Quick Wear: I'm Really Not a Scumbag

Chapter 480: A Farmer’s Scholar in Troubled Times (37)

——Longxi Yandi

Wang Yue's hands tightly grasped the prison bars, "Brother!"

His eyes seemed to be red from staying up all night, and there was a blood scab on his forehead. He had asked everyone he could for help in the past few days, and even went to Yan Chaowen dozens of times, but he had no chance to see Yan Chaowen at all.

"Brother, you've suffered!"

Liu Xun moved his fingers, trying to comfort him, but he simply didn't have the strength. His back had begun to fester, and his legs had lost all feeling, completely broken. He couldn't even straighten his body.

Wang Yue's eyes filled with tears. They had been loyal to the Yan family for so many years. Recently, Liu Xun had led them to seize several transportation hubs, sacrificing nearly half of his brothers. But Yan Chaowen refused to listen to their explanation. He had treated Liu Xun like this simply because of the incident in Tongzhou City.

It's really heartbreaking!

If they were like this, then the others who depended on the Yan family would probably be even more terrified. Unfortunately, Yan Chaowen, born noble, could not understand this truth. He seemed to believe that everyone was born to dedicate themselves to him.

Liu Xun's will to live hadn't completely vanished; he still cared about his family. He slowly moved, bit by bit, for who knows how long, before finally getting closer to the door. Wang Yue's heart tightened, and after countless attempts, he finally managed to pull him over.

Although he quickly took out the golden wound medicine from the bag behind him and sprinkled it on his back.

It can be said that the reason he was able to get in this time was that he had spent all his money to bribe another general under Yan Chaowen.

When the rabbit dies, the dog is abandoned. Who can continue to have smooth sailing?

Maybe their ending was worse than Liu Xun's, but at least Liu Xun still had brothers like them who were willing to fight for him.

Wang Yue reached out and touched Liu Xun's legs again, and immediately burst into tears, "These bastards! How could they do this to you! How could the Yan family treat their meritorious officials like this?!"

He took out some dry food and water from his bag to feed him, but Liu Xun shook his head slightly.

Wang Yue wiped his tears and said, "Brother, don't worry. Chen Xuyan and Chen Zhao are not stupid at all. They ran back to Houyun City under the pretext of visiting their parents. I heard that Chen Xuyan is highly valued by Zhong Tianzhu. I believe their family is safe and sound."

Upon hearing this, a string of crystal tears flowed down Liu Xun's face, and then he opened his mouth to eat something.

After a while, the jailer came over impatiently, "Are you done yet? It's been so long, and you still haven't finished?"

Wang Yue immediately stood up and bowed his head humbly, saying, "Please, please, I'd like to stay a little longer."

As he spoke, he stuffed the last bit of silver in his arms into the jailer's hands.

The jailer weighed the weight, and his expression finally relaxed a little. "Alright, you only have one stick of incense left. After that, no matter what you say, you have to get out of here immediately!"

Lord Hou has said that he cannot be allowed to act too recklessly in this prison.

"Yes." Wang Yue forcibly suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.

If it were in the past, when the Yan family valued them, who would dare to treat them like this?

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Chen Xuyan and his group have quietly sneaked onto the island.

"The Yan family is really enjoying themselves. They actually arranged such a good place to live for themselves." Lin Zengjie's eyes showed disdain.

The more they enjoy themselves, the more they exploit the common people. The Yan family is not a good family. Their reputation is fake. Just look at the people coming and going, they all look like they are not well fed.

Jin Yonghuai stepped on him and said, "Stop talking nonsense. What kind of place is this? Are you still chatting here?"

After a while, Li Wentao and Huang Shangshu, who had been "wandering" for a while, came back.

"Your uncle is imprisoned in the Yan family's dungeon. It is heavily guarded there. Without their own people, it is difficult for us to rescue him directly." Huang Shangshu's face showed some worry.

There weren't many people who went directly to the island, and they didn't know if they could be rescued.

After a while, they slipped into a reed marsh opposite the prison.

