Chapter 229: Capturing Situ Ming

Situ Ming rode his horse straight to the city gate.

I saw a dozen or so soldiers guarding the city pushing the heavy and tall city gate and slowly closing it.

It was curfew time.

"No... wait a minute!" Situ Ming shouted anxiously, whipping the horse's butt with the whip in his hand.

The horse felt pain, neighed, and kicked its hooves to accelerate suddenly.

Pedestrians on the road screamed and tried to get out of the way.

Fortunately, there were still many pedestrians at that time, otherwise a stampede would have inevitably occurred.

However.

Situ Ming was still a step too late.

By the time he rushed over, the city gate had been completely closed.

Situ Ming was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead, but he stiffened his neck and forced himself to suppress his anger.

He jumped off his horse and forced a flattering smile: "Sir, I have an urgent matter and need to leave the city. Please be accommodating."

As he spoke, he quietly handed over a purse.

The purse was heavy, containing at least ten or twenty taels of silver.

Desire flashed in the eyes of the city guard. He hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take the purse.

The weight was heavier than expected, causing his hand to drop downwards.

When Situ Ming saw him collecting the money, he immediately urged him to pay.

Unexpectedly, the soldier guarding the city raised his hand back.

The heavy money bag hit Situ Ming's face with a 'bang'.

"Ah..." Situ Ming screamed in pain.

The eye socket that was hit immediately turned purple.

"What do you mean!" Situ Ming finally couldn't control his anger, covered his eyes and asked loudly.

"What kind of person is this? How dare you bribe me!" The city guard spat at him."

In the past, this door would have opened easily.

But the new prefect is ruthless and impartial, and if his actions are exposed.

Their future is over!

"I will remember the humiliation today. One day I will make you pay a hundred times the price!" Situ Ming glared at them resentfully, picked up his purse, turned around and was about to leave.

The soldier guarding the city raised his hand, and several other soldiers stepped forward and held him down.

"What do you want to do in broad daylight!" Situ Ming struggled, but was pinned to the ground.

The city guard walked up to Situ Ming and looked down at him. "Anyone who rides a horse in a busy city without causing any casualties will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane or a fine of one hundred taels of silver. You go first!"

"You...you are taking revenge on your own!" Situ Ming said angrily.

"You just rode your horse, and not only did we see it, but many people saw it too."

There were witnesses and evidence, and even though Situ Ming was furious, it was of no use.

In the end, he had no choice but to pay the fine with grievance and reluctance.

He was freed only after handing over one hundred taels of silver.

He looked at the city guards with resentment, and finally limped back to the house, leading his horse.

In the Xu family mansion that Situ Ming was concerned about, those people were still sleeping.

After Wen Yan transported the grain, he did not leave them alone.

Instead, Uncle Shitou gave them several more doses of medicine, and until now, they are still in a coma.

Uncle Shitou, who had just finished taking the medicine, returned to the granary house which was only separated by a valley.

Wen Yan had just finished counting the granary.

Two-thirds of this batch of grain was old grain, but fortunately none of it was moldy or rotten.

It is a world of difference compared to the first batch of grain.

Pei'er scolded Huo Yaoxing for having no conscience.

Wen Yan was thinking that Huo Yaoxing had a good plan.

The old grain could not be sold at the previous high price, so such a huge hole had to be filled by the Xu family.

In short, as long as the head of the Xu family still wants to save his only son, Huo Yaoxing will not be short of people for a minute.

Pearl was amazed when she heard this.

At this time, Uncle Shitou walked in and whispered, "The dosage for those people has been reduced by half today. They will wake up by noon tomorrow."

"I understand." Wen Yan replied in a low voice.

Half a day was enough for her to catch Situ Ming.

After dinner.

The officers each have their own duties.

Wen Yan and the other six were sitting in the small hall drinking digestive tea, actually they were discussing the arrangements for the future.

Wen Yan is preparing to return to Beijing.

She planned to entrust the affairs of Jinyang Prefecture to Uncle Lin and Uncle Shitou.

The two of them stayed here, and their immediate responsibilities were to guard the grain in the warehouse, and their long-term responsibilities were to collect charcoal.

Uncle Lin couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to sell the food now?"

Wen Yan said: “It’s not the time yet.

Huo Yaoxing has lost so much grain, he will definitely send people to investigate. If we sell the grain at this time, wouldn’t we be admitting guilt?

When winter comes, if there are many poor people suffering from hunger and cold, you can sell a small amount of low-quality food at a low price, and then when the time is right next year, find a suitable reason to sell the remaining food."

"Uncle Lin, Uncle Shitou, the conditions here are tough. Thank you for your hard work."

Uncle Lin waved his hand: "Watching a warehouse is not that hard. But you and Lao Tian are going all the way back. The road is full of dangers, and we are worried."

Old Tian glanced at Uncle Lin and said in a gloomy tone, "Why, are you saying I'm not as good as you in fighting?"

Meng Xiyan cleaned up the banditry in Jinyang Prefecture, and the place became quite safe.

After discussing the important matters, they went back to their rooms to rest.

No words were spoken that night.

It's just dawn.

Wen Yan and his group of four and five riders set off.

After they left Zhuangzi, they did not go far, but hid in a forest.

Not much time.

The sound of horse hooves came from the road.

Uncle Lin quickly jumped up the tree and looked in the direction of the voice. "Miss, it's Situ Ming. He's here."

A moment later.

drive!

drive!

A rider and a horse appeared, galloping towards them.

Suddenly.

A hemp rope as thick as two fingers suddenly popped up from the flat ground.

The hemp rope was stretched straight and caught the horse's hooves.

The horse neighed and fell to the ground.

Situ Ming, who was on horseback, was also thrown out and rolled on the ground for several times before stopping.

Uncle Tian jumped down from the tree, held Situ Ming down, and punched him on the head.

After suffering a severe blow to the back of his head, his forehead hit the gravel on the ground heavily.

Before Situ Ming could react, he fainted from the pain.

Situ Ming slowly woke up and found himself in a cave.

His hands and feet were also tied up.

He observed the environment and did not panic. Instead, he struggled to take off his shoes, then held the shoes in his mouth, trying to pour something out of them.

"Are you looking for this?" A palm-length dagger fell in front of him.

Situ Ming rushed forward to grab the dagger, but just as he grabbed it, his hands were stepped on hard by a foot.

He slowly raised his head and saw an extremely ugly face.

"It's you!" Situ Ming was extremely surprised.

Wen Yan looked down at him condescendingly: "It's me. Are you surprised? Haven't you always been suspicious of me?"

Situ Ming: "You really have bad intentions. Tell me, what do you want to do by arresting me? Do you want money or food?"

Wen Yan chuckled: "Is it possible that I want your life?"

"Impossible!" Situ Ming immediately denied, "We have no grudges against each other. You can't hate me to this extent."

Wen Yan's smile became more and more beautiful.

No grudges or hatred?

As for this life, they really have no grudges or hatred.

In his previous life, he had hurt her terribly!

Not to mention the usual minor plots and harms.

No matter how many times she is reborn, Wen Yan will never forget those major events.