Bai Jinghong was now two adults taller than the other. He was worried that Hua Jin had gone away, and wanted to find Yuan Youying at the same time.
Really lacking the skills to do anything, I could only send the other disciples to chase Yuan Youying first, and then chase Hua Jin myself.
There was a sound of horse hooves, and as we were about to reach the capital, there were more and more government officials on the road.
There are two main functions of those government officials: one is to drive refugees with non-Guqi Prefecture registered residence to the north, and the other is to intercept the wealthy households in Guqi Prefecture from moving their families to the north.
Because it was already getting late, Gu Zun found an inn in a desolate town outside the capital, preparing to take a short rest before entering the capital tomorrow.
As soon as Hua Jin entered the room, she heard Lian'er complaining while spreading the quilt:
"Why is the inn here so shabby? That ancient captain didn't know how to find a good inn. I really feel wronged by such a shabby house."
Hua Jin, who was sitting at the rough wooden table, spread out the hair tie used to tie her hair, letting her black hair fall down, and said with relief:
"I am not born into a wealthy family. When I was fleeing, it would have been nice to have a ruined temple to live in. Why do I have to choose so many things?"
Lian'er turned around and couldn't help but said:
"That was in the past. Our life in the North is so good now. It's all because of the good management of the imperial concubine. We can no longer wrong the empress."
In their northern land, there is no such shabby inn.
Because there are many people in the North, there are also many people who open inns. If your inn is dilapidated and old, you will not get much business.
Hua Jin pushed open the broken window, sat on the edge of the window sill, rested her chin on one hand, and looked at the moon in the sky quietly.
Although the situation becomes more and more turbulent the further you go into the hinterland of Tianjing Kingdom, but this turmoil comes entirely from the exploitation of the local high-level people by the low-level people.
On the contrary, the northern borderland, which is supposed to be the most unstable, is not very prosperous compared to Guqi Prefecture.
Although there is Hua Jin's management in this, it is also inseparable from Li Yunqing who fought bravely in northern Xinjiang.
I just don’t know how Li Yunqing is doing now.
Faintly, deep in her heart, Hua Jin actually missed Li Yunqing.
She looked up at the full moon in the sky and wondered how Li Yunqing was doing now.
With this thought in mind, a servant's rough shout suddenly came from downstairs of the inn.
"Xiao Er, come quickly, Xiao Er!"
There was a buzzing sound, and suddenly, the yamen servant shouted,
"Everyone staying in the hotel today will have their household registration documents checked. No matter who they are, they will check them room by room!"
Hua Jin, who was sitting by the window, looked back at Lian'er, who nodded.
Before they entered Gu Banner Prefecture, they had already prepared the household registration documents.
Footsteps sounded outside the door, and a government servant banged Huajin's door heavily.
When Lian'er opened the door, a strong smell of alcohol entered Hua Jin's room, and even Hua Jin who was sitting by the window could smell it.
"I heard that two beauties stayed at the inn today. Oh, they are so pretty."
The yamen servant outside the door said he was here to check the household registration documents, and smiled lewdly at Lian'er.
Lian'er suddenly straightened her face, holding the household registration text in her hand, and said coldly:
"Are you really here to check the household registration documents?"
The yamen servant standing outside the door laughed loudly for a moment.
"Does it matter if we really checked the household registration documents? Little beauty, when you went out to stay in an inn like this, didn't you ask about it?"
Generally, those who would stay at this kind of inn are definitely not official family members.
Recently, more and more wealthy people have gone to the north. Once caught by these government officials, they will be taken to the capital to suffer a lot.
The current situation is not good. The taxes collected by Prince Qi's Mansion are not as much as every month. If the wealthy households run away, where will the taxes be?
Where can there be money to be made among the officials at all levels?
So not only people with registered residence in Guqi Prefecture were not allowed to go to the north, but even wealthy families passing by were not allowed to go.
When the low-level government officials stop people on the road, there are really too many things that can be done in between.
Lian'er at the door had a pretty face, looking at the ill-intentioned glances of the government officials, she said angrily:
"Are you really the Yamen of Guqi Prefecture here to check the household registration documents? I think you all look like bandits!"
As soon as these words came out, the yamen servant outside the door not only did not get angry, but also laughed "hahaha".
"Even if we are bandits, what can you two little ladies do?"
"There is a prettier little lady inside. Come on, take off your clothes and let us search her."
These government officials looked like bandits and bullies, reaching out to push Lian'er and push her into the door.
