Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 462 Where is the way to survive?

Xu Zhiqiong crossed the Sanjiangkou by boat, walked along the Lujiang River for several days, passed through Yizhou, and arrived in Zhuzhou.

There is a famous specialty in Zhuzhou, called Zhushu.

The so-called 菹 means cured meat, and bamboo 菹 is a special cured meat stored in a bamboo tube, which has a special method and a unique aroma of bamboo.

When she was still far away from Zhuzhou, Shan Yan kept thinking about bamboo shoots, she only said that bamboo shoots were very delicious, but she couldn't tell where it was delicious.

After reading like this all the way, Mo Chi was annoyed: "Do you like the meat in the bamboo, or the bamboo?"

Shan Yan asked in surprise, "Why do I like bamboo? Of course I like meat..." Shan Yan blushed, and could tell that Mo Chi was teasing herself.

She didn't dare to make a sound, but doubts arose in Shanyan's heart.

She is a secret worker, and now even the status of the little Zongbo of Suzaku Palace has been removed.

Opposite is Yu Xianguo's prince.

The identities and ages of the two are very different, Mo Chi is ten years younger than Shan Yan, logically speaking, the two shouldn't be joking like this.

But recently, Mo Chi's temperament has changed. It seems that he has learned badly from Xu Zhiqiong.

Shan Yan has experienced too many things, she will definitely not have such a dream of spring heart again, so she can only keep a distance from Mo Chi as much as possible.

When they arrived in Zhuzhou, Shan Yan urged the sergeant to quickly buy bamboo scorpions. Xu Zhiqiong also wanted to taste what the legendary bamboo scorpion tasted like.

Tao Huayuan said: "I've eaten this bamboo shoot twice. When the bamboo tube was first opened, the taste was a bit off-putting, and it even made people choke their noses. But once you take a bite, the creamy and spicy taste is really unforgettable."

"It came out of the bamboo tube..." Xu Zhiqiong imagined the scene at that time, "Tao'er, did you eat it vertically or horizontally?"

Tao Huayuan stepped on Xu Zhiqiong's foot, and Mo Chi turned to Shan Yan and asked, "Should I eat vertically or horizontally?"

Shan Yan bowed her head and said nothing, Mo Chi smiled indifferently, and ordered his subordinates to buy more.

The boatman went to buy and walked for a whole day, but he didn't even buy a single bamboo shoot. When asked why, he said that all the bamboo shoots were sold out.

Mo Chi was surprised: "Since it's a special product, how could it be sold out?"

Shan Yan realized that something was wrong, and quickly said: "It's fine as long as it's sold out, and I don't really want to eat that bamboo shoot."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "After reading for many days, why do you suddenly not want to eat?"

"It's just talking about it, but it's not that delicious when you really talk about it." Shan Yan laughed dryly, winked at Mo Chi, and signaled him not to bring up the matter of bamboo shoots.

Mo Chi looked at Shan Yan and nodded slightly.

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Shan Yan and said, "What's the meaning of flirting?"

Mo Chi said: "I guess Shanyan doesn't like the bamboo scorpion in Zhuzhou."

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "If you don't like the bamboo scorpion in Zhuzhou, where else can you look at it? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to the bamboo scorpion on your body?"

Mo Chi smiled and said, "Perhaps maybe I was full last night."

The joke was too nasty, Tao Huayuan turned around and went back to the cabin.

Xu Zhiqiong continued to joke with Mo Chi, Shan Yan blushed with embarrassment, but felt much more at ease in her heart.

This topic has been diverted.

The dinner that night was simple, with only a few pickles to accompany the rice.

Mo Chi looked at the meager dinner, ate a bowl of rice silently, and then ordered: "Take out the cook and beat her with twenty sticks."

Shan Yan hurriedly stopped Mo Chi and said, "It's okay to eat lightly once in a while."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "It's not the cook's fault, I'm afraid there are not many ingredients on the boat."

Mo Chi frowned and said, "Didn't you just go shopping for supplies today? Call me those boatmen!"

Shan Yan said: "Don't embarrass them, there are a lot of ingredients on the boat, I just looked at them, but the food in the past two days has become a bit greasy, so I asked the cook to make some light ones."

