Chapter 592: Get Food and Get the City
The copper bell used to prevent theft in the granary was still echoing due to the vibration, Hu Xianxian and Fan Chuyao glanced at each other, it was obvious that the person who was in charge of the warehouse was not them, because even with Fan Chuyao's skills, he would not touch the copper bell by mistake.
"Arrest these two thieves and beat them half to death, and then cut off their heads and hang them on the head of the city to show the public!"
"Thieves? We have taken back our food, and we have become thieves? Let go, we're not thieves! The familiar voice of Hu Xianxian kept arguing.
"Smack!" Two crunched sounds.
The little clerk in charge of the warehouse slapped the arrested people one by one, "Not a thief? Lao Tzu cares if you are a thief or not? stole so much rice for a few days in a row, causing Lao Tzu to be deducted for two months. Hmph, if you catch you, you're unlucky! ”
The lanterns were lit in the granary, and the little officials in charge of the barn gathered more and more, and they all ran to punch and kick the two men.
Because there was a pile of rice in the middle, Hu Xianxian didn't know what the specific situation was over there, but she also guessed that someone else came to steal rice and was caught, and she didn't want others to bear the charge for herself.
"Stop! The rice was taken from this seat! ”
She took Fan Chuyao's hand and was still hidden behind the door, and others couldn't see them.
Her voice was clear, and they didn't stop because of the girl's voice, but laughed and said, "Which girl is pretending to be a ghost here?" Are you hungry? ”
"Haha...... You're still hungry...... Let the master be happy and happy, and reward you with white rice and white noodles to eat! ”
"Hey, thief, is your sister trying to save you? Ha...... Come out and let me see, if your sister is smart enough, she can spare your dog's life! ”
These words made Hu Xianxian angry, and the aura cast made the granary suddenly cold for a few points, and her voice was also a little colder: "If you want to save your life, leave quickly!" If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame this seat for being ruthless! ”
The officials in charge of the warehouse searched everywhere but did not find anyone, and they were also surprised to see the person who was arrested, and they were a little frightened when they thought that the woman who spoke out might really have nothing to do with them.
One began to walk out with his head down, and the rest followed. The little official who first found out that someone was stealing rice and caught the person walked to the door, and unwillingly turned around and muttered, "What the hell are you doing......
Before he could finish his sentence, he screamed, "Ah...... Yo...... Wait for me......"
He covered his ears with his hands and ran up to catch up with the others, who heard his voice and turned around to see blood running down his fingers on both sides of his head, and they were frightened by his appearance and ran forward faster.
Hu Xianxian cut off his ears, and he ran out by relying on his survival instinct. After running for a short time, he fainted due to severe pain and blood loss.
Hearing the sound of falling to the ground, the people running in front realized that he was not a ghost, but a wounded companion, and a few brave people turned around and helped him stumble away.
It is estimated that the officials in charge of the warehouse will not come again, Hu Xianxian closed the door of the warehouse and held up a night pearl for lighting.
"Miss...... It's the young lady...... "She just wanted to go around to the rice pile to see the two people, and the two people had already gone around first.
It turned out that they were Sangua and Stuffy Baby, and the two recognized Hu Xianxian through the pearl.
"You guys? Why are you here? “
Seeing them, Hu Xianxian was a little surprised, and after greeting them, he asked Fan Chuyao to come over as well.
She was still secretly blaming herself for cutting off the man's ear, but when she saw that they were all beaten and her nose and face were swollen, she felt that the man really deserved it.
Sangua and the stuffy baby were both worried, and Hu Xianxian asked them not to worry, saying that they would definitely help them solve things. She asked them how they got into the granary, and they said they had dug a tunnel to get in.
Hu Xianxian filled the rice in his sleeve and helped them transport the rest of the rice out of the tunnel.
Escorting them out of the tunnel, she learned that the tunnel led beyond the county seat. They met the people in the grove next to the tunnel, loaded the rice into the car, and then headed to the seaside village.
