The whole Yangzhou city gradually quieted down from the noisy and prosperous, the atmosphere seemed very solemn, the people who were about to be pressed by the wind and rain were out of breath, and even the footsteps of walking were very low, for fear of disturbing the inspection on the street and causing unwarranted disasters for themselves.

The next morning, although the drunken fairy building opened as scheduled, but could not see a person who came to eat, the stall vendors on the road were gone, the shops in the market were like the signboards at the door listlessly drooping their heads, the guy stood at the door and looked at the street, there was no longer the prosperous scene of yesterday, and the silence was as suffocating as a ghost town.

A war horse passed through one end of the street and disappeared at the other end of the street, in the direction of the location of the official office, but I don't know what kind of information it will bring to the official office.

Zhen Qian stood at the highest point of the Drunken Immortal Tower and looked at the entire Yangzhou City, he couldn't hear the neighing of war horses and the collision of swords, nor could he hear the sound of fighting coming from the east, and even the firelight that reflected half of the sky last night had disappeared, and everything seemed so calm.

For the people of Yangzhou City, who have long been accustomed to the bustle and noise, these are tantamount to stabbing in their fragile hearts, panicked like frightened rabbits, hiding at home and not daring to go out, praying for the nightmare to end soon.

The official mansion is like a sieve full of loopholes, as long as there is a wind and grass, it will be worn at the first time, and this situation is extremely normal for Tang people who have no sense of secrecy.

A lot of money was scattered, and soon even the breakfast prepared for the officials and lords in the high official office this morning was clear.

Zhan He went to find a few familiar officials early in the morning, and quickly inquired about yesterday's events, "Zhen Lang! Yesterday afternoon a group of displaced people, numbering about a thousand people, appeared on the canal and attacked the granaries in the canal warehouse, and clashed with the guards of the granaries. Later, I don't know what happened, but the laborers and laborers on the canal were all engulfed, and the number of them reached two or three thousand at once, and the granaries and the tax collection points set up by the city department on the canal were burned, and several officials and officials were arrested. However, those mobs did not stop by the canal, but went south along the canal in the direction of Jiangyang and Hailing. ”

"In this way, Yangzhou City is fine", Zhen Qian said uncertainly.

Zhan He said: "It's still uncertain, there are rumors in the government, the scale of this riot is a bit large, there seems to be someone behind it, not only burned down the granary, but also destroyed the warehouses of many merchants along the road, it seems that the loss is not small, I'm afraid the matter will not end so soon!" ”

On both sides of the canal, there are not only the granaries of the government, but also the warehouses of many merchants, most of the goods from the south to the north are hoarded in the warehouses on both sides of the canal for the convenience of transportation, and there are a small number of officers and soldiers guarding them in peacetime, but the scale of this riot has reached thousands of people, and there are coolies who are very familiar with the canal to join, which makes it easier to know where the weak point is.

"How many troops did the government dispatch?"

Zhan He affirmed: "Except for the army defending Yangzhou City, the government has dispatched all the troops, but this riot came too suddenly, and it is impossible to quell it all at once?" ”

Zhan He heard a lot of information, but most of it had little effect on Zhen Qian, the generals and officials who led this rebellion were not familiar, at least not very famous in history, Zhen Qian really didn't know their abilities, so he could only listen to Zhan He's introduction, but unfortunately Zhan He's vision was not high, and there was no horizontal and vertical comparison, only that the officers and soldiers had killed hundreds of people in this encirclement and suppression, and the canal water was dyed red.

"Pay more attention to the news in the government, inquire about the movements of the homeless, since there are people organizing, then there must be a purpose!"

If it was just a group of homeless people who grabbed the granary because they couldn't eat enough, they would have dispersed in a hurry, and the government only had to go to the sea to catch paperwork and block them at the four checkpoints, and the riots would have subsided in a few days. Zhen Qian was worried that someone was directing and planning behind the scenes, so it would be a big trouble, and in addition, there had been no war in Jiangnan for many years, and the training of officers and soldiers was slack, so it was really hard to say how long it would take to calm down.

Zhen Qian even doubted whether the officials in Yangzhou City had any countermeasures, if it came to poetry and songs, he did not doubt the literary talents of these officials at all, but when it came to how to deal with such emergencies, a group of officials solidified by Confucianism could only think of a way out.

Wang Tian walked in and said, "Zhen Lang, then what are we going to do now?" ”

"Wait!"

There is only a wait, the city of Yangzhou is high and deep, and the displaced people have not chosen to attack the city at the first time, and it has become the end of the tree, and there will be no danger in staying in Yangzhou City.

"Hmm!" Wang Tianxing agreed very reluctantly, I really want to go to the canal wharf to see, not to mention whether I can get out of Yangzhou City, now that I appear at the canal wharf, I am afraid that the red-eyed officers and soldiers will be cut down as a mob, in case he is charged with a misdelict again, he really has no place to complain.

Zhen Qian stayed in Zuixianlou for three days, and good news continued to come during these three days, first the government lifted martial law during the day, so that the people in the city could move around, but they could not leave Yangzhou City, and naturally they could not go to the canal to see what was going on.

Then came even greater good news from the official palace, the ringleader of the riot was caught between Yangzhou City and Hailing County, and he had been beheaded for public display, and his head was now hanging on the flagpole at the head of Yangzhou City.

Zhen Qian ran to the edge of the city to take a look, and was immediately startled by the human head hanging on the flagpole at the head of the city like a string of sugar gourds, and almost couldn't help but vomit out the churning in his heart. Yangzhou City has not had such a situation for a long time, like to see the lively Yangzhou people rush to the city gate, when they see those flesh and blood blurred, hideous appearance of the head, the air by the city is filled with a strong smell of vomit, it is impossible not to vomit.

Anyway, when a string of human heads hung on the head of Yangzhou City, the people in the city finally breathed a sigh of relief and no longer had to worry about their safety.

On the third day of the riots, the gate of Yangzhou, which had been closed for three days, was finally opened, and the vendors outside the city could enter and exit the city gate freely, but the inventory was more strict when entering and leaving the city gate.

Fujiwara Shuxiong, who hadn't been seen for three days, finally appeared in the Drunken Immortal Building, and he looked like he had burned his buttocks, "Zhen Lang, something is wrong!" ”

Of course, something was wrong, in order to protect the safety of the envoys sent to Tang, the government blocked the entire official post, Zhen Qian wanted to take a look at the officers and soldiers at the door who were blocked by the door, and naturally he could understand the pain of Fujiwara Shuxiong being placed under house arrest.