Chapter 158 Where did the imperial envoy go?
"Why? Don't you want to escape punishment?" Murong Cong frowned.
Thinking of King Xi's instructions, he still patiently said in a pleasant tone, "Even if you don't consider yourself, you should also consider your grandfather. He is old and weak, and he may not survive in Lingnan."
"No, we won't accept your order." Tang Zhan refused without saying anything else.
Tang Xiaolin also said: "Zhan'er is right, we will not accept this order."
"How dare you disobey His Majesty's decree?"
The people who came with Murong Cong waved their weapons to kill them, and Tang Ranran was so scared that she cried, "Don't kill my grandfather, don't kill my brother."
Li Rong couldn't help but persuade: "Master Murong, I think it's not too late for you to listen to why Tang Xiaolin and Tang Zhan didn't obey the order before killing them."
Murong Cong snorted: "No matter what the reason is, refusing to accept the order is treason."
He ignored Li Rong's advice and waved his hand: "Kill him."
Xie Anfeng frowned beside him. What on earth was going on? How could someone kill someone just like that?
Xie Yanyan had been standing in front of the window watching. At this moment, she had already lowered her head and poured flour into a bowl, added some cold water, cracked four eggs into it, beat it into a paste, and added salt, pepper, and five-spice powder.
Peel the remaining pieces of tender lotus root, cut them into thin strips, put them into the batter, and coat them with batter to prepare fried lotus root sandwiches.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside, followed by several "crack" and "boom" sounds.
In full view of everyone, the corridor of the Chariot and Horse Inn was struck by lightning.
Suddenly a strong wind came, making it impossible for people to stand steadily and even open their eyes.
As everyone was hiding their heads and ducking, they heard Murong Cong shouting, "Hurry up and pull..."
His words disappeared into the wind.
After the strong wind passed, everyone was shocked to find that a corner of the corridor where Murong Cong and his group had been standing had collapsed.
The group of people who wanted to kill Tang Xiaolin and Tang Zhan were all gone.
Xie Anfeng couldn't help it and ran out of the inn to look around.
Xu Wenrong and Li Rong went out to see that Murong and his group's carriages were all there, but the person was gone! !
The entire inn was tense at the beginning, and now everyone is looking at each other in confusion. What is going on?
Why did a thunderbolt suddenly fall from the sky? Why did a strong wind suddenly blow?
Where did Murong and his group go?
Tang Zhan was also surprised. He was very close to Murong Cong, and the strong wind made it impossible for him to open his eyes, so he covered his face with his sleeves. He heard Murong Cong scream "Ah", and when he opened his eyes again, the man was gone.
Everyone went back to their rooms, and Li Rong was heavy-hearted.
Tomorrow, whether it is sunny or rainy, we will continue to travel south and cannot stop in Yongxing City.
Xie Yanyan ate the lotus root she made for Liu Mingjie three times, keeping one bowl for each of them, and sent the rest back to Liu Mingjie.
Liu Mingjie was discussing today's events with Zhu Ba and the others anxiously. Seeing Xie Yanyan, he asked, "Miss Xie, did you see what happened today?"
"No, I'm cooking."
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Liu Mingjie was speechless. Watching Xie Yanyan leave coldly, his restless heart suddenly calmed down.
He scratched his head and said to Li Rong: "Boss, we should learn from Miss Xie. If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up. What Murong Cong has nothing to do with us. We are just small escort officers. It is our duty to send the prisoners to Lingnan. What else has to do with us?"
Zhu Ba now also respects Xie Yanyan. Thinking of the 1,000 taels of silver that Xie Xiangxiang cheated him out of, he said, "Don't look at Third Miss Xie as cold and aloof. She is very wise and doesn't care about anything, but she never gets anything good. Even though she is a prisoner, we will never be able to get by with her in the future."
Xie Yanyan, who couldn't get along with anyone, was having lunch with his family.
The glutinous rice lotus root is very sweet. Xiao Baozi and Song Lingling both like it very much. Xie Lingyu also took a few bites. Xie Anfeng, Xie Ning and Xie Yong all like the cold dishes and hot and sour soup to go with the rice.
"We are leaving tomorrow. Boss, please tidy up the carriage at night and block the front and back so that the adults and children don't get blown by the wind."
"Third brother, you and Ah Sheng follow Yan'er, and don't disturb your sister when she is doing something."
"What happened today is very strange. It's not our family's business. Don't get involved."
"The road may be unsafe, Boss, Wenrong, the three of us should keep our weapons with us."
He had already informed Li Rong and agreed to let them keep their weapons with them. After all, this was not the first time they had protected everyone along the way.
As they were getting ready to leave, someone was heard crying on the big bunk bed.
The eldest wife of the Su family was dying of hunger and illness.
The two younger sons of the Wu family also had high fever.
Su Moqing came to ask Xie Yanyan: "Miss San, please help me, my sister-in-law can't do it anymore."
"Have you found Li Rong?"
"Master Li has no money, no food, and no medicine. There is nothing he can do."
Xie Yanyan took him to find Li Rong.
Liu Mingjie said, "Miss Xie, don't worry about it. Who isn't hungry? If you want to say it's hardship, it's all their own fault. We can't treat them like our ancestors and feed them."
Li Rong said sincerely: "Miss Xie, you are still young. These prisoners are not ordinary people. You may say they are pitiful now, but when they were doing evil, did they ever think about the suffering of the people? Did they ever think about how pitiful the victims were?"
Li Rong meant that these prisoners did not deserve sympathy, and that what they were suffering now was what they deserved. He was not a god, and he had no obligation to support the exiles.
Xie Yanyan looked at Su Moqing, and Su Moqing immediately felt ashamed.
He was a teacher to Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu. The Xie family never treated him unfairly. They gave him everything they had to eat and almost supported his entire family.
Now if you ask someone to save your brother's family, they will not refuse to help. They will handle the matter impartially and take you to the bailiff and ask him to tell you.
It was still raining heavily outside. The shopkeeper and a few merchants who had gone out to check the road said that Prefect Yan had posted a notice.
"The government said that whoever can find a way to drain the water will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver."
"The water in the city is up to the waist, and the moat is also full. Life is unbearable. The rice jar is empty, let alone vegetables."
The shopkeeper sighed.
Xie Yanyan looked at the gray sky. Draining water was a piece of cake for her. She could get the 1,000 taels of silver if she wanted to. The key was how to get it.
Her space is so unreasonable and the things in it are so advanced, how can she cover it up?
She could also turn a blind eye to the accumulated water. There was so much silver in the space and no shortage of food. 1,000 taels were nothing to her.
But she can still do something good to give back to society without having to put in any effort on her part.
Moreover, Prefect Yan had some friendship with the King of Nanhai. If she helped Prefect Yan, it would be equivalent to helping Zhou Shaoyu and she would be doing him a favor.
"Sister, can we leave tomorrow?" Xie Lingyu stood beside her, listening to other people's discussions.
"Do you want to leave?"
"It's not fun here at all. If it weren't for Master Li taking care of my sister-in-law, I'm afraid we would have left long ago."
"Well, let's go tomorrow."
She walked back to the room and found Xie Anfeng and Xu Wenrong: "Father, cousin, go and call Lord Li and ask him to take down the notice wall. I have a way to drain the water."
"Do you really have a plan?"
"Um."
"What if he doesn't believe it?"
"He doesn't believe it, you go and reveal the list."
Xie Anfeng's scalp tingled. Should I take the lead?
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