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In the blink of an eye, the carriage stopped at the entrance of Jishitang.
Everyone immediately got off, and the Demon Prince was the first to instruct Ling Yuer, "Yuer, take my mother inside Jishitang and wait for us."
"Okay! You two brothers and Sister Yan must be careful," Ling Yuer nodded knowingly at her brothers and then quickly helped Miao'er into Old Man Mo's Jishitang.
When Ziyan and her group arrived at the entrance of the supermarket, they found that due to the large crowd gathered to watch, they were still nearly two yards away from the entrance, which was already packed tightly. In the end, Ziyan and her group had no choice but to use their lightness skills to leap up, directly stepping on the heads of those onlookers as they flew into the entrance.
Upon entering, they saw several guards standing in a row waiting there.
Perhaps fearing that the common people outside might rush in and cause even greater losses to the supermarket, Ziyan silently praised Wu San for his calmness in a crisis. If it had been someone careless or reckless, they would have already called all the guards into the supermarket to mix it up with those thieves.
The result would surely have been chaos, with the store's goods being looted by the mob.
"What happened inside?" Just as Ziyan was lost in thought, she heard her Demon Prince asking one of the guards.
"Your Highness, two thieves actually smashed a big hole in the roof on the east side of the supermarket. They entered through the roof intending to steal from our store," the guard replied, leaving Ziyan stunned.
The audacity of these thieves was astonishing; they dared to brazenly break into her supermarket just as it was about to close, disregarding the many Guardians stationed there?
Unbelievable! These little thieves were clearly looking for trouble. In this era, committing such a crime could lead to them being killed without any legal repercussions. Moreover, this was Prince Xuan's territory; it would be as easy as squashing a few ants to deal with a couple of small thieves.
While Ziyan's mind was still racing with thoughts about what the guard had said regarding the theft, her body had already followed the two Princes into the supermarket.
"What’s going on?" Upon seeing Ziying standing behind one of the guards, Ziyan rushed over and grabbed her to ask.
"Sister, you’re here! We’ve just figured out some details. It seems these two thieves are not working together. They started fighting each other first!" Ziying immediately responded.
"Oh! Then what are you all waiting for? Capture them all for me; I want to see who these 'ghosts' are that have such audacity. This is truly lawless!" Ziyan shouted loudly towards Wu San.
At the same time, while Ziyan was shouting, Strongman Wu Xiang also arrived with over twenty people to provide reinforcements. These individuals quickly separated the two seemingly confused thieves and surrounded them to fight. Originally, Ziyan had intended to join the battle, but now, seeing the situation, it was almost certain that there was no need for her and her companions to intervene.
Since there was no need to intervene, she decided to watch the fight. However, as they battled, she particularly noticed the Strangely Dressed Man. His appearance was undeniably bizarre, and his outfit was something that could not be found for sale in the Nanchu Kingdom. Moreover, he wore a white metal cross around his neck. This person seemed incredibly strong, yet his fighting techniques were completely uncoordinated.
During the fight, he kept shouting, "Misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding!" While dodging and counterattacking, he accidentally punched a wall. Instantly, a hole slightly larger than his fist appeared in the wall. Taking advantage of this moment, Strongman Wu Xiang kicked him in the back.
Then came a loud "boom" as a wall on the eastern side was completely smashed open by the two of them.
At this point, Ziyan could no longer contain her frustration. Simultaneously, the two princes who had initially planned to watch quietly also looked extremely cold.
"My supermarket! If these two thieves are not subdued quickly, my supermarket will be completely destroyed." Ziyan's eyes blazed with anger as she rushed towards the Strange-Dressed Man who had been knocked down by Wu Xiang.
Before the Strange-Dressed Man could react, Ziyan aimed a kick at his rear as he slowly got up from the ground.
As a result, the strange man immediately stumbled forward again, landing in a comical heap.
Following that, Xuan Wang and Prince of Xiang, the two brothers, each held a sword to the strange man's neck. At this point, he dared not move at all.
On the other side, as more and more skilled fighters from Ziyan's side joined in, the remaining man dressed in dark clothing was finally subdued like a trapped beast.
When Ziyan approached for a closer look, she was shocked to discover who it was!
This person was none other than the illegitimate son of a certain princess from a neighboring kingdom who bore an almost indistinguishable resemblance to Ji Shaochen, whom Ziyan had saved at the Drunken Immortal Residence in the capital.
