Chapter 357: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
"What's the matter?" Zhao Yun asked in a deep voice.
"Qiqi General Zhao, countless people suddenly poured in outside, bringing the old and the young, surrounding the Governor's Mansion, and asking for justice!" The soldier said.
"Justice? What justice is being repaid? Pan Feng asked.
"According to the people, the prime minister of the state canceled the tax for the benefit of the people, but Liu Xuzhou wanted to forcibly levy taxes, and the people were not satisfied, and gathered at the gate of the governor's mansion to demand that Liu Xuzhou cancel the order and return justice to the people."
As early as half a month ago, the state pastoral government had already sent a letter to the state minister's office, asking the state minister's office to repeal the decree on tax exemption and uniformly collect taxes according to the tax collection amount stipulated by the state pastoral government. Although this order caused complaints among the people in Xiapi, on the whole, the situation did not get out of control, and Zhenrong had already ordered the abolition of the tax exemption order and the start of collecting taxes. But I never expected that half a month later, people would come out to make trouble, and they were blocked in the mouth of the Governor's Mansion.
Zhao Yun was a little worried, if he wanted to say that there were thousands of enemies in front of him, Zhao Yun would definitely not frown, but these were all unarmed ordinary people, and there were also old and weak women and children, all of whom were gathered at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, making him in a dilemma.
Pan Feng's eyes were solemn, he groaned for a while, and suddenly screamed: "Not good!" ”
Zhao Yun was stunned and asked, "What is Ziyi thinking?" ”
Pan Feng didn't bother to tell him, and directly ordered Xiao Wolf to take a few people to find a way to stand out and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find out, and then said to Zhao Yun: "This must be a plan by Zhenrong to make the golden cicada get out of its shell!" The decree on the re-taxation was announced half a month ago, and the people who petitioned did not come sooner or later. It's just that on the day of the Buddha Bathing Festival, it will suddenly be difficult, and this matter is too strange. What's more, the Governor's Mansion is only in charge of the military, and does not care about the collection of taxes, even if the people go to petition, they should go to the Prime Minister's Mansion or to the Xuzhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion to petition, no matter how it is not the turn to come to the Governor's Mansion, right? In this way, there can only be one possibility, these people will come to the Governor's Mansion to make trouble at the instigation of some people! Who has such a great influence in Xiapi City and can incite so many people to come out and make trouble together, I'm afraid that there is only one person. And Zhenrong did so. There is only one possibility. He's on the run! Borrow the hands of these people to block General Zhao's pursuers. ”
Zhao Yun's face changed suddenly, Pan Feng's analysis was the head, it seemed that Zhen Rong was a treacherous and slippery, and he knew that the situation was not good. Flee with the crowd. Zhao Yun ordered the troops and horses to be counted immediately. Get ready to get out of town.
Pan Feng hurriedly said: "I am also speculating in my heart, and I will wait for Xiao Wolf to come back before making a decision." ”
Zhao Yun nodded yes, and the situation is unclear now. You can't rush to send troops for the time being, if Zhen Rong doesn't escape, things will be a little troublesome, so you have to wait patiently for Xiao Wolf to come back.
After more than half an hour, Xiao Wolf came back and brought back the shocking news that Di Rong had already left Xiapi City in the early hours of the morning with more than 10,000 men and more than 3,000 horses, looking at Guangling. As for these people who were besieging the Governor's Mansion, they were also instigated by the Rong faction to deliberately come to the Governor's Mansion to make trouble.
Zhen Rong is extremely treacherous, Liu Ze was the first pastor of the state, he gave a lot of gifts and beauties, intending to marry Liu Ze. Knowing that Liu Ze didn't eat him at all, he returned his gift at that time, and Zhen Rong was already vaguely worried, lest Liu Ze would be unfavorable to him.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Liu Ze to appoint Zhao Yun as the lieutenant of Xiapi and lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to station in Xiapi City. Fortunately, the clouds in Xuzhou City are treacherous, Liu Ze is flawless, and Zhu Rong and Zhao Yun are also safe, and Xia Picheng has been very calm during this time.
But the good times did not last long, and a letter from the state pastoral government ordered him to revoke the tax exemption order, requiring Xia Pi to collect taxes in strict accordance with the tax standards stipulated by the state pastoral government. He knew very well that Liu Ze would never just stare at the tax exemption order, but would settle the ledger with him. Zhen Rong has many eyes and ears, Liu Ze's head of the guard Pan Feng (Jin Yingwei is just an internal name, as a spy intelligence agency, this organization is not known to outsiders, Pan Feng's public identity is Liu Ze's chief of guard) secretly came to Xiapi The matter of secretly coming to Xiapi did not escape his eyes at all, after Pan Feng came to Xiapi, he had a close relationship with Zhao Yun, which made Zhenrong's suspicions intensify, it seems that Liu Ze is really going to do something to him.
He embezzled public funds and cultivated private soldiers, and Liu Ze was enough to send him to the gallows for these two crimes. Di Rong didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Xiao Jian, Cao Hong and others, so the thirty-six plan was the best plan, and Di Rong decided to escape from Xuzhou. But how to escape the law, he still had a lot of brains. Zhao Yun's bravery is like thunder, not to mention that he doesn't have a number one general under his command, even if there is, can he stop Zhao Zilong, who fought against Lu Bu in front of the Tiger Prison?
