sbdcsierra Chapter 447 Boss Lu
Chapter 447 Boss Lu
Lu Yangyang knew that with Prefect Ling around, he would never tolerate those people continuing to act recklessly.
"Alright, let's go pack up too. We'll meet up in the front courtyard later. I'll go call Qingqing to come along. She's the real Little Fairy Doctor from the Immortal Island. Most poisons can't stump her. We were able to get out of Poisonous Snake Ridge safely last night, all thanks to her!"
That so-called Taoist priest Shangqing can manipulate the people using elixirs; who knows how many other despicable methods he might employ behind the scenes.
"That's great!"
Prefect Ling nodded and hurriedly went out to make the arrangements.
Lu Yangyang also took Luo Jing to the place that Magistrate Ling had arranged for them, and briefly told him about Magistrate Ling's character.
Luo Jing was somewhat surprised. In the few months he had known Lu Yangyang, he had rarely seen her praise someone like this.
However, it also gave me more confidence.
He was a chivalrous person who couldn't stand seeing the weak being bullied. Now that he had encountered such a thing, how could he stand idly by?
Hopefully they arrived in time to rescue the two innocent girls.
Lu Yangyang went back and explained the matter to Wen Qingqing and Old Man Meng. She asked Old Man Meng and Lu Zhan to stay and watch over the grandfather and grandson to prevent them from doing anything foolish. In any case, the yamen was relatively safer.
Lu Yangyang changed her clothes and went with Wen Qingqing and Luo Jing to the front courtyard of the yamen to meet with Prefect Ling and the others.
The team leader, a constable named Xu Lang, was also an old acquaintance of Lu Yangyang.
Back in Qingzhou, they had dealt with each other quite a bit. Xu Lang was in his early twenties and was originally from Qingzhou. Thanks to Prefect Ling's discerning eye and ability to recognize and appoint talent, Xu Lang was able to go from a street urchin to a government official, and later even become a head constable.
To make things easier, Lu Yangyang changed into men's clothing that was easy to move in, and also disguised her face, making her look like a handsome young man.
When Officer Xu saw her coming from afar, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. He walked over in a few steps, circled her twice, and then looked closely at her face: "Well done, Boss Lu. I never believed the saying that girls change a lot as they grow up, but now that I'm looking at you, I'm starting to wonder if I'm blind."
Back when Lu Yangyang was in the countryside, she was called to help out at the yamen. In the sweltering heat, she was a little girl who barely reached their chests, dark and thin, running around for dozens of miles. She would work on rotting corpses without batting an eye, showing no signs of being a proper young lady. Not only was she strong, but she was also incredibly capable, always making the yamen runners seem particularly useless.
After several trips, he had won over the group of older officials who were several years or even a decade older than him, and they all admired him and started calling him "boss."
If it weren't for the fact that young women couldn't enter the government office, he would definitely have given her the position of head constable.
Who would have thought that in just two or three years, Lu Yangyang would have undergone such a complete transformation!
If it weren't for the fact that his eyebrows and eyes hadn't changed at all, he would have doubted whether he had mistaken the person for someone else!
Not only Constable Xu, but also several former government officials who had followed them all the way to Yuzhou, looked at Lu Yangyang with amazement and found it quite unbelievable.
Lu Yangyang was stared at like a monkey by them, and couldn't help but put her hands on her hips, glare at them, and shout: "What are you all looking at? Can't you be serious for once!"
"Boss Lu is right!" Everyone immediately stood up straight and shouted in unison.
Lu Yangyang: "..."
Magistrate Ling walked over with a hearty laugh, pointed at them, and scolded them with a smile, "A bunch of good-for-nothings! You should have Lu girl teach you a lesson!"
Lu Yangyang nodded in deep agreement.
Everyone quickly stood up properly.
Prefect Ling glanced at them and said sternly, "All of you better watch yourselves. There's a tough battle ahead. Be smart and save your own lives first. Don't be reckless. Do you all understand?"
Everyone responded in unison, "We heard that!"
Prefect Ling waved his hand and said, "Leave the city in batches. Don't attract attention at first. If you find anyone following you, report it immediately. Let's go!"
After the yamen runners left first, Prefect Ling led Lu Yangyang and the others through a side gate to a carriage.
“You all didn’t get a good rest last night. Take this opportunity to rest on the road. There are Shangqing Daoist’s spies everywhere in this city. Let’s get out of the city first,” Prefect Ling said to Lu Yangyang.
With Prefect Ling's arrangements in place, Lu Yangyang felt reassured. She nodded and leaned back in the carriage, closing her eyes to rest.
Lu Yangyang woke up when they were almost at Poisonous Snake Ridge.
When Magistrate Ling saw that she was awake, he pointed to the map of Yuzhou in his hand and said, "You're awake just in time. I was just talking to Brother Luo about where we should start. You should take a look too."
Luo Jing hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "You're too kind, sir. I don't deserve to be called Brother Luo."
Prefect Ling waved his hand: "Don't take these formalities too seriously. You're a few years older than me, and Lu girl calls you Uncle Luo, so why can't I call you Brother Luo? Brother Luo is chivalrous and willing to work for these people. As the local official, I am more than grateful. It's just a form of address, Brother Luo, why should you take it to heart?"
Luo Jing was slightly surprised, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "You flatter me, sir."
Lu Yangyang didn't bother with their polite formalities; her gaze had already fallen on the map. The map of Yuzhou brought by Prefect Ling only showed the distribution of the main geographical locations of Yuzhou. Some small villages were obviously not marked. In particular, Yuzhou is mostly mountainous, but several mountain ranges were clearly marked, including Poisonous Snake Ridge.
The official road leading to Yuzhou Prefecture City bypassed Poisonous Snake Ridge and went directly to the city. However, there were several villages clustered around Poisonous Snake Ridge. The reason why Lu Yangyang and his group took a longer route through Poisonous Snake Ridge last night was because Poisonous Snake Ridge was actually much larger than they had imagined.
Based on his memory and the description he heard from Huan Niang last night, Luo Jing quickly pointed to several points for Lu Yangyang: "These are all nearby villages. The village we went to last night is roughly in this location, in the southwest corner of Poisonous Snake Ridge. Several villages share a temple dedicated to a deity. If I'm not mistaken, the location of the temple is roughly in this area."
Luo Jing pointed southeast of Poisonous Snake Ridge. "This is just a rough guess based on Huan Niang's description last night. I'm not sure yet. The section from the east of Poisonous Snake Ridge to Yuzhou City is mostly mountain roads. If you want to get to this place, crossing the mountain and Poisonous Snake Ridge is the shortest way."
Lu Yangyang stared at the places Luo Jing pointed to, then turned her gaze elsewhere. To the east of Poisonous Snake Ridge was a mountain range that stretched almost all the way to the southern coast, which was Dan County, the place where criminals were exiled, now known as Jue County.
Seeing her staring at the mountain range, Prefect Ling pointed to the mountain next to Jue County: "This is Yuming Mountain, the place where the Immortal Palace is located."