When Gao Yuanhai, the official of the capital, was having a headache to rectify public order, Gao Rui, who was far away in Taishan County, was also in trouble.

At this time, Taishan County has become the largest gathering place for the rebels in the whole of Shandong, and hundreds of thousands of rebels are gathered in Taishan County, which makes Gao Rui extremely headache.

But now, these hundreds of thousands of displaced people have undoubtedly become a time bomb, and if you are not careful, once detonated, its power will turn half of the country upside down!

Gao Rui has to take full responsibility for all this, and the culprits of all this are the moths in ambush in those state capitals!

These days, Gao Rui almost emptied the treasury, and barely pacified the rebellious people in Taishan County, but it did not cause a large-scale rebellion.

Late at night, in the middle of the moon, in the government office of Taishan County, Gao Rui was still giving instructions on the instructions for disaster relief, and several doormen stood aside to help him see if there were any omissions, and after a long time, Gao Rui's pen stopped.

"What time is it now......?" He gently rested the brush on the pen holder and looked out the window at the bleak sky.

The night sky was blue, the moon was hazy, and only a halo could be seen.

"Ming Gong, it's time to go and rest...... the doorman said with bloodshot eyes.

"Well, it's almost dawn...... Gao Rui picked up the official document on the desktop again, looked at it, and added a few strokes, "If you really can't support it, then go to sleep first, the old man's sleep momentum has passed, and he will have to go out of the city early tomorrow morning to inspect it to rest assured......"

"Ming Gong, you have to take care of your body, staying up late is the most damaging to your body......" The doormen were still persuading with bitter words, Gao Rui shook his head, waved his hand, and motioned for them to go down and rest. The old man used to stay up late when he was dealing with government affairs, and he thought that most of you were not in good health, so don't accompany the old man to spend ...... here."

Only one guest remained, and that was a thin man with two mustaches. He sat down and accompanied Gao Rui to read the official document.

"They all went down to rest, why don't you go with them, the old man said, you don't need to be accompanied, you go down first......" Gao Rui glanced up at him and said.

"I'm the same as Ming Gong, I can't sleep anymore after an hour, just stay up with Ming Gong for a night......" The man with two mustaches shook his head helplessly, picked up Gao Rui's official document, and read it sentence by sentence.

Gao Rui looked at him for a long time, and finally didn't say anything, and the two of them sat down silently and flipped through it.

This middle-aged man with two mustaches is named Liang Jing'an, a native of Qingzhou, who came to Yecheng more than ten years ago to make a living.

Of course, this name has not appeared in the history books, he is just one of the many characters who have been submerged by history, some talents who help the world, and know about government affairs, so Gao Rui, who came to Shandong for disaster relief this time, also brought him over.

When the emperor held the examination in Yecheng, Gao Rui intended to let a few of his disciples compete for a good future, but only Liang Jingan was not moved by this proposal, Liang Jingan said that he was already this age, and the ambition of his youth had already been exhausted under the passage of time.

Gao Rui knew very well in his heart that he could be named on the gold list with his talents, so he couldn't help but feel a little regretful that he didn't participate in the examination. But Liang Jingan was optimistic about his fate, so Gao Rui no longer took this matter to heart.

But now that I think about it, Liang Jingan has been by his side for many years, but he has rarely taken the initiative to ask for anything......

Gao Rui paused and asked, "By the way, was there any big movement outside the city yesterday night?" ”

Gao Rui was very concerned about this matter, and Liang Jingan replied: "I heard them come to report that it was normal inside and outside the city last night, and there were no major mistakes......

Gao Rui slowly frowned, a little incredulous, "No movement?" No movement at all? ”

"Uh, yes...... It was very quiet last night, and it was quiet in the east and south, but someone reported that some camps were empty, and some people ran away......" Liang Jing'an paused for a moment and said truthfully to Gao Rui.

Gao Rui faintly felt that something was wrong, "...... Shouldn't they, hiss......, aren't they aware of the fact that food is getting scarcer and less these days?

Moreover, the old man has already ordered the rest of the counties to send troops to guard the main road, and those people can run to where they can go? ”

Liang Jingan pondered for a moment when asked, and said uncertainly: "Yes, it should be...... It's a matter of being aware of it......"

Liang Jingan also began to feel that this was unreasonable.

At the beginning, Gao Rui had two meals a day, and each meal was distributed on time, but after the granary was burned, he could only eat one meal a day, and it was all cooked into gruel, which was so clear that it could show the shadow of a person, and a few grains of rice could not be seen in a big bowl.

After Changping in Taishan County was burned, Gao Rui tried his best to suppress the "rumors" that Changping had been burned out, emptied the remaining grain in the treasury, and claimed that the remaining grain could support more than 100,000 people from starvation.

It's not that Gao Rui likes to slap his swollen face and become fat, but he is really afraid that the rumors that the treasury has no food will flow out, you know, there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people gathered in Taishan County! Once someone fanned the flames, then a catastrophe would be rolled up, and the whole of Shandong would be swept up in an instant!

