I never imagined that Nerining, a guest of the King of Pu Duan Kingdom, would be so blatantly pointed at.
It can be seen that all those in charge of affairs in Pu Duan Kingdom have to speak their official language, which is a language that both Liujiao and I can understand. The officer was clearly a local, but he spoke Chinese, and then
Someone next to me translated the meaning to the surrounding residents. Liu Jiao and I understood the general meaning in the crowd for a while. The general idea was that a group of unknown thieves had recently appeared in the southern seas. They appeared erratically and often attacked Pu Duan.
They harassed the country's pearl fishing grounds, not only robbing citizens of their property, but also threatening the lives of all residents. For this reason, King Bai Jing has led the country's maritime forces to carry out multiple sieges against this bandit, spending a lot of national power.
, so that the military operation to exterminate the bandits came to a halt. In order to better carry out this military operation that benefits the country and the people, the king asked all domestic residents to give strong support
After saying so much, it was just the beginning, and the last part was the key content. He cleared his throat and said: "The king requires you to pay a pound of fine pearls per head as a fund to destroy pirates. No one is allowed to disobey.
, those who blatantly pay taxes must be severely punished.”
Next, some sergeants pushed up a few people who "blatantly resisted surrender" and tied them to stone pillars in front of everyone. Someone took a whip dipped in cold water and beat them on their bare backs.
Every time the whip was whipped, a blood mark immediately appeared on their backs, and the screams continued to shake the eardrums of everyone present.
Rokkaku closed her eyes. In the past, when she was training the spotted buckhound, she would not even frown at such a bloody scene, but now she can't bear it. It seems that Jinzhu Zhechi, the female general of the Ban Gang, is different from everyone in the Central Plains.
Xiu gets along day by day and becomes kind-hearted
After a while of kindness and power, the next thing is easy to do. It seems that people have been prepared for a long time, or maybe they are playing tricks like white thorn very frequently. In short, after hearing the sound of "start", people are holding the hard-earned harvest in their hands.
Good pearls, go to the front one by one
There were people there checking the quality of the beads, and keeping accounts, and a few people among them were shouted at by the guards and pulled down as punishment. It seemed that the task was not completed well, or that they were inferior.
The bead examiner took the small bag handed over by the people, stretched out his hand to take out a full portion from the bag, looked at it, and then shouted in a long tone, "First class - one portion, second class - one portion,
"He let the beads leak back into the bag between his fingers. When the last and largest one was left, he curled his fingers and quickly grabbed the pearls into his palm. With his other hand, he put the bag into a bamboo basket next to him.
Throw it away, and put the hidden beads into your pocket with the other hand.
"Waiting..." As soon as he heard him pronounce this word, the person who met him turned pale immediately, "Hit..." The person said this again in a long tone.
A wolf-like sergeant had already rushed over, and when he was pulled down, he was given a beating.
I was already so angry that I was furious. Liujiao hugged my arms tightly and asked me to calm down.
This is a typical family of lawsuits and gangsters, singing a double act. First, pirates appear to disturb the public order, and then the government sends troops to "conquer" them. The people here are fooled inside and out. They risk their lives to go to the bottom of the sea to collect the best.
I want to use my pearls to honor Bai Jing, the white-eyed wolf. This is a hugely profitable business.
Liujiao was afraid that I couldn't control myself, so she pulled me out of the crowd fiercely. She said, "Let's go out and think of a way to deal with them after we come up with a way!"
The flames in our chests calmed down a little. We found a stone chair next to the square and sat down side by side. Liujiao said, "Let's see where these people are going to send the pearls in the end. Then, can we have a
..." She made a pinching gesture with her two fingers, and I understood immediately.
"Not bad, not bad, come on, let me reward you," I pulled her shoulders and cleaned her lips.
Her idea was good. I thought at that time that I should get these beads out and take them from the people and use them for the people.
The farce in the square ended after a long time. The guards collected two full bamboo baskets of pearls and carried them into the south gate of the palace.
The crowd dispersed and we walked around to each house. Among the crowd, I also saw the man who took us into the city in the morning. When did he come? It seemed that he was not immune. I secretly remembered the location of the gate.
The next time was really hard to pass. We were planning to move in the middle of the night, so we had to step on the plates first. So I hugged Liu Jiao and walked around the palace casually in a group of twos and threes.
The palace is located in an open square. The square is paved with two-foot-square bluestone slabs. The surrounding houses are at least a hundred steps away from the palace. Facing the six heavily guarded gates, I looked at the six corners.
She shook her head
The palace is three stories high. In addition to the main door, there are two layers of windows between the doors, but the tops are covered with iron bars as thick as eggs.
It would be easy for my sword to cut them off, but it would inevitably make a sound
I can be sure that when I cut the iron bars, someone had already rushed out to see if this method would work.
She looked at me and I looked at her, "Why don't we rush in," Rokkaku said to himself, and then I thought of an idea.
"Follow me." I held her hand, and we left the palace and walked to a higher ground not far from the north of the palace.
Liujiao didn't know what was going on, and followed me closely. We passed through dozens of stone houses. Further north, it was no longer a residential area. There was a tall water wheel on the hillside, which was constantly rotating driven by the wind. As we walked further and further,
The closer you get, the more clearly you can hear the sound of water flowing
The water buckets hanging on the huge wooden wheels of the waterwheel turned around one after another, pouring water from the other side to this side. Liujiao didn't understand my intention, so I told her, "You just need to follow your husband."
Climbing up the hillside, I saw a wooden fence in front of me, as tall as a person, and a locked door with no one guarding it.
We were standing here, and not far from this waterwheel, we saw another one, but it was located a little lower than here.
Seeing that no one was there, I pulled out my sword and chopped off two wooden fences. We ducked inside and it turned out that there were more than a dozen water carts pulling water, transporting water from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain in stages. My guess was that
confirmed
Liujiao asked, "Tian Zong, if we don't go to the palace to find a solution, what are we doing here? It's so far away."
I said, "It's very safe to enter the palace from here."
Next to the last waterwheel is a deep water tank. The water brought up from the mountain is concentrated here. The water is blue and faint, with a slight cool air.
Directly south of the palace, there is a water inlet on the wall of the pool. The water inlet is more than four feet wide and four feet high. Next to the hole, there is still a row of iron bars as thick as eggs, and the water surface is swirling here.
"Is it hot?" I asked Rokkaku
"Hot," she said. It was noon and the sun was shining brightly on her head. She was telling the truth.
"Take off your clothes and take you to take a cold shower" I said