"Have you heard? Prince Heng's men were robbed by a group of strong men yesterday."
"What do you mean by 'heard'? I saw it with my own eyes. Just this morning, hundreds of people were tied naked to trees. That scene, tsk tsk …"
"Immoral! It's really immoral!"
"That's nothing. I also heard that when these people came back, they all covered their buttocks … Eh, I didn't expect the First Prince's men to like this. Could it be that he also …"
Today, there was a lot of discussion in Feng State City. People could be heard talking about something on the streets and alleys.
That was because that piece of news was simply too shocking to them.
Early in the morning, a woodcutter had just walked into the forest when he saw a hundred people being stripped naked and tied to a tree. Perhaps because of the morning, some uncontrollable changes had occurred to their bodies … Just thinking about it was a spectacular sight.
That kind of scene and that kind of image would linger in the mind of anyone who saw it for the rest of their lives.
Ever since the First Prince had come to Feng State, he had been arresting people and discussing the crime. Now, he had done such a thing. It had firmly occupied the headlines of Feng State Daily. It was believed that this incident would occupy the headlines for a long time.
When Lin Yong told Lin Wanru about these things, it was, of course, the edited version.
"I don't know where this strong man came from. He did things so decisively. It's so satisfying!" His face was full of excitement. Then, he put something on the table and said, "Miss, this is what you wanted."
He looked at the poetry book that he had just bought and asked, "Miss, is the Li Brothers really the number one talent of the Jing Kingdom? Were these poems and lyrics also written by him? "
Lin Wanru didn't answer. Lin Yong looked around, shook his head, and walked out.
Anyway, that was what the people outside said. When he bought the poetry book, he was almost squeezed out by the young ladies. He really didn't expect that a pretty boy like the Li Brothers would be so popular with women …
Lin Yong walked to the entrance of Fanglin Park and looked in a certain direction out of habit. He couldn't help but lick his lips.
"It's almost time to eat again …"
At this time, in a county town located at the border of the Qi Kingdom's Qing Province, a group of over a hundred caravans had stopped. They were seated in the largest restaurant in the county town.
"That's all there is to making money …" Fang didn't forget to sigh as he chewed on the pork shoulder.
He had the capital to be arrogant. In one night, he had produced six hundred thousand taels of silver. Anyone could be a little arrogant.
However, there was a slight delay in time. Bing Province was not far from Feng Province. Presumably, they had already received the news. With more than a hundred people and so many carriages and goods, it was destined that they would not be able to travel very quickly. The original plan might have to be slightly altered.
Yangliuqing took out a map and spread it on the table. He pointed at a place in front of them and said, "Martial Uncle, with our current speed, it will take us one and a half days to reach Chong Zhou. If we travel at top speed from Feng Zhou, we can reach there in a day. So, we can't go back through Chong Zhou."
"Is there any other way?"
Yangliuqing nodded. He used his finger to draw on the map and said, "If we go west from here, we can go around Chong Zhou. It might take us a few days, but it's safe enough."
Although they had two grandmasters and over a hundred top-notch martial arts masters. It wouldn't be a problem for them to break through a city that wasn't heavily guarded, they had to go back. It was better not to cause so much trouble. If they really did that, they were afraid that casualties would be unavoidable. It was not worth it.
Li Yi looked at the map. Yangliuqing explained, "If we go west from here for another day, we will almost reach the border of the Wu Kingdom. We can go around here. This is the chaotic land where the Qi Kingdom, Jing Kingdom, and Wu Kingdom intersect. If we go through here, we can go around Chong Zhou. In another two days, we will reach Shu Zhou."
Fang asked doubtfully, "Didn't you say that place is very chaotic? I heard that there are countless mountain bandits and bandits running amok. Will there be trouble?"
Yangliuqing shook her head and said, "This mountain range stretches on and on. There are countless mountain bandits and bandits here. But the really powerful mountain bandits are all in the depths. The power is complicated, and the specific situation is not that simple … In short, there are only some small bandits on the periphery. There are no more than dozens of people, so there's nothing to be afraid of."
Li Yi looked at her in surprise and asked, "You are very familiar with this place?"
Yangliuqing was stunned. She nodded and said, "I learned about it when I came here. There shouldn't be much difference."
The slovenly old man looked at Yangliuqing meaningfully and spat out the chicken bone in his mouth. He said, "This girl is right. Although that place is a little chaotic, as long as we don't go too deep and encounter those hard to chew bones, there won't be any big problem."
Even the slovenly old man said that it was hard to chew bones. It seemed that that place was really not simple. Li Yi looked at the map carefully. This time, they just passed the periphery, so there shouldn't be any problem. He nodded and said, "Then let's go here."
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King of Shu's Mansion, Shuzhou.
King of Shu paced anxiously in the hall with a gloomy expression. When footsteps came from outside the hall, he immediately asked before the person who came in said anything, "How is it? Any news from there?"
The person bowed and said, "Your Highness, I have confirmed it from the people of the Secret Intelligence Office. They did find County Marquis Li in the Qi Kingdom and will come back soon."
Bang!
"Sure enough, he is in the Qi Kingdom!" King of Shu punched the table and squeezed out a few words through his teeth.
These days, he had almost mobilized all the government offices in Shuzhou and even sent out the guards of the King's Mansion. In order to find him, he had spent a lot of effort. He didn't expect that Li Yi was not in the Jing Kingdom or Shuzhou at all.
Didn't that mean that all the effort he put in was for naught?
Thinking of this, King of Shu immediately felt that he had been fooled.
One person thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Your Highness, they will return to Shuzhou eventually. Why don't we …"
"Shuzhou has now been taken over by the Secret Intelligence Office." In the crowd, Jiang Zian glanced at the person and said, "At first, General Fan thought the same as you. Now grass can grow on his grave."
Thinking of something, the person stopped talking and his face immediately turned pale.
The people of the Secret Intelligence Office from the Jing Kingdom wanted to take over the military power on the first day they arrived in Shuzhou. Shuzhou was far away from the Emperor, so the orders from the Jing Kingdom had little effect here. It had always been like this.
On that day, a garrison general said that the request of the Secret Intelligence Office was unreasonable and he would not hand over the power even if he died.
As a result, he really died.
He had just been buried not long ago, but not long after, grass would grow on his grave.
King of Shu didn't speak, but the blue veins on his forehead couldn't help throbbing.
As the First Prince, he was suppressed every step he took in the Jing Kingdom and was even beaten in front of the civil and military officials.
Now he came to Shuzhou and couldn't make decisions on his own fief. This was the most depressing thing in his heart.
The atmosphere in the hall was a little depressing. At this time, another servant of the Prince's Mansion came in and said, "Your Highness, Young Master Fang Yongfang wants to see you."
King of Shu nodded and said, "Let him in."
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