Chapter 75: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 75 Life and Death Beyond Control
"What's going on with you guys?"
Chen Yuan frowned as he saw the servants bruised and swollen, rushing over to them.
"Are you all right?"
"We're fine!"
"Don't worry, master, we're okay!"
SeeingChen Yuan pretending to be innocent and confused, even asking what happened to them and chatting with the servants as if ignoring them, Captain Sun was instantly filled with anger.
"What do you mean, asking us what happened?"
"Heh!"
"I should be asking you, inciting the criminals to riot and attempt to escape, what crime should that be?"
"Pah!"
"Don't accuse us falsely!"
Chen Yi immediately retorted, "Our master has been resting in the carriage all along, hardly ever leaving it. How could he incite the criminals..."
"Exactly, just because you're the captain doesn't mean you can talk nonsense."
"Right and wrong can be distinguished clearly!" Chen Yuan gestured towards the general who hadn't spoken, "This general, please ensure justice for us."
"Of course!"
The general nodded, apparently very polite, completely different from his indifferent attitude towards Captain Sun.
Captain Sun, seeing this scene, almost dropped his jaw.
What's going on?
Am I dreaming?
The general is actually so polite to Chen Yuan?
Why?
Where's your backbone?
Where's your arrogance from earlier?
Just as Captain Sun was complaining inwardly, the general turned and left. However, he didn't go far, but instead approached the prisoners.
The prisoners had already gathered together, looking at this group of fully armed soldiers, some even with weapons dripping with blood, everyone lowered their heads, huddling together.
The general looked at his subordinates beside him, who immediately reacted, grabbing a few prisoners and stepping forward, those who seemed to have been the most joyful earlier.
Some were directly shot like sieves, while others were only hit by arrows and not killed.
The soldiers directly pushed those prisoners in front of everyone, kicking them in the legs to make them kneel on the ground.
"Speak up!" The general came to one of the prisoners, "Who incited you to start the riot, or who told you to start the riot today?"
But the prisoner clenched his teeth, staring straight ahead as if he hadn't heard the general's question.
The general wasn't angry either. He looked at the other prisoners around, "You all have courage, but it's time to pay the price for your courage."
As he finished speaking, the general turned to the soldiers beside him. The soldier immediately spoke up, "Those who are exiled, attempt to escape and incite riots, according to the law, shall be executed!"
With that, the soldier took out the long sword from his waist and killed the prisoner in front of everyone.
"Ah~!"
Many people had never seen such a scene before, especially the women and children, who were instantly frightened, covering their eyes and screaming.
Others were also pale with fear, devoid of color.
"Don't look!"
Chen Yuan was the first to step in front of his wife and daughter, trying to prevent them from seeing the bloody scene, but it was a bit too late.
"Ugh~"
Chen Xue's legs went weak, her hands on the ground, retching.
She had never witnessed such a bloody and cruel scene in her peaceful past life. It was something she couldn't accept for a while.
Of course, many people in this world couldn't accept it either.
"Xiao Xue, are you okay?"
Madam Chen was also pale, but much calmer than Chen Xue's reaction. She squatted down to support Chen Xue.
Chen Xue took a deep breath, constantly reassuring herself, then recalling classic scenes from comedy movies in her past life, she managed to divert her attention.
"You two go back to the carriage and rest!" Chen Yuan walked over, feeling sorry for their pale faces.
"Dad, it's okay, I'm fine."
Chen Xue quickly adjusted her mindset, firm in her tone, "If I can't even withstand a little difficulty like this, when we get to Nanshan, we'll have to endure much more hardship. I don't want to hold us back then."
She was very clear that this was the cruel side of ancient times, or the cruel side of another world, where the power of life and death was in the hands of the imperial authority and its affiliates.
Life and death were beyond one's control!
This scene before her shattered some of her past fantasies. She knew she had to change her mindset. This wasn't her original world.
This world was even more cruel, even more unfair.
To survive, to live better, she had to make herself stronger and establish her own power.
To be honest, she had the space, and she had the exchange system. In Nanshan, as long as she spent some time, she could definitely create a paradise.
If she had ambitions, she could even establish a country. Then it would truly be up to her, not up to fate.
Her previous idea was simple: to try to live a little better and more comfortably after arriving in Nanshan.
But after cooperating with Captain Sun and seeing his immediate change of face, and experiencing the sneer of the bailiffs, witnessing the scene of the prisoner being beheaded before her eyes, she knew that to do what she wanted, she had to establish herself with strong strength.
This strength could be absolute wealth. If she controlled more than fifty percent of the country's finances, then the court would have to consider the consequences of economic collapse if they wanted to move against her.
Or she could have absolute power, but this was obviously unlikely. In this feudal world, supreme power lay with the emperor, and her family had already been exiled, already removed from the centers of power.
Or, she could establish a powerful force, so powerful that even the entire court would dare not provoke it, only appease it.
Of course, for now, she could only think about it. As for specific plans in the future, she would have to discuss them with her parents.
While Chen Xue was lost in thought, the general looked at the other prisoners kneeling on the ground.
One of the prisoners, his face covered in blood, apparently splattered from the deceased prisoner nearby, caught the general's gaze and immediately cried out, "I'll talk, I'll talk! It was the Liu family, it was Liu Wei who told us."
Liu Wei was a minor official, not known to many. After being exiled, he was unwilling to accept his fate and had been looking for opportunities to escape.
So, they had actually been planning for a long time, and the reason they launched today was because the convoy happened to be resting here, and many bailiffs had gone into the city.
Originally, they wanted to escape during the day, but there was nowhere to run during the day, and even if they did, there was nowhere to hide. Their fleeing figures could be seen just a few hundred meters away.
So, after thinking about it, they decided to wait until nightfall. Although Captain Sun and the others would return at night, they had relaxed all day and would be at their most relaxed.
The trigger was the escape of the Chen family. Liu Wei was worried that the bailiffs would tighten security because of the escape of the Chen family, so he incited others to start the riot together.
"So, the mastermind is Liu Wei, and has he already escaped?" The general's tone revealed neither joy nor anger.
"Yes!" The prisoner dared not look at the general, bowing his head and admitting honestly, "I've confessed everything, please let me go, General..."
Pfft!
Before he could finish his words, he was beheaded by a soldier beside him.
The general sneered and looked at the prisoners around him, "This is the consequence of escape!"
Everyone shuddered at once.
PS: I forgot to tell everyone that because this book is first released on Qidian, Q Read is the channel, so after the chapter is updated, Q Read will sync later. I'm not sure how long the delay will be, sometimes a few hours, sometimes one or two days...
Just like today, February 18th, before this chapter was released, the latest chapter on Qidian was 73, but the latest chapter on Q Read was 71. It seems that because of the anti-theft measures of the reading app, the update is delayed.
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