Chapter 116: Cangzhou Trip [Fifteen]
The fourth day of October.
The wind and snow that have lasted for many days have not stopped.
Although it has not been large, the savings accumulated in the past ten days have already filled the city.
On the morning of this day, a group of three horsemen trekked hard in the snow, and saw a city in front of them, and the knight at the head couldn't help but take off his mask, exhaling with a hot breath and scolding: "Special mother, this Cangzhou City can be regarded as here!" β
As he spoke, he deliberately whipped his horse.
"Feng Xieshou come slowly!"
"The snow here is very thick, don't dare to run wild!"
The two knights on the left and right hurriedly dissuaded, Feng You barely suppressed the urgency in his heart, turned around and shouted: "Lao Su, you go back and report to Master Zhang, I will take Shen Dao'er into the city first, and give the brothers a few hot tables!" β
The knight surnamed Su answered on his horse, turned the reins and turned back.
Feng You and Shen Dao'er continued to drive their horses forward.
But seeing that the city gate was in sight, the eagerness on Feng You's face gradually turned suspicious, and he put his hand on the pergola and looked at it, and said: "I'm a mother, what kind of habit is this Cangzhou?" On a cold day, why do you run outside the city to suffer from the cold? β
Shen Dao'er next to him had better eyesight, and couldn't help but be surprised: "These are all rich people!" But even if you come out to enjoy the snow, there's no need to drag your family like this, right? β
As he spoke, he asked Feng You for instructions: "Lord Feng, why don't I go over and inquire?" β
"Hmmm......"
Feng You hesitated, shook his head and said, "It's better to go to the Yamen to see Wang Shoubei first, and then inquire about it will be the same." β
The two of them made up their minds and drove forward again.
When they arrived at the city gate, they found that there was not even a soldier guarding the gate.
Looking at the street, there are even fewer people in all industries.
Some houses on both sides of the street even nailed their doors and windows shut, looking like they were dead and did not interact with the outside world.
Walking on such a lonely street, Feng You's expressions gradually became solemn.
It's clear that this is not normal.
And they came here for a strange thing.
Don't......
Is that really what happened?
It's not that any cannibal officials and zombie scribes have been taken down by Wang Garrison early in the morning, and now there is only one official seal left.
That boxy thing with no head and no tail, can it be stronger than a zombie?
Feng Youzheng was puzzled, and suddenly heard Shen Dao'er pointing to the left and shouting, "Lord Feng, look over there!" β
Feng You obeyed what he was expecting, and immediately gasped.
I saw that in a small alley on the left, it was densely filled with spirit flags.
This posture ......
I'm afraid that all the people in the alley are dead, right?!
Feng You subconsciously grabbed the reins, and was hesitating to dismount to ask what was going on, when he suddenly heard a shout from the wind and snow: "It's the people from the Shanhai Prison in front?!" β
Feng You took advantage of the situation and saw that there were several people on the corner of the street, one foot deep and one foot shallow, rushing towards this side, planting a few heels in the middle, getting up and continuing to run forward.
Feng You hesitated slightly, and also urged the horse to meet him.
It wasn't until he was far away from Zhang Xu that he saw clearly that the person who was the leader was Lu Tai, the secretary of Jiupin who followed Wang Shouye south.
However, this can't be blamed on Feng You's clumsiness, in fact, when he set out from Shanhai Prison, this secretary from the criminal department was a handsome and dignified person.
At this time, he was red-eyed and withered, like a hungry and full refugee.
"Secretary Lu?!"
Feng You exclaimed in surprise and turned over and got off his horse, looked at Lu Taihu and asked, "How did you get this?" Could it be that something has happened in the past few days? β
"Alas~"
Lu Tai let out a long sigh, then grabbed Feng You's wrist with his backhand, and asked fiercely, "What about the Buddha's light relics?" Did you bring it?! β
"Naturally, I brought it, but in the car behind, it is estimated that in half an hour, it will be time to enter the city."
"That's good, that's good."
Lu Tai breathed a sigh of relief, blinking his red eyes, and almost burst into tears.
"Secretary Lu, this ...... What the hell is going on here? β
"Well, it's a long story."
Lu Tai sighed again, pointed sideways to the corner and said, "Let's talk while walking." β
As he spoke, he raised his voice and ordered: "Quick, go to the yamen and invite the garrison out!" β
However, the guards in the back, you look at me, I look at you, but none of them are willing to move.
Lu Tai stomped his feet angrily and scolded: "Didn't the official let you go in to find it, didn't you dare to shout a few times across the wall?!" β
Only then did the two guards turn and run towards the way they came.
Lu Tai gasped and calmed down, squeezed out a smile and made a gesture to Feng You to come with me.
And when Feng You saw Fang Cai's scene, he became more and more puzzled.
The internal guards are also okay, the outer guards are all the elite of the army who have been transferred, and they are all brave and good at fighting, how can they become so timid and timid after only a few days?
Therefore, after walking side by side with Lu Tai, he couldn't help but ask again.
Lu Tai didn't have a reason to deceive him, and now he will tell the story of what happened in the past few days.
The crowd arrived at Cangzhou Mansion on September 29, and then triggered a series of events.
