Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 368 A Prison

The officer pushed the old woman and pushed her down.

"Grandmother!" The little boy was afraid that the officials would hurt his grandmother, and pushed them hard. "You are bad people! We want to go home!"

At this time, a man wearing armor came out, saw the little boy making a fuss, immediately kicked over and kicked the little boy far away.

"Doudou!" The old lady was so frightened that her face was livid and ran towards her grandson.

When the others saw this, no one dared to say anything, they lined up one by one to go in.

Liu Yunxiang recognized the old woman at a glance, she was one of the twelve families who went to Beijing to file an imperial petition.

"It seems that the people imprisoned here are not those who suffer from the disease, but all the people involved in the case of empty pay. Xie Shengmao learned that the imperial court sent His Highness to investigate, and he was afraid that these people would give evidence, so he locked them up in this village. , using the epidemic to cover up the truth."

Leng Yulu frowned, "This Xie Shengmao is too courageous!"

"Your Highness, think about those pits. Although this is my guess, it should be close."

Leng Yulu breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that we have to find a way to get in. Only by figuring out what's going on inside can I lead someone to arrest Xie Shengmao!"

Liu Yunxiang looked around, pointed into the forest and said, "Let's go through this forest to see if we can find a place with weaker guards and try to sneak in."

Leng Yulu shook his head: "You take Wanwan and stay away, I will go in alone."

"Let's go with His Highness, and take care of each other."

No matter whether Leng Yulu agrees or not, Liu Yunxiang said that he has already gone into the woods.

Leng Yulu couldn't help but rolled his eyes again, but still followed.This woman really doesn't know how to be afraid, but thinking about it, she came to Jin'an from Dayong as a woman, looking for a husband from thousands of miles away, she didn't have the guts, she couldn't make it this far.

The two entered the forest, found a path in the forest, and walked along this path.After walking for a while, I heard movement in front of me, as if someone was coming.

Leng Yuxiu pulled Liu Yunxiang to hide behind the tree, waited for a while, and saw a young man in a white plain robe staggering towards this side, with a look of panic on his face.

This man should have run out from the village, just a few steps away, suddenly an arrow pierced through the air and shot through the man's heart.

Before the man could react in time, he fell straight to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help covering his mouth.

Leng Yuxi took her to hide for a while, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps, and after a while, several officers and soldiers escorted two scholars in plain robes over.

The two scholars were already terrified, and when they saw their companions on the ground, they fell to the ground in fright.

"You...how can you kill people..." Yi Shusheng said with trembling lips.

The leading officers and soldiers stepped forward and picked up the scholar who had been hit by the arrow. Seeing that he was no longer breathing, he nodded to the two officers and soldiers beside him: "You two dispose of the corpse."

The two officers and soldiers stepped forward, dragged the corpse and took it away.

"You are infected with the disease, stayed inside restlessly, and escaped privately, trying to bring the disease outside, causing a large-scale infection. Your intentions are extremely sinister. As scholars, we don't respect this morally, and we can't do anything about it. We can only use some extreme measures.”

The leading officer and soldier spoke clearly and logically, if he didn't know the truth, he would really be deceived by his few words.

"But we are not sick at all!" shouted another scholar.

"Our warlord said that you are sick, you are sick, and it is a disease that can infect people and kill people!"

"You...you are people from the government...how can you disregard the king's law?"

"In Yuzhou, our military governor is Wang Fa!"

After the officer and soldier finished speaking, he ordered his men to take the two scholars back.

"If they dare to flee further, one word: kill!"

When the officers and soldiers escorted the two scholars away, Leng Yuxi and Liu Yunxiang hurriedly followed behind.

Following this group of people walked into the woods for a while, and then saw a small road into the village, presumably it was the way the villagers walked into the mountain.

After walking along the path for a while, we came to the edge of the village. There was a group of patrols passing by, and the two sides handed over a little bit.

The two scholars were brought in, and the original people continued to guard.

"The big guys have bright eyes, don't let anyone go, and don't let anyone in. Everyone has worked hard for a few days, and the warlord will reward you later!"

Liu Yunxiang hid behind the tree, looked back and forth, and saw that there were torches lighting up, and one patrol followed another, and the guards were extremely strict.

The two were worrying about how to get in, when Wanwan, who was lying on Leng Yulei's back, woke up.

"Mom! Mom, where are you? I'm so scared!"

The little girl had a nightmare and cried out in a crying voice.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly covered the little girl's mouth, but the night was so quiet that the guards not far away still heard it.

"Who is there?"

The guard stared at this side for a while, then waved to the people around him, and several guards walked towards this side with spears.

Liu Yunxiang's heart couldn't help but raised his throat, tugged on Leng Yuxie's sleeves, and the two backed away little by little in tacit understanding.

But the mountain road was rough and rough, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but stumbled and fell to the ground, while the guards were getting closer and closer.

When she was in a hurry, there was a sudden bang!
The sound was deafening, as if the earth shook, and white smoke rose from the mountains in the south, and the flames dyed half of the sky red.

"What's going on?" a guard yelled.

"I don't know, go and have a look!"

The guards ran to the south immediately, Liu Yunxiang looked at the fire over there, and took a moment to regain his senses.

Wanwan was frightened, shrank her body, and cried softly.

Liu Yunxiang hugged her from Leng Yulu's back, coaxing her softly, "Don't be afraid, Wanwan, it's okay, we will protect you."

"I miss my mother." The little girl looked up at Liu Yunxiang with tears in her eyes and said.

Thinking of the corpse in the pit, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help sighing.

"Wanwan, be good, we'll take you home right away."

Liu Yunxiang hugged Wanwan as he spoke, while Leng Yulu had already extinguished the nearby torches, seeing that there were no guards around, he beckoned to her.

The two entered the village, and the village was pitch-black everywhere, but seeing a patrol approaching, the two hurriedly hid in an alley.

Because it was too dark, Liu Yunxiang accidentally stepped on something, bent down and saw that it was a person.

A young man, but this man was motionless, his face was blue, and he was already dead.

"Did you just get caught?"

An old voice came, and Leng Yuxi took out a torch and opened it, illuminating a small area, only then did he realize that there were many people in this alley.

They were leaning or lying, and many of them may have died.

Looking at the person who was talking nearby, an old woman was half leaning against the wall, her hair and clothes were dirty, and she looked sluggish.

Liu Yunxiang leaned over and secretly stuffed a pancake into the old woman's hand.

The old woman was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly turned around, and started to eat heavily against the wall.

Soon, the old woman finished eating a pancake, but she sighed after finishing eating: "Ah, in fact, sooner or later you will die."

(End of this chapter)