Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 222 Map of Wutou Island

Even when Xu Mingzhu led them to the yamen, she yelled loudly: "Those who pass by, take a look! These 14 people are all members of Wutou Gang, who were arrested last night. We have captured them, and now we are going to hand them over to the yamen to receive a reward, so hurry up and look at them! There will be no shop after this village!"

It was still early at this time, and there were not many pedestrians on the pier.

The merchants living nearby opened their doors and windows one after another when they heard the yelling, and looked out.

After a while, the street became lively.

Shang San couldn't help but shouted loudly: "What are you looking at? What are you looking at? Believe it or not, the other heroes of our Wutou gang will go ashore tonight and dig out the eyeballs of you gangsters?"

As soon as this remark came out, people's discussions suddenly became louder.

"Hey, you're still so arrogant after being caught? Do you really think that the county magistrate of Qinghe County is just for nothing? He is a rare and good official in Qinghe County. He can enforce the law impartially and donate all his family's wealth to help disasters. Are you still afraid? Are you villainous bandits?"

"That's right! When death is imminent, you still dare to scare people. You are really blind and can't see the situation clearly!"

"Let them be arrogant. Tomorrow their heads will fall! You bastards, I advise you to repent now and reincarnate as human beings in your next life. Otherwise, you will end up dying again!"

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The more the people scolded them, the more angry Shang Sanyue was, but how could he be an opponent of a group of people?Soon he was so scolded that he couldn't talk back.

Seeing that Shang Sanming was stubborn, some people poured overnight foot-washing water from the window, and some threw rotten vegetable leaves on them. For a while, the bandits who were tied up and walked forward were all in a panic , like a seriously injured wolf.

More and more people came to watch the excitement. The gangsters were driven to the gate of the yamen by Ye Qiongdan and Xu Mingzhu amidst the crowd watching and scolding.

Soon, some yamen servants came to see Ye Qiongdan respectfully.

After Ye Qiongdan explained the situation to the yamen servant, the yamen servant immediately invited the county magistrate over.

The county magistrate was a little surprised to see so many gangsters from the Wutou Gang, and couldn't help asking: "Are they really the gangsters from the Wutou Gang who kill without batting an eye?"

"It's absolutely true!" Xu Mingzhu said first, "If you don't believe me, your lord can roll up their sleeves. It is rumored that everyone in their Wutou gang will have a tattoo of a wolf's head on their left arm."

"Tear off their sleeves and have a look." The county magistrate immediately ordered.

The yamen servants walked up to these gangsters, stretched out their hands and tore off their left sleeves. Sure enough, a wolf's head was tattooed on their left arms.

"Awesome!" The county magistrate was amazed, "I never imagined that Ms. Ye and Ms. Xu were so quick that the Wutou gang committed such a heinous crime. The two ladies sent so many wanted criminals to the court. Ladies, please rest assured, I will definitely report to the imperial court according to the number of heads, and win the reward allocated by the imperial court for the two ladies as soon as possible."

"Then it's up to Mr. Lao." Ye Qiongdan cupped his hands at him.

"You're welcome, this is my duty." The county magistrate waved his hand.

"It's just that I don't think the members of the Wutou Gang will let the court just cut off their gang members. My lord, according to the contempt of the women, the Wutou Gang should be lurking on the shores of various counties in Yiling County. Some gang members who are in charge of purchasing, after those gang members know that their accomplices have been imprisoned in the Yamen, they will definitely report to the Wutou gang. Everyone came ashore to rob the prison." Ye Qiongdan said.

"This...how should this be done?" The county magistrate frowned, "Otherwise, escort them to Caishikou immediately, and let their heads fall to the ground as soon as noon arrives."

"My lord, the girl has a better way." Ye Qiongdan leaned over and whispered a few words to him.

"Is there any danger?" The county magistrate asked in surprise.

"Don't worry, my lord, this matter is absolutely foolproof! We just need to invite you into the urn, and we can catch the turtle in the urn!" Ye Qiongdan said confidently.

"Okay! My lord will do as you say!" The county magistrate nodded.

Ye Qiongdan entered the yamen with the county magistrate, borrowed a pen and paper from the teacher, thought for a moment, then wrote an extremely arrogant notice on the paper, and asked the yamen servant to stick it on the stone wall outside the court.

People with good deeds, seeing the yamen servants posting notices, surrounded them one after another.

"Little girl Ye Qiongdan broke into your Wutou Island last night and captured 14 members of your Wutou gang. The county magistrate has already said that at noon tomorrow, these [-] gangsters will be taken to Caishikou and beheaded for public display. You guys If you are really a hero, don't dare to rob the prison tonight! The little girl Ye Qiongdan is waiting in the prison tonight, waiting to compete with you!" A passerby who could read read loudly.

After the reading was over, the people who came to watch the excitement were in an uproar.

"Hey, this Ye Qiongdan is really brave! He dared to go to Wutou Island, and he dared to catch the gangsters of the Wutou Gang. He is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers!"

"It's more than that, how dare they speak harsh words at the Wutou gang! How did the Wutou gang offend her?"

