Annoyed, the soldier kicked the old man hard to the ground. "You old bastard, we adults are already giving you face by drinking your wine, and you still want to ask us for money?"
"Get out! If you don't get out, don't blame me for being ruthless with my knife, bah!"
The soldier spat at the old man, waved his hand, and said, "Brothers, let's go have a drink."
Ignoring the pain in his chest, the old man immediately hugged the soldier's leg tightly. "Soldier, you can't do this! Give me ten taels, I'll take it. Without that money, my family will starve to death this winter."
The soldier drew his knife and slashed at the old man. The old man's eyes widened instantly, and he was so frightened that he dared not move.
Bang!
A pebble hit the knife, knocking the soldier's sword out of his hand.
The soldier leader, no longer caring about the old man, nervously looked around, "Who? Who is it?! Did you see them?"
The surrounding soldiers shook their heads; they hadn't seen who did it either.
"Damn it, someone actually dared to touch me! All of you, go and search them!"
"Yes!" All the Northern Li soldiers dispersed, and Liu Jing naturally followed suit.
He was just worried about not finding an opportunity to search around, and this opportunity came.
The old man was so frightened that he dared not ask for any more money. He wiped away his tears and drove away in his carriage.
Suddenly, the carriage seemed to be hit by something, making a sound. The old man stopped the carriage to check and found a money bag on the ground. He opened it and found exactly twenty taels of silver inside.
The old man looked around, but there was no one there. Was this money sent to him by heaven?
The old man knelt on the ground in excitement and bowed to the heavens.
After throwing away the money bag, Liu Jing followed the Northern Li soldiers and searched the city, but naturally found nothing.
To prevent them from discovering the anomaly at the cliff south of the city, Liu Jing took the initiative to go to the south of the city with two of his men, temporarily deceiving them.
However, Liu Jing noticed that this time, when the Northern Li entered Liucheng Prefecture, they did not burn, kill, and loot as before; they simply forbade the people from leaving their homes.
That's a bit strange.
Previously, no matter which city Bei Li occupied, he would always loot it clean first. How could it be so peaceful now? He always felt that something was wrong.
But now is not the time to think about that; he needs to find the demon soldiers first.
At this moment, a soldier from the Northern Li whispered to the person next to him, "We've searched the entire city of Liuzhou, but there's hardly anyone here. Do you think the boss is hallucinating? Maybe it's just pebbles blown in by the wind?"
The person next to him shook his head. "Impossible. How could a pebble blown by the wind knock the boss's knife down?"
"But we still can't find anyone."
"There's still one place we haven't searched."
"Without Lord Chen's approval, who would dare go to that place?"
"Oh well, never mind then. Let's just go back and say we couldn't find it."
Liu Jing had a thought, but he didn't dare to ask, so he could only follow the others back to the government office.
When the former head soldier heard that they hadn't found the person, he told the guards to be careful and then turned and went into the government office. Everyone else followed him in.
A bonfire was burning in the courtyard of the government office. People from Beili sat on the ground beside the bonfire, and a table next to them was full of various roasted meats and wines.
Many women moved among the guests, pouring them drinks.
These women are dressed like Xiaoyue women. If a Beili man takes a fancy to a woman, he will grab her and hold her in his arms. If she dares to resist, he will slap her.
The sounds of drinking games and laughter mingled with the sobs of the girls at the table.
As soon as Liu Jing entered, someone grabbed his shoulder, causing him to tremble slightly.
Oh no!
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