Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

Chapter 432 Hijacking a Ship

For several days, the official ship was as calm as water and soon arrived in Changzhou, but the ship did not stop.

In order to reach Chuzhou as quickly as possible, the official ship stored enough food and fresh water when it set out from Kyoto to reduce the number of stops for resupply.

……

That night, a group of pirates sneaked onto the boat, and Luo Xiaoran, who was in a light sleep, immediately discovered something was wrong.

However, she didn't need to take any action as all the pirates were captured alive.

Are you kidding? Wouldn’t it be easy for Prince Yan’s personal guards to deal with a bunch of gangsters?

Wei Linzheng ordered his men to lock up all the bandits in the bottom cabin, leaving only the leader behind for interrogation.

Luo Xiaoran had never seen Wei Lin trying someone, so she pulled Wei An to watch the fun.

They sat in an inconspicuous place nearby, silently watching the case. Even when Wei Lin nodded to her, Luo Xiaoran waved her hand, signaling Wei Lin to continue the interrogation.

However, Luo Xiaoran didn't expect that she would actually see something exciting when she took a look.

The leader of these water bandits was actually the bandit leader that Luo Xiaoran met on the way to escape famine not long after she traveled through time!

The one with the topless breasts!

Luo Xiaoran was deeply impressed.

He robbed her and Qiu Niang of their money and carriage. How could the impression not be left on her!

It is also a rare thing that the mountain bandits changed their careers to become water bandits.

Maybe they didn't practice swimming well enough and were not skilled in the business, so they were all captured alive in such a short time, Luo Xiaoran thought with a sense of schadenfreude.

"Your Highness."

A group of civilian bandits hijacking a ship was originally a trivial matter and Wei Lin could handle it. Chen Ji had no intention of intervening.

As a result, after his subordinates reported that Luo Xiaoran had also come out to check, Chen Ji followed happily.

"What did you find out during the interrogation?" Chen Ji took a few steps with his long legs and walked to Luo Xiaoran's side.

Wei Lin bowed and replied respectfully, "These bandits are not water bandits, but mountain bandits."

"A few days ago, news reached the top of the mountain that a government ship carrying a large amount of money would pass by here. Although the bandit leader was skeptical, he finally couldn't resist the temptation and led his men to rob the ship under the cover of night."

"Oh? Didn't the person who passed the message to him tell him that this ship belonged to the king?"

Seeing Luo Xiaoran staring at the bandit leader with interest, Chen Ji felt a little confused.

"Your Majesty?"

The bandit leader panicked upon hearing this. Even though he had been in the underworld for many years, he would not dare to rob the prince even if he had a hundred times the courage!

"Your Highness, please forgive me!" The bandit leader, with a pair of panda eyes, kowtowed heavily.

"The messenger only said that the ship's defenses were lax and it would be easy to take it. He wanted me to... kill people and steal their property."

"I think he must have a grudge against the prince, so he used me to harm the prince."

"But my lord, although I am a big man, I am timid. I only rob people of their money but never kill them."

"I swear on my ancestors that I did not intend to harm the lives of the people on the boat. I just wanted money."

"Humph! Now that you've been captured, you'll naturally speak nicely!"

"How stupid and abominable you are to hijack the ship of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan just because of a piece of news that is neither true nor false!"

Wei An has been following Luo Xiaoran these days and knows that she has a light sleep. However, her sweet dreams were disturbed by this group of bandits tonight, and he couldn't help but scold them loudly.

The bandit leader shook his body three times and buried his head deeply.

Luo Xiaoran patted her hands to comfort the angry little girl.

"What's your name?"

"The sinner Yan Kui."

"Yan Kui, if you rob the prince, it's a capital crime!"

Yan Kui's pupils contracted violently and he kowtowed again.

"This matter was decided by me alone. My brothers are just following me. Please give them a chance to live!"

"You raise your head and speak."

Luo Xiaoran walked in front of Yan Kui, making sure he could see her clearly, and asked:

"Do you still recognize me?"

"The criminal is just a bandit on the road, how could he recognize the nobleman beside the prince!"

Since Chen Ji appeared here, he has been standing beside Luo Xiaoran, and his eyes have never left her. Anyone can see that he cares about Luo Xiaoran very much.

"Take a closer look."

Upon hearing this, Yan Kui first glanced at Chen Ji, and seeing that there was no displeasure on the face of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, he plucked up the courage to look at him carefully, and finally shook his head.

"Too!"

"You have robbed so many people of their money, even refugees fleeing famine, so naturally you have forgotten me, whom you robbed!"

Hearing this, Chen Ji's face instantly turned gloomy, and his eyes shot towards Yan Kui like icy blades.

"It sank!"

"Yes!"

Wei Lin took the order and was about to go forward to get Yan Kui who was tied up, kill him, tie him to a heavy stone and throw him overboard, but was stopped by Luo Xiaoran.

"Wait a minute!" Her eyes were bright and she smiled cunningly, looking like a money-grubber.

"This man is so greedy, there must be a lot of ill-gotten gains in the den of thieves. It would be a waste to leave it alone, why not take it?"

Chen Ji couldn't help but smile knowingly when he thought of Luo Xiaoran who had been busy writing letters to Yun Hu in her room these days, looking like she was ready to do something big.

"Then let Xiaoran decide!"

"I am willing to give away all my money, just to ask you to let me and my brothers go!"

Yan Kui also realized that among the people present, only Luo Xiaoran could save their lives, so he hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Bah!" Wei An glared at him fiercely, "How dare you use the stolen money to buy your life!"

"I remember that the Daliang Law mentioned that robbery was punishable by exile, hanging, or beheading, depending on the value of the stolen goods."

"Yan Kui, estimate for yourself, can the property you robbed keep you and your brothers alive?"

"Oh, I forgot. Just the fact that you robbed the refugees is an unforgivable capital crime!"

"Even if I let you go for the sake of money, as the leader of the gang, you will not escape death!"

Any one of the bandits imprisoned in the bottom cabin can lead the way to the thieves' den, and it doesn't have to be Yan Kui.

No one knew which enemy of her and Chen Ji had used Yan Kui to hijack the ship. He really was as stupid, hateful and greedy as Wei An said!

I often walk by the river, how can I not wet my shoes?

It was just his bad luck that he kicked the steel plate with his bare feet.

This time he will be punished!