Luosuo Country. Fengyun Town
For unknown reasons, the town, bustling with activity in the morning, was sealed off by soldiers in the afternoon. Villagers from surrounding areas were stopped at the fence. Confused, they shouted at the soldiers who were preventing them from leaving, "Brother Cha, what's wrong with you? Why did you seal off this entire town the moment you arrived? Quick, let me out! My home is in Liujia Village, very close to Fengyun Town. I need to go home and make dinner for my kids."
"Brother Cha, I'm from the neighboring Lijia Village. I'm a first-class citizen. I came to Fengyun Town to get medicine for my mother. My mother is ill and she's waiting for me to take the medicine home and make it for her. I beg you to have mercy and let me go quickly. Otherwise, I'm afraid my mother won't be able to wait any longer."
"Brother Cha, let us out."
"Let us out..."
Listening to the people's pleading voices, the officers and soldiers on guard were completely indifferent. They looked at the noisy villagers with expressionless faces. As long as someone dared to cross the cordon, they would immediately beat the villagers mercilessly until they could not resist. Then they would throw the villagers who did not listen to the warning back into the cordon.
There were sudden cries of pain at all the exits of Fengyun Town.
"How could you do this?"
"There is no law... There is no law..."
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But no matter how the people shouted, it was of no avail, because the officers and soldiers were heartless and would not let them go out if they said they would not let them go out.
At the ferry terminal in Fengyun Town, the first group of villagers were about to leave by boat, but Old Man Shu and his youngest son Shu Guoyi were just one step too slow. They and other villagers from Guangming Village who were unable to make it were stopped at the cordon.
Seeing that he had no home to return to, the old man Shu was so angry that he shouted, "You watchdogs, let me out! I want to go back to my home. Why are you stopping me and not letting me go back by boat?"
"That's right, let us out. If you keep us locked up in Fengyun Town, what will happen to our families?"
"Let us out!"
Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not move, the old man Shu hurriedly winked at Shu Guoyi.
Shu Guoyi nodded in understanding. He took out twenty or thirty coins from his pocket, handed them to one of the soldiers, and whispered, "Brother Cha, my brother-in-law is Kang Ningxia, the owner of Zhiweilou in Fengyun Town. Please give me and my father a favor and let us go. My brother-in-law will definitely come to thank us in person in the future."
The soldier looked at the copper coins in Shu Guoyi's hand with shining eyes, but within a few seconds, his expression immediately returned to normal. He shook his head and said to Shu Guoyi, "I'm sorry. Under normal circumstances, I would definitely help you with this. However, the emperor has personally ordered that no one who has stayed in Fengyun Town may leave. As the saying goes, it's hard to disobey the emperor's order. This is a matter that could cost you your life. Brother, please keep your money, because no one knows how long you will stay in this town."
When Shu Guoyi heard this, he wilted. He asked in confusion, "Brother Cha, why would the emperor issue such an order for no reason?"
The officers and soldiers smiled but said nothing. After that, no matter what Shu Guoyi asked him, he never answered a word.
Luosuo Country. Guangming Village
In front of the ferry, the villagers looked curiously at many wealthy masters carrying large and small bags into the village, including the family of General Zhuang Tianming of the Luosuo Kingdom.
Everyone was curious about what had happened, and then another piece of news came.
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