've been planning this for so many years, and it's taken me so long to get to this point. And now you're telling me that all those weapons are lost?!

Do you know what it means that those weapons are gone?

This means that all my hard work and planning over the years could be ruined by your mistake this time!

Can you afford the consequences? Even if you died a thousand times, ten thousand times, you still couldn't bear the consequences!

King Nian was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged and his hand holding the sword trembled uncontrollably!

This Bao Taishi is utterly useless, more trouble than he's worth. Keeping such a good-for-nothing around is just a disaster!

"Go to hell!"

King Nian gritted his teeth and, holding the sword in his hand, slashed straight down at Bao Taishi's neck.

Bao Taishi saw a flash of silver light before his eyes, and a white sword slashed straight down at him!

His eyes widened, his mouth gaped open, he couldn't catch his breath, and everything went black before his eyes. The next second, he fell straight down!

As King Nian fell down, the sword in his hand suddenly missed its mark!

The sharp blade sliced ​​through the air.

King Nian seemed surprised that Bao Taishi would suddenly faint. Looking at the sword in his hand and then at Bao Taishi lying on the ground, he gritted his teeth, raised his foot, and kicked Bao Taishi hard!

"Useless trash, idiot! If you want to die, get the hell out of my sight!"

With a loud bang, Bao Taishi was kicked several meters away by Prince Nian and crashed into a pillar not far away.

With a "pfft," he spat out a mouthful of blood!

Prince Nian was skilled in martial arts and possessed great strength; with this kick, he intended to kill Bao Taishi.

Bao Taishi woke up in a daze from the pain, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted and his mouth was full of the taste of blood.

His vision went black, and he fainted again instantly. This time, he was barely breathing.

King Nian was furious and wanted to grab his sword and chop the man into eight pieces, but Zhao Quan spoke up at the right moment.

"Your Highness, please think it over. These things have only just happened, and the First Prince and the Second Prince are still eyeing us covetously. Your Highness must not lose your composure at this time."

Although Bao Taishi was incompetent, the prince was currently in need of capable people. Although Bao Taishi was not very useful, he was still loyal to the prince.

Moreover, Bao Taishi was an eyewitness to what happened at the county government office, and he knew the details best.

If we really want to recover those things, we still need this Bao Taishi and his men to do the job!

Otherwise, if the county government office is stolen and we search the city extensively, people with ulterior motives will surely investigate further if they find out.

If it is discovered that the weapons stored in the county government office belong to you, and someone with malicious intent were to link those weapons to you, it would likely be detrimental to your reputation, Your Highness.

These weapons were initially stored in the government office because it was inconvenient to store them in the Prince Lian's residence.

That's why Prince Nian entrusted these weapons to the county government office. Even if they were discovered, he could say that they were the county government office's spare weapons.