"My lord, my lord, I have something to say!"
Mr. Chen suddenly became anxious, not to mention whether he could win against these government officials, even if they did, they would die.
After all, the yamen officer was right. In the exile team, the crime of attacking an official was very serious, and they had the right to execute the prisoner.
Not to mention, they accused themselves of escaping.
No matter which one, these government officials have the right to kill them without punishment!
But unless they offend the yamen servant to death, it is impossible for the yamen servant to kill people for no reason. After all, their yamen servant has targets.
The exile team must ensure that 80 or 90% of the people reach their destination. If too many people die, they, the government officials, will also be punished.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, these government officials mainly extort and exploit, and will not kill people.
Unless Zhao Guang is in this situation.
But now, these government officials in front of them acted inexplicably, making Chen Xue and others look very ugly.
He definitely did not offend these government officials, so it was most likely that Guo Qiang saw that Zhao Guang failed, so he asked others to take action.
If this is the case, it will be a bit difficult to handle.
If it was just an ordinary conflict, it could be resolved through bribery, but their mortal feud with Guo Qiang, the man behind them, could not be reconciled.
"It's not that this matter cannot be accommodated!" The leader of the Yamen suddenly changed his tune.
Chen Xue and Master Chen looked at each other, and both saw joy and confusion in each other's eyes.
So Mr. Chen stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Please let me know clearly."
"Hand over the supplies on the carriage behind you!" The government officials finally revealed their purpose. From the beginning, they had no intention of killing anyone.
After all, there were too many prisoners around. Even if they killed the Chen family on the pretext of escaping, the prisoners around them might not believe it.
If anyone leaks the news, or if the people behind Xu Tian investigate closely, they will be dead.
Moreover, their initial goal was the supplies on the Chen family's carriage.
"Materials?"
Chen Xue and Mr. Chen suddenly realized that this was their purpose. In this case, they were not Guo Qiang's people.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief. If they weren't Guo Qiang's people, their lives would not be in danger.
However, it was a bit difficult for them to focus on the supplies on the carriage.
First, a lot of supplies on the carriage had actually been put into the space by Chen Xue. If they opened it, they would definitely find that the supplies had disappeared.
Besides, if they took away the supplies from the carriage, what would they use?
Although Chen Xue has space, there are many things that cannot be used openly.
If the supplies on the carriage were taken away, suspicion would arouse the next time they ate meat or something good.
Obviously all the supplies have been taken away, where did they get the meat?
"What? Not willing?"
The yamen officer snorted coldly, "I ask you to use supplies to buy your life. I already value you, so don't be shameless."
He had a saying It was not stated clearly, but Chen Xue and others could tell that if they killed themselves and others, they could get these supplies for free.
Chen Xue and Chen Xue looked very ugly. It was impossible to fight with these government officials, and it was impossible to give them supplies.
This is very difficult to do!
If you don't give them supplies and make them anxious, they might actually kill people.
Moreover, Zhao Guang and Xu Tian were blocked and it was impossible to help them, so they had to find a way to solve it themselves.
"The official... wants supplies, so of course we are willing to give them." Chen Xue suddenly looked pitiful, as if she was about to cry, "However, Master Yi Cheng took our money, but gave us a little supplies... The official will definitely look down on this small amount of supplies."
The yamen servant was a little baffled when he saw Chen Xue's sudden change of expression, but he just wanted to get the supplies, "It's up to us to decide whether he likes it or not."
"The official said Come with us." Chen Xue led the way, while pretending to be aggrieved, "The official should know that our Chen family is poor and has no money to buy supplies..." "
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Hardly collected money to give to Master Yi Cheng, but Yi Cheng But the Prime Minister only gave us an empty box and asked you to help us make the decision!" Upon
hearing this, the government officials 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 Yi Cheng actually sent the Chen family to the carriage, and even mentioned a bunch of supplies, which was a bit baffling.
But now listening to Chen Xue, it makes sense that they spend money to buy supplies from Yi Cheng, which can explain why Yi Cheng is only so good to them.
However, they didn't believe what Chen Xue said about being tricked by Yi Cheng and that he only had a few supplies.
"Master, our family is in a tight situation. We managed to scrape together a little money, but... we asked Master to make the decision for us..."
"That's enough!"
The yamen servant interrupted Chen Xue. He was here to grab supplies. How could he become It's up to them to make the decision.
Why doesn't he believe it because of the family's financial difficulties?
Chen Xue saw that the yamen officer was a little impatient, so she didn't say anything more. Anyway, she had already given an obvious hint.
She took the yamen servant to the old carriage, asked the servants to leave, and let the yamen servant do it himself.
The leader of the government officials winked, and soon a government official climbed onto the carriage, lifted the curtain, and opened the box inside.
However, after opening it, he found that there was only a little something in the huge box, which immediately stunned the government officer.
He subconsciously opened other boxes and found the same thing. There were only a few cabbages in the huge boxes, and some were even empty.
This made the yamen servant look very ugly. He immediately ran out of the carriage and reported to the yamen chief.
"What?"
"Empty?"
The chief yamen officer's expression changed drastically, and the yamen officer quickly explained, "Brother Qian, it's not all empty, but there are very few things."
What's the difference!
The head of the government office pushed him away, climbed onto the carriage, opened the box, and sure enough, he found that the box could hold more than ten kilograms of silver, with several heads of cabbage lying quietly inside.
Such a big box only contains a few heads of cabbage, which is a waste of resources.
The head of the government office refused to give up and opened other boxes. There was also not much in them, only a few kilograms of rice.
These few kilograms of rice didn't even fill half of the box.
Then, he turned to look at the boxes piled high in the innermost part of the carriage. He quickly moved them down and opened them, only to find that they were empty.
"Someone is coming!"
The leader of the government officials was a little angry. He quickly jumped out of the carriage and called to his other subordinates, "Bring me all the boxes inside."
Watching the government officials move all the boxes down, Chen Xue, who was not far away, couldn't help but smile sarcastically.
After Yi Cheng delivered the supplies to the carriage, she immediately put them away, leaving only a small amount of supplies.
Firstly, it is safer to put it in the space. Secondly, one horse pulls two carriages. One carriage is full of people and the other is filled with supplies. This will tire the horse out sooner or later, so the weight must be reduced.
So, Chen Xue collected the supplies, but left a few boxes with a few supplies in them as a cover-up.
Now it seems that the previous approach was very wise. Now these government officials want to grab supplies. Do you want empty boxes?