Chapter 324 Resistance
The people Li Gan brought with him included not only his brothers who had been through life and death together, but also two newcomers he had "picked up" from Bohai County. Having been through life and death together, and rolling among the dead, they were truly friends for life.
At this time, after drinking the strong liquor in the sheepskin wine bag, the group braved the wind and snow, galloped on horseback, and quickly fled into the mountains and forests on the border of Bohai County and Qingzhou County.
After that, he continued walking day and night for more than a hundred miles before he found an inn that was neither too big nor too small to stay temporarily.
After entering the territory of Qingzhou County, Li Gan and his men finally put their hearts, which had been hanging in the air, back into their stomachs.
Li Gan left a mark on the outer wall of the inn, waiting for local ideas to come to him.
But before he could wait for the person to contact him, he heard something that stunned him:
Someone in Jixiang County disobeyed the imperial order and actually killed the official who was selecting the concubines!
Li Gan couldn't help but think of Xia Daohua the first time. That bold girl seemed to have taken root in Jixiang County...
For some reason, Li Gan always felt that the person who was so bold as to kill the official might be her!
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In fact, it was Xia Daohua who was so audacious as to disobey the order.
But it was not her who killed the officer.
Or rather, she just threw the official into the mountains without leaving him anything except his underwear...
It’s almost the same as how we concocted Xiao Lubuhua back then.
But Xia Daohua was certain that the officer was alive until she left. He was breathing smoothly, and there were no major wounds or signs of fractures on his body or face...
She didn't tie the man up either - after all, whether the officer, who was unconscious and only wearing tight clothes in the deep mountains and forests, could survive depended on God's will.
The reason why Xia Daohua did this was not because of the news that Eunuch Wei sent through Gu Mingzhen - although Gu Mingzhen sent someone to deliver the message, his people were still on the way.
The reason why Xia Daohua took action to deal with the official was that he not only demanded benefits and plundered people's wealth under the banner of selecting concubines, but also made sexual advances towards girls from the candidate families.
The original scope of the talent show did not include girls under the age of thirteen.
But when he said it, all girls over ten years old had to participate in the election. Moreover, not only did he have to "participate in the election", he also had to touch these little girls under the pretext of a physical examination.
When County Magistrate Yang and Wang heard about this, they were so angry that they led people to surround the merchant's house where the imperial envoy was temporarily staying.
But since the imperial edict had been brought out, County Magistrate Yang and Wang did not dare to act rashly.
Although they were very angry and didn't take the royal family seriously, this attitude could not be made public. It was the kind of open secret that you knew and I knew, but no one would say it out loud.
No matter how much they could not stand such things, they were unwilling to be charged with rebellion just out of righteous indignation.
Xia Daohua learned about this after County Magistrate Yang and Madam Wang both "fell ill" and when the "imperial envoy" went from house to house to "inspect" the beautiful girls.
The third wife of the Murong family somehow got in touch with the imperial envoy, and also found out about the imperial envoy's style from somewhere, and actually put the Xia family in the first batch.
When the "imperial envoy" saw the girl from the Xia family, his eyes immediately lit up.
Especially when he was looking at Linghua, his gaze was fiery and naked, just like a wolf that had been hungry for a long time and saw a fat and tender lamb.
If the beard hadn't covered his mouth, his saliva would have dripped down.
Xia Daohua took out the money and asked for exemption from the election for her sisters.
The "imperial envoy" took the silver, but mistakenly thought that the Xia family had no roots and could only bribe him with money. Not only did he not agree to be exempted from the selection, he also immediately asked Lihua and Linghua to live in the inn and serve him personally.
Xia Daohua immediately dragged him out of the door and slapped him hard many times in public.
He struggled desperately, using all his strength, but he couldn't get free.
His whole face was swollen.
More and more people gathered around, and some just wanted to watch the fun and cheered from the crowd.
The incident happened suddenly, and he didn't have many people with him. He was angry and anxious, but he could only bear it. However, after such humiliation, how could the "imperial envoy" let it go?
He returned to the inn angrily and then sent troops to surround the Xia family.
The imperial envoy brought few guards, only twenty soldiers, but these twenty people were not too few to surround a large courtyard.
He didn't dare to kill people on the spot, but if he accused someone of a crime, it would be easier for the county government to take action.
Anyway, as long as he traps the Xia family or puts them in jail, and tortures and intimidates them, won't the ignorant people of the Xia family be at his mercy?
Xia Daohua calmly prepared food and drinks for the family. She slowly cooked a large pot of deluxe instant noodles whose aroma spread from ten miles away. She also added a lot of vegetables, meatballs, meat slices, etc. The overbearing aroma alone made those who gathered around the Xia family's residence drool.
Although the guards had strict military discipline, they were cursing in their hearts. They didn't know what kind of delicacies these people from a small family ate, but they smelled so delicious! It made people's appetites crawl out!
Although the family was not in the mood to eat, seeing Xia Daohua so calm, they guessed that she might have some tricks up her sleeve, so they ate with melancholy in their hearts.
However, they did not expect that after they finished eating, they all fell asleep before they could even take a few sips of the noodle soup - Xia Daohua had put a knockout drug in the noodle soup to make it easier for them to move.
She moved all the Xia family members back into the house and let them sleep in their respective seats. She changed into night clothes and waited until it was completely dark before quietly leaving the house.
With the cheating artifact of space, it is easy to sneak out of the encirclement.
He applied ointment on his face. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had not performed his duties well as the imperial envoy at that time. Seeing that it was getting dark, he thought of this family of ungrateful and unruly people, who were probably scared enough. When he thought of the beautiful daughters of the Xia family, he felt a burning sensation in his heart, so he took his two personal servants and ran excitedly to the Xia family.
Xia Daohua had already been waiting outside the Xia family, of course, hiding in the space - now seeing that the imperial envoy really came with great interest, she took him into the space without saying a word.
The two servants who were serving him almost popped their eyes out of their sockets - how could such a big, living person walk here and suddenly disappear?
It’s the middle of the night now, could you have run into some monster?
The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became. They screamed and ran towards the Xia family - after all, there were a lot of soldiers surrounding the house!
In this place with strong yang energy, these things that play tricks in the dark night should be avoided at least a little, right?
(End of this chapter)
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