After a hasty dinner, Xu Zhiqiong took "Brother Tao" back to the cabin early.

The two looked at each other for a moment, Tao Huayuan could understand Xu Zhiqiong's intention without a word.

From the moment he couldn't buy the bamboo shoots, Xu Zhiqiong knew something had happened in Zhuzhou.

But Shanyan tried her best to change the topic, because she was worried that Xu Zhiqiong would cause trouble in Zhuzhou.

Tao Huayuan made a magic circle, and the two of them reached the bank together. There were several corpses lying on the bank of the river, all headless.

Several officials stood guard beside the corpse, and beside them was a crooked-neck tree, with heads hanging from the tree.

Xu Zhiqiong walked towards the officer, who immediately stood up, drew his knife and shouted: "It's another fish stealer, put the fish down and kneel on the ground for me!
Didn't I hear you when I said it?

I make you kneel..."

Xu Zhiqiong suddenly came to the officer, held the officer's head, and pushed him to the ground.

Just as the other officials were about to step forward, Tao Huayuan used a restraint circle to pin the group of officials to the ground.

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the official servant in his hand and asked, "What are you doing?"

Hearing that the accent was not from Zhuzhou, the officer yelled angrily: "Where are you from? Bandits or water thieves? Do you know who I am, grandpa? Are you blind, don't you recognize your grandpa's clothes... It hurts, it hurts, It hurts, grandpa, take it easy..."

Xu Zhiqiong took an iron hook, pierced his chin, and hung the officer on a tree. Xu Zhiqiong scanned the officer, found the one with the least crime, and picked it up: "That person just now , your ears are not good, you can’t understand what I’m saying, are your ears good?”

The officer nodded repeatedly and said, "Master, my ears are easy to use."

"I asked what are you doing here?"

"We're here to guard the river beach."

Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise, "You guys have nothing else to do? You came here to guard the river beach in the middle of the night?"

"This is the magistrate's order, and the unscrupulous people in the county are not allowed to come here to fish."

"Why are you not allowed to fish?"

"There are too many tricksters, and the fish in Lujiang are almost caught by them."

Xu Zhiqiong pointed to the headless corpse on the ground and said, "Who killed these people?"

Yachai said: "These people are all here to steal river fish. We will punish them on the spot according to the order of the county magistrate."

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the corpse on the ground, and asked again: "Can you guard such a long river bank?"

The Yacha said: "The magistrate ordered, just guard this short section. The water in other places is fierce, and those gangsters who dare to steal fish will definitely be washed away."

"Which county are you in?"

"This is Jiangqu County."

"What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Huang Xiaowu."

"You come with me to find your magistrate."

"This good man, I am a good man, he, they..."

"I know you are better than them. I asked you to take me there because I thought you were a good person." Xu Zhiqiong took out a row of iron hooks. OK, hanging on the tree.

Yamen officer Huang Xiaowu knelt on the ground and cried, "Grandpa, have mercy! I didn't kill those fish catchers. I couldn't do it. I didn't even dare to look at them. I even let some of them go."

This man should not have lied, he is different from other Yacha, only his crimes are less than two inches.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up Huang Xiaowu and said, "Whether to forgive you or not depends on your luck."

Zhuzhou, among the states in Daxuan, is definitely considered rich, with fish, rice, and river transportation. In such a place, as long as you don't mess around, there is no reason to be poor.

But today Xu Zhiqiong really opened his eyes. From the riverside to the county government office, the whole road was full of beggars.

Xu Zhiqiong grabbed Huang Xiaowu and said, "Where do these beggars come from?"

"They're all from the surrounding counties."

"Have you suffered a disaster in Zhuzhou?"

"No, no disaster..."

"Then where are there so many beggars?"

Huang Xiaowu looked troubled, he didn't dare to say some things, but Xu Zhiqiong was too ruthless, and he didn't dare to hide it: "Last year's harvest was not good, and the food for every family was barely enough. A few days ago, the magistrate ordered that every day The family wanted to pay an extra [-] catties of grain, but all the rice vats of the families were wiped out."

"Why do you need to collect food?"

"The magistrate said that this is an order from the imperial court. The prefectures and counties with good harvests should pay more grain."

"Didn't Zhuzhou have a poor harvest last year? Why are you talking about a bumper harvest?"

