After Wang'er couldn't ask for anything, he had these people locked up. Only one person was left to lead the way and let the boatman sail the boat to Yunshui City as mentioned by the guards.
However, the person leading the way had no idea where Yunshuicheng was, or in other words, he couldn't tell the current location because there was thick fog all around.
In fact, they were already within the scope of Yunshui City, but the mist exhaled by the monster blocked the entire water area, making it difficult for them to see clearly.
Wanger has his own way of doing this.
She made a sword move with her left hand and pointed forward, and the demon-slaying sword that had been floating beside her roared out, like a meteor streaking across the sky, cutting through the thick fog.
When the demon-slaying sword patrolled the river and found the location of Yunshui City, it suddenly shone brightly, and the rays of light immediately spread out.
Under the light of the sword, a clear shadow appeared in the blue mist, pointing the direction for the building ship.
Wang'er asked the boat to drive in the direction of Qingying.
At the same time, Qingying seemed to be aware of the danger and took the initiative to take action.
This movement was like a landslide, like the ground shaking, and the river became crazy because of it, setting off large waves like high walls, constantly slapping the building and boat.
"He's going to run away!" Huniu said anxiously.
According to the confessions of the guards, this so-called Yunshui City was built on the back of a huge monster. If the monster floated or sank, the thousands of women on the monster's back might die in Ningjiang.
Wang'er also took this into consideration.
She made a sword gesture with both hands, "Sleepy!"
Canglang!
A sword cry resounded throughout the world.
Then, the demon-slaying sword dazzling in the air was born with two, two, four, and four, ten thousand swords. In an instant, it covered the river surface and even plunged into the water. These swords roared and shone with sharp light. If the monsters had any
Any abnormal movement will immediately allow the monsters to taste the feeling of being pierced by ten thousand swords.
The monster was timid and stopped immediately.
Not only that, it also made a whimpering cry for mercy.
"Let's go."
Wang'er waved his hand and let the building boat continue to move forward.
After about half an hour, Wang'er and the others finally landed on the so-called Yunshui City.
The so-called Yunshuicheng is just an island formed by accumulation of sediment over time. Its length and width are equivalent to half of Yancheng. The land on the island is fertile and covered with weeds. It drinks river water and rainwater, and only eats some wild fruits.
, most of which require external supply.
Those women were placed in hastily built thatched houses, and the less beautiful ones could have a cave dwelling or a wooden house to shelter themselves - here sex became a kind of currency, a symbol of status and power, and there were even differences between rich and poor.
Struggle is when mediocre people gather to fight against beautiful people.
At the same time, they also became slaves.
What they are fighting for is nothing more than getting more things with their looks.
After Wang'er landed on the island, he deeply understood what Lu Bai once said: There is actually no difference between humans and animals.
These people are now nervous because of Wang'er's group of uninvited guests.
In other words, they are frightened by the sword hanging over their heads and the ensuing turmoil, because for them, the current turmoil is likely to be a darker hell.
**
Beijing.
Lu Bai took a carriage to Zhao Prison early in the morning.
In midsummer, early morning is the only cool time, but the Qinhuai River is a bit dull.
The usual bustling crowds of people disappeared, and most of the shops along the street were closed. Even if they were still open, there were only a few people in front of the doors. There were also very few vendors selling their stalls, but there were many more beggars on the street without realizing it.
There are many idle people looking around.
His carriage turned a corner and came to the bustling long street, where he saw the Qinhuai River.
The merchant ships that used to come and go constantly on the Qinhuai River have disappeared. Now there are only sparkling water surfaces and boats floating on the pier.
On this long street, many people appeared in front of Lu Bai's carriage.
They were not ordinary passers-by, but a group of butchers.
Some of them were sitting on the steps along the street, or leaning against the wall in a daze. Someone shouted, "Commander Lu is here!" These people immediately stood up and surrounded Lu Bai's carriage.
The driver and the disciple immediately grasped the hilt of the sword in their hands.
They glanced at the group of greasy-faced butchers and asked, "What do you want to do?"
However, the butchers ignored him and surrounded Lu Bai's car, pleading and shouting: "Master Lu, please give me a way to live, Master Lu."
Lu Bai remained unmoved in the car.
More and more butchers gathered.
After a while, another group of people came out of the street. When they saw Lu Bai's carriage, they immediately raised their arms and shouted, "The person named Lu is here." This time, the so-called official title was omitted.
As he raised his arms and shouted, a group of people came over and surrounded the butcher outside.
Just like that, Lu Bai's carriage was surrounded by six floors with three floors inside and three floors outside. For a while, the carriage could not move forward.
This does not include the pointing people standing nearby.
An aunt looked at the rotten vegetable leaves in the frame and felt that if the rotten vegetable leaves were not hard-won, they would have been quietly thrown on Lu Bai's car.
In one sentence, Lu Bai made everyone angry.
