No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

In the morning, the warm sun shines on some dilapidated and narrow streets.

There was no one on the street, and the doors on both sides were closed, making this place seem more eerie and peaceful.

A group of people walked over from a distance, a total of about 30 people.

The leader was a thin middle-aged man in light brown cloth clothes. His complexion was a little sallow, and his eyes were gloomy.

There were seven or eight young women in the crowd. These women were all dressed in coarse clothes and had no jewelry on their heads. They were obviously ordinary peasant women.

Everyone looked tired, and those women were even more embarrassed.

Everyone's eyes were red from crying, and some people didn't have two pairs of shoes on their feet, and the soles of their feet were already dripping with blood.But they were all tied together with a rope and forced to stagger forward.

Seeing the open inn at the head of the town, someone couldn't help cursing: "I'm finally back, I've been starving to death after walking the mountain road all night!"

Naturally, they dare not take the main road, not even the country roads where people walk, so they can only travel through the mountains and old forests in the middle of the night.

"Boss, we're back!" The person walking in the front couldn't help shouting: "Hurry up and get some food! This time we found some good ones!"

Before he could finish his sentence, something was thrown out of it and hit him precisely.

"What the hell?" The man was startled, and was knocked down to the ground by the heavy object.

He tried hard to lift the thing that was pressing on his body, only to realize that it was a person!

The others naturally saw it clearly, and the thin middle-aged man immediately stopped vigilantly and said, "Be careful!"

It was a pity that it was of no use. A puff of thick smoke rose from the person who was thrown out, and the yellow smoke quickly spread and enveloped all the people around.

"No, it's poisonous! Rewind..." the middle-aged man snapped.It's a pity that before he finished speaking, he felt dizzy for a while, and soon his eyes went dark and he became unconscious.

Being woken up mercilessly by a ladle of cold water, the middle-aged man's eyes were momentarily dazed, but soon became sharp and vigilant.

He raised his head and looked forward, and saw a young and beautiful girl sitting lazily in a big chair and looking at him.

Seeing him open his eyes, the girl asked, "Do you know where this is?"

The middle-aged man looked around. They have been in this place for more than a month, how could they not know what this place is?
This is a somewhat deserted ancestral hall in the middle of this small town. In the past, if there were any major events in the town, the mayor would call the townspeople to speak here.

Looking around again, the people who came back with him were all kneeling on the ground motionless.The few women huddled in a corner of the yard full of fear, leaning on each other and hugging each other for warmth.

Just a few steps in front of him, a man lay motionless on the ground, only the faintest breathing let him know that he was alive.Beside him, the mother and son were also kneeling like wooden stakes, their expressions were ashen and they didn't know what had happened.

The rest are all strangers, besides the beautiful girl who is sitting, there are six other people scattered around the yard.

One stood behind the girl, one stood beside her, some stood under the eaves not far away, and another girl sat on the roof.

Seeing this situation, the middle-aged man cried out inwardly.

This is being served in a pot!
Although flustered in his heart, the middle-aged man still showed some composure on his face.

"I don't know where I offended everyone? What kind of conditions do you want? Please mark it down." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

Gu Jue, who was leaning against the pillar, sneered, he had seen a lot of people who would not give up until the Yellow River.

Xie Xiao smiled and said: "It's nothing serious, it's just these few... put smoke in our room in the middle of the night last night. Why didn't I know that there is such a service in a place like an inn?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the family of three in front of him. Although he had expected it, he couldn't help but glared at the three of them bitterly.

These few people are not ordinary people at first glance, it is because they are too greedy that they have killed so many brothers!
In fact, he didn't even think about it, if he was the one who was in the inn at that time, he might not have attacked this group of people.

Furthermore, even if they really wanted to send this group of people away honestly, Luo Junyao and the others might not let them go.

"The proprietress was trying to lie to me last night." Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Now, can you tell the truth? There shouldn't be any of you around here, right?"

The middle-aged man's eyes flickered slightly, and before he could open his mouth, he saw the girl sitting in the chair playing with a short knife with a faint blue light in her hand, looking at him with a half-smile expect.

The middle-aged man was silent for a while, and finally lowered his head in frustration, and said: "No more, our village was wiped out by the government more than a month ago, and only these 30 brothers escaped. There are also a few guards nearby , presumably also by you..."

Luo Junyao was a little disappointed, "I thought you had some backbone."

The middle-aged man couldn't help but look up at her, then at the person lying on the ground, and said in his heart: "You want me to lie, and then take the opportunity to abuse me, right?"

