Chapter 325: Riots
The city-wide riots directed by Fei Xi and Zhou Jinxiu came with their careful arrangement.
The fuse they borrowed was actually a notice written by Xiao Wu herself, recruiting those who experienced the plague or those who knew about it.
A notice to recruit insiders who wanted to know about the plague in other places and how to diagnose and treat it was used by Fei Xi, the dark head of the big business, and the fabricated rumors were suddenly spread all over the sky under ulterior motives:
"The imperial court was helpless and powerless against the plague, and closed the gates...... It is afraid that the plague will spread outside the city, so as to prevent the plague from harming the whole territory. ”
"The dignitaries and their families, although they are still in the city, have long been settled in the closed palace, and the palace has been equipped with enough food and medicine, and the protective measures are foolproof. ”
"The medicinal herbs that can be prevented in the city were collected by the imperial court, and the potions that the guards drank every day are the best proof that it is clear that curcuma can prevent plagues, but the imperial court refuses to mobilize them outside the city, so that the people have no chance to use them at all. ”
"Now the attitude of the imperial court is obvious, that is, to abandon the people of the whole city, and do not want to be on the untouchables...... Waste money and energy, just wait for the whole city to die...... Once the corpses are burned, the plague can be completely cured"
“......”
One stone stirs up a thousand waves, not to mention the waves of escalating rumors, which are emerging and spreading in an endless stream.
You must go out of the city! You must want to live!
The hundreds of thousands of Fengcheng people who didn't know what to do were completely enraged, and they couldn't believe the imperial court anymore, so they packed up their things at home.
For a time, the empty streets were lively and noisy again, the people were either carrying, or carrying, or pulling carts, and the wealthier families rode horses, or sat in carriages, carrying valuables that could be taken away, and their wives and children and the whole family set out, and went straight to the four city gates to gather.
The South City Gate, which has always been used, is even more crowded, the road is blocked and impassable, crowded, and there are cries and shouts everywhere.
The old general Nangong personally came out to persuade him, and he has been in a stalemate with the people who have lost their rationality at the city gate.
Zhou Dan dragged his weak body, and sent people to quickly post the notices of clarification in his own hand.
Situ Duncan led the whole Liao up and down the streets to intercept and persuade the people to return home.
However, the results have been minimal.
The stubbornness to save their lives has made the people not listen to any dissuasion, and they stick to the city gates, confronting the guards.
Provoked by some secret provocations hidden in the crowd, the annoyed and angry people had many clashes with the guards, and in the end, they were resolutely stopped by the guards.
The members of the special training team, the tiger soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, and the personnel with the ability to detect and crack the situation were either mixed among the people at the city gates, or followed some clues, and also successively arrested and deterred some rumor-mongers and spreaders with ulterior motives, and to a certain extent, curbed the speed of the deterioration of the situation.
It has been a stalemate for two days, and the people have become more and more impatient, and some people have taken the lead in attacking the intercepting soldiers, trying to break into the city and flee for their lives.
At one point, the riots began, and the people wounded many of the guards guarding the city gates, burned down the barricades that intercepted them, and the people moved closer and closer to the city gates.
The honest captain of the guard, You Xin, who had his face cut by the stones thrown by the angry people, with a bloody face, led the guards with a spear in front of the barricades at the city gate, he shouted hoarsely.
"There is no token, there is no old general Nangong...... and Duke Zhou's personal order, no one can think of getting out of this city gate, and if you dare to move forward, don't blame me...... The spear is merciless."
After You Xin finished speaking, he stabbed down one with a shot, and the middle-aged man who didn't listen to the shouts and crossed the line.
As soon as the people saw it, the court guards began to move seriously, and for a while, they didn't dare to take another half step forward.
"Duke Zhou's edict ordered the convoy to go out of the city to collect life-saving curcuma, and everyone quickly dodged"
"Duke Zhou's edict ordered the convoy to go out of the city to collect life-saving curcuma, and everyone quickly dodged"
““......”
A man dressed as an internal servant rode on a horse, holding an edict in his hand, and shouted all the way through the layers of gathered people, and swaggered towards the city gate.
He was followed by five escorted carriages, all of which were equipped with the banners of the Anshun Dart Bureau.
Surrounded in front of the city gate, the people on the inner and outer three floors spontaneously gave way to a way, knowing that the imperial court was going to mobilize medicinal materials that could effectively prevent the plague, but they still showed great cooperation.
