Concubine's true colors

Chapter 614
Xiao Jinxuan jumped into the alley from the second floor of the inn, relying on her ability to climb trees when she was young, in order to avoid the arrest of the government soldiers.

And almost not long after Xiao Jinxuan left the private room of the inn, the door of her room was directly kicked open by the officers and soldiers from the outside.

When the officers and soldiers saw that there was no one in the empty room, the windows were wide open.

Immediately, the general who led the team sighed secretly, but at the same time he was quite excited. After all, if the people in the private room were not guilty, how could they be afraid of being searched and escaped first.

And this shows that the group of officials from the capital wanted to arrest the woman who was indeed hiding in New Moon City.

As long as there are enough clues, it will only be a matter of time before they are caught.

So the general will immediately send someone to report to the governor of New Moon City, and ask the other party to control the city gate. As long as Xiao Jinxuan is not asked to sneak out of the city, the other party is a woman, and the whole city will search and arrest it.

After the soldiers delivered the news back to the government office, Ji Lingfeng was overjoyed, and not only brought people along, but also immediately participated in the search.

The governor of New Moon City didn't dare to delay, and immediately ordered the city gates to be sealed, and conducted strict investigations so that Xiao Jinxuan would not have the chance to slip through.

And as soldiers filled the streets in New Moon City, and when the people were panicked and at a loss, Xiao Jinxuan, who was hiding in the crowd, was also thinking about ways to escape.

After all, she is alone now, facing the wanted search by the entire government, she has to leave the city quickly, otherwise she will be caught soon.

But Xiao Jinxuan has already come to the gate of the city, and she can look at more than 20 soldiers, who are closely interrogating and comparing the actions of the portraits. If she goes directly, it will be no different from throwing herself into a trap.

Therefore, in order not to arouse suspicion, Xiao Jinxuan stood in the line and waited for interrogation just like the common people who left the city, and it was her turn when there were still a dozen people.

While Xiao Jinxuan was nervous, she also frowned and thought about how to deal with it.

Suddenly at this moment, she saw a man dressed as a servant driving a carriage through the city gate. It seemed that his wife was sitting in the carriage, and he was unwilling to get out of the carriage to be interrogated.

Immediately after the servant handed over the five taels of silver, the soldier stopped insisting on telling the people in the carriage to come down, but looked through the curtain of the carriage and immediately let them go.

After seeing everything that happened in front of her clearly, the worry on Xiao Jinxuan's face suddenly disappeared, and she even smiled slightly.

She used to be a person with great power in her hands, so she can understand more deeply that the orders issued by the superiors are often not only unsatisfactory when the orders issued by the superiors are executed, but there are especially many people who fish in troubled waters.

Just like the soldiers searching under the city gate, they should have been on duty and treated gold and silver like dung, no matter whether they gave benefits or not, they should be inspected equally and carefully.

But people have greed, so they use their power to benefit themselves. This kind of official court can't stop it.

These little soldiers followed suit and took the opportunity to earn some money for drinking, which naturally happened from time to time.

And as long as this person is greedy, it will become much easier to deal with, and Xiao Jinxuan wants to use money to break the current crisis.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan, who was dressed as a peasant girl, lowered her head as if she was afraid of the government soldiers, but in fact, she did not want to reveal her face and be seen through her identity.

And when she counted silently, there were only five people left in the queue who were inspected in front of her.

Immediately, Xiao Jinxuan opened the money bag in her hand, and then saw that the distance to the soldiers under the city gate was getting closer and closer.

She suddenly grabbed handfuls of broken silver and threw it on the ground under the city gate.

Because she was afraid of revealing her identity, Xiao Jinxuan didn't dare to use more than a dozen taels of grain silver, so the 100 taels that Boss Shen gave her were also exchanged for broken silver.

So 100 taels of broken silver was scattered all over the ground in an instant. Not only was the scene extremely spectacular, but also the greed in the eyes of the people and soldiers around was aroused on the spot.

But now Xiao Jinxuan, seeing the silver all over the ground, she was not afraid of being noticed and suddenly shouted:

"My money, who scratched my money bag. Don't touch my money, the money on the ground is my wealth and life."

It was fine that Xiao Jinxuan didn't speak just now, but it turned out that the owner of the money-filled floor turned out to be a woman.

Immediately, the people who had no worries in their hearts all swarmed up and picked it up crowded and shoved.

And seeing the common people picking up money all over the place, the soldiers in the city watching this scene were also very jealous.

After all, their monthly salary is less than ten taels of silver. This kind of good thing of picking up money for nothing does not happen every day.

So these soldiers didn't last long at all, and under the banner of guarding the silver for the owner, they snatched all the silver picked up by the people and took it all for themselves.

For a while, under the city gate, the chaos was beyond description.

Not to mention the crowded people, there were also those who were knocked to the ground, those who were trampled under their feet, screaming, crying, cursing and arguing, but it was Xiao Jinxuan, the original owner who sprinkled silver, that no one cared about.

But seeing this scene, Xiao Jinxuan secretly avoided the crowd, and slowly leaned towards the outside of the city gate, and couldn't help but secretly smiled in her heart.

When she sprinkled the silver on the ground, Xiao Jinxuan expected that it would cause commotion, after all, there are not many people in this world who can defeat the greed for money.

Moreover, the defenders of the city are all small soldiers now. In this situation where there is no one to command, Xiao Jinxuan does not believe that this group of officers and soldiers will not be tempted.

