Chapter 82 Ambush
“Here I come!”
The Black Mountain bandits hid beside the valley and looked at the long team in the distance, and immediately became very alert.
"According to the information I heard earlier, the Chen family is sitting in the carriage. As long as they are not wearing yamen uniforms, they are from the Chen family."
Brother Hei said, a murderous look on his face, "After we find the Chen family, kill everyone except Chen Yuan's daughter."
He also took out the scroll and said, "Look carefully at what the person looks like, otherwise you won't be able to recognize him when he's right under your nose."
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"Hurry up, once we pass that valley, we can rest."
They have been traveling continuously for the past two days. Even at night, they rest very late and get up very early.
This not only made the prisoners exhausted, but even the yamen runners could hardly bear it.
“Bang!”
“Hurry up!”
Suddenly a whip hit the Chen family's servant, causing him to stagger. The servant turned around and glared at him, but was responded with a whip.
"What are you dawdling for?"
The yamen runner didn't care about the angry glares from the Chen family servants at all, "Hurry up, you're the slowest walkers!"
The servants did not dare to refute. In fact, because there were some fallen rocks ahead, the road became narrower and everyone was stuck together, so the traffic slowed down.
"With so many people, the carriage can't move for a while!" Chen Yi explained, enduring the pain in his back.
"Haha, it's none of my business!" The bailiff curled his lips, "Who do you think you are? You're exiled and you're riding in a carriage!"
"Either leave now, or I'll beat you until you leave!"
Obviously, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this bailiff was just looking for trouble.
But what does it matter if they knew he was looking for trouble? They were prisoners and there was no way they would attack the bailiffs.
Chen Yi bit his lip but said nothing more. The carriage couldn't move for a while, and they couldn't just abandon the master and go away first.
“Swish!”
Seeing this, the bailiff cracked his whip again.
“That’s enough!”
Lord Chen and the others got out of the carriage and said, "Let's go!"
Having said this, he didn't even look at the yamen runner and walked away with his servants.
The yamen runner was stunned to find that the Chen family had actually given up the carriage. He began to realize that the Zhang family had always wanted this carriage, but the Chen family had always been unwilling to sell it, even if the Zhang family offered a high price.
Now I'm so generous to give it up
"Fool!"
Thinking that they might have abandoned the carriage in order to protect their servants, he immediately became more sarcastic.
However, even though the Chen family abandoned the carriage, he still completed the task assigned to me by the captain, and he did not expect that he could complete it so easily.
Captain Sun quickly learned the news and came to the Chen family's carriage. He sneered and said that if the Chen family came out, he would have plenty of ways to deal with them.
However, before that, we should get rid of the carriage first.
So, Captain Sun looked at his men, who immediately understood and looked at the prisoners, "Anyone want a carriage?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man rushed over.
"I, I want it!"
Captain Sun turned around and saw Zhang Yiquan. He walked over with his arm covered, as if his arm was injured.
"You want this carriage"
Captain Sun patted the carriage and looked at him.
"Yes."
Zhang Yiquan nodded, he wanted it so much.
Ever since he left the capital, he had wanted to buy the Chen family's carriage, but unfortunately they didn't agree. After trying several times, he still had no chance.
Then he wanted to ask other yamen runners to help him buy it, but those runners were greedy and there was no sign of the carriage.
During the previous riot, he had thought about inciting the prisoners, killing the Chen family, and then occupying the Chen family's carriage.
As for escaping
Haha, he is not a fool, otherwise he would not have become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He knows very well that it is impossible to escape, and escaping will mean death.
Therefore, he never thought about escaping, but just wanted to kill the Chen family and occupy the carriage.
Unfortunately, his plan was ruined by an eagle, which scratched him and almost broke his arm.
He didn't expect that he would have the chance to get a carriage, so he was naturally very excited.
Seeing Zhang Yiquan so excited, Captain Sun also smiled. This was a good thing, as he could extort some money.
"Five hundred taels, and this carriage is yours!"
"What"
Zhang Yiquan's smile suddenly froze on his face. He was a little bit unbelieving and thought he had heard it wrong.
"What?" Captain Sun's tone changed, "You want it for free?"
Zhang Yiquan wanted to nod, but he quickly shook his head. He understood that free was the most expensive thing, but sometimes he couldn't help but be greedy.
But now there is no advantage to be gained, and he does not want to bleed a lot of money. "Captain Sun, five hundred taels is too much. I really don't have that much money..."
Captain Sun's face darkened when he heard this. He had already prepared to escape, so he planned to make some money so that he could live a carefree life after escaping.
After all, there will be no chance to make money in the future.
That's why he wanted to drive the Chen family away and use the Chen family's carriages to make money. On the one hand, he planned to take action against the Chen family, so he forced them out of the carriages.
Secondly, the Chen family's carriage can be used to exchange for money.
Captain Sun did not answer, but looked at his men. His men immediately understood, looked at the prisoners around them, and shouted again.
"Anyone who wants a carriage can pay for it if they have money!"
The prisoners turned around and saw that it was the Chen family's carriage. Many of them were very curious.
Some people gloated over the Chen family's misfortune.
Some people were tempted and asked around, but they found out that it would cost five hundred taels of silver, so they immediately gave up the idea.
For a while, no one stood up.
"hateful!"
The Chen family members not far away saw this scene and immediately became furious. Xiaodie stomped her feet in anger, "How shameless! How can they be so shameless?"
Drive them away and then auction off their carriages. There are no such shameless people in the world.
"Forget it, there's no need to be angry!" Chen Xue touched Xiaodie's head and pinched her angry face.
"We can't beat them, and getting angry will only harm our health."
"Then I'll make a little doll and curse them!" Xiaodie said angrily, obviously having thought of a countermeasure.
“…………”
Chen Xue ignored her and looked at her father. Her father nodded to her, and then the few of them stopped paying attention to Captain Sun and the others and walked into the crowd.
When Captain Sun saw that no one stood up, he frowned. Five hundred taels should not be expensive for corrupt officials like them.
Even if their homes were confiscated, they still had savings hidden somewhere, so it's impossible for everyone to be penniless.
Mr. Chen: I always feel like someone is mocking me!
In fact, these people did have money, but they were afraid to take it out. They were worried that Captain Sun was testing whether they had money or not, and if they did, he would rob them.
Secondly, they didn’t believe that Captain Sun was really going to sell the carriage. What would they do if Captain Sun didn’t give them the carriage after they spent the money?
Besides, this is the Chen family's carriage. What if the Chen family comes to settle accounts with them?
They knew clearly that the Chen family had a relationship with the yamen runners, and many yamen runners had been very polite to the Chen family before.
With no one competing, Captain Sun could only look at Zhang Yiquan.
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