Chapter 64
Seeing that the old servant was ruthless, the prefect Liu made a quick decision to escape. Otherwise, once he fell into the hands of the victims, he would not even be able to protect his life. If his life was not guaranteed, the money and children would not be guaranteed. As long as he had his life and kept his official position, he would have the opportunity to fight back and earn back the lost silver.
He whispered to Commander Qiu: "Let them block it. Let's retreat first!"
Commander Qiu nodded in understanding and ordered the imperial guards to guard against each other.
The prefect Liu ordered Tan Dongjia and Shopkeeper Diao to lead the owner of the grain store outside to resist the enemy, but he himself took Aunt Tan to quietly retreat to the rice milling workshop.
The back door of the mill where the abundant grain shop was close to the river, and several boats were parked at the pier. Prefect Liu pulled Aunt Tan and touched the largest boat quietly.
Aunt Tan was so scared that she trembled all over.
When he sat down in the middle cabin, Liu Gongfu hugged her and comforted her, "Don't be afraid. The master will not leave you." While covering her stomach, he ordered someone to prepare. When Commander Qiu arrived, he immediately drove out of the city.
The family on the government office cannot be kept, but as long as he keeps his official position, he will not worry about family business in the future; his son cannot be kept, but Aunt Tan has one in her belly. By doing so, he is equivalent to carrying the whole family with him. As for Mrs. Liu... he argued in his heart: it’s not that he ignores his wife and children, but that the disaster victims are rampant.
If his son is not ruined, will he be willing to leave them, mother and son?
Prefect Liu was unwilling to think about this issue deeply.
When he was young, Commander Qiu also retreated to the rice mill with four or five imperial guards. He touched the boat in the dark night and drove downstream. At the gate of the city gate, Commander Qiu showed the token, the defenders opened the gate and let it go, and headed to the imperial guards outside the city.
No one knows about the abundant food trip here.
The old servant rushed into the room and searched around, but could not find the prefect Liu.
He just thought that the prefect Liu had escaped from the grain service, went back to the government office, or hid somewhere else, and never expected that this man would take a boat out of the city with such a pampering life.
Outside, the victims were hitting the door.
Manager Diao, Tan Dong's family and two small leaders of the imperial guards were waiting behind the door, ready to wait for the door to open, and hit the victims head-on.
Manager Diao didn't know that Young Master Liu was dead. He heard the chaos outside, and his eyes rolled, and he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to go to Taiping Silk and Satin Village to kidnap the servant Mo Zhu, give it to Young Master Liu to apologize, and then push it to the rioters. Wouldn't it be perfect?
The more I think about it, the more I realize that this plan is extremely wonderful.
He hurriedly called his brother Diao Ergui to come.
"What are your instructions for brother?"
"Second, I'll tell you a cheap deal..."
Manager Diao explained this.
Diao Ergui heard that he could please the prefect, so he liked it very much. He hurriedly changed into old clothes and called a few friends who usually flattered him. He quietly came out of the east gate of the Grain Walk, walked around the front street, and scrambled into the victims.
On this side, the shopkeeper Diao and Tan Dong's family opened the door. Seeing the torches outside illuminating the long street, the black and white were all victims, holding hoes, shoulder poles, kitchen knives, axes, sticks and other weapons, they stared at the food shop like hungry wolves, and their legs were a little weak. But when they thought of the imperial guards behind them, they were calmer. So they shouted at the top of their lungs and said that they did not resell official grain, which was all slander. They also terrorized the victims, saying that they were gathering people to cause trouble, rebellion, and they wanted to behead and go to jail.
Butcher Ye cursed: "Let your mother be shit!"
Holding the pig-killing knife, he rushed up the steps.
Manager Diao was so scared that he hurriedly retreated.
The imperial guards quickly closed the door.
"Boss, I'll report back to the prefect." Shopkeeper Diao told Tan Dong's family.
"It's better to report back to the commander." Tan Dong's family said that the victims came with weapons and had to rely on the imperial guards to resist at this time.
Manager Diao said, "Yes."
He ran to the inner courtyard.
Outside the inner courtyard, the old servant couldn't find the prefect Liu, and his heart was furious. In anger, he deposed several of the small leaders of the imperial guards on the other side, and no one commanded the imperial guards anymore.
At this moment, he saw the shopkeeper Diao.
Manager Diao also saw him and was extremely frightened.
The old servant's eyes were cold and asked, "Shopkeeper, please be fine!" The last word has not yet ended, and he has already bullied himself and took the shopkeeper Diao.
