"My inkstone!"
The scholar cried out in surprise and flew forward, not caring about the other things. He just took out a black inkstone and examined it from top to bottom like a treasure.
The inkstone fell and one corner was broken.
"I'm going to fight you!" The scholar looked at his precious inkstone which was broken, his eyes turned red, he put the inkstone in his arms, and rushed forward to fight with the soldier.
Everyone present took a deep breath.
The shining white knife in the soldier's hand is not meant to scare people!
"Come on, there's someone resisting inspection here, come and help, brothers!" The soldier did not cause any casualties directly. He put the knife in his hand back into the scabbard, stretched out his hand, and held down the scholar who rushed to him.
The scholar was physically weak and was no match for the brave soldiers.
Several soldiers nearby also stepped forward, and with their combined efforts, the scholar was knocked to the ground.
"Hey, what's hidden in here?" The leading soldier bent down, took out the inkstone from the scholar's arms, and held it high.
"If you dare to smash it, I will kill you!" The scholar's eyes were bloodshot.
"It would be better to take your life!" Several other soldiers stepped forward and kicked the scholar hard.
Soon, the scholar's screams turned into painful groans.
Some people in the exile team could no longer bear to watch.
Cao Quanye, who had just said that he couldn't pay, began to take out the money tremblingly.
Shen Zhaozhao also frowned. She had seen many people abuse their power for personal gain, but such a bad case was rare.
"Sister Shen, won't you save me?"
Cao Ya came to Shen Zhaozhao's side at some point, eyes full of pity, and asked Shen Zhaozhao.
Shen Zhaozhao looked at her helplessly.
This person probably regards her as a compassionate Bodhisattva who saves all living beings.
"Why should I save you?"
Cao Ya showed a lovely smile, with two sharp canine teeth, "I thought the righteousness of the Zhan family would make Sister Shen help."
Shen Zhaozhao twitched his mouth.
The prerequisite for helping others is to be able to protect yourself. She had saved people several times before in order to save her own life and that of her family, and to live well under the hands of the police.
This scholar was a stranger to her, and the soldiers at the city gate were all wearing swords.
She was crazy to get involved in this mess.
"Sister Shen, please help me. I look like I'm about to be beaten to death." Cao Ya looked at the scholar and pointed at the blood on the ground. "I think I'll do something in the future. It's really pitiful if I'm beaten to death like this."
Shen Zhaozhao raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Cao Ya.
Is she ready to confess her identity?
Cao Ya smiled in an unfathomable way.
He signaled to Shen Zhaozhao that saving people was the most important thing, and he would talk about the reason later.
Shen Zhaozhao weighed it, walked to Jiang Hu, took out a silver ingot and handed it over.
"This scholar is really pitiful. After all, it is a life. Can you help save him?"
She is a relative of a criminal official, so it is not convenient for her to come forward at this time. It would be better to let Jiang Hu go to rescue her.
Jiang Hu couldn't stand it anymore.
Although the officers who escorted the exiled prisoners were greedy and would whip them, they would never take human lives like this.
He decisively took the silver ingot, stepped forward with an apologetic smile, and handed it to the soldier guarding the city gate, begging for a life.
The soldiers were originally after money.
Seeing that there was money to be paid, he stopped immediately as he didn't want to waste his energy on kicking the man.
"You are lucky, you met a noble man."
The soldier who received the silver ingots laughed and teased Jiang Hu, "Brother, are you escorting an exiled prisoner? There's a lot of money along the way, right?"
The soldier's eyes wandered among the prisoners, thinking silently in his heart.
Jiang Hu knew that 놛 had started to target these prisoners.
If it was before, I wouldn’t care.
But now, after all these things, these prisoners have more or less established some friendship with the brothers, so how could they let these greedy soldiers try to take advantage of them?
Besides, this is what Shen Zhaozhao asked 놛 to do.
Jiang Hu felt that he must not mess things up and let Miss Shen look down on him.
"Brother, you misunderstood."
Jiang Hu sighed.
"This group of people is the poorest I have ever escorted. When they left the capital, they had no relatives to give them some money for the journey."
Bing Yong was skeptical, "What is the silver ingot?"
Where else could the money come from if not from the officers making money from these prisoners?
"I found it." Jiang Hu blinked. "It was in a mass grave. I think some tomb robber dropped it. I was afraid it might be contaminated by evil spirits, so I was very scared to carry the silver with me all the way."
The soldier nodded and understood.
"That's true."
I didn't believe in these ghosts and gods, so I took the money generously. Besides, the money would be divided among the brothers later, and the wronged ghost couldn't divide it into several parts to come after us.
"Come on, get up quickly." Jiang Hu stepped forward quickly and helped the scholar up.
Zhao Jiusan also stepped forward to help clean up the scattered items.
"My inkstone..." The scholar's face was covered in blood and he could hardly speak clearly, but he was still thinking about the inkstone that was taken away by the soldier.
"Oh?" Bing Yong was in a good mood after taking the silver ingot. He looked up and down at the inkstone. There was no signature on it, so it was not a good item. He raised his hand and threw it back.
Jiang Hu took it and thanked the scholar. He helped the scholar and led the team into the city.
With the silver ingot paving the way, the three families all paid the toll honestly, and everything arrived at the post station smoothly.
"Here, your inkstone. And don't be so stubborn as to go against the officials in the future, understand?" Jiang Hu returned the inkstone to the scholar in a rough voice and muttered, "It's not always possible to meet a good person..."
thump--
As soon as Jiang Hu let go, the scholar knelt down, took the inkstone and touched it carefully, then placed both hands in front of Jiang Hu.
"Big brother, you saved my life. Lu Ming has no way to repay you. Please accept this inkstone!"
Jiang Hu was silent for a moment.
Wow, to repay your lifesaver, you just give him a broken inkstone?
What are you doing with this thing, you big, rough guy?
Then, he pulled over Shen Zhaozhao who was watching the fun nearby.
"Come on, recognize it."
"This is the person who paid money to save you."
Lu Ming raised his head, and when he saw clearly the coarse linen clothes on Shen Zhaozhao, he looked around and saw people wearing similar clothes.
Suddenly I understood.
These are some exiled prisoners.
It was this girl who wanted to save him, but her identity made it inconvenient for her to come forward, so she asked this officer to come forward.
"Miss, you are so kind. Lu Ming has no way to repay you. Please accept this inkstone!"
Lu Ming turned around and presented the inkstone that he had protected with his life to Shen Zhaozhao in front of him.
Shen Zhaozhao glanced at the smiling Cao Ya, and took the inkstone without refusing.
Seeing Shen Zhaozhao accept the inkstone, Lu Ming propped himself up and stood up, bowed again to express his gratitude, and looked at Shen Zhaozhao deeply.
"Lu Ming will remember the girl."
"If I have the ability in the future, I will definitely repay you for saving my life today."
After saying that, he took the bag handed over by Zhao Jiusan, hugged his things, turned around and limped out of the post station.
In the post station, the three families each paid money and asked for a room.
Jiang Hu and his officers no longer embezzled money.
Although it is a provincial capital, the money spent is much less than before.
The Zhan family still asked for a dormitory room and an upper room, and everyone went back to their rooms.
Shen Zhaozhao was quick-witted and grabbed Cao Ya's collar as he tried to escape and pulled him back.
"Sister Cao, I am free now."
"Tell me why you think that the scholar named Lu Ming will achieve something in the future?"
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