Prison Dragon

Chapter 78

Jiang Ling tried to ask if there was anyone who could speak official Chinese.The crowd was chattering, but no one spoke.

Jiang Ling had no choice but to speak the dialect of his own clan. Unexpectedly, the old man's eyes lit up, and the two of them began to cry together.

Yang You watched them chatting in fear. After a cloudy conversation, the old man smiled and motioned for the others to put down their weapons. Several youths untied Zhuo Xinhong's rope, but he hadn't woken up yet. Come.

Jiang Ling waved his hand, "This is the clansman of Jiunvzhai. They thought we were thieves who came to steal cattle, so they acted like this. I explained it clearly to them. Brother Zhuo was overthrown by them with anesthesia , you can wake up after a night's sleep. The patriarch invited us to rest in the cottage."

The villagers took them to rest overnight. The houses in the village are all one-story houses built of stones.Every household has weapons.Yang You felt strange, and looked at it several times before resting.

Early the next morning, the villagers entertained them with sweet potatoes and corn.Elder Whitebeard asked someone to bring many farm items to Jiang Ling, and Yang You gave them a box of coral.

Juhai is far away in the middle of Shu, and the coral that is common in Lidu and Qinhuai can be compared to gold here.The elders smiled happily and asked the young and strong members of the clan to escort them. This place is very close to Chongqing Mansion, but these clansmen only escorted them to the mountain pass and left after seeing the Han people's city from a distance. No matter how Jiang Ling tried to persuade them to stay, they were unwilling to come Head into town for a break.

Yang You frowned. It seems that banditry is not the only troublesome place in the southwest.

From Yongchuan, along the road is the regime of the Han people. From Yongchuan to the north, through Tongchuan Prefecture, you can reach Chengdu, the capital of the southwest.

Yang You needs to go to Chengdu to take office first, and write to the imperial court. Only then can he be regarded as the Southwest Chief Envoy.

Arriving in Yongchuan, the group was very happy. According to the previous statement, the Central Sichuan Plain has the reputation of the land of abundance, and Yongchuan is the most important place only in Chengdu.After sleeping in the open air for a long time, everyone wanted to enjoy a peaceful life.

If Yongchuan is really like the legend...

Yang You looked at the soldiers wantonly collecting money at the gate of the city, and found a more serious problem.

Banditry has plagued the Southwest for many years, and the court has long been in a state of doing nothing. At this time, what else can the government do if it wants to make a living?

Either sit on your own, or join forces with the bandits.

The government he is going to face is not a companion, but an enemy.

Zhuo Xinhong also saw his worry and asked, "Going to the city?"

"Go to the city and have a look." Yang You said, "But don't reveal your identity."

After paying the expensive entrance fee, he finally entered Yongchuan City.The high entrance fee does not seem to lessen people's enthusiasm for life, and the Southwest mandarin full of joy sounds from time to time.Most of the people who come and go are Han people, but occasionally one or two barbarians appear.Yang You stopped a middle-aged man who was distressed behind him when he paid the city entrance fee just now, and asked, "Why do you need to collect the city fee?"

The man frowned and said, "It looks like you are a foreign businessman, you are really brave. The county magistrate said that the entry fee is the military expenditure to fight against the bandits."

Yang You smiled: "I don't know if Yongchuan County's fight against bandits is effective?"

"There's a fart!" The man spit on the ground, "The one who should be robbed is still here to rob. You should feel at ease in the city, it's better than in the wilderness. Otherwise, who would be stupid to pay such an expensive city entrance fee?" ?”

Yang You smiled and gave the man a string of coral, and the two chatted and said goodbye to each other.

Jiang Ling was looking for a place to live, but the only post house in the city was dilapidated and unoccupied.When he was worried, someone showed him a clear way, "Don't look for a place to live. There are many empty houses near the city gate. The closer you go to the county magistrate's mansion, the stricter the guards are. Live there. As long as you are brave and not afraid of being robbed, you can find an empty house to live in. Just don’t come out at night. If you are caught by soldiers patrolling the city, you will be imprisoned and you have to hand over all your assets to the government. .”

Jiang Ling had no choice but to take someone to find a secluded empty room. In the empty room, tables, chairs, and cabinets were littered on the floor. It seemed that the original owner had fled in a hurry. Several people covered their faces with face scarves and cleaned up for a long time before they could barely leave.

Yang You sighed a lot along the way, seeing this situation, apart from the pain in his heart, he couldn't even sigh anymore.

Zhuo Xinhong put the last box of corals under the bed, sat on it and patted the wooden board with peace of mind, "Silver tickets are no longer valid, and now we have to use hard currency."

Chu Ge smiled and beat him, telling him to get up and make the bed.Only two rooms were cleared out, one for Chu Ge and Zhuo Xinhong, and one for Tongbu, where the four men squeezed together.

There was a heavy rain at night, the roof leaked, and most of the bed was wet. Yang You watched the other people frantically looking for something to fetch water, stepped on the bed with bare feet and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?!" Jiang Ling swung his face with rainwater on his hand, "Haven't you seen it?"

Yang You wiped off the water from his face and nodded, "I've never seen it before."

Jiang Ling patted his head, "It's been a long time traveling together, I really forgot that you are a prince."

Yang Yuchun's quilt was all wet, so he had to squeeze back to back with Yang You.

Yang You slept in the middle of the night, the cold gradually came up, and he began to shiver. Yang Yuchun's back felt a comfortable temperature, and Yang You subconsciously squeezed on Yang Yuchun's body.