Therefore, amidst the chaos, Xiao Jinxuan left the city without any risk.

Although she didn't know much about New Moon City, she didn't dare to take the official route to leave.

She could only run towards the mountains near the city, hoping to climb over a few hills and find a hidden mountain village to settle down, to get over the limelight of the government's arrest, and then she would come out.

And after Xiao Jinxuan left for half an hour, the silver-grabbing incident under the city gate has not yet passed.

After all, people die for wealth and birds die for food.

The twenty or so officers and soldiers guarding the city forcibly took the silver picked up by the common people as their own by virtue of their status. It was okay once or twice, but the unscrupulousness finally aroused public anger.

So in the end, these twenty officers and soldiers were surrounded by angry people, and the conflict between the two sides intensified.

With such a big commotion, Ji Lingfeng, who was also searching the city with his men, was naturally alarmed.

After hearing the news and rushing over, when Ji Lingfeng learned the cause and effect, when he saw the scattered silver scattered on the ground, his expression immediately turned cold.

Looking at the captain of the soldiers and guards who was still chattering at him and telling him the reason for the incident with broken silver in his hand, Ji Lingfeng snorted.

Immediately, the saber was pulled out without warning, and cut off the neck of the captain of the guard in an instant.

Seeing the silver in the captain's hand unable to hold it, it fell to the ground again, and the other party also covered his bleeding neck, his eyes widened and he fell to the ground with a horrible appearance of death.

For a while, the soldiers and the quarreling people in the city fell silent, and looked at Ji Lingfeng in fear. No one dared to pick up the silver scattered on the ground this time.

And Ji Lingfeng, who had finished killing people, looked up at the crowd, and said in a cold tone:

"Why don't you make a fuss? Didn't you just quarrel over the money? Anyone of you who still thinks of life can stand up, and Ben Dugong will give you a good time with his own hands."

After saying this, Ji Lingfeng glared fiercely again, and all the soldiers under the city said with angry expressions on their faces:
"It's really a bunch of trash. For a few taels of silver, they let Xiao Jinxuan go. It's useless for the imperial court to support you idiots. Get rid of me, Duke Du, otherwise, just leave your life behind."

Seeing the soldiers who were supposed to be interrogating under the city gate, they fled in despair after being reprimanded by Ji Lingfeng.

As Ji Lingfeng's capable subordinate Lu Yun, he couldn't help asking in surprise:
"Duke, what do you mean? To drive away these city guards and interrogators, can you really be sure that Xiao Jinxuan has escaped from New Moon City. The other party is just a girl, so this is unlikely."

Hearing this, Ji Lingfeng sighed resentfully and helplessly:
"Lu Yun, don't underestimate Xiao Jinxuan, she is not an ordinary woman. You should know Zheng Yu's abilities. Back then, he was still in the Prince Tai's mansion, and he could be ranked among the top three killers. But back then I personally sent him to Zhao Yang Gong assassinated Xiao Jinxuan, but the other party still escaped from the palace. You all said that it was Xiao Jinxuan's good luck, and the loyal Xiao Wenxin delayed the time for the other party. You don't know how much luck and luck there is in this world. It is because this woman is so smart. too difficult to deal with."

Having said that, Ji Lingfeng pointed to the broken silver scattered on the ground, and then said:
"There are at least seven to eighty taels of broken silver on the ground. Lu Yun, think about how ordinary people would carry so much silver. And up to now, I haven't seen the owner stand up. So I conclude that this is definitely Xiao Jinxuan's doing." Yes, the other party intentionally created chaos, took the opportunity and fled the city."

After hearing this, Lu Yun nodded thoughtfully, and then he hurriedly asked:

"If Duke Du has abandoned his concubine, Xiao Shi, has already left New Moon City, it will be useless for us to stay here. Whether or not the subordinates will mobilize the local government's troops and go out of the city to investigate."

Ji Lingfeng nodded, and after careful planning, he immediately said:
"Although these local officers and soldiers are incompetent, we only brought more than [-] people, and our search area alone is too small. So Lu Yun, you can gather local troops, and I will take our people to search for clues first. After confirming the direction of Xiao Jinxuan's escape, he immediately led everyone to search and arrest."

After clarifying all the division of labor, Ji Lingfeng, who led the people out of the city first, did not take long to search for the traces of Xiao Jinxuan running to the mountains outside the city.

In fact, this is not surprising, Xiao Jinxuan does not know martial arts, although she had the experience of growing up in the mountains when she was a child, she does not know the ability to keep track of whereabouts.

In addition, it is the first month of the month, and the four seasons of New Moon City are like spring, but there will be no wild vegetables or mushrooms growing on the mountain during this solar term, so no one will go to the mountain at all.

So when Ji Lingfeng found some women's shoe prints, he immediately concluded that Xiao Jinxuan must have hid in the mountains.

Looking at the lofty mountains in the distance outside the city, Ji Lingfeng couldn't help laughing bitterly.

"Xiao Jinxuan, you are really tenacious. You would rather go deep into the mountains and old forests than capture you without a fight. But this time, I, Ji Lingfeng, will definitely catch you and kill you completely. Didn't you tell me before in the prison, In that dream, you died at my hands. Since that dream and reality can be matched in many ways, then I will kill you with my own hands just like in the dream!"

(End of this chapter)