Chapter 105 Resolving the Crisis]
Seeing this, the other prisoners had some sympathy for Qin Huanhuan, but now it all disappeared!
This woman, it would have been fine if she had just been caught, but she actually wanted to drag them down with her!
Chen Wu's heart trembled, and he hurried forward, bowing and saying, "Sir, I have come from the capital, and I am an official escorting exiles under the order of the emperor. I wonder if you have any advice for me?"
The leader of the soldiers sneered at him and said, "You said you were following orders, didn't you? Someone in the bandits has already identified you. You're probably a bandit in disguise! Come on! Capture them all!"
Chen Wu panicked when he heard this. It was obvious that the leader of the officers and soldiers was targeting them!
On the mountain before, what Miss Shen said was indeed true. They came here just for the Queen and the Crown Princess! They wanted to take the opportunity to kill them all and then put the blame on the bandits!
In this situation, even if he produced official documents, I'm afraid the other party would not recognize it!
Seeing this situation from a distance, Xiao Yunshuo's eyes turned cold. If the soldiers really dared to attack and hurt her, he would not care about anything else and would have to take action!
At this moment, Chen Fenghe suddenly uttered a clear and cold rebuke:
"What an arrogant official! How dare you call a horse a zebra in broad daylight, forcibly accusing innocent people of being bandits to gain credit! Or, did you receive bribes from someone, knowing that I am the Crown Princess, and that the Empress and the Ninth Prince, who have been demoted to commoners, are also among us, so you want to take advantage of the chaos to kill us? Even the Emperor's decree only banished us, and you have the audacity to kill us to silence us!"
When these words were spoken, the civilians on the roadside could not help but feel surprised and frightened.
"These soldiers...are actually randomly capturing civilians and treating them as bandits to win credit? Will we get caught too?"
"That's because the Crown Princess and the others are so bold. They even dare to arrest the Crown Princess?"
"That's right. Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous. Even when the Crown Prince rebelled, he didn't kill the Empress and the Crown Princess. He was just a small officer, so he must have been instructed by someone..."
Chen Fenghe listened to the discussions around him and looked at the leading officer with cold eyes.
In the past, she naturally didn't want her identity to be exposed. But now, exposing it would be helpful.
These officers and soldiers are afraid to act rashly!
"Sir, Master Chen has an official document of clearance on him. If you suspect even this is fake, then you are deliberately trying to take our lives!"
The leading officer had not expected that Chen Fenghe would make a big deal out of this. Now that she had revealed her identity as the Crown Princess, if he continued to arrest people indiscriminately, those who witnessed this on the official road would probably spread rumors. When the rumors spread, not only would he not be promoted, but he would also be blamed by his superiors!
"But... your accomplices clearly said that you were colluding with bandits. Who knows if you were the bandits pretending to be the Crown Princess or the Queen?!" The leading officer suddenly thought of Qin Huanhuan and made a specious argument.
Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Chen Fenghe asked calmly, "Who are you talking about, sir? You're talking about that crazy woman just now. We've never seen her, so how can we say she's her accomplice? Even when we passed Black Wind Mountain, it was calm and peaceful, and we didn't see any bandits. Please understand, sir!"
Chen Wu and other exiled prisoners, including the Qin family, were stunned when they heard her words.
Isn't that Qin Huanhuan? How come I've never seen her before? And the bandits, weren't they taken to the mountains?
However, Chen Wu quickly reacted and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Sir, I have never seen that woman before. When we crossed Black Wind Mountain, thanks to the bravery of the officers who suppressed the bandits, we were able to get through safely!"
The other prisoners also understood at this time and said one after another: "That's right! We have never seen this crazy woman! She must be the lover of the mountain bandits, and she framed us to get away with it!"
Even the Qin family members, in order to save their lives, shook their heads and pretended not to know Qin Huanhuan.
Qin Huanhuan was completely despairing. How could her family treat her like this?!
The leading officer's face was livid with rage, but now he had no choice but to stop and say, "If that's the case, I was wrong about you! Come on, give that slanderous little hoof a good beating!"
Immediately, officers and soldiers whipped Qin Huanhuan several times.
Qin Huanhuan screamed in pain and finally fainted.
But this time, no one sympathized with her.
The officers and soldiers casually threw Qin Huanhuan onto a horse, glanced coldly at Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue, and then left first.
Seeing that Shen Fenghe resolved a crisis with just a few words, Xiao Yunshuo couldn't help but admire her, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
Here, Chen Wu and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. Li Yong had originally felt a little distressed when he saw Qin Huanhuan like that, but now he was just glad that he hadn't been led around by that vicious woman.
Everyone tacitly stopped mentioning Qin Huanhuan. After paying for the meal, they continued to walk towards Qizhou Prefecture under the leadership of Chen Wu and other officials.
As for Qin Huanhuan, she was not beheaded as a bandit, but was secretly sold to a brothel by the officers and soldiers and became the lowest-class prostitute in the brothel.
But that’s another story.
The exile team arrived at a relatively prosperous town that night.
Chen Wu, Yuan Xun and others sold the three wild boars to the butcher in the town. Each wild boar weighed more than 100 pounds and was sold at the price of 30 wen per pound, which was about three taels of silver per boar.
Chen Wu gave three taels of silver to Chen Fenghe, and distributed another three taels of silver to the prisoners who helped carry the wild boar down the mountain. As for the rest, it was naturally left to the officials.
Everyone who got the silver was very happy. The Qin family was so frightened that they could hardly walk, so they naturally did not carry anything. As a result, they did not get a cent and were extremely envious and jealous.
Chen Fenghe didn't take the three taels of silver seriously. After all, her space was filled with mountains of gold, silver, and jewelry, and she was afraid that she would never be able to spend them all in her lifetime.
Next to the meat stall was a sesame seed bun shop, and the owner was shouting, "Seed buns! Freshly baked meat-filled sesame buns! Five cents each!"
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