At the east end of the street, Diao Ergui pretended to scold the dog officials with the victims, and said that the collusion between officials and businessmen was not only the Fengsheng Grain Store, but also the Taiping Silk and Satin Village. He said that the people from Taiping Silk and Satin Village came to buy grain every day without paying silver. In the name of buying grain to provide disaster relief, they transported the official grain back and hid it, and waited for the price to rise in the later period before selling it.
Faced with Diao Ergui's bewitching, the victims were skeptical.
The few guys Diao Ergui brought out were distributed in different directions among the crowd. Seeing this, he hurriedly agreed with Diao Ergui's words.
The victims then believed it a little, saying that no wonder Taiping Silk and Satin Village gave so few porridge and steamed buns every day. It turned out that disaster relief was to cover up and transfer official grain. The anger of being deceived rose into the air after a little aroused.
Diao Ergui took the opportunity to propose: some people went to attack Taiping Silk and Satin Village, grab grain and silver, and they were all blocked here, with more monks and less porridge.
The victims were incited and thought that so many people were crowded in the abundant food store, so there was really not enough food. Besides, there were officers and soldiers here to guard them, and they might be injured or even lose their lives in conflict. It would be better to go to Taiping Silk and Satin Village to snatch them.
Dozens of people were separated and rushed to Taiping Silk and Satin Village; others asked about the situation and saw that there was an advantage to take, so they followed them as soon as they were busy.
Soon, it grew to a few hundred people leaving the team.
Neither Wang He nor Ye Butcher noticed it.
The gate of the Fengsheng Grain Store was finally knocked open. Before the imperial guard could come out, the old servant carried the shopkeeper Diao from the backyard to the front yard. Wang He and Butcher Ye hurriedly commanded the victims to rush in. The imperial guards were attacked inside and outside, and were in a hurry. Faced with the victims who were hungry and killed, the imperial guards could not resist and fled in all directions.
Wang He ordered to guard the gate and prevent them from going out.
The victims became more and more brave as they fought, and eventually won a complete victory.
Wang He asked the old servant: "Where is the dog official?"
The old servant said, "I haven't found it. I think I've escaped back to the government office or hid."
Wang He said: "Impossible! The way to the government office was blocked by our people. How could he escape? All of them were searched nearby."
The old servant hurriedly said, "There is a river behind..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wang He said, "The dog official must have left the city by boat!"
Butcher Ye didn't believe it: "No way?"
Wang He said: "Why can't it? Do you think he can lead by example and share life and death with the people in the grain shop? If he is such a person, he will not resell official grain."
When Butcher Ye heard this, he said, wasn’t it?
They caught several people from the rice mill to ask, and it turns out that some people said that there was a large ship moored by the river, but it disappeared at some point.
Only then did everyone confirm that Liu Magistrate Liu and Commander Qiu had escaped from the city. They were all contemptuous and angry, so they wanted to vent their anger with his family.
Wang He ordered all the prisoners of the imperial guards to be tied up and stuffed them into several rooms. He also asked Butcher Ye to send all the victims, the elderly, weak, women and children here to settle, because there was rice and grain here, and there was a mill behind it, which was also large, which was more convenient than living in a refugee camp. He also took the silver from the grain shop and asked the doctor to treat the victims.
While busy, Wang He saw the shopkeeper Diao and remembered that he had been sold by this slave, but even Mo Zhu was almost sold by him. He became angry. He wanted to go forward and kill him, but he could not be killed because he had to be kept as evidence. Moreover, killing this slave with one knife was too cheap and he had to make him feel uncomfortable. Life was worse than death.
Wang He stared at the shopkeeper Diao for a long time, and when he was worried and frightened, he turned to Butcher Ye and said, "Take people to the house of Diao and searched his house! He brought pots and pans to cook for everyone; the beds and quilts are also brought to sleep for women and children; the clothes and cloth are all brought to everyone; the tables and benches are also moved, and there are too many people, not enough; the silver, money, goods and food are also brought to the public..." He deliberately counted one by one, and ordered one by one, just like the shopkeeper Diao who was like his life, and saw the flesh and blood.
Butcher Ye grinned and said, "The girl's arrangement is wonderful."
Wang He said again: "Take him with me and let him watch the house being raided. By the way, break his legs first and don't let him run away halfway."
Butcher Ye held the pig-killing knife and walked forward with murderous intent.
The shopkeeper Diao screamed in terror.
Wang He said leisurely: "What's the name? You'd better explain everything about collusion with the dog official, otherwise your whole family will not be able to escape!"
Shopkeeper Diao: "..."
What kind of woman did he mess with?
At the same time, Taiping Silk and Satin Village was surrounded by disaster victims.
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