It was just dawn, and there were many sneaky figures on the street inside the south gate of Yizhou City.
In the city gate cave, the lamp oil in several windproof lanterns was almost exhausted, and the firelight became much dim. Several state soldiers on night duty cursed in a low voice, standing in the city gate cave and moving their almost stiff bodies.
The sneaky figures on the street carefully avoided the gazes of several state soldiers and looked at the closed city gate with a hint of hope.
Outside the city gate, in the dense forest beside the official road, a few melodious birdsong sounded.
Aqiao, who was covered in dew, yawned, opened his eyes, lazily stretched his body on a branch as thick as an goose egg, and slid down from the branch as soon as he tilted his body.
The tall and thin Aqiao fell to the ground as quietly as a cotton ball. He huddled under the tree, looking around instinctively and vigilantly. A few sparrows on the branches overhead chirped twice, and the bird smiled and stood up lazily.
In the dim morning light, you can see the two long eyebrows on Ah Que's delicate face, like two long and thin swords, thrust diagonally towards the temples. The long eyebrows that were originally quite handsome were distorted by Ah Que's lazy smile, as lazy as two well-fed cats curled up on his forehead.
Yawning again, Ah Que walked through the woods and came to the official road.
Looking back towards the direction of the tiger's tooth mouth, Aqiao laughed and cursed in a low voice: "A group of murderers, scare, the smell of blood can be smelled from more than twenty miles away. In order to order gold that cannot be eaten or drunk , as for what?"
After moving his body and messing up his bun, his long hair fell down randomly. Ah Que tore off his tight-fitting clothes, pulled out a dagger and cut several long slits in his clothes. After rolling twice on the official road paved with yellow sand, he suddenly became extremely embarrassed.
With a "ding" bell, the faint light curtain over Yizhou City quietly withdrew, and the long shouts of the city gate officials came from the gate tower of the Sifang City Gate. Just as a "clicking" sound was heard, the four gates of Yizhou City opened at the same time.
Ah Que ran down the official road panting. Before the south gate of Yizhou City could be fully opened, he rushed in and almost hit the spear points of several state soldiers who raised their guns in shock.
"Who? What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you want to die so early in the morning?" A Que was startled early in the morning, and the state soldiers guarding the city gate shouted angrily.
"Report the official, report the official!" Aqiao's face was twisted, and his two long eyebrows danced murderously on his delicate face. He shouted angrily and with a hint of panic: "Report the official, report the official , killings, robberies, our gold has been robbed!"
Pushing away several spears that were pressed against his chest, Ah Que ran towards the city along the avenue, roaring all the way.
On both sides of the street inside the south gate, many clerks who had just opened the shop door leaned out half of their bodies excitedly and curiously, staring at Ah Que with wide eyes. Report to the official? Killed someone? Robbery? Ah, there's plenty of talk to be had all day today!
Those sneaky figures laughed almost at the same time!
They all recognized Ah Que, one of the two strongmen around Chu Tian. Early in the morning, the ragged and dirty Ah Que ran into Yizhou City, shouting that he was going to "report to the official!"
Several people stamped their feet violently, clenched their fists and waved their arms vigorously.
Hey, I'm afraid that the thing raised by my master is not done? That’s fifteen thousand taels of pure gold!
Many people turned around and ran towards their master's mansion, trotting quickly. These people had to suppress the smiles on their faces and hide their heads and tails to prevent others from noticing their "unusual movements." , they really endured it hard.
In the city gate building above the south gate, a middle-aged scribe wearing a blue gown opened a window, looked at the running back of the bird with a smile, and nodded happily: "Hurry and report to the prefect, Lieutenant Li and Lieutenant Zhao are in trouble!"
Two young men in green clothes, Chang Sui, hurriedly ran down the city gate building, jumped on the two big flower horses that had been prepared, and took a detour to the prefect's mansion.
Ah Qiao was panting and running along the avenue. As he ran, he yelled hysterically: "Reporter, reporter, killings, robberies, many people died, many people were killed, my God, So many people died! Gold, gold, my eldest brother’s gold was robbed, fifteen thousand taels of yellow gold!”
There are many hardships in life in Yizhou City, whether it is the butcher who sells meat, the hawker who makes breakfast stalls, the dung collector who collects night fragrance, the cleaner who takes out the garbage, or even the stewards and servants of each household who go out to buy things. There were police officers, government servants, clerks, etc. who had just got off work from various major government offices. Many people gathered in the streets and alleys, drinking soy milk, eating noodles, nibbling sesame seed cakes, and filling wontons. Everyone was busy.
Ah Que ran past, and many heroes who were hanging out in the streets recognized him at a glance.
"Brother Que, would you like a bowl of wontons?"
"Scare, don't call him, look at him like this, something happened!"
"What's the matter? What's the matter? Could it be that Chu's gold was robbed?"
"If someone gets robbed, that's to be expected. Scary, more than ten thousand taels of gold, a mere fish stall in Chu stall, how can you have the strength to keep it?"
"Tsk, look at Brother Que, how many people must have died?"
Gradually, some people in the market who liked to watch the excitement threw a few big bucks into the breakfast stall and followed Ah Que happily.
Gradually, thirty or fifty idle men followed A Que, noisily all the way to the front of the Yazhou Prefecture.
The vermillion-lacquered door was covered with golden doornails. On the left and right stood two three-foot-tall unicorn suanni stone sculptures. On both sides of the door were lined up twenty-four tall military men wearing pure silver armor. The gold-plated Changge exudes a faint light in the morning light.
Seeing a large group of idle men running over after Ah Que from a distance, a soldier suddenly took a step forward, pointed at Ah Que and others and shouted sternly: "In the important place of the Prefecture, how dare a group of scoundrels dare to act so recklessly? Stand back." , otherwise we will arrest them one by one and beat them all to death!"
With a "buzz" sound, twenty-four soldiers uniformly held their Changge and stabbed forward fiercely. Changge broke through the wind, making a dull "buzzing" sound, and the sound was astonishing. Except for Ah Que, the other idlers stopped on the street more than ten feet away, not daring to take another step forward.
Ah Que panted and ran two steps forward. He tripped and fell down in a very embarrassing manner. He rolled forward seven or eight steps. He gasped and climbed up, looking at the soldiers. Han shouted loudly: "I'm not here to cause trouble, I'm here to report to the official!"
The military man who just spoke pointed at A Que and shouted sharply: "Report to the official? Isn't the prefect's mansion the place where you report to the official? If you have any grievances, go to the various Yamen in Yazhou. The prefect is in charge of the military and political affairs of the state. What do you think?" What's the matter that dares to alarm the prefect?"
Ah Que didn't say a word, he strode towards a bronze drum on the right side of the gate of the Prefect's Mansion.