About four hundred miles away from the outskirts of Beijing, on an official road leading to the south.
It's called the official road, but this road is more potholed than some ordinary roads.
On the road, Ge Hong and Guan Maochun, who were wearing prison uniforms and wearing heavy shackles and shackles, were constantly urged by four government officials holding sticks and official knives at their waists to move forward quickly.
Ge Hong and Guan Maochun will be exiled to Shenzhou, the most remote southern state. Once there, a lifetime of hard work awaits them.
"Cough cough cough, cough cough..."
Ge Hong had already been injured. He also caught a cold in prison during the Chinese New Year period, and his physical condition was very bad. After a cough, his forward speed slowed down.
Guan Maochun was worried about Ge Hong and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Ge, are you okay?"
Ge Hong lowered his eyes. Although he felt uncomfortable, he still waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.
One of the strongest government officials behind him was dissatisfied that the speed of the two men had slowed down and they were still talking. He immediately pushed forward with a stick and hit Ge Hong hard on the back.
"Hey, hey, why are you waiting so long? Hurry up!" The officer's tone was extremely rude.
Ge Hong's body was already very weak, but due to his sudden blow with the stick, he fell forward and fell to the road.
"Are you okay, Uncle Ge!"
Guan Maochun was shocked and rushed forward to help Ge Hong. The chains on his feet immediately made a series of knocking sounds.
"I said, Lao Jiu, why are you pushing him?" A slightly thinner companion next to the Yamen servant said: "He is already like this. If the injury becomes more serious later, when can we get to Shenzhou?
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Lao Jiu ignored these and shouted in an arrogant tone: "I don't care! It's better to die on the road, so that I can go home early and save myself from going to that ungrateful place in Shenzhou!"
The other two people had the same idea as Lao Jiu and nodded in agreement with Lao Jiu's statement.
The yamen servant had no choice but to go up and help Ge Hong up first, then turned around and said: "Old Jiu, have you forgotten what Mr. Fu Yin said? They must be escorted to Shenzhou alive, otherwise the four of us will be punished.
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Lao Jiu said disapprovingly: "Zhang Wankun, are you out of your mind? How has Mr. Fu Yin not said this before? In the end, the prisoner died on the road. Did he punish anyone? Everyone is fine, right?"
"Yes, Brother Ninth is right."
"Yes, Mr. Fu Yin is just talking in official terms. Brother Kun, why do you still take it seriously?"
The other two government officials once again stood on Lao Jiu's side.
Zhang Wankun is also an old man in the government office. He knows that what Lao Jiu said is right, but he is a fairly upright man. If a prisoner dies on the road because of his own abuse, he will always feel uneasy in his conscience.
"Old Jiu, if you have to be spared, please spare others. It's not good for you to do this!" Zhang Wankun persuaded him earnestly.
Lao Jiu immediately glared and said with a serious face: "Zhang Wankun, do you still dare to teach me a lesson? If you hadn't stayed in the government office longer, I would have beaten you long ago!"
Zhang Wankun knew that he could not defeat this evil man, so he took a deep breath and turned to ask about Ge Hong's situation.
Ge Hong coughed and shook his head to express that it was nothing serious, while Guan Maochun kept Lao Jiu's appearance firmly in his mind, thinking to himself, wait and see!
After walking forward for about half an hour, Lao Jiu saw that the sun had reached directly above his head, so he decided to rest under the shade of a tree on the side of the road, eat some dry food and water, and then continue on his way.
This suggestion was unanimously agreed by the others, so the six of them walked to the shadiest area on the roadside.
Arriving under the shade of the tree, Lao Jiu unceremoniously occupied the flattest and widest stone, and then took out the bundle of dry food and started to eat it.
The other two government officials also found places to sit down, chatting with Lao Jiu and eating dry food.
Only Zhang Wankun still remembered the two prisoners Ge Hong and Guan Maochun. He asked them to sit next to each other under the tree, then took out two pieces of cake from the bag and handed them to them respectively, saying: "Eat quickly, I will return it later."
I have to hurry."
Guan Maochun was very lucky that there was a good person among this group of people, and he immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Zhang!"
Ge Hong also nodded with difficulty and thanked: "Thank you very much!"
"Stop talking and eat quickly."
Zhang Wankun was not begging them for this thank you, but he just respected life and did not want those tragic endings to happen.
While eating, Ge Hong choked on the dry cake. Guan Maochun hurriedly asked Zhang Wankun for water. Zhang Wankun didn't think much and immediately gave the water bag to Guan Maochun.
This scene immediately made Lao Jiu and the other three look at him with contempt.
Lao Jiu kept saying that there was something wrong with Zhang Wankun's brain and couldn't figure out why he took so much care of these two people from the Shi Kingdom.
"Zhang Wankun, to be honest, are you taking advantage of others and taking care of them in every possible way?" Lao Jiu said angrily.
The other two people also laughed and echoed the question, asking Zhang Wankun to tell the truth.
Zhang Wankun was also angry. He immediately slammed the baggage at hand and said angrily: "Are you guys finished?"
As soon as Lao Jiu saw that Zhang Wankun was still energetic, he immediately stood up, threw the half piece of cake in his hand at his feet, sprayed the crumbs from his mouth and shouted: "Zhang Wankun, are you looking for a fight?"
Zhang Wankun didn't show any weakness, he held his neck and said: "Come on, can you try to slap me? Come here..."
"Made, do you think you don't dare for my sake?" Lao Jiu's veins popped up on his forehead and he was about to rush towards Zhang Wankun.
Fortunately, the two government officials around him reacted and caught Lao Jiu in time.
"Brother Ninth, don't be as knowledgeable as Zhang Wankun, just let him be..."
"Yes, Ninth Brother, Shenzhou is still far away. Someone has to take care of those two Shiguo people along the way..."
The words spoken by the latter person really worked. Lao Jiu didn't want to really make Zhang Wankun anxious, so he put aside his choice. These two prisoners were in so much trouble, who was going to take care of them?
Lao Jiu pointed at Zhang Wankun and said fiercely: "Zhang Wankun, considering that we have known each other for so many years, I will let you go today and I will not be as knowledgeable as you!"
After that, Lao Jiu took out another cake and ate it in mouthfuls of water.
In fact, Zhang Wankun was still quite afraid that Lao Jiu would rush over. With his bastard temper, he could actually do what he said.
"ah!"
Just as Zhang Wankun sat down to continue eating, he heard a scream from Lao Jiu.
Zhang Wankun turned around when he heard the sound and found that Lao Jiu was raising his hand to cover the left side of his head with a painful expression on his face.
"Who? Who threw the stone?"
"come out!"
The two government officials beside him had already stood up, searching for the direction in which the stone was coming.
When everyone went to look for the person who threw the stones, no one noticed that the mental states of Ge Hong and Guan Maochun were completely different.
"Uncle Ge!"
Guan Maochun was very emotional, but his voice was still very low, so only the two of them could hear him.
"Calm down! Act according to your circumstances..."
Ge Hong worked hard to cheer up and always paid attention to the changes in the situation.
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