Chapter 513: The Fierce Year and the Hungry Year Are Difficult
"What locusts, crabs, weasels, whatever flies in the sky and walks on the earth, as long as they are not people, they have become our food. I've eaten up all the stuff in the field, hey. Cai Wei pointed to the distance, and Qiao An saw that the riverbed of the moat was exposed inch by inch.
There was a group of people catching fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, probably something to gain, a fisherman smiled and raised a catfish, "Queen, this is what we caught for you and the red lady, you should eat something good to protect your family and defend the country." ”
"Hey!" Sister Hong said: "Qiao An, you can eat, where can we eat." Qiao An saw that Sister Hong was secretly wiping away her tears, but Jiang Guo and Zhongjing are different after all, although Jiang Guo also tried his best, but the people were conscious.
Even if they are hungry, they are still queuing, even if they have not eaten enough for many days, they still only have a spoonful of stick noodle porridge, and they resolutely don't want more.
Seeing this, Joan's straightness was also sour.
"Mobilize again, see if there are any rich households or anything, let them take out their own grain, and when the fierce year and hunger years have passed, the court will give them double the reward, I," Qiao Anxin was anxious, "I'll think of a way to go." ”
"Joan!" Seeing that Qiao An was leaving, Sister Hong took out a piece of sauced beef from her sleeve, "This is for you, that's it." And he said: "And this, the gluttonous worm has come up, and it tastes different." ”
When Qiao An saw it, it was actually a string of grasshoppers, Qiao An was a little difficult to swallow, and sighed, "No!" Sister, you keep these first! After all, we still have an inn in Zhongjing, and the food in it can last for a while. ”
Sister Hong believed it.
In fact, how did she know that Shen Qiaoan was a selfless person, and at the first moment of the arrival of natural and man-made disasters, she and General Cheng distributed the food, so that everyone was crying out for hunger and cold.
Even the horses are weak, they walk for two hours on weekdays, but today they have walked for more than half a day, after Qiao An arrived in Zhongjing, he watched a group of people go towards Qixiamen.
From a distance, the group of people was like a foul river, they poured into the imperial capital, which was equivalent to entering the mouth of a wild beast, and Qiao An saw the ground full of hunger along the way, and the seedlings in the field had already been eaten.
She was also dizzy, and after returning to the inn, General Cheng asked people to make oatmeal porridge, and Qiao An got better after eating it, and General Cheng said: "You will clench your teeth and be unconscious when you come back, you really want to scare me to death." ”
Joan smiled weakly, not even thinking of joking.
"Brother Zhongxuan, have you contacted him? How is he? At the moment of crisis, he was always the first name that popped up between her lips and teeth, and General Cheng smiled with relief when he heard this.
"Or where do you think our oats come from? His situation is much better than ours, people are in the bandits' den, you don't know yet, eat meat! Chunks of drinking! And Hongyu's little lady warm quilt! ”
"What, what nest?" Joan was stunned and frowned.
General Cheng regretted his words and gave himself a mouthful, "I'm talking nonsense, but anyway, his situation is better than ours." ”
Qiao An nodded, what to continue to say, she suddenly heard a noise outside, she has been sleeping relatively light for many years, but all kinds of noises can be caught at the first time, she forced her body, and asked, "What's going on outside?" ”
General Cheng pushed open the window and saw a group of people outside holding sticks and other weapons towards the Qinglong Gate, "This group of people has been making trouble all day long, the ghost knows what they are messing about, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, if I am old and troublesome, I will make a fuss!" ”
Qiao An looked closer to the window and found that a group of people on the long street were holding various instruments and heading towards Zihua City, and they were menacing. The two people who took the lead were young, and the two of them painted their eyebrows with red oil paint, Shen Qiaoan saw this and said, "Is it the Red Eyebrow Army?" ”
"Tsk, do you want to go and see?" General Cheng was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and Qiao An was afraid that the personal safety of the people would be involved after the riot, although he was a little dizzy, he still nodded.
"You can harness the horse, let's go and have a look." Joan looked at the general.
"You're too worried about the country and the people, okay, let's go." General Cheng set his horse and approached Zihua City, he dared to say that now even if someone knows their identity and ignores them, the biggest disaster facing the emperor is no longer the hatred of the country and the family, but the natural and man-made disasters.
General Cheng and Qiao An followed behind everyone, and they arrived at Zihua City, which was a thick and long line at first, but after the towering city walls of Zihua City appeared in front of everyone, many people slipped away.
At first, they thought that this was just a protest march, but at this moment, they suddenly felt that the atmosphere was too delicate and the situation was too tense, and this group of people really wanted to go to Zhongjing to reason with the emperor.
"Brothers, don't run away, go to Zhongjing with me, and ask the emperor if he cares about me."
"Yes, don't be afraid! The court will give us justice! The two sang and harmonized, and Shen Qiaoan saw a few more people fleeing behind them, and she was angry.
"Why don't people fight at critical moments."
"Do you think everyone is you and me? We can do whatever we want without worry, they are different, some of their family members are still officials in the imperial city, everyone takes care of children and mothers, who dares to risk death to make trouble? General Cheng's words were reasonable, and Shen Qiaoan was sad.
"This uprising is going to fail!" Qiao An said: "Lao Cheng, don't join in the fun, let's let them go where they come from." ”
"This group of excited, you go, I don't go!" General Cheng sighed repeatedly, and Shen Qiaoan had nothing to do but stare at it.
