Chapter 233: Too Jealous
"Sir, are you also planning to seek refuge in the provincial capital? I heard that after entering the city, you have to pay silver to the officers and soldiers inside, otherwise you will be troubled by the ruffians there."
The girl's voice was soft and sweet, and sounded very pleasant.
If the content of the conversation had not been so infuriating, Jiang Tangtang would have probably experienced what it felt like to be seduced by a beautiful woman.
However, at this time, she was filled with anger towards the officials in Cangwu and was also wary of the beauty.
Most of the refugees were pale and thin, with ragged clothes, but the girl in front of him had fair skin and neat clothes, and she did not look like someone who had no food to eat.
Jiang Tangtang moved away from the girl unnoticed, "The state capital is so dark, why don't you go somewhere else?"
"Where else is there to go?"
The girl's eyes were filled with tears, but she kept them wide open, trying not to let them fall. She smiled faintly at Jiang Tangtang, "Sir, let's not talk about that. This is the spring water I fetched from the foot of the mountain. It's cleaner than the pond in front. You can use the water first. You must be exhausted after coming all this way!"
She looked so pitiful yet pretending to be strong, and any man would feel distressed when seeing her.
But Jiang Tangtang is not a man, nor is he an ordinary person.
She refused, "As the saying goes, no merit, no reward. How can I accept a girl's things?"
"Sir, please don't be polite to Jingyun. This is nothing, just a little effort. Sir, just accept it!"
Guo Jingyun wanted to use the excuse of delivering water to get closer to Jiang Tangtang. But Lu Shiyan, who had just returned from feeding the horses, quickly protected Jiang Tangtang behind him and looked at the woman in front of him coldly.
Meeting Lu Shiyan's eagle-like sharp gaze, Guo Jingyun's heart trembled, as if all his plans were exposed in front of him.
She dropped the bucket and walked away quickly.
"It's obvious that the woman has bad intentions. Why should you be nice to her? You should have sent her away from the beginning." Lu Shiyan had a cold face and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Jiang Tangtang looked at his sour face and teased him deliberately, "Why are you so sour? Are you feeling unfair because someone tried to seduce me but no one did it to you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about again?" Lu Shiyan gritted his teeth and wanted to teach her a lesson.
But because people were staring at them from all directions, they couldn't do anything too intimate, so they put their raised hand back down.
"What's that?" Jiang Tangtang leaned closer to him and whispered, "Could it be jealousy?"
Lu Shiyan didn't understand what was going on at first, he just felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he felt very uncomfortable.
After hearing what Jiang Tangtang said, everything suddenly became clear to him.
It turns out he was jealous just now!
Seeing his stunned expression, Jiang Tangtang's eyes widened instantly. She said in disbelief, "No way! Are you really jealous? Are you jealous of women too?"
This is too much jealousy!
Lu Shiyan didn't think there was anything shameful about his jealous behavior. He said seriously, "She took advantage of you and kept leaning on you."
Jiang Tangtang rolled her eyes speechlessly at her.
She is also a woman, so what if a beautiful woman leans on her? If the girl has impure motives at first glance, she...
There was nothing she could do.
Jiang Tangtang threw away the messy thoughts in her head and got on the carriage.
Lu Shiyan stood outside the carriage without moving.
Jiang Tangtang lifted the car curtain and whispered, "Come up and eat something first. Those people will definitely choose to attack us in the middle of the night when we are resting. Eat first so that you will have the strength later."
Lu Shiyan said, "I still have strength even if I don't eat."
"Okay, I know you have the strength even if you don't eat. I just want you to eat with me, okay?"
After Jiang Tangtang finished speaking, she lowered the car curtain, took out some fruits and steamed buns from the space, and made two cups of milk.
Being surrounded by wolves today, she didn't plan to eat too well.
Of course, it was not so good for her, as it was something that many nobles of this era could not afford to eat.
The two had a low-key yet luxurious dinner together.
While the two were having dinner, the remnant soldiers and refugees that Jiang Tangtang had recruited started to make a fuss.
Lin Xiangwen, the leader of the remaining soldiers, and several refugees who ignored discipline gathered together and instigated the refugees and the remaining soldiers to kill Xiaowu and others and seize the two carriages.
Lin Xiangwen shouted, "There are clearly two carts of food, but they won't give us any to eat. These people are really bad. They want to control us just by asking for a handful of rice. Everyone grabs the food and eats it however they want."
Some refugees joined in the commotion, clamoring to kill Xiaowu and the others, but some refugees opposed it, thinking it was too heartless.
Lin Xiangwen wanted to kill the opposing refugee, but before he could do anything, he felt his body go limp and fell to the ground.
Like him, all the remaining soldiers and refugees fell to the ground in an instant. He was in a panic and gnashed his teeth, saying, "You poisoned me! You are despicable."
Xiao Wu put the cigarette holder into his arms with a cold expression, "Don't panic, everyone. This muscle softening incense will detoxify itself in just one hour. It won't cause any harm to your body."
Before Lin Xiangwen could even rejoice, he heard him coldly say to the man beside him, "Who were the ones who started the riot just now and said they wanted to kill us for stealing our food? Did you see them clearly?"
Chonglou nodded, "I remember everything clearly."
"Kill them all!" Xiao Wu said.
"No, you can't do this!" Lin Xiangwen panicked and shouted, "You can't do this."
"What can't I do?" Xiao Wu said: "For you, I will do it myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, he chopped down with the knife in his hand. When Lin Xiangwen's head fell to the ground, his eyes were still wide open with surprise, and he seemed to have not yet reacted.
This scene shocked the refugees and remaining soldiers at the scene.
Those refugees who did not join in the riot suddenly felt very lucky, otherwise, now would be their death day.
And those who chose to join in the trouble began to howl like ghosts and wolves.
If he hadn't been poisoned and hadn't had any strength left in his body, he would have definitely knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
But even though he didn't kowtow now, he still kept begging Xiaowu to spare his life, saying that he would be obedient in the future and would never listen to anyone's instigation again, as he had been possessed by evil spirits.
Everyone is as honest as a sick chicken.
Xiao Wu remained unmoved. He killed several other troublemakers among the refugees. After completely shocking the remaining soldiers and refugees, he arranged for people to cook porridge.
There was no rice or meat sauce in the evening, but the porridge made with coarse grains was big enough to hold chopsticks.
Looking at the whole-grain porridge, some people began to ponder it in their minds.
I'm afraid these people deliberately didn't cook porridge tonight, and they kept rummaging through things in the carriage so that everyone could see the full amount of food in the carriage.
The purpose is to lure those reckless people who can't control themselves into taking action, and then quickly get rid of them to establish authority.
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