Yang Yuchun was squeezed into the wet place by him, and couldn't sleep anymore, so he lifted the quilt to wake Yang You up, "My lord, sleep better."

Yang You opened his eyes and looked at the leaking roof. It took him a long time to remember where he was. He propped himself up and moved to the corner, sneezing with an itchy nose.

"Frozen?" Yang Yuchun leaned over and hugged him from behind.

"It's quite hot during the day." Yang You rubbed his nose, "The devil knows what the weather is, why is it so cold at night?"

Yang Yuchun rubbed Yang You's arm with his hand, this action made him feel a little warmer, and fell asleep again.

With the roar of the rain, Yang You didn't sleep well. The political situation in the Southwest was complicated, like a fine net, and he couldn't escape from it.

The night rain gradually increased, hitting the roof with a dull sound, Yang Yuchun got up and poured out the basin full of water, and put the empty basin on the bed.

Yang You was awakened by him, rubbed his eyes, and stared at the hole in the roof.

They slept in a bunk, which was a whole bed made of stone bricks piled up on the ground by the host's family.Amidst the dense rain, there was a slight vibration suddenly.

Yang You was startled.

The vibration seemed to come roaring with incomparable momentum along with the sound of the rain.

Yang You held his breath, put his ears on the bunk and listened.

Can't hear anything... It seems that the skills in the script are all to be practiced...

"Bull!" He beckoned to Yang Yuchun, Yang Yuchun put the basin away, Yang You pointed to the bed, "Listen, there seems to be a sound."

Yang Yuchun put his ear on the bunk and listened, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately pulled Yang You up and shouted, "It's the sound of horseshoes! There are a lot of people!"

His voice was very loud, like thunder, resounding in everyone's ears, and a flash of lightning in the sky illuminated his panicked face.

Xiao Ning was the first to react, and looked for a dry place on the ground to listen, and immediately began to pack things.

Yang You followed everyone in a daze.

The dense sound of horseshoes on a rainy night shrouded the sky above Yongchuan City like a dark cloud.

Never a good sign.

Chu Ge used the oilcloth to live on important things, and the six of them hurried out and ran into the city against the rain.

Someone said during the day that there are guards near the county magistrate's mansion, which is the only safe place.

They were not the only ones who lived outside the city, Yang Yuchun's shout woke up everyone, even though they didn't know what happened, this inexplicable panic was still passing on.Lightning and thunder mixed with shouts made this rainy night extremely tense.

Under the white light of lightning, Yang You saw the beacon fire on the city tower, and the big clock on the turret kept crashing.

I don't know who yelled a thrilling roar: "The bandits are coming!"

The sleeping Yongchuan City woke up in the rainy night.

Yang You and his party were the first to run into the city. There were not a few people who had the same thoughts as them, and the narrow streets were instantly blocked by all kinds of belongings.Xiao Ning made a decisive decision, "Put down all the luggage, and only take the most important things!"

Yang You put everyone's documents and official seals in his arms, and put full coral strings on each hand.Yang Yuchun carried a knife and a few catties of dried meat on his back, and they ran towards the county magistrate's mansion with each other.

There are only four roads in the city leading to the county magistrate's mansion, and there are horses on each road. The tall buildings are full of archers, the soldiers have piled up sandbags, and the weapons are washed by the rain, shining like thunder and lightning at night.

It doesn't look like you're fighting against the enemy, but rather...

Yang You turned his head and looked at the black heads, all of them were people who had migrated to the city after hearing the news of the bandits.The people who looked like they were dressed like locals did not hide in the direction of the county magistrate's mansion, but got into the complicated streets and alleys to hide.

Only a few people are still going forward.

Yang You smiled wryly, "The heart of guarding against the people is more important than guarding against thieves. We don't have to go there anymore."

Zhuo Xinhong looked around, and finally found a building, which was very close to the magistrate's mansion. He pointed to the tall building and said, "Hide there!"

After speaking, a few people with good kung fu led them up to the tall building and hid behind the railing.

As soon as he squatted down, there was a bang from the city gate, and the sound of horseshoes accompanied by screams and screams reached his ears.

Yang You pinched the railing tightly and looked into the distance.

Can't be impulsive...

The figure of the bandits was getting closer and closer. This was clearly the big city marked on the map, but the guards were lax. The bandits rode horses wantonly, slashed, killed and looted as if they were in no one's land. People who were hiding were constantly being found out.

This is not a small fight, only a few dozen people were sent to assassinate.It was a robbery with a large number of people. No matter how good their martial arts were, they couldn't go back and forth alone. The railings were about to be smashed. They still used their reason to restrain themselves.

Xiao Ning was the first to discover the problem, pointing to one place and said: "Look!"

Yang You took a closer look, it was a family, two or three bandits broke in, but they just forced people to a corner, robbed them of money and then left without harming their lives.

It seems that these bandits did not kill too many people. Unless the resistance is particularly strong, they will not use knives and guns at all. It seems that the only purpose is to steal money.

Xiao Ning said: "Looking at these bandits again, they didn't run towards the county magistrate's mansion, as if they had made an appointment, and those rich households would not be harassed."

Chu Ge said angrily: "Is this cutting leeks? Save your life so that you will be robbed next time?"

"It's more than one crop." Yang You looked at the extremely peaceful county magistrate's mansion not far away. "The county magistrate has finished mowing, and the bandits will do it again."