Seeing that the red fire almost reflected half of the sky, a deputy chief soldier who came with Yang Yuanyi immediately asked for his life and asked to personally bring someone to fight the fire. Yang Yuanyi agreed on the spot, and gave him the order to mobilize soldiers and horses, so that he could mobilize the soldiers and horses in the city to help at any time.

Seeing that the deputy commander-in-chief led two guerrilla generals, he still retreated from the gap in the backyard with the arrow in his hand. Guo Chengsi said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for us to face those hungry people. ”

The angry hungry people continued to rush at the guards guarding the yamen like a tidal wave. They have gone from throwing stones at each other to pushing and dragging each other, and many people have seen blood on their heads, and the emotions of both sides have become more and more excited, and the whole situation is like a mess like a boiling pot.

There are still people in the crowd who are bewitching: "The food is all inside, rush in and grab the food!" If you don't rob it, you won't have a share. ”

"Grab food! Otherwise, you will starve to death! ”

"These dog officers want to see us die before they are happy!"

"Kill these dog officials, and the dog will bully the common people! Rush in and grab the food! ”

……

The human wall formed by the guards and servants has been receding step by step, and in some places it can no longer be resisted. The faces of the guards and the guards were full of horror, and the weak human wall looked like an embankment about to collapse in the midst of a raging wave.

The door of the prefect's yamen was finally pushed open in full view of everyone, and Guo Chengsi, Yang Yuanyi, and other stewards in the yamen appeared in front of thousands of angry hungry people. Torches suddenly lit up on the wall of the yamen, and countless archers with iron bows and loungs appeared on the wall.

The archers stared coldly downward. I saw a small flag officer raise the flag in his hand suddenly, and the archers immediately neatly removed the iron bows from their shoulders and put on the arrows. Aimed at the hungry people who were still rioting below.

The rows of arrows shining with cold light were particularly chilling under the reflection of the firelight. The hungry people who saw this scene all gasped, some were at a loss, and some were red-eyed, and they were still shouting frantically: "The dog officer is going to kill someone!" The dog officer is going to kill someone! ”

"The dog officer won't let us live, and we can't let them have a good time, so everyone rushed in together."

"Yes. If you have the ability, you can kill us all. ”

Guo Chengsi made a gesture with a calm face, and the little flag officer who had been watching him closely immediately made a simple flag language. The archers standing at the head of the wall shouted loudly together: "General Wu Xian." Ask for the people's lives. General Wu Xian, please ask for the people's life. The neat shouts of dozens of people were heard far away, and the chaotic noise below was immediately suppressed.

After Guo Chengsi revealed his identity, he immediately became much quieter. The people of Juchong Pass know it. It was this general Wu Xian who worked hard to transport these life-saving grains and grass from Chang'an City to Juchong Pass. The people had some blind worship and trust in him, so some people shouted in a mess: "General Wu Xian, you want to be the master for us!" The grain you brought was all smuggled by those hateful dog officials in the yamen, and they didn't let us live! ”

"General Wu Xian, you can do well, give us the food!"

Of course, some people shouted disdainfully: "They protect each other." It's all a raccoon dog, and they don't care about our life or death at all. We need food on our own. Guys, grab it! ”

"Yes, General Wu Xian is useless, we want food!"

Guo Chengsi made another gesture to the little flag officer, and the little flag officer waved several flags in a row. Dozens of archers raised their voices and roared: "Incite the robbery of food, kill on the spot!" He shouted several times, and the sound shook in all directions.

In the end, the common people are still afraid of officials, "wives and children hot kang head" is their highest ideal, if you have a bowl of rice in your bowl to eat, you will not get up to make trouble, only when you snatch away his last bowl of rice, and all the hope of his life is broken, will you rise up and rebel. Now when everyone heard the warning of inciting food robbery and killing them on the spot, they were frightened in their hearts, and they gradually quieted down.

But at this time, the person who shouted for food just now shouted in the crowd again: "Fart! Deceiving! They didn't dare to do it, so everyone rushed in to grab food! Then some people followed suit.

At this time, people's hearts were turbulent, and they were most easily moved by rumors, and the crowd suddenly began to chaos again.

Guo Chengsi's eyes slowly narrowed, and a sharp cold light flashed. He was condescending, and he had already seen the most powerful people hiding in the crowd, shouting. They were all tall and broad, with red faces, and they looked like hungry people who had been starving for many days. He drew the sword at his waist, pointed it at the one who jumped the hardest, and shouted, "Shoot the arrow!" ”

"Brush brush brush" The little flag officer waved the flag in his hand violently, and a feather arrow shining with cold light slashed over the heads of the crowd like a meteor, accurately hitting the man's face, blood splashed, and the man didn't snort, and fell softly.

