Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 249 A Warrior's Wrath is Unstoppable

Yun Ce had experienced many things, whether in the ancestral land or the Han Dynasty, he had never been subjected to such barbaric and low-level extortion.

They were still using the excuse that the emperor wanted to take a wife to extort him.

At a different time and place, Yun Ce would beat these people so badly they would have the words "extortion will get you beaten" etched into their very genes, so that even in their next life they would never dare to utter the word "extortion" again.

No, that won't do. Our own folk performance is going to devour the Taizhou folk performance, and we're even going to assassinate the Taizhou governor. Faced with such an important matter, it's better to avoid trouble.

So Yun Ce took out thirty taels of gold and handed it to the official.

The official pocketed the thirty taels of gold he received and said with a smile, "Tomorrow, I am also getting married. Shopkeeper, please give me the wedding gift at the same time to avoid the trouble of coming to my door."

Yun Ce watched this greedy guy smacking his lips without making a sound.

Perhaps realizing that Yun Ce was a foolish, rich, and cowardly man, they came. There were nine people, eight of whom were getting married the next day, and the other one was quite clever; his elderly mother was celebrating her birthday.

Yun Ce, looking troubled, took out a roasted bean from his sleeve, crushed it, and chewed it piece by piece.

The leading officer reached out to push Yun Ce, but was dodged. He wasn't annoyed and still smiled, saying, "Once the gold saw the light of day in Taizhou City, it no longer belongs to you. Hand it over obediently. As a businessman, you know what it means to lose more than you gain."

Next door to the left is a grain and oil shop. The owner and his family of four are standing at the door looking dejected. Judging from the luggage they are carrying, they are not planning to open the shop anymore.

The neighbor to the right is a carriage and horse shop. The owner is also throwing luggage onto the carriages and horses. It seems that he is not planning to run the business anymore and is preparing to travel far away.

The brothel across the street didn't make a sound, but judging from the expression on the face of the madam watching the commotion on the second floor, she wasn't in a good mood either. Come to think of it, if all the slightly wealthy people in Taizhou City ran away, who would she do business with?
"Look carefully, and don't feel like you've lost out. There are many people who have lost out even more than you. This is the governor's order to equalize transportation. Don't think you can escape it."

Yun Ce looked at the officer and said, "I don't need the guesthouse anymore."

The officer smiled and looked around, then said to Yun Ce, "Do you think you can run away too because you see them abandoning their families and homes?"

"Let me tell you, the city gates were closed yesterday evening; no one can get out."

Yun Ce pointed to the gloomy sky and said, "Last night there was a mid-autumn snowfall and winter thunder. Are you not afraid of the dragon's wrath if you continue to do this today?"

The officer glanced at the increasingly solemn-looking people around him and said, "This is the governor's order for equalizing transportation, and also an edict from the imperial transport commissioner to the governor. You could also say it's His Majesty the Emperor's decree. Run? Where can you run to?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Ce finally understood something. No wonder the people in Taizhou City were so indifferent when he entered the city yesterday. No matter who it was, if they knew that they would have to pay a sum of money that they simply couldn't afford the next day, even if Yun Ce was ten times more handsome and his chestnut horse was ten times more dashing, they probably wouldn't have been in the mood to give him a second glance.

At the same time, Yun Ce suddenly realized something: the reason why his own Shehuo was able to devour Taizhou Shehuo was not because his own Shehuo was so powerful, but because Taizhou Shehuo itself had lost the offerings of thousands of lights and was extremely weak at this time.

After figuring out these two things, Yun Ce pressed down on the officer's head and forcefully shoved it straight to the ground. The officer's entire head was shattered through the stone slab by his immense force and pressed into the ground.

Before the other eight officers and soldiers could react, Yun Ce swiftly followed suit, burying their heads in the ground in an instant.

Yun Ce looked around and saw that the family of four who owned the grain and oil shop next door had returned to the shop without saying a word and closed the door tightly. The people traveling by carriage and horse also drove their vehicles back to the carriage and horse shop and closed their doors tightly as well.

Only the brothel madam across the street had some courage and shouted loudly at Yun Ce.

“Young master, if this matter is settled, I have a few courtesans here who can keep you company.”

After saying that, he slammed the window shut and didn't make a sound again.

Not only the neighbors ran away, but also the onlookers who had come from a short distance away. In the blink of an eye, Yun Ce was the only one left on the entire street.

Yun Ce lifted the officer's leg without disturbing his head buried in the ground, and shook his gold out of the officer's arms. Seeing that there were only his thirty taels, Yun Ce shook it out again, still not giving up. He found that there were indeed only his thirty taels of gold. It was clear that these guys knew that what they were going to do today would not be so easy to succeed, so they started by targeting him, a foolish, rich, and cowardly person.

As a result, their first attempt to establish their authority ran right into Yun Ce, a tough nut to crack.