Luo Junyao stood up, and said to Ye Feng and Gu Jue, "Ask him what we want to know."

Then he turned his head to Xie Xiao and Chen Xundao: "You two can follow along."

Xie Xiao and Chen Xun looked at each other, bowed and said yes.

Although they come from very different backgrounds, they are considered to be in the same year after all, and among this group of rough people, they are the only two scholars who can still chat.

The Princess Regent, a little girl, can understand so many things, and the two men who can only read books are somewhat ashamed.

After throwing those thieves to the others, Luo Junyao walked towards the girls who were sitting in a corner of the courtyard and snuggled up together.

These girls looked at Luo Junyao with panic and fear, but not terribly.

Although they didn't know where these people came from, at least they knew that these people were not from the same gangsters who robbed them.

Falling into their hands is much better than falling into the hands of those bandits.

Luo Junyao knelt down and looked at these girls, and asked, "Where did you come from?"

Several girls looked at each other and did not dare to speak. After a while, one of them mustered up the courage and said in a trembling voice: "We... We were captured from Songye Town by these people."

Luo Jun shook his head and asked Xie Xiao: "Where is Songye Town? How far is it from here?"

Xie Xiao helplessly spread his hands to her and said that he didn't know either. It is true that he has traveled the world and visited many places, but that doesn't mean he knows even such a small place.

This Pine Leaf Town doesn't sound like a very famous place either.

It was the woman who spoke and said: "Songye Town...in Lishui County, we...we took a carriage for half a day, and walked for a day and two nights before we got here."

They are all girls' homes, and the furthest place I have traveled in my life is probably the town closest to my home.So after walking for a day and two nights, they didn't know where they were being taken.

Xie Xiao thought for a moment when he heard this, and said, "This place belongs to Wu County, just next door to Lishui. According to them, it should be in the northwest of here. They walked all the way through the mountains and forests, all the way over the mountains and over the mountains to come here. I really didn’t meet anyone.”

"Yes, those people pulled us into the mountains with a car, and then drove us all the way to here." The girl nodded repeatedly.

Luo Junyao thought, "A large group of people won't move very fast, so it shouldn't be too far from here."

Xie Xiao smiled wryly: "For ordinary people, sometimes they will never see each other for a lifetime after two mountains."

Qin Yao'er floated down from the roof and asked, "Then what should they do? Are we going to send them back?"

Xie Xiao looked at the disastrous faces of those girls, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

These girls were taken away by others, no matter what happened or not, their lives would not be easy after they returned.

But it's impossible for them to arrange these girls by themselves, not to mention that they don't have so much time to arrange these girls because they have important things to do now.Even if there is, how can these girls who have just left home for a few days be willing to part with their families?

Maybe not all people care so much about those gossips, and they will take good care of their girl who has returned from the calamity.

Luo Junyao obviously went with Xie Xiaoxiang, they first asked these girls what they thought, and sure enough they all expressed that they wanted to go home.

For these girls, even if they know that they have a bad reputation, returning to their relatives is far more reassuring than choosing a few strangers and a strange life.

After thinking about it carefully, Luo Junyao still left this matter to Gu Jue.

They don't need to send these girls home one by one, they just need to contact the nearby government, and the government will naturally handle the matter.

With Gu Jue's ability to handle affairs, Luo Junyao doesn't have to worry that the officials under him will be obedient and disobedient, and maybe he can even greet these girls a little bit.

In this way, Luo Junyao still gave each of them some small silver coins, and told them to keep them close to their bodies for emergencies.

As for the few surviving women in town, they really had nowhere else to go.

Gu Jue can only take them away to settle down. The imperial court and the Regent's Palace have some manpower in various places, so it is not difficult to settle down a few women.

The woman who managed to escape from the evil hands hated these bandits to death, and only left with Gu Jue after receiving Luo Junyao's promise that these people would pay for their lives.

Before leaving, one of the women even picked up a stone from nowhere, and opened a big hole in the forehead of one of the bandits, and died within a short time.

In this regard, others did not say anything.

After sending these girls away, almost all the confessions Luo Junyao wanted came out.They are all ordinary bandits and bandits, so it is not difficult to extract a confession.

Ye Feng came forward and asked, "How to deal with these people?"

Luo Jun shook his head and glanced at those people in the yard indifferently, and said coldly: "Kill them all, and take the token of the palace to the local officials to deal with. I didn't tell him that there is no order from the palace, so keep your mouth shut." Tighter."

