Chapter 193 The Thirteen Mothers of the Jia Family
Circles of iron chains were wrapped around Chen Mo's body, like rice dumplings made by a poor woman who couldn't make rice dumplings. Even so, these government officials had no intention of getting close to Chen Mo.
"Walk."
Following the officer's order, Chen Mo carried the heavy iron chain on his back and began to move. Every time he moved, the iron chain made a clattering sound, but Chen Mo's pace did not seem to be a burden.
Several government officials looked at the seriously injured young man, who was still walking steadily while carrying two to three hundred kilograms of iron material. If Chen Mo was a tall man weighing two to three hundred kilograms, they wouldn't be so surprised. They couldn't help but swallow.
Swallowing: This guy is not a monster, right?! Could it be that he and Thirteen Niang are generally martial arts masters?
There was no need for these timid government officials to lead Chen Mo at the front. He didn't need them to take him anywhere. It didn't look like he would be beheaded. At least he didn't eat his own meal. They shouldn't be so stingy.
He didn't even give him a bowl of rice. He passed through the big iron gate that was closed before, followed the path he took when he came here, climbed up the not very high stairs, and passed through an iron gate again. Chen Mo saw
The long-lost daylight, instead of the light from a fire as big as a bean.
This is a school ground. It is noisy at this time. There are many prisoners wearing prison uniforms and officers and soldiers holding weapons. The busy government officials are putting the unwilling prisoners into the prison cart one by one.
Seeing Chen Mo covered with iron chains, everyone was stunned for a moment: Good guy, who is this man? He has to serve him with so many iron chains. Just one of them would make him very uncomfortable.
"Chen Mo!" Ah Xiao shouted loudly when he saw Chen Mo being tied up in the distance.
Chen Mo stopped walking and looked towards Ah Xiao. Many of them were faces he had seen. Although he didn’t know their names, they were people who had lived in the village for a while, but there were still some impressions of their faces.
Didn't appear there, just like the man who once lent him a knife, was not among these people: Are those people dead? Chen Mo muttered.
"Are they okay?" Ah Xiao asked inappropriately.
"Let's go." The officer stabbed Chen Mo with the scabbard and told him to keep going and not to stop.
Chen Mo couldn't answer Ah Xiao's words, and didn't want to answer his words. They were very good, but the woman who had a romantic relationship with Ah Xiao died. She died under Chen Mo's sword. Both of them were from the government.
, it’s better not to tell him, and give him something to look forward to. Even if you die, you don’t have to worry about this matter so much. Sometimes being confused is a happier thing.
Many people were crowded into a prison car, which seemed extremely crowded. Only Chen Mo enjoyed a separate cage.
All the prisoners in the prison in Youcang City, no matter what kind of crimes they committed, were loaded into the prison vans. After doing these things, the officers guarding the prison breathed a sigh of relief. After all, nothing went wrong. After that, they were handed over to those who guarded the prison.
The officers and soldiers escorting them. The convoy of prisoners was escorted by officers and soldiers holding weapons, and slowly drove out of the prison. There were not many people on the street at this time. It seemed that someone had warned them not to join in the fun and find out. Driving through the street,
Go through the city gate and drive towards the location outside the city.
The same thing happened in various prisons in Hezhou during this cold winter. Prisoners were loaded onto prison trucks in a daze. Some prisoners who had committed serious crimes were about to be interrogated and executed, but they were also loaded into prison trucks.
Going to an unknown prison car, when I saw that this was not a prison car leading to the execution platform, but to the outside of the city, evil thoughts quickly emerged in my heart. After conspiring with the prisoners in the same prison car, I wanted to escape from prison. Oh, yes
When they escaped from the prison car, they could only make a small move, but their bodies were pierced by the crossbows in the hands of the escorting officers and soldiers, which did not give them a chance to repent. Then, these people's bodies were extremely cold in this cold winter.
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The dilapidated Black Tiger Mountain Village was almost completely burned by a fire. Even so, there are still traces of being disturbed. Those who come here still want to find some untouched things among the ruins.
Not to mention the things that were burned or well hidden, some people actually found some treasures, so more people came, all of them were the officers and soldiers who were picked up by Lu Bei, and their initial complaints disappeared. Time
Two months have passed, and the village has been turned upside down. They dug two feet out of every three feet. They really couldn't find anything, so they gave up here and started patrolling elsewhere.
Treasure hunt.
On the top of the mountain, there is a very new tomb standing here. Buried inside is the dead Thirteenth Niang. It was Cheng Yan and Yan Yu who evaded the patrol officers and soldiers in Black Tiger Mountain and brought her back.
