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Chapter 2708 Capital (sixty-six)

 Xiao Bazi was stunned and said: "That's the word." After hesitating for a moment, he changed his words and said: "No, it's Man."

Liao Sanniang said: "The front and back of a copper coin are like the two sides of life and death. There is an edge on the back of a knife. When the copper coin falls to the ground, only one side of life and death remains. If you lose, you will die, be captured, maimed, or escape. The bandits are ruthless. If we were defeated today, the end would be worse.

They, the martial arts of the Escort Bureau, originally focused on moderation and retreating when difficulties are encountered, but now they are only left to show off their cruelty wantonly. It is not that they are cruel, but that their hearts are untouchable. When facing battle, what they fight is not only the sword, but also the anger. They cannot be shaken or shaken.

To seize the will, you can only cast your heart into iron and transform into a fierce god. Kind thoughts and benevolent hearts only stay before drawing the sword and after you put it away."

Xiao Bazi looked curiously in the direction of the copper coins, as if he wanted to confirm.

Liao Sanniang waved her hand and said: "Let's go, why do we have to demand results in everything."

After saying that, he got on his horse, looked at the sky, waved his hand and said: "Get in line and get to Zhuangzi before nightfall."

Old Feng nodded and drove the mule cart, the axles creaked and turned, the wilderness was desolate, the roads were full of fallen leaves, the evening sun fell to the west, and the autumn wind was bone-chilling, chilling everything.

When the carriage and horses arrived less than two miles away from the village, the manager of the village and the waiter at the front station came to meet them. They escorted a cart of silver into the village.

This place is more than ten miles away from the capital. The presence of Wang Fa in the capital has been greatly reduced. At present, there is a war and chaos. Therefore, Zhuangzi built it very solidly. The rammed earth walls were covered with city bricks, and a deep ditch was dug around Zhuangzi.

Hakka Ding keeps watch day and night, it is a safe place.

One hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. If it were leaked, I don't know how much trouble it would cause. Fortunately, this place is not far from the capital. Large groups of bandits dare not gather. Small groups of bandits have such a solid iron walnut.

It's enough to cope with it.

However, with long nights and many dreams, both Liao Sanniang and Li Rufeng hoped that the gangster would send a second letter quickly and pay money to redeem the person. As long as Elder Leng was brought back safely, the matter would be settled safely.

Unfortunately, this thief didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd, and there was no news. The entire escort agency was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

Arriving at Zhuangzi, Liao Sanniang took care of depositing the silver in the cellar - almost 60,000 taels of silver had been brought in here and there - which was a huge sum of money in the 17th century.

After the money was deposited in the cellar, Liao Sanniang called Lao Feng into the house and asked, "What did you ask?"

"There are eunuchs inside." Old Feng said with a contemptuous expression, "There are more than one."

"A chambermaid in the palace?" Liao Sanniang's expression changed. If the matter involves the palace, it will become more complicated.

"I thought the same thing just after I took off my pants. I thought it was the eunuch from the Royal Horse Prison who also came out to hunt for wild food? Could it be that someone from the palace was involved? I didn't expect to find out after the first trial that it was the eunuch from Nanyuan."

"Is this happening?"

Although Nanyuan is not far from the south city of the capital, there are no farmhouses or homes. This place was the royal garden of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Because the Yongding River passes through the garden, a large lake and swamp is formed, with lush vegetation, animals, and elk.

It is a gathering place with beautiful scenery. From the Liao and Jin Dynasties to the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors of all dynasties went hunting here and built palaces and gardens.

After Emperor Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, he expanded the palaces and palaces here and built 120 miles of walls around them. It was called "Nanhaizi". It expanded the hunting ground of the Yuan Dynasty dozens of times. Four gates were built around it and government offices were built inside for the emperor to hunt and enjoy.

However, although the scenery here is beautiful, the area is too vast, there are not many palace buildings, and the "wild charm" is too strong. The emperor's visits gradually became less and less, and by the Longqing period, the place was already in decline. Except for the guarding eunuchs and "Haihu",

Outside, no one else comes, and the place is in ruins.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this originally deserted royal garden inexplicably acquired an additional function: to house eunuchs.

Originally, eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty had to register with the Ministry of Rites and be castrated by special servants of the Ministry of Rites. Later, as time went by, the rules were abolished, and people began to castrate themselves to enter the palace. The famous 9,000-year-old Wei Zhongxian "self-castrated".

Liu Ruoyu, the Ming Dynasty court diary in the Ming Dynasty Chronicles, was castrated into the palace even though he was from an official family.

Floods and droughts began in the last years of Wanli, and people's livelihoods were difficult to maintain. The number of poor people who wanted to make a living as eunuchs increased sharply. A large number of eunuchs gathered in the capital. However, the number of eunuchs in the palace was only more than a hundred people every year. Over the years, the number of eunuchs who were unable to enter the palace accumulated.

There were more than 10,000 people living there. There were too many monks and too little rice, so the Ministry of Rites took him in various gardens outside the capital city and provided him with a small amount of money and rice to survive.

This group of people who had no food and clothing, and who could not return to their hometowns because they were disabled naturally became "unstable factors" in the capital. The head of the bodyguard guarded the courtyard for many years, and the black and white were the most well-informed, and knew what they were doing: and

The general bandits are different. They mostly act like ruffians and do not break the king's laws. They do petty theft, beg for money, or blackmail people with excuses. They rarely engage in road-blocking and robbery with open fire. So Liao Sanniang

I felt very surprised.