When they arrived in the small village and unloaded the rice, Sangua and the stuffy baby sat down and slowly talked to Hu Xianxian about the whole story.
After the matter of their uncle was finished last year, they were funded by the bolt, and they contributed to start the rice and grain business.
Due to the fair price and good popularity, business soon improved. During the Chinese New Year, they made a lot of money, so they thought about making another one, making a shop down, hiring a few helpers, and not having to work so hard themselves.
They loaded 20,000 catties of rice from Lingzhou, took a boat to Jingchun County by land, and arrived at Haiping County in Deyue Prefecture after several bumps.
Haiping County is closer to the sea than Haifeng County, and there are many fishing villages, and the rice is sold to fishermen. They already have a lot of regular customers, and they don't have to worry about not being able to sell them.
Who knew that as soon as he came here to rent a warehouse to put rice, he encountered rebels who occupied the county seat before the scales were opened.
Those rebels searched everywhere for people's fat and ointment, and the rebels repeatedly pleaded that they were not from Haiping County and should not donate any food, but those rebels still took away their rice.
In a hurry, Sangua came up with an idea, he stopped in front of the car and said that the rice was to be transported back to Lingzhou to be presented to Cheang. Che Ang, the former governor of Lingzhou, is now a celebrity in front of Han Zecan, and the rebels should not dare to snatch Che Ang's things.
Those people really stopped the car, and the leader asked people to take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and write an IOU. It was written: Purchase military supplies, buy 20,000 catties of rice, and owe 200 taels of silver to Lord Che.
Sangua took such an IOU, and could no longer find a reason to stop those people, and watched in a daze as they carried away the rice, which was purchased with all the belongings.
Sangua and the stuffy baby were sick, and later an old fisherman said that there was a dark ditch under Haiping County that led from the county to the suburbs. If those ditches can be dug and connected, maybe they can be turned into tunnels under the granary.
After hearing the news, she asked a trustworthy person in the fishing village to mobilize and said that as long as they could get the grain back, they would only keep 10,000 catties to keep the capital, and give the rest to the people in the village to eat, and give 200 catties of grain to the village every year in the future.
Not to mention whether food will be delivered in the future, even the people in the village are now out of cooking. There are some fish that can be caught in this fishing village, but there are few fish in February and February, and the rebels even have to collect fish, and they should not catch fish.
Besides, even if it is not confiscated, the elderly and children will not be able to stand eating fish every day. They originally wanted to get food, but they lacked someone to lead, and as soon as the stuffy baby said it, they all agreed to help.
Sangua and Stuffy Baby didn't expect it to be easy to dig and connect the tunnel, and the first time they entered the warehouse, they accidentally touched the copper bell line and were caught.
"It's not a bad thing to be caught...... Hu Xianxian smiled with crooked eyes.
Sangua and Stuffy Baby knew her temperament, so they didn't get angry, but answered: "Miss said that if you don't get caught, you won't be able to touch us?" ”
"Miss, do you have any good ideas?"
"Hehe, you just do what I arranged!" Hu Xianxian muttered a few words in a low voice, and told them not to leak the news.
Sangua and Stuffy Wa both nodded heavily, and after they made an appointment for action, Hu Xianxian took Fan Chuyao to say goodbye and leave.
They returned to Haifeng County and reported what happened to Fan Dingyao. She proposed to use a small number of soldiers to attack Haiping County, Fan Dingyao agreed after consideration, and a few people in charge discussed the planning matters in detail.
On the third day of the second month, Zheng Tianba took more than 100 selected elite warriors, wearing night clothes and weapons and blades, to sneak to Haiping County.
Fan Chuyao walked with them, led the way for them, and also supervised them to act according to the plan and not make mistakes.
Hu Xianxian had already flown to the official warehouse of Haiping County first, secretly took away all the fire oil and the like, and then carefully checked whether there were any potential traps. They were going to attack the city tonight, and she didn't want any more food to be destroyed.