Huang Xiaowu lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Our magistrate said that Zhuzhou has always had a good harvest..."

While speaking, there was shouting in front of him, a group of government servants were chasing beggars away, punching, kicking, whipping and sticking, all screaming and mourning.

Huang Xiaowu lowered his head: "If I'm asked to do this kind of thing, I won't let it go. I'll at most yell at them twice. They're just sleeping on the street, why beat them!"

"Yes," Xu Zhiqiong silently looked at the crying refugees, "Why beat them?"

Tao Huayuan said: "This is one of the means to drive the refugees away. They don't drive the refugees out of the county directly, which is easy to stir up civil uprisings. They call this method slow driving. They drive them away during the day, so that they have no place to beg for food. Yes, hurry up at night, let them have nowhere to sleep,
They didn't sleep at night, and they didn't even have the energy to beg for food during the day. Within three to five days, the refugees who were strong and strong were bound to flee for their lives, and those who were weak would just disappear. "

Several yamen servants swung their sticks high and beat a man to death.

"Get up, get up, let you go, can't you hear me?" Yacha shouted!

The man stood up, holding his head and trying to escape, but the yamen servant behind him stepped forward and kicked him down, and continued to beat him.

"Who told you to run, I will let you run! Where are you going!"

A woman beside him, who seemed to be the man's wife, stepped forward and helped the man up.

The Yacha stepped forward and kicked the two of them down together, and then beat them: "Who told you to stand up, who told you to stand up!"

The couple hugged their heads and rolled all over the floor.

Yacha picked up his stick and continued to beat: "Get up, don't pretend to be dead, I'll tell you to stand up, can't you hear me?"

Can you stand up?

Don't you want to drive them away?

Can't they go?
They're all gone, why are they still fighting?

Can't we leave a way out?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at these servants and the excited smiles on their faces.

This beating seems to be a very enjoyable thing.

"Tao'er, take this brother and invite their county magistrate here. I'll handle some things here."

Tao Huayuan took Huang Xiaowu there.

"I told you to stand up, can't you hear me? You stand up, stand up for me!" The leading Yacha smiled excitedly, and the stick in his hand was getting higher and higher.

Suddenly the stick failed, and he found that the stick was in Xu Zhiqiong's hand.

Xu Zhiqiong hit him head-on, the beatings were loud and loud, and the beating servants kept crying.

The servants around were taken aback for a moment, and hurried up to help, Xu Zhiqiong knocked down a dozen servants, pinned them to the ground and kicked them one by one.

The servants held their heads and cried out in pain:

"Rebellion, rebellion!"

"You dare to hit the official, you don't want to live!"

"You hit, you hit again, you still dare to hit, you, stop hitting, don't start..."

"Hero, you, I beg you, don't hit me, I, you are going to kill someone, where did you come from..."

Holding the stick, Xu Zhiqiong looked at the leading yamen servant: "Where did you ask me? I haven't asked you yet!"

Yacha held his head and said, "We belong to Jiangqu County Yamen..."

Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and kicked the Yacha on the mouth a few times: "Did I let you speak? Did I let you speak?"

Yacha covered his mouth and dared not speak.

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "I asked where you came from?"

Yacha still dare not speak.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up the stick and hit the head: "Why didn't you say what I asked you? Why didn't you say it!"

Yacha opened his mouth: "I..."

Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and kicked again: "Did I let you talk?"

Not long after, Tao Huayuan brought the magistrate over. The magistrate looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Where are you villains, how dare you..."

Xu Zhiqiong kicked the county magistrate to the ground, turned around and said to the yamen servant: "Hit me!"

How could the yamen dare to fight the county magistrate, one was too scared to do anything.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up the stick and beat the yamen servant hard, every stick hit the head: "I let you beat, do you hear it? Do you hear it!"

The Yacha couldn't help beating, so he could only beat the county magistrate with a stick.

The county magistrate had never been beaten before, and when he got down with a few sticks, he cried miserably.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up a stick and beat the yamen servant: "Master magistrate, you dare to beat him, don't you want to live?"

Yacha quickly stopped.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up his stick and continued: "Who told you to stop? I told you to beat, why are you deaf?"

(End of this chapter)