The Shu Prefecture, a place that had experienced hardships for two centuries.
A hundred years ago, this place was an important town in the southwest, with a population of nearly a million. Now, although the green tiles were still there, it was like a ghost town.
Although Kangxi had issued many immigration laws, there were only 200,000 people in the huge Shu Prefecture.
Half of the 200,000 people lived outside the city, while the other half lived inside the city. As a result, there were only a few people in the vast city.
Today, the Shu Prefecture seemed to be a little more lively.
All the soldiers in the city were mobilized, as if they were searching for someone.
Pale-faced civilians were pushed by the soldiers, and the doors of every house were smashed open for inspection.
If it was a wealthy family, the Qing soldiers would at most search for some gold and silver, which was nothing to them.
However, for the poor families, the bags of rice being moved away could be said to be the end of their lives.
The Green Army soldiers were no longer important in the war, but in terms of pillaging, they seemed to be more at ease than the Qing army who had just entered the pass.
They were clearly searching for people, but there were a few large carts behind these searching soldiers. This scene made the man with pigtails as thick as a rat's tail, who was riding a warhorse, frown.
"Erke Duo! Tell your men to speed up the search. If those people run away, don't blame me for telling my master!”The plaited man frowned and scolded the man in the garrison uniform beside him.
"Hehe, what's the rush? "I've already closed the gates of the Shu Prefecture's capital. Those little rascals won't be able to escape." Compared to the man in plaits, Ekedo seemed to have it easier.
The man in plaits saw that Eke was very arrogant and had the same personality as Nian Gengyao. He was a little unhappy, but he still needed to rely on him at the moment, so he did not quarrel with him.
Looking at the Qing soldiers searching the streets, the plaited man touched his injured left arm. His left arm had been cut by a knife.
Yesterday, when he was gathering information about Nian Gengyao, he met another person at the same place. As a result, the two of them started fighting.
When the fight spread to the streets, he immediately called for more than 20 of his men. However, unexpectedly, the man also called for four of his companions. Just five of them injured more than ten of his men and escaped calmly.
If that was all, the plaited man would not have made such a big fuss. The main reason was that after he returned to the stronghold of the Shu Prefecture, he compared the weapons one by one. In the end, he found that the weapon that injured him was basically the Embroidered Spring Saber!
The Embroidered Spring Knife was not a knife that could be seen everywhere. It was a knife that the Emperor had given to the high-ranking officials of the Embroidered Uniform Guards or ministers during the Ming Dynasty.
They had been searching for the last person who had escaped from the Third Prince Zhu's line. They had not expected that after four years of searching, they would find traces of the Embroidered Spring Saber in the Shu Prefecture.
" Could it be that the former Ming Dynasty still has some hidden forces…" Holding his injured arm, the plaited man felt that there was hope for him to advance.
However, from the current clues, the missing Wang Bomu was definitely rescued by the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty. Now, as long as he caught those people who seemed to be the Jinyiwei, he could be promoted!
It had only been 12 hours since last night, they couldn't escape…
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Cough cough!
"How is it?" In a dilapidated house in the Shu Prefecture, a man dressed in Taoist attire looked nervously into the house.
Coughing sounds kept coming out of the room, and it gradually subsided after a while. Then, a Taoist priest walked out from inside.
" The wound is very deep, and most of the bones in his hand have been broken. If he hadn't let go in time, his arm would have been cut off. I can only help him stop the bleeding now," the old Taoist shook his head.
"How long will it take to recover?" The man frowned and asked.
"If your bones and tendons are injured for a hundred days, you won't be able to hold your saber and run for at least three months.”
The old Taoist priest shook his head and took out a lot of herbs from his medicine cabinet. He handed them to a person beside him to boil the medicine before turning to the man and saying,
"Qian Hu, when I came here just now, I saw many Qing soldiers patrolling the streets. I advise you to leave the city as soon as possible.”
"Thank you, Priest Wang. I've already sent people to find the way to the city.”Thousand Housekeeper Jin cupped his fists at the old Taoist priest.
Priest Wang was not a member of the Brocade Guard, but he was someone who was not willing to shave his hair and change his clothes after understanding the situation.
Even Priest Wang did not expect that after more than 60 years, the Embroidered Uniform Guards would still exist on this land.
After knowing the identity of Thousand Households Jin and the others, he did not hesitate to become an outer spy of the Embroidered Uniform Guards with his 60-year-old body. After all, Taoist priests traveled everywhere and would not attract too much attention.
Just as Wang Daozhang said this, the other two Brocade Guards in Taoist robes also jogged into the room. They shook their heads at Thousand Households Jin despite the sweat on their foreheads."No, there are Qing soldiers inside and outside the city.”
"Has Little Five and the others not found the exit out of the city yet?”Thousand Housekeeper Jin asked with a frown.
"No! The defenses of the Shu Prefecture were reinforced every year, and there was no way out.”The Embroidered Uniform Guards shook their heads, and Thousand Households Jin also felt a headache.
"I…I…I might know how to get out…"
At this moment, a little Daoist boy standing in the corner spoke with a trembling voice.
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