"I heard from my cousin who worked as a yamen in the yamen that the people from Wutou gang robbed a large amount of money from Miss Ye's second uncle's family. The sum of the money is about 5000 taels. You think they can Don't worry about getting angry? This time the Wutou gang has hit the iron plate! Who is Ye Qiongdan? She took the lead in destroying the Black Tiger Village!"

"That's not necessarily true! Heihuzhai and the Wutou gang are different! Heihuzhai has survived, and there are only two or three hundred gang members who can fight. The [-] gang members of the Wutou gang can fight. They are all treacherous and evil people. It is not certain who kicked the iron plate! Besides, these government servants recruited by the court, do you think they seem to be able to beat them? They have never killed anyone Right? Can such a group of yamen servants guard the safety of the yamen? Can they subdue the gangsters who come to rob the prison tonight? If not, there will be no yamen servant who will survive the yamen tonight."

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As soon as these words came out, the surrounding immediately fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, sighs came and went.

Then, the people dispersed one after another.

After Ye Qiongdan left the yamen, she took these women to the house she bought in Qinghe County, and then asked the housekeeper to go to the accountant to pay some small money.

After Ye Qiongdan bought this house, he didn't dismiss the five or six servants in the house.

None of these servants signed a contract of sale, they were all long-term and short-term workers.

The housekeeper quickly brought the broken silver, and Ye Qiongdan gave each woman a tael of silver, and said to them: "This is travel expenses. If you can go back, go back. If you can't go back, then keep it." Come down, I will give you a job, but you can't cheat, otherwise, I will fire you too."

The women looked at each other, and finally, they looked at the oldest woman.

The woman knelt down and kowtowed three times to Ye Qiongdan and Xu Mingzhu.

The other women also knelt down and kowtowed three times to them.

Afterwards, the woman made several gestures towards Ye Qiongdan, her eyes full of gratitude.

"Meiniang said thank you to the two girls for their great kindness, and I will be grateful in this life." A girl next to the woman explained.

"Thank you for your kindness, girl!" The other women followed suit.

"Get up quickly." Ye Qiongdan helped Meiniang up, helping her up.

The other women followed suit, bowed their heads, and flinched again.

Meiniang looked at Ye Qiongdan, and gestured to her a few more times.

"Meiniang said that she is willing to draw a map for the two girls, hoping that the two girls can use it." The little girl explained again.

"What map?" Ye Qiongdan asked.

"A map that can avoid the traps of all agencies on the island. The reason why the imperial court has been attacking Wutou Island for a long time these years is because the guards of the guard command post are not good at water warfare, and the second is because even though they have worked hard After winning the water battle, she would be killed by bandits on Wutou Island because she was unfamiliar with the terrain. Meiniang was one of the first women to be caught on Wutou Island because she had planned to bring Only when the women fled, they were drugged with dumb drugs by the thieves of the Wutou gang."

"Then thank you, Mei Niang."

Mei Niang gestured to her "you're welcome", then she walked to the side, studied the ink, and drew a very detailed map with a pen.

After the map was drawn, Ye Qiongdan leaned over to read it carefully, then turned around and asked, "Meiniang has studied before, right? The words are well written, and the pictures are well drawn."

Mei Niang nodded, her eyes filled with sadness.

Her background does not tolerate any stains on her body. As soon as she returns home, before her father asks her to hang herself, her mother will bring a bowl of poison to her to save the face of this scholarly family.

"If Mei Niang doesn't want to go home, then stay here." Ye Qiongdan persuaded.

A slight hesitation flashed between Mei Niang's brows.

"Don't worry, this is definitely not charity. The stronger your ability, the more wages you can get, and the weaker your ability, the less wages you can get. I just provide you with a job."

Meiniang gestured to Ye Qiongdan a few more times, and the little girl said, "Meiniang said that she was afraid of causing trouble to the two girls."

"No, no trouble at all!" Ye Qiongdan said with certainty.

Mei Niang was silent for a while, and finally nodded.

After Mei Niang nodded, more than a dozen women chose to stay, and the rest of the women, after some hesitation, chose to go home.

Ye Qiongdan was afraid that they would be abducted on the road alone, so he asked the coachman in the house to send them back in batches.

After solving this matter, Ye Qiongdan handed the map to Xu Mingzhu: "Take it, it will definitely be of great use to your father!"

"Tell me, can our plan succeed step by step?" Xu Mingzhu took the map and took a deep breath.

"We are hunters. We have a good chance of winning if we do calculations with our minds but not our minds." Ye Qiongdan smiled slightly.

"This is crazy. If this is really possible, you can be regarded as doing something that my father couldn't do in 30!" Xu Mingzhu was amazed, "You really dare to think!"

"But, it can be done!" Ye Qiongdan took her hand and patted it lightly, "Don't you enjoy the thrills of last night?"

"Okay," Xu Mingzhu raised her eyebrows after being silent for a moment, and said courageously, "I like excitement!"

"Then ask your driver to deliver the map to your father as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)