The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1250: Lantern Festival Thrills

The three strong men slashed at the yamen runner with their swords, and then a scream of "Ouch" was heard.

The yamen runner walking at the front line was caught off guard and was hacked to death.

Fortunately, only the arm was cut, so he was able to scream.

When the yamen runners saw this, they were all confused.

They were just questioning him as per the rules. Why did he attack someone? It's fine if he attacked someone, but why didn't he notify us in advance?

It was the chief yamen runner who reacted faster and shouted, "Run!"

Don’t ask why I shout like that, it’s just because my grandpa and dad told me to do so.

It's not worth fighting for a few taels of silver.

When faced with danger, the first reaction is to run away. Only by saving your own life can you have a chance of revenge.

With the shout of "Run", the yamen runners immediately scattered like birds and beasts, and then the onlookers also ran away.

The three strong men didn't want to pursue the victory, they just wanted to escape from the city as soon as possible.

So all the forces cleverly achieved the same goal and just focused on running.

The three strong men hurried towards the city gate and were dumbfounded.

Because the city gate was locked tightly, and a padlock weighing a thousand pounds was hung on it.

Strong man A shouted angrily: "Who locked the door? Come out and let me cut you."

After saying that, he chopped at the lock with great momentum, but unfortunately, only a flash of silver spark appeared and the lock remained motionless.

Strong Man C shouted anxiously: "Big Brother, Second Brother, what should we do? Where should we run?"

No wonder those drunken and useless yamen runners ran away. The gate was closed tightly, leaving them no way to escape.

Strong man B said calmly, "Big brother, Third brother, why don't we take a few civilians as hostages and force the corrupt official to open the door!"

What a miscalculation. I actually gave the officers the opportunity to lock the door, making it impossible for them to escape.

The only chance to escape now is to hide, but I am not familiar with Yuanlu County at all. Where can they hide?

The most important thing is that they are outsiders, and the locals can see through them at a glance, making it difficult for them to hide.

Now we can only try our best to take the people as hostages and threaten the corrupt officials to open the door and release them.

Strong Man C shook his head repeatedly and said, "Second brother, I heard that the corrupt officials in Yuanlu County are cruel and ruthless. How could they care about the common people? They might even kill the common people to catch us."

When the three of them came to Yuanlu for the first time, they heard rumors from local people while shopping. They all said that the dog official was a cruel and ruthless official who wiped out the bandit's nest as soon as he arrived.

And I heard that the dog official looked very ferocious, especially his eyes, which were raised high, like a real evil ghost.

As the boss, Strong Man A was relatively calm, but the cold sweat on his forehead betrayed his inner panic.

He said to his two brothers, "Second brother, third brother, let's find a place to hide first and wait for a chance to leave the city. If we still can't leave the city, we can take the local people as hostages. We can't just surrender without a fight."

The three strong men's idea was beautiful, but the reality was cruel.

While they were talking, the escaping yamen runner boss met the patrolling clerk Xia Dianli.

There was no other way. In order to ensure the safety of Yuanlu County during the Lantern Festival, Sun Shan used all the people he could, even the leader Xia Dianli had to patrol.

Seeing a group of people running in a hurry, Xia Dianli wanted to shout at them.

On a full-moon night like this, in a place where so many people gather, if people start running, a stampede could happen at any minute.

Are these guys crazy? They are actually doing dangerous things.

Before he could open his mouth to scold, the chief of the yamen runners said, "Boss, there are thieves..."

Xia Dianli was startled and asked anxiously, "What thief?"

The chief bailiff gasped, "A thief with a knife!"

It's so pitiful. The head of the yamen didn't know what kind of thief he was, but he was definitely a bad guy.

When Xia Dianli heard that there was a thief, he was about to ask where he was.

At this time, Inspector Liang, who was patrolling on the other side, rushed over and asked anxiously, "What's going on? There are screams here?"

The people ran and shouted, and the whole Yuanlu was filled with shouts.

At first, he thought it was just the sound of noise, but as he listened, something seemed wrong. Inspector Liang keenly felt that something big might have happened.

He hurriedly led his subordinates towards the direction of the scream.

As a result, the two groups of people led by Xia Dianli and Liang Xunjian gathered together.

Of course, there were also Sun family guards mixed in, who were temporarily assigned to act as security and maintain order.

Sun Caogen exclaimed, "Brother, what happened to your arm?"

Emma, ​​the blood is dripping, why are you still standing here? Shouldn't you see a doctor first?

With this exclamation, everyone looked at the injured yamen runner at the same time.

The yamen runner was so busy running that he only realized he was injured at this moment.

After a wailing "Aiya", he fell straight to the ground and fainted.

Everyone: .....

Sun Caogen:......

I shouldn’t have reminded you earlier. Now that I’ve been reminded, I feel dizzy.

Inspector Liang immediately said, "You, and you, quickly carry him to find a doctor, and the rest of you, follow me."

Such powerful words instantly calmed the panicked yamen runners.

The two yamen runners who were named hurriedly carried the injured yamen runner to see a doctor, and the rest of the people followed Inspector Liang and ran away.

Of course, this also includes Xia Dianli.

Under normal circumstances, Xia Dianli would definitely not be so obedient. During such a special period, he must give his all.

A group of officials in official uniforms hurried to the city gate and saw three strong men running towards the main street.

Patrol Inspector Liang shouted, "Where are you going to jump, you bold thief? Why don't you surrender now?"

No matter if the thief on the opposite side cannot hear you, the momentum of the shouting must be conveyed and must scare the thief.

What if the thief is scared and really surrenders?

The three strong men were trying to escape and hide.

Then we ran into the officers and soldiers head-on.

At this moment, I couldn't help but panic. I wished I could be reborn yesterday. Then I would definitely not choose to come to Yuanlu County.

They never imagined that such a remote mountainous county would require so much manpower and resources to patrol.

It’s a big holiday, don’t these officials have a day off?

Man C asked in panic, "Big brother, second brother, what should we do?"

Man B, sweating profusely, asked nervously, "Brother, how about we fight our way out?"

Suddenly, an idea struck Man A. He whispered, "We're just refugees. At most, we'll be beaten or jailed. At worst, we'll be sent to dig in the mountains. We can still save our lives. Remember, just as we said before entering the city, we must insist that we are refugees. We're resisting because we're afraid of being caught."

There are three layers of officers and soldiers inside and outside, and it is impossible to escape unless you can escape underground.

The only chance of survival is to surrender and insist that you are a refugee, which may give you a glimmer of hope.

If they dared to rush forward, the archers in front would surely shoot arrow after arrow at them.

They will surely become hedgehogs that are shot to death.