The territory of Cangzhou may be slightly worse than Liangzhou, but it is still better than Youzhou. Cangzhou is located to the southwest of the capital, where the Xingchen Sect is seated. From time to time, small groups of Xiqi troops can be seen invading, but they are only minor intrusions.
It's harmless.
When they first arrived in Cangzhou, the local people stared at the three of them with strange expressions. Lin Su could tell that they were defensive eyes.
Immediately, not long after, a group of soldiers came to the tavern where they were staying. They checked and questioned them. They asked carefully before leaving. When he asked, he realized that the appearance of Xiqi and the people of Da Zhou were almost the same.
Sometimes they pretend to be people from other prefectures and counties to survey the landforms of Cangzhou, so some people are so wary of traveling merchants along the way.
The waiter said in a low voice, "The generals guarding Cangzhou are all blind. Who doesn't know that the biggest wealthy businessman in Cangzhou, Mr. Gou Erye, is a craftsman supported by Xi Qi and helps Xi Qi convey the intelligence of the Great Zhou Dynasty?
The solution is that those generals rely on Mr. Gou to spend their money and live in debauchery, so we can only acquiesce."
"Second Master Gou?" Lin Su muttered, "Transmitting information is a serious crime, and it will not lead to the execution of the Nine Tribes. There is no way the general guarding Cangzhou could turn a deaf ear to this matter. Could it be that you made a mistake?"
"Do you think I'm the only one who knows?" The waiter put a rag on his shoulders and leaned against the door with his hands folded. "I'm telling you, someone once witnessed Mr. Gou's housekeeper making a deal with General Xiqi and running away at night.
I went to the military camp to complain, but guess what...he died in just a quarter of an hour, right there in the military camp. He looked so miserable. I glanced at him from a distance, and there wasn't a good piece of meat on my body, hiss!"
Lin Su probably understood what Xiao Er meant. Not only Master Gou, but also people from Xiqi in the military camp. He would not believe all these words. The gossip in the world was always exaggerated and he did not seek the truth seriously. Lin Su
I dare not easily agree with such remarks.
"Zhuzhu, you went up there to be lazy again. Let's see if I don't pry your ears off." The shopkeeper was talking nonsense from below, and the waiter was so frightened that he quickly left.
Lei Hu rewarded him with two taels of silver, and the latter went downstairs with great gratitude, as if there was wind under his feet.
Lei Hu said: "If what the waiter said is true, there may indeed be spies of Xiqi in the military camp. Should we..."
Lin Suhu stared at him, "We are here to travel around the world. Let's leave the investigation to the government. I never like to do things for others."
Although they said they were traveling, Lin Su actually had another purpose in coming to Cangzhou. Chao Wendao once said that he had hidden a treasure in Cangzhou and told him the location. He only said that he could go and get it when he was confused about black and white.
"While he is in charge of his political affairs, and there are people in the army who are lying dead, let the emperor bear the impact. He is the king of a country, and it is the biggest mistake to know people poorly. If he appoints the wrong people, it shows that he is short-sighted."
Lin Su said this with some anger. But what he said was not out of thin air. Zeng Qu was the Minister of the Ministry of War and a minister he personally appointed. But as a result, he committed corruption, accepted bribes, and used power for personal gain. This was dereliction of duty.
The Zhou Dynasty was riddled with problems, but he was still whitewashing the peace and prosperity. He did not want to solve internal and external troubles, but was thinking about how to stabilize the imperial power. Sometimes, Lin Su thought that this person was a bit unreasonable and could not be called a wise man.
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After staying in the tavern for one night, Lin Su and the other two set off early in the morning to a hill called Huanghuang Ridge.
There are thick bushes, luxuriant forests and bamboos, and flowing water.
He held up the mountain spring water and took a sip. It was cool. When Lin Su was about to take another sip, a woman's cry for help rang out from the mountain, "No... help, help..."
Lin Su tilted his head, Lei Hu understood, and immediately jumped several times, and heard the screams rising and falling. Not long after, Lei Hu had rescued a weak woman.
"Thank you so much, hero, for saving me. This little girl has nothing to repay." The woman sobbed and saluted Lin Su. She looked quite pretty, and she was already considered a beauty in the countryside.
"Tell me about it." Lin Su said lightly.
The woman spoke eloquently.
It turned out that she was from a village in the west. Her family was having dinner when several soldiers from Xiqi suddenly broke in and killed her family without explanation. She panicked and ran away from the window.
As a result, she saw the devastated scene of the village. A group of Xiqi soldiers massacred all the men, young and old, and strangled them. Any women who were even remotely attractive were arrested. She saw with her own eyes that the villagers were unbearable to be humiliated and biting their tongues.
commit suicide.
"Where is the village?" Lin Su asked.
The woman pointed in the direction, and the four of them went there together. They saw that the houses in the mountain village were burning, and there were still Xiqi soldiers busy going around. The corpses were piled up into a mountain, and they were busy building firewood to light the fire.
From a slightly larger thatched house, two men came out, adjusting their belts with evil smiles. Half of the woman's lost face was reflected in the doorway.
"Kill." Lin Su ordered.
Lei Hu took the lead and struck with his iron fist. In an instant, a Xiqi soldier was turned into a meat pie. Ding Jiu used the Sword Scripture, 64 sword energy to harvest the fleeing soldiers. Within a quarter of an hour, the Xiqi team of thirty-seven people
All died.
"Brother Lin, we found several women who still have pulses..."
When Ding Jiu said this, the woman burst into tears. She didn't care about anything and went in the direction Ding Jiu said. She saw several disheveled and filthy women lying on the ground. Several of them had unfocused eyes.
, only one person is still conscious.
"Xiaoying...Xiaoying, it was my sister who harmed you, it was my sister who harmed you." The woman cried loudly. To avoid suspicion, the three of them turned their heads, but after seeing the woman's cry, the woman's breathing and pulse dropped.
It started to feel rapid, and soon the heartbeat stopped.
Several other people also died in a short period of time. As the saying goes, there is no greater sorrow than the death of the heart. Their hearts were dead, their heart veins were severed, and there was no way to save them.
The woman fainted from crying, and Lei Hu hurriedly carried her delicate body out of the thatched house.
Lin Su glanced into the room and saw that the six women died in a very embarrassing manner, but one of them was a little surprised, probably because he could still see his relatives before he died.
After feeding him water, the woman woke up, hugging Lei Hu and crying heartbrokenly.
"Do you still have any relatives alive, girl? If so, we can send you to reunite with your relatives," Lin Su said.
The woman shook her head desperately, "All the family members of the little girl's family have suffered a disaster, and there are no relatives alive. If the young master does not think that the little girl is a burden, I am willing to follow the young master and serve the young master."
Lin Su did not agree, "The girl is from a good family, so there is no need to be like this. Although Cangzhou is not rich, she can still survive with her good family..."
The woman cried again, "Young master, you don't know something. Although the little girl is from a good family, she is alone and has no support. There is no difference between a good family and a poor family."
What she said was true. If a girl doesn't have a man in her family, anyone will bully her. If she's lucky, she can end up in a rich family, or she can be a concubine in a local gangster's family. If she's unlucky, it's not impossible for her to be tied to a place of singing and dancing.
Lei Hu interjected, "Brother Lin, this girl is in trouble at home and is alone. Why not let her follow us? After all, she is a woman, and it is better to take care of people than us two rough guys."
Chapter completed!