novelhk Chapter 504: Looks like a rat that has turned into a spirit
Chapter 504: Looks like a rat that has turned into a spirit
After everyone quickly finished their meal, they all waited quietly at Yuxiu's door.
After confirming again that these people wanted to follow her, Yuxiu asked them to harness the carriage and follow her into the city.
Although all the bandits here were killed, the air was filled with the stench of burnt flesh, which made people feel very sick.
Besides, who knows if there are any bandits who have escaped the net. It would not be good if some of them are out and not at home and come back to take revenge at this time.
Anyway, this is not a place to stay for long, so let's go into the city first.
Just now when she was in the study, Yuxiu found several large baskets filled with many household stickers in a mess.
Call Su Wan and Ling Long over and ask them to look for their own. If they can’t find theirs, they can just pick up a similar one.
This thing is similar to a modern ID card, but it only has some basic information written on it, and no photos or anything, so it is not difficult to forge.
The group got on four carriages respectively, and Yuxiu also led the carriage she had driven over.
"You guys drive ahead, I'll go see if the fire over there has burned out."
I told everyone in advance that I was going to Chen County to look for someone, and asked them to drive ahead.
She endured the pungent smell and went to take a look. Seeing that there was no big problem, she took out a few barrels of kerosene from the space and threw them up.
With the addition of several barrels of kerosene, the originally weak flame suddenly burned again.
After looking around and seeing that there were empty spaces nearby, Yuxiu turned around and left.
Burn, burn, burn these sources of evil into ashes, and from now on, dust will return to dust.
He drove the carriage skillfully onto the road and soon saw the carriages ahead in the distance.
"If the officers and soldiers ask, just say you are going into the city to look for your relatives."
Seeing the county gate just ahead, Yuxiu thought for a moment and said casually.
But this was of no use because no one asked any more questions.
"Twenty cents per person, and I have to give you money for the one you hold in your arms..."
At the gate of the low city wall, a dozen yamen runners were holding swords and shouting at the woman who wanted to enter the city.
"Sir, I took my child to the city to see a doctor. I borrowed money from all the neighbors to get some money for the medicine. I beg you to be kind and exempt the child from medical expenses. Please be flexible..."
A dishevelled woman begged and cried. In her arms was a child of two or three years old, who was leaning listlessly on her shoulder and looked listless.
The woman pleaded humbly, her face full of sorrow.
"What the hell is this? If you don't have money, get out of here!"
The leading yamen runner had no patience to listen to her crying, so he glared at her and started swearing at her in dissatisfaction.
"If you want to go in, pay up quickly. If you don't have money, get out of the way and don't delay the people behind you from entering the city..."
"Bah! They are all poor..."
While cursing at the woman, he glanced towards Yuxiu.
Hehe, there are several carriages coming behind. Maybe they are from some wealthy family. If they give him some reward or something, it would be enough for his salary for most of half a year.
The truth is that Chen County is located in a remote area. If it weren't for the transportation fortress of Yao'an Prefecture, there would probably be few outsiders here all year round, let alone wealthy families.
"Wuwuwu... Please, sir, my son has had a fever for quite some time, and he hasn't eaten or drunk anything in the past few days..."
The woman held the child and immediately knelt down crying.
Her husband fell to his death while hunting in the mountains last year. As a woman, she has to make a living with her young son and take care of her parents-in-law. The family has long been stretched to the limit.
If she had no other choice, she would not dare to take her child to the city for medical treatment.
"Hehe... Look, her son's fever has nothing to do with me. He's not my son..."
The leading bailiff touched his chin, and glanced at the woman with his pair of little mouse eyes, muttering dirty words.
"Hehe, isn't it easy for Boss to have a son? Every woman who has seen you has come up to you eagerly, clamoring to give birth to a big fat son for you..."
"Hahaha... It's a pity that this sister-in-law already has a child, otherwise if she followed our eldest brother, she would have lived a life of luxury..."
"Our boss is a rare talent, he can have any virgin girl he wants, how could he be interested in such a dirty and married woman..."
A group of yamen runners flattered the leading yamen runner with a grin on their faces, making him very happy. His face was full of smugness, and he must have been so happy that he didn't know what to do.
"Ugh... Host, host, those people are too poor to buy mirrors. Can't they just go to the river and look at themselves?"
Yuxiu was just about to go over to take a look when she heard the small system starting to complain in the space.
"I don't know what the magistrate of Chen County has in mind. This bailiff looks like a demon rat, and yet he is placed in such an important position. It's really embarrassing..."
Uh……
I have to say, this little system has a really sharp tongue, but Yuxiu likes it.
This is just a small county town, but it costs 20 cents per person to enter, which is just like highway robbery.
"I'll give it to you right away. Sir, please let us go in quickly."
The woman wiped the tears from her face, tremblingly took out a handkerchief from her bosom, and reluctantly counted out two strings of money from it and handed it over.
There is no way. Others can afford to waste time, but her children cannot.
There was no doctor in their village. If anyone had a headache or fever, they would either grit their teeth and bear it, or go up the mountain to pick some herbs, boil them in water and drink the water based on their experience.
As for life or death, it basically depends on your luck.
But the woman’s husband had been the only son in three generations. After he passed away, the child in her arms became the only hope for the woman’s family.
"Okay, if you had brought the money earlier, wouldn't you have been allowed in earlier?"
The leading yamen runner took the copper coins and, without paying any attention to the anxious woman, slowly counted them one by one.
"If you had come here last month, the entrance fee would have been only three cents per person, but now it's no longer possible..."
He glanced at the woman, then looked at the people waiting to enter the city, and deliberately raised his voice and said:
"Now our Chen County is the fief of Princess Kangning. Our princess has spoken. Everything here is up to her. If she says the entrance fee will increase, we can only obey and increase it..."