Ji Rong thought about it again and again, and thought about it. To say that Di Rong has been in Xuzhou all these years, like a fish in water, in addition to his hypocritical face, a treacherous head and a pair of ruthless wrists are indispensable, Zhao Yun is a hard nail, hard touch may not be Zhen Rong's strength, but what he is best at is to dial a thousand catties in four or two, and no matter how hard the nail hits the cotton pile, it is useless. Before Zhen Rong fled, he ordered his subordinates to mobilize the people who believed in Buddhism in Xuzhou City and were quite dissatisfied with Liu Ze's cancellation of the tax exemption order, and dragged their families around the gate of the Duwei's Mansion to petition, which was enough to block Zhao Yun's pursuers, and he led his cronies to go leisurely.
This is a wonderful trick for the golden cicada to come out of its shell, and Zhu Rong is smug when he thinks about it. Zhao Yun, aren't you invincible? Give you a bunch of unarmed civilians, see how you get through this?
Zhao Yun was really stumped, as soon as he opened the door of the mansion, a large group of people cried and shouted that they were about to rush inside, if it weren't for a row of shield soldiers guarding the gate of the mansion to protect them, I was afraid that the angry people had broken through the defense line at this time. Zhao Yun rode on the tall white dragon horse, looked at the dense crowd of people at the door, and said loudly: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, Zhao Yun, the commander of the Xia Pi Kingdom, is currently on urgent business, and I hope that my father and fellow villagers can make a way out. ”
The people at the door were self-reliant, and someone shouted: "Zhao Duwei wants to slip away, no way!" If we don't give the people an explanation today, we will not leave! ”
"That is, the prime minister of the country has promised to exempt the people from paying taxes, why does Liu Xuzhou still forcibly collect taxes, and he doesn't care about the lives of the people?"
"Liu Xuzhou loves the people like a son and asks for the people's lives on the surface, but in the end, he is not the same as a tyrannical dog official! Dear fathers and fellow villagers, old and young masters, who is a good official in Xuzhou? Someone shouted in the crowd.
"Naturally, it's the prime minister of the country!" All the people spoke in unison.
"Then who is the dog officer?"
"Liu Ze! Liu Ze! Liu Ze! Countless people shouted in unison!
"Support the Prime Minister of the State! Down with the dog officer Liu Ze! ”
"Support the Prime Minister of the State! Down with the dog officer Liu Ze! Support the Prime Minister of the State! Down with the dog officer Liu Ze! Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the crowd was indignant.
"In front is Liu Ze's lackey Zhao Yun! Down with Zhao Yun! ”
"Down with the lackeys! Down with Zhao Yun! ”
The people not only shouted slogans loudly, rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, broken shoes and socks, and flew locusts to greet Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun, who had never frowned half a frown in the rain of guns and arrows, was frowning at this time, if it weren't for the row of shield soldiers in front of him to do their duty and block those filthy things with shields, Zhao Yun's reputation would have been lost under rotten eggs and broken shoes.
"General Zhao, these Diao people are so hateful, they will lead a team of men and horses to kill them and disperse them!" A military marquis under Zhao Yun couldn't look at it, so he took the initiative to ask for help.
Zhao Yun sighed and said: "These are the good people in Xiapi City, who have been bewitched by others and do not know the truth, so they have gathered to make trouble, we must not kill wantonly and lose the hearts of the people." ”
"The lowly position naturally knows, let them know the difficulties and retreat!" The military marquis said.
Zhao Yun nodded to Xu Zhi, and the military marquis led a long group of spearmen to form a gun formation, the spears were as dense as a forest, and the tips of the spears flashed coldly, pressing towards the people at the door. The military marquis shouted loudly: "Captain Zhao has urgent military affairs on his side, and if he wants to go out of the city to exterminate the bandits, those who dare to stop him will be regarded as the same crime as the bandits, and they will be killed. ”
The rows of spears with a murderous aura shone in front of the common people, and the common people who had seen such a formation on weekdays couldn't help but panic, and the slogans were shouted weakly, and many people couldn't help but retreat.
"You are a good people, and you must not listen to the bad people, gather a crowd to make trouble, and retreat quickly!" The marquis of the leading army ordered the pikemen to take another step, and used the coercion of the spears to repel the besieging people.
At this time, someone in the back row shouted: "Don't listen to his nonsense!" If you don't give an explanation to the people today, you must not let them out of the city! ”
The back row rushed forward, the flow of people was like a tide, and the front stations were unstable and were carried to the front alive. The pikemen had already approached several steps forward in a row, and the sharp tip of the spear was basically zero distance from the people in the front row, and the one in the back pushed and squeezed, and the one in front was involuntarily squeezed towards the tip of the gun. The distance between the two sides was so close that the officers and men did not have time to withdraw their spears, and the sharp tips of their spears immediately pierced many of the people who rushed up in the front row, some were wounded, and some of them were stabbed to the vital point, and they were killed on the spot, bleeding all over the ground.
At this time, the people who didn't know the truth suddenly became angry: "Zhao Yun has killed someone!" ”
"Murderer! Executioner! ”
"Punish the murderer!"
The shouts were higher and higher, the people were angry, countless bricks and tiles flew over with a roar, and smashed into the ranks of the officers and soldiers, many soldiers were smashed in the head and face, and some were smashed in the arm, they couldn't help but be angry, as long as they counterattacked, it was enough to kill these people, but no one dared to move without Zhao Yun's order. (To be continued......)