At this moment, many smart people suddenly felt that something was wrong. They all remembered what happened not long ago, when Chang Xiao first arrived in the capital. At that time, a group of young men were arrested because of Qing Niao's incident.
He went to Chang's house and made a big fuss. What was the final outcome of this incident?
These young men were tortured one by one, and eventually all their families were confiscated and exterminated![]
The charge was a completely baseless crime of treason. Everyone in the entire city of Beijing knew that these young masters could not and had no conditions to rebel, but Chongzhen believed that they were treason, so the blood at Caishikou turned into
Wang Yang, the soil at the market entrance is still glowing with red stubble! The human flesh on the black market is worthless. Once killed, the whole family will be wiped out, and no one will collect the corpses. In addition, there is a severe drought in Shaanxi, and the hungry people cannot eat.
To satisfy their hunger, naturally a lot of them ended up in the underground meat market.
How similar is the situation at this moment to the previous situation? It is simply a replica of the original incident. Why is Chang Xiao so arrogant? This is the capital, this is at the feet of the emperor, that is the imperial edict, and that is the person delivering the edict.
Eunuch, isn't Chang Xiao afraid of the wrath of the might of God?
What is the source of constant laughter?
Isn't Chang Xiao just relying on the emperor's favor and trust? Apart from that, what else does this clown have to rely on? His official title of third-rank imperial guard is just a title, and has no real power at all.
No matter how much the emperor favored Chang Xiao, Chang Xiao was just a greedy minister and a treacherous minister. Why did he dare to break the imperial edict and kill the eunuch who passed it? This was tantamount to slapping Emperor Chongzhen. A greedy minister who relied on the emperor's favor to live his life had a headache.
He actually did such a thing as a dog biting his master?
At this moment, two words popped into the minds of all the smart people - Wrong!
Something's wrong! There must be something they don't know about here. It's definitely not as simple as they imagined. This Chang Xiao shows how confident he is. Also, Commander Wang of the Imperial Guard is lying there pretending to be dead, huh?
?Where has Commander Wang gone? He was lying there just now, but now there are only dozens of soldiers left, and the rest of the imperial army has been withdrawn!
The Imperial Guards were the emperor's men, and even they were squinting, which made the matter even more mysterious.
Thinking of this, the smart people began to quietly retreat towards the entrance of the alley. They did not dare to swim in this muddy water. Because the muddy water was bottomless, and it would never flow out again if you were not careful.
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I have to say that there are really a lot of smart people. When they moved back like this, some not-so-smart people immediately realized that people follow the crowd. If one person moves, thousands of people will move. If a smart person moves, he is not smart.
The thought of following someone will immediately arise. If you can’t even follow someone, it’s not as simple as being unsmart. That’s stupid, a fool!
Especially since Mr. Zhang had seven or eight pieces of meat cut off from his body, and his howling was like a slaughtered pig. Not many people present knew Mr. Zhang, but that didn’t mean there weren’t any. In addition, Mr. Zhang had just signed up.
No., now everyone knows that he is a descendant of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family is also one of the four great families in the capital. Chang Xiao does not give him any face. Even if Chang Xiao is cut into pieces in the future, this young master has been gouged out.
The flesh will never grow back.
All the officials and students retreated together. At this time, they felt that they could just leave, and they could just ignore the bustle of the Chang family. However, after walking a few steps, they suddenly found that there was no way to go, and there was a noise.
The officials and students could not help but be startled at the sound. They stood on tiptoe and looked forward. They saw a group of servants guarding the entrance of the alley, blocking all the entrances to the alley on both sides.
The Chang family is in a wide alley. As long as both sides of the alley are blocked, the place will become a desert. It is surrounded by high walls of wealthy families. Basically, those who are blocked inside have no place to escape. This is what they say when the door is closed and the dog is beaten.
The ground conditions here.
What's going on?
What is this for?
After a while, the officials and students in the alley became excited. Anyone with a discerning eye could now see that Chang Xiao didn't want them to leave.
How dare Chang Xiao do this? They are officials! They are students with great reputations!
These officials and students immediately became angry, but they looked at the torn imperial edict on the ground, the two eunuchs who were already cold, and the man hanging on the pole who was screaming like a pig.
Zhang Gongzi, the grandson of Mr. Zhang, they knew that there was nothing Chang Xiao would not dare to do. I am afraid that even if the emperor's relatives came here, he would dare to chop him into pieces.
Scared, really scared! At this moment, they finally remembered how they were afraid of Chang Xiao after they came to the capital from Chang Xiao! In the past, they always walked far away when they came here.
Not close to the front door of Chang's house. I got kicked in the head by a donkey today and came here. I'm really looking for death!
With fear in their hearts, the officials and students crowded forward desperately, and those at the back pushed forward desperately. The officials and students in front who were directly opposite the Chang family servants were surrounded by a crowd and rushed towards the Chang family servants. At this time,
They will be given a hard meal with sticks and beaten up. The servants of the Chang family are all lawless. No matter what official uniform you are wearing, if you give the order with a smile, they will be killed and broken into pieces.
After taking off the official hat and stripping off the official uniform, he becomes just like the servants!
