“There is a Zhouzhuang with a population of three hundred!” Being a general, Gao Shun was very knowledgeful of the terrains of the whole Xu Province.
“Fengxian, are you really going to do this?!” Chen Gong frowned. It is impossible for there to be any survivors once they pillage the village. A village of over three hundred! That’s three hundred lives! Although they live in troubled times where human lives were no more worthy than those of dogs, Chen Gong was still unable to harden his heart.
“Then do you have any other suggestion?!” Lu Bu asked instead.
“I… Sigh!” Chen Gong sighed. He does not know of a different method. Afterall, they cannot starve to death here and thus, their only solution was to sacrifice the village.
“You could leave the problems regarding food supply to me!” A person came forward. Wasn’t this Liu Mang who wanted to say farewell to Lu Bu?!
“Zhang Liao’s soldiers numbered a thousand, the Formation Breaker numbered seven hundred, your soldiers numbered two hundred and adding on the children and women, we have two thousand and a hundred some people needing food for three days! You’re but a frail scholar, where would you find food?!” Lu Bu was not convinced.
“Isn’t it only three days worth of food for some two thousand people?! I’ll find it for you!” Liu Mang looked at with furious eyes. Pillage Zhouzhuang?! Although Liu Mang did not know where Zhouzhuang is, he knew that there was some three hundred lives there! Human lives in troubled times are no more worthy than those of dogs but Liu Mang was not a person from troubled times! Although he was fine with killing on the battlefield, he was unable to accept this kind of massacre!
“Ah, little brother really have a way?!” Chen Gong too did not want to see civilians die tragically! “This is something that cannot be joked around!”
“I am willing to set up a military order!” Liu Mang knew that unless he does something dramatic, they will not believe him.
“Did you think the military order is child’s play thing?! If you cannot find the food, you’d be killed!” roared Lu Bu.
“My Lord, perhaps little teacher really have a way!” Gao Shun really admired this little teacher.
Hey hey! If it’s teacher than just teacher, why add little?! Where am I little?! Where?!
“That’s right. Fengxian, just give it a try! Even if it doesn’t work out, Zhouzhuang is enroute ahead anyways, it won’t be too late to capture it then!”
“Good! I’ll give you a chance. Two days. In two days time, if you cannot find food, then I could only kill you as a punishment!” Two days was the maximum they can go with the amount of food they have.
“No need for two days, a single day is enough!” Originally Liu Mang planned for half a day but he figured that he’d need a day to cool off.
“Without further ado, I will go find food! Bye Bye, Boss Lu! ” In front of Lu Bu, Liu Mang confirmed the return button.
A golden ray shined down on Liu Mang. Soon, Liu Mang disappeared.
“This! This!” Not only Lu Bu, even Chen Gong, the kind of tactician who could stay calm and composed amongst armies of tens of thousands, was unable to stay calm and collected.
“Celestial being?!” After a long lag did Gao Shun finally managed to say these words.
“A man from Heaven?!” said Lu Bu, unable to believe it.
“Fengxian, Fengxian! Is little brother Liu surnamed Liu?!” Cheng Gong asked abruptly with excitement.
Nonsense! How would little brother Liu not be surnamed Liu?!
Lu Bu nodded his head and said. “He once said that his elder brother was His Majesty!”
“His Majesty?!” Chen Gong immediately stirred himself up. “Surnamed Liu! A man from Heaven?! Sibling of His Majesty! Heaven assist the great Han dynasty! Oh Heaven assist the great Han dynasty!”
Liu Mang’s did not know that his leave have caused Lu Bu and Chen Gong to be unable to sleep at night!
Liu Mang is currently at a loss as to how to get three days worth of food for some two thousand people. He was not afraid of the military order. If worst comes to worst, he could just not go back. It’s not like Lu Bu could chase over! However, he was scared of the massacre! It’s over three hundred lives! If he was unable to accomplish his task, then based on the ways warlords acted during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Bu really would massacre the whole Zhouzhuang!
