The line between the poor and the hungry is blurred, and in the case of dispersion, the ant people may starve to death in various dark corners, and their corpses may arouse the sympathy of some witnesses, but since such information is not transmitted on a large scale and continuously, the impact will not be significant. But if these poor people were to gather, even in a state of happiness such as grassroots eating, it would be quite dangerous.

In the past few days, the atmosphere in Raoping has suddenly become tense, because the county seat and the poor people around the county town have suddenly increased. The number of poor people doubled in a matter of days, not because someone in the city suddenly became poorer, but because the poor in the surrounding townships—even in neighboring states and counties—poured in! Why is this so? Lin Zhixian couldn't help jumping with anger when he inquired! It turned out that I don't know when there were rumors that the county government of Raoping County was sending rice! This rumor spread so true that even the unemployed people in nearby states and counties have a yearning for Raoping County!

"'Bastard'! What the hell is going on! Check it out! ”

Lin Zhixian roared at the officials, at this time there were thousands of displaced people gathered in the county, and most of them were dangling near the county office, due to the sudden increase in the unemployed population, it also caused a huge impact on the local unemployed such as beggars, so that some local unemployed people who could have been able to make a living by begging also became restless! Lin Zhixian had sent officials to drive away and admonish, but the number of officials was too small compared to the number of displaced people, and a dozen mouths could not explain things clearly to thousands of groggy homeless people! What's more, the official said it here, and the rumors came out again! The officials said it was complicated, but the rumors were simple: tomorrow there will be rice pies!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow after tomorrow! It was a day that was always within reach and never came. However, some hungry and dizzy homeless people are still willing to believe good news rather than bad news, because the occasional words from the crowd come out: "The court will not leave us alone!" "The court won't let us starve to death!"

Yes, when the Son of Heaven is in power, he can't starve people to death in a place like the 'Chao' Shantou Plain, which is known as the land of fish and rice in peacetime, right?

Lin Zhixian once thought of really coming to a relief and setting up a porridge field for a few days, but the warden's words scared him back: "Master, do you really want to attract the displaced people from the 'Chao' state capital and even Fujian?" "The warden thinks that the current year is actually so hungry that people are hungry at most, and they can't starve to death, and those people outside are simply unreasonable, don't pay attention to it, and when they are so hungry that they can't stand it, they will naturally disperse.

After some hesitation, Lin Zhixian posted a notice stating that there was no such thing! But the notice was posted a little late, and several homeless people rushed up to tear it up, shouting, "We are all dying of hunger!" Could it be that the imperial court just doesn't care about us! The servants were furious and rushed up to detain them, but the homeless people struggled vigorously, and some people in the crowd shouted: "The official has beaten people!" The official is going to kill someone! ”

Seeing the crowd surging and the crowd feeling turbulent, those officials did not dare to make a mistake, and quickly let people go back to the ya'men.

At dusk on this day, new rumors began to spread: the Son of Heaven had ordered all the affected states and counties to send rice for three days, and Raoping had a bad year this year, and there were bandits and pirates who were troubled, so he was also among the favor of the Holy Grace. But why hasn't the county magistrate sent rice until now? Some people say that it is the villain next to the county master! Some people even say that the county magistrate is greedy for this money! When the news came out, the crowd was surging, but the county government's big 'door' was closed, and the homeless people had no place to vent, so they had to curse a few times.

But the next day, things changed again! A group of villagers dressed in linen carried the coffin and went straight to the county office, shouting that they had been wronged. Someone in the crowd had a bad idea and said, "We might as well follow them, and when the case is tried, we will be able to see the magistrate, and then we can ask him why he didn't send rice." "The people around listened to it and applauded, dozens of homeless people took the lead behind the coffin, and hundreds of homeless people saw that a group of people were walking towards the county government and followed, hundreds of people followed by thousands of people, in fact, most of the people did not know why, just from the group, when the coffin stopped at the 'gate' of the county government, the entire county government was almost surrounded by people.

When the officials guarding the 'door' saw it, where did they dare to show the billboard? shouted to the people who shouted grievances: "The master will not take the case today!" Come back another day! ”

The group of people cried, and a man led by him cried: "Today is the announcement day, the master has been in office for almost two years, except for the first month, every month and this day are announced, why not today?" Is it because we sued his relatives, so he refused to take it! Then he screamed to the heavens and the earth.

