Chapter 30: Looting Supplies (Happy Chinese New Year's Eve)
"Official, official, I have something to say!"
Lord Chen was suddenly anxious, not to mention whether he could win this group of servants, even if he won the battle, they would die.
After all, the official was right, in the exile ranks, the crime of assaulting officials was very serious, and they had the right to execute the prisoners.
Not to mention, they also charged themselves with escaping.
Either way, these officials have the right to kill them with impunity!
But unless they offend the officials to death, otherwise it is impossible for the officials to kill people inexplicably, after all, their officials have indicators.
The exiled team had to ensure that eighty or ninety percent of the people reached their destination, and if too many people died, they would be punished.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, these servants are mainly extorted and squeezed, and will not kill people.
Unless Zhao Guang is in this case.
But now, these officials in front of them made their moves inexplicably, which made Chen Xue and the others look very ugly.
He definitely didn't offend these officials, so there was a high probability that Guo Qiang saw that Zhao Guang was unsuccessful, so he let others do it.
If that's the case, it's a bit tricky.
If it is just an ordinary contradiction, it can be resolved through bribery, but the mortal enmity between them and Guo Qiang behind them cannot be reconciled.
"It's not that this matter is incompatible!" The chief official suddenly changed his tone.
Chen Xue and Master Chen glanced at each other, and they both saw joy and doubt in each other's eyes.
So, Lord Chen stepped forward and arched his hand, "Please also ask the official to make it clear." ”
"Hand over the supplies in the wagon behind you!" The officials finally revealed their purpose, and in the first place, they had no intention of killing people.
After all, there were too many prisoners around, and even if they killed them under the pretext that the Chen family had escaped, the prisoners around them might not necessarily believe it.
If anyone leaks the news, or if the people behind Xu Tian continue to investigate strictly, they will die.
Moreover, their purpose from the beginning was the materials on the Chen family's carriage.
"Supplies?"
Chen Xue and Master Chen suddenly realized that their purpose was this, so if they said it, then they would not be Guo Qiang's people.
The two breathed a sigh of relief, if it weren't for Guo Qiang's people, then their lives would not be in danger.
It's just that they are eyeing the supplies on the carriage, which is a bit difficult.
First, a lot of the materials on the carriage had actually been collected by Chen Xue into the space, and if they opened it, they would definitely find that the materials had disappeared.
Furthermore, if they took the supplies from the wagon, what would they use?
Don't look at Chen Xue's space, but many things can't be taken out and used openly.
If the supplies on the carriage are taken away, then the next time they eat meat, or eat something good, it will arouse suspicion.
Obviously, the supplies have been taken away, where did they get the meat?
"What? Don't want to?"
The official snorted coldly, "Let you buy your lives with materials, I can already look up to you, don't be ashamed." ”
He didn't say something explicitly, but Chen Xue and the others heard it, and if they killed themselves and the others, they could get these materials in vain.
Chen Xue's faces were very ugly, it was impossible to fight hard with these officials, and it was impossible to give them supplies.
That's going to be hard!
If you don't give them the supplies and make them anxious, you may really kill people.
Moreover, it was impossible for Zhao Guang and Xu Tian to help them when they were blocked, so they could only find a way to solve it by themselves.
"Official...... If we want supplies, we are naturally willing to take them out. Chen Xue suddenly showed pity and seemed to cry, "However, Lord Yicheng accepted our money, but gave us a little bit of supplies...... This kind of material, the official will definitely not look down on it. ”
The official was a little inexplicable when he saw Chen Xue's sudden change of face, but he just wanted to get the supplies, "Whether you can see it or not, we have the final say." ”
"Then the official comes with us." Chen Xue led the way with a face, pretending to be aggrieved, "The official should know that our Chen family is poor and has no money to buy supplies......
"Woo woo, I finally pooled the money to Lord Yicheng, but Lord Yicheng only gave us empty boxes, and asked the adults to help us make the decisions!"
When the officials heard this, they suddenly realized that they were not at the scene at the time, so they did not know the situation.
In the morning, I saw that Yicheng actually sent the Chen family to the carriage, and even said a bunch of supplies, which was a little inexplicable.
But now listening to Chen Xue's words, they spent money to buy supplies from Yicheng, which is reasonable, which can explain why Yicheng is only so good to them.
It's just that what Chen Xue said was pitted by Yicheng, and they didn't believe it if there was only a little material.
"Official, our family is struggling, and it was not easy to scrape together a little silver, but the result is ...... Please make the decision for us......"
"Enough!"
The official interrupted Chen Xue's words, he was here to grab supplies, how did he become the master for them.
What kind of family constraints, he doesn't believe it?
Chen Xue saw that the official was a little impatient, so she didn't say much, anyway, she had already hinted that it was obvious.
She took the servant to the old carriage, asked the servants to leave, and let the servants do it themselves.
The chief of the officials winked, and soon one of the officials climbed into the carriage, lifted the curtains, and opened the boxes inside.
It's just that after opening it, he found that there was only a little bit of something in the huge box, which immediately made the official stunned.
He subconsciously opened the other boxes, and found that it was the same, there were only a few cabbages in the huge boxes, and some were even empty.
This made the official look very ugly, and he immediately ran out of the carriage and reported to the head of the official.
"What?"
"Empty?"
The head of the official changed his face greatly, and the official hurriedly explained, "Brother Qian, it's not all empty, it's that there are very few things. ”
What's the difference!
The head of the official pushed him away, climbed into the carriage himself, opened the box, and sure enough, he found that the box that could hold more than a dozen catties of silver had a few heads of cabbage lying quietly in it.
Such a large box, with only a few cabbages, is simply a tyrannical thing.
The head of the government did not give up, and opened the other boxes, but there were not many things in them, only a few catties of rice.
These catties of rice didn't even fill half of the box.
Then he turned his head to look at the tall stack of boxes in the back of the carriage, which he quickly removed and opened, only to find that it was empty.
"Someone's coming!"
The head of the official was a little angry, and quickly jumped out of the carriage and called out to the other men, "Bring out all the boxes inside." ”
Watching the officials move all the boxes down, Chen Xue, who was not far away, couldn't help but show a mocking smile.
After Yicheng sent the supplies to the carriage, she put the supplies away as soon as possible, leaving only a little material.
First, it is safer to put it in space, and secondly, a horse pulls two carriages, one carriage is full of people, and the other carriage is stuffed with supplies, so sooner or later the horse will be exhausted to death, so it is necessary to reduce the weight.
So, Chen Xue put away the supplies, but left a few boxes with a little bit of materials in them as a cover-up.
Now it seems that the previous approach was very wise, and now this group of officials is not going to grab supplies, empty boxes or not!