I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

"General, General! This is unacceptable!"

He Wu rushed forward in a panic to snatch the silver back. Since he was pretending to be a farmer, he had to act more convincingly.

"Fuck you! I gave you face!" The leading soldier cursed angrily and kicked He Wu to the ground.

"Bah! Don't you see who you are? How dare you run to the inner city? Get out of here right now! If you don't get out, I'll kill you!"

He Wu suppressed his anger, and several scouts came up to persuade him.

"Brother, forget it, this is not where we should go, let's go."

"Yeah, it's not worth losing your life."

With the help of several people, He Wu stood up with difficulty, and turned around and left with the help of several people.

After watching the few people leave, Zhao Kai and Li Hu, who were disguised as two soldiers, looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Li Hu showed an expression of admiration: "You are the best to play a bully. Just a little move is already the limit of a bully!"

"Hey! Keep a low profile!"

On the other side, after walking a few hundred meters, several people calmly turned into a small alley.

"Brother, are you okay?"

He Wu cursed with the corner of his mouth. This little bastard really didn't hold back. "It's okay, I can hold on. But what's going on in the inner city? We still need to find someone to find out."

"Brother, this is not going to be easy. I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to get in."

After thinking for a while, He Wu waved his hand and asked several subordinates to disperse: "Old Zhao, just follow me. The others will disperse and observe the city carefully."

After they finished talking, He Wu took Lao Zhao all the way to a small teahouse in the outer city, ordered a pot of tea and sat by the window.

After a while, the waiter brought the tea.

"Dear guests, please enjoy your meal. Please come and help me if you need anything."

He Wu suddenly had an idea: "Dude, don't leave in a hurry, come here, I want to ask you something."

"Sir, please go ahead." The waiter nodded and bowed.

"To be honest, we're refugees from somewhere else. We're new here and don't know the rules. We wanted to go to the inner city, but not only were we not allowed in, we were even beaten by the guards. What happened?"

As soon as He Wu finished speaking, the waiter's face turned pale and he hurriedly shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know. Sir, please drink your tea. Call me if you need anything."

After saying that, the waiter immediately slipped away in a hurry.

He Wu and Lao Zhao exchanged a glance, both filled with confusion. What exactly was going on in the inner city? It was so terrifying that they dared not even speak of it.

"Shopkeeper!" He Wu shouted in a deep voice. After a while, an old shopkeeper hurried over.

"My two guests, we are sorry for the poor hospitality. If there is anything wrong, please tell us."

He Wu reached out from his pocket and took out a small piece of silver and placed it on the table: "The tea in your shop is good, this is the tea money."

Hearing this, the teahouse owner disguised as the owner of Taiping Restaurant looked at the piece of silver with an incredible expression.

Is the tea good?

Aren’t those just leaves that the county magistrate picked from the tree?

You call this good? You've never had any good tea!

"Thank you, sir. I won't need so much." The shopkeeper said this, but he put the silver into his arms with an unusually honest hand.

He Wu's mouth corners rose slightly. Now that he had the money, it would be easy.

"Boss, I'll give you the extra money, but you have to answer a few questions for me."

"Sir, I will tell you everything I know." The shopkeeper looked at the two of them happily.

According to the order of the county magistrate, even if the two people don't give money, I have to find a way to let them know the news. Now not only have I achieved my goal, but I have also made some extra money. Great!

"What do you two guests want to ask?" The shopkeeper came forward and asked in a low voice.

"We are seeking refuge from outside the city. We wanted to enter the inner city, but we couldn't. I wonder what the rules are in this inner city?"

As soon as He Wu finished speaking, the shopkeeper's face changed color visibly.

"This, gentlemen, this is not something you can talk about."

He Wu calmly took out another piece of silver from his pocket and said, "Boss, don't worry, I just don't know the rules. I will definitely not tell anyone else after hearing this."

The shopkeeper looked at the change hesitantly, as if he wanted to take it but didn't dare to reach out.

He Wu smiled silently upon seeing this, and placed another piece of silver on the table: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, we are just curious, there is nothing else."

"Alright, then I'll tell you." The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and waved to the waiter, "Go, close the shop."

He Wu looked at the shopkeeper in surprise. Is it necessary to be so cautious?

"Alas... Sir, you don't know something." The shopkeeper shook his head and sat on the chair, and began to talk:

"It's like this. Ever since Taiping County suffered a war a few years ago, the higher-ups have issued an order for us to reorganize into a new city with the three surrounding counties."

"Huh? Boss, you're going too far now, aren't you?" He Wu said helplessly.

The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly: "It's not too late, my two guests, please listen carefully to what I have to say."

"Ever since those two counties were merged, our county magistrate has been doing his job frivolously. All kinds of taxes are flying everywhere. Even speaking no more than a hundred sentences is prohibited, otherwise there will be a speech tax. Tell me, this, this is simply unheard of!"

He Wu and the others nodded deeply: "Well, this is indeed too much."

"That's not all. The dignitaries from the three cities have gathered in the inner city. Not only have they driven out the people who originally lived in the inner city, they have also seized their property and won't allow us to enter." The shopkeeper said, sighing softly.

He Wu suddenly understood: "So that's how it is."

The shopkeeper spoke again: "Alas, this is nothing. The key point is that they are simply not human beings!"

"Didn't someone outside want to attack the city a few days ago? I heard it was the army of the former prince."

He Wu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's what happened. I heard that my hometown has been captured. I don't know what the situation is now, but I heard that they don't seem to harm the residents in the city. If it really doesn't work, we can only go home."

"But what I'm curious about is that your city has not been captured. Are there many soldiers in the inner city?" He Wu said as he casually poured himself a cup of tea.

"No way!" The shopkeeper slammed the table angrily.

"That damned county magistrate doesn't have any soldiers under his command, only a few hundred constables!"

He Wu was stunned as he poured the tea. Hundreds of constables? How the hell had Ding Yin been captured?

A surprise attack by a few hundred soldiers would be fine, but the key point is that these are constables who are not even soldiers. How can they fight a war?

"Then, how did you resist the army?" He Wu poured the tea, but had no desire to drink water at all.

The shopkeeper slammed his hand on the table and said angrily, "It's all those shameless officials! They are completely devoid of conscience!"