He complained as he quickly read through all the information.
"Everyone is outside?"
Li Laosan nodded repeatedly, "Except for one who was snatched away by the Jun tribe, the others are all here."
"What? Snatched away by the Jun tribe? What's going on with you?" The person in charge of receiving became interested and simply pulled up a chair and sat down, as if he wanted to listen to the story.
Seeing that he didn't blame him for the personal incident first, Li Laosan put aside his worries for the time being and began to vividly describe what happened on the way to exile.
At the end of the sentence, Li Laosan burst into tears, "Master, you don't know something. Our journey was not easy. Our leader Wang Tao died when we were crossing the Lanjiang River..."
"Your leader? Wang Tao is gone?" The person receiving the message was surprised, but after thinking about all the dangers Li Laosan just mentioned, he knew that this was normal.
Li Laosan nodded, with a sad face, "We didn't have time to rescue them, and their raft floated away. When we get back, we'll ask along the way. Maybe... maybe he..."
The recipient sighed a few times, then clapped his legs and stood up, "Let's go, I'll count the number of people, right?" Then he looked at Li Laosan and said pointedly, "I hope you didn't cover up. Convict."
For him, the lack of a prisoner was obviously more serious than the fact that Wang Tao was alive and dead.
Wang Tao died in the line of duty, so the court had to deal with the aftermath, but without being exiled, he had to give a credible explanation.
Li Laosan almost knelt down and swore to the sky, "Even if you give me a hundred courages, I won't dare to protect the prisoners!"
The man didn't say much, picked up his feet and walked out.
Li Laosan had sweat on his head and tears in the corners of his eyes. He wiped them randomly and quickly followed.
Shen Qingqian and others saw Li Laosan coming out and looked over quickly.
Jin Daya had already organized the team just now. They looked quite neat now, but the men were all in shackles, which made them look a little sad.
After a while, Shen Qingqian heard the man in front of him speak.
"My surname is Lu, and I am the prison chief responsible for receiving and managing you here. If you have any problems in the future, please come here to see Lao Lu." After saying this, he glanced at everyone again, and then continued, "I heard that among you A man named Liu Jingxing was robbed by the Jun tribe, is this true?"
Liu Jingxing is Liu Junchen's eldest brother.
Hearing this, the Liu family burst into tears first.
"My lord, it is absolutely true!"
Others also nodded, confirming that this was indeed the case.
Lao Lu nodded, neither saying he believed it nor saying he didn't believe it. He just said: "I don't like to beat around the bush. Anyway, you can't escape if you serve your sentence here. Later, each of you will sign a letter explaining this matter." If you give me a fingerprint, the matter will be dealt with by the superiors."
The implication is that if they collectively commit fraud, all of them will be implicated when the matter is revealed.
Under normal circumstances, if this thing is false, at this time, someone will be afraid of being exposed and stand up to expose it.
But this matter was experienced by Shen Qingqian and others personally, so naturally no one felt guilty, and they all acted as if they were following the arrangement.
When Lao Lu saw this situation, he already believed what Li Laosan said just now. He called a few people to come over to help, and led Shen Qingqian and the others to make arrangements.
Li Laosan asked a lot, "Master Lu, is there something big going on with us?"
Just now, this old Lu said that their general had been called in for emergency, but he didn't know what it was about.
Lao Lu frowned when he heard this, "What else could it be? Someone in the Jiayu clan is restless."
"Ah? Aren't the Jiayu clan on good terms with our Dajin? How come..." Li Laosan said in surprise.
The Jiayu tribe is the most powerful nation outside the Hubei Pass. They entered the Pass from the north of Hubei a hundred years ago and captured thirteen cities in the Jin Dynasty. If not for the King Zhao at that time, a god of war came out of his lineage and defeated them with unrivaled thunder. The Jiayu people drove out of Dajin, fearing the consequences would be disastrous.
However, twenty years ago, the Jiayu clan asked for a noble daughter from the Jin Dynasty. For unknown reasons, the late emperor married the eighteen-year-old Princess Cheng Yu. Since then, the two clans have had a good relationship and have been stable to this day.
Lao Lu snorted, "They are not from Jiayu Royal Court, but they are coming with great force. The general was afraid that things would get out of hand, so he sent an emergency report to the court, but he did not expect..."
He didn't say the rest, but Li Laosan knew it well.
Who would have thought that the Jin Dynasty would change power at this time?
"Then what are our plans now?" Li Laosan couldn't help but worry about the people in the exile team.
