"Stop! What are you doing!"
Yan Chixia yelled angrily, mixed with genuine anger, and suppressed the arrogant little official in place.
The petty officials froze for a moment, and looked at each other. A leading policeman felt that he had lost face, and shouted instead:
"who are you!"
"Boss, I think he is probably an accomplice, let's take him down too!"
"I think he looks like the wanted criminal Liu Yidao!"
"Hasn't Liu Yidao been arrested and brought to justice just now?"
"What if it's fake, take it back first!"
The petty officials surrounded Yan Chixia, holding big knives in their hands, whispering to each other, and in two or three sentences, they identified Yan Chixia as a wanted criminal.
……
Yan Chixia's face turned black at first, and then gradually turned red with anger.
"Bastard!"
A token smashed hard on the face of the policeman!
The policeman dodged quickly and saw a piece of token dropped on the ground. He was extra careful, and instead of getting angry, he picked up the token and looked at it.
"Yan...Chixia..."
The policeman quickly read the name on the token, and his expression changed drastically!
He looked at Yan Chixia, and only now did he feel a little familiar. He had met Yan Chixia in the county government in the early years, but now he looked at her, and it really looked alike.
"The little one has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai, and didn't recognize Lord Yan, please make amends, Lord!"
A small official next to him was puzzled: "My lord, who is this Lord Yan?"
Snapped!
The little catcher slapped his face and cursed: "Bastard, I don't even know the famous catcher Yan! He's a tough judge in the 26 provinces of Mingzhen Pass, East, West, and Guangxi! I hate corrupt officials the most in my life!"
Wiping the sweat off his forehead, the little policeman smiled and said, "Master Yan, why did you come to Guobei County? I will inform the county master and let him treat you warmly!"
He was afraid of Yan Chixia for no reason.
Corrupt officials in the officialdom are not afraid of Yan Chixia's name.
Although Yan Chixia no longer cares about official affairs, the shadow of a famous tree, not to mention that he has heard that Yan Chixia executed several corrupt officials after she resigned, and she was not convicted in the end.
How could he afford to offend such a big guy, let alone him, even the county lord would only be terrified when he saw it.
……
In fact, how did this little catcher know that Yan Chixia was a successful cultivator, even if he killed a few evil officials to avenge King Yan, those officials' grandparents would not dare to convict him after seeing Yan Chixia's methods.
"How is this going?"
Yan Chixia took back the token and asked about the situation.
The little catcher hurriedly apologized: "We caught the wrong person! You guys have bad eyesight, caught the wrong person, catcher Yan forgives you!"
"I didn't ask this!" Yan Chixia frowned: "Why does the county government arrest people so fiercely?"
As soon as he entered the city, he found out that these petty officials were wandering around with portraits on the streets, interrogating and comparing people when they saw them, and arresting them if they were similar.
He didn't want to care about this mundane matter, but now it involves his own people, so he couldn't help asking.
The little policeman was a little embarrassed to speak, but when he saw Yan Chixia glaring, he shuddered, not daring to hide it:
"Master Yan, it's actually an order from the government recently."
The little catcher quickly spoke out the decree issued by His Majesty recently.
It turned out that the emperor had listened to the words of the national teacher recently and wanted to clean up the world, promulgate heavy punishments, and rule the world with strict laws.
So he ordered the government offices to arrest and execute all the prisoners, preparing to create a prosperous world.
"Master Yan, if you catch a prisoner, you can get at least a hundred taels of reward from the officials. If you catch a repeat offender, you can even get two to 3000 taels!"
The little catcher carefully looked at Yan Chixia's face.
……
"This is my little brother, not a suspect, let's go!"
"……Yes!"
The little catcher was a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to confront Yan Chixia, so he had to leave with the little officials.
Chen Wei rode over slowly, and saw Yan Chixia looking at the crowd in the street, frowning.
After the catastrophe, Ning Caichen hurriedly got on his horse and thanked Yan Chixia for the rest of his life!
"Brother Chen, what happened to Master Yan?"
Seeing Yan Chixia's serious expression, Ning Caichen didn't respond to her thanks, so she asked Chen Wei's situation in a low voice.
Chen Wei was also a little dazed, and said lightly: "This world is going to be chaotic..."
"Huh? Why is that?"
Ning Caichen didn't understand what Chen Wei meant. Although the officials were very rude to him, they were after all catching criminals. How could there be chaos?
……
Yan Chixia's face became even more ugly, and Chen Wei's words dispelled the fog that had made him uneasy just now.
"Stupid scholar! You said that the rewards from the government are so great. When they finish catching the criminals, will they accuse the common people of pretending to receive the reward?" Yan Chixia gritted her teeth and squeezed out a word.
Ning Caichen was struck by lightning: "Ah! This..."
He thought that he was almost thrown into prison just now, and he thought it was a misunderstanding, but now thinking about it, he felt terrified!
……
Yan Chixia looked at Chen Wei: "Chen, do you want to go to the capital?"
There is still some distance from the capital. If he arrives in the capital and sees the people being persecuted, he is afraid that he will not be able to bear it!
Facing Yan Chixia's tangled and complicated eyes, Chen Wei smiled, a very bright smile.
"Smelly Taoist priest, that's what I'm going for."
……
Chapter 232 All evils are destroyed as far as the eye can see!
