Chapter Eighty-Nine: At Stake
The dusk scenery of Yangzhou is the most prosperous, whether it is the sun in the city and outside the city, it is a wonderful scene. Especially the brilliant gold, sprinkled by the sunset, is simply beautiful.
"Lord Zhou, it's all delivered. Yangzhou Thorn Shi Wang Shizhi gasped, frequently wiped the sweat beads on the top of his head, and his chest was soaked with a large area of sweat. The rest of the officials also stood behind Wang Shi with sweaty heads.
"Well, there are still falls, how much is missing, use the flesh on your body to make up. Zhou Yunkai stood up from the chair, put down the frightened sweet tea in his hand, calculated it, it was indeed about the same, walked to the middle of the officials, rolled up his sleeves, clapped his hands and shouted" Everyone got up, with me and the Ministry of Water in Yangzhou to repair the river embankment, the silver money was distributed to the people, and the rest was handed over to the water conservancy. ”
Zhou Yunkai said solemnly, so that the rest of the adults had no choice but to bow and say, "Yes......"
"Good. Zhou Yunkai nodded, looked at the carriage with the guard handle behind him, and was about to open the carriage and take out the gold, but was stopped by the guards brought by Dong Jian.
"No one can open the carriage without the order of the general!"
"Presumptuous!" Zhou Yunkai raised his sword and shouted angrily, "General Dong Jian has fallen ill from overwork to control the floods in Yangzhou, so why do you want to stop the general's hard work? If the official and the general admit in front of the people today, you don't have long ears, if you delay the time to control the water, you can take responsibility!"
"This ......"
"All the consequences of responsibility are borne by this official, and it has nothing to do with you!"
The guards thought for a moment, but they were shocked by Zhou Yunkai's aura, bowed their heads and replied "Yes!" and then retreated behind them.
Zhou Yunkai led the carriage and left quickly, and the rest of the adults followed him in a carriage and sedan chair, leaving only Wang Shizhi and his entourage to watch everyone leave miserably, waving his hand and saying, "Set up a pot, buy meat, and cook soup...... Hey!"
Seeing that Zhou Yunkai left in a hurry, and did not see Dong Jian's figure, the incident suddenly felt very strange, and he couldn't help but say to the people around him, "You guys stay where I am, if Zhou Yunkai has anything unusual, he will be captured alive, and I will report to the general." ”
"Yes!"
In the room of the restaurant all over the world, Dong Jianzheng was lying naked on the hotbed and snoring like thunder, and the three girls on the side were hugging him left and right, snuggling in Dong Jian's arms and dreaming sweetly.
"General!"
After the guard shouted outside the door, Dong Jian didn't wake up, so the guard couldn't help but be a little anxious, and shouted "General!" to the room.
"Well......" Dong Jian turned over, took advantage of the situation and pulled the girl under him, and he was happy.
"General, hey, General, wake up, Lord Zhou has taken all the 100,000 money away to control the flood!"
"Well, hehe, what are you afraid of, my virtuous brother is smart, but he is just going to fool the people, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously, ah-don't bother me......" Dong Jian was enjoying it, and he was so drunk that he didn't have time to take care of the guards' words.
"Oh general! Lord Zhou has collected all the money of the officials, and now the forty officials from Yangzhou have gone to deal with the flood! You still can't wake up from a big dream, is this your idea?" The guard was anxious and annoyed, knelt outside the door and said angrily.
"Well, wait a minute, I'll ......be fine soon," Dong Jian said in the room, only to hear the sound of warblers in the room...... Whoa, Yanyu...... muttered, causing the guards outside the door to blush. Embarrassed, he knelt outside the door and waited anxiously.
"What!
I only heard Dong Jian's angry roar in the room, and then the girl screamed continuously, and then Dong Jian's disheveled clothes, his boots and socks pushed open the door angrily, his face was full of anger and couldn't be suppressed, and he shouted angrily at the guards, "Where is he!"
Night.
The sun is hidden, the stars are bright, the torches at the gate of Yangzhou are bright, the fragrance of rice is overflowing, when Dong Jian's sedan chair horse passes by, he sees a large group of refugees drinking porridge and soup, gobbling up bowl after bowl, the five cauldrons in front of the city gate are lined up with a long queue, the refugees are looking forward to when they will arrive at themselves, and they are noisy and noisy to see the cauldron heat rising, and the night sky is scattered as light clouds, floating over Yangzhou City, and the good night scene of the whole Yangzhou is caged.
Dong Jian's sedan chair fell down the curtain in anger, and his anger was about to erupt, holding a sword in his hand, trembling.
"General, what now?" asked the guard on a sedan chair.
"Go to the river. Dong Jian closed his eyes in the sedan chair and clenched his sword.
The river is full of young and strong, carrying water, digging mud, women and children, young and old, also helping to pour water, hand baskets and carry torches, and those who can contribute will never be idle.
Zhou Yunkai stood on the waterfront and looked into the distance, watching everyone busy, with a smile on his face, but he was worried in his heart. How can a small number of people dredge the river and build river embankments is only a small part of the disaster area, and there are still four counties and 12 counties waiting to be dealt with, and the suffering of the people there is still worrying.
I hope that General Qingyuan can hand over the roster, and the emperor can punish Dong Jian, pull out the one million money, and the people will be saved.
Just when Zhou Yunkai was worried, suddenly an accent fell behind him, causing Zhou Yunkai to frown, turn around and look at it with a smile.
