Chapter 43: Asking for help
I don't know who leaked the news.
The rebels are coming, and they will soon attack the city of Changning.
No one thought that the imperial court would be an opponent, this was the prestige of the rebels who won every battle.
The rebellion is like this, it is difficult at the beginning, but as long as it becomes the climate, it is like a prairie fire, which emerges endlessly and is difficult to extinguish.
After all, where there are people, there is oppression and exploitation.
For more than 400 years, all kinds of class contradictions have long been like powder kegs, bursting at the slightest moment.
However, due to the intervention of extraordinary forces, the previous resistance forces generally did not cause any chaos and were quickly suppressed, thus creating the appearance of prosperity in the country.
But the Quang Nam rebels broke this strange phenomenon, so some people are willing to fight for their lives and want to change the fate of being trampled on the bottom forever.
There are already people in Changning City who have contacted the rebels and taken the initiative to take on the role of internal response.
For this reason, the city defense battalion led by General Di has entered the city with the whole army, announcing that Changning City has entered a state of military control, and a few heads will be cut off at the entrance of the vegetable market every day.
But killing could not suppress people's hearts, and the entire city of Changning was in chaos.
All kinds of prices in the city have skyrocketed, and ordinary people have emptied their homes just to fill their stomachs, but they are all holding on.
They had a glimmer of hope that when the rebels were defeated, everything would be back to the way it was.
At this time, someone saw that a ship suddenly left the port that had been blocked for a long time.
It turned out that the powerful and rich people in the city were not optimistic about the direction of the war, and they all took their families and took the ship to the north.
The network of these people is complicated, and these adults and generals in Changning City have all received benefits and have not stopped them, and even they have secretly sent their families on the ship.
So everyone's mentality collapsed.
In just a few days, before the rebels arrived, the number of violent crimes in the city skyrocketed.
Under the bewitchment of the rebels' various internal responses, ordinary people think that they have been abandoned in their hearts, street hooligans take the opportunity to make trouble, and the black-hearted boss makes a fortune.
The city defense battalion killed a few stubbles but did not suppress them, and many middle and low-level officers also secretly joined the riot carnival.
As for the victims outside the city, they said that they wanted to relieve the disaster and divert them, but they only gave porridge for a few days, barely giving them hope.
Until there was chaos in the city, the yamen was too busy to take care of itself, so there was no soup kitchen.
The palace sponsored a total of one million taels of silver, in exchange for a few days of gruel for the victims, and the rest of the silver was missing.
Even the rest of the people who had been mentally prepared for a long time called him sleeping.
He had already overestimated the greed of these officials, but he didn't expect to underestimate it.
No one really wants to resist, they are all planning to make a fortune and run, and as for the fate of ordinary people, no one cares.
It's not that no one cares at all, like the one in front of you.
Yu Xian rubbed his brows, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who had added a few strands of snow-white to his sideburns and said with a wry smile:
"Mr. Zhou, you better go back, the princess won't see you."
It turned out that Zhou Bai, the chief catcher of the Yamen, saw that the chaos in the city was difficult to control, and saw that the top boss only cared about making money, so he wanted to invite the princess to come out and call on everyone to unite and unite in the name of the palace to resist the rebellion.
Zhou Bai hugged his fists and said: "Brother Yu, Zhou's trip is not for himself, he just wants to get a glimmer of life for millions of people in the city, I hope you will see that you and I have fought side by side, so that I can meet the princess." ”
Yu Xian silently rolled his eyes.
The princess is a soft-eared and emotional woman, in case her Virgin's heart attack, she was really moved by Zhou Bai's words and decided to resist to the end.
Doesn't that make it difficult for him?
It is undeniable that he has a lot of thoughts about the princess who amazed him when they first met.
In addition, the two have been intimate in the past few months under the pretext of cultivating the little prince, and the already lonely princess has long been tempted by the man around her who is not bad in appearance and intelligence.
After all, with her identity, there are not many men around her who can be in contact with frequently, and Gonggong Li has to count one.
One has been absent for a long time, and the other has other plans, so it is not surprising that they will fall in love over time.
If it weren't for the world's eyes, Yu Xian felt that his ambition to be a thief would have been fulfilled long ago.
"Brother Zhou, I know you are a good person, but the building will fall, and you alone can save it.
Niangniang is just a weak woman, she can't be the master of this kind of family and country affairs, and she doesn't want to be the master.
You imposed this responsibility on her, and did you think about her wishes?
In my eyes, the people of the city are not as important as her alone. If you talk to her about it, it will inevitably make her feel sad, so it is better not to disturb her. ”
Yu Xian's expression suddenly moved, and he said righteously.
Zhou Bai, as the chief arrester of the yamen, has been investigating the case for many years, and Yu Xian's words should not be too straightforward in his ears.
His face was full of disbelief, and he pointed at Yu Xian and said in a deep voice:
"You, you and the princess?"
It's almost like a dog man and a woman.
Yu Xian snorted coldly and said: "Niang Niang's body is clear and jade, Yu only has admiration, Brother Zhou don't think too much." ”
Zhou Bai's eyes were gloomy, and he sighed deeply: "Brother Yu, but I really have no choice." ”
As he spoke, he bowed to Yu Xian, his head bowed to his waist, and his voice was full of sorrow, like the twilight of a hero.
"I beg you!"
He is a martial arts master, and he is well-known in the officialdom and among the people, even in the face of the county guard who is the top boss, he has never been so humble.
At the beginning, Chen Xiao also recognized him as a person and did not want to kill him.
Yu Xian stretched out his hand and lifted it, so Zhou Bai was lifted up again.
"Brother Zhou's gift, I deserve it, but I still won't let you see it, princess, so be it."
As soon as Yu Xian pulled the palm into his arms, a blue and white porcelain vase appeared.
"Before, in order to find out the case of the assassination of the prince, I went too far, so that the worshippers in the house took the seven-day death pill, and this bottle is the antidote.
One pill will relieve their life for seven days, and there is an antidote here. ”
Zhou Bai was shocked by Yu Xian's strength, but his eyes were quickly attracted by the porcelain vase in Yu Xian's hand.
He understood what it meant to be idle.
If he holds the antidote in his hand, the power that can be controlled is far more than the few catchers under his hands, and can even become the decisive force in the whole city.
Yu Xian continued: "I don't care about their infamy behind their backs, and I'm not afraid of their methods.
But Brother Zhou, you have been a hero for half your life, if you take this bottle, your reputation in the future will be completely ruined, you have to think about it carefully. ”
Zhou Bai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Zhou has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has set up the ambition of chivalry and righteousness, but with my own strength, it is really a drop in the bucket."
In order to change this phenomenon, Zhou entered the public gate halfway, and was scolded by his colleagues as an eagle dog of the court, but he never explained the slightest point.
Now that the people of the whole city are in danger, using the reputation of a certain person in Zhou to save thousands of lives, it is already a lot of money. ”
He took the celadon vase in Yu Xian's hand and bowed down again, but he couldn't bow it anymore.
He couldn't help but sigh again that Yu Xian had such strength, if he was willing to make a move, he would be able to greatly alleviate the crisis in the city, but he couldn't force it.
He had no choice but to thank him: "Brother Yu, this farewell, or the day when we don't see each other again, Zhou will retire, you take care of yourself." ”
"Take care."
Yu Xian hugged his fists in return.
For this kind of good person who holds salaries for everyone in the snowstorm, even if he doesn't lend a hand, he won't fall into the ground.
What's more, this Mr. Zhou made the first 10,000 taels after he came to the mortal world, and the two of them had their own love.