Chapter 20: Riots in the City
Who hasn't seen the shopkeeper? Don't look at him one second he scolded the other party, and the next second he smiled so much that chrysanthemums piled up on his face: "Okay, good, my shop is full of new food for the past two years, and I will ensure that Tong Su is not bullied!" ”
When the shopkeeper weighed the grain, Zheng Daqiao gave Liu Feng a look and asked him to go up to inquire about the news.
Liu Feng is the person in his team who can see at night, he is careful, and he is good at dealing with people, this kind of information is the most suitable for him to do.
Liu Feng hurriedly stepped forward, and after a while, he was called a brother to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, I don't see many people on the streets of Lin'an County, why don't the officials let them enter the city?"
The shopkeeper's subordinates kept calculating, and said with a smile: "Why is there no one?" The good houses and fields were divided among the powerful and rich, and the rest of the wasteland was divided among the first wave of those who ran at the forefront. Later, many rich people came, and they were reluctant to let go, and even started the idea of our locals. Even if there were fewer people to drive away, there were more people to drive away, and there was a riot in the city, and later in order to quell the matter, the city gate was finally closed! ”
Liu Feng suddenly felt in his heart, and couldn't help sighing: "So that's the case, hey, natural and man-made disasters, I don't know when it will end..."
The shopkeeper couldn't take it, and hurriedly raised his abacus: "65 Wen for wheat flour, 50 Wen for brown rice, 15 stone for wheat flour, 10 stone for brown rice, a total of 14 taels and 750 Wen." ”
Liu Feng also knew that he couldn't find out more news, so he only turned his head to look at his eldest brother, and Zheng Daqiao immediately took out his money bag and threw it to him.
After paying the money, they didn't need the other party's help, and the group moved the grain to the wagon before leaving.
After Liu Feng explained the news he had found to Zheng Daqiao, he was a little worried: "Big brother, let's leave quickly after shopping, I always feel that something is not quite right, have you noticed it, the faces and eyes of the pedestrians on this street are a little strange." ”
He could see it, Zheng Daqiao could naturally see it, and immediately nodded: "Indeed, hurry up and buy the things you want to buy, and leave after buying!" ”
I have to say that Zheng Daqiao and others are very vigilant.
At this moment, in a corner of Lin'an City, a group of people were secretly poking and preparing to make trouble.
A man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks crooked his mouth and asked, "It's all arranged, right?" ”
"Boss, it's all arranged, but anyone who is having a bad time will promise to come out to help!"
"Hmph, let them fill their pockets, if they don't give us what they should give, then no one wants it!"
Listening to the cruel voice of the leader, the person who replied subconsciously shuddered.
It seemed that he didn't look down on the timidity of his subordinates, and the man waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, when noon comes, let them do it!" ”
"Yes."
There was still almost a moment before noon, and Zheng Daqiao was persuading his younger brother.
"Second Bridge, don't eat, it's time to get out of the city soon, we have to prepare to go out, otherwise we will be expelled from the city after the time."
Zheng Erqiao was pulled by the eldest brother's sleeves and did not move, trying to grab the oily bun with one hand and stuff it into his mouth, holding the soup spoon in the other hand to send soup to his mouth, his mouth was bulging, but he did not forget to defend: "Hiccup, suffocation, nesting medicine..."
Martha smiled: "Big brother, let the second brother eat, the second brother has suffered on the way!" ”
Liu Feng also nodded: "Yes, the second brother should eat more, we are coarse, we don't know how to cook at all, and we can fill our stomachs." ”
Zheng Erqiao didn't speak this time, but he nodded vigorously, obviously agreeing with the words of the two people.
Zheng Daqiao had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, and was about to say something, when suddenly the corner of his eye swept to one place, and his body immediately stiffened.
Liu Feng's eyes were sharp, and he immediately noticed that something was wrong with Zheng Daqiao: "Big brother? ”
Zheng Daqiao shook his head slightly, made a gesture of calmness, and then sat opposite his younger brother, and said without moving: "I saw a group of people acting strangely, it seems that something is going to happen in this city, we have to get out of the city quickly!" ”
Although Zheng Erqiao was intellectually impaired, he also knew what was wrong, so he immediately grabbed the two remaining buns on the plate, took the soup bowl with the other hand and poured it into his mouth, wiped his mouth and said, "Big brother, let's run!" ”
Zheng Daqiao: "... Wouldn't it be a thief to run now, so we should not know and slowly get out of the city. "Don't seek speed, only stability. He didn't want his brother to get hurt!
When they went out to the city gate as usual, the city suddenly became lively, and many people came from all directions. Some are pushing wooden carts, some are carrying baskets, and some are looking left and right with their hands behind their backs, looking like they are shopping.
But Zheng Daqiao intuitively felt that they were not shopping, and their hands were hidden in their sleeves, and they knew that there was something in their hands at a glance! As for what it is, you can guess it with your toes!
Seeing that the city gate was in front of him, Zheng Daqiao hurriedly bowed his hand to the soldiers standing at the door: "Please help open the door..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise behind him, and the soldiers guarding the gate immediately shook their bodies, and ran behind them with a long knife in their hands, but said to the rest of the people: "Close the city gate tightly, not a single fly is allowed to go out!" ”
Zheng Daqiao and others: "...."There is a saying that the quintessence of the country does not know whether to say it or not.
I saw that those people who had been acting abnormally just now suddenly rioted: the man with the basket took out a brick from the basket, and the person pushing the wooden cart lifted the cloth covering the cart, revealing a cart of weapons, most of which were wooden sticks and the like. The knife hidden in his sleeve also shone out, wielding the dagger fiercely.
They were like crazy, kicking and kicking the shops when they saw them, ramming the things that were easily destructible with sticks, and grabbing the ones that were not easy to destroy and throwing them to the ground.
When the shopkeeper and the stall owner had seen this kind of battle, they were all frightened.
The brain clearly knows to drop things and run, but the brain is not clear but is still tough.
"Don't smash it, don't smash it, it's all my family's life!"
"Please, don't smash..."
"You crazy people, I'm going to fight with you!"
Most of these rioters are people who are driven crazy by life, although they hate officials, but they are still in the small minds of the common people, so they just go to smash things, and they will not hurt people.
But there are exceptions to everything, the ancients said: 'The world knows that what is good is good, and what is not good', which means that there are good people in the world and there are bad people.
In this riot, some people have been worn out by anger, and they take advantage of the riot to release the malice in their hearts.
Some of them brandished wooden sticks and struck the heads of the rats, some held bricks to slap and scold their shopkeepers, and some held knives to confront those who dared to resist.
For a time, there was chaos in the city.
Zheng Daqiao felt that he was very unlucky, just one step away, just one step away from them being able to get out of the city!
And his stupid brother was not worried at all, and commanded from a distance with a sense of participation: "Hit him, hit him!" Hit him! Oops, why are you so stupid, you dodge! Ahhh That bad guy actually stabbed the owner of the bun shop! ”
Zheng Daqiao pressed the corner of his forehead and waved weakly at the horse: "Come here, we have to find a way to get out of the city..."
Martha hesitated a little after hearing this: "Is this good?" ”
"There's no way around it, I don't know when it's going to be chaotic in this city, we can't stay here forever, right? What if they even beat us? And those soldiers, what if they arrest us as thieves? ”
Liu Feng frowned and nodded: "This is indeed something that needs to be considered. ”