Liu Mang was not some saint but neither was he a villain, he could not just sit there and watch as three hundred lives are lost before his eyes, even if these lives are from over a thousand years in the past!
When all is said and done, Liu Mang only have a thousand or so dollars total! And that was this month’s living expenses! After spending all of that thousand dollars, he’ll could drink the northwest wind! Even so, could this thousand dollars really be enough to feed over two thousand people for three days?!
[TL: drinking northwest wind = a chinese phrase basically mean that you ain’t got jack to eat, since eating wind will only cause you to get cold and not be full.]
Even if his brain was in his ass, he’d still knew that it was impossible!
“Must I go and borrow money?!” With this kind of situation, it was the only solution! Liu Mang began to take his cell phone out when he noticed a major issue.
The clothes he was wearing was not his own! He already changed his clothes before they even began the break through due to there being too much blood on it. He was currently wearing was a clean ancient outfit!
“My wallet! My ID! My cellphone! My bank card!” Now, not to mention a thousand dollars, he didn’t even have a single cent!
Only now did Liu mang noticed that he was currently at the same location where he was beaten up at. Fortunately, the cosplay contest last for three days. Thus, even though Liu Mang came back wearing ancient outfit, no one was really concerned.
“That’s it! Find Chen Yi!” Their school’s booth was to be there for several days and Chen Yi, as the person in charge, will certainly be there!
Liu Mang grabbed his long gown and started running toward the school’s booth. As expected, Chen Yi was there commanding the underclassmen, teaching them how to hold props all the while fixing a wig.
“Chen Yi!” Liu Mang ran up to Chen Yi.
“Don’t bother me! I’m busy!” Chen Yi did not even bothered to pay attention to who was calling her. She was teaching how to put on makeup.
The hell! You accounted for more than half of why I crossed through time and almost died! And now I called you and you just ignore me?!
“Chen Yi, it’s me, Liu Mang!” Liu Mang reluctantly pulled Chen Yi a couple times. Only then did she noticed him.
“Liu Mang?!” Having seen Liu Mang, her voice suddenly got louder.
“My great aunt!” Liu Mang rushed to cover Chen Yi’s mouth. He didn’t want to get beat up again. Last time he was mistaken as a molester and was almost unable to get back. He didn’t want to be mistaken as a molester again!
“It’s you. So you finally decided to appear!” Chen Yi removed Liu Mang’s hand. She too knew why he was being so cautious. “Where did you die off to yesterday?! Can’t reach you on the phone, can’t find you and you’re not even in your dorms. I thought you died yesterday! I was even planning to report you as a missing individual later today!”
“Great Aunt Chen Yi, it’s a long story!” Liu Mang did not know how to explain. He can’t just go off and tell Chen Yi that he cross through time, went to Xiapi, saved Lu Bu and then killed some people!
“Where did you get the clothes you’re wearing?! Where is my Aries Gold Cloth?!” Only now did Chen Yi noticed Liu Mang’s outfit. Mainly black with dark but majestic patterns. “Ohho, it’s even made out of silk!” Just by touching the clothes, Chen Yi was able to tell the material it was made out of. “Hmmm, this is…?” There was a faint line on the patterns. Chen Yi placed her hand on it and pulled. “Golden Thread?!” stunned Chen Yi.
Liu Mang was still thinking about how to explain himself. First he left her precious Aries Gold Cloth with Lu Bu and now he wanted to borrow money from her! Really, all his misfortunes just piled up!
“What?!” Liu Mang was distracted. “Golden Thread?!” He immediately turned his sight to his clothes.
“That’s right, it’s golden thread!” Chen Yi looked at that Han gown with admiring eyes! She wondered who had such an elegant taste, that gown should be a general’s garment! General’s garment should have golden thread embroideries! But that was during the ancient times! How could modern cosplayers use golden thread!?