No one found Hong Shi's body, but the news of the deaths of Fengzhou prefect Wang Jing and general Zhang Heyan swept through the entire Fengzhou city like a plague of locusts in less than an hour.
After a brief period of surprise, Fengzhou City fell into a huge carnival.
Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan's party members were unable to stop these ecstatic people. In other words, they were all in danger now.
Xu Yanqiu and others, who came from the Zhulan River Camp in the north, entered Fengzhou City amidst the city-wide celebrations.
"It's strange..." Ye Qinglan looked at the people running on the street and crying with joy, and said in surprise:
"What's the big deal? Fengzhou was quite peaceful yesterday, why is it like celebrating the New Year today?"
Xu Yanqiu looked stern and said in a deep voice: "How can we be so happy during the New Year? Something must have happened in Fengzhou. When we entered the city, there were no soldiers at the gate. Fengzhou is an important town in the north, and this kind of thing will never happen.
Condition!"
While talking, Ye Qinglan suddenly noticed that all the people around him were staring at them warily, with vague hostility in their eyes.
Xu Yanqiu and Ye Qinglan looked at each other, not knowing why.
Suddenly there was a noise in front, the crowd broke apart, and a carriage drove out quickly. Behind the carriage, there were countless people chasing after them. They all had hatred on their faces, cursing and throwing things at the carriage. The soldier driving the carriage had a bloody head.
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"Don't let that bitch Liang Wen get away!" the people shouted urgently.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way quickly!" The carriage drove quickly towards Xu Yanqiu and the others, and the soldier driving the car shouted anxiously.
Xu Yanqiu snorted coldly, took off his spear, jumped up from the horse, and threw it at the carriage.
"Bang——"
The spear cut off the rope connecting the horses and the carriage, and the two horses ran away neighing, but the carriage was not spared. Xu Yanqiu waved his gun, shouted loudly, and smashed the gun, and suddenly the carriage was split into two.
The people inside were naturally thrown out, flew forward a long way, and fell to the ground. Their bodies twitched slightly and they kept moaning.
"Ouch... Ouch..."
Seeing this situation, the people couldn't help but be restrained. For a while, no one shouted to fight or kill anymore.
Xu Yanqiu walked over slowly and picked up the man who fell to the ground. He was about forty years old, wearing official uniform, with a beard, and a rather elegant appearance. He should be an official from Fengzhou Yamen.
"Being a seventh-grade official, your status is not low."
Xu Yanqiu patted the man's face to wake him up.
"Hey, I'm asking you, general, what happened in Fengzhou City?"
In a daze, the man saw a man who looked like a general, and immediately asked for help:
"General, help me, these... these thugs... want to kill people!"
"You fart!" someone among the people watching yelled, "We want to stop you from going to the military camp outside the city to mobilize troops to kill us!"
"Besides, shouldn't someone like you die?"
Ye Qinglan heard something was wrong and hurriedly drove his horse to the people who had just spoken, raised his hands and asked:
"Brother, this young general came from the Zhulan River Camp in the north to adjust food supplies. He doesn't know the situation in Fengzhou City yet. Can you tell me something?"
The strong-looking commoner looked at them doubtfully and said angrily:
"Bah! You soldiers all have the same virtues and are no different from these corrupt officials. You know how to bully us people!"
Xu Yanqiu turned his head, glanced at the man, and sighed helplessly:
"We are under the command of General Pei Min. Big brother, it doesn't matter if you scold me, but don't scold us, Pei Shuai."
"Shuai Pei..."
The people started whispering
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"Shuai Pei is a good man. His subordinates shouldn't be people like Zhang Heyan..."
The Fengzhou official who was picked up said anxiously: "General, don't worry about whose people you are, Fengzhou City is about to be in chaos now!"
"What's going on!" When facing officials, Xu Yanqiu had no good temper for a long time.
"You don't know something. Our prefect Wang Jing and our general Zhang Heyan...are...all..."
"What happened? He's dead!"
"Yes!" The official said with a cry in his voice, "They are all dead!"
Shocked, Xu Yanqiu couldn't help but let go of his hand, and the official said "ouch" and fell back to the ground.
Ye Qinglan was shocked at first, but after a moment, he figured it all out and burst into laughter:
"As expected of Brother Li, he actually killed those two people overnight!"
Xu Yanqiu walked over quickly, pulled Ye Qinglan off the horse, and pulled him aside:
"Did Li Xin'an really do this?"
"Otherwise?" Ye Qinglan laughed in a low voice, "Who else can do it except Xueyitang."
"Not only Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan, but that Hong Shi must also be dead. At this time, you only need to take control of Fengzhou and list the crimes of Wang Jing and others. The people will definitely support you. You take the opportunity to seize the Honglai Lianghao
When the time comes, you will take away more than 50,000 shi."
"You're crazy..." Xu Yanqiu's face turned livid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm just a small pioneer official, with an official rank of no more than eight ranks. How can I occupy a magpie's nest? Don't talk about me. The person lying on the ground is even worse than me.
I'm qualified!"
Ye Qinglan frowned: "Yeah... This is a problem, but Wang Jing and the other three are dead, so you will definitely have no problem getting the food."
"I hope so." Xu Yanqiu sighed softly, "I'll leave as soon as I get the food and pick you up. The Fengzhou governor died inexplicably. We can't stay here any longer, otherwise it will be all trouble."
