Chapter 870: Riot in the capital

Originally, many people were waiting for news outside the Chu Palace, thinking about how Li Xiao had been talking for three days, but she hadn't talked about it yet?

Who knew that the news that came out on the third day shocked everyone that Lixiao was actually locked up! Does that mean that the king of Chu wants Lixiao's life?

These people were all panicked, and some of them had to pack up and flee for their lives, after all, no one knew whether the butcher's knife of the King of Chu would fall on their necks in the next moment. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

On the fourth day, the news came out even more terrifying, saying that Na Lixiao had been severely punished in the prison, and now the whole person was blurred with flesh and blood, and the king of Chu wanted to make her soft, but she just bit her breath and didn't back down at all, and she withstood the torture of the people in the prison.

And she also said that the money and food in Yuze's shop were locked in a hidden position by her, and it would never be possible to open it without her pair of cards.

Not only that, she is now a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, that is to say, the seal of the Chamber of Commerce is also with her, without that seal, the people of the Chamber of Commerce will not listen to the dispatch of the King of Chu.

Those who originally wanted to pack up their things and leave, when they heard the news, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and they admired Lixiao even more.

She is right, the Chamber of Commerce also has the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, and now that the seal is not there, even if the emperor comes, it will not be allowed to move them.

Several bosses want to celebrate in secret. Why is this Lixiao so stupid and dead-eyed? Which is more important, this thing outside the body, or human life, why can't she be able to carry it?

But thanks to her inability to carry it, they were able to escape. And it's best for Lixiao to hold on for a few more days, and be directly killed by the King of Chu, so that in this capital, won't the property of Yuze's shops be divided by them?

When the King of Chu and the Chamber of Commerce were still fighting openly and secretly, the people outside the city were also uneasy.

They had heard that the granary had been burned, and every day they were worried about what they would eat and what they would use. Especially the last time the rice was sent, it was when Princess Ning was in charge, and now the rice is almost eaten up, if the court can't raise food, how can they survive it?

wanted to ask Princess Chu about this, Princess Chu didn't come over for a few days, and those people in the household department didn't care about anything, and even fought against ordinary people yesterday.

These people had mixed feelings when they heard that Lixiao was in prison and was tortured by the jailers until she was about to die.

Originally, they hated the people in the shops very much, and felt that they were mercenary, but now that Lixiao has become as miserable as them, they can't help but think, who is causing this phenomenon?

If the court can give some promises to the shops, it is impossible for Lixiao not to cooperate.

It's not easy for people to do business, how can they let them go bankrupt to save them.

In this way, the anger of the people accumulated higher and higher, and finally broke out on the last day.

The snow had stopped completely that day, but it was still the same cold. Everyone stood outside the door, not waiting for rice or porridge, they were all yellow and thin, and they were about to collapse.

Those household officials were still standing on the high platform, looking impatient: "Then you guard us like this, we can't conjure up food for you?" The food raised by His Royal Highness the King of Chu before has been eaten up by you, and now those shops in the capital are not letting go, you should blame them, not us!"

"That's right!" another household official also said loudly: "It's not our fault at all, it's you people who burned down the granary, otherwise there will be no food to eat?"

Those people stood on the high platform, looking at their faces, holding back their anger, but they didn't know how to vent.

Finally, a loud voice rang out: "Why is it not your fault!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Zhang Zhiyuan, who had been instructed by Princess Chu to return to the household department before. At this moment, he was wearing an official uniform, neat, and spoke loudly: "Princess Ning and King Ning were in charge of disaster relief before, and they have never made a mistake. Even Princess Ning relied on the strength of one person to raise so much money to solve the urgent needs of many people in Da Zhou! That grain was also requisitioned by His Royal Highness King Ning little by little last year, why is it being burned down by a fire now, it's not that you don't supervise it effectively!"

As soon as those officials heard Zhang Zhiyuan say this, they all wanted to gag his mouth, and some of them directly scolded: "You don't want to spew blood! We don't want to see this kind of thing! Besides, you are no longer responsible for this matter, what are you doing here!"