A good homeless person asked them what their grievances were, and they said, "I know, that's the Hun family of Wushiwei Zhang Zhudian!" I heard that this 'woman' was killed, but the pretending in the county government did something and insisted that she had drowned by stumbling, and she was not allowed to file a case! ”

Another humane: "Yes, yes, they were still offering a reward for the real murderer a few days ago, and I don't know if they have been caught." ”

Another human: "Where is it possible to catch it?" I don't want to think about it, can the people who can buy through the work and make the county lord favoritic, have no power? It's probably not going to be done! ”

But someone else said: "Who said that the real murderer was not obtained?" I heard that the real culprit has been found a long time ago! And it's in the county office! ”

"Ahh Someone asked, "Who is that?" ”

"Shhhh

After a few whispers, there was an explosion: "Won't it?" Is it the cousin of the county master? ”

It didn't take long for these things to be known to everyone, and everyone who heard them was unfair, and someone shouted in the crowd: "Hurry up and start the trial!" Hurry up and start the trial! "Those who don't go to trial are corrupt officials!" "It's a dog officer!" "Angry!"

Although Lin Zhixian couldn't hear what they were shouting clearly, he occasionally floated in a sentence or two to make him guess, called his cousin and reprimanded him, and said, "It's all a good thing you did!" "However, reprimanding is reprimand, if he really wants to kill his relatives in righteousness, he feels that it has not yet reached that point, so he sent people to ride fast horses and go everywhere to mobilize people and horses to come to the Ya'men' love field.

Thousands of people mainly surrounded the front 'gate' of the ya' 'gate', and the back 'gate' was only stared at by some people with good eyes. Oh no! The county magistrate went to transfer troops and wanted to drive us all away! Those who don't leave will be stabbed! ”

Some of the dazed people in the crowd were startled when they heard this, and they wanted to run away quickly, but they said fiercely: "Dog officer! It's really not a human life! "He won't let us live, and we won't let him live!" "Why don't we rush in and ask clearly!" "That's right! Rush in and ask! ”

In the shouting and shouting, thousands of heads were heated up at the same time, and the officials guarding the 'door' turned around and fled when they saw that the situation was not good, and dozens of people in the crowd went to hit the 'door' and climbed the wall. The 'door' couldn't be opened for a while, and a few people climbed into the wall, and after a while, the people who went in ran back to the wall and said, "The county magistrate wants to escape!" Someone in the crowd shouted, "Sure enough, it's a corrupt official!" Why be afraid of us? Why run away? Somebody found a big log out of nowhere, and someone shouted, "Hit the 'door' with this!" ”

After all, this is just a county yada 'gate' rather than the city 'gate', boom boom a few times, the 'door' was knocked open, hundreds of people rushed in, most of them were 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', some people with eyes went to the kitchen, some people with more eyes went to the most richly decorated room, only dozens of people went straight to the county master's location, but heard the news from the 'door': "The county master fled with his family and family!" ”

Zhang Lian 'mixed' in the crowd, and shouted when he heard the words: "Chase! ”

Lin Zhixian took the soft family, although there was a carriage, he couldn't escape quickly, and he was caught up soon after, Zhang Lian shouted behind him: "Leave the murderer!" Otherwise, none will be left! Lin Zhixian panicked when he heard this, and he didn't care about his cousin's kowtow and pleading, but instead took advantage of the situation to push it down.

Dozens of people surrounded him and grabbed him, and without saying a word, he grabbed his hands, and sure enough, his right index finger was missing! Zhang Lian 'touched' a pair of severed fingers stuck to lime from his arms, and sneered: "Sure enough, it's you!" "Regardless of the fact that this lewd man was so frightened that he was so scared that he screamed "no", his ten fingers tightened, and he strangled the person to death, and the probe ran out of breath, so he stabbed a few times in the 'chest' and abdomen to ensure that he was dead, and then said to the two descendants: "Drag it to the moat and throw it!" ”

The two descendants dragged the corpses away, and someone hurriedly came to report, saying that the soldiers and horses transferred by the county had 'pressed' close to the county government, and the people who were involved were rushing here when they saw that the situation was not good! Zhang Lian frowned, and there was news from the west, saying that Wang Si and Wu Ping took advantage of the 'chaos' and 'chaos' in the city to take the treasury and are now moving the red goods!

