Chapter 104: How to prove you are you?
She looked extremely frightened, even her body was trembling, and the man couldn't judge for a while whether she was really stupid or pretending to be stupid; after all, he had seen village women with even more bizarre brain circuits. He had to increase his tone to threaten: "Remember, both your children are in our hands! If you dare to approach that family again, I will kill a child for you to see!" Zhu said tremblingly: "Don't, don't hurt them!"
"Be honest and obedient, and we will let you all go tomorrow morning!" After the coercion, the inducement had to follow decisively.
Zhu nodded frantically.
At this time, the small stones on the village road were crunched, and a few people walked over. The leader waved at Zhu: "Yo, Lady Zhu, what a coincidence?"
The two turned their heads to look, and the visitor was the eldest son of the He corrupt official, followed by two personal guards, making a full show of power.
Seeing him grinning, Zhu felt joy in her heart, and tears were about to fall, but she had to endure and smile at him: "Young Master He."
"Went for a walk after the meal, and didn't realize I walked here." He Lingchuan stepped forward naturally. "Your village scenery is beautiful; do you have time to accompany me for a walk?"
"I..." Zhu was about to speak, but the fat man couldn't stand it and pulled her into his chest. "This is my wife."
He Lingchuan pointed at him and asked Zhu: "This is an outsider?"
Zhu's eyes curved, but she didn't make a sound.
Without waiting for the fat man to get angry, He Lingchuan laughed at him: "Just a joke, don't take it seriously. How should I address you, brother?"
"Wang." The fat man remembered Lu Han's instructions and twitched the corners of his mouth. "Young Master He's arrival makes the humble house shine."
"From your house's location, you can look directly at the lake view; it's not bad." He Lingchuan turned to comment, and suddenly threw something shiny.
Wang the fat man caught it subconsciously, only to find it was a piece of broken silver weighing five qian. This? "You are lucky; Young Master is staying here tonight." He Lingchuan put his hands behind his back, raised his chin. "Why don't you go make the bed?"
Wang the fat man's eyelid jumped, and he was actually stunned there. According to his usual temper, he would have already jumped up and chopped off his dog head!
But Boss Lu said, endure!
He forcibly suppressed this anger: "Your place, isn't it already arranged?" It was Boss Lu who arranged it himself.
"Too far, it's not convenient to chat with family." Ever since he knew this guy was also a bandit, He Lingchuan paid attention to the place arranged for him in the village and found that it was the farthest from where He Chunhua and his wife were staying, one west and one east, exactly a diagonal.
These guys have the idea of killing them separately.
"What, you think it's too little?" He Lingchuan watched the fatty standing rooted to the spot, then grabbed a few more pieces of silver and shoved them heavily into his hand.
Rewarding the waiter in the theater is just this kind of virtue. With this stuffing, the blue veins on the fat man's forehead jumped twice.
He Lingchuan was secretly alert, but this guy tightened his chin, obviously suppressing his anger again, and said hoarsely: "Come in."
He also wanted to drag this kid into the house and beat him up, but there were two personal guards following closely behind. He wasn't afraid of not being able to beat them, but he was afraid of making too much noise.
When will I be able to kill all these dogs!
He turned and entered the house, and Zhu glanced at He Lingchuan and followed him in. Only at this time did He Lingchuan see the undisguised fear and anger in her eyes.
These men posing as villagers are bandits, so she is a good citizen, right?
He Lingchuan looked around and found that there were idle people everywhere, either holding rice bowls to eat, or sitting at the door picking their feet and blowing the wind, all intentionally or unintentionally staring at him.
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Boss Lu was sitting in the village chief's house gnawing on a duck leg.
The ducks raised by County Magistrate Lake grew up eating local water grass and snails, with a thick layer of white oil under their skin. Once roasted on the fire, the golden grease and fragrance came out in a while, sprinkled with pepper and salt, just eat it in large chunks.
Boss Lu also had to look at the village chief's family. The old man, old woman, and a few stinky men were nothing to look at, but the grandchildren who had already been taken away by the bandits were all three or five years old, so tender that they seemed to be able to pinch water.
Thinking of those children, he felt the meat in his mouth was even more fragrant.
He was eating happily when a lackey slipped in and said to him: "Boss Lu, I heard something! That corrupt official surnamed He is going to Xiazhou to take office as Governor-General."
"What Governor-General?" Lu Han didn't care at first, but immediately tasted the flavor, and his eyes suddenly lit up. "You mean, Xiazhou Governor-General?!"
"Yes, it seems so." The man said, "I heard it from the women and children of his subordinates."
This time on the long journey, the He family personal guard team still had some people who brought their families; after all, it was a long journey, and there might not be a chance to return to Heishuicheng in the future.
Lu Han slowly grinned and laughed at the sky!
Just after laughing, he suddenly remembered that the night in the mountains was quiet and the sound was far, so it was not good to scare the prey, so he forcibly held it back, shaking his whole chest with a dull sound.
The confidants standing beside him looked at each other, not knowing what the boss was happy about.
"General, isn't this a very fat sheep?"
"More than fat?" Lu Han was beaming. "He reported his family name earlier, and I remembered! This guy is the Prefect of Qiansong Commandery, and he has stayed in the frontier for more than ten years. I guess not many people in the inner officialdom recognize him. Heh, from Qiansong Commandery to Xiazhou, the distance is more than a thousand or eight hundred li? Do you know what this means?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"The people of Xiazhou have never seen this new Governor-General at all!" Lu Han couldn't help but laugh out loud. "If I take his documents and official seal to Xiazhou, I am the newly appointed Governor-General!"
"Heaven never closes all doors; I thought I had to decide my life and future tomorrow, but I didn't expect Heaven to send me a way out!" Lu Han clicked his tongue twice. "I've decided on this official position! His wife looks tender, and those two rabbits look tender too!"
He licked his lips, and the crowd laughed when they heard it. But soon a question was raised: "Then, we have to act tonight?"
Originally, General Lu said he would let these government soldiers go, and each would go their own way tomorrow morning.
"No!" General Lu waved his hand, heroic and dry. "Stand still, no one is allowed to swing the first knife!"
Everyone was stunned. Isn't it to grab the official seal and documents? This is not fighting? But soon a confidant reacted: "General Lu wants to delay this battle until tomorrow, and it would be best if Wu and Pei's teams also come over."
"The soldiers the corrupt official can bring out for a long journey are all carefully selected strong men, perhaps with battlefield experience. He also has the State Foundation Order, and the army enjoys the blessing of Primordial power." General Lu said calmly, "Even if we can eat them all, the loss will probably not be small. If we face Wu and Pei's people then, we will suffer instead. It's better to wait until everyone gathers and take this bunch of corrupt officials to sacrifice the flag, isn't that better?"
The subordinates agreed repeatedly.
Just at this time, there was a commotion outside, like many people shouting.
Lu Han didn't want any accidents at this moment. He threw away the duck leg, wiped the oil on his trouser leg, and strode out.
End of Chapter
