Chapter 362: Why don't I just let you die?!
Song Liu waited with confidence, so Zhao Zhongquan had no choice but to endure the anxiety and wait for another two days.
It's not that he didn't see Xu Yu during the two days, but Xu Yu didn't give him any chance to speak. When he saw someone from a distance, Song Liu would sneak out and block the person before Zhao Zhongquan could rush over.
Zhao Zhongquan didn't even have the chance to talk to Xu Yu.
Two days later, Sang Zhixia didn't encounter anyone with fake deeds during the summer, and she felt quite regretful. "Do you think they were discovered?"
"Did my throwing tea and asking questions that day arouse suspicion?"
Xu Yu was not surprised by this: "The people who came with the land deeds a few days ago were obviously sent away. They didn't seem to have noticed anything. The person hiding behind the scenes was quite cautious."
It is difficult for ordinary people to associate more with a cup of tea spilled on the ground, but if it is about the person who single-handedly started the salt rebellion in Shu, it does make sense.
Sang Zhixia couldn't tell what she was feeling for a moment. She sighed and muttered, "Will the counterfeiters come again?"
"Of course."
Xu Yu rubbed Sang Zhixia's hair soothingly and said calmly, "When there's a will to cause trouble, there's strength in numbers, but water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."
"If the food shortage problem isn't solved promptly, before the government troops arrive at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, chaos will ensue. How can we deter the outside world?"
The few people in Qingcheng Mountain are enough for the time being to rule the mountain, but wanting to do more is wishful thinking.
If Shen Anzhu and the others had any other ideas, they would never dare to start a fire inside.
"Don't worry, what's coming will come."
Sang Zhixia thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. She sighed and said, "This is the only way."
"But then again, even if we catch the person, it doesn't seem to be of much use?"
Even if Shen Anzhu is really a descendant of the Sun family, he lives by selling off his ancestral property in disguise. How much money can such a person have in his pocket?
Even if we get caught, we can't afford to pay the compensation.
Is it possible to beat someone up and hand him over to the authorities?
Sang Zhixia thought of the collusion and collusion among the Shu officials and frowned, saying, "I don't want to help those useless people who only know how to exploit the people."
The salt bandits and the government are not good people. Why should they get involved in a dog-eat-dog fight?
Xu Yu said with a smile: "We don't arrest people to help losers."
"Didn't you say the land that originally belonged to the Sun family was good? Wouldn't it be nice to wait until I get the people here and replace the fake deeds with real ones?"
There is a price to pay for cheating.
Since you have chosen to use the things as bait, how can you not really hand them over?
Sang Zhixia nodded in agreement. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Zhao Zhongquan arguing fiercely with Song Liu not far away.
Sang Zhixia didn't recognize Zhao Zhongquan and asked curiously, "Did that man follow you back?"
Xu Yu answered casually: "You mean him? I picked him up on the street."
"Picked it up?"
Sang Zhixia was surprised that Xu Yu would do something like picking up someone on the street, but she didn't take it personally. She just said, "He looks like a chatterbox. You should send him away as soon as possible to avoid any trouble."
Xu Yu nodded good-naturedly and said okay. After sending Sang Zhixia upstairs, he came back down and looked at Zhao Zhongquan with a subtle look that asked, "Why are you so ignorant?"
"What are you so anxious about?"
Zhao Zhongquan was so angry that he vomited blood: "How can I not be anxious?"
"My people..."
"They're all dead, I know."
Xu Yu crossed his arms, half-smiling, and raised his eyebrows, "Isn't this to be expected?"
Zhao Zhongquan's substitute was dead, and the post station turned into a sea of fire overnight.
Under such circumstances, Bai Chengren and his team would not let anyone who might leak the secrets live.
After Zhao Zhongquan changed his appearance, he blended in with the others in this inconspicuous inn. Bai Chengren and the others mistakenly thought that they had succeeded in silencing him, and they have been busy in the past few days.
Xu Yu ignored the anxiety in Zhao Zhongquan's eyes and said casually, "You're so anxious to make some noise. Do you want to be with your people in the afterlife as soon as possible?"
"You are so eager to die, why did you come out with me?"
Zhao Zhongquan's face turned pale with anger at Xu Yu's harsh words. He gritted his teeth and said, "Those are the people I brought from Kyoto. They are all living lives, and they just..."
"It's not just their lives that are at stake."
Xu Yu interrupted Zhao Zhongquan with a stammer, raising his chin towards the ragged crowd in the hall. "What you see is that these people's lives are lives too. They are not the ants that those self-proclaimed nobles talk about."
Zhao Zhongquan was speechless for a moment.
Xu Yu's eyes flashed with sarcasm: "You can't get hot tofu in a hurry. A hunter always plans before taking action. Do I need to tell you this?"
In the eyes of Bai Chengren and others, Zhao Zhongquan is the biggest obstacle in their efforts to deceive their superiors and subordinates.
As long as Zhao Zhongquan keeps his mouth shut forever and tries to suppress the salt rebellion in Shu by force, and with the help of the Crown Prince in the capital, the disaster in Shu will never be reported beyond the mountains here.
Now that the fake Zhao Zhongquan is dead, Bai Chengren and the others have let down their guard and will definitely make a big move.
He was not patient enough to wait at this time. Did he want to slap Bai Chengren in the face?
Xu Yu withdrew his gaze, said nothing more, turned around and left.
Zhao Zhongquan seemed to be so angry that he wanted to rush out, but Song Liu's voice sounded behind him in time: "Master Song, if you take even a step out of here, your life or death will be your own business."
What Xu Yu wanted was an obedient knife.
If this knife no longer moves at the pace Xu Yu expected, it will no longer have any value.
Zhao Zhong was a popular figure in front of the emperor and had never suffered such a humiliation. His face was flushed red, but in the end he forced himself to endure it.
The words are rough.
Enough people have died in the Shu Salt Rebellion; it would be useless if Zhao Zhongquan died one more time.
He had to endure and wait for the right opportunity, he had to endure...
The turmoil in the inn will soon pass, and no one except Zhao Zhongquan himself knows what the torment is.
At the same time, in Qingcheng Mountain.
Chen Anzhu looked at Meng Pei who was constantly fiddling with the abacus and said expressionlessly, "Stop calculating."
Meng Pei was born with a rough appearance, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a sturdy body. The clothes he wore were two feet more cloth than those of ordinary people.
But at this moment, this person who looked like he could crush an abacus with one hand, actually held the abacus and account book and calculated carefully for half an hour.
Meng Pei continued to dig without being moved.
Shen Anzhu couldn't stand it any longer: "I said forget it, Meng Pei, can't you hear me?!"
"I heard it!"
Meng Peisheng put down his abacus with a look of despair and said bitterly, "But if I don't calculate it, what can I do?"
"You know the situation in the mountains. So many people only eat porridge every day. The food they consume in a day is enough to kill three pigs at once. If this continues, we..."
Shen Anzhu glared: "Then can you solve the problem of food shortage by relying on an abacus?"
Meng Pei sniffed confidently: "I can't handle it!"
"But if I don't have something to eat, I'll be starving!"
Shen Anzhu: “…”
Meng Pei waited for a long time but Shen Anzhu didn't speak, so he turned around curiously and asked, "Why don't you speak?"
Shen Anzhu's face was full of suffocation: "Because I was thinking, why did I pick up a fool like you at that time."
"Wouldn't it be better if I just let you die?!"
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