Yangzhou City is prosperous like a prosperous age.

Previously, Ma Jiang occupied, although the rebels defending the city were brutal, they did not self-destruct the city, and after the wife of Chu besieged the city, the siege and defense of the city did not last long, and Ma Jiang ran away.

The city and people of Yangzhou City are basically intact.

After the lady of Chu came, it attracted countless people to pour in, rich businessmen and wealthy families and beggars of all kinds, but the management of the Taoist government was strict, the order was stable, the rich could not do whatever they wanted, and the people without money could find a way to live, and Yangzhou City was more prosperous.

In winter, the streets are full of people, and children with tiger hats are carried on the shoulders of their families to avoid being squeezed, and they can also see the newly renovated colorful silk flower sheds of the street shops.

Elegant restaurants and street vendors juggle each other, and there is a group of jugglers in the spacious area where the two streets meet.

Like a windmill overturned, monkeys with big red flowers are ringing gongs on the side, and adults and children applaud in unison.

The two onlookers clapped their hands and threw down a few coins, and the next moment continued to speak.

"It's getting colder, I need to stock up, when will it arrive?"

"Don't worry, Shandong is too sought-after, I have other ways, and there are many in Mobei."

"Mobei is too far away, and there are a lot of rebels along the way."

"Find a way."

They watched the fun, thought about the business, or laughed, or frowned, and the rebels they talked about seemed to have become a big deal.

They have Mrs. Chu here, the immortals are benevolent and love the people, and everything is worry-free.

Everyone in the street was lively and fun, shouting and laughing and laughing, until one place was louder than the others.

"Hit someone, beat someone."

Hit? Fighting?

Yangzhou City is prosperous, all kinds of fun are common, but fights and brawls are not common, the government punishes fights and brawls extremely severely, the light is to do hard labor, and the heavy is to drive out the rule of Mrs. Chu.....

Under the rule of Mrs. Chu, there is not only one Yangzhou city, the entire Huainan Province, Xuanwu Road is also partial, Yizhou is not good, Jiangnan Province also has Chu army, and Shannan Road is controlled by Mrs.'s mistress.....

There is no way out on all sides.

Dare to fight in the street, either a reckless man or a fool, and everyone immediately flocked to see it.

Squeezed through to understand why the shouting was a fight, not a fight.

A man knelt on the ground, with blood marks on his naked back, and a person standing behind him snapped his whip, and the whip was whipped on the back of the kneeling man, and suddenly another blood mark was added, and the man was beaten forward and hit his head on the ground......

"The old slave is guilty!" The man who hit his head on the ground shouted, propped himself up, knelt forward, and arched his bloody back again.....

There was a snap, and another whip came down.

The screams of the surrounding crowd and the children being held in their arms to cover their eyes were terrifying, evoking the atrocities of the rebel occupation that everyone had tried so hard to forget.

Now is not the time for the rebels to take over the city, and this atrocity is immediately questioned by those around him.

"Punish the slave of sin? The master punished the slave privately, but he was to be held accountable! ”

"If he makes a mistake, send it to the government, and if the government convicts him, he can't be killed by a private person!"

More indignant men rushed up to snatch the whip from the hands of the beaters.

"Rest your anger!" The man who beat people raised his horsewhip and shouted, "This is not a punishment for a slave, he is not a slave, he is an official, he is the Taishou of Yizhou!" ”

Official?

The angry crowd stopped their fists and looked at the person kneeling on the ground, there were too many officials, and the officials in Huainan Province couldn't remember them all, let alone Yizhou.

Then I saw that in addition to the person holding the horsewhip, there was also a person standing next to him, holding a neatly stacked official robe and hat.

Taishou is a very big official, and everyone in Yizhou knows it.

Yizhou is actually not next to Huainan Road, it is still a little far away, and it belongs to Yanhai Road.

It's just that Yizhou Fei said that he was also subordinate to Huainan Province, because this was King Zhao's last words.

At the beginning, Yizhou was in danger, Mrs. Chu led troops to help each other, although King Zhao suffered, but saved the people of Yizhou, King Zhao felt that Mrs. Chu was kind, and others could not rely on him, so he could only entrust his territorial subjects to Mrs. Chu.

Yanhaidao was scolded by Sang and Huai, and he could only pinch his nose and endure it, and he didn't care, the position of Yizhou belonged to them, but as the fief of King Zhao, he had never had anything to do with them, so he gave it to Mrs. Chu, Yanhaidao did not have many soldiers and horses, and it was difficult to protect itself, and so many people and so many mouths were also a drag.

