After I captured the wrong male lead, I broke off the engagement and married the villain

Nangong Yuan held up the huge city gate of Hongzhou and said, "Huh? It seems like there is no martial law yet."

But to be cautious, the two men did not show up, but stayed at an inn outside the city.

"Sir, we have two rooms available today, and they only cost thirty cents."

Nangong Yuan raised an eyebrow and threw out a silver ingot: "Give me two rooms. I'll serve you the best dishes and drinks later. There's enough money."

The shopkeeper took the silver and laughed: "Don't worry, I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Seeing that he looked like a rich young man, the group of people did not dare to neglect him and quickly prepared wine and food and served him.

"Miss, this post station leads to Fuyang in the south and east, and Hongzhou in the west, but the business is surprisingly not that good."

Tao Zhu came over with the medicine and asked her to drink it after she finished it.

"It seems that Hongzhou is indeed not peaceful recently. Even a post station like this has few guests."

When she came up just now, she saw that there were not many people in the hall. Most of them were on their way and looked exhausted.

"If that's the case, then I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to enter the city."

Although Tao Zhu brought a pass, they came early to take precautions.

Revealing your identity rashly will only lead to fatal disaster.

Nangong Yuan tapped the corner of the table and said, "Let's take a look at the situation. If Hongzhou is really that dangerous, we have to be careful."

After she was injured last time, Tao Zhu has been following her closely.

The two of them slept together normally at night, and the upper room was just a decoration.

Nangong Yuantian went to the city gate to wait before dawn and found that even at this time, the guards were very strict and not relaxed.

She observed from a distance for two hours and returned to the post station before dawn.

"It's just as I thought. It looks like there's no martial law at the city gates, but it's just an illusion."

"What should we do? The lady's injury hasn't healed yet. We must not force our way in again." Tao Zhu looked at her worriedly.

Nangong Yuan was too embarrassed to say that her injury had healed long ago and there wasn't even a mark left.

"Let's think of another solution."

She rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, by the way, let's see who is outside the city, at least we can get some information."

"Okay, I'll go with the lady."

The two men left the post station on horseback and explored the area around Hongzhou City.

After finally finding a small village, Nangong Yuan went forward to inquire, but it turned out that no one knew anything.

"We are all honest farmers. We won't go to the city unless we have nothing to do. We don't know the situation."

Nangong Yuan had no choice but to leave again.

After going around and finding nothing, Nangong Yuan and the others had to go back.

It was not until noon the next day that she met an old man who was resting there.

So she went up to him and started a conversation without hesitation.

"Sir, you are a local."

The man raised his head and looked at him: "Yes, the young master just arrived."

"Hey, I'm just bored staying at home, so I came out to play."

The old man sighed and said, "You've come to the wrong place. There's nothing fun in Hongzhou."

"How do you say that? I think Hongzhou is a beautiful place with clear water and beautiful scenery. It's a good place to go."

The old man showed a little bit of emotion, and it was indeed an expression that showed he was ignorant of the sufferings of the world.

"You don't know, Hongzhou used to be considered prosperous, but it has been getting worse and worse in recent years."

Nangong Yuan's expression changed slightly, and she treated him to a few plates of roast chicken.

"I like to listen to people telling stories. Please tell me about Hongzhou's past."

The man ate her food and then started talking in a rambling manner.

"Hongzhou had good relations with Xisha Kingdom 30 years ago, so they traded with each other. Hongzhou was extremely prosperous at that time, but the good times did not last long. Later, Xisha changed its emperor, and they attacked us."

"Hongzhou suffered heavy casualties, but the southwestern troops rushed to the rescue overnight, and since then the Xisha Islands have been driven out."

Due to its terrain, Hongzhou was easy to attack and difficult to attack. The initial attack was too sudden, resulting in heavy casualties in Hongzhou.

"Later, a garrison was established, but Hongzhou lost its trading location, so it gradually declined."

Nangong Yuan said: "I see, what happened next?"

"What happened next? Those officials were blind and bullied the people without any benefits. Many people were forced to go up the mountain and become bandits!"

"Ah? There is such a thing?" She showed a look of surprise at the right time.

The man sighed, patted his thigh and said, "It's really pitiful. The governor is in cahoots with the bandits, bullying men and women all day long. They are very arrogant."

After he finished speaking, he cursed the officials of Hongzhou in the local dialect.

Nangong Yuan listened to him cursing and occasionally agreed with him.

"What about now? I heard someone ran away before?"

"I definitely have to run. If I wasn't an old man and couldn't run, I would be gone by now."

Nangong Yuan blinked: "Oh?"

"A few days ago, I don't know what those bandits did, but they put the city under martial law and said that no one was allowed to enter or leave."

Nangong Yuan raised her eyebrows: "Then... there must be someone coming in and out, right?"

"Anyone who ventured out rashly was beaten to death!"

"what?"

"Those people treat us like animals. Oh, God, why is he so blind? Let them all die!"

The old man kept cursing and crying.

Nangong Yuan wiped his face with a handkerchief and sighed, "It will be fine, don't cry like that."

"The court is blind and doesn't even send anyone to take care of it."

She wanted to say that someone was in charge, but she didn't say anything for a moment.

If you can't find any evidence against the other party, rashly reporting it will only cause trouble.

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To pacify the country and the world, military power is in all directions.

The southwest was the world of the Nangong family, and the north was previously controlled by the royal family. Later, Xiao Heyun rose to power and the military power fell into his hands.

To the east is the Duke of Zhenguo. His family is gradually declining now, but it should not be underestimated.

Kyoto is the capital of the Eight Camps, which are controlled by the royal family. The governors of the Eight Camps are the emperor's confidants.

There is only a gap on the west side.

There is a continuous mountain range separating this place from the Xisha Islands, so it is easy to attack and no troops are stationed here.

But later, when the Paracel Islands were invaded, the emperor thought about it and decided to set up a garrison.

"Now it seems that the policy was too lenient and it made them ambitious."

Nangong Yuan saw that the old man had stopped crying, so she said, "I originally wanted to go into the city to take a look, but was stopped. I didn't expect it to be like this."

"You'd better not go. Those bandits will not let a delicate young man like you go."

These days, there are all kinds of people.

People like Nangong Yuan are particularly attractive to perverts.

Hearing this, the corner of her mouth twitched: "Then I won't go."

They were sitting under the eaves talking, and soon a team of carriages came from a distance.

"Prepare the best room and boil some hot water. My master needs it."

Nangong Yuan turned her head to look and found that the other party's carriage was very exquisite.

The pattern on the carriage is the most popular flower tree in Kyoto at the time, and it is on her carriage.

And there were no less than twenty guards.

“Are these people going into the city?”

She gestured and asked Tao Zhu to go and investigate the situation, while she squatted aside and ate fermented glutinous rice like a local.