Chapter 615
Xinye’s defenders surrounded Liu Mang’s group after Guo Yi gave the order.
“Sir. Protect yourself.” The stable boy saw what was going on and took his distance. He did not want to be caught up in the battle.
“I want to see who dares!” Zhou Cang shouted as he stood in front of Liu Mang.
“You even dare to resist? You must be rebels! Kill them all!” Guo Yi was ruthless. He who wanted money was now prepared to kill.
“Wait!” Liu Mang narrowed his eyes as he looked at Guo Yi. Though he was angry, he did not show it on his face.
“Hm?” Guo Yi looked at Liu Mang suspiciously.
Each person gets three mu1 of farmland so three people would give nine.
“Men! Arrest these people!” The gatekeeper ordered.
“Hm?” Liu Mang could not understand what was going on. Didn’t these people want horses? He gave away his horses so easily because he was afraid of returning to Shouchun and was procrastinating. Guo Yi had kindly given him an excuse to avoid returning to Shouchun by taking away his horse. He also didn’t have enough money to buy another horse.
Yet after giving his horse away, he was still getting arrested?
“Oh how pitiful to be taken away by Zhou the Exploiter!” The busybodies among the common people commented when they saw the gatekeeper’s actions. Zhou the Exploiter was well known in Xinye due to his greed. He could not do much when the Governor was around but was free to act since the Governor had gone missing.
“Do they want to kill us?”2 Liu Mang furrowed his brows. If this was the case, he would have to fight his way out.
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Ancient unit of measurement for fields. 1/15 of a hectare, or, 666.667m2A misunderstanding caused by phrasing that wouldn’t properly translate over to English.