Seeing the ruthlessness of the archers, the crowd began to panic. Seeing that it was not a threat, but that those who were talking and clamoring for food had been shot down on the spot, and everyone was amazed in their hearts that those archers were really piercing through the Yang in a hundred steps, and their archery skills were like gods, and they suddenly did not dare to speak again, and the chaotic scene gradually quieted down.

At this moment, someone in the distance hid in the crowd and shouted: "Murder, the government has murdered!" They don't give food, they kill people, they rob ......"

Before he finished shouting, Guo Chengsi waved his hand again with a calm face, and another cold light shot out from the wall, through the night, through the gap of the hungry people in front, and into the chest of the person who shouted. "Oops," the man howled, clutching his chest and falling on his back!

shot down two people in a row, and everyone finally saw the iron-blooded methods of the young general in front of them, and they were all immediately suppressed. The most powerful men who were hiding in the crowd and jumping and shouting all lowered their heads in a cold sweat, for fear that the young general above would not please their eyes, and by the way, they were also shot, and the black crowd was suddenly quiet.

Guo Chengsi used thunderous means to calm the scene, he glanced around coldly, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Shang Fang's sword is here, seeing the sword is like seeing a holy car." Kneel! ”

"Long live my emperor, long live it!"

Imperial power is the most awe-inspiring for ordinary people, as the hungry people kneel down and worship. Even the soldiers and officials who surrounded Guo Chengsi also knelt down obediently and saluted.

Seeing that Guo Chengsi was still standing firmly, he glanced around, and all he could see were sallow and weak faces, as well as his body trembling in the cold wind. But there was still fire in their eyes, and the eyes they looked at themselves were full of anticipation.

Guo Chengsi felt that there was a little stalk in his throat. He took Shang Fang's sword, cleared his throat, and then shouted, "General Ben already knows your grievances. also took down Luo Tongzhi, who privately withheld disaster relief food to fill his pockets, and prepared to send it to Chang'an City to punish the crime. Come on, bring the prisoners up, and hit the fifty boards first. ”

His voice fell. Luo Tongzhi was sentenced by Yang Tong like a dead dog, and several officials dragged him out together. Yang Tongju ruthlessly took off the pants of this former official. His white buttocks were exposed, and he was pressed to the ground in full view of everyone, and the execution began in public by the four officials.

The four officials looked like veterans of execution, and they did have some means, every time they beat down with a cane, Luo Tongzhi always had a splash of blood on his white and tender buttocks. Luo Tong Zhihai screamed, the hungry people onlookers cheered, and then went down with a cane, and there was another bloody flower, a scream of killing pigs and a cheer. Before he could beat the five sticks, Luo Tongzhi, who was running wildly with tears and snot, fainted in pain.

Immediately, he was woken up by the wolf-like servants splashed with cold water. Let him continue to be tortured while he is sober...... finally waited until the fifty canes were finished, Luo Tongzhi's buttocks and thighs were already a blur of flesh and blood, and the person was also in pain to death, fainting several times. But the four officials showed no mercy, grabbed his limbs and threw them into the sky, fell to the ground heavily, and woke up Luo Tongzhi, who had fainted, and crawled on the ground with tears streaming into tears.

Only then did Yang Tong judge him bow his hand to Young Master Zhang and said, "General Qiyu, the execution is complete, please ask the general to examine the sentence." ”

"Okay, drag him down." Guo Chengsi nodded, and said to the hungry people who were waiting for good news: "Now General Ben wants to re-examine the standards of the porridge factory. Someone's coming! Make a fire and cook porridge. ”

As soon as his voice fell, the governor of the prefecture hurriedly commanded the officials to bring out a large amount of firewood and rice bags, and set up more than a dozen huge iron pots at the entrance of the yamen. In full view of everyone, Guo Chengsi ordered someone to pour a large amount of white rice into the boiling hot water, and slowly, a rich rice fragrance wafted out.

Seeing that the thick white rice porridge in the pot was gradually boiling, Guo Chengsi took out a pair of bamboo chopsticks and inserted them into it, and shouted: "In the future, every pot of porridge must be standing up, and the servant who is responsible for boiling the porridge will fall to the ground." Yang Tongju, the rest of the disaster relief matters, this general will be fully responsible for you. If one more starves to death, wash your neck and wait for the road! ”

"Yes, the subordinate obeys." Yang Tongju didn't dare to refuse, so he could only agree to it.