"I thought they were taking a desperate risk, but I didn't expect that when I asked them just now, I got a clue."

"What?"

"They said they were not originally part of the gang, but someone paid them to follow the gang."

Liao Sanniang's pupils shrank: "There is such a thing! Who is he?"

She originally thought that Wu Yanluo's calamity was just another common occurrence in troubled times, but she didn't expect that there was a hidden secret in it!

"They couldn't reveal the specific person. They only said that someone gave them money and asked them to join Wu Yanluo's gang with the news about the silver car and follow the gang. They would leave secret notes along the way..."

Liao Sanniang's mind was racing. It turned out that someone had provided the information! She didn't understand at the time. Obviously, the person who hired the eunuch must be related to the gangsters who kidnapped Leng Ningyun, otherwise it would be difficult to get such accurate information about their whereabouts. But since they have

With Shopkeeper Leng in hand, as long as the person is handed over on time, the money will naturally be obtained. Why use this method to seize more than ten thousand silver? Judging from the battle just now, if Wu Yanluo really gets it, even if they are behind,

It may not be possible to 100% control Wu Yanluo and his group.

Calculating it, either they were discovered by "experts" in the process of transporting the money, or someone knew about Shopkeeper Leng's kidnapping and followed the loophole to make a profit - just like taking the money.

The same ones who came to extort money one after another after the redemption letter arrived. After comprehensive analysis, the latter is the most likely.

Liao Sanniang felt that the situation in front of her was in chaos. They were in deep trouble. Even though they spent a lot of manpower and material resources, they still couldn't find any major clues. She felt a little depressed. Old Feng said: "Sanniang, don't be anxious!

We are anxious, but the kidnapper is even more anxious! Don't mess up the situation."

"You are right, Lao Feng." Liao Sanniang put her hand on her forehead and smiled, "We are suffering so much, but we can't survive it, and we will shorten our lives in vain!" After saying this, she patted Lao Feng on the shoulder.

, "Take care of the kitchen and give us a treat tonight. Everyone we brought, everyone in the village, will have a good meal - only one thing, don't drink alcohol."

"Yes!" Old Feng raised his brows in joy and was about to retreat when Liao Sanniang stopped him, "I have already taken Xiaoba as my disciple. I am determined to teach him martial arts, but his temperament is still a little impetuous, and he is also a bit impatient.

Xu. This is a life-and-death future, and it’s not even close to the slightest. I have a lot to do, so you can give him a hard time."

"I love to grind the juniors down." Lao Feng said with a smile, "I'm sure I'll make him cry for his father and mother!"

"Haha, you go ahead." Liao Sanniang sent Lao Feng away and immediately wrote a letter, describing everything that happened along the way, and put it on the pigeon she brought with her and sent it back to the escort agency.

Li Rufeng put away Liao Sanniang's letter and put it into the box, frowning.

The long-awaited second letter still didn't arrive, and Sanniangzi met Jie Dao again, including several "eunuchs". The matter became more and more confusing.

"What kind of medicine is being sold in this gourd..." He touched his chin, puzzled.

It was getting late, and the drums in the four gates of Zhangjiawan Town were ringing in unison. People on the road inside and outside the town heard the drums and unknowingly speeded up their pace.

One hundred and eight drum beats were played fast and slow. When the last drum beat fell, it was officially night and the four gates of Zhangjiawan Town would be closed.

Whether you are leaving the town or entering the town, you must pass through the town gate before the drum beat ends.

On the Tongyun Bridge outside the south gate of the town, a group of pedestrians quickened their pace. This Tongyun Bridge was a stone bridge built by Shenzong in the 33rd year of Wanli, named "Tongyun".

The bridge spans the Queen Mother Xiao River from north to south, and is thirteen feet long and three feet wide. There are relief vases on both sides of the railings on both sides of the bridge. The lines are simple, the knife skills are smooth, and the bottle patterns are different. The stone lions on the pillars are carved.

Exquisite and with different expressions.

Travelers passing by had no intention of looking at the stone bridge. More than a dozen servants, accompanied by two healthy mules and a mule cart, came to the inn.

The companions cannot be said to be tall and tall, but they are all capable and capable. They are all dressed in blue cloth and have a straight body with a belt around their waists. A simple knife hangs from their waist and they hold a whistle stick. At first glance, they look like Ding Huyuan, a member of a wealthy family. Now that the world is in turmoil, the capital is no exception.

, if you go out of the city for dozens of miles, you will be in danger of being robbed.

A young man wears a Fan Yangli with a red tassel on his head. He wears a long cloak and hangs a Japanese sword in the style of the frontier army from his waist. He is riding on a horse and mule, which is fat and strong.

.It was very clean and equipped with a trendy and fashionable "Australian leather saddle". It was obvious that the rider was a rich young man.

As usual, there are guards conducting interrogations at the gate of the town - the closer it is to closing the gate, the more detailed the interrogations become. The official reason is to prevent criminals from entering and exiting the town at the last moment, but in fact it is an opportunity to blackmail. However, look at

Seeing the momentum of this group of people, the leader of the town did not dare to say anything, took a few steps back, and directly let the people enter the town.

A bunch of copper coins swung out from the mule and fell into the hands of the town sergeant: "This is for you."

Just as the town leader was about to say thank you, a group of people had already passed through the door and headed into the town.


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