Gao Rui is now guarding a pile of explosives, and he doesn't know when it will explode and blow him to pieces!

It can be said that now if Gao Rui cuts off his own flesh, as long as he can let the victims eat enough, then Gao Rui will definitely not hesitate to use the knife!

Gao Rui has made the greatest plan, and ordered to mobilize the troops of the surrounding counties to guard the traffic arteries of Mount Tai, that is, in the hope that once the side of Mount Tai County can not be suppressed, the rebellious people really rebel, and they can also try to control the small area around Mount Tai.

But none of the things that Gao Rui feared these days have happened. These days, the food is getting less and less, but Gao Rui's governance is surprisingly smooth, and there is not much anger among the victims, and they all respectfully accept the porridge and rice issued by the state government.

But is this dissatisfaction because there really isn't, or is it because it's been suppressed?

Gao Rui and Liang Jingan thought of this, and cold sweat broke out on their backs!

"Someone wants to rebel!" The two spoke in unison, and then there was silence.

The victims of the disaster gathered in Taishan County, there is no place to live, there is no food to eat every day, and the state government has no way to manage such a large refugee camp, and there are endless incidents of adultery and robbery every day, and the victims must be dissatisfied with them!

At the very least, there will be complaints! But why is it so quiet?

The public didn't hear any bad news at all, and besides, as Liang Jing'an just said, there were fewer people in the camp of the disaster, where did those people go?

Gao Rui has blocked the road, where can they run?

If it is really the latter case, and those dissatisfied voices have been forcibly suppressed by some people, then someone is definitely planning a rebellion!

Hundreds of thousands of victims, that's hundreds of thousands! In other words, anyone with a discerning eye can now see that the food in the state capital is about to bottom out, and the dissatisfaction of the victims with the state and county and the court is accumulating step by step.

If someone instigates them, the victims who are so hungry that they are dizzy will definitely not want to be coerced into rebellion!

Gao Rui slapped the table suddenly, "The old man will immediately mobilize the county soldiers, and he will definitely stabilize the situation in Mount Tai!" ”

"Ming Gong can't!" Liang Jingxing held down Gao Rui and admonished: "Ming Gong, your status is noble, you can't be in danger!" ”

Gao Rui pushed him away and shouted, "Get up!" If Taishan really rebelled against the people, then the great plan that the court had worked so hard to plan would be ruined! What face did you ask the old man to go to see Your Majesty!? ”

"The old man is alone, it's not a pity to die! The hundred-year plan of the imperial court is the most important, get out of the way! ”

Gao Rui shook his sleeves, and just as he was about to go out, he heard a shout of killing from the north of the city, and Gao Rui's heart suddenly cooled in half.

"What's going on? Have the rebels already invaded the city?! ”

Liang Jingxing's face also turned white suddenly, "I'm afraid, Duke Ming, go from the south gate quickly, bring some soldiers and horses, this city can be blocked in a short time!" ”

"I'm not leaving, the old man is not leaving, if the riot can't be suppressed, the old man would rather die here!" Gao Rui pulled his sleeve out of his hand with all his might, then stepped on his horse and galloped towards the north gate where the shouts of killing came.

When Gao Rui arrived at the north gate, he found that there was nothing at the north gate, and the imaginary picture of the rebellious people attacking the city did not appear.

Moreover, the earth-shattering shouts of killing ...... Seems to have stopped?

Although there were still the exclamations of the crowd and the neighing of horses, the terrible screams were gone.

Gao Rui didn't go to the city tower to watch, and asked directly.

"I don't know, it's so far away that we don't know what's going on."

"We only heard shouts for a while, and then we ...... After that, there was no movement......! ”

Gao Rui was suspicious, climbed up the city tower, and looked down, a fire was burning on a mountain in the distance, and there were many fires and scattered.

Suddenly, the flames rushed towards the tower like fireflies.

"Alert, alert!"

The archers rested their crossbows on the walls, staring nervously at the torches that danced in the night.

"Don't be nervous, it's from the imperial court!" Someone waved their hands in surprise.

Gao Rui saw the outfit of this army clearly, black armor and red silk, which was clearly the battalion of soldiers and horses guarding Yecheng!

So Gao Rui immediately ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the imperial soldiers and horses inside.

The black-armored soldiers poured into the city gate like a tide, Gao Rui was about to see who the leader of the troops was, but he saw that the armor soldiers were divided into two columns, and an old man wearing court clothes trembled and dismounted, and saw Gao Rui standing there, and said with a slight smile: "Your Highness, don't come to harm?" ”

Gao Rui looked at this old face that was smiling like an old chrysanthemum and was stunned for a while.

"Zu Ting?"

"Hey, yes, yes, it's the old man, His Royal Highness's spirit is still there, the old man misses it very much......"

Gao Rui is also his old acquaintance, and the relationship is not good, but he can't get there, so Zu Ting immediately came up to be polite.

Unexpectedly, Gao Rui's reaction seemed to be more surprised than happy, and he was stunned for a long time, then pointed at him and said, "You are not dead yet?" ”

Zu Ting's smile suddenly froze on his face......