Guo Chengsi changed his words, and said with a smile: "Of course, if you do a good job, in front of the emperor, General Ben will also make a credit for you." ”

Yang Tongju's eyes lit up immediately, he knew that there were a lot of vacant positions in the prefect's yamen at present, if he really did this errand well and showed his face in front of the emperor, there would be no problem at all for the little one to go to the next level. He immediately arched his hand and replied loudly and respectfully: "The general has an order, how dare the subordinate disobey." When the hungry people saw this, they immediately began to cheer.

Finally settled the hungry people, Guo Chengsi retreated to the yamen with all the talents.

After Yang Yuanyi sat down, he still said with palpitations: "General Wu Xian is so ruthless, he is not afraid of causing public anger when he kills troublemakers on the street. ”

Guo Chengsi smiled slightly, picked up the already cold tea on the desk, took a sip, and then said slowly: "Who said I killed them." ”

Yang Yuanyi was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't they all get arrows?" ”

Guo Chengsi smiled indifferently: "General Ben will not let them die, if they die, wouldn't there be no way to point out the culprits who are hiding behind their backs and fanning the flames and directing the trouble." ”

After listening to this, everyone present praised Guo Chengsi for his strategic planning and command. As for what is going on in their minds, no one knows.

However, Yang Tongju looked a little uneasy, Guo Chengsi smiled slightly when he saw this, and said, "Yang Tongju is worried about the problem of food?" ”

Yang Tongju smiled bitterly and said: "General Mingjian, the lower officials are willing to do some practical things for the hungry people, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!" Now there are only 50,000 stone of grain and grass left in the granary of the official government, and seeing that the fire in the Li family's granary has been burning for so long, and the water dragon team has not been saved, it can be seen that the grain of 150,000 stone must not be saved. General, could you please teach the subordinate what to do next? ”

After a pause, he rubbed his fingers again, licked his face and said cheekily: "Otherwise, the general simply dialed some from the military rations to relieve my urgent need." ”

"Nonsense, military rations are also what you can mess with?" Yang Yuanyi didn't wait for Guo Chengsi to speak, he frowned and scolded first. Seeing that Yang Tongjuan's face fell, Guo Chengsi smiled slightly and comforted: "Don't worry, General Ben will definitely find you enough food." ”

Juchong closed the south gate, the gate was closed, and the three teams of soldiers who were originally guarding the city gate had been taken away from two teams to help put out the fire, and the remaining team of soldiers also knew that the hungry people in the city were making trouble, and they were in a time of chaos and sensitivity at this moment. They didn't dare to slack off, and their eyes widened vigilantly, and they didn't dare to let go of any clues.

In the distance, there was a sudden sound of "squeak" wheels rolling. Soon, a long procession of mule carts appeared in front of them. The captain in charge of the security of the city gate immediately shouted: "Stop, there is curfew now, the city gate has long been closed, and no one can enter or leave." Go back. ”

The mule cart team was led by a middle-aged man who was black and thin. He wore a brown brocade robe and a fur hat inlaid with jade. With a grin, a large shiny gold tooth was revealed.

The big golden tooth said with a smiling face: "The official has worked hard, we are from the Maji Pharmacy, and the mule carts are full of some purchased medicinal materials and leather goods, which will be transported to Chang'an City to be sold." Because there are more goods, it took most of the day to load the truck, and it was delayed. However, I have here the customs clearance document issued by the prefect's yamen, stamped with a big seal, and I ask you brothers to make it convenient for us to go out of the city. With that, he quietly handed over two ingots of silver.

The captain did not take his money, but said vigilantly: "Since there is a customs clearance document from the government, why rush at this time, trouble the shopkeeper to wait until dawn to go out!" ”

"That's not good, if you really have to wait until dawn, our boss should curse. Official, you are doing well. Seeing that the captain did not compromise, the big golden tooth took out two more ingots of silver from his bosom and handed them over with a smiling face.

These four ingots of silver add up to twenty taels, and he is really generous. But the captain still didn't buy it, he suddenly pulled out the saber on his waist, and said viciously: "If you can't pass, you can't pass, and if you are verbose, you will be arrested." Get out of here."

The corners of the big golden tooth's eyes twitched unconsciously, and then someone on the city wall asked, "What happened down there?" (To be continued.) )