The people of Wuxian County were fortunate enough to witness a great drama of "officers and soldiers catching thieves" that left a deep impression on them in their lifetime.
So many years later, when some old people in Wuxian County talked about this matter, they still shook their heads and marveled. It is said that if Master Futai had not ordered this matter, the matter would have been written down in the local annals of Wuxian County. Unfortunately,
Both the government and the people have a tacit agreement not to talk about this matter.
That is to say, they, the common people who were watching the excitement in the county town at that time, still vaguely remember the situation at that time.
In the huge Polygonum Garden, the officers and soldiers fought vigorously and earth-shatteringly at the main entrance with the "thieves" in Polygonum Garden. However, from the surrounding walls and even to the back door of Polygonum Garden, everything was deserted and uncared for. It was as if the officers and soldiers felt that
To enter this garden, you can only enter through this gate.
And the "thieves" in Polygonum Garden were also very stubborn. They didn't seem to notice the officers and soldiers' obvious betrayal. They stared at the door tightly, as if they thought they had to escape.
Take the same route from this gate.
In less than half an hour, the officers and soldiers were at the gate of Polygonum Garden, killing and wounding more than ten people. However, the casualties of the "thieves" inside Polygonum Garden were not clear to the people outside.
It's not like the people who were watching, all of them were here to watch the excitement for fear of chaos. They even saw the dead and injured officers and soldiers, and they were all very happy. Everyone had a steelyard in their hearts, who lived in this Polygonum Garden?
They, the local people, knew better than anyone else. Seeing that the officers and soldiers suffered a loss here, they were just happy, rather than indignant and trying to help Tateen one by one. This was considered very restrained.
But the crowd of people watching gathered more and more, and in less than an hour, thousands of people had gathered around Polygonum Garden.
It was as if the entire Wu County people were gathering here, and unlike the people who were watching before, these people who were slowly gathering more or less had something in their hands, and they didn't seem to have anything in their hands.
Not just here to watch the excitement.
And the surrounding atmosphere began to slowly change. From the beginning, there was a lot of noise, and even cheering when the officers and soldiers were injured. Later, these voices slowly died down, and in the end, only the officers and soldiers could be heard.
The sounds of shouting and fighting, and the sound of firecrackers coming from the Polygonum Garden from time to time.
Obviously, the officers and soldiers were surrounded by a dense crowd, but this silence, a deathly silence, made the officers and soldiers begin to feel a little uneasy.
"Sir, if we keep fighting, I'm afraid something will happen!"
The officer leading the army felt a little uneasy. He no longer drove his men to attack the door that seemed to be broken through if he tried harder. If he really didn't care about the casualties, he felt that he would be able to break through it in just one stick of incense.
I can take over this garden.
But obviously, taking this garden was not Master Mao's original intention.
Mao Yiqu also noticed something was wrong around him, but his first reaction was that these onlookers were related to those in Polygonum Garden. However, as a governor, he came with troops and horses aggressively. If he was surrounded by a group of
The unarmed people were scared away, and he became a joke in Jiangnan official circles.
"It's just a bunch of unruly people, what's wrong!" He said coldly: "Dispel them!"
"Sir, be careful!" the officer leading the army whispered: "My subordinates saw that the local government officials were also running in tandem among the crowd. If we disperse them at this time, it will easily cause a civil commotion!"
He looked embarrassed: "These are common people!"
"You still care about these people!" Mao Yiqun said coldly, but he did not continue to force the other party to disperse the people around him.
"Your Majesty's safety is the most important thing!" the officer said lowly: "Anyway, these thieves can't escape in Wu County. Once the city gate is closed, they will be the turtles in the urn. It is only a piece of cake to capture them. If they are caught
These common people collided with the adults, or the thieves escaped among the common people, then the gain outweighs the loss!"
Mao Yiqu didn't speak, and the officer immediately understood what Mao Yiqu meant.
He began to order his men and horses to slowly evacuate the place, taking away both the injured and the dead.
The strange atmosphere around them also infected these soldiers. The fact that their comrades were injured and died and they couldn't let go made them very depressed. Now they retreated silently, and their morale was extremely low.
The thousands of people gathered around did not allow them to retreat like this. They kept their distance and followed them silently. In a farewell gesture, they kept sending these soldiers out of the city gate of Wuxian County.
When the last soldiers from Suzhou had withdrawn from the city gate, the city gate of Wuxian County was also slammed shut. At the moment the city gate was closed, whether it was Mao Yiqu and his soldiers outside the city, or
Chen Wenrui and his government officials in the city breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, things didn't get too big and were still within control.
At the gate of Polygonum Garden, Zhou Shunchang stood on the steps and spoke loudly to the people around him. He denounced the officers and soldiers for their behavior, thanked Mr. Guanfeng for his righteousness in protecting him, and was even more grateful to the fellow villagers of Wuxian County for their kindness to him.
of love and care.
Every time the words got more intense, the people around him cheered loudly, and even the indignant ones rolled up their sleeves and took off their clothes, cursing their previous cowardice, wishing they could go out of the city and fight those dog officials right now.
Let out a bad breath.
Jiang Wan did not show up. He was watching from a distance as Zhou Shunchang was impassioned. Beside him, his guards were resting. They had just had a wrestling match with the officers and soldiers, and several of the guards were injured. At this moment,
The uninjured are treating the injured.
Fortunately, among the guards around him, some of them had learned battlefield treatment, and they also had medicines and other things with them. Jiang Wan asked about it and found out that the injured people were not in fear of their lives, and she felt much more at ease.
"Are these officers and soldiers crazy? They even want to beat their own people!" Catherine frowned and looked at the messy situation around her: "I think we are in big trouble now!"
"Good things come in time!" Jiang Wan shook her head: "Trouble is trouble, but it may not be our trouble, and it may not be someone else's!"
He turned his head and smiled at Catherine: "Did I scare you just now?"
Catherine rolled her eyes at him, as if she was a little depressed that Jiang Wan didn't understand her: "I am someone who has seen pirates at sea. Do you think a small scene like this can scare me?"
"Yes!" Jiang Wan nodded, "The pirates are much more powerful than the officers and soldiers in Jiangnan. It seems that it is these officers and soldiers who should be afraid when they know you are here!"