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In the early morning of the second day, outside the west gate, the people gathered around the city, claiming to arrest the murderer.

What murderer? Yang Lian quickly figured out what happened, the matter was very simple but very bad, which made Yang Lian feel caught off guard for a while. Yesterday, the people took the rice grain back, washed the rice and put it in the pot, and ate it beautifully, but the matter also came, after many people eaten, their stomachs were very painful, and even two people died.

These people died after eating the rice grain distributed by Yang Lian, so they sent this resentment to Yang Lian, thinking that someone had poisoned the rice and wanted to kill the people. One or two people said this, it would affect the third and fourth, and soon, more and more people gathered together, led by a few people carrying the dead body, wanting to ask Yang Lian for an explanation.

Yang Lian stood on the head of the city, his brows furrowed. Lin Renzhao stood beside him, reporting what he knew. Two people died, and more than a dozen others suffered from abdominal pain, and it was clear that they had eaten something unclean, which is why this was the case. However, not everyone has abdominal pain, so it is only those who are not clean and get sick.

Although Yang Lian guessed a few points, but under the city, the people were very angry, and they couldn't listen to Yang Lian's distinction at all.

"Sooner or later, these people will be taken advantage of." Yang Lian said.

Lin Renzhao nodded and said, "But the top priority is how to calm down the people's anger." ”

"It's really stupid, if Ben wants to harm people, just ignore them, why bother to take out food for disaster relief. I wonder if any of the people see through this? Yang Lian said.

Lin Renzhao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult." ”

While the two were talking, Liu Yanzhen also rushed over, although she was a little dissatisfied with Yang Lian's strength, but no matter what, the two were already people on the same front, so Yang Lian's matter was also Liu Yanzhen's matter.

Liu Yanzhen already knew the truth of the matter from Liu Zheng, and he had another opinion on this, walked up to Yang Lian, and said: "Yang Jiedu, these Diao people have received favors, but they want to rebel, and they don't want to think about it, now that food is so precious, how can they poison the grain to harm them." Now that the people are like this, it is better to lead the troops to rush and kill for a while, and catch and kill the person who took the lead, and things will be easy to do. ”

Yang Lian shook his head, he originally wanted to subdue these people, how could he do such a thing that made the people even more angry, it was easy to kill, but it had a huge impact on Yang Lian's reputation, and it would be difficult to win a good reputation in the future.

Liu Yanzhen was a little anxious and said: "Yang Jiedu, if the people are instigated to attack the city, then the situation in Chuzhou will be dangerous." ”

Yang Lian nodded and said he knew, so he couldn't let the situation worsen. At this time, the people outside the city became more and more noisy, and some people who were not afraid of making trouble did not know where to get gongs and drums, and beat them vigorously. The emotions of the people were gradually ignited, and they shouted that they would arrest the murderer and avenge the death.

The brave people, carrying the corpses, gradually approached the city wall, and at the same time shouted loudly. Liu Zheng was impatient and anxious to perform, so he said: "Yang Jiedu, it's better to let the last general kill and arrest the leader." ”

"No." Yang Lian shook his head. Arresting people will only make them angrier.

Yang Lian slowly paced over, holding on to the female wall, looking around coldly, and suddenly shouted: "Wait, calm down first, this will be the Shuntian Festival, I have something to say." ”

The people were still clamoring, a few people heard the sound and shouted loudly, the people gradually quieted down, and several ragged people kowtowed to the city and said, "My lord, you have to make decisions for us." ”

These people wept bitterly, and at first glance they were indeed people, and because of their low status, they had a sense of fear for their superiors, which can be seen from their words.

However, the fact that these people were afraid of the officials did not mean that the other people were also afraid, and immediately a strong man shouted: "Brothers, the dead brother was poisoned by this dog official!" This dog officer still wants to poison us, and we want to avenge our dead brother. ”

Yang Lian glanced at this person coldly, and saw that this person was five big and three thick, quite tall, with a full beard, a horizontal face, and dark and thick eyebrows, so he was not a good person at first glance. Of course, Yang Lian is not a person who judges people by their appearance, but this person's words are obviously provocative.

"Those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming!" Yang Lian whispered, there was already a chill in his eyes, this strong man, there is no doubt that he is here to make trouble, it is very likely that he is one of the Huaibei group of thieves, but Yang Lian is not sure of this person's true identity at this time.