Holding the internal history of the edict of the Duke of Zhou, he rode a high-headed horse, walked to the first roadblock in front of the city gate, stood and shouted, "The edict of the Duke of Zhou is here, let me pull the life-saving medicinal materials, please open the city gate quickly."
The conspiracy deserved not to succeed.
You Xin, who understood the situation the most, stepped forward to give a salute, and took a look at the edict from the hands of the internal officials, and saw that it was indeed an urgent edict to let the medicinal materials be transported out of the city.
Zhou Gong's seal is wrong!
You Xin remembers very well that three days ago, he was reminded by the official of Duke Zhou that the seal of Duke Zhou had been invalidated, and on that day, he was also asked to catch a big-eyed official who was looking at the record of entering and leaving the city.
You Xin is a little too much, but people are not stupid.
"You wait, I have limited rights, I'll go and report to the head above"
You Xin pretended not to know anything, and under the pretext that he didn't dare to call the shots, he said a word to the internal history who came, and entered a temporary tent next to the city gate.
The old general Nangong Shi was sitting in the tent, personally directing the affairs in front of the city gate.
You Xin hurriedly gave a salute and announced, "General, this is the edict of the Duke of Zhou, but three days ago, there was an order from the internal history of the Duke of Zhou, saying that this seal had been invalidated, and said that if someone used it again, he would arrest people immediately, and his subordinates did not dare to call the shots, please instruct the general."
Nangong Shi took the edict, and when he looked at the handwriting, it really looked like Zhou Gong's handwriting, anyway, he couldn't tell whether it was true or false.
In the past two days, the grandfather has been seriously ill, and there is no longer a personal letter in the edict issued by the Duke of Zhou, obviously, this self-defeating edict must be fake.
To be able to arrange actions in such a grandiose and well-planned manner is certainly not something that ordinary people can do.
Perhaps, the big fish has come up?!
Nangong Shi ordered You Xin, "You go out first and send guards...... Gather them all forward, send a secret message to the nearby guards, and carry out a comprehensive outflanking, and arrest none of them...... Let them run away, and when they move, they will hurt as few people as possible".
"Yes! General!"
You Xin responded, walked out of the tent quickly, pretended to be released, and asked the guards to guide the car to the city gate.
Nangong Shi began to order the three generals beside him, "You, go out, go to command the archers, and want to leave a few alive, you two...... Come with me".
Nangong Shi took the two of them to the city gate together, and saw that there were five convoys, each with two coachmen sitting on each horse, and eight guards on horseback.
Nangong Shi waved his hand, and suddenly, the guards surrounded the five cars and people like a tide.
You Xi, who was hiding in it, and Zhou Jinxiu, who was mixed with the people with a mouth cloth, never thought that although it was a bit risky, it was also a well-planned plan to get out of the city, and it was revealed like this.
What went wrong, and how was it discovered so quickly?
Could it be that the slave girl deliberately lured herself to the bait?
No way?......
There is really no time to think about it, and there is no other way to solve the difficulty, so I can only continue to instigate the people and break through the city gates.
At this time, Zhou Gongneishi, who opened the way, pointed at Nangong Shi and scolded loudly, "General, they are ordered...... Go to pull herbs, why...... Don't let them go out of the city?The edict of the Duke of Zhou...... Do you dare to disobey?"
"You, show the token right away and prove your identity"
Neishi really took out an iron token from his bosom and shouted, "The token is here, what other reason are you looking for?" General Nangong, if you don't listen to the edict, are you going to rebel?"
Nangong Shi glared and responded, "You, you must be fake, less here...... sowing discord".
Duke Zhou's internal history turned to the crowd and shouted, "People, I am Zhou Gong's internal history, Nangong Shi has rebelled, and the plague ...... He wants to take advantage of the chaos to rebel, and the killing has already begun, everyone...... Run for your life."
Nangong Shi also shouted, "Nonsense! You are the thugs, people, don't be provoked by them, retreat quickly, don't be impulsive......."
It's a pity that Nangong Shi's explanation was drowned out, and the people were filled with righteous indignation.
After pretending to be the instigation of Zhou Gong's internal history, the people at the city gate were angry and frightened.
"Kill this traitor, rush!"
"It's him, who ruined our family, kill him!"
"Run for your life!"
“......”
The dead soldiers raised by Zhou Jinxiu were mixed in the crowd, and the people who had lost their minds could no longer be calm, and they all flocked to the city gate.
The plague plus the rebellion, not to die of disease, will also be killed.
In this Fengcheng, there is no life at all, and the panicked people have no hope in their hearts, and they are desperately trying to escape from the city.
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