When Nangong Yuanyi returned from the city, they bid farewell to the villagers in Yangjiao Town and headed to Zhangzhou City.
Fang Shan also put on a disguise, pretending to be a coachman, and said goodbye to the villagers.
Last night, they first went to the prefect's mansion and then to the dungeon where Magistrate Fang was imprisoned. Fang Shan saw with his own eyes that his father's hands and feet were chained, and he wanted to rush in and rescue his father on the spot.
Fang Shan knew the purpose of bringing him to see his father, so he couldn't be impulsive.
When entering the city, because Cheng Feng had already taken care of everything, they entered the city smoothly. The officers and soldiers guarding the city benefited from the fact that they naturally did not search out Fangshan.
Fang Shan entered the city under their noses, which he found incredible.
In the carriage, An Xiyue opened the curtain and looked outside, "Zhangzhou City is very big. It was not greatly affected by the snow disaster after the snow stopped. The shops on the street are still open for business, but there are very few people on the street."
Nangong Yuanyi said: "Many rice shops are closed, so apart from food, other items are still for sale. Cheng Feng arrived in Zhangzhou two days earlier than us. He has already inquired about the places that are really short of food. In fact, ordinary people, and the wealthy families in the city are not short of food at all."
"Cheng Feng also found out that there are actually grain merchants selling grain in Zhangzhou City. This group of people is very hidden. Of course, the price of grain is not low. They claim to be grain merchants from other cities. In the words of my aunt, this group of people is It’s hard to make money for the country.”
"The government's grain was stolen. It is impossible for this grain to disappear out of thin air. I guess this batch of stolen grain should have been transported into Zhangzhou City. The secret grain merchant Cheng Feng found out may be the breakthrough."
"Could it be that they are just stealing it? When the people have no food, they will sell it at a high price as grain merchants." An Xiyue thought of this possibility.
At this moment, three ragged men suddenly ran out from an alley on the side.
Immediately afterwards, a group of vicious thugs also chased them out, surrounded them, and said angrily: "Run, if you dare to steal anything, let me see if I don't break your legs, brothers."
The three men tightly protected the cloth bags in their arms. One of them begged: "Please let us go. I have given you all my money. The children at home have not eaten for three days..."
The thug ignored the man's plea and kicked him on the shoulder, snatched a bag of grain from the man's hand, and said viciously: "You can only take the grain away with money. If you dare to steal without money, you are seeking death."
"Brothers, hit me so they can remember." The thug shouted again.
Just as the thug kicked another man, Xiao Shi flew off the horse and kicked the thug out with a volley.
Xiao Shi was now dressed in men's clothing, raised the sword in his hand, and said coldly: "Who dares to do it again?"
Another thug heard Xiao Shi's voice. He was obviously a girl. He didn't care about his kicked companion. Instead, he started teasing Xiao Shi: "It turns out she is a little girl. She is pretty. She has a wild temper. I like it. Let's go together, brothers." superior……"
Seeing that the sword in Xiao Shi's hand was about to be unsheathed...
Yuan Bao suddenly appeared and flew in front of the thug. Immediately, the thug who had just teased Xiao Shi was slapped in the face by Yuan Bao from left to right and more than a dozen times.
The thug was beaten inexplicably on the head. His face was already red and swollen, and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth. Stars were shining in his eyes, and he couldn't react for a long time.
Yuan Bao ran to Xiao Shi to please him: "How dare you trouble Miss Xiao Shi to do it yourself for such a bastard?"