At the beginning of the day, Hu Xianxian estimated that the people led by Zheng Tianba had already entered the city from the tunnel, and flew to the county office.
The rebel puppet county commander in the county government was still having fun, and he was drinking with a few women with his lackeys when he saw a cold light rushing from the window.
With the alertness of years of worrying about life, he reacted quickly and pushed the woman in his arms to block the sword.
He jumped to his feet and ran towards the door, and if he had been hiding from a normal throwing knife, he would have escaped.
Unexpectedly, after the Huixin Jade Sword penetrated the woman's chest, it flew forward like a meteor with a blood-red comet tail, and penetrated the chest of the pseudo county commander.
Puffs of blood mist confused the eyes of the others, and they watched in a daze as the sword light gathered and fell into the hands of the blue-clothed Dao Gu outside the door.
"Han Zecan rebels against the country, heaven does not tolerate it! The first evil in Haiping County has been eliminated, and the rest of the people who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will be punished by the nine clans! ”
The sword in Hu Xianxian's hand was still dripping blood, and those people were already so frightened that they knelt down, and after hearing what she said, they all kowtowed and shouted that they were willing to surrender.
She asked them to count the items and files in the county office, and then flew to the city gate.
The warriors led by Zheng Tianba had rushed out of the tunnel, and in the face of these people who had been killed from their rear, the rebels were extremely panicked.
Zheng Tianba was burned down in the granary because of carelessness and greed, and he felt remorseful in his heart, so he got the opportunity to atone for his merits and personally killed the enemy, and led the warriors who attacked the surprise attack like divine soldiers to the sky, killing the rebels and retreating.
Hu Xianxian ran to the gates of each city to open the doors, released the arrows, and let the three melons and the stuffy baby also start to act.
The rebels' cunning and plundering behavior has long made the people dissatisfied, and Sangua and Sullen Wa deliberately accused the rebels and instigated the people, and the people's grievances boiled and caused a civil uprising.
When the signal of the arrow sounded, villagers with hoes and poles rushed to the castle tower from outside the city, and residents with brooms and kitchen knives rushed to the castle tower from the streets and alleys.
Later, the main force of the rebels was defeated, and Zheng Tianba couldn't recruit the prisoners if he wanted to.
This is because the common people originally rebelled against tyranny, but later they killed the rebels to vent their grievances.
Zheng Tianba shouted several times, but he couldn't suppress the anger of the crowd, so he had to let the people vent their anger. He sighed in his heart, these people who looked honest and honest really couldn't be in a hurry, otherwise no matter how powerful the army was, it would not be able to suppress it.
In the end, Hu Xianxian flew into the air and shouted: "All go and guard the silver warehouse and granary, if there is no silver and no grain, this is a dead city!" ”
Zheng Tianba led people in the direction of the silver warehouse and granary, and when they saw them withdraw, the common people stopped and followed them.
Seeing that the people who followed behind had fierce eyes, Zheng Tianba, a man who had licked blood from the knife for many years, also had some scalp numbness.
"Today, the meritorious person who killed the rebels was exceptionally included as a soldier of the Imperial Court Counterinsurgency Army and the Yue Army! If you dare to take advantage of the chaos to rebel, you will end up like this! ”
Hu Xianxian also saw that these ordinary people were red-eyed, and as soon as his eyes were cold, he snatched the woodcutter held by a big man with his backhand.
She swung the bloody knife a few times at the people in front of her, and then suddenly pinched the blade with two fingers, and with a flick of her wrist, the knife clip was shattered into countless pieces of iron filings!
The common people were shocked, and then they gradually withdrew from the mood of the frenzy of killing, and gradually returned to calm.
Zheng Tianba took the opportunity to preach again, and was willing to go to the county government after dawn to sign up, and the rest of the people waited to distribute the looted property.