Chapter 390 – Pulling a cart
An Zheng brought 10,000 elites and returned to Glazed City, while how many of the great swallow’s elites were still alive back home, no one knew. It was a war, a war in which no one could guarantee life or death.
With so many court officials assisting Xiao Qi Dao regarding the matter in Liu-Li City, there was no need for An Zheng to stay there. After handing over the ten thousand elites to the Xiao Qi Dao, An Zheng and the others set foot on the road to Mount Cang Man. Nie Qing’s Fate Soul had already been collected, so the next step was to see if he could find it in the Mount Cang Man’s secret realm.
It was unknown if it was a good or bad thing that Fang Zheng’s soul fragment went to Da Xi. Especially what Fang Zheng said to An Zheng before he left, it had always lingered in An Zheng’s mind.
If I didn’t kill myself, then kill me.
This trip back to Mount Cang Man was considered to be quite peaceful and quiet for the five of them. The Oldman Huo said that he liked to walk around, so An Zheng and the others gave up on teleporting to the Mount Cang Man. Instead, they found a carriage and used the demonic beast that the Drizzle Court gave to An Zheng aorse to pull him towards the Mount Cang Man. Perhaps even the Jade-Eyed Golden Eyes had never thought that a powerful existence like him, who was second only to the Reincarnation Eye, could only be used as a vehicle.
good old man was sound asleep on top of the Jade-eyed Golden Eyes Beast, the Jade-eyed Golden Eyes Beast didn’t even dare to complain.
Du Shoushou and An Zheng sat in front of the carriage, while Gu Qianye sat in the carriage with Oldman Huo. The curtains of the carriage were pulled open, allowing Oldman Huo to clearly see the scenery outside. Oldman Huo looked good, but he was still extremely weak.
Du Shoushou turned his head to look at Oldman Huo and asked: “Elder, why is it so quiet all the way here, it doesn’t seem like your nature.”
Oldman Huo: “I am a person who sees the scenery. Even you all are the scenery in my eyes. I am a person who sees outside of the scenery. My words would ruin it.”
Du Shoushou gavhumbs up, “Only someone as experienced as you would be able to say something so profound. Everyone of us only sees the scenery in front of our eyes. Even you have said that I am a scenery, who would dare to call me ugly? ”
The Oldman Huo’s expression did not change, “Plants and flowers are the scenery, and large stones are of course the same. The green farmland is the scenery, and so is the big stupid cow in the field. ”
Du Shoushou quickly waved his hand: “Don’t continue talking, what’s next is the small forest is the scenery, and the toilet beside the small forest is also the scenery.”
Oldman Huo: “That won’t happen, how can I say that my child ioilet? But I really admire your self-awareness.”
Du Shoushou: “Oldman Huo, do you know that for yourself, there will be less people who will show you respect in the future?”
The Oldman Huo laughed, looking really happy and satisfied.
Qu Liuxi passed a pill to Oldman Huo: “It’s time to eat some pills.”
Oldman Huo sighed: “You are the one who ruined the scenery.”
Qu Liuxi: “I won’t ruin the scenery, wait for Xiao Yezi to feed you?”
Oldman Huo hurriedly took the pill and stuffed it in his mouth, shaking his head continuously: “Xiao Yezi … I think I’ll eat by myself. ”
On the seventh day after they left Glazed City, a small city appeared in front of them. An Zheng took out the map and looked at it. This was a small town called Huai An. As they were located in a place slightly northwest of State of Yan, they did not experience any wars, so the citizens were rather safe. Along the way, they saw farmers working in the fields.
“How rare.”
The Oldman Huo pointed at the people working in the farmland and smiled, “It’s rare to see suceaceful place in the State of Yan, it’s really unexpected. The citizens of this place were happy and comfortable. At the very least, a war wouldn’t happen in front of them right away. Isn’t it peace and easy for the soldiers to defend the border with their own bodies? ”
Du Shoushou said: “You’re sighing again.”
As he was speaking, a group of people on horseback appeared in front of him on the public road, looking extremely aggressive. The group of people dismounted their horses and charged towards a farmland not far in front of them. A dozen strong men holding horsewhips rushed in and pushed down the couple working in the farmland without any explanation. Then they whipped the horses.
“You’re really courting death.”
The man in the lead was tired from the beating and said while panting, “Master Lu said to pay the food and silver you owed yesterday. You two sons of bitches actually took your words to heart?”
The couple continued to beg for forgiveness while being beaten up.
The two children who were playing in the fields ran over wailing when they saw their parents getting beaten up. The older boy was only five or six years old, while the younger girl was only two or three years old.
The man who had spoken previously saw the little boy hugging his legs, threw the little boy away and said, “I don’t have any money, so I’ll just use you two arop first. These two children are quite pretty, I think they can be sold for a few silver coins. ”
The two men each grabbed the two children and walked onto the official road. The remaining people surrounded the couple as they continued to fight. The husband rushed over like a madman to snatch the child away, but his hands were unable to contend with the four hands, being held down and violently beaten by the evil men. The man in the lead raised his horsewhip and was about to continue hitting him when a black shadow flew over and knocked him into the field with a bang. He rubbed his head and saw that one of his men was coming.
Before he could figure out what was going on, a sturdy man pounced on him and knocked out all of his subordinates with a single punch. The leader didn’t even have time to ask before he received a punch to his nose. His nose had instantly collapsed, his mouth was crooked, and several of his teeth had fallen out. His mind buzzed for a long time after this punch.
Du Shoushou helped the couple up and walked over while carrying the two children in each hand.
“Thank you, thank you!”
The couple took the child and thanked him profusely.