"It’s you? Weren't you in the capital? I saved your life back then; how could you repay my kindness by coming here with ill intentions?" Ziyan glared at him angrily.
"Uh? I heard that this supermarket's business is booming, so I came to take a look. I had no idea I would run into such a madman. It all happened so suddenly that I ended up fighting. I truly didn't know this store belonged to you. Nangong requests that you show mercy; as for any losses caused to you, please name your price," Nangong Yu replied hurriedly.
"Since you want to get to the bottom of this, why not come in through the front door?" Ziyan then pressed further.
"Uh? Miss, there seems to be a misunderstanding here. I actually came in through the front door. It was just that there were too many people at that time, and I didn't have a chance to see these goods clearly. So after the area was cleared, I secretly stayed behind. Who would have thought that just as your people were closing the door, a wicked thief came in from the roof? I thought he had discovered me, so I started fighting with him."
Nangong Yu said this while glancing at the Strange-Dressed Man, "Look, most of the damage here was caused by him."
"Hmph! I don't care what you say; everything here is your fault, so you two will naturally have to compensate for all the losses." Ziyan said gloomily and then turned to walk towards the Strange-Dressed Man, who had already been subdued.
"Hey, shameless little thief, state your name and where you're from!" Ziyan fixed her gaze on the peculiar man before her.
"I come from distant Persia. My parents mentioned that my ancestral home is in Nanchu Kingdom, Chu County. So I arrived here in my light Fire Ship, but unfortunately, a Giant Roc pecked through my Fire Ship, causing me to fall from the sky onto your roof. I did not intend to cause any harm. If you are willing to let me go, I am also willing to compensate you for all your losses."
The Strange-Dressed Man finally spoke in very poor Chinese about how he had caused the roof to break.
"Persian?" No wonder he was dressed so strangely. If he were one of those rogue bandits from the rivers and lakes, he wouldn't have chosen this time to break into a shop; they usually wait until late at night when their chances of success are higher.
Thinking of this, Ziyan continued to question him: "You said you arrived on what? A Fire Ship?"
The ancient people present surely wouldn't understand what a Fire Ship was, but Ziyan quickly thought it might be a hot air balloon. From her readings in the Twenty-First Century, she knew that hot air balloons had existed in Western countries for a long time.
Since this person fell from above, other items from the hot air balloon and the damaged balloon itself must have scattered nearby. She could just go out and search within a one or two-mile radius centered around her supermarket to find out more.
Having thought of how to verify the truthfulness of his words, Ziyan smiled. The urgent matter now was to restore her supermarket to its original state.
"Then let's escort these two back to Xuan Wang Fu first," Ziyan said without wanting to waste another second. "Wu San, Wu Xiang, Li Yu, Li Bing, follow my orders."
"Subordinate is here; please give your command," Wu San, Wu Xiang, Li Yutong, and Li Bing immediately stepped forward to await instructions.
Ziyan first instructed Wu San and Wu Xiang, "You two are responsible for bringing more brothers to restore the supermarket to its original state before tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing both of them respond, "Yes, Subordinate will obey," Ziyan then turned to Li Yutong and Li Bing, and continued, "You two will take a group of brothers to thoroughly search the rooftops and floors within two miles around our supermarket. I believe you will find something."
"Yes, Subordinate will take care of it," Li Yutong and Li Bing said as they took their men out.
"Alas! What a disaster has fallen from the sky." After surveying the chaotic mess in the supermarket, Ziyan lamented how her once orderly supermarket had been turned upside down by these two.
She glanced at the two culprits, now tightly bound by her subordinates like two large rice dumplings, feeling an urge to slap them both.
However, considering that if what these two said was true, then this guy who returned from distant Persia to claim his ancestry was indeed somewhat wronged.
But that person, Nangong Yu, who looked almost identical to her ex-boyfriend Ji Shaochen, could not be easily let go.
Under everyone's gaze, the two tightly bound oddballs were embarrassed as they were stared at by the onlookers. Some citizens, particularly those who despised thieves, even picked up small stones and other debris to throw at them.
Ziyan quickly ordered for the two to be thrown onto a cart and taken away, while instructing Ziying and others to disperse the crowd.
Once she saw the crowd gradually dispersing and her Subordinates orderly beginning their tasks of repairing the supermarket, this inexplicable and sudden incident finally came to an end.
Ziyan let out a long sigh and then turned to call for the two princes to head to Jitang to pick up Miao'er along with the princess.
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