20demayo Chapter 236 Desperate
Chapter 236 Desperate
Three miles outside Jiangzhou city.
On the muddy road, an ox cart was moving slowly.
In front and behind it, there were several people on horseback, observing their surroundings vigilantly.
The person sitting on the ox cart at this moment is the Qin family's chief steward Shi, and next to him is the Qin family's eldest son Qin Sheng.
In the battle of Zhucheng, they were defeated miserably.
They finally fought their way out of the encirclement, avoided being hunted down, and escaped into the territory of Yan State. They spent a lot of money and properties to get this ox cart from a farmer.
Of the team of more than 8,000 people, only a few people around Qin Sheng are left.
Qin Sheng stuck his head out and looked at the unfamiliar city wall in the distance, feeling sad.
"Manager Shi, what's ahead?"
Qin Sheng asked weakly.
Shi Zongguan replied: "It is the Yan State, Jiangzhou City."
"Why don't you go back to Qishan?"
Qin Sheng covered his wound with a painful expression.
"Master, Qishan has been...occupied by the imperial army."
Manager Shi looked uneasy.
In the Battle of Zhucheng, they suffered heavy casualties and were almost wiped out. Even all the strongholds in the Qishan area were occupied by the imperial army.
Now the Qin family has nowhere to go and is at their wits' end.
Only Yan State is the safest place.
"Master, let's go to the Third Miss first. After your injuries are healed, we can make plans later."
Manager Shi said.
Qin Sheng remained silent.
There is no need to seek refuge with Qin Yu. Now he comes to Jiangzhou City just to ask for help from Jiangzuo.
Qin Sheng sighed in his heart. The guilt after the defeat suppressed his inner arrogance.
When we arrived outside Jiangzhou city, we saw a crowd of people.
Faced with this unfamiliar environment, Qin Sheng felt a surge of uneasy thoughts in his heart.
"There weren't so many people last time I came. What happened?"
Manager Shi was quite puzzled.
In front of the city gate, there were extremely long queues, with hundreds and thousands of people at a glance.
"Manager Shi, send someone to find out what's going on?"
Qin Sheng ordered.
Manager Shi nodded and went to check it out personally.
After a while, he returned to Qin Sheng and said, "Master, they said that only by lining up at the back of the queue and handing in your weapons can you enter the city."
Now that they have chosen to come to Yan State, they can only follow the rules of Yan people.
After an unknown amount of time, they finally arrived at the city gate.
Guarding the city gate at this moment are a group of officials from the State of Yan.
Looking at this group of Yan State yamen runners, Qin Sheng suddenly became more alert.
In his heart, he still had some hostility towards the Yan people. After all, the Qin family of Chen State had been fighting against the Yan people for hundreds of years, and this concept had subtly influenced Qin Sheng.
Even though Qin Sheng had never fought with the Yan people, he did not have the slightest good impression of them.
"Come down, come down."
Suddenly, the official was heard shouting, signaling Qin Sheng to get off the ox cart.
At this time, Manager Shi walked forward with a smile on his face, secretly stuffed some change into the hands of the officials, and whispered, "My lords, our young master is not feeling well, so let him rest in the carriage for a while. Please be accommodating."
The official frowned, stuffed the silver back into Chief Manager Shi's hands, and said sternly, "This trick won't work. Our Lord Jiang has ordered that no matter who it is, as long as they want to enter the city, they must be checked."
Hearing these words, Manager Shi suddenly looked embarrassed and turned to look at Qin Sheng.
Qin Sheng frowned, thinking: "Could it be that they can see that we are from Chen? Maybe they are deliberately making things difficult for us..."
Manager Shi turned around and said kindly, "Sir, we are just ordinary businessmen. There is nothing to investigate."
"Who knows if you guys will hide contraband in the car, get out of the car and get off."
The officer said very responsibly.
Since Jiang Zuo came to Jiangzhou City, he issued new decrees and adopted a high-salary system to maintain integrity.
If you are found to have accepted bribes, not only will you be dismissed from your post, you will lose this enviable job and may even be imprisoned.
This group of officials naturally knew how to make the decision.
Qin Sheng winked at Manager Shi, indicating that he didn't need to beg the officials anymore. He endured the pain from his wound with difficulty and slowly stepped down from the ox cart.
"Master, be careful."
The attendants came to support him.
After a while, the officers searched the ox cart and confiscated all the weapons hidden in the cart.
The officer saw the doubts of the group and explained, "Don't worry, we are just keeping these weapons for you. If you want to take them back, just pay the storage fee."
"Search me."
The officer gave another order.
Afterwards, the weapons on the Qin family members were also collected.
In Qin Sheng's opinion, this moment was quite humiliating.
If he hadn't been left with no other options, he wouldn't have come to Jiangzhou.
Soon, the officer came to Qin Sheng and began to search him. After a while, the officer said, "Is there a knife hidden inside? Take it out."
"You can't take this away."
Qin Sheng flatly refused and stepped back.
This dagger was given to him by his father before his death. It is Qin Sheng's family heirloom and represents the honor of the Qin family.
"Any weapons must be handed in."
The officer ignored him and wanted to rush forward to snatch it.
Qin Sheng immediately stretched out his hand to block it, but with this movement, the wound on Qin Sheng's body seemed to split open again, and bright red blood oozed out of the white bandage.
"That's enough, don't go too far!"
Manager Shi finally couldn't help it and spoke up to stop them, standing in front of the young master.
"This is all done according to the rules. If you don't agree, then don't even think about entering the city."
The quarrel attracted the attention of others.
Qin Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "Manager Shi, let's go."
Even if he had to flee everywhere, he would not want to suffer such humiliation.
"You guys are such a jerk, wasting our time."
A yamen runner couldn't help but curse.
This statement immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of several people in the Qin family, and they all stepped forward to curse at the group of officials.
For a moment, the situation was somewhat out of control.
"What are you arguing about? What's going on?"
Suddenly I heard someone say.
At this time, everyone stopped and looked in the direction of the sound.
Seeing the newcomers, the group of officials calmed down a little and leaned over to say, "Sir Guo, these people are unwilling to hand over their weapons and are insulting our county magistrates."
The person who appeared in front of everyone was Master Guo.
Manager Shi took a closer look and felt that the person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
"You guys were the first to be rude, why are you biting me back?"
The Qin family retorted.
"Master Guo, it's not that we are rude, it's just that they refuse to follow the rules."
The officer said.
Only at this moment did Master Guo notice Qin Sheng and his group.
After thinking for a moment, he remembered their identities and felt a little surprised.
"Could it be that they have some urgent business that brought them to Jiangzhou City?" Master Guo thought to himself. Not daring to be negligent, he hurried forward to calm everyone down a little.
He walked forward and said, "These are Lord Jiang's guests, let them in."