Capítulo 1430: Chapter 1430: How Dare You Arrest Us
Since this shopkeeper does not admit to having visited these shops, if Ye Shikai really finds grain, he cannot claim that the grain stored here was his. But if he admits, it would be tantamount to confessing to hoarding for profiteering, selling grain at high prices, and seeking huge profits, which is a capital cri in Qin Country.
Likewise, Ye Shikai is also very certain that sothing is hidden here. First, there is no dust on the outer door, but the walls and eaves are covered with cobwebs, indicating that the place is indeed abandoned, yet frequently accessed. Secondly, although there is a lot of dust in the house, the dust is covered with nurous footprints, which upon careful observation can be seen. This is located at the market where many people walk around, and if soone was coming and going, it would undoubtedly attract attention. Ye Shikai assus they must have sneaked in to store grain during the curfew when no one is around.
Ye Shikai constantly observed the shopkeeper’s expressions, from relief to nervousness, his expressions already revealed the problem here.
Man Cang held a long spear, tapping and hitting every floorboard. Suddenly, when he hit a corner, a crisp and rapid collision sound ca; if the ground below were solid, the sound should have been muffled.
Man Cang smashed the floorboard hard, and as expected, the wooden board imdiately shattered into pieces and fell, revealing a tunnel.
“Military Marquis, a tunnel has been found here.” Man Cang shouted, and the shopkeeper’s legs went limp, sitting paralyzed on the ground. Ye Shikai sneered coldly, as expected, grain is hoarded here.
“Everyone, follow down.” Ye Shikai commanded.
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
Ye Shikai led dozens of guards down into the tunnel. Surprisingly, underneath what seed to be a small shop, such a large “warehouse” was hidden. This reminded Ye Shikai of the mountain cave grain storage in Shangshui Village, but compared to this warehouse, it seed slightly smaller. Both sides were piled with “bulging” bags. Ye Shikai drew his sword and stabbed it hard into a bag, white rice kernels imdiately flowed out.
“Scoundrels, clearly hoarding so much grain here, yet selling it to the people at high prices.” Man Cang was infuriated and would have cut down the shopkeeper on the spot if Ye Shikai were not present.
“Let’s head back and seal this place first.” Ye Shikai’s face was icy cold as he turned to leave.
“Military Marquis, why don’t we take the grain with us?”
“Nonsense, do you think two or three dozen of us can carry all this grain? Of course, we need to go back for help.”
As Ye Shikai and the others erged from the tunnel, they saw Shangguan Jian and guards confronting a group of people outside. Ye Shikai imdiately walked forward and found that a crowd of soldiers had sohow gathered outside the shop. They were dressed in garrison uniforms and seed to belong to Yang County’s garrison.
“What’s the situation?”
“You just went down, and these people ca.” Shangguan Jian said indifferently. The garrison amounted to two or three hundred n, surrounding the place tightly, added by the nearby citizens, the street was completely “blocked.”
“It seems the owner of this shop is not simple.” Ye Shikai vaguely understood sothing. Both sides drew their weapons and confronted each other. Although they were outnumbered, Ye Shikai and Shangguan Jian were not afraid. They were both people who had fought deadly with the Wolf Clan with bare blades, experienced many dangerous situations without fear.
“Who are you?” At this mont, an officer from the garrison stepped forward and shouted at the two of them.
“Are you blind? Can’t you see these uniforms?” Ye Shikai retorted.
“I received a report of soldiers causing trouble at the market, you should all put down your weapons and co with us.”
“As soldiers of Great Qin, we do not remove our armor in life; even the Wolf Clan at the front line did not make us surrender, let alone you.” Shangguan Jian angrily drew his sword. These people truly did not know what they were dealing with.
“I’d like to see who dares to touch us.” Shangguan Jian walked in front, exuding a murderous aura, which directly stunned the garrison soldiers. It was clear who was pretending to be tough and who genuinely was. Perhaps a few months ago, Ye Shikai’s n were re farrs, but now, they had Wolf Clan soldier’s lives in their hands, responding differently to swords.
“How dare you! This is Yang County; since you are here, you must subject to our managent.”
“Since you ntioned this is under your jurisdiction then I have to ask.” Ye Shikai suddenly spoke, “This grain store hoards to manipulate prices, selling at high costs, caught red-handed and has violated Qin Law, what is your punishnt?”
“This… this is not your concern, now you best drop your weapons right away.” The officer shouted loudly.
“The nerve, a re garrison officer dare to act insolently to a Military Marquis.” Man Cang imdiately rushed forward, trying to teach the man a lesson.
“n, arrest them.”
Dozens of garrison soldiers advanced with spears, Ye Shikai drew his sword, swung it backhandedly, directly slicing off the spearheads. This sword was given by ng Tian, naturally an exquisite piece, capable of slicing iron like mud, with no second one comparable in the army.
“Hundred Generals, this…”
With just one move, Ye Shikai made hundreds of people dare not take another step forward. Perhaps they feared the sharpness of Ye Shikai’s sword more, but more so they feared the deadly aura from Ye Shikai.
“Useless, with so many people, are you afraid of a few dozen of them? Attack.”
“Stop, all of you stop.”
Suddenly, an angry shout ca from behind the crowd, and the people dispersed. A thousand Qin Army soldiers suddenly appeared at the market entrance, forming a combat formation, shield array advancing slowly, led by none other than General Han Hao.
“Alright, our people have arrived.” Ye Shikai said indifferently. If it was about being outnumbered, there were ten thousand soldiers outside the city ready at any mont, but Ye Shikai didn’t want to escalate the situation. However, since others were bullying them, there was no need to be polite.
“Quick, follow .” At this mont, from another side, hundreds of armored cavalry charged in. Ye Shikai imdiately recognized his cavalry team and was curious about how they knew of the market trouble and managed to bring so many to the rescue first.
“What has the world co to, arrest them all for .” Han Hao shouted angrily, and the soldiers imdiately surrounded them, fully ard with shields and spears. The garrison had never seen such formation. Surrounded by a thousand Qin Army, they were utterly dazed, disard and made to kneel. According to the military edict, opposing officers among Qin Army mbers would face severe punishnt. Ye Shikai, being a Military Marquis leading a thousand n, even had the right to execute the officer on site who ordered their arrest just now.
“Shangguan, Ye, what exactly happened here?”
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