Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 249
The yamen servants couldn't help but throw the six of them into the prison of the government yamen.

In a cell, not only the six of them were imprisoned, there were more than a dozen other people huddled in the corner of the cell, all of them disheveled.

When the prisoners inside saw the six of them, they all had expressions of gloating. One prisoner said, "Brothers, where did you come from, and why were you sent in by Heyang Mansion?"

Xie Xi thought that she would encounter countless dangers during this trip, but it was really unexpected that she was locked up in the prison of Heyang Mansion just after entering the border of Guanzhong.

All six of them ignored the prisoner's question, Yu Shilei asked in a low voice: "My lord, what should we do?"

Xie Xi chuckled, and said: "This Heyang Mansion is very familiar with doing such things. I'm afraid he has done a lot of things that hurt nature and reason. Let's see what he will say next."

Several people solemnly agreed, and a follower found a slightly cleaner place and wiped it with his sleeve a few times for Xie Xi to rest.

Xie Xi was about to sit down when the prisoner who spoke just now said in a low voice, "Young master, from your appearance, you look like a rich man from some family. How did you offend that thief Shen Yandao?"

Only then did Xie Xi take a closer look at the person who spoke, and saw that this person was dressed as a businessman, with a few spots of gray and black on his fair skin, and a scratch mark.

Looking at this appearance, this person may have suffered some hardships in the prison, but judging from his appearance, he has a contented expression.

"The few of us are from the Zhenwei Escort Bureau in Beijing. I heard that there is some business in Guanzhong. We brought my young master here to discuss business. We didn't know how we offended Mr. Shen, so we were sent in without any explanation."

Before Xie Xi could speak, Yu Shilei answered for him.

The merchant said with a smile: "Shen Yandao, this bastard, the business of yanguo hair-plucking is becoming more and more serious. Everyone wants to scrape off a layer of oil. In the past five years, I have come to Heyang more than ten times. This mansion prison Been there no less than five times."

A bearded man behind Yu Shilei saw that the businessman spoke naturally, and asked, "Why did you come to Heyang City when you know that Shen Yandao has plucked the wild goose's hair?"

The merchant smiled wryly and said: "I'm just running errands for people. There is our business in Heyang City. No one wants to come here. Our shopkeeper can go back safely every time he sees me. Over time, this place has become my duty. "

After a few words, they became familiar, and the merchant told a few people about his background.

This man's name was Su Bingchang, who was originally from Guanzhong. He arrived in Heyang from Qin Jing two days ago, and was thrown into prison by the Heyang government for driving up prices.

Heyang Mansion made a clear price tag, and Su Bingchang had to pay 200 taels of silver if he wanted to go out.

Su Bingchang's monthly money was only ten taels of silver, and he couldn't get the money out no matter what, so he had to report a letter to his shopkeeper, asking the shopkeeper's trustee to send the money. Send it to Heyang Mansion.

"You said, Shen Yandao started doing this five years ago?"

Xie Xi suddenly became interested and asked carefully.

"Isn't it? Nowadays, there are endless rebels and refugees in Guanzhong, and it's not all these officials who are perverse. If the people below can't survive, they will naturally become officials forcing the people to rebel."

When Su Bingchang said this, he took a few steps forward and said secretly: "It seems that you all have martial arts skills. I have a way to join the rebel army here. Do you want to introduce it to you?"

Xie Xi was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood that the "rebel army" Su Bingchang referred to was undoubtedly the rebel army.

"Oh? Can people like us join the rebel army?"

Xie Xi smiled and said: "I heard that the rebel army has strict discipline. We brothers are used to being loose, so I'm afraid we won't be able to catch their eyes? Besides, the rebel army doesn't like us outsiders, right?"

"Little brother, this is because you are thinking too much. The rebel army is desperate for talents. Is there anyone in it?"

Su Bingchang shook his hand and said: "To tell you the truth, our company is doing business with the rebels now, and has dealt with them a lot. They have everyone there. No, the rebels who are attacking Liyang City now , I heard they are still former officers and soldiers.”

Su Bingchang's voice grew louder as he spoke, which attracted the ideas of other people in the prison.Then two people came up and asked excitedly: "Brother, do you have a connection with the rebel army? Can you bring the two of us in?"

What the two said was without any taboo, and everyone in a cell could hear it clearly, and then several people gathered around, all wanting to join the rebel army.

Su Bingchang panicked and quickly motioned for everyone to silence.But the crowd is excited, how can we persuade them?

The yamen servant guarding the door also noticed the movement in the prison, ran over and shouted loudly.Everyone was afraid of being watched by the yamen servants, so they quickly fell silent.

After the yamen servant left, Xie Xi asked why these people came in.

These people came in sooner or later, and were accused of various crimes.

Some people blocked the way of the yamen servants, saying it was disrespectful to the court; went to prison.

Among these people, some were recently imprisoned, and some had been imprisoned for several months. Because they could not pay the money for atonement, they had to be imprisoned all the time.

Xie Xi and his party of six were dumbfounded, Xie Xi praised, "This Shen Yandao is really a talent, thanks to him being able to come up with such a way to make money, I really convinced him."

The other person finished talking about what happened to him, and immediately lay down on the ground.

Seeing that Xie Xi was puzzled, Su Bingchang explained: "There is only one rough meal a day here. If there is nothing to do, it is better to talk less and less energy, or you will feel hungry."

Sure enough, as Su Bingchang said, at dusk, the yamen servant brought a bucket of bran rice.

It is said to be bran rice, but it is actually bran water.It seems that there is not much chaff in the cloudy soup.The wooden barrel hadn't been washed for some time, and it was covered with rust and sludge, giving off a foul smell.

Several people in Xie Xi's group were stunned. From their perception, this food might not even be eaten by pigs in the capital.

However, when the prisoners in the prison saw this bucket, all of them had their eyes shining, and surrounded the wooden bucket, they put their hands into the bucket one after another, and fished for food from the bottom of the bucket.

A stern look flashed in Yu Shilei's eyes, and he asked, "My lord, if Shen Yandao did this, he probably didn't treat the common people as human beings. Why don't his subordinates go out tonight and finish him off?"

Xie Xi shook his head and said: "Shen Yandao has served in Heyang Mansion for more than seven years. He has done this for five years, and the court didn't even know it. In this pass, I am afraid that Shen Yandao is everywhere. If you kill a Shen Yandao, there will be others." Thousands of Shen Yandao."

(End of this chapter)