He walked up to the Fengzhou official and asked, "Who is in charge of Fengzhou now?"
"No one is in charge, everything is in chaos... everything is in chaos!" the official said, "Fengzhou Yamen has been completely surrounded. Sima Cao Yu is leading the sergeants to try their best to resist and prevent this group of unscrupulous people from rushing into the Yamen. But Zhang Heyan
The general's house was not so lucky. It is said that it has been looted. The wife, the young master and several young ladies are missing. I heard that they have been brutally murdered..."
"Huh, they deserve this!" Xu Yanqiu snorted coldly and said, "The people have been oppressed for a long time. Now that Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan are dead, they naturally cannot suppress their anger."
Ye Qinglan said in a deep voice: "Little general, this is not a good thing."
"Why do you say that?" Xu Yanqiu was puzzled.
"The city of Fengzhou is now in chaos. The people are completely crazy. You have also heard that the Fengzhou Yamen has been surrounded by water. Conflicts continue to breed, and people will die anytime and anywhere. And the moment the Yamen is breached, it is the government
When the fight with the people of Fengzhou is over, how many people will die at that time?"
"This is only what we know, but are there no other tragedies happening in places we don't know about? There are more powerful bullies in Fengzhou City than Wang Jing, Zhang He, Yan Hongshi and others! They wouldn't have suffered such madness
Are the people smashing, smashing and looting?"
"Everyone has evil people, even kind-hearted people. They are usually bound by superior power. Now that the things that restrain them are gone, they will become worse than wild beasts in the forest that have been hungry for a month.
Be arrogant. In this riot that spread throughout Fengzhou City, were there innocent and kind people persecuted by some villains who were either blinded or had premeditated plans? If so,
, who will make the decision for them?"
Ye Qinglan paused and then said: "Brother Li once said that the law cannot judge powerful officials and wealthy businessmen with wide connections, but it can judge common people who have nothing. The slut here
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Sooner or later, the chaos will be quelled, and Wang Jing's connections above will get involved in this matter. They will try their best to cover up Wang Jing and Zhang He and forge the truth of what happened here, and these people will become victims. The law does not punish the public.
As far as they are concerned, it is just empty words. There are 80,000 people in Fengzhou City. How many people will die by then?"
"The reason why I advise you to take charge of Fengzhou is to put an end to this farce as soon as possible."
Xu Yanqiu was silent for a long time and asked: "What should we do now?"
"Let him go."
Ye Qinglan said in a deep voice: "This is the safest way to mobilize Zhang Heyan's troops outside the city and enter the city to quell the riots."
"Zhang Heyan's people? Wouldn't they treat these people..."
"Zhang Heyan is dead!" Ye Qinglan said, "80,000 resentful people and a dead man, I think his subordinates can tell the difference."
"There will definitely be no bloody conflicts, but they will definitely be much less than they are now."
"……All right……"
Xu Yanqiu waved his hand and said to the Fengzhou official: "Your name is... Liang Wen, right?"
"Yes, I am from Fengzhou."
"Liu An."
"exist!"
"Escort Mr. Liang to the military camp outside the city. Be sure to protect him."
"yes!"
Seeing Liang Wen being sent away, the people became excited again.
"This general." The strong man who spoke earlier said now, "We know that Commander Pei is a good general. As his subordinate, you are probably a good person, but why did you let that dog officer go?"
Xu Yanqiu raised his gun and mounted his horse, looked around at the people, and said in a deep voice:
"The city cannot be left without an owner for a day. Now that Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan are dead, it is true that no one can persecute you anymore. However, don't you think what you have done is even more excessive? Look carefully at the mess next to you.
, there is black smoke in the distance, someone is setting fire! Do you want to burn down Fengzhou City?"
"I know you hate dog officials, hate bullies, hate Wang Jing and hate Zhang Heyan, but what is the difference between what you are doing now and the two people who have died?"
Xu Yanqiu sighed, and then said: "Don't worry, after the army entered the city, they only maintained order, and Yu Minqiu did not commit any crimes. If something happens to kill the people, just go to the Zhulan River and find me, Xu Yanqiu, and I will definitely make the decision for everyone.
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As soon as these words came out, the anger of the people gradually calmed down. At this moment, they suddenly realized that Fengzhou City was much more chaotic than when Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan were still alive.
I don't know who started it first. The people dispersed in a hurry. Xu Yanqiu and Ye Qinglan led the people and continued towards Fengzhou Yamen.
In front of the Fengzhou Yamen, the people surrounded them on three floors inside and three outside. Looking at this scene, Xu Yanqiu and Ye Qinglan felt extremely guilty.
"There must be more than three thousand people here..." Xu Yanqiu was dumbfounded.
"Are you sure you can convince them?" Ye Qinglan said.
"No, not at all." Xu Yanqiu swallowed, "Let's wait until Zhang Heyan's army enters the city."
Half an hour later, two thousand elite Fengzhou garrison troops entered the city and dispersed all the booing people.
"It's okay, no big conflict broke out." Xu Yanqiu nodded repeatedly.
"Perhaps the people are still afraid. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse." Ye Qinglan said, "As soon as they saw the army entering the city, they immediately became obedient."
The door of the mansion slowly opened, and Sima Cao Yu took the sergeant out of the yamen and let out a sigh of relief.
"I was scared to death, I thought I was going to die..."
"Let's go to the Yamen first." Xu Yanqiu said, "After we settle down, we will go to Li Xin'an and the others."