Whenever something goes wrong in this food chain, for example, big fish and small fish come to eat shrimps together...

"etc."

The three women heard a voice coming from behind them, and the clerk stopped.

The three of them couldn't help but look back.

"I don't allow them to enter."

"Yes." The clerk said respectfully.

The three women had hope in their hearts, hoping that this noble man could help them.

One of them stopped talking.

But I dare not say it.

If you tell her now, when the noble lady leaves, the petty officials will intensify their efforts to harass her and her family.

No matter how powerful the Dragon Crossing the River is, it may still be this little official who decides the life or death of their family.

This is the saying goes that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake.

Yang Xuan came over and said, "Here comes someone."

Am I not a human being? The clerk raised his head.

An official came in and said, "Your Majesty."

Yang Xuan pointed at the clerk and said, "This man speaks rudely."

The official came over.

The little official was shocked, "The little man didn't..."

Boom!

The official slapped him away and then beat him severely.

The king has ordered that he must serve this messenger well and try to satisfy him as long as his demands are not excessive.

What the officials knew more clearly was that the kings were planning to blame Yuan Xiao for all the mistakes of this trip. And to do this, he had to win Yang Xuan's favor.

Before the fate of a servant, a petty official is not even an ant.

"Someone is coming!"

Two sergeants came in.

The official pointed at the petty official and said, "This man is corrupt and collaborating with the rebels inside and outside. Take him away!"

This time, let’s not talk about wearing tattoos on the face and wearing hair somewhere.

Yang Xuan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

The official smiled flatteringly, "It's not hard, my dear envoy, we have prepared a banquet ahead, please."

The three women watched them go out blankly.

A man rushed in, but he was the brother of one of them.

"Brother!"

The woman cried and talked about her experience, "Thankfully that noble envoy helped, otherwise our family would be in trouble."

Her brother had just gone to the top of the city to help guard the city. He was startled when he heard this and said, "You say he's your envoy?"

"Well! Brother, what are you doing?"

"That's the envoy of the Tang Dynasty!" Her brother said excitedly: "You didn't see before that the envoy commanded Ruoding. If it weren't for him, Yecheng would have been unable to save today. Hey! He is indeed a famous general of the Tang Dynasty!"

When he saw his sister in a daze, he asked, "Amei, Amei..."

The woman stamped her feet, "It's actually him? If I had known, I wouldn't have come out even if I risked my life."

When he woke up, Yang Xuan was a little confused by the unfamiliar place.

Gradually, yesterday's events were recalled one by one.

"Mr. Sir, it's time to have breakfast."

Wang Laoer is shouting outside.

I got up and moved my body, feeling full of energy.

Yang Xuan frowned, "Why does it feel like it's about to overflow?"

Qin Jian and Cheng Ran sat there a little tiredly. When they saw Yang Xuan, they managed to get up and salute, and then sat down, grinning.

"My whole body aches." Qin Jian smiled bitterly, "Back then, I was hunting in the mountains. I stayed awake for three days just to hunt down a wild wolf. I was still in high spirits after I returned. Hey! I'm old!"

Yang Xuan sat down and someone brought breakfast.

With rice and a few vegetables, it's quite rich.

Wang Laoer and the old criminal were sitting together. The old criminal came over and asked, "Do you believe Qin Jian's words, sir?"

Yang Xuan shook his head, "You can't outrun a wolf in the mountains. Not to mention three days and three nights, you'll be gone in the blink of an eye."

After breakfast, Yang Xuan found a clerk.

"Do you know about the old prisoner?"

The clerk said: "This man is called Tu Shang, who kills officials."

grass!

A chivalrous man breaks the law with force, this was the first thought that came to Yang Xuan's mind.

"Why kill officials?"

"I don't know, it seems like the whole family is dead."

This was said without any beginning or end, and Yang Xuan became even more confused.

The petty official observed the words and said, "I don't dare to hide anything, but I really don't know anything about this person."

"How many years have you been imprisoned?"

"Five years."

"Not executed?"

Any criminal who killed an official, whether in the Tang Dynasty or the Southern Zhou Dynasty, was dealt with strictly and quickly. On this point, all officials had the same attitude. Yang Xuan felt that it was the feeling of sadness that the rabbit died and the fox was at work.

"Originally he was going to be executed, but it happened that the queen gave birth to a prince, and as soon as his majesty was happy, he pardoned the whole world, and Tu Chang was spared from death."

"That's good luck."

The clerk chuckled and said, "You are lucky, but this person is suffering a lot in prison."

"But he didn't resist?"

Yang Xuan felt that Tu Chang's force was worth it, and if he wanted to resist, Ye Cheng's prison would not be able to trap him.

The clerk said calmly: "The people's hearts are like iron, and the official law is like a furnace. No matter how powerful a person is in prison, we will naturally have a way to catch him. Even if he can escape, the army will surround him and arrows will rain down like rain.

High cultivation will ultimately be of no use."

"Manpower is sometimes poor."

"Your Majesty, please see me."

"You are very articulate."

"This is the skill of a villain."

"Then what do you think of Ye Cheng?"

"Ye Cheng... General Zhang is a good man. There are some good and bad officials in the city, but there are still many good people."

"Where is Nanzhou?"

"The Southern Zhou Dynasty was prosperous, but there were also dark places. But if you want to come to the Tang Dynasty, you can't avoid this."

"Do you know why?"

Yang Xuan wanted to learn about the situation of the Southern Zhou Dynasty through the mouths of small officials.

"People will be greedy. Greedy people like to bully the weak and shy away from the strong. The superiors will squeeze their subordinates, and the subordinates will squeeze their subordinates. In the end, it is the people who will be squeezed. This is what people will do, and the Southern Zhou Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty are not the boundaries."

The clerk looked at Yang Xuan with a humble and probing look, "What I said is not a leak. If your envoy still has doubts, you can ask Shilang Zhang and the others."

"Talent."

"Your Majesty has over-rewarded me."

"Why didn't you get promoted?"

"The lie is that there are as many villains as stars in the Southern Zhou Dynasty."

"What's the truth?"

"The truth is that a villain has no one behind him, and he doesn't like to flatter him."
To be continued...