It's not far from Guobei County to the capital. After crossing the barren mountains and passing by several villages, the next one to arrive is the county where Ning Caichen lives.
Qinghua County.
The three of them came here, and Ning Caichen was very happy. The exhaustion from the journey seemed to have dissipated a bit. In front of the stone tablet at the county crossing, he thanked Chen Wei and Yan Chixia gratefully.
If it wasn't for the two of them to take care of him, let alone whether he could come out of Lanruo Temple alive, even if he got the silver taels alive, he might be robbed by the robbers in the mountains on the way, and his head might not be safe.
I have been staying at home and reading sage books before, and I rarely go out alone. I really don't know that the world is so dangerous.
Ning Caichen felt that his trip to collect the accounts was full of disasters, but he also gained a lot of insight.
He has already figured it out, this time he will get [-]% of the bill, except for the silver taels returned to Jibaozhai, and the rest after he has settled his livelihood, he will write this experience into a book, which will surely attract the attention of the people's livelihood and serve as a warning to the world !
Thinking of this, Ning Caichen became even more emotional!
……
It's a pity that as soon as he entered the county, Ning Caichen was shocked by the sight in front of him!
Like Guobei County, the streets and shops still hang the cloth flags of the Yulan Basin Festival. As far as the eye can see, the leaves are blown by the wind, and there is no trace of people on the streets, as if they are desolate and abandoned.
There is also a barrier set up by weaving tree poles at the intersection of the county seat, the width of which can only be passed by a single horse.
Ning Caichen was startled at first, and felt a little flustered inexplicably, and then took a closer look, but heaved a sigh of relief.
He saw in the distance that there was still an open door of an inn and restaurant, and there was a faint figure flickering inside, and there was still a trace of green smoke from the chimney.
"It's good to have someone, maybe it's because everyone is resting after the Obon ceremony..."
He was a little relieved, because it was reasonable for the streets to be depressed after a big festival.
This has been the case in the past, but this year it is more obvious.
Ning Caichen shook his head and smiled, laughing at himself for being cowardly, and took the lead in on an old horse. As the host, he led Chen Wei and Yan Chixia towards the local inn.
……
Yan Chixia and Chen Wei looked at each other, and they both sensed that something was wrong.
Only Ning Caichen, a stupid scholar, walked in without thinking.
In fact, Chen Wei knew a little more than Yan Chixia, but the whispers from the closed house next to her made Yan Chixia guess in an instant.
On the left, several women and Taoists are looking at the three of them through the crack of the door.
"Where did this group of people come from?"
"Look at the young man who took the lead in, doesn't he look familiar?"
"Isn't this the poor scholar from the two streets behind? How did he come back?"
"He just came back now, I'm afraid he doesn't know yet, the world has changed!"
Several women were whispering, fearing that their loud voices would cause trouble, their expressions were numb and tinged with panic.
……
Ning Caichen still had a smile on his face, leisurely looking at the familiar environment around him.
The next moment, a gust of wind blew up, and the straw mat on the ground was blown away, revealing the wrapped corpse thrown in the middle of the street!
The corpse was whitish, with bloodstains on its body, with a grim and painful expression, and the smell of corpses had spread from its body.
Ning Caichen smiled stiffly, his face turned pale, and subconsciously covered his mouth and nose to prevent the spread of the plague.
In ancient times, the occurrence of plague was a very serious matter. There was no cure at all, and people could only be allowed to die alive. The only thing that could be done was to isolate the village and prevent the spread of the plague.
It is only when this kind of natural disaster strikes that people are thrown on the street.
"Hero Yan, brother Chen, be careful of the plague!"
Ning Caichen panicked again, but he didn't forget to remind the two of them.
Unexpectedly, Yan Chixia stepped forward to take a look, but said in a solemn voice: "It's not a plague, it was brutally beaten to death!"
Yan Chixia looked up, but saw that this corpse was not the only one on the street, there were also several dead corpses lying on the ground at the corner of the wall in the distance, the straw mats on their bodies were blown away by the autumn wind, or half of their bodies were exposed, or It is a pair of skinny legs, which have been eaten by wild dogs and exposed bones.
……
"Ah, it's not plague? That's better, that's better..."
The second half of Ning Caichen's words got stuck in his throat, and he followed Yan Chixia's gaze to see the other corpses.
"How could this be..." Yan Chixia murmured in a daze.
Before he left, the place was safe. Although everyone lived in poverty, they lived and worked in peace and contentment.It's only been more than a month now, how did this Qinghua County become like this!
The three dismounted and walked, looking around at the depressing scene around them.
Waves of voices continued to fall into Chen Wei's ears from all directions:
"This group of people is in danger, old woman, let me go out and remind them."
"Damn thing, you want to kill our whole family!"
"I know that scholar, really, I'm afraid he's going to die this time, and he will definitely be captured by those guys to claim his reward!"
"God! Please open your eyes!"
"I don't know if there are some important people who are going to patrol, but the county master actually made everyone not even let out the door?"
"There is a shortage of food, and the capital said that there is a plague spreading, and now the bandits are entering the city, how are we going to live this winter!"
"Hmph! Let those robbers and officials bite dogs! It's best to die, and never be reborn!"
"Speak carefully! Speak carefully!"
……
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