Chapter 83: The tide turns
"Four hundred taels, you only have one chance!" Captain Sun narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Yiquan. It was no longer a question of whether he should buy it or not, but he must buy it.
Zhang Yiquan also understood this truth, but his resentment towards the carriage was too deep. These days, his legs were almost broken.
Especially since he not only had to walk in shackles, but also had to carry his son on his back. How fat was his son?
That's almost as big as half a pig!
And if you walk slowly, you will be whipped!
This life is simply unbearable.
He has already lost more than ten pounds. If this continues, he might really die on the road.
Therefore, even though he knew that Captain Sun would ask for a high price, he had to grit his teeth and buy it.
But he has been in the officialdom for so long, and he has connections both high and low, so he naturally knows how to deal with greedy people.
"Well... Captain Sun, to be honest, I originally had so much money, but... I had to bribe other people along the way and it was all gone..."
He spoke very tactfully, but Captain Sun could quickly tell that this was not some kind of arrangement but rather extortion by his men.
He naturally believed what Zhang Yiquan said. After all, it was a common practice for yamen runners to extort prisoners.
As long as you enter the exile team, which prisoner will not have his money squeezed out?
If there is no money, why do they come to the exile team? Can't they endure hardships?
That's something only a fool like Xu Tian would do!
All the money extorted by his subordinates must be handed over to him. Anyone who refuses will be banned from joining the team.
So, Captain Sun just needs to sit back and wait to collect the money.
But he had spent most of it lavishly in the county town a few days ago, and now that he was planning to escape, he naturally had to take more.
Who would have thought that his men would be so efficient and squeeze all the money out of these people so quickly?
However, he was still unwilling to give in. "Really? Since you can't come up with the money, then get out!"
"Captain Sun..." Zhang Yiquan shouted hurriedly, "I only have two hundred taels on me right now. I don't know..."
Two hundred taels
Captain Sun's eyes lit up. Two hundred taels is not bad. With his salary, it would take him decades to earn two hundred taels.
If he didn't spend his money on wine and women, two hundred taels of silver would be enough for him to live comfortably. Ordinary people like him might not be able to earn two hundred taels in their entire lives.
"Corrupt officials still have money!"
Captain Sun couldn't help but feel happy, which was why he came to the exile team.
Basically, only officials and children of nobles would be exiled, and these people were the richest.
They usually don't take money seriously, so even if they are short of money during exile, they are willing to spend money for something.
"Okay!" Captain Sun nodded. "Pay the money, and the carriage will be yours."
Zhang Yiquan was waiting for this sentence. He quickly took off his shoes and took out two silver bills from the soles.
Captain Sun frowned, feeling a bit disgusted. But it was two hundred taels after all. Even if it fell into the toilet, he would jump down and pick it up, let alone...
So, he pinched his nose with one hand, took it with the other hand, and after confirming that it was correct, he waved to him.
Zhang Yiquan was extremely excited. He climbed onto the carriage using his hands and feet and lifted the curtain, but found that there was nothing inside, not even a stool.
But he didn't care. He lay in the carriage, looking at the roof. He could faintly smell incense and something like food in the carriage.
"Hahaha!"
Suddenly, he couldn't help laughing, which scared the yamen runner who was about to leave.
"Neuropathy!"
The bailiff ignored him and drove the prisoner on his way.
"Hahaha, Chen Yuan, ah Chen Yuan, you have come to this day, aren't you very arrogant? Didn't you say you wouldn't sell it to me? Now the carriage belongs to me!"
Zhang Yiquan lay in the carriage, burst into laughter, and then talked to himself like a madman.
After a while, he brought his wife, daughter and mother over.
"How did you get the carriage?" When Zhang saw the carriage, her eyes suddenly lit up and she climbed up using her hands and feet.
Zhang Yiquan ignored him, sat beside the carriage, grabbed the reins and swung them, and shouted to the prisoners in front, "Get out of the way!"
"Lulu!"
The horse suddenly felt pain, lifted its leg, let out a long cry to the sky, and ran away. Zhang Yiquan, who was sitting next to the carriage, was thrown off by the violent movement and was almost crushed by the carriage.
Fortunately, he dodged in time, but the fall aggravated the injury on his arm.
"Wait a minute, I haven't gotten in the car yet?"
He ignored the pain, quickly got up and ran after the carriage.
When the prisoners saw the carriage coming, they quickly dodged for fear of being hit by it. The yamen runners became angry when they saw the team being thrown into disarray by the carriage.
clang!
They drew their swords and swung them at the oncoming carriages. The horses seemed to realize the power of the weapons and immediately stopped, no longer charging forward.
Zhang Yiquan ran over breathlessly and quickly climbed onto the carriage, fearing that the carriage would leave him behind again.
But the yamen runner ran over and scolded him, "Keep your horse safe, or else..."
snort!
The bailiff snorted coldly and sheathed his knife with a clanging sound, which frightened Zhang Yiquan so much that he shuddered.
"No, no!"
He would never dare to swing the reins again, after all, he now knew that he could not drive a carriage.
He could only gently touch the horse's butt to make it move faster, but the horse did not move. It even turned its head and glared at him, and snorted at him.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing this, the servants of the Chen family couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Zhang Yiquan was a little angry when he heard the laughter, "What are you laughing at..."
Just as he cursed, he found that the people next to him were from the Chen family, and they immediately burst into laughter, "Hahaha, Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan, are you very angry and depressed now..."
"Look what this is! Your carriage belongs to me now!"
"How is it? Walking doesn't feel good, does it?"
"you……"
When everyone in the Chen family heard his words, they became very angry.
After all, this smug look on the face of a villain makes people angry.
Seeing this, Zhang Yiquan became even happier and more proud.
"Why don't you beg me? Kneel down and beg me. Maybe I'll return the carriage to you..."
“Bang!”
"You're crazy!"
Before Zhang Yiquan could finish his words, he was slapped on the arm. It turned out that Zhang was furious when she heard that he was going to return the carriage to them.
Zhang Yiquan quickly smiled at his furious wife and said, "I'm just saying that. Even if they really kneel down and beg me, do you think I will really give it back to them?"
"That's more like it!"
Zhang nodded, then looked at the Chen family. "Oh, isn't this the almighty Lord Chen? Aren't you all very well connected? Ask them to buy you another one!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, I heard that you were kicked off the carriage by the yamen runners. Is it because you didn't pay enough or is it because Master Chen doesn't have enough face?"
“Puff!”
"What kind of face does he have!" Zhang Yiquan beside him sneered, "Maybe he earned it by having his wife and daughter spend a night with the yamen runners."
The two of them started to mock each other like a husband and wife, and their words became more and more unpleasant, which made everyone in the Chen family angry.
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