Li Gan brought with him, in addition to his brothers who had been through life and death together, two newcomers he had "picked up" from Bohai County. Having been through life and death together, rolling among the dead together, their friendship was truly a life-long one.
At this time, after drinking the strong liquor in the sheepskin wine bag, the group braved the wind and snow and rode at full speed, quickly fleeing into the mountains and forests on the border between Bohai County and Qingzhou County.
After that, he continued to travel 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 contact the person, he heard something that left him dumbfounded:
Someone in Jixiang County disobeyed the imperial order and actually killed the official who was selecting concubines!
Li Gan couldn't help but immediately think of Xia Daohua. 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 bold as to disobey the order.
But it was not her who killed the officer.
Or rather, she simply threw the official into the mountains, leaving him nothing but his underwear...
It’s similar to 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 fractures on his body or face...
She didn't tie the man up - 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 molested girls from the candidate families.
The original scope of the audition did not include girls under the age of thirteen.
But when he spoke, it became that anyone over ten years old had to participate in the election. Moreover, not only did he have to "participate in the election", he also touched 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 was brought out, County Magistrate Yang and Wang did not dare to act rashly.
Although they were furious and didn't take the royal family seriously, they couldn't publicly express this attitude. It was the kind of open secret that everyone knew, but no one would say it out loud.
No matter how much they couldn't stand this kind of thing, they were unwilling to bear the crime of rebelling against the imperial order just out of righteous indignation.
Xia Daohua learned about this after County Magistrate Yang and Wang fell ill and 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.
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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 his beard hadn't covered his mouth, his saliva would have been dripping.
Xia Daohua took out the money and asked for exemption from the selection for her sisters.
The "imperial envoy" accepted the silver, but mistakenly thought that the Xia family had no roots and could only bribe him with silver. 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 of them just wanted to watch the fun and cheered from the crowd.
The incident happened suddenly, and he was only a few people with him. He was furious and anxious, but he could only endure it. However, after such humiliation, how could the "imperial envoy" let it go?
He returned to the posthouse angrily and then sent troops to besiege the Xia family.
The imperial envoy was not accompanied by many guards, only twenty soldiers, but these twenty people, surrounding a large courtyard, were not too few.
He didn't dare to kill people on the spot, but if he accused them 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 ten miles away. She also added a lot of vegetables, meatballs, meat slices, etc. The overbearing aroma alone made the people surrounding the Xia family's house 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 them so hungry that their mouths almost crawled 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 a melancholy heart.
However, they didn't expect that after they finished eating, before they could even take a few sips of the noodle soup, they all fell asleep - 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 places. 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 away. When he thought of the beautiful daughters of the Xia family, he felt a burning sensation in his heart, and he took his two personal servants and rushed to the Xia family excitedly.
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 make trouble in the dark night can be avoided at least, right?
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