"Kneel down!"
Xia Houlian trotted over and saw Yu Fuguo's face filled with anger, and he screamed and knelt down.
Xia Houlian was stunned for a moment. He was a humble man, but he had never knelt down to others.
"Dog slave, didn't you hear me? Kneel down!"
Yu Fuguo was furious and stepped forward and kicked Xiahoulian in the stomach. Xiahoulian was only a mid-level king and could not withstand the kick. His body was kicked up and he fell face down on the ground.
Xia Houlian let out a scream, got up in pain and knelt down to beg for mercy: "My father-in-law, please spare my life, what is my crime?"
Yu Fuguo sneered: "What crime? If you are innocent, you don't need to be beaten!"
He was beaten half to death by Li Chengdao in the palace, and when he came back, he took out his anger on his subordinates.
A brave man is angry and draws his sword against the stronger one; a timid man is angry and draws his sword against the weaker one.
A dog slave like Yu Fuguo did not have the courage to take action against Gui Fei and Li Chengdao, so he took action against Xia Houlian.
Xia Houlian is not stupid, Yu Fuguo must have been angry in the palace, and he will vent his anger on him when he returns to the Imperial City Division.
This is the case in the officialdom. Some officials give their wives to their superiors, and then later play with the wives of their subordinates.
"My father-in-law, please spare my life, my father-in-law, please forgive me..."
Yu Fuguo was furious, picked up the tea cup and threw it on the ground, cursing: "I am your boss, how dare you say you are not guilty, I will destroy your nine tribes!"
Xia Houlian lay on the ground begging for mercy, not daring to say a word.
When Yu Fuguo finished venting his anger and sat down again, Xia Houlian knew that this incident was over.
"The Holy Son has an order to capture some more people and send them to Longxing Valley."
Yu Fuguo leaned on the Taishi chair, closed his eyes and gave instructions slowly.
Xia Houlian complained in his heart: In order to capture the martial arts people, the Imperial City Division's masters had lost too many.
Among the remaining martial arts people, which one is not a tricky idea? How to catch them?
"My slave obeys your orders."
Xia Houlian didn't dare to ask any more questions and agreed first.
Yu Fu's national spirit calmed down, he slowly raised his hand, and Xia Houlian exited the room.
Returning to the arrest department, Xia Houlian clutched his stomach and spit out a mouthful of black blood.
Yu Fuguo's attack was too harsh and he did not spare any effort. Xia Houlian was seriously injured.
Taking out the elixir and swallowing it, Xia Houlian leaned on his chair and stared at the beams on the roof in a daze.
Jinling City is now in chaos. The emperor does not look like an emperor, and the ministers do not look like ministers. The atmosphere is very strange.
The well-informed wealthy have begun to quietly leave.
Many officials also proposed to resign, but the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not approve. Some people left their official uniforms, seals and ribbons at home and left quietly at night.
"Boss, are you okay?"
A medium-sized spy walked in. This man was Lu Wenfeng, the catcher of the arrest department.
"How many more people do we have?"
Xia Houlian asked tiredly.
Lu Wenfeng sighed: "There are not many left. There have been too many casualties in the operations during this period, and there are only more than 40 people left in the department that can be used."
Usable means those with a decent level of cultivation, not those who run errands and do odd jobs.
Xia Houlian slowly straightened up and coughed several times. Blood spurted out from his throat and fell to the ground.
Lu Wenfeng was startled and asked: "Boss, you..."
Xia Houlian waved his hand, signaling Lu Wenfeng not to ask.
Lu Wenfeng couldn't help but look at the room where Yu Fuguo was, and he guessed what was going on.
"I urge them every day, and if I don't give them money, I'll feed them even if they're donkeys."
Lu Wenfeng complained in a low voice.
Xia Houlian had no choice but to say: "After doing this, I have no choice but to die here."
In the Imperial City Division, the living come in and the dead come out. Once you join, you can't get out unless you die.
Lu Wenfeng remained silent...
Xia Houlian swallowed another pill. After the pain eased a little, he said, "Think of a way and find more people to come in."
Lu Wenfeng said helplessly: "Boss, so many brothers have died without even a hair on their head. Who is still coming to our place now?"
