bookcurios Chapter 238 Righteous Man
Chapter 238 Righteous Man
"Forget it, let's not chase him. Judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like the person Uncle Wang wants to catch. Let's go and ask Uncle Wang what tasks he will assign me. But they are concerned about me, so they probably won't tell me the truth. At most, they will just let me help with patrols."
Suddenly, a bell rang not far away. I heard people around me talking, "What's going on? Are they going to execute someone again?"
"Oh, don't you know? Something happened at the West City Prison last night. It seems someone broke into the prison!"
"Wow! The one you caught yesterday is being beheaded today? Are you going to let me eat so early in the morning?!"
"Don't you know the style of His Majesty King Xi Yan? Didn't Chen Rong also kill people one after another after he destroyed the country? Who cares if you eat or not!"
The person who was speaking saw Xuan, and perhaps was shocked by his demeanor and temperament, or perhaps recognized that the brocade robe he was wearing was definitely not an ordinary item, so he made a "hush" gesture to the people next to him and kept silent.
Xuanxuan didn't take it seriously, pretending to be ignorant, and said to Junyi: "Let's go and see what's going on."
Jun Yi responded by spurring his horse, carrying me in front to lead the way, and rode with Xuan and his group to a place that looked like a morning market.
A temporary platform made of firewood was erected next to the morning market, and people who loved to watch the fun had already gathered around it in a circle.
There were four people kneeling on the stage, all of them were tied up, with bruised faces and blood all over their bodies.
I immediately saw Gu Yi in the middle, my heart sank, I struggled to stand up and stretched my head to look at him.
Fortunately, Jun Yi was riding a tall horse, so even though I was short, I could still pass through the crowd on horseback and see everything effortlessly.
He had one eye closed, and it was unclear whether he had been beaten or blinded. He squinted his remaining eye and looked around.
His eyes passed over me, a gleam in his eyes, and then he looked away without a trace.
A man in official uniform behind him shouted, "Everyone, this group of people broke into Xishan Prison last night and fled to the north gate where we captured them. Now there are still several accomplices on the run. If anyone knows about this and reports it, there will be a huge reward! If anyone deliberately shields them, their fate will be the same as theirs!"
After that, he pulled out the shackles from behind their necks and said to them, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Gu Yi suddenly looked towards me and asked loudly, "Are the magnolia flowers blooming well?"
I looked at him across the crowd and nodded with tears in my eyes.
He laughed loudly, "Good! Great! Brothers and sisters, our death today is worth it! Worth it——"
Before he could finish his words, his head was hastily chopped off by the executioner, and rolled to the side, causing the crowd to exclaim in surprise.
I wanted to scream, but I couldn't, so I could only close my eyes tightly.
The officer pointed in our direction and shouted, "He's looking this way! I don't know what signal he got! There may be his accomplices here, arrest them all!"
Many people in civilian clothes jumped out from the crowd of onlookers and surrounded us.
Some who wanted to break through the encirclement were stopped by them as soon as they struggled to get out.
Seeing that Xuan and his companions were young and strong, they became especially wary, and some of them were eager to step forward and capture them.
"How dare you! Do you know who is in front of you?!" Jun Yi blocked the way and shouted angrily.
After hearing this, the official was probably afraid that he might have offended the nobleman at the foot of the imperial city, so he came over with a smile on his face and whispered a few words to him. Then he bowed deeply to Xuan and said, "I didn't know that Your Highness was coming. I was so rude and abrupt. I deserve to die!"
Xuanxuan raised his hand calmly: "It's okay, ignorance is not a problem. You do your job, and I'll do mine."
The official hurriedly asked the people surrounding him to make way for him: "Of course! Your Highness, please go ahead!"
So Xuan led our group out of the encirclement, and the encirclement quickly closed behind us, surrounding those unfortunate civilians. I wonder if there will be a few more innocent souls who were tortured into confessing on the road to the underworld after they are taken back today.
"Sir, the official just said that two of the gang members have been staying in the south of the city for several days, but their accomplices fled to the north of the city yesterday, as if they were deliberately trying to draw attention away. So today we chose to carry out the execution in the south of the city to see if we can lure them out and capture a few more."
"I see that the leader has the demeanor of a righteous man. But I wonder who they are going to save?"
"That junior official didn't know about it, so he said that the higher-ups were keeping it a secret and only asked them to arrest suspicious people."
"The ones who made Uncle Wang and his men so mobilised and kept it a secret are most likely the remnants of Chen Rong. Well, we just came back to report on our work as usual and not to get involved in this mess. If there is a task assigned to us, we will do it. If there is no task assigned to us, we will just enjoy the free time and return to Wushen Mountain as soon as possible."
I felt a little desperate after hearing this. The road ahead is long and arduous, and I don’t know if I can escape.
Having seen too many deaths, I now cherish my life immensely. I must keep this life to see him one more time, to see if his eyes, which used to have a fleeting look, are still intact, otherwise I won’t feel at ease.
There is always hope as long as you are alive, so just keep living first.
Thinking of this, I lay on the horse's back, feeling its ups and downs, which was the pulse of life.
"Master, look at this little fox, it looks sleepy!"
"It was running and jumping for so long, it must be tired." There was a hint of laughter in Xuan's voice.
"Hey? My Lord, look, there is a scar on its right shoulder! What a pity! Otherwise, with such a rare fur color, it would be nice to skin it and make a scarf. But it's worthless if it has a flaw!" Jun Yi pulled my back.
I raised my paw to push his hand away, who are you trying to push? I rolled my eyes and closed them, pretending to sleep, out of sight, out of mind.
"It...it glared at me?!" Jun Yi looked very surprised.
"Haha! You disturbed its sweet dream, who else would it bother if not you?" Xuan laughed.
After a day and night of tossing and turning, coupled with the rocking of the horse's back, I fell asleep unknowingly.
When I woke up, I was already in a carriage with Xuan.
I rushed to the window and tried to look outside, but a rope around my neck restrained my movements.
Xuan had his eyes closed to rest, but when he noticed my movement, he suddenly opened his eyes.
"Are you awake? Look outside. We have already left Xiyan City." After saying that, he moved over and lifted the curtain to let me look outside.
Xiyan City is getting farther and farther away from my sight. I don't know if Gui Fangduan can escape successfully. If he can't find me, will he think I'm dead? I don't know how many shadow guards are left. I don't know if Xiaoyin can take Tushan Jing to Qingshui Town smoothly. I don't know if Tushan Hou and the five kings and seven kings behind him will intercept them halfway. I don't know if Xiaoyao...
I wonder if Wen Xiaoliu would be kind enough to pick up the seriously injured Tu Shanjing and treat him.
But these are all things I want to worry about but I am powerless to do anything about. Trapped in the body of a fox, I also have to think about how to escape when the opportunity arises.
The majestic Xiyan City left behind my countless thoughts and concerns, and disappeared at the end of the sinking dusk horizon.
It is not necessary to do it, but it is really impossible.