The next morning, Wang Shoubei ordered people to find more than a dozen prisoners from the Cangzhou prison - there were actually few felons among them, after all, the autumn death had just been executed not long ago, but he couldn't care about anything for a while.
In short, these prisoners, driven and induced by the officials, searched the yamen for most of the day, and it was only in the afternoon of this day that they finally met the official seal and broke the two prisoners alive.
The rest fled in a hurry, no matter how coercive and tempting they were, they refused to step into the yamen half a step further.
After inquiring about the scene at that time, the king did not force them to go in and die in vain, but placed them near the southeast corner gate.
However, after nightfall, there was nothing to do in the prison camp, but the official seal quietly touched the tent of the king's guard.
Thanks to the king's vigilance and early order Yizi to prepare a heavy hammer to defend himself, not only did he not let the official seal succeed, but took advantage of the situation to hammer and flatten its seal.
When this was announced, all the officials of the city rejoiced.
Those who have a little strength have also changed their heavy blades, and they want to draw gourds in the same way.
But who would have thought that this would lead to an even greater tragedy!
Dawn the next day.
Tongzhi Xiang Wenshan's favorite concubine was suddenly squeezed out of bed in her sleep, got up in a daze, and wanted to complain a few words, but was shocked to find that Xiang Wenshan's body was stretched to a round, straight to the sow that had been pregnant for several months!
The next moment, Xiang Wenshan burst like a balloon, and flesh and bones splashed everywhere.
On the morning of the same day, the two servants who went to Xiaojie together were found dead in the toilet, their bodies twisted together, and their feet were stretched to a length of feet.
At noon on the same day, a guard from the Shanhai Prison was found crawling in the snow, with a slightly open mouth and a sheathed knife in his mouthβafter examination, he found that the embroidered spring knife he was wearing was swallowed whole into his stomach.
But no one can think of how it swallowed it.
In the evening of the same day, more than one person witnessed the succession of the head of the prison unit soaring higher and higher, and has not been lowered since.
At this point, everyone came to the same conclusion: after the official seal was hammered and flattened, it was aroused to be ferocious!
At that time, people were panicked, and some people proposed to temporarily withdraw from the city first, and wait until the support of the capital arrived, and then it would not be too late to deal with the official seal essence.
Under pressure, Wang Shouye had to agree to this proposal.
It's night.
Thirty-eight people from six families in the city died, including six children under the age of five.
The city was in turmoil for a while, and many people with their children and daughters wanted to flee from the city.
But at this time, the snow has been falling for eight days and eight nights, and if there is a place to stay and settle down, if you really want to sleep in the wilderness, those who die outside the city are several times more than those who die in the city!
Wang Shouye tossed and turned, and after most of the day's struggle, he finally resolutely returned to the city, ready to continue to deal with the official seal!
However, this decision was unanimously opposed by Cangzhou officials.
Ma Xingyi did not hesitate to meet Wang Shouye for this reason, and finally died under Li Rusong's hammer.
But even if he chose to kill monkeys and make an example of chickens, he still couldn't stop the Cangzhou officials from scattering and fleeing.
At the same time, Ge Changfeng, two internal guards and one external guard, also disappeared in the chaos.
By the evening of the second day of October, there were only six Cangzhou officials who followed Wang Shouye and stayed in the city.
"From the night of the second year of junior high school to last night, five more died, and four of them were from our Shanhai Prison."
Lu Tai sighed helplessly: "It's also a shame that you are here today, and it will be half a day at night, and it is estimated that the rest of the people will also flee at night." β
Speaking of this, he suddenly found that Feng You had fallen behind him, and when he turned his head suspiciously, he saw that this Feng Xieshou was already two people who were fighting.
"Feng Xieshou, you shouldn't ......"
"Ahem!"
Feng You interrupted him with a dry cough, and changed the subject: "Since it is so dangerous, how can I listen to your intentions, Wang Shoubei is still in that yamen now?" β
Speaking of this, Lu Tai's face added some brilliance, and he arched his hand in the direction of the yamen, and said with admiration: "The garrison is benevolent and righteous, and for the safety of the people and his subordinates, he will not hesitate to take the risk and take the initiative to find that monster to fight the male!" β
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Cangzhou Prefecture backyard.
"Sneeze, sneeze!"
Wang Shouye was leading Zhao Hongyu and Li Rusong, patrolling back and forth in the open area, cold and itchy, and sneezed twice in a row.
There are three layers here and three layers outside, so it shouldn't be cold?
Don't......
Did someone realize that after he resisted the official seal that day and was not affected, the official seal essence avoided himself?
Alas~
He didn't want to hide it if he could.
In fact, Wang Shouye only gradually became aware of this incident after returning to the city.
At that time, he also hesitated to simply pick out this matter.
But the problem is that he can only protect a small number of people around him, and if he shelters the officials around him, there will be several times, or even more than ten times the number of people.
There will be many women and children among them......
After thinking about it, he could only promise to those who died, 'Your wife and daughter, I will raise them'.
"Sir!"
At this moment, Hongyu suddenly grabbed him, raised his delicate chin and said, "Listen, I still want someone to shout outside." β
Shouting?
Wang Shouye listened attentively for a moment, suddenly jumped three feet high, and couldn't help but scold: "Special mother, you can be regarded as looking forward to the Buddha's light relic!" β