The man said, “Benefactor, you should leave quickly. From what I see, all of you are from outside the city, so you can’t afford to offend this Master Lu of Huaian City. We can’t afford the rent our family owes him. Even if we can’t survive today, we won’t be able to survive tomorrow. ”
“Who is Master Lu?”
An Zheng asked.
The woman whispered, “He’s the bully of our Huian County. He’s got a dog!”
The man quickly covered her mouth, “What nonsense are you talking about!”
He smiled apologetically and said, “Everyone, let’s hurry up and leave.” After causing sucuckus today, we won’t be able to live here anymore. Right now, we should go back and pack up some clothes to escape. Are you from the south? I heard that there is a war going on in the south. If I have the strength, I can go and act as a carrier. I should be able to support the three of them. ”
An Zheng shook his head: “You don’t need to go anywhere, follow us into the city.”
An Zheng looked at the dozen or so people who had been knocked over, and asked one of them to find the ropes they were carrying, then tied them up himself. He got Du Shoushou to pull the Jade-eyed Golden Eyes Beast to the side and then tied the criminals onto the carriage so that the people could drag the carriage into the city. Furthermore, they were not allowed to leave, they could only crawl.
Du Shoushou acted the role of the evil man and held onto his whip as he walked by the side.
This place was at least four to five miles away from the county city. If a group of ten or so people were to climb up and pull a carriage all the way to the county city, they would not have much time left to breathe. No matter how these dozen people begged for mercy, An Zheng just ignored them.
The couple, plus the four children, were sitting in the carriage. The children, on the other hand, were still alright as the couple’s faces turned pale. They did not dare to offend An Zheng and the others, so they did not know where these few old men came from. They could only sit on the horse carriage as if they were sitting on pins and needles.
Along the way, An Zheng asked about the situation. Because the northwest side of the great swallow had not experienced any peaceful battles, they had contributed a lot of food to the national treasury. However, after An Zheng asked, he found out that these farmers had to hand in more than five times the amount that the imperial government collected. A year’s harvest was still not enough.
The so-called Master Lu was called Lu Ming, and he could be considered the biggest underworld character in the county. The reason he was able to mix with them was because he was a stray dog raised by the county magistrate, Wang Yanshan. Although Wang Yanshan was a county magistrate, there were many dirty things that couldn’t be dealt with personally. Therefore, this Lu Ming became his spokesperson. For example, the county magistrate had his eyes on someone’s item, so Lu Ming stepped in. In the first half of the year, Lu Ming had asked foiece of land in the city, forcing the people to move away, and not giving them any subsidised silver.
The land, which had been used to build a casino and a brothel, was now almost finished. At leasundred families had been driven away, leaving them to sleep in the streets. He went to the county magistrate to complain. Before he even reached the magistrate court, he was stopped by Lu Ming’s men and beaten to death on the street. With Wang Yanshan as his backer, Lu Ming did whatever he wanted in Huai An County.
An Zheng knew that the administration of the great swallow had been broken since long ago, but he never thought that it would be so thoroughly damaged. Because it appeared to be peaceful in the Northwest, the attention of the Imperial Court these few years was either on the battlefield with the Youguo or the internal conflict. Who would care about such things in this place? As for the Ministry of Revenue, as long as the local government provided all the tax payment and food, it would naturally not interfere. Due to internal strife, the government officials were killed one after another. On the other hand, these damn local officials were unharmed and even made a windfall.
It was said that in the entire Huaian County City, almost half of the shops belonged to that Lu Ming. Of course, the real owner was still Wang Yanshan. Who knew how many people had been secretly killed just because they had taken over these shops?
If Lu Ming wanted someone’s house, he could just tear it down and turn it into a casino or brothel.
Du Shoushou was angered when he heard it, “Sucuge place, to actually be able to raise such a big jackal.”
An Zheng: “So that’s why places like the Fantasy City s do not appear for no reason. Those commoners would rather be bullied by people in the Fantasy City s than be bullied in a place like Huai An County. Why? This was because the evil people of the Fantasy City would at least not casually kill people. As long as they carefully survived, they would at least see tomorrow. In a place like Wuan City, although it may seem calm, every year, countless people die. There is no place for us to go to for justice. ”
Du Shoushou: “Evildoers will naturally suffer, fat grandpa will see how this Lu Ming and Wang Yanshan can be so arrogant today.”
Of course, those ten or so people wouldn’t be able to move fast enough. Some of them hurriedly ran into the city to report the news. In less than an hour, at least two hundred vicious men aggressively came out from the city. These people were armed with swords or sticks. They looked even more ferocious than wolves.
Because he was busy with matters of the battlefield, An Zheng had not personally taught this kind of bastard a lesson in a long time. The flames of fury in his heart had no intention of sparing any face. It was the same when they said Lu Mingwei, County Governor Wang, and these other lackeys were evil. They were the ones who directly committed evil, but King Lu Ming’s County Command was the main culprit. All these years, out of the people who had died in Waian County, half of their blood was on the King Lu Ming’s County Magistrate, and the other half was on the bodies of these tyrants and hooligans.
“What should I do?”
Du Shoushou looked at An Zheng and asked.
An Zheng laughed: “Have you ever seen 200 over people kneeling and climbing carriages before?”
Du Shoushou: “I’ve never seen it before!”
An Zheng: “I’ve also not seen it before.”
Du Shoushou laughed: “Then let’s open our eyes for everyone. He casually pulled ouree from the side of the road and rushed towards those people.
The two hundred or so people on the other side had never seen something like this before.
Half an hour later, the two hundred men were tied to the ropes and were pulling the carriage towards the county town.
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