Seeing that he had arrived at the Qinglong Gate, the brocade guards on the city gate were sitting in danger, and they didn't seem to care about the troublemakers under the city gate at all.
"Hey! This is Zihua City, you have now broken into Fengtian Street, don't you want to die? The leader of the brocade guards stood up and stood at the head of the city, and the red sa of the main palace looked like a burning flame.
"What Zihua City is not Zihua City, the emperor doesn't care about the drought and flood."
"Fuck off! Otherwise, Lord Ben, "This person still wants to threaten, everyone has already smashed open the Qinglong Gate together, and in this way, the inside is completely chaotic.
General Cheng laughed, "Look, the dog officers are about to escape." "The so-called law does not blame the public, such a group of people broke into the Qinglong Gate, the soldiers will not be able to react for a while, and after a long time, an adult will come out.
The lord was at the head of the city, tidied up his clothes, "Spread the word of the Son of Heaven," this person said this, and the wine glass and the red eyebrows shot an arrow, and the big head fell downward. The soldiers were all shocked and changed color when they saw this, and immediately reorganized their soldiers and horses.
The Red Eyebrow Army entered the Qinglong Gate, and if they left, they were about to enter Zihua City, and the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army raised his arms and shouted, "Everyone, wait here!" The crowd died down.
Just now, they had been victorious, and for this small victory, everyone was smiling, and their eyebrows were fluttering, because they had not seen any sound in the city gate for a long time, and they thought that the court had sent them a plea for compromise.
In the Qiankun Palace, Zhang Chang pushed away the desk irritably, and said angrily: "What! The Red Eyebrow Army brought the hungry people to Zihua City? ”
"They threatened to face you!" A eunuch lowered his voice.
"Can I get out?" Zhang Ran was a little scared, but after thinking for a while, Huo Ran got up, "No!" I must get out. ”
A quarter of an hour later, the conditions collapsed, the locust-like arrows on the city were shot down, the Red Eyebrow army was killed and wounded countless times, the leader was a well-trained man, the two of them were surging, grabbed the ladder and went up to the city tower, and everyone was beaten and cried for their father.
"Help them!" Joan was a little impulsive.
"Don't be rash." The most excited person on weekdays seemed to be extremely calm today, and he was still persuading Qiao An, Shen Qiao An squinted at General Cheng, "Why don't you help?" ”
"Don't use your mantis arm as a car!" General Cheng pulled Qiao An away from the danger, "You and I just watch from the wall, let's go." ”
Half an hour later, the Red Eyebrow army was defeated, and the rebellious team was slaughtered in scattered pieces, which was unbearable to see.
General Cheng is naturally a jealous and hateful person, but General Cheng has experienced more dangers, and his adaptability is not the same, and he is not as impulsive as before at this moment.
"Don't act rashly!" General Cheng continued to remind, Shen Qiao'an could only nod, the two of them saw the city gate open, Zhang Shu stood on the city tower, and said coldly: "Take it for me, quickly!" ”
The rebel army was only two or three hundred people, and most of them were civilians, and the two leading guards were captured as soon as they went up to the city tower. The rest of the people ran suddenly, and they didn't run to the second light gate, they had been caught!
"Take them down! Rewards! "On the tower of the city, a eunuch Liu opened his and roared at the soldiers.
The sound excited the soldiers, and in a moment they had taken down all the rebels.
"What to do? Still don't care? "Shen Qiaoan really wants to help them, but where is she capable? No! She didn't even have the strength.
"Let them go one after another, don't be in a hurry!" Cheng General said, his voice desolate and tired.
A quarter of an hour later, a big black wolf dog and a plucked old rooster were left on the castle tower, and the crowd of onlookers downstairs was amazed.
Shen Qiaoan saw that the soldiers had retreated to the city tower, and immediately felt safe, she also mixed in with the hungry people, the dog was convulsive, the blood in his facial features splashed out, and the eyeballs in his eye sockets flew not far away, looking hideous and terrifying.
The old rooster was already dead, and the blood flowed out from under the old rooster's body like a black earthworm, and although the people were hungry, no one dared to take the old rooster and the black dog to eat.
"What does that mean?" General Cheng was ignorant when he should be smart, and smart when he should be stupid, which happened to be the opposite of Qiao An.
Qiao An said: "This is the meaning of the chicken and the dog. ”
When everyone heard the sound, they suddenly realized. Then there was a sound on the city tower, everyone looked up, there were a lot of gallows erected on the city tower, Qiao An had long heard that the torture of the criminal department was innumerable, and today I saw the legendary "gallows"!
The gallows was in fact a bed that could stand up, and in the middle of the board was a hole with a lasso in it.
Then, there were soldiers on the city tower blowing the horn, and after the sound of "hmm" was finished, the eunuch who was holding the ups and downs still appeared, "Ladies and gentlemen, since ancient times, the king has been the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife, this is the number of days, and it is also the will of heaven!" It's the greasy taste of doing human work, and you have to ask for your own hardship! ”
"Today, my emperor has an order, the Red Eyebrow Army intends to rebel, and now it has been taken, and it should be killed as an example!" He stomped on the arm of a captive, who let out a cry of grief and passed out.
Then, several people had been strangled to death on the gallows on the left and right, and in the middle of the city gate, someone tied up the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army and let the two show the public.
They weren't as lucky as the dead ghosts on the gallows, who were strangled to death at once, but they needed to hang themselves at the gates for a long time!
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