Chapter 61
Along the way, Mu Yingbao guessed where he would be sent to.
Remote villas and villages are not just prison cells. If that happens, there is no need to make trouble this time. There are many prison cells in the big and small yamen near the capital, so why bother to look far?
However, I never expected that it would be such a place.
The tall city towers and the walls are made of granite. How high are they? Let’s put it this way, standing in this position, you can’t see other buildings inside at all.
Moreover, what is strange is that the bronze city gate is closed tightly in broad daylight.
On the tall city wall, only the red tassels on the pointed helmets worn by soldiers on the heads were seen.
Outside the city gate, there were more than a dozen fully armed soldiers wearing armor standing, looking at their outfits being more elegant than those escorted to her.
I don’t know if they chose it specifically or because they have been standing here all year round, but they are all fierce and evil, regardless of their long and round faces.
Just watching this, Mu Yingbao's heart skipped a beat.
Is this a magical place? Why does it seem more exaggerated than the place where serious criminals are imprisoned in foreign blockbusters in movies?
It's really good, it's just one meter square piece of granite. Mu Yingbao felt that it was useless to bombard the cannon. Just looking at the appearance, it gave people the feeling that it was very strong and firm.
If you are locked up, you will never be able to escape! Unless you have wings!
"Director Rong, I'm here to send it to you by order. Please write a signature." The general who escorted Mu Yingbao came forward and said to the one in front of the city gate.
The man still had a stern face, looked at Mu Yingbao, nodded, turned around and walked into the city gate, and soon came out to hand over a piece of paper.
The general who was escorting him saw it, rolled up a small bamboo tube stuffed into his body and sealed it. He waved his hand to his own people and got on the horse and left, without even the intention of resting here for a moment.
When Mu Yingbao heard the movement, he turned around and saw a group of people leaving, a few packages thrown on the ground, and a child carrying a small package and holding a broken jar in his arms.
"Mu Yingbao? Xue Yunhui?"
A fierce voice sounded, and Mu Yingbao and Brother Hui turned their heads and looked at the source of the sound.
"No matter what your identity was before, now when you arrive in Youcheng, you have to obey the rules of Youcheng. Hurry up and bring your things into the city." The person who spoke was Rong Changfa, who had just handed over to the escort officer, and the director of the Youcheng who was in charge of the outer guards.
Entering the city? What the hell is Youcheng? Isn’t it really a prison? Mu Yingbao was confused by the big and small ones, but he still obediently picked up the package on the ground, tied it with his back, and followed the man to the city gate.
So what if you are not good at it? Can you run? Can you run past these soldiers?
The big city gate did not open, but opened a small door next to it.
Director Rong did not go in, but explained to a man who was nearly fifty years old inside and let Mu Yingbao and the other two go in.
As he walked in, Mu Yingbao deliberately looked at the small door. I went, it was three inches thick. You could tell that the door was solid by listening to the creaking sound of the door closing. Moreover, there were three such small doors in the city gate tunnel about five meters.
Whenever they passed through a door, someone immediately pulled the latch behind them. What's even more exaggerated is that there are six latches with wrists in the upper and lower rows, and each latch has a copper lock as big as a fist.
There are special people in each door, and each copper lock has one person responsible for unlocking the lock. That is to say, six locks on one door are held by six people. If you want to open a door, you have to ask the six people to take out six keys.
It means that if you want to escape from it, you have to deal with eighteen people in three gates and get eighteen keys!
Seeing this, Mu Yingbao's heart was bleak and completely gave up the idea of finding an opportunity to escape from it. It would definitely not work here!
"I am the household management of Youcheng. Seeing that you are pitiful, you are kind to you, just say good words, don't think about escaping. Youcheng was built a hundred years ago, and no one has escaped until today.
Dig a tunnel? There are still iron walls dozens of meters below the city wall, so don’t bother with it." The old man saw Mu Yingbao aiming at the ground at the base of the city wall, and after he finished speaking expressionlessly, he never said a word.
Mu Ying Baoxin said, this old man knows how to read minds? How did he know that I want to dig a tunnel?
However, before I could even feel discouraged, I was shocked by the scene in front of me.
Inside the city, it turns out to be a city. What does it mean?
That is, looking at the sturdy castle outside, I didn’t expect that it would be exactly the same as an ordinary town.
There are many shops on both sides, stalls, carries loads and sells firewood, and people blowing candy... The pedestrians on the street look no different from ordinary people.
People on the street saw Mu Ying and Bao, led by the household manager. Although they could see that they were very curious, they just looked away and looked away.
Even after a brief glance, Mu Yingbao knew that they knew what was going on.
After taking a walk on the main street for a while, the household manager turned into an alley, walked another uphill road, and finally stopped in front of a fence yard.
"This is your residence, go in. By the way, this is the Youcheng coins you enter the city. They are given to each person according to the head, and each person has 200 coins, only once." After the Guanguan said that, he took off a small cloth bag and threw it at Mu Yingbao's feet.
"Uncle Household Management, if I understand correctly, this Youcheng coins are used in this city?" Mu Yingbao looked at a string of gourd-shaped copper pieces that were leaking out from the cloth bag under his feet and asked tentatively.
The household manager nodded without saying anything.
Although there are very few people who have been pardoned in Youcheng, there are also some. It is not surprising that people outside know about Youcheng.
"Then, what does this mean only once? Just send this one, and what if you use it? How to live? Can't you use silver, copper coins and notes here?" Mu Yingbao continued to ask.
Just now, she was still a little bit of joy when she saw the prosperity on the street. She had tens of thousands of taels of silver bills and didn't have to live a hard life here.
"You understand everything right. Once you use up all these, you have to find a way to make money to support yourself. As for silver notes and copper coins, silver and other things are not allowed here, and they are worthless. Copper coins and silver can be used in jewelry shops to make jewelry and wear.
As for the silver notes, no matter how large the denomination is, it is a piece of waste paper. If you feel that you still have hope to leave here, just keep it." After the Guanguan said that, he ignored Mu Yingbao and turned around and left with his hands behind his back.
I'll tell you, what a hell is this? Who thought of this? What are you doing! She has assets of tens of thousands, but now she has only 400 coins in her possessions?
Mu Yingbao wanted to vomit blood, but thought he had made a profit at the beginning, but the dowry he had obtained with hard work was sealed and could not be taken out by the Xue family.
The tens of thousands of taels of silver notes brought out have now become a stack of waste paper? After busy work, they have become paupers!
If my experience is written into a novel, those readers will be depressed when they read it. How could there be such a tragic heroine?
If she deserved it before, then now, she had the chance to escape before coming in, but because she couldn't bear it, she got into a dead end! She was not free in the Xue Mansion, and at least there was still someone who had to take care of food and drink without spending money.
Now, I have no freedom, and I have to make money and live by myself!
As soon as he was anxious, sad and angry, and with the bumps of two days, Mu Yingbao, who had never eaten anything, turned black in front of him and fell to the ground...
Chapter completed!