The officials and students in the front immediately yelled at the ones behind them when they were beaten, but those behind them didn't care about the life and death of those in front if they couldn't bear the stick? Instead, they pushed forward harder, fearing that they would be too far back and would not be able to escape for a while.
The loyal people who had been upright and upright just now and were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country had their shoes flying around, trampling on each other, yelling at each other, and even fighting.
The whole thing is a mess in the world.
Chang Xiao waved his hand towards a servant next to him and whispered a few words. The servant nodded respectfully, and then ran out. After a while, the servants on both sides of the alley began to drive the officials and students away.
The baton suddenly hit the front door of the Chang family again.
Although the Chang family only has sixty or seventy servants, it is not difficult to deal with more than two hundred weak officials and students. What's more, they are fighting in an alley. Once the opening is closed on both sides, a group of officials and students are squeezed in.
At the gate of Chang's house.
At this time, all the officials and students knew that things were going to be bad today, and they all looked at Chang Xiao. Except for the one who had been beaten too hard and was still moaning and groaning in pain, the rest of them looked at him sitting in silence.
Chang smiled while drinking tea leisurely and leisurely on the Grand Master's chair.
Chang Xiao saw that the surroundings were getting quieter and quieter, so he put down his tea cup. It was getting dark now, and the lanterns outside Chang's house still didn't light up, so he lit several bonfires and kept them burning brightly!
Chang Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Since you are here to visit my Chang family, don't leave in a hurry. You can leave after dinner!"
ah?
Are you leaving after dinner? Is Chang Xiao so kind as to invite them to dinner?
Yes, yes, why is Chang Xiao so arrogant? This is at the feet of the emperor of the capital. He tore up the imperial edict, killed the eunuch who passed the edict, and beheaded the grandson of Lord Zhang. Now Chang Xiao also knows that he is afraid and wants to invite them to dinner.
Stop their mouths and ask them to say something nice to Chang Xiao...
Isn't this nonsense? Chang Xiao had a big problem in his head before he thought that one meal could bribe so many officials and students who were beaten to a bloody head by the Chang family's servants. These officials and students just thought about it and immediately
Abandon this possibility that is almost fantasy!
Looking at the bloody sticks carried in the hands of those murderous servants, one knew that Chang Xiao had no sincerity in asking them to help him and put in a good word.
Now this group of officials no longer have the courage to speak righteously and scream. Officials have two mouths, one up and one down. They can speak righteously, or they can beg for mercy and flattery. It all depends on what is needed at what time.
A good official does not suffer the immediate consequences. If you try to be brave in this situation, you will be a fool. At this time, the officials all showed their true colors. They all nodded and bowed and smiled at Chang. Their originally resolute faces were full of
A flattering smile.
One of the officials raised his hands and said sadly: "Sir Chang, we, we were also deceived by traitors and incited to gather in front of Chang's house, so... so, your lord has a large number of..."
When the official said this, the other officials nodded in agreement and said yes, yes, yes... Many young students expressed extreme disdain for this, but they did not dare to speak out.
Chang Xiao waved his hand to stop him from continuing to speak, flicked his robe and stood up.
Then Chang Xiao frowned slightly, looked around at the officials, and then said with some surprise: "Don't you come to my Chang family as guests, but to cause trouble?"
The officials were stunned for a moment, but under the bloody sticks, it was easy to decide between being a guest and making trouble. Many smart officials among them knew it clearly.
This is Chang Xiao stepping down the stairs for them. Yes, it’s really meaningless for everyone to be so stiff. Chang Xiao definitely doesn’t want to offend so many of them at once. The law doesn’t punish everyone, let alone Chang Xiao.
If you give me a smile often, let them run down the stairs quickly. Asking for face is the way to behave in the world.
"Yes, yes...I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I'm just here to be a guest at Chang's house! Ha, haha..."
Chang Xiao smiled brightly when he heard this. He was very polite as if he was greeting an old friend he hadn't seen for decades. He nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Since you are a guest, you must have a meal before leaving! That one
If you don’t want to eat the banquet given by me, Mr. Chang, you can try to see if you can walk out of Chang’s alley!”
Chang's joke was kind, but the meaning behind it was not kind at all. Especially when the bonfire was burning all around, Chang Xiao's face changed yin and yang, making it even more terrifying!
All the officials couldn't help but start wiping their sweat. They didn't know what kind of food Chang Xiao was singing in the play. At the gate of the Chang family, there was blood everywhere, and two dead eunuchs were lying straight next to them.
, who wants to eat in this environment?
But Chang Xiao showed a strong attitude and obviously refused to give Chang Xiao any face. If they didn't eat, Chang Xiao would not give them any face.
They could choose to eat or not, but the officials and students looked at the menacing Chang family servants holding bloody wooden sticks, and their faces turned bitter. The two choices were no different from no choice.
Just eat, if you want face, let's eat what's given to us. After we finish eating, everyone laughs. You can't embarrass us anymore if you laugh often, right?
Seeing that all the officials and students had no objections, Chang smiled and clapped his hands.
Immediately, several servants brought out a large pot from the back door of Chang's house, as well as a lot of sharp bamboo sticks...