With this new discovery, Yun Ce naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to make his family's folk performance even stronger. Ignoring the few people sleeping with their heads buried in the ground, he just closed the guesthouse door like everyone else and never came out again. The beans in the pot were cooked, and Yun Ce scooped a large basin for the red horse and filled a bowl for himself. The beans were cooked perfectly, and the bottom layer had even become bean paste.

In fact, the chestnut horse prefers to eat raw beans. Yun Ce is reluctant to let it eat raw beans. If it eats too many raw beans and drinks a lot of cold water, no one can live within ten feet of the chestnut horse. Moreover, the Thunder Smoke Beast's farts are poisonous.

Before Yun Ce could finish his bowl of boiled beans, the gate was suddenly kicked open with a bang. Yun Ce, who was eating beans in the front yard, sighed, put down his bowl, and comforted his chestnut horse to continue eating. He then walked towards a group of officials and soldiers carrying wooden stakes. He kicked the thick wooden stakes out of the gate with one foot, followed by a series of flying kicks with both feet, sending the officials and soldiers who had just rushed in flying backwards out of the gate.

He arrived at the main gate again and found that the gate had been smashed by a wooden battering ram. Outside the gate, a group of officials and soldiers were still standing. Although some people had broken bones and tendons from being hit by the suddenly flying wooden battering ram, most of them were still gathered at the entrance of the inn, shouting and yelling as if they hadn't reacted yet, trying to capture Yun Ce, the thief.

The leading official in green robes, seeing Yun Ce emerge, was about to speak when Yun Ce suddenly appeared, jumped up, and shoved the official's head into the ground.

By the time the people on the outermost edge realized what was going on, Yun Ce had already planted more than twenty people upside down on the street.

Some people tried to run, but found that their reaction was too slow. Before they could even start running, Yun Ce, who was as fast as lightning, planted them in the street.

Yun Ce stood on the deserted street, counting his achievements in farming. He discovered that in just a short time, he had planted 127 trees on the street.

He was very satisfied with his planting achievements; at least, there was no trace of blood on the streets, and the unique smell of city life was refreshingly invigorating when the cold wind blew in.

Turning around, he saw a cold wind blowing in through the gate, even carrying some fallen leaves into the inn. So Yun Ce placed a few wooden sticks brought by the official at the gate, and the wind stopped entering the inn.

After finishing these tasks, the beans in Yun Ce's rice bowl had gone cold. It wasn't that he hadn't killed people quickly enough, but rather that snow had started falling again. Yun Ce reached out and caught the snowflakes, feeling that each snowflake carried a strong warning from Taizhou Shehuo to his own Shehuo.

After pouring the cooled beans to the still-eating jujube horse, Yun Ce prepared to go back and rest well so he could continue delivering his family's folk performance to the Shenlong Temple in Taizhou that evening.

This inn was actually quite nice. The blankets inside were stuffed with shredded strips of cloth, which had been carefully pounded with a heavy hammer and then fluffed up using some unknown method. They were very warm when covered with blankets. Yun Ce decided to use this method at home when he got back.

As for the outside world, Yun Ce wasn't too worried. He had killed more than a hundred people with his own actions. Given the government's temperament, they wouldn't immediately send more people over. Instead, they would spend a lot of time investigating Yun Ce's identity and purpose.

If they discover that Yun Ce is someone they can't afford to offend, they'll probably try to reconcile before things escalate.

If Yun Ce were just an ordinary nobleman, Taizhou City might not necessarily take his life. As long as Yun Ce's family could compensate according to their terms, the matter could be resolved peacefully.

If Yun Ce were a brainless brute, it would be perfect to send men to surround and kill him, thus deterring those who disobeyed in the city.

Before going to sleep, Yun Ce was still lamenting that the administrators of both Yunzhou and Taizhou seemed to be extremely selfish. For their own selfish interests, they never seemed to consider what others thought. They always naively believed that as long as their military strength was sufficient, they could shut everyone up.

After sleeping for less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Yun Ce felt the bed shaking slightly. He irritably threw off the warm blankets, got dressed, and got out of bed.

Someone was riding a horse and galloping wildly around the street. This kind of behavior that disturbs people's sleep is really terrible.

The wooden stakes blocking the gate had been moved away at some point. As Yun Ce stepped out of the gate, he noticed a large number of cavalrymen on the street. He focused his gaze on a young armored soldier facing the gate.

He said angrily, "So it was you who rode your horse recklessly through the city?"

When the young armored soldier saw Yun Ce emerge, he was about to speak when a strong armored soldier beside him raised his lance and spurred his horse toward Yun Ce.

Yun Ce smashed the lance with his fist, then grabbed it with his hand and swept his arm horizontally. The strong cavalryman had excellent horse control and did not fall off. Yun Ce exerted force again, and the knight and his warhorse crashed to the ground.

Enraged, Yun Ce took two steps forward and slammed his fist into the knight's helmet. With a sound of the helmet shattering, the knight's head was also planted in the ground.

With a frustrated glance at the struggling warhorse, Yun Ce pressed down on its massive head and planted it in the ground, abruptly silencing the cacophony.

　Tomorrow's military parade is going to be exciting!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)