Chapter 30: Grabbing Supplies (Happy New Year's Eve)
"Sir, Sir, let's talk!"
Lord Chen suddenly became anxious. Not to mention whether he could defeat these yamen runners, even if he won, they would die.
After all, what the yamen runner said was right. In the exile team, attacking officials was a very serious crime and they had the right to execute the criminals.
Not to mention, they also accused themselves of running away.
No matter which one, these yamen runners have the right to kill them without punishment!
But unless they offended the yamen runners to death, it would be impossible for the yamen runners to kill people for no reason. After all, they have targets for killing yamen runners.
The exile team must ensure that 80 to 90 percent of the people reach their destination. If too many people die, these yamen runners will also be punished.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, these yamen runners mainly extort and exploit people, and will not kill people.
Unless it's Zhao Guang's case.
But now, these yamen runners actually took action for inexplicable reasons, which made Chen Xue and others look very ugly.
He definitely had not offended these yamen runners, so it was most likely that Guo Qiang saw that Zhao Guang was unsuccessful, so he asked others to take action.
If that's the case, then it would be a bit difficult.
If it was just an ordinary conflict, it could be resolved through bribery, but the mortal feud between them and Guo Qiang behind them was irreconcilable.
"It's not impossible to make concessions on this matter!" The leading bailiff suddenly changed his tone.
Chen Xue and Lord Chen looked at each other, and saw joy and confusion in each other's eyes.
Then, Lord Chen stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Please, sir, please explain clearly."
"Hand over the supplies on the carriage behind you!" The bailiffs finally revealed their purpose. From the beginning, they had no intention of killing anyone.
After all, there were too many prisoners around. Even if they killed the Chen family on the pretext of their escape, the prisoners around them might not believe it.
If anyone leaked the news, or if the people behind Xu Tian conducted a thorough investigation, they would be dead.
Moreover, their original goal was the supplies on the Chen family's carriage.
Supplies
Chen Xue and Lord Chen suddenly realized that this was their purpose. In that case, they were no longer Guo Qiang's men.
The two men breathed a sigh of relief. If they were not Guo Qiang's men, their lives would not be in danger.
However, they have set their sights on the supplies on the carriage, which makes things a bit difficult.
Firstly, a lot of supplies on the carriage had actually been stored in Chen Xue's space. If they opened it, they would definitely find that the supplies had disappeared.
Besides, if they took the supplies from the wagons, what would they use?
Even though Chen Xue has space, many things cannot be taken out and used openly.
If the supplies on the carriage were taken away, then the next time they ate meat or anything good, it would arouse suspicion.
All the supplies were taken away, where did they get the meat?
"Why? Don't want to?"
The yamen runner snorted coldly, "I'm already thinking highly of you by asking you to use supplies to buy your lives. Don't be so shameless."
He didn't say something explicitly, but Chen Xue and the others could hear it. If they killed him and the others, they could get these supplies for free.
Chen Xue and the other person looked very ugly. It was impossible to fight these yamen runners head-on, and it was also impossible to give them supplies.
This is very difficult to deal with!
If we don't give them supplies and make them angry, they might actually kill people.
Moreover, Zhao Guang and Xu Tian were blocked and could not come to help them, so they had to find a way to solve the problem themselves.
"Sir... if you want supplies, we're naturally willing to give them to you." Chen Xue suddenly looked pitiful, as if she was about to cry. "However, the Postmaster took our money and only gave us a few supplies... I'm sure your Excellency wouldn't consider these supplies worth anything."
The yamen runner was puzzled when he saw Chen Xue's sudden change of expression, but he just wanted to get the supplies. "Whether we like it or not is up to us."
"Then, sir, come with us." Chen Xue led the way, pretending to be aggrieved. "Sir, you should know that our Chen family is poor and has no money to buy supplies..."
"Wow, wow, wow, we finally managed to scrape together some money to give to the Postmaster, but he only gave us empty boxes. Please help us make a decision!"
When the yamen runners heard this, they suddenly realized that they were not at the scene at that time, so they were not clear about the situation.
This morning, I saw the postmaster actually sending the Chen family on a carriage and even mentioned a bunch of supplies. I felt a little puzzled.
But now, according to Chen Xue, it makes sense for them to spend money to buy supplies from the Postmaster, which explains why the Postmaster is so good only to them.
However, they didn't believe what Chen Xue said about being cheated by the postmaster and having only a few supplies.
"Sir, our family is in dire straits. We've finally managed to scrape together a little money, but... please, Sir, please help us..."
“That’s enough!”
The bailiff interrupted Chen Xue and said that he came here to rob supplies, so how did he end up making decisions for them?
He doesn't believe anything about the family being in financial difficulty.
Seeing that the yamen runner was a little impatient, Chen Xue didn't say anything more. Anyway, she had already hinted clearly.
She brought the yamen runners to the old carriage, asked the servants to leave, and let the yamen runners do it themselves.
The chief bailiff gave a signal, and soon a bailiff climbed onto the carriage, lifted the curtain, and opened the box inside.
However, after opening it, he found that there was only a small amount of things in the huge box, which made the yamen runner stunned.
He subconsciously opened the other boxes and found the same thing. There were only a few cabbages in the huge boxes, and some were even empty.
This made the yamen runner look very ugly, and he immediately ran off the carriage to report to the head yamen runner.
"What?"
"empty"
The head yamen runner's face changed drastically, and the yamen runner quickly explained, "Brother Qian, it's not all empty, there are just very few things."
What a difference!
The chief yamen runner pushed him away, climbed onto the carriage, opened the box, and found that the box, which could hold more than ten pounds of silver, had a few cabbages lying quietly inside.
Such a big box only contains a few heads of cabbage, which is such a waste.
The head of the yamen runners was not discouraged and opened the other boxes. There was not much in them either, only a few kilograms of rice.
These few pounds of rice didn't even fill half of the box.
Then he turned his head and looked at the innermost part of the carriage. There were boxes piled high. He quickly took them down and opened them, but found that they were empty.
"Someone come!"
The head of the yamen runners was a little angry. He quickly jumped off the carriage and called his other men, "Move out all the boxes inside."
Watching the yamen runners carry all the boxes down, Chen Xue, who was not far away, couldn't help but smile sarcastically.
After the postmaster delivered the supplies onto the carriage, she immediately collected them, leaving only a very small amount.
Firstly, it is safer to put it in a more spacious place. Secondly, if one horse pulls two carriages, one carriage is full of people and the other carriage is full of supplies, the horse will be tired to death sooner or later, so the weight must be reduced.
So Chen Xue put the supplies away, but left a few boxes with a little bit of supplies in them as a cover.
Now it seems that the previous approach was very wise. Now these yamen runners are trying to rob supplies. Do they want the empty boxes?
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