"Wei Huai ......"

Wei Huaizheng walked under the Huaiqing Bridge with Xia and Yang, but saw a team of officers and soldiers in the dense crowd. The officers and soldiers were opening the way in front of him, as if they were rushing towards him.

I have to say that Wei Huai still has a sense of fear. "Let's go." Wei Huai called the two of them in a low voice, and hurriedly turned around and fled.

They crowded among the tourists, and turned out from a corner; Wei Huai also craned his neck from time to time to look back, and saw that they were following very closely, and he didn't let go for a moment.

They turned into an alley again, but they were confronted by a wall that was so high that they could not climb over it. Wei Huai hurriedly walked out of the alley, but his shoulder was suddenly pulled by a hand, and he almost stumbled.

"Where do you want to run? I can hide from the first year of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth! An officer came out of the corner, grabbed Wei Huai, and held him on the head.

"You ...... What reason do you have for arresting me? ”

"Reason? Have you forgotten that audacious letter you wrote to the prefect? You could be convicted of a capital crime! He dragged Wei Huai rudely, "Hurry up!" ”

"Don't you think!" Yang Huaixian yelled behind him.

"I know that you two are complicit with this prisoner, and I will now open the net and will not bother with you; If you dare to disrupt my routine, you will accompany him to prison! The officer didn't look at Yang Huai, taught the soldiers to tie up Wei Huai, and left with people.

"Stop!"

Yang Huaisheng couldn't hold back his anger, and strode forward to stop people; But Xia Yuanlong's eyes were quick, and he pulled him back in an instant, grabbed his hand, and persuaded: "This is not the time to be angry. Brother Zhong Fang, you are too reckless! Wouldn't it be better to find a place first, gather the people, and later encourage them to protest to the imperial court. I'm right, Brother Zhongfang......"

Yang Huaisheng gave up and followed Xia Yuanlong back to the mansion sullenly.

The officers escorted Wei Huai to the number room, and since he had not yet been convicted, he was not shackled and allowed to move around the prison at will, without restraint.

A day later, the prefect consulted with Wan Wangye, and sentenced a person who 'incited the people, deliberately misbehaved, and should be beheaded according to the laws of the country, and now forgive it as appropriate, and only order 30 years in prison', so that the officer put a shackle on Wei Huai and locked him in the number room.

Although the prefect strictly forbade the news to spread the news, the news still spread and shook the entire city of Nanjing. Yang Huaisheng was extremely annoyed, so he plotted with Xia Yuanlong, set up tables and chairs at the old stage on the street, and summoned the people with great fanfare, attracting many people to stop and watch, so that there were more and more people, and the crowds were surging, and the people behind even stood on tiptoe in anticipation.

That Xia Yuanlong stood in the middle of the platform, coughed clearly, and under the clear blue and cool sky, facing thousands of people, he shouted: "People! Mr. Wei is in prison for criticizing bad governance, do you all know? ”

"It's all there! ......" Although there was some noise in the audience, this sentence was still shouted in unison.

"Okay," Xia Yuanlong raised his voice again, "I don't understand, Mr. Wei, as a good official for the country and the people, shouldn't he have some insights into the law?" But he was imprisoned for this incident! Let's ask a huge Nanjing, can't you tolerate people who speak out to resist? ! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! "The people below were in a state of agitation.

"Then it seems that there is a person in this official palace who is crippled, and there is a person who hinders us from reclaiming our rights, and this is our prefect! Nanjing Prefect! ”

The audience was noisy and thunderous, and he was not afraid of disturbing the people in the government. Yang Huaisheng was shocked, he couldn't imagine that he was so fearless.

"This prefect, look at what good things have you done? Since he took office, he has not suppressed and the people's livelihood has not changed, except for blocking the words of the public, if you think about it, there can be one or two that can be called politics! They treat us as slaves and reduce us to worthless, so why not show them that you are all backbone, the kind of arrogance that cannot be easily provoked! ”

After that, the people in the audience shouted "good" in unison, and in the cheers, they all hugged Xia Yuanlong and walked down from the stage; His eyes were full of indomitable spirit, standing in front of the people, like a general on the battlefield, leading them towards the prefect's yamen.

Yang Huaisheng suddenly got out of it, and some people suspected that he wanted to be a 'deserter', so he hurriedly stopped the road and asked, "Is it difficult for Mr. Yang to run?" Yang Huaixian shook his head firmly: "I'm going to buy a coffin." So, without explanation, he faintly departed in the crowd.

This team is truly magnificent. They gathered like a wandering python, crossing the road from the stage, along the alleys, and every household heard the majestic protest outside the window, which spread almost half of Nanjing, before stopping in front of the prefect's yamen.

"Give back the Guardian wine!" Some of the people shouted.

The officials saw that each of their eyes was full of anger, and thousands of eyes were on this place, and no one would tremble because of it.

But they adhered to the prefect's intentions, and did not dare to retreat easily, but just strengthened their spirits and shouted: "Diao Min! Diao Min! You forgot last time...... How did it end last time? That...... That Wei Huai let ...... Let it in! ”

"You really have what it takes to say that!" Xia Yuanlong spoke, and he said angrily, "We are here to save the Wei Sacrifice Wine!" What reason do you have for arresting people? First of all, he said that he was 'inciting the people', but he only led the people to petition, so how can he talk about incitement? He also said 'deliberate misconduct', daring that someone in the yamen was a roundworm in the belly of the sacrificial wine, and even found out the meaning in his heart? ”

Those officials were not good at speaking, so when they said this, they were immediately speechless.

"Quickly release Wei Huai from prison!"

The prefect listened to it in the study, but still ignored it, practiced calligraphy by himself, and picked it up and asked his subordinates: "How is this word?" ”

"Brother Xian, it doesn't work if you say that, I will fight hard to save the people!"

Xia Yuanlong looked back and saw that Yang Huaisheng and a few people were dragging a coffin and running over. Yang Huaisheng put the coffin on the ground and placed it in front of the stone steps of the lobby, and he knelt on the ground and shouted to the yamen: "Lord Prefect! ”

The prefect was confused by his shouting, and his penmanship was also messed up, and his writing gradually became unlikely. "Don't write it!" The prefect sighed heavily. "That Yang Huai rope ......"

"I, Yang Huaisheng, am also a member of the Guozijian, so naturally I have to complain about the sacrificial wine! Did the prefect see the coffin next to me? You can't see it, I tell you, I specially made this coffin paint with earthen paint, and the color is pitch black! This coffin weighs eighty pounds! This coffin is still long, nine feet long! If you don't let go of Wei Huai and appease the people's anger, I will crash into the coffin here in your yamen......"

The prefect couldn't help sweating on his forehead, he panicked, and looked at a subordinate with an embarrassed face, as if he wanted to give something to order.