"The soldiers and horses over there in Yizhou are the Zhenwu Army left by Madame."

"Then this Taishou was also appointed by Madame?"

The people on the street began to discuss, and the original anger calmed down a little, not slaves, not commoners, but officials.....

Everyone asked, "Did this adult do anything wrong?" ”

The attendant did not answer, but only whipped again, and with the sound of whipping and screams of pain, the man fell and hit his head on the ground.

"The old slave is guilty!" He lay on the ground and shouted.

His mellow voice had become hoarse, and the pain made him tremble, but he still knelt forward with his shaky body, and then waited for another whipping.

"Ahh

"Where is this going?"

"This seems to be the mansion of Mrs. Chu ....."

It's Mrs. Chu who is an official and is guilty, so this is Mrs. Chu punishing, right? Otherwise, how can anyone whip himself for no reason?

Since it was Mrs. Chu's decision, everyone didn't dare to stop it, or even dare to question it, Mrs. Chu Guo must be right.....

It's just that.....

The sound of whipping, the sound of knocking down, the cry of pain, the flesh of the man's white back was open, and the knees, palms and foreheads were also worn out, leaving patches of blood on the way to the knees.....

The last time the city of Yangzhou saw blood was when the rebels occupied it.

More and more people gathered on the street, frightened and gritted their teeth to look at the bloody man who was beaten and kneeling.

What did he do wrong? received such a terrible punishment, and the most important thing is that Mrs. Chu Guo actually beat people.

It's so fierce.....

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"This one didn't run into the street and get whipped?"

"Why doesn't anyone care about him? What about the city patrol officers? ”

"The patrol city knew that he was the Taishou of Yizhou, and he didn't dare to act rashly."

"It was said that it was a mistake in the Yizhou defense line and let An Shouzhong raid his wife, he deserved to die."

Hearing this, Song Observation stopped his steps: "Isn't this something that has been said a long time ago?" He and Zhou Xian saw Mrs., Mrs. had already said in person that it had nothing to do with them, to put it badly, how could the defense line in Yizhou be so long, they came to admit their mistakes and really looked down on themselves. ”

The officials around him nodded, puzzled.

"yes."

"What's going on?"

"Yizhou has nothing to do with the attack on my wife, they just made an excuse to come and see."

"Zhou Xian has already left, and Lord Wei said that he stayed here to visit friends for a few days, why did he run to the street and self-harm?"

Everyone talked about it, and this matter was inexplicable.

"Is it true that Madame punished him?" Someone hesitated to ask.

No, Madame never punishes people, she is magnanimous, and even those prefect officials who have voted for the rebels can accept regardless of their mistakes.

"That's not crazy." Someone asserts.

That Wei Wei is not like a person who will go crazy, most of them have dealt with this Wei Wei, they are in a certain way, they are a eunuch, but they are not annoying.

"That's not accurate, he is an incomplete person, and he was stimulated by the death of King Zhao, maybe his heart is already abnormal."

The more everyone talked, the more chaotic they became, and Song Observation interrupted with a wave of his hand.

"Whether Madame is really angry with him and wants to punish him, or he is crazy." He shouted in a deep voice, "You can't let him hurt himself in front of everyone." ”

He walked out of the yamen and looked at the crowd gathering on the street leading to the yamen, the black pressure was like a dark cloud, and the originally bright Yangzhou City was cast a shadow.

"This is ruining Madame's reputation!"

Mrs. Chu is a fairy-like character, she is benevolent, loving and magnanimous, she gives away her daughter, she never has selfish interests, and she has no selfish anger.

How could she punish a person so tyrannically for a sin that was not a sin!

Immortals don't do this kind of thing, and good and wise people don't do this kind of thing, and those who do this kind of thing are often brutal and mediocre.

The officials' faces turned pale.

"Bring him back!"

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......

Dao Ya's side is still a step slower, and he has been taken away by the officers and soldiers sent by Mrs. Chu State.

At this moment he fell to his knees, the whip thrown beside him, blood pouring down from his body, and flowers blooming on the smooth ground.

The slender eunuch lay on his stomach in the blood flowers, like a snowman melting in the sun, and the next moment he was about to disappear.

Li Minglou's gaze did not show any pity: "No, why do you want to ruin my reputation?" ”

The snowman in the blood flower slowly raised his head and looked at the woman sitting above with pure eyes.

"Ma'am, because your reputation is too good."