"Zhou Yunkai, Lord Zhou, a clever plan to cure the flood, old man, admire!" Dong Jian came up from afar and arched his hand, the corners of his mouth were raised, his eyebrows were fierce, and the knife hidden in his smile came as scheduled.
"Oh, brother is awake. The corners of Zhou Yunkai's mouth raised an arc, saluted Dong Jian, and looked at the river again.
"I woke up, I just woke up, but I had a nightmare, and I broke out in a cold sweat, which made my brother so scared. Dong Jian put his hands behind his back and became angry.
"Brother is mighty, what is terrible. Zhou Yun opened his eyes and looked ahead, knowing that there was more than one bad luck.
"Yes, yes, yes, great, in my dream, my brother dreamed that a vicious dog came to bite my thigh, which scared me so much that I raised my foot and kicked it, guess what?" Dong Jian approached Zhou Yunkai, his eyes fierce.
"The little brother guessed that this vicious dog must be the same as the little brother, so the brother woke up and came to see the little brother. Zhou Yunkai turned his head and curled the corners of his lips.
"Yes! That's right!" Dong Jian shouted at the guards behind him, "Take it!"
"Yes!"
The guards on the left and right stepped forward and pressed Zhou Yunkai to the ground, and Zhou Yunkai knelt on one knee, not wanting to struggle anymore.
"Zhou Yunkai, you are so bold! You dare to deceive me, you dare to insult me, you dare to steal my money, do you know that this Yangzhou is my territory? Do you know that when I stand on the city of Yangzhou, I shake it at will, and I will make all the officials in Yangzhou kneel on the ground, and a sneeze will make you Zhou Yunkai break his body into pieces! Do you not know that you are hitting a stone with an egg when you do this!"
Dong Jian was furious, pulled out his sword and immediately wanted to kill Zhou Yunkai.
Zhou Yunkai was neither humble nor arrogant, kneeling on the ground without any fear, and his face still said, "No one knows the power of the general, the younger brother is not very courageous, but he loves to take risks, and I will hit this stone today." "Zhou Yunkai saw that the gold had been sent to various counties and counties, and he was a little relieved, if Dong Jian still wanted to do anything, probably the emperor would also send someone, and the rest would depend on you, General Qing. As for dying at this moment, there is no regret.
"Good boy, if you are brave enough, then tell me to send you on your way immediately!" Dong Jian angrily pulled out the blade of his sword and pointed it at Zhou Yunkai's neck.
Zhou Yunkai also closed his eyes desperately.
"Don't kill Lord Qingtian!"
Dong Jian's sword frame had not yet been cut off on Zhou Yunkai's neck, only to hear a shout under the river, and then a group of people with shovels and shovels surrounded them, shouting loudly under the river, and everyone raised their tools and shouted, "Don't kill the Qingtian master!"
Among them, there are young people, strong men, women with children in their arms, girls, and old people, all of whom are under the river and shout in unison, "Don't kill the old man of the blue sky!"
The shouts of the crowd were like thunder, shocking Dong Jian and Zhou Yunkai, and Zhou Yunkai slowly opened his eyes.
"Bad guys, don't hurt the big man Qingtian!" I saw a small child throwing mud on Dong Jian's body, and then a group of children put on grimaces and threw the mud in their hands at Dong Jian.
Such shouts resounded throughout Yangzhou City, and the people at the gate of the city gate came with white porridge in their hands and water bowls when they heard the sound, surrounding Dong Jian and the soldiers.
"Don't hurt the big man, the big man came to Yangzhou to save him, why did you kill the big man!"
"yes, why!"
"We don't agree! I don't agree! The big man can't die!"
"Yes, the old man can't die!"
"The big man can't die! The big man can't die!"
The sound vibrates the heavens and the earth, in the brilliant lights of Yangzhou City, looking from afar, it is like an exciting drum and trumpet blowing, calling all the people to unite as a city, and tightly protecting Zhou Yunkai.
Zhou Yunkai was shocked, but he didn't expect that he only built less than a river for everyone, and after cooking porridge for a day, he was embraced and loved by the people.
Zhou Yunkai looked at the people chanting with tears in his eyes, and the warmth burning in his heart did not subside.
Dong Jian was stunned, the people's wishes, how could he be rebellious, seeing Zhou Yunkai's eyes a little proud, silent for a long time, angry and angry, looking at the people and saying loudly, "How can this official be a person who killed in vain, but Zhou Yunkai violated the king's law and stole 100,000 money, no matter what, he should be killed immediately to set an example!"
"You can't kill the Blue Sky Lord! You can't kill the Blue Sky Lord......"
All the people roared angrily, Dong Jian's anger was even greater, and he only shouted at the people: "The king's law is above, and the common people will not be able to rebel! If you don't kill today, it will be even worse tomorrow! This official will get rid of the thieves immediately, whoever is presumptuous, kill them together!"
After that, the soldiers drew their swords and pointed at the people, and the people panicked, knowing that their abilities were not strong and did not dare to resist, they no longer struggled, and only looked at Dong Jian with anger on their faces.
Dong Jian raised his sword at Zhou Yunkai, looked at Zhou Yunkai with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and slashed the sword angrily.
Whoosh - the feather arrow struck and shot down the sword in Dong Jian's hand, Dong Jianda looked at it in shock, only to hear a long voice sounding majestically behind him.
"The emperor has arrived—"