Chapter 307: Dogfighting Central Plains People
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Youjia villagers were still relatively calm. They did not rush forward. Instead, they picked up a pebble and eagerly wanted to ask Sheng Huaixuan.
Old Master Sheng was knowledgeable and must know if this was Hetian jade.
Seeing that Sheng Huaixuan and You Huaijie were talking, Auntie Yang did not want to disturb them. She walked towards Cui Lingyi with the cobblestones. “Madam Cui, is this Hetian Jade?”
Cui Lingyi was talented and a lady. She must know a lot about expensive jewelry.
The group of people behind Auntie Yang pricked up their ears and listened. They looked as though if Cui Lingyi had nodded, they were about to rush forward.
Cui Lingyi glanced in Sheng Huaixuan’s direction and nodded. ‘These are probably Hetian jade, but I’m actually not very sure. Most of the Hetian jade I’ve seen have been polished.”
If she told the people of Youjia Village that this was not Hetian Jade and they did not pick them up, no matter how close their relationship were, they would definitely be resentful.
As soon as she said that, everyone widened their eyes and asked anxiously, “Is this Hetian Jade very valuable?’
Cui Lingyi said, “The purer the Hetian Jade, the more valuable it is. If it’s ordinary, it’s only one or two taels of silver.”
Auntie Yang immediately placed the pebble in her hand in front of Cui Lingyi. “Madam Cui, is this worth two taels of silver?”
In their eyes, a stone that was worth one or two taels of silver was already valuable.
Cui Lingyi glanced at it through the sunlight. “Probably. Actually, I don’t know much about it.”
When Auntie Yang heard these two words, she was certain that the pebbles in her hand were worth one or two taels of silver. She immediately grabbed her tools and ran towards the riverbank with a basket on her back.
The others were like Auntie Yang, looking around for tools to load the cobblestones.
One pebble was worth two taels of silver. Wouldn ‘t 100 pebbles be worth 200 taels of silver?
This money was earned too easily!
The river was filled with news of cobblestone and it was spreading even faster. The adults and children were all busy picking up the cobblestones. If not for the soldiers still watching soberly, there would have been a stampede.
Bai Wutong and Chu Tianbao quickly walked towards You Huaijie and suggested, “Sir, quickly give the order to form a team. If it’s any later, something bad will happen.”
Meng Ge was already becoming competitive from picking the pebbles. He would hit whoever that dared to pick up the pebbles in front of him.
The other exiled prisoners were the same. With these pebbles, they would have money to go to the Southern Frontier and could hire people to work for them.
Little did they know that in the sparsely populated Southern Frontier, they could not hire anyone to replace them.
You Huaijie gave the order. “Everyone, go ashore!”
The soldiers immediately shouted at the crowd in the river, “Hurry up and go ashore! The Lord has ordered everyone to wait on the shore!’
Everyone was about to go crazy picking up the cobblestones, so how would thev listen to the soldiers?
Everyone was busy picking up jade. Suddenly, two men took a fancy to a stone at the same time.
The moment their eyes met, they started fighting in the river.
The weaker party picked up the stone in his hand and threw it at the other man.
“Ah—” With a scream, a hole appeared on the man’s forehead. He reached out and touched the blood on his forehead. He immediately picked up a stone and hit the other party’s forehead.
The two of them fought violently, but no one around them was dissuading them. Instead, they carefully picked up the good-looking rocks as if no one was around.
As more and more men and women fought because of the jade, a commotion was soon created.
The originally united team did not have any enemies, but it became completely messed up because of a pile of cobblestones.
When the soldiers’ shout did not have any effect, they went to pull these people back. However, they were thrown into the river by the agitated citizens, as if they had forgotten their fear for the Imperial Court.
The soldiers could not call the people back. They only pulled up the exiled family members and prisoners who were wearing chains around their wrists and ankles. Some of them were still holding a few pebbles in their hands.
Seeing such a crazy scene, Feng Xun and Feng Yue smiled coldly. “These dogfighting Central Plains people, I hope they all die fighting.”
“Shua
Suddenly, You Huaijie drew his sword and stabbed two men who were wrestling.
The moment blood spurted out, the air seemed to freeze.
As the two men fell into the river together, their blood dyed the river red. As it passed through the toes of everyone, the men and women cried out in fear.
“Shua—” As You Huaijie drew his sword, the soldiers also drew their swords. The sharp blades flashed coldly. The citizens on the riverbed were finally afraid. They held their breaths and did not dare to act rashly, afraid that they would be the next to be killed.
You Huaijie’s gaze darkened as he said word by word, “The jade mine belongs to the royal family. Whoever dares to steal the royal family’s jade mine will be killed!”
The soldiers raised their weapons and shouted, “Kill without mercy!’
The surging murderous intent spread. This was no joke.
In an instant, the team was under control.
You Huaijie glanced at everyone and said again, “Hand over all the jade mines and quickly line up on the riverbank. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!’
After killing two people in a row, everyone looked at the pebbles in their hands. For the sake of their lives, they could not bear to part with them and could only throw the pebbles into the water.
Everyone threw the pebbles in their hands into the water one after another and went ashore. Suddenly, a man pointed at Meng Ge, who was about to go ashore, and said, “Sir, he’s hiding a Hetian Jade!’
In an instant, the air froze again. The others who wanted to take advantage of the situation looked at Meng Ge, who was being stared at by everyone and was so frightened that his hair stood on end.
Meng Ge shook his head in panic. Meng Weiwei pounced over and begged You
Huaijie pitifully, “Sir, my father’s stomach is just big.”
She winked at You Huaijie and deliberately puffed out her chest, hoping that You Huaijie would take a fancy to her beauty and save Meng Ge.
If it were the greedy and lecherous You Huaijie from before, he might have let Meng Ge off. However, You Huaijie, who was disguised by a dark guard, would not let Meng Ge off easily.
If he let Meng Ge off, how could You Huaijie have any prestige as the governor of the Southern Frontier?
“Swish—”
The sharp blade pierced into Meng Gels heart. Meng Ge looked at his chest in disbelief. He spat out a mouthful of blood and leaned back. The cobblestones he had hidden also fell out of his clothes.
In an instant, Meng Weiwei’s heart-wrenching shout echoed in the sky above the entire river. “Father!!!”
The gushing blood dyed the surroundings bright red. You Huaijie drew his saber and killed people one after another. The remaining people no longer dared to take any chances. All the pebbles hidden on their bodies were shaken clean.
They did not want to die and be unable to spend their money.
Feng Yue and Feng Xun gritted her teeth when they saw that You Huaijie had controlled the situation so quickly and even made the citizens of the entire team even more afraid of the imperial power.
Their chance to escape in the chaos was gone.
Everyone returned to the shore with heavy hearts. Looking at the cobblestones all over the ground, they did not dare to have any other thoughts.
Even if a child wanted to pick up a rock to play with, his family would quickly throw it away.
If they stayed here for the night, the citizens would definitely be restless. You Huaijie immediately ordered everyone to finish eating in two hours and packed their luggage. After packing up, they would immediately set off..
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