"My silver, my silver!" Ye Moxun tried to snatch it back, but was pushed down by the soldiers.
"Ouch, my back."
"Old man, how are you? Where did you hurt yourself?" Song Tantan, dressed as an old woman, trembled as she knelt down to help him up.
“You old geezer, you’ll play dead if you push me. Get out of here. If you want to enter the city, hurry up and go in. You have to pay the city entry fee, that’s the old rule.”
The officers and soldiers cursed loudly, "Damn it, we've been guarding for ages and only two old geezers have shown up. They took two taels of silver and are acting like they're going to die. We haven't gotten anything out of the day. What bad luck!"
After pretending for a while, the two dared not delay any longer. They shakily got up from the ground and staggered into the city. Perhaps they had gone too far in their act, because the gatekeeper kept turning around to look at them.
The two of them walked slowly, supporting each other, for a long time. It wasn't that they didn't want to walk faster, but they had exerted too much force earlier and were now shuffling along. It took them most of the time to get a little further away from the city gate.
"That's enough, nobody's paying attention to us anymore. Let's find a secluded place to change into our clothes." Song Tantan lost all patience and dragged Ye Mo to a secluded spot to change into middle-aged attire.
"Let's find an inn to stay in first, and then go out again tonight," Ye Moxun said in a low voice.
Song Tantan saw that there were few pedestrians on the street, and the few people he did see were all in a hurry. The shops were open but there was not much business. It seemed that the people were afraid of the soldiers and dared not go out easily.
The two wandered around the city, encountering soldiers twice along the way. They were stopped and searched. Song Tantan almost got into a fight again, but Ye Moxun acted quickly, handing over two taels of silver. "Sir, this is all the silver we have left. Please have mercy and let us go. We really have urgent business."
Whether it was urgent or not, the officers and soldiers didn't care. They just wanted to extort some money. Looking at the two old farmers' attire, they thought they could only extort a few hundred coins at most. Unexpectedly, the couple looked quite poor, but they were able to take out so much silver. It was a real unexpected gain.
So they released the two men, and the soldiers swaggered away.
When the soldiers tried to stop them again, the two refused to give them any more money. The more the soldiers shouted, the faster they ran, eventually shaking off the soldiers by weaving through the alleys.
Finally, the two arrived at the inn closest to the government office, paid the money, reserved two superior rooms, and went upstairs to rest.
Song Tantan sat in Ye Moxun's room and said in a low voice, "The officials and soldiers in the yamen are a bunch of parasites who only know how to oppress the people. They are simply despicable. I think we should just find an opportunity to kill these bastards."
"Don't get agitated. Someone will take care of these people soon. We don't need to dirty our hands. We just need to collect some benefits," Ye Moxun said gently.
"I just can't swallow this." They were harassed three times today, and twice they gave away money for nothing. It's infuriating to think about.
No, she had to find a chance to get revenge. She would go straight to the magistrate's house tonight, capture that corrupt official, and put him in her spatial dimension so he could be a fool for the rest of his life.
She was secretly making plans without telling Ye Moxun what she was thinking, but if she didn't say anything, wouldn't he know what she was planning?
Ye Moxun knew her too well. The moment she rolled her eyes, he knew that girl was up to no good again. However, he didn't expose her. He just kept a close eye on her at night and made sure she didn't do anything reckless.
Emperor Pingkang had only been on the throne for a short time, and it was an urgent time to pacify the country, restore order, and punish corrupt officials. Perhaps no one was more eager than the new emperor to govern the Great Jin Dynasty well.
Corrupt officials in various places will only suffer worse fates when they are dealt with.
So why should Tantan dirty his hands by messing with that minor county magistrate? Use the space to store grain and money, but don't use it to kill people.
Her aunt and Ah Xun were always worried that if she put people in her space, it would be bad for her, but she didn't care. It wasn't like she was doing anything bad; she was just punishing the wicked.
How could something like this happen? She thought it was perfectly fine. Those corrupt officials should be turned into idiots, and only by being ridiculed and bullied for the rest of their lives could people feel truly satisfied.
Beheading them would be too lenient. Sigh, she really wanted to punish those people severely, but Ah Xun's gaze towards her changed. She left the room, and he followed right behind her.
She originally intended to go downstairs to ask where the magistrate lived, but Ah Xun sat next to her the whole time, ruining her plans.
Dinner was eaten in the lobby downstairs at the inn. After eating, Song Tantan was going back to her room to sleep, since she was going to be out and about in the middle of the night and needed to get some rest first.
"You should get some sleep too, stop worrying about me all the time," Song Tantan said helplessly, looking at the person who seemed to want to say something but hesitated. She patted her chest and promised, "Okay, I'll be good. I promise I won't run away on my own. I'll go to sleep obediently. I'm not familiar with this place, so I wouldn't dare to run around."
"Tantan, don't find me annoying. I just don't want anything to happen to you." Ye Moxun's tone was gentle, but his expression was serious.
Song Tantan loved his peaceful and unassuming demeanor, which touched the softest part of her heart. She pouted and leaned softly against him, "You too. I don't want to see anything happen to you either. We both need to be well."
That's a good girl, isn't it? That brat has such a fiery temper, she's always causing trouble.
At midnight, the night watchman's voice rang out from the street: "Be careful of fire in the middle of the night!"
Meanwhile, two dark figures darted swiftly across the rooftop in the darkness, their movements light and their speed astonishing, making them difficult to detect.
The two people dressed in night clothes were Song Tantan and Ye Moxun. After leaving the inn, they went directly to the county government office, but the granary of the county government office only contained moldy grain, and there was not a single good bag.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com