Lian'er's face turned pale instantly, which reminded her of the bad memories of the past. She and her mother-in-law and brother fled to Beidicheng, but it turned out that Hua Xian'er and Jin Yiwei bullied her.
That time, she was almost beaten in the street...
Before the memories were finished in her mind, in the next moment, a dagger passed through the air and plunged straight into the Yamen servant's back.
The government servant who wanted to bully Lian'er had blood coming from the corner of his mouth. He fell to the ground before he could realize what happened to him.
Gu Zun stood behind the government officials with a straight face.
He glanced at Lian'er's pale face and cupped his hands toward the room.
"Master, do you want to kill?"
"Leave no one alive."
Hua Jin's voice came from the house, and outside the house, there was a bloody storm.
Before those government officials even had time to howl, Gu Zun led his men and cut off their heads.
"girl!"
Bai Jinghong's voice sounded outside the door. He frowned and looked at Gu Zunqieren, feeling a little absent-minded for a moment.
After reacting, Bai Jinghong hurriedly shouted:
"Girl, why is this, girl?"
Gu Zun ignored Bai Jinghong and just finished killing the people. He put his fingers together and wiped the sharp blade of the sword, his eyes coldly staring at Bai Jinghong who hurried over.
Hua Jin in the room was a little surprised. She walked to the door wearing a snow-colored cloak, looked at Bai Jinghong, and asked:
"How did you come?"
She thought she would arrive in the capital earlier than Bai Jinghong and other Tianyi Valley disciples.
Unexpectedly, Bai Jinghong caught up with him in just one night.
But Bai Jinghong had no time to answer Hua Jin at this time. He just asked with a handsome face:
"Girl, can you tell me what grudges you have against these officials? Why do you have to put these officials to death?"
As early as during the day, Bai Jinghong discovered that Hua Jin looked down upon the government officials in Guqi Prefecture.
He had just arrived at the inn to go to the capital with Hua Jin, when he found that the girl's guards were massacring the Guqi Prefecture government officials.
This is a very serious matter. Tian Yigu is from a well-known and upright family and has always maintained a good relationship with the court.
If Hua Jin kills the government officials indiscriminately, he is going against the officials, being disdained by the right people, and may even be labeled as evil.
Thinking of this, Bai Jinghong felt that he should advise Hua Jin. He stepped on the blood on the ground and looked at Hua Jin with a serious face.
"Girl, you should not allow your subordinates to do this, they are killing innocent people indiscriminately!"
"The previous government officials were just beaten, and I could turn a blind eye. But now my subordinates are killing them, and I must give an explanation to these government officials."
Hua Jin stood in the door in surprise, looked at Bai Jinghong blankly for a long time, and then asked:
"What do you mean, how do you want me to give an explanation to these government officials?"
She just wanted to know what Bai Jinghong planned.
In the end, Bai Jinghong said very naturally:
"Let the girl's subordinates kill themselves to apologize."
"What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Lian'er was angered by Bai Jinghong. She pointed at Bai Jinghong and cursed angrily,
"You are the one who is going to kill yourself to apologize. You don't know anything at all, so you just say this. Do you know that these are just bandits and bullies? On this road, there are still many good women and wealthy families who have been raped by these bandits."
The bully has poisoned me."
I was so angry that Bai Jinghong didn't even investigate what happened, so he asked Gu Zun to kill himself to apologize.
It's not Gu Zun's fault at all.
Gu Zun, who was standing outside the door, raised his eyes and looked at Lian'er, who was blushing with anger. There was an unknown emotion in his eyes.
Before Bai Jinghong could open his mouth to reason, Lian'er crackled again:
"Besides, it doesn't matter to you whether we kill or not? You're not an official, and you can't control us. Even if we kill you, you can only accept this bad luck."
"There are rules in the court, and there are moral principles in the world. Girl, don't make excuses."
Bai Jinghong frowned. The girl he liked must not become a heretic.
He considered it his responsibility to advise Hua Jin.
Hua Jin raised her head and smiled,
"So what if I used strong words? So what if I killed innocent people indiscriminately? If you want to find justice for these government officials, you can do it. The sword will be written on the sword."
As she spoke, she swept her wide sleeves and ordered:
"Lian'er, get the sword."
Lian'er hurriedly turned around and took out the Shang Fang sword that had been carved with precious stones.
Hua Jin held the sword in her hand and looked at Bai Jinghong outside the door, waiting for Bai Jinghong to do justice for heaven.
In fact, there are quite a few people like Bai Jinghong in the apocalypse. They pretend to be supporting justice, but in fact they are just meddling in other people's business.
