Chapter 65: The Overbearing Hero's Wind

  Sorry about that, I'm late. Sorry to have made you spend money, but since you insist on giving it to me, I'll just have to accept with gratitude. *makes a bowing gesture*, thank you very much.

  Eula saw Nia crying silently beside her and immediately turned red-eyed.

  He has grown up so big, in his memory, he saw Nia happy, laughing, angry, scolding, jumping wildly, but never saw Nia cry.

  He involuntarily cursed and recklessly pulled the crossbow off his back, aiming it at Aphrodite.

  The maid immediately blocked Afuro's path, crouching down like a leopard, and with a light flip of her right hand, revealed a dagger.

  The guards at the gate rushed in immediately, forming a large circle around the two with cold expressions, their dense long spears all pointing at the master and servant.

  Although outsiders evaluated the duke as a prodigal son, and also a typical idle and useless prodigal son, it was precisely because of his extravagant behavior that those under him gained many benefits.

  He also won the widespread affection of his subordinates for this. These people were also furious when they learned that the duke had been kidnapped.

  So they faced such a beautiful and charming woman, but there was not a hint of tender loving care in their hearts. With just one order, they would kill her on the spot.

  Ye Feng comforted Nia on one side while loudly shouting: "Oola, put down the crossbow. Put it down!"

  Ou La glanced at him, saw the serious expression on his face, hummed, and extremely reluctantly lowered the crossbow. The guards also put away their long spears under Ye Feng's hint and left the room.

  The maid saw it and slowly stood up straight, putting away her dagger.

  Ye Feng watched as Niya gradually calmed down, gently releasing her and moving a chair over for her to sit. Only then did he turn his head towards Aphrodite.

  Ye Feng raised his hand and gestured for Aphrodite to sit down as well. He clasped his hands behind his back, gazing at the moon that had just risen outside the window, and fell silent for a moment before speaking in a soft voice: "I believe you are not aware of this matter."

  Aphrodite let out a long sigh and said: "Thank you, sir."

  Ye Feng saw Oola wanting to speak and raised his hand to stop him, then continued: "However..."

  Aphrodite's heart sank instantly.

  "Did the pirates dare to kidnap the duke so recklessly? You also admitted that these pirates are colluding with Gatai. In order to help the people of Gatai get through the famine, we tried every means, even risking being impeached by the Imperial Supervision Department for turning a blind eye to your illegal activities. Is this how Gatai repays our kindness?"

  Aphrodite said: "This matter should also have nothing to do with Gaia. I think it's probably..."

  Ye Feng interrupted her, saying: "Since you want our grain, no matter what, they should also bring a bit of sincerity. Guarantee to send the duke back safely. And before that, we will blockade the port."

  He paused for a moment, turned around and stared at Aphrodite, saying sternly: "As long as the Duke doesn't return for one day, you won't be able to transport even a single grain of food from Xinya. Moreover, all the food here will be requisitioned by us."

  "But those refugees are waiting for these food supplies as a matter of life and death."

  "The duke is also waiting for food to save his life!" Ye Feng spread his hands and continued, "There's no way, the pirates wrote in their letter that they want 50,000 bags of grain. Such a large amount of grain, we can't gather it in a short time."

  Aphrodite reminded discontentedly: "But all these grains were bought with my money."

  "Hey, hey, hey!" The leaves rustled as the English savage's native accent was corrected by a gentle wave of the hand. "That money isn't yours, it belongs to the people of Gath. They're just using you to buy grain."

  At this time, Aphrodite heard a strange noise coming from the door, turned her head to look, and saw that the guards had already begun to stick seals bearing the Duke's crest on all the grain and the doors.

  She finally couldn't hold back, raised an eyebrow and stood up, saying: "Isn't this blatant robbery?"

  Ye Feng smiled awkwardly and gave a sideways glance.

  Oolong burst out in a hurry. He raised his chin, looked up at Aphrodite with his nostrils facing the sky, and said loudly: "This mountain was opened by me, this tree was planted by me, if you want to..."

  Ye Feng smiled wryly and rubbed his nose, saying in a low voice: "Wrong again."

  "Oh, sorry." Oola hastily changed her words: "Under the sky, nothing is not the king's land, and on the shore of the earth, no one is not the king's minister..." She said this far and turned back to look at Ye Feng, saying: "These two sentences are only spoken when snatching things from others. Why do they have to be so clearly distinguished?"

  Ye Feng waved his hand, indicating that this was not the time for questions.

  Ola finally reacted, looking at Aphrodite, his small chest puffed out high, his tiger-like body shook, revealing the innate king's aura he was born with. He continued: "We are just openly robbing, what's wrong with that? If you're not convinced, go to the Senate to report us? Or, let the pirates come and rob again? Or, let Hannibal Han send troops to attack us? See if we're still afraid now?"

  Ye Feng secretly wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead while no one was paying attention.

  These words are only suitable for a ignorant and fearless kid like Oula to say. Such shameless words, Ye Fengguang would already feel disgusted and his hair standing on end just by listening to them, let alone having to say them out loud.

  Aurora's words were so straightforward that she was immediately stunned by his overbearing aura and couldn't say a word.

  It is recorded that at this time, the previous emperor was besieged by bandits, and everyone else had given up, with no strategy to counter them. However, the great emperor, although not yet 20 years old, stepped forward resolutely, using grand righteousness to severely rebuke the Holy Maiden of the Moon. The Holy Maiden was reasonable and yielded, having no words to retort.

  Afterwards, the bandits knew what the great emperor said and looked at each other in dismay. They said: If we know this, we will not dare to offend the great emperor's dragon prestige. So they treated the former emperor with ministerial etiquette, performed the rites very diligently, and did not dare to slightly overstep.

  Aphrodite listened quietly to the sound of the guards patrolling outside, the clanging of metal armor and weapons. The room fell silent for a moment.

  After a while, a guard walked in with big strides. He saw the situation in the room, hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Ye Feng and said: "Sir, all the grain has been sealed off, but the exact amount can only be known after counting it again at dawn tomorrow."

  Ye Feng nodded and stood up, saying to Aphrodite: "Miss, after you."

  The maid looked at him cautiously and blocked Aphrodite's way, saying: "You have already sealed all the grain, what else do you want to do?"

  Ye Feng looked at her, awkwardly smiling without a word.

  Aphrodite smiled wryly and gently patted the maid's shoulder, saying: "What else can he do? Of course, he'll lock me up first."

  The maid rushed over and said: "Miss!"

  "This is also an expected thing, after all, the duke was kidnapped. Let's just take it as a few days off. I believe Lord Ye won't make things difficult for me, will he?"

  "Rest assured. A beauty will not be bullied anywhere. And you are always our honored guest. Don't forget, you still bear the name of Ye's wife. I don't want anyone to say that I'm a scoundrel who abandons his wife. In the future, it will be detrimental to your charm value when flirting with girls."

  Afu Luo stood up and came to the door, the torches in the hands of the guards illuminated the small courtyard as if it were daytime. She let out a long sigh: "Those foolish pirates, this time they've gotten into big trouble. It's just a pity for those innocent people of Jia Tai."

  Ye Feng coldly said: "Since they dare to kidnap the duke, then don't be afraid to make things big. This time, I'm going to play a big game with them!"

  Also, I've reduced the number of collections recently. Someone suggested that I slow down the updates, so when there are more collections in the future, it will be easier to enter V. I don't know if this is right or not? I'll post a book review and let you all know as well. Originally, I wanted to post an announcement, but it seems like the voting system is broken. What a hassle!