Zhang Lian was overjoyed and said: "Okay! Let's go and learn with them! "When they arrived at the warehouse, the east 'gate' Qing had packed the silver and red goods into a load, dozens of porters picked up and were about to withdraw, seeing Zhang Lian leading people to meet his face and showing a joy, and seeing Zhang Lian's team followed by a bunch of people and couldn't help frowning, he asked what was going on behind, Zhang Po replied on his behalf: "Some homeless people are running with us, and then there seem to be chasing soldiers from the government behind!" ”

Then Wu Ping, who was opening the road in front, sent someone to report: "The city 'gate' is about to be closed for martial law!" ”

Dongmen' Qing was taken aback, and Zhang Lian said: "What are you afraid of!" Just rush out in one go! Dongmen' Qingdao: "In case there are officers and soldiers in front of us, just rely on our people to rush out like this, the odds of winning are not great!" After a little hesitation, he sent a few people up to the top and shouted in unison: "There is food here!" Let's get it, everyone! "You can hear it from afar! As soon as the news spread, the city's 'chaotic' homeless people rushed over, and when they saw that the big 'door' and 'hole' of the warehouse were open and unguarded, they rushed in like a bee!

The red goods and grain in the warehouse have been transported out by the East Gate Qing first, and the rest are some clumsy goods and coarse grains, but the displaced people are still overjoyed to see it, and a team of officers and soldiers followed, shocked to see this situation, and shouted: "Stealing the grain from the imperial court warehouse is a capital crime!" Don't you all want to die! "Although they are small in number, they have the advantage of having weapons and troops, and the displaced people have neither goal nor courage, so they were dispersed by the officers and soldiers just now, and fled as soon as they were bombarded. Not only did hundreds of people gather around the warehouse and refused to leave, but there was also a steady stream of people coming behind them, the leader of the officers and soldiers drew his sword on the horse and threatened, and the crowd took a long wooden stick out of nowhere and tripped over his mount, and the leader was thrown down in the neighing of the horse, and several homeless people rushed up and stretched out their feet to step on it, and the deputy leader of the officer and army led the crowd to come to the rescue, rushing to the ground again and again. Chaos, that is, dozens of feet stepped on the leader's body, and when the deputy leader of the official army dragged people out, his commander had already been trampled on inappropriately, and it was difficult to live.

"It's the other way around!" Some people in the official army shouted: "Deputy Qianhu was trampled to death by these Diao people!" ”

"Oops, noos, no!" One of the homeless people shouted: "It seems that a military attache has been killed!" ”

In the midst of the 'chaos' and 'chaos', the displaced people gathered inside and outside the warehouse began to break out of this area in several groups, one of which rushed to the market, one rushed back to the county office, and the other rushed to the city 'gate'! Those who arrived first at the warehouse were more or less holding some of their belongings, and those who arrived later at the warehouse left empty-handed. Those who have grabbed things hate to grab too little, and those who haven't grabbed things are even more unwilling to give up! At first, it was only when the shops and buildings broke the 'door', and only when they saw the high walls and courtyards did they fight to enter, and then they didn't care about the high and low walls, shops and houses, as long as they could get in, they went in and looted them! In just half a day, the entire Raoping County was full of wailing and fireworks.

At this time, the east 'gate' Qing has rushed to the vicinity of the city 'gate', their gang looks chaotic on the surface, but in fact it is quite orderly, Wu Ping is in front, the east 'gate' Qing is in the center, Zhang Lian is broken, the person holding the weapon is outside, protecting the porter in the center from being dispersed by the crowd.

At this time, it was not a period of martial law, there were not many guards at the city gate, and the main force of soldiers and horses was attracted by other events in the city, and when they saw hundreds of people running, the city gate official was discouraged, and then saw the reflection of the white 'flower' and 'flower' shining in the crowd seemed to be a blade, and then heard the noisy shouts from the crowd as if they were going to attack the city, and the city 'gate' official shouted "Mom" and fled. Zhang Po and the others cheered, broke up the city guards, opened the city gate, and went to the dock to board the ship, ready to go down the river to the sea.

After stepping on the boat, Dongmenqing said happily: "Okay, okay!" I got on the boat and waited for the sea! I'm not afraid of anything! "I don't know when he began to have a special feeling for the ship, and when his foot touched the plank, like a knight of a hundred battles in the saddle, he naturally felt that he had something to rely on.