When the man saw that no one spoke in the city, he suddenly became even more arrogant, and shouted, "Why, you don't dare to speak?" Is it a weak heart? ”

Yang Lian sneered, arched his hand towards the sky, and said, "Who are you?" How dare you speak like that? ”

The strong man squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Lian, he knew that Yang Lian was the backbone of this line, as long as he dealt with him, things would be much easier. He smiled and said: "I'm just a pariah, where can I enter the eyes of the temperance envoy." It's just that moderation makes doing things too mean. It's chilling! ”

Yang Lian glanced at him coldly, arched his hand, and said, "Fellow villagers, I will come to Chuzhou for disaster relief, and I don't want to starve to death a person. What happened today would have been very distressing, but this was by no means poison to Ben. Tens of thousands of rice grains were distributed yesterday, and many people benefited from this. However, don't you think it's strange that very few people get sick or even die? ”

Among the people, there were also calm people, and one of them immediately said, "Yes, if it is said that the festival is poisoned, how can one or two people die, and the others have nothing to do?" ”

The strong man glared at the man fiercely, and said angrily: "How can this be said clearly, maybe it is a trick of the Jiedu envoy." If it weren't for that, I really can't think of any other possibility. ”

Yang Lian sneered and said, "If you say this, what tricks will Ben have?" ”

"In this whole world, how many good people can be in office? Don't say anything else, let's just say that this Chuzhou City, if it is really sincere, why don't you let me and others enter the city? Besides, a few days ago, the price of rice in Chuzhou City rose several times a day, and I heard that someone wanted to make a fortune. I am afraid that in order to save food, we deliberately set up such a scheme, so that we will retreat in the face of difficulties, and the food used for disaster relief can fill our own pockets. The strong man said, his words were very sharp, not at all like a reckless man, and his body shape was very different.

Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, this strong man came prepared, looking at his words, nine times out of ten he had thought about it in advance. Now it seems that this person is one of the Huaibei group of thieves, but in this case, Yang Lian can't catch him, and this person won't sit still and let Yang Lian arrest him.

"Nonsense, if Yang Jiedu wants to fill his pockets, there is no need for this at all." Among the people, it is still the same man who maintains Yang Lian.

Yang Lian looked at this person carefully and didn't know him, which made Yang Lian a little surprised, what is the identity of this person? Could it be that there are different forces fighting within the people? In the middle of a deep groan, Lin Renzhao walked over quickly, held a letter in his hand, handed it to Yang Lian, and said, "Yang Jiedu, this is a letter sent by someone at the south gate." ”

Yang Lian stretched out his hand to take it, and hurriedly opened it to see, the handwriting of the letter was very sloppy, it seemed to be written in a hurry, but it could be clearly distinguished, in the letter, this person told Yang Lian that his name was Huang Fuhui. When Yang Lian heard this name, his body couldn't help but be shocked.

Huang Fuhui made his fortune from a small soldier, and in the Later Jin Dynasty, he became the assassin of Mizhou, controlling the life and death of a place, and his status is no less than that of Liu Yanzhen today. However, the Khitans went south, and Huang Fuhui was deeply afraid of being implicated, so he planned to lead his troops south and defect to the Tang Dynasty. Huang Fuhui was helpless for a while, so he had to fall into the grass. Later, when the Han State was established, Huangfuhui was in a dilemma, and Xuzhou was controlled by Fu Yanqing, so he had to continue to stay in the mountains.

Huang Fuhui has a lot of people, but most of them are women and children, and he is in a dilemma for a while. With the flooding of the Yellow River, Huang Fuhui also suffered from seedlings, and had to lead everyone south, and after arriving in Chuzhou, he had to stop in Chuzhou due to lack of food.

Yang Lian released grain and gave Huang Fuhui a ray of life. It's just that Chuzhou City doesn't open the city gate, so he has nothing to do. What happened yesterday, Huang Fuhui knew very well that this was a trick by the unscrupulous gangsters in the Huaibei group of thieves, and their purpose was to capture Chuzhou and seize more grain.

Why did Huang Fuhui tell Yang Lian so many things because he had the heart to defect to the Tang Dynasty. He hopes to take advantage of this incident to serve Datang.

Yang Lian hurriedly read the letter and asked, "Is the person who sent the letter available?" ”

"He has been brought, and he is under the city." Lin Renzhao said.

Yang Lian motioned to bring this person up, and after a while, a thin man hurriedly walked up, and saw Yang Lian looking at himself, and he didn't feel a little hesitant.

Lin Renzhao said: "This is the envoy of the Shuntian Festival. ”

"Huangfu Jixun has seen the festival envoy!" The person who came identified himself.

"Oh? Who are you? Yang Lian expressed his attitude, even if Huang Fuhui's official position of Mizhou Assassin was sealed by the Later Jin Dynasty, it had nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty.

