Chapter 736: A Day in the Prison
Fireworks are bright in the sky above Fuming Town.
Gu Nanxi and Wang Anshi were transferred from the classroom to the cell.
"Hey, there's a new person, Happy New Year!"
"You are so unlucky, being locked up on New Year's Eve."
Because it was not a criminal offense, Gu Nanxi was sent to the T-shaped cell. Most of the prisoners here were involved in fighting, cheating and defrauding for small amounts of money, and they were usually released after three to five days.
Therefore, the atmosphere in the cell is still good. Many relatives of prisoners bring food and drinks to visit the cell and spend the New Year together.
The prison boss turned a blind eye to this and did not make things difficult for anyone.
Gu Nanxi obediently chose a slightly cleaner cell. When the jailer was in a hurry and did not lock the cell tightly, Gu Nanxi reminded him.
"Hey, girl, you are too honest. If it's not locked tightly, then it's not locked tightly. Why do you need to remind him?" said the middle-aged man in the cell opposite with green eyes.
The middle-aged man had dark yellow skin and a mouthful of black teeth, and looked extremely wretched.
Wang Anshi chose to sit next to Gu Nanxi: "What do you know? She was just driving without a license. She can be released in two or three days. There is no need to escape from prison."
The middle-aged man curled his lips and said with envy and jealousy: "Come on, you want to get out of the cell without getting a layer of skin scraped off? What good things are you dreaming of?"
As soon as he said this, the middle-aged man was stared at with death eyes by other prisoners and their families.
"Old Cao, don't bring your looting, smashing, burning and robbing tactics to our Yunzhou. This is not a place where you can act recklessly. Haven't you suffered enough?"
The jailer heard the noise and warned the middle-aged man.
After saying that, the jailer comforted Gu Nanxi: "Don't worry, Madam Gu. We just finished evaluating advanced personnel at the end of the year, and everything is done according to the procedures. If you have money, you can redeem yourself."
It’s just that the price is a bit expensive, two strings of cash.
Most people would choose to squat for three days. After all, working for three days may not earn you two strings of cash.
Gu Nanxi basically never carries money with her when she goes out, and Wang Anshi is reluctant to spend it.
Since he was free anyway, Wang Anshi leaned on the prison bars and asked, "Master jailer, is the man opposite called Lao Cao? What crime has brought him here?"
The jailer said, "Yes, he is from Qingxi County, Muzhou. He believes in some religion. It seems that he is coming to Yunzhou to find someone to do something for him. But as soon as he entered the city, he went to Baiwei Restaurant to eat a free meal."
Wang Anshi gloated over the misfortune: "Others only pick on the weak, but Cao only kicks the iron."
Lao Cao was not embarrassed at all, but said confidently: "I am a member of the Eating Vegetables Sect! It can also be called Manichaeism! Our doctrine is that the sky is big, the earth is big, and eating is the most important. In Muzhou, we never pay for meals."
Lao Cao's words caused boos.
"You're such a boaster! I don't believe there's a place where you can eat for free!"
"If no one gives money, won't the merchants cry to death?"
"If I can eat without paying, why would I go to work? Why would I farm? I go out to play every day, and eat three meals a day at a set time."
Seeing that everyone didn't believe him, the veins on Lao Cao's neck bulged out: "What do you know? If you have the guts, you can also revolt!"
Wang Anshi exclaimed: "Are you an insurgent?"
Old Cao puffed out his chest and said, "I am Cao Yu, the great general of the Manichean vanguard!"
Yo ho!
The jailer brought a bag of beans and distributed a handful to each prisoner in the cell.
Come on, come on, sit down and eat melon together.
Someone asked: "Is your uprising large-scale? It's not the size of only one county, right?"
In less than a hundred years, the Zhou Dynasty suppressed hundreds of uprisings, big and small.
Therefore, when they heard about the uprising, everyone from the imperial court to the common people remained calm.
The beans brought by the jailer were crispy and fragrant.
Lao Cao chewed with big mouthfuls, enjoying being watched by everyone. "Big Boss! Before I left, the Holy Lord had just wiped out 5,000 Great Zhou troops in Xikeng, Qingxi County, killed the Liangzhe Road Inspector, Cai Zun, and Yan Tan, and was preparing to march towards the entire territory of Muzhou."
Wow!
There was a cry of surprise in the cell.
Although the Great Zhou army was very weak compared to Yunzhou, the fact that 5,000 of its soldiers were killed by a group of rabble made people wonder, was the Great Zhou army rotten to the core, or was the other side too powerful?
Gu Nanxi leaned against the stone wall, thinking about the information he had read before.
Fang La of Qingxi County was originally the owner of a lacquer garden. Because the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty built a temple, he plundered rare stones, flowers and trees in the south of the Yangtze River on a large scale, causing the people to go bankrupt and even be forced to sell their children, causing public resentment.
Later, the Zhou Dynasty encountered unprecedented floods and freezing disasters. The Zhou Dynasty court failed to provide timely disaster relief, and Fang La could no longer tolerate it and raised the flag of rebellion.
When Gu Nanxi received the information, Fang La had only organized 5,000 people. How long had it been since then, and he had actually grown to a scale that could annihilate 5,000-man Great Zhou troops!
Gu Nanxi stuffed a few beans into his mouth. The Zhou court was going to be in trouble!
Then, Gu Nanxi was glad that when Erlang came back from overseas, he entered the Quanzhou Port instead of the Hangzhou Port where he set out.
If the Fang La uprising had happened, the potatoes and corn that Erlang brought back would definitely have suffered losses.
The fireworks outside the cell crackled and the beans inside the cell crackled.
Muzhou is too far away from Yunzhou, so everyone forgot about it after hearing it, and the topic became increasingly divergent.
"Is the Water Margin, which was once written in Yunzhou Weekly, the same as Cao Cao's uprising?"
A woman shook her head and retorted, "Of course not. Song Jiang and his men were forced to join the Liangshan Mountain, and they did not take the initiative to go outside. Murong Fu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is more like them, always causing trouble."
Lao Cao had never read these two scripts, so he had no say at all.
Wang Anshi: "Murong Fu is no good either. He doesn't recruit soldiers or bribe officials to control the grassroots. He spends all day wandering around in the martial arts world, and the government doesn't care about him."
Everyone was talking excitedly and no one gave Lao Cao any extra glances.
Cao fish...
Is his shining moment so short-lived?!
In order to attract everyone's attention, Cao Yu shouted: "Do you know why I came to Yunzhou?"
The discussion paused and everyone looked at Cao Yu.
Someone politely asked, "Why?"
Cao Yu: "Don't spread what I say next. I came here to seek cooperation with Duke Yun on the orders of the Holy Lord."
Gu Nanxi: “Hmm?”
She has no relationship with Fang La.
Cao Yu: "The Holy Lord promised that as long as Duke Yun was willing to send troops to help, he would be willing to divide the Yangtze River with Duke Yun."
Gu Nanxi's mixed feelings turned into a light sigh.
Good fellow, he actually doesn't have the ambition of a Fang La! He can't even occupy a single state, yet he dares to dream of the entire south of the Yangtze River.
After some awkward laughter, everyone continued discussing the world of martial arts.
This reaction was totally beyond Cao Yu's expectations. He slapped the railing frantically: "At least give me some reaction! What do you mean by this? Do you look down on me?"
The jailer came over and gave Cao Yu a bowl of steamed cake: "Don't think about anything else. When you get out, be a down-to-earth person."
The jailer turned around and unlocked the door for Gu Nanxi: "Someone has redeemed you."
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