Director Chen's face was pale and did not give any answer, but instead turned the account book towards Xu Pengju.

Xu Pengju looked at the account book facing him, and his eyes flashed with shock. The exquisite glass cup in his hand fell off from his hand and shattered on the ground.

The glass cup is already a copy, or it is a beautiful glass cup. However, it seems that it has become less important to this point.

But I saw that the account book that was opened was blank, and it was already a stolen person. This account book, which was of great importance, had been stolen.

Xu Pengju lost his former Duke style and reached out to grab the account book, and even flipped through a few pages, it was blank. His last trace of luck was torn to pieces at this moment.

His biggest secret, the most important thing in the Duke's Mansion, was actually stolen. After confirming that the account book was really stolen, as some memory fragments kept flashing in his mind, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the south.

"Master, what's going on?" Master Chen had already woken up from his shock, looked up at Xu Pengju and seemed to know some truth, so he asked carefully.

A glimmer flashed across Xu Pengju's face, and he immediately ordered: "You go to Jiangning County Government immediately, and you must chase that woman back, and you must recover it!"

Although Chief Chen was puzzled, he still ran out in a panic. He naturally knew who the woman was, and the courtesan was handled by him, but he didn't dare to have any hope of chasing the person back.

He tried his best to exile people quickly, but now he could not stop people suddenly. However, he had to do anything before he knew the result, and he hurried to Jiangdu County Government.

Earlier, in the official road outside the city gate in Nanjing, a group of people headed towards the southwest.

"You all go quickly. There is a dilapidated temple in the front two miles away to deal with it for a night. Otherwise, we will have to spend the night in the wilderness tonight!"

Four yamen with swords around their waists were escorting four prisoners, one of the fierce middle-aged men shouted loudly.

Li San is a yamen runner in Jiangdu County. He is escorting these four prisoners sentenced to exile to Guizhou. It is undoubtedly a chore to escort the criminals to the exile site and walk thousands of miles on his legs.

However, in this world, except for those children born in royal family and noble families, or officials who came to the mortal world, no one will live too easily. He is a non-staff member of the Jiangdu County Office, so this kind of chore will naturally fall on him.

However, for those who are foreign, escorting exiled people is not entirely a bad thing.

Compared to being bullied everywhere in the yamen, the freedom to escort prisoners is higher, and usually it can be flattered by prisoners. From the bottom of the county yamen to become "official masters" in one fell swoop, many yamen servants enjoy it very much.

In addition, they can get the "business travel subsidy" from the yamen by doing such a chore, and the income is much greater than the meager salary they receive when they stay in the yamen.

If you encounter some rich prisoners, their families usually use silver to deal with the prisoner and even have entourages and carriages.

Li San has been doing this job since he was young, and he traveled four times to Guizhou alone. He is already an old man in this industry.

Although he knew the hardships and risks of this job, he did not have to be angry in the yamen, and could also give his wife and children some money. He was also willing to take on this hard work.

The four prisoners were three men and one woman, wearing heavy shackles.

They looked unkempt and were walking staggeringly on the edge of the official road, with no dull eyes. Even when they heard Li San's shout, they seemed indifferent.

Although exile can be avoided from death, not everyone is willing to suffer such a crime, and there are also many people who choose to commit suicide. When they leave Nanjing, they go to hell step by step, and the only thing they are fighting for is to survive.

They have to wear this heavy shackle to walk thousands of miles on the road, which is a great test for their bodies.

When they arrive at the exile, they will face two choices: one is to choose to join the army directly and become the sergeant at the bottom of the garrison; the other is to explore farming and become the tenant of the garrison, which is destined to be bullied and exploited.

It is this dark future that has caused great suffering to their bodies and minds, and they have no idea when they will live.

Yu Ji was wearing a plain white prison clothes, her hair was simply tied up, and some stains were stained on her face. Even so, she could not hide her good figure and beautiful face, and she resolutely looked charming.

Wearing a shackle weighing more than ten pounds, she followed the team silently. Along the way, she had never cried out for pain, and had already endured all this silently.

Li San was originally worried that Yu Ji would become a burden to the team, but seeing that her performance was no worse than the other three male prisoners, she couldn't help but look at her applaudingly.

In the evening, the group finally arrived at a dilapidated temple.

Li San is an old expert in this field. He asked the other three companions to help the prisoners untied the shackles, so he went to the forest to clean up some firewood.

It is not necessarily used to drive away the cold. In this dilapidated temple, many snakes, rats and poisonous insects can be driven away at night. They do this kind of work, but in fact, they contain various crises. If you are not careful, you can die.

"Brother Li, go, I'll take care of it here!" A young yamen officer with a slutty look was responding with a smile when he heard Li San's order.

Li San looked at the yamen officer named Sun Xiaoliu deeply, nodded and responded, and then strode away from the temple gate.

This Sun Xiaoliu just entered the Jiangdu County Government and was also a non-staff member. However, there was a rumor about the county government that this Sun Xiaoliu was a relative of the county magistrate, and it was a foregone conclusion that he had become a member of the county magistrate.

Li San originally thought so, but when he saw Sun Xiaoliu coming to escort the exiled prisoner this time, he felt that the rumors in the county government might not be taken seriously.

Two yamen were about to step forward to remove the shackles for the prisoner. This shackles not only prevent the prisoner from escaping, but also difficult to consume the prisoner's physical strength. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone.

In fact, this shackles are not really taken along the way. If we get to the second half of the journey, we get familiar with each other, or if they think a prisoner can trust, they will also help them remove the shackles and reduce the burden.

"I'll do it!"
Chapter completed!