C183 (1/2)

Although the sun had set, the sky was still dark, and was less than fifty meters away from the nearest Jin Soldier.

The woman's mouth was covered, but not only did she not dodge, she even grabbed onto Jiang Xiaobai's arm and moved a little forward.

”Mrs. Ding, when the battle is over and the battle is stable, you can go to the city to find your husband.” This was Ding Yuan's woman, so Jiang Xiaobai called her Madam Ding.

However, the lady revealed a bitter smile, and waited for Jiang Xiaobai to remove his hand, and said softly: ”How could I have the qualifications to be Lady Ding, I am a plaything he spent three hundred silver on.”

When the woman said this, her expression was calm. It was obvious that she took this as a matter of course. She had long accepted this as a habit.

Jiang Xiaobai knew that the women of this era did not have a high position in society. They had already gotten used to a society where men were the most powerful.

This person was the same as Xiu Niang, they had already lost the ability to control their own destinies, and even subconsciously thought of obtaining this ability. Their only hope was to become a ”good man” 's personal belongings, and live a life that was not too torturous.

With regards to the thoughts that were rooted in their bones, Jiang Xiaobai didn't have the ability to correct them instantly, not to mention in this kind of situation.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaobai could only smile and pat her head, hoping that she would calm down.

Wei Qiuyue was definitely not able to wait anymore. Currently, the most important mission for Jiang Xiaobai was to wait until nightfall to cover the land before bringing this pitiful girl away from this place.

The woman moved forward a little and sized Jiang Xiaobai up with some curiosity.

When she realized that Jiang Xiaobai was staring straight ahead, observing the movements of Jin Soldier and Song Soldier, she suddenly laughed: ”Hero, don't worry, Golden Man will not enter the city.”

Jiang Xiaobai was startled, I felt that something was off, I couldn't figure it out, how did she understand?

”A brave warrior definitely isn't someone from the Yi Zhou. He doesn't know about the situation at the border.” The woman said, ”Golden Man is greedy, they're looking for an excuse to ask for money.”

”You want money?” Jiang Xiaobai was even more confused.

”Although I only saw Ding Yuan today, because he was worried that I wouldn't be able to enter the city before sunset, he kept urging the coachman to hurry on their way and told me a bit about the situation of Yi Zhou.” The woman directly called out Ding Yuan's name. Clearly, she didn't have any feelings for Ding Yuan because she had been sold to him.

According to the woman, this had happened more than once.

Although the Sixteen Yanyun Counties officially returned Great Song back to him, in reality, it was actually Song Kingdom that he spent a lot of money to buy them.

For the past few months, even though Jin Soldier had already withdrawn from a few counties, due to the lack of money from the Song Kingdom, there was still a small troop stationed there. Dujisilian's group was one of them.

The sole purpose of these gold men was to plunder the land as much as possible of its wealth and population.

In order to achieve their goals, they did anything they wanted, to the point that they could rob anyone before the Song Kingdom officials could do anything.

However, snatching was one thing. They still had to take account of Song Jin's alliance. They had to rob the outside of the city, not the outside.

Moreover, they only robbed at night. During the day, the commoners were allowed to farm in the fields.

However, the people from Song Kingdom were already afraid of being robbed. Everyone who was able to enter the city had already entered, and had also brought almost all of their wealth into the city. Even if some unlucky people were occasionally caught by Jin Soldier, they wouldn't be able to do much.

Therefore, in order to extract more money, the Golden Man had to find excuses to threaten the civilians and soldiers of the city.

Three months ago, the Golden Man used the excuse of a missing soldier to ”attack” once, forcing the Liu County Order to give him a thousand silver.

A month ago, the Golden Man did the same thing and extorted another three thousand taels of silver.

Today, it should be the same routine — asking for money.

Otherwise, even though both sides had been in ”discord” for more than half an hour, Jin Soldier still hadn't lost a single person while he was making a ruckus with the intent to wash the Yi Zhou City with blood.

So that was how it was, Jiang Xiaobai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

No wonder Jin Soldier did not search for the culprit. No wonder they went all out, they were only making a ruckus outside the city. They were really acting!