Huangfu Jixun hurriedly said: "It's my father." ”

Yang Lian nodded, unfurled the letter, and said, "The letter of the emperor's assassination history has already been read." How many of those Huaibei thieves are there? ”

Huangfu Jixun said: "There are more than 500 people, and they control many people. ”

"More than 500 people, which is quite a lot." Yang Lian said. It is obviously unrealistic for these 500 people to want to seize the huge city of Chuzhou, so they will incite the people and plan to leave after robbing one vote.

Huangfu Jixun arched his hand and said: "There are a lot of people, although my father also has people, but the number is not as large as them, and these people are very wary of my father and are not easy to approach." ”

Yang Lian paced with his hands in his hands, thought for a while, and said, "These people are temporarily assembled, and there should be a lot of contradictions. Ben would have wondered how many of their stockades had been put together on an improvised basis. ”

Huangfu Jixun obviously knew better, and almost did not hesitate, and said, "There are eight stockades. ”

"Eight stockades means that they have at least eight people in charge." Yang Lian groaned in his heart, thought for a while, and said, "Who is that Dai Li?" ”

"This person is also the head of the village, it is said that this person has read a few years of books, quite a bit of resourcefulness, Huaibei group of thieves, although his strength is relatively weak, but relying on his brain, he can still survive in Huaibei." Huangfu Jixun said.

Yang Lian nodded secretly, this Dai Li seems to have not only read books, but also has extraordinary courage. Such a person made Yang Lian think a little bit about taking it for his own use. After thinking about it, he asked, "If you want to come to the emperor's assassination history, you know where these people live." ”

Huangfu Jixun nodded and said, "It's clear that it's clear, it's just that they are all very vigilant, and it's not easy to catch them." ”

Yang Lian glanced at Huangfu Jixun in some surprise, he just asked like this, and Huangfu Jixun guessed eight or nine without leaving ten, it seems that he is a little smart. Capture the thief and capture the king first, Yang Lian believes that it is better to arrest the leaders first and expose their identities in order to solve the matter once and for all. Originally, Yang Lian didn't know who were ill-intentioned, but now with Huang Fuhui's help, the odds of winning are a little more.

The reason why Yang Lian believed in Huang Fuhui was because he once wrote a book, expressing his willingness to join the Tang Dynasty, and sent someone to send gifts. At that time, Yang Lian also discussed this matter with Li Jingsui, the king of Qi. Although they all think that it is a good thing for Huang Fuhui to take refuge, however, Huang Fuhui's location is more than 50 miles away from Chuzhou. Yang Lian believed that under the circumstances at that time, it was obviously not in the interests of the Tang Dynasty to fight with the Han for the sake of Huang Fuhui. Therefore, at that time, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, took a delay, on the one hand, he sent someone to contact Huang Fuhui and expressed his willingness to accept him, but on the other hand, there was no movement on the Tang side, and Huang Fuhui sent someone to say that things were being prepared, and so it is today.

Integrating all aspects of information, Yang Lian chose to believe Huang Fuhui.

Huangfu Jixun saw that Yang Lian fell into silence, so he didn't speak. After half an hour, Yang Lian came back to his senses, he decided to give it a go, and this key was on Huang Fuhui's body.

Yang Lian immediately told Huangfu Jixun that tonight was the best time to sneak attack the Huaibei bandits, Huangfu Jixun saw that Yang Lian had made up his mind, so he had to nod and agree, Yang Lian said a good word, and set a time, and Huangfu Jixun hurriedly left.

Yang Lian walked to the edge of the female wall and told the people loudly that he would give them an explanation at noon tomorrow, and after speaking, he immediately walked down the city wall and stopped paying attention to the people. At the same time, he instructed Liu Zheng that if the people had any changes, they would report at any time.

Liu Zheng nodded yes, and when he was done, when he looked back, the people outside the city had actually dispersed, so that he didn't understand, what was going on?

"Yang Jiedu, since you are going to sneak attack tonight, let me fight on your behalf." Lin Renzhao said.

"This matter is very important, tonight I personally lead my brothers, and I must capture all the Huaibei bandits in one battle." Yang Lian said, his fists were also clenched, and victory or defeat was in one fell swoop.

Lin Renzhao comforted: "Yang Jiedu, it is this important matter, please also ask Yang Jiedu to take command, I will deal with it, and I will definitely arrest everyone." ”

Yang Lian laughed and said, "You and I are brothers, so you don't have to be so polite." The Huaibei bandit garrison must be scattered, you and I can divide our troops and quickly capture them. Otherwise, if someone escapes, I am afraid the consequences will be terrible. ”

Lin Renzhao nodded, he also knew the importance of this matter.

Yang Lian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Pass the order, the brothers will have a full meal tonight, and set off on time at the third watch!" (To be continued.) )