Chapter 106: Good Intentions Lead to Bad Results
In the exiled team, because there is no harassment from Captain Sun, Chen Xue and others no longer have to worry about this or that, and can enjoy life.
In particular, because of the presence of the guards, Lord Chen did not have to worry about someone simply barging in, lifting the carriage curtain, and discovering that they were not there.
Moreover, because County Magistrate Xu sent a cart of supplies, they could also eat good food openly.
Of course, wealth should not be shown off.
They still chose to hide in the space to eat. Of course, the servants ate outside, and the food they ate was naturally sent by County Magistrate Xu.
In fact, when Chen Xue was in the county town, she packed up a lot of street snacks.
Because the space has the ability to preserve freshness, even if the food is just bought, it will not go bad no matter how many days it is stored and will still be fresh.
So she bought a lot of food.
Although he spent a lot of money, he did not lose anything. Before leaving, General Pingwei and County Magistrate Xu both gave him a lot of silver.
Mr. Chen refused, but what does it have to do with her, Chen Xue.
Anyway, she accepted everyone who came to her. After all, everyone knew that her father was "penniless".
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"Each person only has one bowl of porridge and one steamed bun!"
It was lunch time and the bailiffs were distributing lunch to everyone. Suddenly, the bailiff who was serving porridge stared at the prisoner in front of him.
"I think you've already hit him!"
A trace of panic flashed across the prisoner's face, but he remained very calm and said, "I didn't. I just got here."
The bailiff stared at him intently, "Impossible! My memory is not that bad!"
"I really didn't." The prisoner said with a sad face, "Sir, you must have seen it wrongly. I really just came here."
"Haha!" The bailiff sneered, "Although you changed your clothes, you didn't change your shoes. Plus, the smell on your body can't be deceiving."
"I……"
The prisoner's face suddenly turned ugly, and then he looked at everyone and shouted, "Everyone, please bear witness for me. Not only did these yamen runners not give us food, they even falsely accused me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, several men nearby echoed him, "That's right, let's ask General Pingwei and County Magistrate Xu to make the decision!"
"you……"
The new runner's face suddenly turned very ugly, but he was different from the old hands like Captain Sun. It was his first time as a runner in the exile team, and his personality was not that bad.
So, faced with this situation, although he was angry, he did not take out the whip and scold them, and for a moment he didn't know how to deal with it.
After all, they had just arrived. If they didn't do a good job and the county magistrate or General Pingwei found out, wouldn't that be...
"What's going on!"
Xu Tian noticed the commotion here and hurried over. The prisoner's eyes lit up when he saw Xu Tian, and then he quickly ran over and complained to Xu Tian.
Xu Tian looked at the yamen runner, who quickly explained, "I clearly saw him know, so he got a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, and now he's running over here again..."
"Forget it!" Xu Tian glanced at the prisoner and sighed, "Let's end this matter here."
A bowl of porridge, although it contains a lot of rice, is still porridge and will not fill you up. It is okay to let the prisoners eat a little more.
Seeing this, the prisoner hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Xu Tian and then ran away quickly.
The yamen runner frowned and came to Xu Tian, "Captain, if everyone is like him, then our food won't last for a few days..."
"Yes." The old yamen runner next to him also spoke up. He was the yamen runner who had been in the exile team from the beginning. "There are regulations on the amount of food they are given. Once this food is eaten up, it will be difficult to get more!"
In fact, the imperial court did not really stipulate the amount of food to be given to exiled prisoners, but there was a rule that was followed by everyone, which was basically a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun.
Like Xu Tian asked them to make the rice in the porridge thicker, it was already that, if...
"Captain, it's not a good thing for them to eat too much. What if they start rioting again?"
Xu Tian interrupted them, "What if they starve to death?"
How could they starve to death? The old yamen runner complained in his heart. In the past, the prisoners were given even less to eat, but they still didn’t starve to death even with the chaff and stone cakes.
However, now that Xu Tian is the captain, how could he dare to disobey Xu Tian's orders?
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After the prisoner left, the prisoners who had agreed with him also hurriedly followed, and they soon gathered together.
“It really works!”
The prisoner couldn't help but say excitedly that they had known Xu Tian's character for a long time, and had also confirmed the personalities of other yamen runners in recent days, who were completely different from the previous ones.
Therefore, they could completely bully these yamen runners.
Moreover, even if Captain Xu Tian knew about this, he would still favor them, so they had to change their clothes and get more food.
"Then let's take turns changing clothes and go tomorrow. Two bowls of porridge will be enough to fill us up, and we can still save two steamed buns."
"that is."
"Let's get more food while these yamen runners are still easy to bully."
"But... I'm worried that other prisoners will see us like this and report us..."
"What are you afraid of?"
A man said nonchalantly, "At worst, we can recruit them into our group. We have more people and if we become stronger, it will be a good thing for us."
"That's right, I've figured it out. As long as we unite, no one else will dare to bully us. Even those yamen runners...if they want to touch us, they'll have to think twice..."
If Captain Sun was still in power, they naturally wouldn't dare to do this, but now it's Xu Tian, and they know Xu Tian's character very well.
He has a very good attitude towards prisoners and will always side with them unless there is something special.
It wasn't illegal for them to take more food, and Xu Tian didn't say anything, so they naturally became bolder.
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Xu Tian didn't know that because of his momentary weakness, he made a big mistake, and the prisoners began to form gangs.
Moreover, in order to allow the prisoners to eat better, Xu Tian also set them free. That is, during their exile, as long as they did not escape, they could enter the woods to pick wild vegetables and catch fish in the river.
You can even go hunting in the woods at noon or in the evening. As long as they don't run away, you can let them use any method to supplement their diet.
This move was certainly approved by the prisoners, but it also caused trouble for the yamen runners.
They had to patrol the woods at lunchtime and in the evening, and then take a head count every day to make sure no prisoners had escaped.
Fortunately, General Pingwei was worried that they would not be able to control the prisoners due to their small number of people, so he assigned them more yamen runners.
One yamen runner was in charge of four or five prisoners, and fifty or sixty yamen runners was the largest number of yamen runners in the exile team in recent years.
However, as the prisoners gained freedom, their ambitions also grew. From barely having enough to eat, these prisoners now plan to live a better life.
Of course, they never thought of competing with the Chen family.
Although we couldn’t see what delicious food Chen Xue and the others ate, the servants of the Chen family ate better than them.
They said it was impossible not to be envious, because without a backer, they could only rely on themselves.
As a result, many prisoners formed gangs and when they saw someone had killed prey, they would start to snatch their prey through coercion and inducement.
It was fine at first, but later on they even started to kill me.
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