Chapter 654: Can One Meet Prefect Liu?

At the same time.

A busy market.

"He's here, he's here, he's here!"

"Come quickly and watch!"

"That old man is here again!"

Someone shouted, and men, women, the old, and the young all crowded around, looking like they were there to watch the excitement. There were even women holding children who squeezed in with smiles on their faces.

Just look into the crowd.

An oil-selling old man stood smiling beside his cart.

"Time to pour oil!"

"Quick, look, the old man is pouring oil!"

Once there were enough people, he began to shout. Only then did the old man laugh heartily, take an oil pot from someone with one hand, and then pat the oil barrel on his cart with the other. The crowd heard a 'bang', and the lid of the oil barrel shot into the sky and landed to the side. He then took a copper coin out of his pocket and placed it on top of the oil pot.

With a sudden burst of strength, he tilted the oil barrel.

The murky vegetable oil could be seen in the air, forming a single line, precisely landing in the center of the copper coin on the oil pot. The vegetable oil poured in, bit by bit, without a single drop spilling out!

A miraculous skill!

Seeing this, the crowd immediately cheered.

Thunderous applause.

That parabola became the focus of the entire scene.

This old man also became the most handsome fellow on the whole street.

Over in that alley.

A Horse Carriage.

A few people looked at each other in dismay.

It has to be him!

The Shichang in the suburbs.

Ancient machinery was still relatively simple.

Besides simple explosives, there were only some rudimentary lever-principle devices used to pry those massive stones.

Because of the demand, the stones in the Shichang varied in size.

For some that were inconvenient, only human labor could be used to carry them.

Prince Jin was recently renovating his palace, and thousands of these ten-meter-long stones were needed! At this moment, there were many workers in the Shichang, and the sounds of 'heave-ho' were constant.

"Pull!"

"Ha!"

"Lift!"

They shouted together and exerted force together. The shirtless men had dark skin and were covered in sweat as they dragged the huge stone, moving it bit by bit.

A Noble's palace is built on the blood and sweat of countless peasants.

No one noticed.

A small section of the rope binding the giant stone had begun to show some cracks due to aging.

A thousand-mile embankment collapses because of an ant hole.

The appearance of a small crack meant the entire rope was about to collapse.

Finally, under the immense force, the rope snapped with a 'bang'.

The workers were terrified and began to scatter in a rout.

However, the giant stone, having lost control, still rolled over mercilessly.

"Watch out!"

"Run!"

Two workers, watching the giant stone rolling toward them, were completely stunned and instantly forgot to run.

It looked as if the giant stone was about to crush the two of them into meat patties.

"Get away!"

Suddenly.

A sturdy man who worked with them shouted fiercely, and with quick eyes and fast hands, he shoved the two of them away.

Then, amidst everyone's gasps, he looked at the giant stone and braced his hands against it.

"Ah!"

"No!"

Everyone closed their eyes, unable to bear it.

However...

The sound of the giant stone rolling onto the ground did not ring out.

The scene was deathly silent.

When the people opened their eyes, they saw with shock.

That giant stone had actually been blocked by this man, stopped dead in its tracks!

Silence.

Shock!

Everyone was dumbfounded, their faces full of disbelief.

Is this even human?

"Who is this person?"

Not far away, the owner of this Shichang stood bowing and scraping before a few people; hearing the question, he hurriedly apologized with a smile: "My lords, this person is named Er Niu, he is of slave status..."

"How much silver?"

"Quick, quick, quick, catch her!"

"Don't let her run off again!"

"Good heavens, how could you all not keep an eye on her! Once she runs out, who can possibly catch her?"

It was still a village.

Early this morning, it was already in chaos. The whole village was running around frantically; some held hoes, some held rakes, some held shovels, and some held ropes.

This scene was all because of the daughter of the Lao Li family!

The reason was none other than this: this Miss Li had been a notorious troublemaker since she was a child. When she was little, she was just like a tomboy, fighting with those boys every single day. Furthermore, she refused to let her family bind her feet! Now that she had reached the age of marriage, she simply refused to marry, shouting every day that she wanted to join the army! Whenever others said there was no such thing as a girl joining the army, she would use the story of Longyang Princess Xie Chan to retort.

This year, the Village Chief finally could not take it anymore.

Together with Old Li, he locked Miss Li up and arranged for her to get married, to save her from dragging those big feet of hers and running all over the village every day.

If this big-footed girl ran to another village, wouldn't it be a disgrace to their Li Jia Tun?

"Catch her!"

"Over there!"

"Quick, quick, quick!"

"Damn it, she runs too fast!"

However, after everyone had been running for the whole morning, they discovered that this Miss Li was truly too good at running! She could not stop at all; the more they chased, the faster she ran! She was even incredibly happy, as if she had finally found someone to play with!

"Hahahaha, come and catch me!"

"Come on, catch me!"

"Is that all?"

Li Qingqing laughed heartily as she ran wildly.

Soon, with a leap, she reached the woods over there.

Her incongruous big feet landed on a rock over there with a *thud*, her body as light as a swallow.

"A bunch of trash!"

Seeing those people panting and getting further and further away from her, Li Qingqing could not help but mutter.

She sighed and turned her head back.

A few men in black were looking at her with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Ah! Who are you people?"

Li Qingqing was startled, her expression changing drastically: "Who are you, do you know that I am..."

A piece of gold, shining brightly, was taken out by someone.

Li Qingqing's eyes widened, her cursing stopped abruptly, and she could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Go to Jinghua?"

"Not going!... Wait, can I see Prefect Liu?"

"You can."

"I'll go!"

The days.

Were getting closer.

The atmosphere in all of Jinghua was entirely about the Longyun Games.

Even when the lanterns were first lit, those brothels were all soliciting customers under the banner of the Longyun Games.

On the eve of the official start of the Longyun Games.

"Are you ready?"

Under the night sky.

Outside Jinghua City, in a corner that no one noticed.

A few men in black looked at each other and nodded.

Taking advantage of the night, they lightened their footsteps and snuck toward the water source outside the city.

Looking at these few people, they were all quite accomplished in martial arts.

The water source of Jinghua City was usually heavily guarded. These few people waited for a moment, and when the sentries changed shifts, they were finally able to sneak over.

Opening the paper packets they carried with them, some white powder was poured in by them.

And then.

They retreated unscathed.

"Hahahaha, it's already done!"

Xie Fang of the Eastern Palace soon received the news, a sinister look flashing in his eyes.

"Let's see how you, Liu Zheng, lose face tomorrow, how you lose face!"

He roared through gritted teeth.

He hated!

Placed under house arrest, this was his last gamble!

He has already gone mad!

He only wants Liu Zheng to lose!

No matter what price must be paid!