And this public anger was the result of Lu Bai's arrest of Tang Zhu half a month ago.
"What are you doing, what are you doing!"
Fang Qianhu rushed over with his men. He held the handle of the knife in his hand and glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, "You dare to stop Jin Yiwei Tongzhi, you are lawless, do you want to go to Zhao Prison?"
"If we go to Zhao Prison, we will go to Zhao Prison. As long as we release the Tang people, we can go to hell!"
Someone shouted in the crowd.
As soon as Fang Qianhu looked at him, the man shrank his head.
Fang Qianhu knew that he couldn't take someone on the spot now. Taking someone now would be like adding fuel to the fire. He pulled out the handle of the knife with a wolfish sound and said, "You are being deceived, I can spare you for the time being, but if you pester Mr. Lu again, I will
You won’t be polite with this knife.”
Under the shining knife, everyone couldn't help but feel a little timid and were shocked for a moment.
Fang Qianhu took advantage of everyone's timidity and hurriedly winked at the coachman. Then a group of guards in golden uniforms tightly protected Lu Bai's car and walked towards Beizhen Fusi.
After the car turned a corner and disappeared from those people, Fang Qianhu rode up to the window of Lu Bai's car and said, "Sir, the supply of fish has been cut off today. There are no fish from several rivers. In addition -"
Fang Qianhu was silent for a moment, "The various grain ships that were supposed to arrive a few days ago have not arrived. The price of grain in the capital is now rising day by day. If it doesn't arrive again-"
He didn't say anything, he knew that Lu Bai knew the result.
Lu Bai said nothing.
He just raised the car window and saw that the woman who sued the Jianzhai disciples for her son's life was still kneeling in front of the Tiandi Temple. But the woman was in a very bad condition, her clothes were ragged, her hair was unkempt, and some people were pointing fingers at her.
Click and spit from time to time.
These people did not dare to vent their anger on Lu Bai, but they still dared to vent their anger on women.
Lu Bai lowered the car curtain.
He sat in his seat unmoved and meditated.
It has to be said that after arresting Tang Zhu, the pressure that followed was indeed great.
First, the charcoal in the capital was cut off. Not only the teahouses and restaurants, but also the charcoal of ordinary people and the families of high-ranking officials and nobles were cut off. If the charcoal merchants had not kept close to the uterus and provided the charcoal in their hands and the scattered charcoal to the nobles in the palace first, it is estimated that Lu
The pressure on Lu Bai will be even greater. Even so, officials and common people all have complaints about Lu Bai.
Lu Bai also did not expect that Tang Zhu's Zhuyingtang was not only involved in all walks of life, but also almost monopolized all walks of life. As far as the charcoal business was concerned, all the business of delivering charcoal to the capital was almost monopolized by Zhuyingtang.
Now that Tang Zhuyi has been arrested, all the charcoal dealers in Zhuyingtang are out of stock and no longer produce charcoal.
Although some charcoal dealers near the capital heard that charcoal was expensive in the capital, they urgently burned charcoal and sent it to the capital to make huge profits. However, compared to the amount of charcoal used in the entire capital, these scattered charcoals were a drop in the bucket.
Lu Bai's only solution now is to find the charcoal dealers upstream of Zhuyingtang, bypass Zhuyingtang and transport the charcoal to the capital. But this is not easy, not to mention that the charcoal dealers in Beijing still control Zhuyingtang.
On hand.
It is not impossible to bypass the charcoal industry in a short period of time, but it is very difficult. Is it possible that the cost to be paid is very high?
Gu Qinghuan had already returned from the mountain gate.
She is already trying her best to deal with this matter, but a charcoal shop may be able to solve it in a short time with the help of high prices and the profit-seeking behavior of businessmen, with the help of time and money.
So, what about more industries?
Shortly after the charcoal shop was shut down, the pig row was soon shut down, and hundreds of pigs died in the wilderness. When Jin Yiwei found out, these pigs were already stinking.
Then came the boat shop, the wine shop, and now the food supply is about to be cut off - Speaking of which, if the Shen family, which is under the control of Lu Bai, is not in charge, and the Shen family is not working hard to manage and turn around, the silk shop is probably also going to be cut off.
With so many businesses shut down within half a month, even if Lu Qinghuan had the skills to turn things around, it would be difficult for him to turn the tide.
To be honest, if Tang Zhu hadn't put him on the fire to roast him, Lu Bai would have admired him.
Zhao Prison arrived soon.
Lu Bai got off the carriage and went directly to Zhao Prison.
Tang Zhu lived a very comfortable life in Zhao Prison. Lu Bai didn't even ask anyone to torture him, because besides not telling who Mrs. He was, Tang Zhu confessed everything she knew, including the fact that he coerced boatmen, fishermen, coolies, and traders.
Various people in the market abduct and sell children to redeem them.