But Bai Jinghong didn't move. The look in his eyes seemed to be that he hated iron, and he gradually made up his mind.
"Girl, Bai will definitely not let you make more mistakes."
He said, stepped back and left the inn.
In fact, Bai Jinghong is not stupid. He has fought with Hua Jin before and knows that with his own skills, he will probably be tied with Hua Jin.
But now there are so many people around Hua Jin, and he is just one person. In a fight, he simply can't beat Hua Jin and so many people.
Bai Jinghong went out to send out a signal flare to summon the disciples of Tianyi Valley.
As a result, before I even stepped out of the inn, I saw the innkeeper leading the waiter from all corners of the inn, kneeling on the ground, and kowtowing in the direction of Hua Jin.
"Bodhisattva, you are truly the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves suffering."
"Those government officials often rob passers-by because they are official servants. Whenever they meet a decent-looking woman, regardless of whether they are married or not, they will drag her into a shop and spoil her. It is really a crime."
The innkeeper was trembling, and he recounted everything that the government officials had done over the past few days.
Lian'er was so angry that she was shaking.
She said angrily to Bai Jinghong, who had been standing at the door of the inn:
"Did you hear that? If we don't kill these government officials today, I don't know how many young girls will be ruined by these government officials in the future."
Just from what the innkeeper said, the evils committed by those government officials are simply too numerous to describe.
Bai Jinghong couldn't believe it. He walked into the inn again and asked the innkeeper,
"Are you telling the truth? These government officials are so arrogant, why don't you report them to the government?"
"Report to the official? Sir, you are joking. Let alone the young man who is just a businessman. He cannot afford to offend these government officials. Now the officials protect each other. Without the acquiescence of the superiors, these government officials would dare to bully us ordinary people so arrogantly.
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What the innkeeper said made me burst into tears, and I couldn't help but feel bitter.
If he hadn't been targeted by those government officials, I'm afraid he would have quietly packed up his bed and gone north to make a living like everyone else here.
Although everyone says that Beidi is close to Beirong, compared to the Beirong people, these government officials seem to be more terrifying.
Bai Jinghong shook his head and murmured,
"Not all government officials are like this. Although the government officials in Guqi Prefecture are arrogant and domineering, it is also because there are too many people migrating, which leads to an imbalance in taxes in various places."
From an early age, his master taught them to support the imperial court and not to fight against the officials.
Therefore, even though there are many talented people in Tianyi Valley, they never go against the imperial court. They also claim to be a well-known and upright family, and going against the imperial court is a crooked act.
But just today, someone told him that these officials were robbing homes and houses, and their behavior was undoubtedly that of bandits.
Bai Jinghong felt a bit shocked. He frowned and tried to reason with Hua Jin.
"Although these government officials have done many evil things, a girl should not allow her subordinates to kill the government officials. I am doing it for the girl's own good. Going against the government officials will not do the girl any good."
"Then I won't bother you. I dare to kill these government servants. I naturally have the guts to take on this responsibility."
After saying that, Hua Jin turned around and went back to her room without even looking at Bai Jinghong.
This made Bai Jinghong feel complicated, and he was not sure about Hua Jin's background for a while.
On the second day, after Hua Jin had freshened up and was listening to Lian'er's report about the movements of Tianyi Valley's disciples, Bai Jinghong walked toward her door.
Two Shence soldiers were guarding the door of Hua Jin's room. As soon as Bai Jinghong approached, they raised their hands to prevent him from taking another step forward.
"Girl, I have something to tell you."
Bai Jinghong looked at the closed door, but no one inside responded.
He continued to call without giving up,
"Girl, girl, I've been thinking about it all night, but there are still some things I don't want to say, girl."
Gu Zun held his sword and scolded: "Shut up and don't make any noise."
The door in front opened in response, and Lian'er walked out angrily, scolding Bai Jinghong,
"My master is like the bright moon in the sky. How can someone like you see him whenever he wants? He doesn't even care about his status."
At this time, Hua Jin had also dressed up. Today she changed into a bright red tube top dress. Her hair, which was originally tied up high, was let down and tied into a simple bun.
She glanced at Bai Jinghong, didn't speak to him, and led the people outside.
She already knew why Tianyigu's disciples were here. It turned out that Tianyigu also wanted to get the exploration map.
If that's the case, Hua Jin doesn't have to make excuses with them. She just needs to use the exploration map to continue to attract Tian Yigu's attention, and don't let them chase Jin Shui all the time.