, this was Cheng Yan’s own decision. Facing this person who had been kind to her, she couldn’t bear to bury her hastily somewhere in the mountains. There is a saying that fallen leaves return to their roots, and this village is the Thirteen Niangs.
The roots, so she brought her back.
There is no tombstone on the tomb, not even a simple wooden sign. Cheng Yan is worried that someone who knows the identity of the person buried here will disturb her and make her die in peace.
"Thirteenth Mother, sleep well. If you can see Xiaoyu's parents underground, tell them, tell them." Xiao Yanyu knelt on the grave without a tombstone, his words choked with sobs. "Just you.
Tell them that you are my godmother, and they will be very happy. You don’t have to be lonely underground anymore. My father has endless stories to tell. You don’t have to listen to Xiaoyu’s stories all the time.
It was dad who told me."
As he spoke, Xiao Yanyu wrote in charcoal on the wooden sign he found: Tomb of Godmother Jia Shisan.
Cheng Yan looked at the words written by Yan Yu and felt a little emotional. The words were very beautiful. She didn't know the relationship between Yan Yu and Thirteenth Niang. When she was in the village before, she saw that this little girl and Thirteenth Niang didn't deal with each other very well.
, instead she got along with her, talking and laughing. At this time, she realized that their relationship was better than she imagined, and they had reached the point where they were godmother and goddaughter. But she didn’t know that the thirteenth mother had said that she and Chen
When Mo's godmother came to marry him, the two of them refused in disgust.
The wooden sign was not inserted, but Xiao Yanyu buried it in front of the grave and carefully covered it with soil.
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On the border between the northeastern capital of the Chu State and the Shang State, the cold wind was blowing. On the top of a border city, a young general wearing silver armor stood beside the battlements on the edge of the city wall, looking northward.
The end of the city is the territory of the Shang Kingdom, where tens of thousands of elite Shang soldiers are stationed there. When spring comes tomorrow, they will ride their horses southward, and this city will bear the brunt of the attack.
"Report to your lord, we have found a gap in the city." A soldier appeared in front of the young general with a tied man, kneeling on one knee and reported.
The prince mentioned by the soldiers was the former crown prince Jiang You. Since the battle of Sanxian Lake, he had been deposed as the crown prince and replaced by his half-brother. And because of his subsequent defeat,
He didn't want to stay in Yingdu, so he came to the fiefdom here after asking for a prince, calling himself the Border Guard King. The failure of Sanxian Lake did not hit him. He believed that his failure was not only because of the strength of the opponent, but also about himself.
The human stumbling block, there must be my dear brother here.
"Kill him, and take his head and spread it around the cities, letting those who are still hiding in the dark know their fate." The voice of the border guard king was as cold as the cold wind.
In the gap between being tied up, his mouth blocked by rags screamed "wuwuwu", as if begging for mercy, but what was waiting for him was the soldier's saber in his hand wiping his neck, and then he fell twitching.
On the cold ground.
"How is the food collection going?"
"We have almost all the food for the winter. If we start harvesting after the new year, it will probably be too much to bear. Yingdu has said that this year's harvest is not good, so they won't be able to send much food. Even if it does, it will take a long time.
." The soldier reported carefully.
"Those people are just worms. They have been bullied until their faces are in their pockets."
This soldier was regarded as a confidant of the border guarding king. He knew the prince's temper very well. He was very irritable, but he was indeed very kind to the nobles who guarded the border.
"Let the soldiers rest assured that I will definitely be able to solve the food problem. Since Yingdu won't give it, then we can ask for it from the four eastern states. Those people must be well-off."
"It's not easy to get food over there. They are also a garrisoned place. Although the Tang Dynasty doesn't invade very often, it is even more difficult to get food from them. Without an order from the court, it can be
The words are blocked."
"If you don't open your mouth, the benefits are not big enough. Then, if you offer enough benefits, I won't be able to do it and they won't be tempted." After saying this, the border guard king snorted and continued: "If I take that position, the first thing to do is
That’s when they take action.”
The soldier sighed secretly. This border guard king was very fierce in fighting, but he was not very good at dealing with such people and sophistication. He could easily touch them even if he wanted to. Most of the time, his position as prince was also used by his younger brother to take advantage of this weakness and let him
He was dismounted, but he couldn't preach to this prince. His status was different. No matter how kind the prince was to these soldiers, if he said the wrong thing, he would probably have to move his head.
"Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, there are people coming from Danzhou. They are waiting at the inn in the city." The soldier suddenly remembered something.
"We are talking about such an important thing now. You are really looking for a fight." The border guard king came to his side and kicked him. The soldier rolled several times.
"Stop being so cunning and doing what I just ordered."
After saying that, the border guard king left the city and walked towards the post house that could bring him good news.