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

Chapter 37 Man, do you want to die?
Si Nanfeng chuckled, "Disgraceful? Ha, a bitch seeking pleasure everywhere, so disgraceful, yet Brother Zhou still protects her so well."

"Insolence!" The guard was furious, wishing he could kill the person in front of him who was spouting such nonsense and slandering his master.

"Si Nanfeng, you really are quite willful. If you hadn't refused the marriage, you wouldn't be in this state now."

"Didn't anyone teach you that those who are adaptable to circumstances are wise?"

Zhou Linchuan stared coldly at the man, his eyes looking at him as if he were some kind of fool.

"I heard that your younger brother is in poor health and has suffered from asthma since childhood." Zhou Linchuan raised his hand, took a piece of woolen cloth covered in dust and dirt from his subordinate, and shook it in the wind.

Si Nanfeng's eyes changed, and he tilted his head, struggling fiercely, "What do you want to do?"

Zhou Linchuan raised a finger, signaling for someone to bring Si Nanli before them.

He held the dirty handkerchief with two long, slender fingers, waved it back and forth, and laughed, "I heard that your brother's asthma is most aggravated by this kind of dust. What do you think about covering his mouth and nose with this..."

"Will he cough himself to death?"

Before being tied up, Si Nanli lowered his head slightly, glancing at him sideways with an arrogant look in his eyes.

“Theoretically speaking, it’s unlikely. Unless there’s some kind of highly toxic substance in your dust that can spread throughout your blood vessels in a second,” Xin Nian replied, drawing out her words. “Otherwise, even if it’s a second slower, you’re unlikely to die.”

"I decide who I save. Even the King of Hell wouldn't dare snatch someone from my hands."

Yu was initially trembling with fear, but upon suddenly hearing Xin Nian's voice, her eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

The entire Xin family, young and old, slowly turned their heads with stiff necks.

The little girl was sitting cross-legged in front of the mound, smiling as she looked ahead.

Several guards behind Zhou Linchuan turned around at the same time, drawing their swords in unison.

Xin Nian dusted himself off, bounced to his feet, put his hands behind his back, and stepped forward, his words full of provocation, "You're Zhou Shaoqing from the Dali Temple, aren't you? I wonder what business you've come to with us poor, wretched exiles?"

"I don't quite understand. Yesterday, we all met with the Princess and even knelt down to pay our respects! So what? Did we break some heavenly law?"

"Can't we kneel? Can't we bow to her? Or is it that people of our lowly status can't even catch a glimpse of a noble person from afar? What law of the Great Xia Dynasty have we violated? Please enlighten us."

Zhou Linchuan stared coldly at the young girl who had just appeared before him.

The little girl was not tall, but her hands and feet were very slender. She had a delicate figure and a beautiful face. Even though she was wearing dirty clothes with a big "prisoner" character on them, it couldn't hide her beauty in the slightest.

"You have a lot of guts." After a long silence, Zhou Linchuan replied coldly.

"Your Excellency, you are exaggerating."

"You're the doctor Liang Guang mentioned. Was it you who saved the second young master of the Si family yesterday?"

“Yes, sir.” Xin Nian smiled sweetly, rested her chin on her hand and raised her head. “This child is not destined to die. I saved him, so he must die a natural death. Otherwise, wouldn’t all my efforts have been in vain?”

Zhou Linchuan stared at her coldly, "Yesterday, after Princess Jiu Ni met with you, she disappeared in Yunlin Villa."

An uproar erupted within the group of exiled prisoners.

"So?" Xin Nian looked at the other person with a smile, waiting for them to continue.

"Sixteen corpses were found in Yunlin Villa. Upon investigation, they were all guards who accompanied the princess."

Even the people from the Yongkang Marquis's Mansion and the Enyi Marquis's Mansion were astonished and widened their eyes. Xin Nian's eyes held a cold smile. Sixteen corpses? The Dali Temple probably can't count. Those civilians who died on the grasslands, were they cats and dogs? Were they not human?

"According to the investigation, the last people to have contact with the princess were you people."

"No way, Lord Shaoqing. You mean, among us miserable exiles, there's a murderer? Someone with supernatural powers and connections who killed the Princess and her guards?"

"Who, you? Or is it you?" Xin Nian turned around, looking at Han Li and Han Zhao, and then at the few young people standing to one side.

Those being questioned all took a small step back, shaking their heads and waving their hands repeatedly.

Xin Nian chuckled, "Lord Shaoqing, are you out of your mind? We convicts have been walking since dawn, and we've only just collapsed to rest. And here you are!"

"How do you kill someone? By flying?" The little girl raised her small hands and fanned them slightly as if she were flying.

"If I fly back, I can fool the eyes of over forty escorts and remain undetected." She laughed so hard she almost fell over. "Could that be a human?"

Zhou Linchuan rubbed his forehead and looked down at Si Nanfeng, who was staring at him with a mocking gaze. "The Si family may have hidden guards."

“This is a reasonable deduction. The eldest son of the Si family was the last person to have contact with Princess Jiu Ni. Now that the princess is missing and her guards are dead, the Si family is highly suspected and must return to the capital with me to explain the whole story to His Majesty.”

"The earth turning over is an omen of celestial change," Xin Nian said with a grin.

"Is it possible that you all were wronged on this trip? Now the gods and Buddhas have appeared and are seeking revenge on your Great Xia Emperor?"

"This is Heaven's way of punishing you! They're just starting with your Great Xia Princess. Who will follow next? Xiao Jiu Ni, the Xiao family... tsk tsk tsk, disaster is imminent, and calamity is beyond our control!"

"Lord Shaoqing, if I were you, I would immediately crawl back to the capital and persuade the Emperor to issue an edict of self-reproach, begging Heaven to forgive his incompetence and his crime of trying to deceive and fool the people!"

"Shut up!!" Zhou Linchuan glared angrily, incredulous. "Spouting nonsense and spreading heresy, you're full of sophistry and disrespect for the monarch! Take him down!"

Before the guards could even get close, the little girl kicked them away with two flying kicks.

Zhou Linchuan was stunned. Before he could react, he felt a tremendous force hit him and knock him heavily to the ground.

My back slammed heavily onto the ground, burning with excruciating pain.

"Tsk tsk tsk, how could my handsome, cunning and shrewd Lord Shaoqing be so vicious?"

Zhou Linchuan stared coldly at the other person, not knowing what kind of sharp blade the girl had used to press against his neck, but he could feel a sharp, piercing pain.

"Don't draw your swords, calm down, or your Lord Zhou will be the first to meet the King of Hell."

“Lord Zhou, I know you are eager to solve the case and can’t wait to find a scapegoat to send to the princess’s father.”

"But you can't do it this way. We convicts are all in such a miserable state, so please stop smearing us."

Zhou Linchuan's eyes were dark and deep as he looked at the girl pressing down on him, and he said, word by word, "You...want...to...die?"

Xin Nian smiled sweetly, "Threatening me? Goodness, you're the one who wants to die!"

"Clop clop clop clop." A rapid sound of horses' hooves pierced the deathly silence of the night.

"Minister Zhou, His Highness the Crown Prince has summoned you urgently. Please return to the capital immediately to receive orders."

(End of this chapter)