"Isn't this the man who followed my uncle in Tongzhou City before? Did he just come out of the dungeon?" He also looked dejected.

Li Wentao and Jin Yonghuai exchanged a glance, "Why is it Wang Yue?"

"You said he was with your uncle before? How come we didn't see him?"

Chen Xuyan thought for a while and said, "You just came back when they left."

Li Wentao didn't ask any more questions. "Let's not talk about that. Since he's close to your uncle, he'll definitely help us. I'll try to lure him over."

Lin Zengjie finally realized what was happening. Jin Yonghuai glared at him without hesitation, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Li Wentao's figure moved like a ghost, and soon he appeared among the rocks outside the prison. He had a slingshot in his hand and picked up a small stone and threw it over.

Wang Yue reacted quickly, but he continued to move forward calmly until he was completely out of the sight of the prison guards.

"come out."

Another small stone bounced over, but this time it didn't hit his feet like last time, but went straight to his face.

Wang Yue quickly chased the person in front of him and chased him into the reed marsh. Li Wentao stopped and grinned.

"Old Wang, long time no see?"

"Why are you here? How did you get up here?" The process of landing on the island was complicated, and there were even two checkpoints. No outsider had ever come up here without the permission of the Yan family.

"Let's talk about it in detail somewhere else."

Looking at the group of people in the reed marsh, Wang Yue seemed dumbfounded, but he saw Chen Xuyan and Chen Zhao at the first moment.

"We are here to rescue my uncle. Would you like to lend a hand?" Chen Xuyan asked.

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Wang Yue seemed to have made up his mind. "We'll start at this time tomorrow. I'll gather all the reliable brothers I have."

Since we are leaving, we must leave together.

"Okay, then we'll see you then." Chen Xuyan also guessed what he meant.

"But, I still have something to tell you..."

--night

Wang Yue told the more than one hundred small leaders in front of him that he wanted to leave the Yan family.

"Since we've escaped, we must save Big Brother. How do we save Big Brother?"

"Yeah, what about all the brothers we have out there? Where can we go after we leave? Now Yan Chaowen is about to become emperor. Isn't it unwise to leave now?"

The people behind him also started to make a fuss. "Big Brother has done so much for the Yan family, but in the end this is what happened. Do you think you can still have a good ending? I think we will all become abandoned in the end. It is better to save Big Brother and leave early. Big Brother has treated us well. He has taken good care of our families in other places. Why would the Yan family care about us?"

"That's right, if you want to be the Yan family's running dog, then do it yourself, don't drag us along! Just look at us who work outside all day and you'll know that we don't get anything good all day long. On the other hand, what about those useless distant relatives of the Yan family? Each one of them is the king of the Yan family, showing off their power. No matter how hard we try, we are no match for the Yan family!"

His words also resonated with many people. As long as one had the surname Yan, they could always be valued easily in the Yan family's territory. On the contrary, they always said lightly that they would do this and that after their great cause was accomplished.

What's the difference between this and what the dog emperor said to the people? It's just a lie.

Now, let alone salary, even to have a full stomach one has to depend on other people’s moods, so why should one endure it any longer?

Even Rong Zhao, who had been in Yan for less than a year, was given an important position because he married Yan Chaowen's sister. Now he even surpassed Liu Xun, the first strategist of the Yan family. Who in Yan does not say that he has the talent to be a prime minister?

But only those who work on it know that the most difficult and important tasks are actually done by Liu Xun and them.

They have long been disappointed.

I've known for a long time that some people have ulterior motives, otherwise Yan Chaowen wouldn't have known about my elder brother's affairs so quickly.

"Make your own decision." Wang Yue had people lock up this place completely. Anyone who dared to secretly send a message outside during this time would be considered a traitor to his boss!

This person has only one way to go, death.

People around talked little about it because all of them were recruited by Liu Xun, especially those brothers who were on missions outside. They had no regrets at all about dying to save Liu Xun.

But the two brothers Jiang Yi and Jiang Qin in the crowd were no longer calm. They had long been bribed by Rong Zhao and it was impossible for them to really follow them to break the prison, otherwise the wealth and glory they had obtained would be lost.

