The princess is above: the power minister's palm favor

Ling Yuan, who originally wanted to be lazy for a while, suddenly lifted her spirits and continued to play with the dustpan in her hand.

"No wonder I heard that those who were arrested in Lishui City have never seen them go out. This is how lovers were tortured to death."

Ling Yuan couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Someone nearby heard it, and quickly "shushed" her, and said in a low voice, "Be careful not to be heard by the supervisor."

It is enough for these things to be clear in the heart, and there is no need to say them out.

In fact, although things in Lushui City were kept a secret, people outside didn't know what those people were doing when they were arrested, but they didn't see them coming out after they were brought in. Everyone knew it.

Most of those people died and were casually carried to mass graves, where they were eaten up by wild beasts.

"No, they are like this, so no one dares to resist?"

Ling Yuan asked curiously.

The sum of the people who were arrested was tens of thousands, at least tens of thousands.

Everyone rushed forward, with just these supervisors and the soldiers guarding the city gate, can they kill so many people?

If you are in a hurry, even if you hurt the enemy one thousand and yourself eight hundred, you have to rush.

The man looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "Do you think that the soldiers guarding the city are the only ones you see?"

Ling Yuan subconsciously glanced at Li Huang on the other side, then turned her head back, looked at him, and asked, "Isn't it?"

The man sneered: "Of course it's more than that. This Lushui City has at least [-] soldiers and horses."

fifty thousand……

Ling Yuan's eyes widened and she almost cried out.

"How do you know? Where do these soldiers and horses come from? Are you not afraid of attracting attention?"

The man moved closer to her, and said in an almost whispering voice: "Of course those soldiers didn't come in openly, some of them are just like what they are doing now, and they are brought in by arresting strong men, and some..."

He coughed, and then continued: "It's just an excuse to go to the surrounding mountains and forests to suppress bandits, and when they come back, the number of people has increased."

Ling Yuan was dumbfounded, this was too insane.

"It doesn't seem like it's going to be long, right?"

The man said: "So, this only started last year. Now, don't you know everything you need to know?"

Ling Yuan: "..."

At this time, Li Huang bumped into her and reminded: "Is that piece in your dustpan an ore?"

Surprised, Ling Yuan turned her gaze back to her little dustpan, only to realize that there was a shiny thing lying inside.

The people next to him saw it, and they looked envious: "It seems that you can at least be a steamed bun."

Ling Yuan sighed, this should be put outside, not to mention steamed buns, at least it can be eaten in a restaurant.

So, she stood up, held up the ore in her hand and raised her voice: "Master, I found a piece of powder ore, can I exchange it for two more steamed buns?"

Powdered ore is much more expensive than ordinary gold ore. After all, this kind of thing is rare, and if it is used to make jewelry, it can be worth a fortune.

Therefore, it is not too much for her to change a few steamed buns.

But who are these overseers?

They can talk so well?

The foreman came over, took a look, and motioned to the subordinates behind him: "Give him a steamed bun."

Ling Yuan argued: "Give me one more? How can one have the strength to work? If I knew that such a big ore would not be able to exchange for two steamed buns, I might as well just swallow the ore!"

When the supervisor heard it, his face darkened immediately: "How dare you have any opinions?"

Ling Yuan put on a timid and pitiful look: "How dare you have any objections? It's just that the little ones are always lucky, and maybe they can find some good things in the middle of the night. Why don't the officials show kindness and give you more money?" A steamed bun."

The supervisor didn't know whether he was persuaded by her or had other plans, so he waved his hand to signal his subordinates to give him an extra steamed bun.

Ling Yuan pretended to be ecstatic, and thanked her repeatedly.

After getting the steamed buns, she immediately distributed one to Li Huang, and the master and servant were about to eat it, when suddenly there was a loud "chi-gu" sound from the side.

The air was suddenly quiet for a while, Ling Yuan endured the pain, broke off a small half and handed it to the man.

The man didn't expect that he would get a share of food just after chatting with her. He immediately took it in surprise and stuffed it into his mouth, as if he was afraid of being robbed.

The others looked envious.

Holding the steamed bun, Li Huang felt really mixed feelings in his heart.

Some people saw that she was slow to speak, and some people said sourly: "It's good to have brother to protect you. If you buy a piece of ore, you can ask for a piece of food for yourself."

The other person gave a "tss" and said, "If you have the ability, you can reincarnate and let your mother give birth to a brother for you."

At this time, someone came to Li Huang's side: "What's the matter? Have you ever eaten such an unpalatable steamed bun? Then you can give it to me, and I will help you eat it."

As he said that, he reached out to grab it.

Ling Yuan pinched the man's wrist as soon as she raised her hand, her eyes were full of coldness: "Snatching food under the nose of my young master? Are you tired of working?"

That person didn't expect that Ling Yuan looked thin and small, but her hands were so strong. He felt that his wrist was about to break after being pinched by her.

However, he dared to yell again, for fear of attracting the attention of the supervisor over there.

"My brother, let go, my hand is about to break!" He bared his teeth in pain, "It was all a misunderstanding just now, a misunderstanding."

Ling Yuan snorted, shook off the man's wrist, and warned coldly, "Get out!"

She showed her hand, and other people who originally had the same plan couldn't help but suppress their thoughts silently.

A lot of people have been working here for three to five months. They have eaten the last meal every day without the next meal. They have long since lost the strength of a normal man. How can they dare to fight with these people who just came in?

This is another reason why no one dared to resist after such a long time.

Li Huang sat on a rock, took a bite of the dry and hard steamed bun, and hooked her finger at Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan put her ear close to her, and heard her lower her voice: "Take a chance and find out who is in charge of Lushui City now."

The previous defender of the city was General Weiyuan Yang Sui. He was the champion of martial arts when the emperor first ascended to the great treasure.

It stands to reason that he is unlikely to rebel.

But after all, the emperor is far away from Shan Gao, and the conditions here are indeed a bit difficult, so it's hard to say if he is tempted by someone.

Ling Yuan nodded, touched the medicine bottle in her arms, got up and walked towards the supervisor over there.

She went there for a long time, and didn't come back until midnight.

Li Huang asked: "Why have you been here for so long?"

Ling Yuan pulled her away, and then whispered: "General Yang took in a new concubine last year, from the Han family."

Li Huang: "..."

The Han family stretched their hands long enough!
"Those hoarded soldiers are the private soldiers of the Han family?"

Ling Yuan nodded: "It was only last year that Lushui City discovered that there were gold mines in the river, and they used these mines in exchange for money to raise private soldiers."