Chapter 218: Burying Yourself in a Big Trap
Shu Yan and Song Yunshu led the army forward.
There were only a few hundred soldiers guarding the county town, and they were easily defeated.
In one day, they captured two counties and were waiting to attack Suantou Prefecture tomorrow.
The governor and the governor-general were panicked upon hearing this, and hurriedly mobilized the remaining 30,000 soldiers in the province to start defending the city.
Unfortunately, this is destined to be another futile effort.
The next day, early in the morning, the east wind blew the war drum.
[The gates of Suantouzhou were tightly closed, and 30,000 soldiers were guarding the city, resolutely resisting.]
But whether they resist or not is not their decision.
Shu Yan changed her "closed" to "open", and her "resistance" to "surrender".
So as soon as the army arrived, the city gate opened by itself.
The general's angry shouts came from the city wall.
"Come back, where the hell are you running to?"
"Who allowed you to raise the white flag, you bunch of cowards, you—I order you to come back—"
However, 30,000 soldiers rushed out, regardless of the general's desperate opposition, and raised their hands in surrender, scrambling to be the first.
The soldiers on Shu Yan's side were stunned.
Are you serious?
They'd just taken up their fighting stance! They surrendered without even fighting?
No respect for them at all!
"Oh my god, surrendering without a fight, could this be the power of Goddess Nuwa..."
The army entered Suantouzhou unscathed.
The governor and the provincial governor, who were still waiting for victory, were captured alive in their own offices. They could hardly believe the outcome.
"Let go—Aww, you guys, how the hell did you do that?!"
There are 30,000 soldiers. Even if we kill them one by one, it will take a while, right?
What the hell are these heavenly soldiers and generals?
…
In this way, Shu Yan took control of Suantouzhou and spent a day cleaning up the officialdom and recruiting female soldiers just as he did in Yutou City.
Afterwards, it took a few more days to send out Song Yunshu and other young generals to take control of the entire province.
Okay, it’s time to help Aunt Zhang get revenge.
"Su Xin, what's your uncle's name?" Shu Yan called Aunt Zhang.
Hatred flashed in Aunt Zhang's eyes as she said, "Zhang Youbing."
"He made his fortune by embezzling our land. Last year, I heard that he's now the richest man in Suantou Prefecture. He's known as Master Zhang."
Shu Yan called the locals, asked for Mr. Zhang's address, and took Aunt Zhang with her.
In the feudal era, besides the bureaucrats, the landlords were of course also very happy.
This oil cake also has a house in the city, which occupies a very large area. The gate is spotless and looks very old and imposing.
However, when they reached the gate of the house, they heard a hoarse cry.
"No! I won't marry you, let me go!!"
"Haha~" a greasy voice came: "Miss Lan, just get married. Anyway, I have seen you naked today, and you will never be able to get married in the future, hahaha~"
Aunt Zhang shook her head suddenly and grabbed Shu Yan's hand: "It's him!"
This person is Zhang Youbing, and she will remember his voice for the rest of her life!
"You forced me to do that!" The girl cried even more shrilly, "Get out! Get out! I'd rather not marry anyone else than you!"
"Oh?" Zhang Youbing laughed obscenely. "Naive Miss Lan, what's the matter? Are you still thinking of making a living with your embroidery skills?"
"Haha, don't you think about it? If I spread the news that you were seen naked by a man today, who would be willing to buy your dirty stuff?"
The girl seemed silent.
Zhang Youbing's laughter became more and more rampant: "I'm telling you, don't be shameless~"
"A thing like you is so ugly that no one wants you even if you pay for it. If it weren't for your good embroidery and your fame in this city, I wouldn't even want you!"
"While I am in a good mood and don't want to argue with you, hurry up and get on this carriage. From now on, you can do embroidery work for my shop and I will give you a meal."
After hearing this, Shu Yan finally understood.
Yes, there was indeed a practice in ancient times where people would forcibly marry embroiderers into their own homes using this despicable method, so that they would not have to pay for her embroidery and could get her lifelong hard work for free.
It's hateful, but it's a viable solution in this era.
Because the whole environment does not support women working alone. Even widows are often criticized, so if an unmarried woman dares to work alone, she will be criticized for all sorts of things.
People don't care whether these words are true or not. They just say that a good woman will not go out to work alone. Doesn't she know that a woman who goes out alone will meet bad people?
So she deserves it, she brought it upon herself.
Shu Yan didn't read the comments, but she found that the readers' favorability value dropped by another 5%.
A new plot popped up.
Zhang Youbing saw Miss Lan panicking and immediately dragged her onto the carriage.
Shu Yan immediately changed "把" to "被".
So Zhang Youbing moved.
He took a few steps and was about to drag Miss Lan, when suddenly, an inexplicable force came and he was actually caught tightly by Miss Lan.
“? Lan Ruyun, are you crazy? How dare you catch me…” The key is that he can’t struggle!
Lan Ruyun's eyes were also filled with astonishment, but she did not stop her actions at all. She grabbed Zhang Youbing and dragged him into the carriage.
Zhang Youbing, furious, leaps out and shouts at the servants, "Are you all dead? Why don't you pull her up quickly?!"
Shu Yan changed the servant into a mud pond.
Zhang Youbing immediately jumped out of the carriage in a rage, suddenly rushed to a muddy pond nearby, and began to eat and drink.
The servant and Lan Ruyun were stunned.
Even Aunt Zhang who was watching from behind was stunned.
Is this uncle crazy? She doesn't even need to do anything?
"Master, Master, what's wrong with you?"
A group of servants tried to pull Zhang Youbing away in disbelief, but Zhang Youbing refused to get up.
"Get out of here! Don't disturb me while I'm eating!"
Servant: ...
We are ashamed of ourselves for the quality of your meal.
[Zhang Youbing drank his fill, then looked at the scene in front of him and smelled the mud pond, which made him hungry. No, thinking of Shi's breath, he vomited completely.
What is he doing?!
Shu Yan changed "vomiting" to "burying herself".
Zhang Youbing immediately started digging frantically in the mud pond.
Ouch! Quack, quack, quack!
Life is so dull! I might as well just go to sleep in the grave!
The servants were stunned and felt so anxious that they wanted to cry.
But no matter how they pulled Zhang Youbing, he just dug the hole deeper and deeper.
The muddy pond was slippery to begin with, making it difficult to exert force. Finally, they slipped and kicked the pancake completely into the pit, unable to pull it out.
Zhang Youbing successfully performed a trick of digging a hole and burying himself. I have to say, this act of dedicating one's life to art is truly admirable.
Even Aunt Zhang hadn't guessed this outcome. She returned to the barracks in a daze and could only shake her head.
This is probably what is called the impermanence of life.
On the other hand, our instigator Shu Yan even ordered people to bring all the grain from Zhangjiatun. Except for a small portion left for the female members of the Zhang family who had never harmed anyone, the rest was used for food in the military camp.
Then she issued a notice that it was time to set out and capture a city tomorrow.
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