Xiao Chu looked at Prince Heng and asked, "My lord, would you like to bring those eight people over now for interrogation to find out who did it?"
"This matter is not urgent. Let's take care of the injuries of the brothers first." King Heng said while looking at the dilapidated camp.
There was no words for the whole night, until it was almost dawn the next day, when the guard hurriedly reported to Xiao Chu: "Sorry, Commander Xiao, something happened."
"What's wrong?"
"Those eight people all bled from their orifices and died of poisoning." The guard hurriedly replied.
"How could this happen?" Xiao Chu said as he hurriedly got up and headed towards the place where the prisoners were held.
"My subordinates don't know either. They have been guarding these people all night. But just now, several people were wailing in pain. My subordinates hurriedly went to check and found that black blood was flowing out of their ears and noses. Within a moment, they all died. "The guard explained as he followed Xiao Chu.
"Has anyone been here during this time?"
“No one has been here”
Xiao Chu came to several prisoners. There were only a few corpses left in front of him. Their faces were distorted and their orifices were bleeding. It seemed that they had suffered tremendous torture during their lifetimes. Xiao Chu knelt down to check. He pried open a person's mouth and looked into the mouth by the firelight. The mouth was full of sticky blood, but the teeth were complete. It didn't look like poison could be placed under the tooth sockets. He looked at another person with the same result. Could it be that he had swallowed poison in advance and had the attack now? Xiao Chu thought secretly.
After dawn, Xiao Chu reported the matter to King Heng. King Heng also looked solemn after hearing this. The guard beside King Heng said: "Your Majesty, when we attacked the camp yesterday, my subordinates heard a thief shouting. "Master Xue has an order, kill them all and leave no one alive, and give you a reward of ten taels of silver for each person you kill."
"Master Xue? Is it the Zhang family?" King Heng said thoughtfully.
"My lord, I'm afraid this matter needs to be investigated carefully. Killing the royal family is a crime of conspiracy. There should be no one who assassinates the royal family and declares his family name." Xiao Chu said.
"Well, I naturally know this. I will make a decision on this matter after I return to Beijing and report to the emperor."
The guard remembered another thing and said: "Your Majesty, the group of people disappeared last night. Last night, I sent people to keep an eye on that group of people. However, before the battle, the group of people did not leave the camp. After the thieves attacked the camp, the people who were watching were The brothers withdrew. When my subordinates sent people to check afterward, the camp was already empty. They must have left under the cover of night."
King Heng waved his hand and said he didn't care about it. Anyone who encountered such a thing would stay away.
At this time, Wang Dayong and hundreds of people had run out for more than ten miles overnight. When he heard the shouts of killing in the distance, Wang Dayong immediately went to check the situation. He saw the killing scene in the camp from a distance. Wang Dayong did not stay too long. After returning to the camp, he woke everyone up and took the lead. The horses immediately left the city from the other side of the city gate and headed east. The people he brought were all ordinary people, and there were so many women. He didn't know who the two sides were, but he didn't have the ability to control it now, and he couldn't. His idea was to keep these five people bought by Prince Yan's Palace from him. It was enough that a hundred slaves were killed, so he took the people and ran away overnight. Fortunately, this place was only two or three days away from Yancheng, and he could reach the boundary of Yancheng soon.
King Heng's convoy did not continue to march. At Xiao Chu's suggestion, the convoy temporarily stayed in Mozhou County for a day's rest. First, the convoy suffered heavy losses and the bodies of these brothers needed to be buried nearby. Second, they were waiting for the transport team led by Lu Biao. Once reached, join forces and continue moving forward.
At noon on the third day, Lu Biao's men finally arrived at Mozhou County. After listening to Xiao Chu's story, they felt scared. If they arrived a step later, something would happen. Xiao Chu took away the tents and carriages abandoned by Wang Dayong and others, not because he liked these things, but because he was in a hurry when he set out. He planned to catch up with King Heng and others within one day, so he did not take them with him. Marching supplies. Now many of the tents on King Heng's side have been destroyed by fire, so he can only make up the numbers with the ones left by Dayong. But what he didn't expect was that there were so many tents. Of course, Xiao Chu didn't know that these were the ones left by Wang Dayong. When I got these tents, I couldn't help but sarcastically said: "What a waste of money."
"Ah!" Wang Dayong couldn't help but sneeze after walking in the cold wind for a day. "Damn it!" Wang Dayong couldn't help but cursed secretly and looked back in the direction of Mozhou County.
Three days later, Lu Biao led some people and separated from King Heng and others. Xiao Chu escorted King Heng and others towards the capital, while Lu Biao led his people towards Weizhou. Weizhou City is located not far from the north bank of the Yellow River. Crossing the Yellow River to the east is Shandong Road, the sphere of influence of the Fang family. When the Jie people occupied Weizhou City, the Fang family stationed 100,000 troops on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent the Jie people from crossing the Yellow River and invading Shandong Road. To the south is the royal sphere of influence. Weizhou City is the closest city to Bianzhou City, and it is also the place where Tian Qi explained in his letter.
Not long after Lu Biao arrived in Weizhou, he received a grain delivery team sent by shopkeeper Huo. The first batch of grain was a full 500,000 kilograms, and it was transported by fifty carts, drawn by cattle, horses, and mules. After receiving the grain, he did not stay much longer. After repairing for half a day, Lu Biao led people to escort the grain and headed back the way he came. Before leaving, Lu Biao handed over twenty horses to the delivery person and asked him to tell Shopkeeper Huo that during the next delivery, we will bring another hundred horses to transport grain. You can Prepare more vehicles.
On the other hand, Wang Dayong finally arrived at Yancheng with more than 500 people. Seeing hundreds of people coming at once, the soldiers guarding the city felt something strange. They immediately sent people to close the city gate and conduct an interrogation. After Wang Dayong showed up at the palace, After receiving the token, the defenders opened the city gate and let them into the city.
Zhao Bin was very happy to see Wang Dayong bring back 500 people. Then he ordered Cao Li to settle the people in the re-divided area. He had previously sent people to cut down a lot of wood, which had been piled up without starting construction. Firstly, Zhao Bin did not want the people of Yancheng to be involved in this matter. Secondly, such things still needed to be kept secret. It is better to do it, and it is most suitable to buy slaves to do it. Of course, as a person who has traveled through time in modern times, Zhao Bin definitely does not approve of this kind of slavery system, but for now this is the best way. He promised everyone that as long as the center works for the palace for three years, he will return the favor after three years. They are free, and they will be registered and allocated fields.
Everyone looked surprised. You must know that in that era, as long as you sold yourself as a slave, it was almost impossible to get a chance to stand up again in this life. Even if the master killed the slave, it was reasonable and legal. When Zhao Bin said his promise, some people cried in pain, and some laughed loudly, and the laughter was full of anticipation for that day. That night, they ate delicious meals and mutton that they had never imagined in their dreams, which was simply unimaginable for people like them who were struggling on the edge of life and death.
In the hall of the palace, Zhao Bin and Wang Dayong were sitting face to face. Wang Dayong was telling Zhao Bin everything about their stay in the capital.
From how to rent land after arriving in the capital, how to decorate, how to prepare, the bustling scene when the business opened, and how I never imagined that I could earn more than 10,000 taels of silver in a day. At the same time, Dayong also mentioned what happened on the way back, but Xiao Chu had already sent someone to report this to Zhao Bin. When he heard about it, he broke into a cold sweat.
Although there were twists and turns along the way, fortunately, everyone arrived at their destination smoothly.
In the capital, the fine salt store opened again after half a month. Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, many people who had not bought fine salt before came to buy it.
