funbook-pk Chapter 213: Alerted, the Bandits Wake Up
Chapter 213: Alerted, the Bandits Wake Up
Zhao Yihan's sneaky action naturally did not escape Xia Zhiyuan's eyes. Just now, Xia Zhiyuan had already started observing the two of them, otherwise he would not have been almost choked to death by Di Ping's wicked remarks.
Humph, she finally caught me!
Now she could finally prove to His Highness that what she said was not a lie, but was real. There was an inexplicable thin layer of gauze between Di Ping and Zhao Yihan.
It's just that this layer of window paper has never been broken by anyone, so the two of them have been awkward until now.
He felt a pain in his waist, and a pair of small hands pinched his waist and twisted it mercilessly. Zhao Changlin looked at Xia Zhiyuan beside him in confusion, and saw Xia Zhiyuan constantly winking at him.
Allow yourself to look to the other side.
At this moment, the two of them seemed to be in perfect sync with each other. Zhao Changlin understood immediately and saw Zhao Yihan looking up at Di Ping with a look of a young girl in love on her face.
This kind of heartfelt appreciation and admiration would be impossible to create overnight unless it is accumulated over time.
...This can only prove one thing, that the two of them had already had intersection a long time ago, perhaps very long time ago.
"Your Majesty, have you finally noticed it now?"
"Zhiyuan...did you deceive His Highness?"
Xia Zhiyuan lay on Zhao Changlin's shoulder, as soft as if she had no bones. To outsiders, she looked like a charming vixen who was seducing the emperor, and her whispers were like pillow talk.
However, the other officials outside the bamboo curtain dared not speak out, but could only pick up the braised pork elbow and throw it into their own bowls in anger.
Anyone who dares to say anything bad about Xia Zhiyuan in this world today will be cut into pieces by the current emperor and thrown into the suburbs to feed wild dogs, and no one in his family will be able to collect the body.
Princess Changyi is indeed a wise ruler, but even a powerful dragon that can call the wind and rain in the sky has reverse scales. Now, everyone in the world knows that the sickly and weak child of the Xia family is the reverse scale of the current emperor.
You can’t touch a tiger’s butt, and you can’t even touch a dragon’s reverse scales.
Who would be so ignorant as to question the emperor who has the final say?
That means he is really tired of living and is seeking death in the throne room.
"Okay, okay, I didn't lie... I didn't lie to you."
"So, what is the bet that Zhiyuan wants?"
"Now that the answer is revealed, can you tell me a little bit?"
Zhao Changlin could vaguely guess that it was probably an imperial decree to bring the two of them together, so she looked at Xia Zhiyuan leisurely and listened patiently to Xia Zhiyuan's plan.
……
The next day, early morning.
There was a strong wind at the seaside, but the weather was much better than the dark clouds of yesterday. The bodies outside the city wall were placed on carts in groups of three or two by the soldiers and civilians of Xizhou City and buried together.
War is so cruel and ruthless, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.
They can only blame themselves for being born at the wrong time, being blind, and choosing the wrong master and the wrong person.
The corpses were cleared away very quickly. The people who volunteered thought they could take some valuables from the corpses to supplement their family income, so they naturally put in their best efforts and scrambled to see who could move more corpses, which meant who could make more money.
Although there were no valuables on the corpse, the soldiers would put some small silver coins and...many letters from home.
When the conscientious fishermen saw the blood-stained letter from home, their hearts softened and they naturally accepted the money, helped the people to avoid disasters, and did things for them.
They sorted out the letters from home and planned to hand them over to the post station and send them back together when the time came.
This heartless and arrogant person stripped the person of everything and only received one or two letters from home. He felt extremely unlucky and spat on the letter paper and stomped on the ground.
As long as they don't go too far, the officers and soldiers nearby will turn a blind eye. After all, it's a free job, so how can you expect to find good people?
It doesn't matter if your hands and feet are unclean or not. The most urgent task is to deal with these corpses in a centralized manner and complete the instructions given by the superiors.
Several farmers rented a cart and carried the corpses to the big pit that had just been dug. There were already many corpses lying in the pit. After the pit was filled, they would carefully cover it with a handful of yellow soil, which was considered to be burial.
Their task was almost completed, and they could go back and ask for some steamed buns, drink a bowl of hot soup and have a good rest.
If I'm lucky, maybe I can get two more and take them back for my wife and children. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
"Hey, how much money did you guys make today?"
"I have a few coins here, are you jealous?"
When he opened his palm, he saw that the silver coins had long been stained red with blood, no longer having its former luster.
"What are you bragging about? You're talking as if no one has it."
"I'm warning you, don't show off your wealth. If you lose it later, you'll cry."
The last young man wearing a turban remained silent. He pushed the cart with both hands and was the one who pushed the most.
It was not until he heard the two big men in front of him were discussing excitedly that he spoke slowly: "I heard that His Majesty... is going to lead the army in person to attack... those... those evil pirates?"
He spoke unclearly, as if he was a stutterer who didn't speak often, and the two big men didn't take it seriously, thinking he was just a stutterer.
The big men replied nonchalantly, "Yes, the imperial court has really opened their eyes this time. I think those damned bastards should have been killed long ago, leaving no one alive and crying for their parents!"
"Only the current emperor cares about the common people of Xizhou City. Since Emperor Wande, who has cared about how the common people of Xizhou City are doing?"
"Your Majesty may be a woman, but in my opinion, you are no less powerful than that old emperor who kicked his legs!"
Another big man wiped the trivial silver in his hand with his coarse cloth sleeve, wiping the bloody bloodstain half dry, and nodded in agreement.
"Old Zhou, what you said makes a lot of sense. We have free big white steamed buns to eat today. If it were in the past, we wouldn't have been able to live such a carefree life..."
Every word the two men said entered the mute boy's ears. A smile appeared on the corners of his lips and his slender eyes widened half an inch, which made people shudder. However, the two big men were busy wiping the silver with their heads down and did not see it at all.
Suddenly, the cart stopped moving. The two big men reacted and reached out to pull it, but their movements were too slow. They could only watch the two bodies slowly moving backwards and the wheels of the cart rolling down the hillside.
The other man was so anxious that he didn't care whether the change in his hand was still there or not. He rushed over and finally pulled the cart with great effort.