"Of course it's over here to expose your faces!"

Ignoring the obstruction of the officers and soldiers, Zhang Zhiyuan went directly to the high platform and spread his hands wide: "People! It was indeed the idea of His Royal Highness King Ning to not let you enter the city before, and you can live well outside the city! But do you know that these officials keep saying that they have no food, and what kind of life they live in the city? They spend all day drinking and drinking, and they still have a lot of fish and meat! But look at you, now even the old people and children can't eat enough! Today, the official also received an inquiry from Princess Ning's side, saying that the grain from King Ning's mansion had been transported, and God knows, the official didn't see that batch of grain at all!

In fact, the people just need a fuse, and Zhang Zhiyuan just stood up and drew out all the things they wanted to say in their hearts.

"That's right, our grain should have been sent down, if Princess Chu had dealt with our affairs earlier, even if the granary was burned, we would have food to eat, and I don't blame anyone for this matter!"

"His Royal Highness King Ning and the princess have always been conscientious, and in the past, when they distributed porridge, they also divided it according to the head, and never deducted anything from us! But after Princess Ning left, the porridge you gave became thinner and thinner! By yesterday, there was even only rice soup! What about the grain before! Have you eaten it!"

"The king of Chu said it nicely at the beginning, and he would take responsibility with all his might, but it has been almost ten days, and we still haven't seen where the grain is! Could it be that if you torture the shopkeeper of a shop, you can produce food!"

"Brothers, let's rush into the capital now to ask for an explanation, and see if there is any food in these dog officials' homes!"

"Rush!"

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Riots are formed in this way, and many people may initially try to solve the problem calmly, but later, they are instigated and act like this.

Many people are involuntarily pushed forward by others, looking at the city gate in the distance, they have only one belief in their hearts: rush in!

Those officials immediately sent officers and soldiers to resist, but Zhang Zhiyuan quickly made a move, stopped those officers and soldiers, and let these people rush to the city gate.

There was a guard on the other side of the city gate who saw so many people rushing towards him and was about to close the gate. By the time the people arrived, the gates were about to be shut.

These people pushed forward one by one, and formed a tug-of-war with the people in the city.

Now that they have lost their minds, they are already hungry, and when they hear that there is food in the city, who can hold it?

Seeing that the city gate was about to be lost, those household officials were crowded into the crowd and shouted vigorously: "Diao Min! Are you going to rebel! Tell you, His Royal Highness King Ning will be back soon!"

When Zhang Zhiyuan heard this, he couldn't help but respond loudly: "If His Royal Highness comes back, I'm afraid that the first one will cut off your heads first!

Those people seemed to be inspired, and immediately used more strength, and even many old people and children mixed into the team.

But more people were separated from their loved ones, and the heart-rending cries of children continued to sound in the crowd, and sometimes some people were directly trampled under the crowd.

There was chaos outside the city gate, and even the guards guarding the city immediately lit wolf smoke, and even asked the messenger to immediately convey the matter to the general, whether to suppress these people while the city gate was not opened.

The person who came was General Rong's subordinates, he had been fighting horses all his life, following General Rong Lao to conquer the world, the most unbearable thing was to see this kind of chaotic people, if there was really a problem, he could avenge the court, why rebel!

So he stood on the city wall, his burly body like a hill, and roared violently: "Mob! stop now, or the general will order the arrows to be released!"

"Is there a king's law, we just want to go into the city and find a way to live!"

"Yes, we also want to show the emperor how far these officials have oppressed us! Why can they fish and meat in the city, but we can't even drink porridge outside the city!"

"That is, if you want to kill, you can kill, we refugees, even if one of them rushes into the city gate, it can be regarded as earned! If we can't see the emperor, we will go to see Princess Ning! Princess Ning Bodhisattva will definitely make the decision for us!"

"Rush!"

The general finally couldn't bear it anymore, and directly pulled away what he was carrying