It turned out that those who died in the execution of the mission were given heavy compensation.
Now the Ministry of Revenue is spending money on conscription and Longxing Valley, and the Imperial City Department has no money at all. If the dead spies are not paid, no one will come.
Xia Houlian said: "I know this. If we think about it again, if we don't recruit people, we will all die."
Lu Wenfeng said helplessly: "Okay, I'll think of a way."
Lu Wenfeng exited the room.
...
Long Chen and Lu Ji left Linjiang City on horseback and arrived at a small town west of Jinling City.
This town is not big, called Daling Town.
Daling Town is close to Daling Mountain to the west. There are many hunters in the mountains, and they often bring their prey to the town to sell.
When they arrived outside the town, Long Chen and Lu Ji changed their outfits and put on hunters' leather clothes and coarse cloth clothes. They carried furs and some animal meat on their shoulders.
When we walked into the town, the people had just finished breakfast and were working.
The two walked to a hut and pushed open the firewood door. A strong old man came out and said loudly: "Dalang Erlang is here!"
In the room, an old woman wrapped in an apron came out and said happily: "You brothers are finally out, are you okay?"
Long Chen smiled heartily and said: "It's okay, we chased a big insect in the mountains and it took some time."
Lu Ji said: "This tiger skin can be sold for a lot of money. Then I can find a wife for my second brother."
The old man's smile gradually disappeared, and he sighed: "I don't have the ability to be a father. I haven't told you a wife at such an old age."
Lu Ji immediately comforted him: "Dad, isn't it because I have been hiding in the mountains? Now that I'm out, everything is easy to talk about."
The old woman said: "Let's go into the house and talk."
After entering the house and putting down their things, the old man and the old woman immediately visited Long Chen.
"My subordinates pay their respects to King Wu."
Long Chen immediately said: "There is no need to meet, remember your identity, you are my parents, I am Erlang."
The two immediately said: "Remember."
The old man immediately pretended to be his father and said, "Dalang Erlang, go with dad to get to know the neighbors."
The old woman said: "Wait a minute, cut some meat over, how can you meet your neighbors empty-handed." Bayi Chinese website
Lu Ji smiled and said, "Mom is right, how can you meet your neighbor empty-handed?"
After saying that, Long Chen and Lu Ji took out the animal meat, cut it into strips with knives, and tied them with straw ropes.
The old man led a family of four carrying meat skewers to the door.
There was also a thatched shed next door. When the old man came to the door and knocked on the door, a big yellow dog rushed out and started barking.
Hearing the sound, a man in his 40s walked out.
Seeing the old man's family, the man immediately chased away the big yellow dog, opened the fence gate, and said with a smile: "Uncle Liu, what are you..."
The old man adopted the alias Liu in Daling Town, so he was called Uncle Liu.
Old man Liu smiled and said, "My two sons have come out of the mountains. It's a small gesture to bring them here to meet the neighbors."
Seeing the meat sticks, the man happily said: "Come on, come on, sit in the room."
Old Man Liu and his family of four entered the house and sat down. Inside was a wooden table made by themselves, a few benches, a clay pot and a few cups next to them.
In ancient times, ordinary people's lives were difficult. The furniture at home consisted of wooden beds and wooden tables, and the most valuable items were probably the iron pots in the kitchen.
Old man Liu gave the meat to the man, and the man happily accepted it.
It is rare for ordinary people to eat meat, so the man was very happy with such a big piece of meat.
The man took out a small jar, made a pot of tea, and poured tea for the four old men Liu.
"Tea please!"
The man divided the tea enthusiastically.
Long Chen stood up and took it. There was tea powder in the cup.
In Prince Wu's Mansion, no one would want this thing, but in the homes of ordinary people, it is a treasure for entertaining guests.
The lives of the powerful and the common people are in the sky and on the earth.
The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and the roads are frozen to death. This has never changed since ancient times.
Long Chen took a sip and found only a bitter taste.
"I've heard Uncle Liu talk about Da Lang Er Lang, but now I see him. He is a handsome young man."
The man looked at Long Chen and Lu Ji and praised Old Man Liu for giving birth to two good sons.
