Picture what?
The master is plotting for hegemony, but you ants can understand that?
The mute guard was very angry. He wanted to rush into the crowd of people who were making sarcastic remarks, chop them into pieces one by one, and feed them to the dogs.
But now that he is weak, he may not even be able to fight a dog.
to beat.
As long as the people from the palace arrive and the master's case is overturned, he will make these people who hurt the master's life and destroy the master's body pay a heavy price.
"Gu Gu Gu Gu..."
The mute guard's blood surged and his stomach began to drum.
no.
If this continues, he may starve to death before anyone from the palace arrives.
The mute guard glanced at the queue waiting to check the way into the city, then looked at the steamed bun shop shrouded in heat, and thought to himself: I came to see the master to see him off for the last time, definitely not to beg for meat from the Li family's wife. Eat steamed buns.
Thinking like this, the uneasiness and guilt in his heart were relieved a lot. He stood up slowly while holding on to the wall. With his back bent even more than that of a seventy-year-old man, he slipped into the city while the soldiers guarding the city were not paying attention. .
As soon as he stood in front of the bun shop, a five or six-year-old girl pointed at the mute guard and shouted.
"Mom, that mute beggar is here to find you!"
"Madam, I told you not to give alms randomly. Look, he is relying on you now. In the past few days, because of the group of robbers, the government has been searching every day. There are fewer merchants coming and going. It is difficult for us to do business. Please collect your money. Just be extra kind."
The mute guard felt uncomfortable when he heard the accusation from the bun shop owner.
Although he was a bodyguard serving Zhou An's family, he also knew that his master had done many wrong things and had personally participated in them, but he actually also had a sense of shame.
But compared to his sense of shame, the sound of his stomach drumming at this moment made him feel even more panicked.
So, when Madam Li looked at her with concern, he couldn't help but shed tears of blood.
"Don't cry, dumb... Sir, don't be anxious. After today's parade, the body will be taken to a mass grave and thrown away. The case will be closed and the business will return to its previous state."
While Mrs. Li was speaking, she took out a hot bun from the cage and stuffed it into the mute guard's hand. It was so hot that she touched the lobe of her ear after putting it away.
"Mute, after you finish eating, go out of the city as soon as possible. You have nothing and no way to lead. If the officers and soldiers find you again later, they will take you to the prison for interrogation."
"Uh huh..."
The mute escort had a hot bun stuffed in his mouth.
Although it was so hot that it burned his mouth, after experiencing the sea of fire, the mute guard still devoured one bun.
The boss couldn't bear to see him like this.
"It's like a starving ghost reincarnated. Don't starve to death in front of our shop. Send him away quickly."
After saying that, he turned around and entered the shop with the girl in his arms.
Madam Li glared at her hard-spoken and soft-hearted husband, then took out two buns from the cage and handed them to the mute guard.
"Hmm..."
The mute guard was so grateful that he almost cried again.
Just as he reached out to take it, suddenly a group of officers and soldiers dragged a wheelbarrow with a charred corpse covered with gray linen on it.
"This is the mastermind of Jiangyang's thieves. With the approval of the magistrate, he was specially paraded through the streets. After the public display was completed, he was dragged to a mass grave to feed the dogs."
The officer who opened the way in front of him banged the gong and loudly announced the crimes committed in front of the scorched corpse that night.
The people watching were also filled with indignation.
"It's all the fault of this mastermind, which has made it difficult for us to do business these days."
"It's true, Lord Magistrate, that if you want to parade on the streets, you don't have to tell the public earlier. I closed the shop that was open and closed so that I could take the rotten eggs that have rotted in the past few days and give it a ride."
"Death is a big deal, but if a disgusting bad guy dies, then you have to scold him a few times and step on him. Brother, please raise your feet, I want to pick up some stones."
The mute guard recognized the government officer who opened the way as the officers and soldiers of the Jinling Prefecture who charged into battle beside Jiang Yan that night. At this time, he did not care to protect his master's body from being beaten by these mobs.
Seeing the officers and soldiers getting closer and closer, he held one meat bun in his mouth, stuffed the other into his arms, and staggered towards the hole in the tower.
"Everyone, give way and don't hit us."
"Slow down, don't hit your own people."
The government officials were busy maintaining safety and order.
The officer who had just cleared the way saw the mute guard's panicked fleeing figure from the corner of his eye in the crowd. He had just shifted his gaze, and in the light of the carbide fire, his mind flashed back to the battle that night. He also used the corner of his eye to catch such a figure. Rushing towards the outside of the sea of fire.
When he looked closely at the exposed burned skin of the mute guard, he was filled with surprise and uncertainty.
The number of charred corpses matched that night.
The body of the escapee was found within two miles of the flames.
Could it be that... it's a murder substitute?
"Brother Zhang, what are you looking at? Aren't you going to move forward? As soon as the city gate opens, many people will come in from outside. It's not good to block the road here."
The local county government officials discussed the matter in a good voice.
Zhang Yamen pretended that nothing happened. After taking a few steps forward, he waved to his two companions from Jinling. After whispering a few words, their eyes widened.
"Really or not? You're not mistaken, right?"
"It doesn't matter if you're wrong, just go up and question him and you'll find out."
The more Zhang Yamen thought about it, the more he felt that there was something wrong with the charred corpse that would be burned to death after running out of two miles.
When he saw the mute guard running faster and faster, and the bun in his arms fell to the ground without knowing how to pick it up, he became even more suspicious.
"Catch up."
The mute guard didn't pick up the dropped buns, not because he knew someone was chasing him behind him.
It was because of the fire that night that his chest had been burned into dead flesh, and he was unable to have the same perception as a normal person.
Coupled with his current physical condition, as a guard, he is best at seeing and hearing in all directions to protect Zhou An's safety. At this time, he did not realize that anyone was chasing him behind him.
Just thinking about the officers and soldiers parading in the street, he didn't want to attract attention.
In addition, people outside started to enter the city, so he needed to go outside the city gate and keep an eye on them.
When he was still five or six feet away from the cave in the city tower, the mute guard was staring at the pedestrians who were checking the directions, and when he was ready to sneak out through a loophole at any time, his ears twitched.
Finally, I heard footsteps approaching and felt a chilling air.
not good!
The mute guard used all his strength and ran away.
As everyone knows, when he ran away, Zhang Yamen, who was not sure about his identity, immediately shouted: "Don't run! Catch him quickly!"
The soldiers guarding the city came one by one.
I saw three uniformed government officials chasing the mute beggar who had been squatting outside the city gate for the past few days. I was still a little confused. What did this mute beggar do?
They actually asked the government officials from Jinling to arrest this beggar, regardless of the important task of parading his corpse through the streets.
Before the excitement was over, at this moment, there was chaos in the team entering the city.
A tall brown horse squeezed through the convoy of cargo merchants and rushed in.
When the soldiers guarding the city were about to scold him and send him back to line up, they saw the young man with his face covered take out a waist badge from his arms.
"I am the bodyguard of the Jin Dynasty. On the order of the Jin Dynasty, I went to Jinling to take An Hou back to the capital. Please get out of the way quickly and do not stop me!"