Rong Zhao had already promised them that as long as Liu Xun died, the two of them would get a large sum of money and the brothers under Liu Xun.

Jiang Yi tried to stir up trouble for a while, but he couldn't do anything to stir up trouble for those around him who were loyal to Liu Xun, so he had to wink at Jiang Qin, signaling him to speak.

"Then when are we going to rescue big brother? There must be a specific time. We can't just sit there and wait for the opportunity without taking a rest. And what about our brothers outside? Only you and big brother can contact those people outside. If something happens to you, there must be someone among us who can contact them?" Jiang Qin understood what Jiang Yi meant.

Wang Yue sneered, "Really? Then who do you think I should entrust this matter to?"

Before Jiang Yi could hint at him to refuse, Jiang Qin's heart was filled with ecstasy. "I'll just look at my brother! He and you were the first to follow Brother Liu. Whether in terms of qualifications or ability, he is not inferior to you."

Wang Yue waved his hand, "Capture the traitor and kill him on the spot!"

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Yi didn't expect that he would actually kill them directly. He didn't even know the whole story. How could he know so clearly that he had betrayed Liu Xun?

Several of Liu Xun's confidants quickly captured the two of them, but did not take any action.

Wang Yue drew his sword without hesitation. "You are the ones who betrayed Big Brother's whereabouts, right? Who is your master?"

"You are talking nonsense! I am loyal to my elder brother and the Yan family, but you, what do you want to do?!" Jiang Yi looked at the brothers around him again.

"Are you going to let him do whatever he wants? If Big Brother knew, how heartbroken would he be?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the anger that Wang Yue had been accumulating for who knows how long completely dissipated as the knife fell, and Jiang Yi's head fell to the ground.

The faces of the people around him began to turn ugly. When did Wang Yue become so reckless? Even if he wanted to save his eldest brother, he couldn't be allowed to act so recklessly towards his own brothers.

Jiang Qin was so scared that she wet her pants. "You, you! I'm telling you, if you kill me, Rong Zhao won't let you go easily! He's the most favored person around the young master now, so just wait for death!"

After hearing this, the people around him understood everything, and those who captured him immediately killed him.

"So it was you two brothers who betrayed us!"

Jiang Yi and several of Jiang Qin's close associates quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, recounting all the "good things" they had done. Wang Yue also found Rong Zhao's keepsakes and letters from their bodies.

"Let's rescue Big Brother and leave the Yan family now!"

"Right! Rong Zhao is a cruel man. He's jealous of my eldest brother! He's been planning to kill him from the very beginning. Since he's determined to catch us all in one fell swoop, why don't we fight our way out ourselves? We still have a chance to survive after leaving the Yan family!"

Wang Yue raised a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, "How can this be enough? We have to teach them a lesson!"

"We have to save our own lives. We will enjoy happiness with Big Brother in the future. How can we ruin them now?"

Everyone couldn't quite understand what he meant by "enjoying life", but seeing how confident he was, they guessed that the eldest brother must have some backup plan, and perhaps the result would be better than they imagined.

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- the next day

In a quiet and luxurious courtyard.

There were two quiet women standing next to Rong Zhao. Although they were doing the work of maids, the clothes they wore were not suitable for ordinary maids.

The temperament is also very unusual.

One of them said, "Brothers Jiang Yi and Jiang Qin, who went to get information yesterday, haven't returned yet, and there's not even any news. Could it be that they've already gone to break out of the prison?"

The prison is now impregnable, and those of them who go in there will only die.

Rong Zhao smiled faintly upon hearing this and said, "This shows that they are not completely stupid. At least they know how to detain people in advance to prevent the news from leaking out."

"Presumably, they will take action today."

This was all within his expectations and there was nothing to complain about.

"Teacher and the others will probably be here in the next two days, right?" Rong Zhao took a sip of tea and immediately felt the fragrance in his mouth.

It is worthy of being the Spring Longjing tea that is only available to the royal family.

The maid said gently, "You can arrive tonight or tomorrow morning. The room is already prepared."

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