Chapter 940 Wanted Criminal
Li Tieniu and Lin Dawang, along with a dozen people, accompanied Jiang Xiaoxiao into the city.
The city within Yanmen Pass is the largest and most prosperous city here.
The city gates are heavily guarded, with soldiers guarding them to check who is coming in and out.
There were several portraits posted on the city gate. Jiang Xiaoxiao walked closer and looked at them carefully.
He is said to be a wanted criminal.
However, the technique used in this portrait obviously needs to be improved, and I can't really tell anything.
However, she was stunned by a portrait of a woman. It was not because she looked familiar, but because she recognized her name: Jiang Xuemei.
Haha, it turns out that she is a wanted criminal.
There were three other men next to them, including one who looked like a pale scholar, named Li Yu.
There were two others who were obviously martial artists, strong and tall.
According to the introduction above, these two people are said to be rebel generals, both good at leading troops in battle. One is named Lu Zhijie and the other is named Li Qisheng.
Jiang Xiaoxiao's heart moved. Could she recruit these people to her side under the name of Jiang Xuemei?
One can tell at first glance that Jiang Xuemei must be from an extraordinary family. Since she is on the wanted list for treason, it means that she is implicated by her father's family.
He must be an official in the imperial court. One can tell just by looking at these three wanted men.
They should be generals and officials who are closely related to their family. If she can win over such people, they should be able to help her. The problem is where can she find these people?
The more important issue is that she is not the real Jiang Xuemei, and she has no idea whether these people have ever seen Jiang Xuemei.
Once her identity is exposed, it will be a real problem whether these people are still willing to help her sincerely.
It's really frustrating.
When it was finally their turn to enter the city, they heard the officers guarding the city carefully checking their faces and waving their hands, indicating that they could leave.
"Master Hu, why do you think they must capture this young lady from the Jiang family? This is really strange. The Jiang family has already been confiscated and executed. Even if a young lady is stranded outside, what can they do? They don't even let a woman go. The Jiang family was a powerful man in the court and a favorite of the emperor, but he ended up like this.
I heard that none of the hundreds of people in the family survived, and all the relatives and friends related to them also suffered. Some were imprisoned, some were exiled. I heard that the young lady of the Jiang family was not very old and was raised in the boudoir, never seeing outsiders.
What use could such a woman have that the imperial court would have to go to such great lengths to capture her?"
An officer was whispering with the small leader who was sitting on a chair.
The sound was not loud. If Jiang Xiaoxiao had not had very good hearing and her physical fitness was much better than that of normal people after being strengthened by dragon crystal, she would not have been able to hear it at all.
Jiang Xiaoxiao walked very slowly.
"What do you know? Jiang Ge Lao's students were all over the court and the country. I heard that many generals were Jiang Ge Lao's students. Although Jiang Ge Lao was old-fashioned, he was generous and kind to others. He would help as long as he could.
Many people have benefited from Jiang Ge Lao, who is a great philanthropist. Who would believe that he was plotting treason? However, it was just those people in the court who disliked him and framed him. The emperor had changed, so naturally the old was replaced by the new. He was still sitting there, and he was the most powerful person.
Of course, it would be a nuisance to many people. The reason why he arrested his daughter was because the Jiang family only had this bloodline left. It was said that this daughter had the seal of Jiang Ge Lao in her hand. Once this seal was used, Jiang Ge Lao's students and old subordinates would be summoned.
I wonder how many people will rise up. Will the emperor be able to keep his position at that time? Of course, we have to catch Miss Jiang, but I have also heard that many people have never seen Miss Jiang, and this painting is also based on word of mouth.
But in fact, Miss Jiang has always been in poor health. She hides in her boudoir, or even in the backyard, and rarely attends women's gatherings, so many people don't know what Miss Jiang looks like.
How can we possibly find someone if we just go looking for them like this? I would rather Miss Jiang go far away and live a good life, and not get involved in this mess again."
Jiang Xiaoxiao's heart moved.
Is this good news, since few people have seen this Miss Jiang?
So, if she uses Lord Jiang's prestige, she might be able to find a lot of talents.
"I heard that the pale-faced scholar on the wanted poster has been arrested. Why is his portrait still hanging there?"
"Yes, he was caught! I heard that he is locked up in the prison of our government office. But how can we know what the governor is thinking? Since he ordered us to hang his portrait, then we will hang it. Maybe it is to appease people."
"Then our governor has made a great contribution again this time."
"I don't know whether he has done anything great, but I heard that in the two months he was locked up, our government jail has been robbed twice, and I heard that many people died. And this guy is very stubborn.
All 18 kinds of torture instruments were used, but this man didn't utter a word. He refused to admit his teacher's crime of treason, and such a person could only be sent to Shangjing to wait for the emperor's decision.
We still hope to send such people away as soon as possible, otherwise it will be our turn. When we are in the government prison, we may encounter a jailbreak, and we won’t know how we died. I still want to live a good life, with a wife and children, isn’t it good to have a warm bed? Why do you want to lose your life? "
"Brother Hu is right. Let's just live our lives well and live peacefully. Life is worthless in this world now, so it's better to live well."
Jiang Xiaoxiao asked Li Tieniu to drive the car directly to the city where they bought a small courtyard. The courtyard was inconspicuous, clean and tidy, and had two entrances.
On weekdays, a couple lives there. They make a living by doing small business going from street to street, and they are also Jiang Xiaoxiao's most reliable informants.
Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao and Li Tieniu coming, the couple was very excited and invited them into the yard directly.
After sitting down, he knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Xiaoxiao.
Everyone knows that it was Master Jiang who supported them. If it weren't for Master Jiang, they would have starved to death long ago.
I have long wanted to thank Mr. Jiang for saving my life, but I never had the chance.
Although I walk the streets doing small business in this city every day, it is actually not hard at all, because my superiors have told me that doing business is secondary, and the important thing is to integrate into the life of the city.
In addition to understanding the geographical situation of the city, it is also necessary to find out all kinds of gossip.
They didn't expect to meet Master Jiang today. As soon as they saw each other, the couple knelt down and kowtowed.
(End of this chapter)
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