Ye Feng nodded in agreement.

The afternoon was fine and sunny.

Coming out of the quiet and dilapidated town, the sun finally dispelled some inexplicable chills from his body.

There were seven people when they went in, but there were only four when they came out.

Gu Jue and Xie Xiaoye sealed off to deal with the follow-up matters, and it would take a few days to join them.

Sitting on the horseback and looking back at the small town behind him, Luo Junyao said to the others: "Let's go."

Qu Fang looked at her and said, "I thought you would hand over those people to the government."

Luo Junyao smiled at him, his voice still a little cold and angry, "Mr. Qu misread me."

Qu Fang didn't care, nodded his head and said: "That's right, Wang Hao has never been a person who plays cards logically. But this time... Are you playing too big?"

Luo Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard that when Mr. Qu was young, he was able to come and go freely in the bloody storm. Could it be that now that he is older, he is less courageous?"

Qu Fang glanced at Chen Xundao who was closely behind her with a half-smile and said, "I'm not afraid, but I'm afraid you will scare others."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "It's an extraordinary matter, and it uses extraordinary means. And what about that sentence? People don't frivolously waste young people, right?"

Qu Fang couldn't help laughing loudly, "Princess Wang is right! Qu admires it. Just because of your courage, how about going through the bloody storm with you?"

"Then thank you Mr. Qu." Luo Jun shook his head.

In early May, the temperature along the coast of Qingzhou was already a little hot.

There is a port by the sea two hundred miles away from Qingzhou Fucheng. It is said to be a port, but it is not like the largest port in Qingzhou or other places where there are always people coming and going.

During the day, there are almost no people here.

At a glance, it is just a slightly concave bay.

But at night, occasionally ships come and go here.

The people loading and unloading goods here are not as enthusiastic and noisy as the people in other ports.On the contrary, both the people who moved the goods and others were very silent here. They unloaded and loaded goods silently in the dim light, and there was silence in the night.It seems that it is not a group of people working here, but a group of silent ghosts.

There was a creaking sound of the door opening, and the people in the simple and dark room turned their heads to look at the person who came in, raised their eyebrows and said, "You're back?"

Luo Junyao led Chen Xun in from the outside, and Chen Xun's face was very ugly.

Qu Fang sat on the side leisurely, Qin Yao'er came over with tea and snacks graciously, and personally shook Luo Jun's tea, "Girl, how are you? What do you see?"

Luo Jun said: "There are two ships docking tonight, and they are currently loading and unloading cargo. I sneaked over to see that there are indeed more than 100 girls."

Chen Xun gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect...they would dare!"

After the matter of Yunhai Academy, these people obviously did not restrain themselves. They just changed places and continued to sell young girls outside.

More than half a year has passed, and it is unknown how many innocent women have suffered.

Luo Jun shook his head: "With the support of the governor of Qingzhou, why would they not dare?"

Qu Fang asked: "Wangfei plans to act today?"

Luo Junyao said: "It takes about five days for them to come in and out of the ship. If you miss today...the next time will be five days later. I took a look and found that there are many weapons in the cargo unloaded from the ship. Most of them are ores."

Naturally, Qu Fang would not fail to understand what this back and forth meant.

Qingzhou itself has mineral veins, but private casting of weapons by the people is a very dangerous thing.Once the court finds out about it, it is a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the entire family.Of course, mining without permission is also a felony, but it is obviously not as eye-catching as casting weapons. The local government has the authority to mine, and naturally there are many tricks that can be done.

But if the workshop for casting weapons is placed on Yingzhou Island, then no one can control it.

"Just a few of us, so what if we go to the island?" Qu Fang said.

Luo Junyao said: "Of course it's impossible for us to go. I have already sent a letter to Gu Jue. Cheng Jia, the commander of the Dongzhou Navy, is my father's trusted old friend and subordinate. Cheng Jia's reputation and ability It is trustworthy, and will bring people to support us when the time comes, and Gu Jue may arrive before us."

Qu Fang nodded, "I don't care about these things, since the princess has decided, then do as you say."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "We'll set off in a while."

After finishing speaking, he said to Chen Xun: "After we leave, you will go to Qingzhou Fucheng. Your current identity and appearance are newly made, and the Cao family will not recognize you. Dai Yunwen and Xie Xiaoye will look for you , and then you give my letter to Xie Xiao, he knows what to do."

Chen Xun has gotten used to Luo Junyao's unconstrained style these days, and he nodded in response without even thinking about it: "Yes, my concubine."

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