Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty: Riots
Not only Zheng Laibao, but also Hao Jincai seriously underestimated the seriousness of this incident. When Zheng Laibao hugged the woman with a bare face and a belly-covered belly, holding a wine glass and talking about it with Hao Jincai, tens of thousands of people from all over the country had already begun to set off from various villages, gathered together at intersections, and then marched towards the county town in a mighty manner. Of course, they were not empty-handed. Although they had no weapons, the sheep forks, hoes, kitchen knives, and shoulder poles in their hands could still kill people. Among these people, there were a very small number of people holding hunting bows. Moro was invisible here, and among these hunters, the big bow on his back did not appear very prominent.
If this is the case outside the city, the city is not at ease. Compared with the people who farm outside the city, the poor in the city live a more miserable life. When the people who farm are hungry, they can go to the fields to dig and dig. If they are lucky, they may be able to make some trouble, or at least some grass roots can be dug out. Once the poor in the city have no food, they will really have nothing. And these people, under the agitation of those who are interested, began to gather quietly.
The officials of Shangzhi County did not catch up with the seriousness of this incident. Early in the morning, when the sleepy soldiers guarding the city opened the city gate, they saw the angry people outside the city, squinted in the darkness of the city gate, and they were immediately frightened. They didn't even have time to make a second reaction. The half-open city gate was already squeezed open. The people outside the city roared and rushed into the city. Under the leadership of some people, they went straight towards the county government.
It was not until this time that Hao Jincai and Zheng Laibao realized that it was terrible. The two of them discussed things late last night. Under Zheng Laibao's enthusiastic invitation, Hao Jincai stayed overnight in the brothel without hesitation. Zheng Laibao even invited several women to sleep together. When the faint roar from the city woke the two of them from their dreams, outside, the angry county magistrate and Zheng Laibao's deputy general had already broken into their boss's house separately.
At this time, I don’t care about my boss’s face.
Two disheveled officials ran to the county government office. While running, Zheng Laibao issued orders quickly to the guards beside him. Compared to Hao Jincai's face, Zheng Laibao seemed calm. He had a thousand elite troops in his hand. Do these mud legs want to rebel? Then kill him with a rolling head and a bright red head, which represents his hot future.
He was even a little excited.
"Please!" Hao Jincai glared at Zheng Laibao, slapped the table and shouted: "Immediately invite those in prison to come here, and they will come forward to appease these people. These people are originally in their name. As long as these people are released, there will be no reason for these people, and at least most of them will disperse."
"Extermination!" Zheng Laibao went further and directly raised the table. "The chaotic people gathered and threatened the imperial court to order officials. This is a rebellion. This trend cannot be long. If you surrender as soon as you are threatened by these chaotic people, how can you manage it in the future? County Magistrate Hao, how can you collect your taxes? How can you be an official? Only by killing a warning Bai can you intimidate these mud legs."
"You can't kill people randomly!" Hao Jincai was so anxious that he jumped. "General Zheng, our people are already tough, and if there is a disagreement, they will fight. Once the army kills people, it will be aroused a large-scale civil unrest, and it will be out of control at that time."
"Isn't it a large-scale civil unrest now?" Zheng Laibao sneered.
"They are just petitioning now, and there is still room for buffering, but once the army takes action, it will be difficult to stop the flood. General Zheng, no matter what, I am the county magistrate here, I will talk to them first. I promised them to release the people you caught and let them disperse first. Even if they have to punish them, it cannot be at this time. Even if they can settle the accounts in the future!" Hao Jincai said.
"Okay." Zheng Laibao didn't expect that the guy in front of him had this courage. In the current situation, even if he was alone in front of the rioters, he didn't have the courage. "You go and talk, if you succeed, you will be killed. If you fail, I will start a big killing."
Hao Jincai swallowed a mouthful. Unlike Zheng Laibao, a foreign general, he was a civil servant in the guarding and guarding the pastor. He really let Zheng Laibao kill him. Later, he was still the one who was not bad. After tidying up his clothes, he strode out of the county government. Outside the county government, teams of soldiers had already set up their formations, with spear soldiers in front, swords and shield soldiers in the middle, and crossbowmen behind. Although there were only more than a thousand people, the county government itself was not big. With the county soldiers and yamen runners, they dared to defend them firmly.
Standing on a table raised by the soldiers, Hao Jincai was also panicked when he looked at the confused head. He finally calmed down, cleared his throat, and shouted vigorously.
