Chapter 231: Ransom

As a result, the officials forced the people to rebel, and they broke open the city gate and rushed to Zhenjiang Mansion to grab grain. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Who knew that the prefect of Zhenjiang saw that the matter was big, so he fled in a hurry and was blocked by them.

The enemies were very angry when they saw each other, and the rebellious refugees swarmed up, and the refugees, who had just wanted to vent their anger, were all dumbfounded when they learned that the granary opened by their people was actually empty.

It turned out that all the relief food was not transported to Zhenjiang at all.

I don't know who was red-eyed, and rushed up directly, now everyone flocked up, and when Hu Laosi knew that he led people to pull everyone away, the prefect of Zhenjiang, even Xiao Si and the guards around him had all been beaten to death.

Things got bigger, and the rebels stopped.

Hu Laosi had no choice but to find several other teams that broke into Zhenjiang Mansion together this time to discuss, no matter who killed the Zhenjiang Prefect, no one would be able to escape from anyone who entered the city.

In the end, the five of them became brothers, fell into the grass, and decided to advance and retreat together.

As for Dong Wende's fellow ministers, it was completely unlucky for Dong Wende and his party.

The imperial court has redistributed the disaster relief food, who would have thought that the Zhenjiang prefect would dare to withhold the disaster relief grain and grass, let alone that the victims of Zhenjiang would rebel.

The Cao Gang did not intercept Dong Wende and his party, but when they passed by Zhenjiang Mansion, they were kidnapped by this group of bandits led by Cheng Boss.

Cheng Boss and the others thought that these were officers and soldiers who came to suppress them, so in a hurry, they not only robbed them, but also arrested them.

Dong Wende and his entourage naturally wanted to resist, and the two sides fought like this.

It's just that when Boss Cheng reacted and found out that something was wrong, more than half of the officers and soldiers who delivered the decree had already been killed or wounded.

They didn't know what was going on, so they directly arrested the rest of the people, and when they asked one last time, they learned that these were going to Jiangning Mansion to deliver the decree.

A county lord's tomb cost 50,000 taels of silver, and their people were going to starve to death, and those who ate grass roots and bark every day were all red-eyed.

Dong Wende said on the spot that the emperor had redistributed the grain for disaster relief early, and sent three batches of officials to investigate the embezzlement of grain and grass and the embezzlement of dam silver.

The prefect of Zhenjiang is corrupt and bribed, he is just a moth of the imperial court, not all officials are like this, and the other disaster areas have been controlled.

What's more, after the court officials found out, they wanted to exterminate the three clans.

Cheng Boss and others were forced to rebel, and the imperial court also made remedies.

Now they are in a dilemma, they have killed so many officials, and some people have moved to kill people.

Dong Wende persuaded him with good words, saying that he would intercede for them when he returned to Beijing, but they couldn't be wrong anymore.

Under the protection of Dong Wende, the father-in-law of the decree is in good condition, but he is trembling with fear at the moment, and he still needs Chen's care.

Chen took care of Dong Shijie and his father-in-law.

Several people who were about to be killed that day hid again because of Chen's existence.

Boss Cheng took a fancy to Chen, and directly made a condition, as long as Chen was willing to stay, he immediately let the others go.

Dong Wende almost died of anger after hearing this, this group of thieves actually beat her wife's idea.

Even the Chen family let it go, she was born as Dong Wende's person, and died as Dong Wende's ghost, so let Boss Cheng not be delusional.

Boss Cheng asked people to directly separate the Chen family and Dong Wende's father and son, and let them dry first.

But Chen was still not afraid of anyone, and her courage and bearing made the others in the village admire her.

Not only that, but Chen also gave them a resounding slap in the face, and she reported directly to the door.

The third and fourth of the five of them were all educated, and when they heard that the Chen family was the aunt and grandmother of the Chen family in Jiangning Mansion, they were all anxious.

They were already intolerable to the court, but fortunately, they were forced by officials to rebel against the people, and if there was a joint name of the people, maybe the saint would still be able to open up the net.

But if they rob the Chen family's married daughter, then it will be despised by all the people in the world, let alone the joint name, I am afraid that no one will sign it at that time.

Don't say it's them, even today's saints, if you fall in love with the aunt and grandmother of the Chen family and want to marry by force, you have to weigh it.

The third and fourth children tried their best to persuade them, and Boss Cheng was relieved, he didn't want to involve his brothers.

On the third day, the young gang leader of the Cao Gang found them.

Hu Laosi was originally an old acquaintance with the Cao Gang, and under Weng Leiting's thousands of instructions, he promised to treat Dong Wende's family absolutely well.

He asked them to put their family of three together and entertain them.

The Cao Gang was willing to be the intermediary between the Dong family and them, and the Dong family said that they were willing to ransom people with silver, and it was okay to use grain, but it would take time for the grain to arrive.

Originally, they planned to let Dong Wende and the others leave, but they only needed five thousand taels of silver and agreed.

But Zhang Lao Wu has an opinion again, they have found out that Dong Wende is a popular person in front of the emperor at this moment, so they whimsically think that it would be good if they could exchange him for a holy decree forgiving capital crimes.

After all, they are also afraid of death, and they are also afraid of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

Although the people did not hold out hope, they still offered such conditions, plus five thousand taels of silver.

Dong Ruyi heard that there were five thousand taels of silver, and without saying a word, he directly asked people to carry the cash silver to the Cao Gang.

And this time, the Weng gang leader came in person to redeem people, but there was no holy decree.

Gang Leader Weng looked at the five people in front of him, and sighed: "What are you hesitating about, I have already asked people to bring five thousand taels of silver, and the fifty thousand taels you robbed, these silver are divided among the brothers, which is completely enough for them to make a living in Jiangning." As for the five of you, let's go to the Cao Gang to hide for a while, and then I'll arrange for you to leave. ”

Boss Cheng looked at Hu Laosi, and Hu Laosi said: "I believe in Uncle Weng, the reason why I came here is because my father asked me to defect to the Cao Gang, not to mention that Uncle Weng has already helped us a lot." ”

Zhang Laowu said: "Then what if the imperial court wants us?"

Weng Gang Master said: "Your team is scattered, who will care about you, you are really so idle as the court!"

Cheng Laodao: "Then what if Dong Wende doesn't let us go?" His worries were not unreasonable, after all, he had such a mind.

Weng Gang Leader didn't know that Boss Cheng had taken a fancy to Chen's affairs, and when he saw that all the good things had been said, he said cruel things, and it was obvious that these people didn't shed tears when they saw the coffin.

He said directly: "Then I'll say it directly, this matter will make trouble to the imperial court, and the imperial court will only send troops to suppress it, and then our Cao Gang will also have to hide."

And you, do you really want to kill them? It's not that I'm scaring you, even if the court doesn't investigate this matter, the Chen family doesn't pursue it, just the Miss Dong family, you don't want to go out of this Zhenjiang realm. ”

Cheng Lao Er looked disdainful, "If we don't even pursue the court and the Chen family, will we still be afraid of her as a young lady in the house?"

Said the apple by the river

I still ask for leave today, today's three watches will be changed first, and the remaining two will be changed as soon as possible, so don't wait.