Wu Ping pointed his finger twice and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy!" ”

East 'Gate' Qing followed his fingers, only to see that there were two groups of soldiers and horses attacking barely within reach, the number of people was about hundreds, Zhang Lian was still on the shore, only glanced at it, and said: "The group on the left seems to be the officers and soldiers of the nearby guard, and the group on the right should be the village soldiers in the suburbs!" The officers and soldiers are easy to deal with, but the village soldiers are sad! And they're stopping us downstream! ”

Wu Ping said: "It's not difficult to rush over empty, but with so many things...... Hey! Someone again! ”

This time, there was a strong team dressed in a messy 'messy' from the corner to kill, straight to the officers and soldiers rushed over, as soon as the two sides took over, the guards and soldiers collapsed in the wind, and the east 'gate' Qing saw it, and sighed: "I don't want my Emperor Taizu to use to run rampant in the world, and now it has eroded into this appearance!" He added: "This sudden killing, and I don't know if it's a friend or an enemy!" ”

Zhang Lian smiled: "It's a friend!" Get on board! We take care of you on the shore! ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing led the porters, Wu Ping led the sailors, boarded the ship and went downstream, Zhang Lian led his own men and horses to follow along the coast, until the "friends" he said rendezvous, the group of militiamen who were watching saw that the other party was strong and retreated slightly, and did not dare to come forward to intercept.

Seeing this, the east 'gate' Qing asked Wu Pingdao: "Will there be any obstacles ahead?" How long will it take to enter the sea? ”

Wu Ping said: "There should be none." According to such a current, as long as the boat does not capsize, it will enter the sea after walking for half a day! Uncle, they're already waiting at the beach! ”

The east 'gate' rejoiced: "If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about!" He glanced at the shore again, and said in his heart: "I don't know who that guy is!" Zhang Lian really didn't tell all the truth! ”

After walking for two hours, the south suddenly roared and the sound of cannons shook the sky, the east 'gate' of the ship was celebrated, Zhang Lian on the shore was taken aback, Wu Ping's face was worried, and said: "Don't be the sailors of the sea 'gate' and other guards!" If they block the estuary, then no matter how powerful our friends on land are, it will be useless! ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw seven or eight Cangshan boats sailing against the current with oars, Wu Ping jumped onto a ship that did not transport goods, rushed to the forefront with a knife, ready to meet the enemy, and waited until the two fleets approached, and each other's sailors looked at each other but cheered together, it turned out that the seven or eight Cangshan ships were also from South Australia! The person standing at the bow of one of the boats turned out to be Zhou Dafu!

East 'Gate' Qing and Wu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and transferred the ship's leader to question, only to learn that Fang Cai was indeed the sailor of the Hai'men Station, but this time Lin Guoxian and Xu Chaoguang were pouring out of the nest and blocking the Haikou, where did the sailors of the Hai'men Station dare to take risks alone when they had not yet arrived at other guards? So the South Australian crowd fired a few cannons and scared them away! After Lin Guoxian took control of Haikou, he was worried that there would be problems on the side of Dongmenqing Qing, so he sent a fleet that could go upriver to support, and he didn't want to go far to meet the two sides.

Wu Ping said: "We are not afraid of just one sea 'gate', but if the sailors of other guards hear the wind, then it is difficult to say whether the victory or defeat will be said." Can't delay, hurry up and move the goods onto the big ship and leave! ”

Dongmen' Qing pointed to the shore and said, "We have to wait for them!" "Both teams on the shore were foot soldiers, and they were not as fast as the boats in the river, and by this time they were already far behind for a long time.

Zhou Dafu suddenly said: "Son, why don't we get on the boat first, and don't wait for them...... After all, I have already followed your wishes, and I have joined forces with Mr. Shen and taken Shixiacang......"

Wu Ping glanced at him, and then looked at the East Gate Qing to see how he answered, but the East Gate Qing was taken aback after listening to Zhou Dafu's words, and said, "You didn't 'cause' any casualties in Wushiwei, right?" ”

Zhou Dafu hurriedly said: "No, no, we coaxed Zhang Lang, saying that it was Zhang Lian's meaning, and he didn't know whether he was really coaxed by us or originally intended, and he didn't suspect it after hearing it, not only opened the Shixia warehouse for us to move, but also brought the clansmen, and now he is drinking with the owner of the village on the boat!" ”

Dongmenqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If you don't hurt the harmony, that's good, that's good." ”

Zhou Dafu said: "But after all, we did this thing without him, and let him get on the boat, just afraid that we would quarrel!" ”

Dongmen' Qing said: "We have a place to hide from them, but they don't care about us!" Zhang Lian saw that we took the stone warehouse, and he was afraid that he would be unhappy. However, even if we end up arguing, we have to wait for them, and since we are all working together, we should get on the boat together! ”