"Friends, I am Hao Jincai, the county magistrate of this county! I have something to say to everyone."
After all, it was still the order of a county, and it was still very prestigious to the common people. Hao Jincai's speech, the noisy scene slowly became quiet.
Looking at the gradually calming scene, Hao Jincai was delighted.
At this moment, in another place in the county town, hundreds of men gathered in a small courtyard. Among them were sturdy warriors, but most of them were some gangsters with air. Standing in front of them was Wu Xin with Moro.
"Brothers, we can't eat enough and we don't wear warm clothes, but these dog officials are frugal, looking for flowers and willows, and the rich gentry are all like fat pigs. Why? Why can't we even support ourselves after working hard for a year?"
"Bare him," a gangster shouted in the crowd. If Wu Xin saw such a person, she would not look at him directly, but now, this guy is so cute in his eyes.
"Before us, these dog officials snatched food from outside, one large warehouse and one large warehouse, and countless silver coins. Haha, now their soldiers have gone to the county government office, which is our good opportunity to grab him a vote, and then we will go far and fly high and live a life like a god."
"Snatch the damn thing, grab the damn thing." More people were excited by the white silver.
"Let's go, rob him." Wu Xin turned around, kicked open the gate of the yard, and took the lead in rushing out. On him, hundreds of people rushed out with him, and these people were all carrying guys.
Less than a hundred meters away, the county gulf of Shangzhi County was located. Because the people gathered to cause trouble, more than a hundred county soldiers here were transferred to the county government. Now only a few old, weak and remnants were left guarding the gate.
Several veterans looked at the streets, waving swords and guns, shouting at the mobs rushing towards them, and were stunned for a while. After a while, they realized, "The rioters are going to rob the county guarantor. Hurry up, close the door and send a signal for help."
Several veterans rushed into the gate, and with a bang, the gate was closed tightly, and a rocket flew into the sky with a sharp roar.
Wu Xin was the first to rush to the gate of the county ward. When he saw the closed gate, he sneered, strode forward, raised his fist, roared, and a loud bang. The gate turned into several pieces of broken wood and flew inward. The figures of the two veterans were mixed with countless pieces and flew backwards, falling into the snow, squirting blood, and seeing that they could not survive.
"Bare you, damn it." More than a hundred people rushed into the county warehouse cheering, inside, there were piles of grain piles and boxes of silver ingots, instantly leaving nothing else in their eyes.
Looking at the guys who were robbing frantically, Wu Xin smiled slightly, walked to a grain pile, took out some powder from her arms, swept it on the grain pile, shook the fire stick, and threw it on it.
With a loud bang, the fire rose into the sky with black smoke.
In the Shangzhi County Prison, several prisoners were a little nervous because their guards were also transferred. Now this place is so empty that if someone comes to rob the prison, they really can't stop it.
But what he was afraid of was coming, and amid everyone's concern, a big man with a knife walked towards the prison step by step.
"Who, stop!" A prisoner lifted the crossbow in his hand and plucked up the courage to shout loudly. Behind him, the only few prison guards also pulled out the sword at the same time.
The man holding the knife seemed not to see the obstacles from these people, and still walked steadily step by step.
It was indeed a prison robbery. The prison head was there and raised the crossbow in his hand. Just as he was about to aim at the big man in front of him, his eyes were blurred, but there was only an empty street in front of him. The big man was gone. Before he could react, he felt a chill in his throat, a hissing sound came, and blood was red in front of him, and he fell to the ground.
The big man holding the knife rushed into the prison guard, raised his sword and fell, one by one, and cut the jailer over to the ground by cutting melons and vegetables. He walked to the prison guard, raised his sword and fell, and the iron lock fell to the ground. The big man dragged his bloody knife and walked into the gloomy prison.
The county town's prison cell is not big, but now it is crowded. The shouts and screams from outside have already alarmed the people detained inside. They rushed to the fence one by one and looked nervously at the big man walking in from outside.
Looking at these people, a grim smile appeared on the man's face, "Everyone, for our elder brother's great cause, I have to feel aggrieved you all to take the lead. I'm so sorry!"
He pulled out a torch inserted on the wall and threw it on the haystack in a cell. The flames rose. Amid the screams of everyone, he took out a paper bag from his arms, bounced his fingers, and threw it into the fire. With a loud bang, the flames immediately began to spread at an astonishing speed. In the cell, screams and calls for help were heard.
The big man laughed and dragged his knife, walked out of the prison, looking back inside, and there was a sea of fire inside. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!