He even gave a detailed account of how many children were sent to the palace.
"These children are all heroes, and their sacrifices are all worth it." Tang Zhu looked solemn when he mentioned them.
Lu Bai entered Tang Zhu's cell.
Tang Zhu was drinking, and fish soup was boiling in front of him, which was served to people outside.
Lu Bai never stopped others from visiting Tang Zhu. For him, these visitors were a clue, which might come in handy one day.
When Tang Zhu saw Lu Bai coming, he put down his wine glass, picked up the wine pot, and poured a glass for Lu Bai.
"please."
He sat on the floor, so he also asked Lu Bai to sit on the floor.
Lu Bai sat down happily and said, "You just killed hundreds of pigs and threw them in the wilderness. You are really extravagant. If I were you, I might as well give them to the people."
Tang Zhu smiled slightly, "It's just that there is no time to move. Just kill him. If he stays and gives it to the people, he will appear on the table of those dignitaries. Then Mr. Lu will be less stressed, right?"
He asked Lu Bai to taste the wine.
"Just warm."
He took a sip and said, "This wine only tastes good when it's warm, but it's really not good to drink in summer. Fortunately, this prison is shady and cool enough, so drinking this warm wine is just right."
Lu Bai took a sip and said, "It is indeed a good wine."
He put down the wine glass and took a pair of chopsticks to pick up the fish soup. "Is food your trump card?"
"to be honest."
Tang Zhu turned his chopsticks around and began to draw on the ground, "Almost all the food in Jiangnan and Lingnan, which are important food-producing places, is in my hands. In addition, most of the food in Suzhou and Yuhang cities is also in my hands. In addition, various places in Jiangnan are now undergoing reform."
The rice has become mulberry, and the people have no food left, so it is difficult to provide support to the capital in a short time."
He put away the chopsticks in his hand and said to Lu Bai confidently: "It has been rainy in the south of the Yangtze River this year and there have been flooding. Many people have lost their fields when rice was converted to mulberry. This flood has made things worse and will turn many people into refugees. Now many people
Refugees are all rushing from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital. Food prices are already very high. If we don’t get more food input-"
Tang Zhu flipped the fish and said, "Master Lu, you will suffer in this fire."
He raised his head and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Lu has been roasting on this fire these days."
Lu Bai didn't answer.
Tang Zhu was telling the truth. Since ten days ago, people have been writing letters to impeach Lu Bai. Lu Bai has been accused of various crimes, including exceeding his authority, abusing lynching, arresting people without a warrant, and prosecuting Lu Bai without the king's law.
There are also those who attack Wang Kai based on Lu Bai's personal ethics.
The old eunuchs who had not appeared in public view in the inner study hall for a long time also knelt before the emperor to remonstrate, begging Lu Bai to be punished for his many crimes including arresting people at will and disrupting the capital.
Lu Bai was alarmed when he heard that the Supreme Emperor was the emperor.
The emperor once sent Eunuch Bai to come to announce Lu Bai's entry to the palace to speak to him several times, but Lu Bai refused.
The emperor had nothing to do about this.
indeed.
Tan Desi, who originally inspired Lu Bai, is dead.
Not to mention that Lu Bai was inspired by Tan Desi's small wooden sign and made Lu Bai think of Zhuyingtang. This is not much evidence at all. If Tang Zhu hadn't told Lu Bai himself that he had done these things, perhaps Lu Bai would have
Let him go.
But since Tang Zhu confessed, Wang Kai had no reason to let him go.
He is gambling.
As long as he survives this level, he can slowly collect evidence of Tang Zhu's crime, and then find out the real mastermind, Mrs. He. Once this case is solved, Lu Bai will leap from the semi-immortal to the ascension realm.
Facing the Ascension Realm, these difficulties are nothing.
What's more, Lu Bai was seeking justice for those children who died!
Why, these children have not seen the prosperity of the world, have not chosen their own life, have not shattered their childish dreams into reality, have not yet married, have not tasted the joy of the symphony of life, and have not experienced it yet.
If you want to live happily with children around your knees, you have to enter the mouths of those monsters who are neither humans nor ghosts.
Lu Bai didn't know how desperate the parents who lost their children were, or how desperate those children were.
But he knew that the despair was definitely greater than the darkness that would never see the light of day.
The geese leave their voices when they pass by, and the people who live leave their names.
Lu Bai was destined to enter the Kuxian Sect, so he had to leave some merit.
What's more, facing Tang Zhu's aggressiveness, Lu Bai still had one card that he didn't use, and that was his sister.
In order to rebel, this girl secretly hid a lot of grain, far more than any grain merchant in the capital. Although it was a drop in the bucket for the upcoming famine, it was not that there was nothing to do, and Lu Bai was far from giving up.
Lu Bai was thinking about this and picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks, "It's true that I'm roasting on the fire, but what about your conscience?"