Chapter 506: The Demon Concubine Who Brings Trouble to the Nation vs. the Bandit Emperor 117
Not long after, Lin Yuan came out carrying a ragged middle-aged man.
Several more people were captured one after another. They were all pale and thin, with tattered clothes that could barely cover their bodies. Some of them even had tree bark and leaves wrapped around their bodies, and were covered in blood, looking barely human.
These people were basically young men, except for a woman with a dull look on her face, holding a baby in her arms.
Huang Daxian walked forward to take a look, shook his head and sighed, "He has been dead for several days."
These people were circled together, huddled together and shivering, unable to even speak clearly.
Ji Liao led his men out of Misty Ridge and captured four or five more such people, and rounded them up together.
Even though these people looked pitiful, Ji Liao still did not let down his guard. He asked Guo Yi to continue to be on guard in Misty Ridge, and no matter who they met, they should be captured first.
The middle-aged man knelt on the ground. He was tall and looked better than the others, but he was also skinny. He kowtowed and shouted:
"Please spare our lives, sir! We are not bad people. We escaped from Lianxing County. We can do any job. We just want a meal."
Lin Yuan had seen many refugees along the way. Now that he was in his own territory, it would not be difficult for him to take in a few refugees. There would definitely be enough food.
He immediately ordered his men, "Take the man back and place him at the foot of the mountain. Let Wong Tai Sin prepare some herbs and wash him thoroughly. Don't bring any unclean or poisonous substances into the mountain village."
Lin Yuan was still very cautious. There were so many people in the mountain village, and their whereabouts were unknown. They came from the Misty Ridge, so he couldn't take it lightly.
Even if they have any bad intentions, once they are exposed, these people won't be able to cause any trouble.
The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and expressed his gratitude profusely, and the refugees who were grouped together were taken away.
Ji Liao left the middle-aged man behind, and put the spear in his hand on the man's neck. He said coldly: "Lianxing County is not far from here. The resources there are quite rich, and it is close to the sea. It is not too poor, and life is passable. It is much better than the barren mountains like Cangshan."
"Even if you are in trouble and want to escape, you should run to the more prosperous Jiazhou instead of running to Misty Ridge. Everyone knows that there are bandits rampant in the wild mountains of Cangshan. There is no way to survive here. Tell me the truth, who are you? What do you want to do?"
The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and trembled. His eyes were full of fear, and hot tears gradually welled up in his eyes. His voice was full of sorrow.
"We are not fleeing famine, we are fleeing for our lives! More than half of the hundreds of families in the village died in the blink of an eye. They didn't even spare the elderly and children! The survivors ran for their lives. There were deaths along the way. There were corpses everywhere. There was no safe place at all!"
"We can only go deep into the mountains and forests. When we are hungry, we eat wild fruits and tree bark. When we are thirsty, we drink mountain water. By the time we escaped to Misty Ridge, only one in ten people were left. People with weak bodies had already died. I am the only one left in my family. My parents, wife and children are all gone!"
"We fled to the border of Lingzhou and thought we had escaped, but we still ran into those evil people. They drove us in so we could investigate the situation inside. Fortunately, the poisonous fog is not heavy now, otherwise we would have died long ago."
Lin Yuan's fists stiffened when he heard this. "Lianxing County is close to the sea. Are the pirates causing trouble? Why doesn't the government care? What about the navy? Is there no one to resist? These dog officials only know how to oppress the people. They are useless at the critical moment!"
The middle-aged man said, "We blocked them! We couldn't block them at all! The soldiers in Lianxing Port were no different from the fishermen. They only had a few tattered boats. They were sunk as soon as they met!"
"When the prefect of Lingzhou saw that the situation was not good, he immediately fled with his men, and the officials followed suit. The garrisons in various places went to protect the officials. Who cared about our lives? We fled all the way here, and the whole Lingzhou was full of pirates. They had already occupied Lingzhou!"
Ji Liao put away his spear and looked very unhappy!
Someone must have blocked the news. With such a big incident, not to mention Luojing City thousands of miles away, even the neighboring Cangzhou didn't know about this disaster.
Once Lingzhou is completely controlled, the enemy will definitely continue to attack Cangzhou and Jiazhou.
Ji Yunhuan was in a heavy mood. She finally understood why Lingzhou and Cangzhou were the first to raise the banner of rebellion in her previous life.
If they did not resist, the local people would have no way to survive and would only become victims of the pirates.
By the time the news reached Luojing, it was already early summer of the following year. Local officials turned black into white, saying that the unruly people were colluding with the bandits and intending to rebel. They could only retreat to Jiazhou. If they could not resist, they would die for their country.
The memorial was written in an impassioned manner, which made those who heard it sad and those who listened to it cry. The poems and fu in it were widely circulated in Luojing City.
The emperor was furious and immediately sent troops to Lingnan to suppress the bandits! The dog emperor was merciless when it came to beating his own people. After all, they were all poor people, how could they defeat the regular army? They were soon beaten to pieces.
On the surface, the rebellion was quelled, but in reality Lingzhou had become a foreign territory.
There were many vicious bandits in Cangzhou, but they had been resisting, and the emperor had no way to deal with them.
Ji Yunhuan had always believed that the war would not begin until next year, so she decided to start the uprising in Lingnan, also known as Lingzhou. Once their Canglong Team 12 was fully trained, they would be able to resist a few attacks and Lingnan would not suffer devastation.
It's too late after all!
Ji Yunhuan said with difficulty: "The pirates always rob and run. This time they suddenly started fighting and went deep into Lingnan. They must have something to rely on. Now we are completely in the dark. You came from Lianxing Port. Tell us everything you know, no matter how big or small."
The middle-aged man had been helped up. Ji Yunhuan handed him a bag of spiritual spring water. After drinking the water, the middle-aged man felt much better and immediately said:
"It's really strange. They never stopped here before, but this time they seemed to be well prepared. I've met them face to face, and they look like pirates from the Buru Island. They don't produce anything, and they rob everything they eat and use. When they run out of food, they rob ships at sea, and sometimes they rob on land."
"There were several large ships at the port, with artillery fire on board. The Bru people definitely didn't have such good stuff. I don't know where they got it from, but they soon made it to shore."
"When they ran into the village, we thought they would rob and run like they did in the past, taking out all the food in the house, just to save their lives, but they raised their knives and killed any men they met, raped the women, and even did not spare the children. They stabbed babies to death with a knife, just for fun. They were a bunch of beasts, really a bunch of beasts..."
The middle-aged man gnashed his teeth as he spoke, "They forced us into Misty Ridge. We ran for our lives, thinking that it would be better to die from poison than to die at the hands of those people. They will definitely send more people in to explore the way. I really want to cut off their flesh with a knife!"
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