Chapter 70: The Hungry Are Crazy
After Xu Maogong came, he was also taken aback by the scene in front of him. Good guys, the crowd is noisy and shouting like a torrent.
The three of them discussed, and when it came to this kind of fire to burn their eyebrows, it was estimated that the victims would not be able to listen to anything.
Only by directly opening the warehouse and reassuring them with real grain, otherwise once these victims take the lead, it is estimated that the Chang'an Mansion will be torn apart in an instant.
Xu Maogong made a quick decision and ordered the soldiers to open the granary, and directly moved a lot of them to the yamen.
Cheng Biting Jin had a loud voice, so he shouted to the victims: "Folks, listen, the emperor has already issued an order to distribute food to everyone, so please don't worry." ”
Cheng Yanjin said as he picked up a bag of grain and opened it for everyone to see.
Hearing Cheng Biting Jin's loud voice, the noisy crowd finally quieted down.
"Don't mess around, everyone, line up! Register one by one to receive food, and if anyone makes trouble, they will be arrested and locked up tightly. Cheng Yanjin shouted and ordered everyone to line up.
In order to give everyone confidence, Cheng Yanjin stood on the grain truck and shouted: "Folks, I am Cheng Yanjin, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I have opened a warehouse for everyone to release grain, please don't rob it." ”
Not to mention, Cheng Yanjin's reputation is very good, because everyone knows that Cheng Yanjin is a very righteous person, and Cheng Yanjin's hometown is also from Shandong.
Shandong people are still quite convinced of Cheng Yanjin, which is one of the reasons why Cheng Yanjin took the initiative to invite Ying to come, because he also did not want his hometown to conflict with the imperial court.
Seeing that the matter was about to settle down, as long as the grain was released as agreed, the matter should be over, but Cheng Yanjin and the others never expected that there would be chaos at this critical moment.
I saw that a few big men suddenly appeared in the crowd and shouted loudly: "Folks, don't believe their nonsense, the imperial court has no extra food at all now, and the cars are all fake, only the pockets are covered with a layer of grain, and the bottom is sand." ”
This voice was like a bomb thrown into the oil pot, and the scene became chaotic again.
Xu Maogong saw that it was bad, and there must be an enemy spy who deliberately provoked trouble.
Looking at the angry people, Cheng Yanjin, Xu Maogong and others really didn't have any good way for a while, they couldn't let the soldiers really fight with the people with knives and guns, right?
"Folks, don't plant the enemy's conspiracy, these people must be specially engaged in sabotage, I don't believe you to see if these people are all strangers, there are no fellow villagers at all." Cheng gritted his teeth and shouted.
I heard that the destruction was bad, but I didn't expect Cheng Yanjin to come to such a hand, this guy who looks big on weekdays is actually thick and fine, and it is very difficult.
So they stopped shouting and quietly hid in the crowd, so that although the situation was temporarily controlled, it left hidden dangers. Because no one knows when these people will incite the victims to riot again.
Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin, and Yang Zhi registered and distributed food with the soldiers, while investigating the spies hiding in the crowd.
But these people are so good at makeup that they can't tell anything from their appearances.
At this moment, Xu Maogong suddenly came up with an idea, since the spies were hiding among the victims, it would be clear if they tried it with the added grain.
"Old Cheng, you let people ...... like this," Xu Maogong leaned on Cheng Yanjin's ear and quietly commanded.
"Can you really catch those nasty spies?" Cheng Yanjin was confused.
"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to do what I say, and then the credit will be all yours." Xu Maogong sold it and did not explain in detail.
Cheng Yanjin was familiar with Xu Maogong's temper, and knew that no one could ask if he didn't say it, so he had to order someone to go down to prepare according to Xu Maogong's instructions.
After a while, I saw Cheng Yanjin let the soldiers bring a few cauldrons, directly lit a fire on the spot, and cooked porridge.
The fire was boiling, and the water in the pot was boiling quickly, and Xu Maogong asked people to put the prepared rice into the pot and boil it.
Dry wood blazing, and it didn't take long for the porridge to cook. Xu Maogong asked people to distribute rice porridge to the victims one by one.
With the porridge to drink, everyone was very happy, and now they all obediently lined up. Everyone, you have a bowl, I have a bowl, and soon all the victims will be distributed.
Only then did Xu Maogong give an order to Cheng Yanjin on the side: "Old Cheng, prepare for people to catch the spies who are mixed in the crowd." ”
"Xu Laodao, how do you say to catch it?" Cheng Yanjin asked.
"Later, if you stand on a high place and look down, if any of the victims drink porridge, but the expression on his face is not a little uncomfortable, it must be a spy, and people will be arrested immediately." Xu Maogong said with a smile.
Cheng Yanjin stood on a high place and looked at it, it was really a little strange, everyone's expressions when they drank porridge were a little strange, but there were a few men, and there was no superfluous reaction when they ate it.
Cheng Yanjin immediately asked several men to be arrested. A search of them revealed a wolf mark.
However, before Cheng Yanjin began to interrogate these people, these people all foamed at the mouth and died.
It turned out that these people were all dead soldiers sent by the Turks, and when they saw that their identities were revealed, they committed suicide by taking poison.
"Xu Laodao, it's really you, tell me Lao Cheng how did you know that these people are spies mixed with the victims?"
"Haha...... I knew you would definitely ask." Xu Maogong laughed and told the cause and effect of the matter. Only then did Cheng Yanjin understand that Xu Maogong had added a particularly bitter thing to the porridge.
Although the victims had to drink the porridge because of hunger, they did not have special training like spies, and the expressions on their faces were naturally not hidden.
But these specially trained spies are different, in order not to let people see the flaws, although they pretend not to eat for a long time, but it is precisely because of their excessive performance that they just expose themselves.
A disaster was resolved, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin, and Yang Zhi were all relieved, and finally there was no big mess.
With food, the mood of the victims stabilized, and Xu Maogong asked the soldiers to carefully count the victims, and then divided them into several groups and resettled them separately.
In this way, they can be separated, which is not only convenient for management, but also can better accommodate them.
I have to say that Xu Maogong's wisdom is still very not weak, and he can come up with a lot of ways at such a time, and he is worthy of being the god of war in the Tang Dynasty.
A team of 100 people, managed separately, and placed them in different places. In this way, even if they wanted to make trouble again, the soldiers could easily suppress them, and they would not be allowed to gather on a large scale as they did today.
(End of chapter)