Chapter 186: Public Resentment Erupts
Today is the day of execution, and the people of the Bianliang Prime Minister's Mansion have decided to execute Huang Ji today to avoid further trouble. And this time, Yuan Chong, who is the prefect of the county government, can't help his former brother......
Dark clouds obscured the light that should have been in the sky, and everything under Bianliang City looked gloomy. Huang Ji wore shackles around his neck, and the whole person stood in the prisoner car, escorted by two columns of soldiers led by Wuliang Habale, the deputy capital of Bianliang.
Today's streets on both sides of Bianliang City seem particularly calm, and the hustle and bustle of the market that should have been on weekdays is now as if it is buried by this oppressive gloom, and it has long lost its former vitality. From time to time, a few cool winds blew from the direction of the army's march, blowing up the sparse leaves on the streets, giving people an incomparably solemn feeling.
Huang Ji stood on top of the prisoner car, wearing only a thin prison coat. When the yin wind blew, Huang Ji didn't tremble at all, but his eyes were very determined to look at the direction of travel in the distance. Compared with Huang Ji, the two columns of soldiers escorting the prisoner car were a little unsuitable for today's sudden weather, and some soldiers even shivered from the cold.
"What the hell is this weather today?" Vice-Governor Urliang Habel rode a horse and walked in front of the team, and he also felt that the weather was unprecedentedly gloomy this season, so he couldn't help but say, "It's dark all of a sudden, and it's blowing so ...... wind."
"It's strange that there aren't many people on both sides of the street today?" asked one of the guards beside Uliang Harbelle, "there should be a lot of citizens in this place on weekdays, but today there are very few. Maybe it's because of today's ghost weather...... "I saw only a few people scattered on both sides of the street.
"How can there be so many strange and not strange?" Wuliang Harbelle said angrily, "Today's task is just to escort the prisoner Huang Ji to the execution ground, why do you care about so many other things?"
"Yes—" the guard agreed. Then he didn't speak again.
However, what surprised people was not only Wuliang Habel, but even Huang Ji, who was waiting for death in the prison car, also felt a little inexplicable: "That's right, why are there only so many people on the street today, where are the other people......" Huang Ji thought to himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart. After all, these days, a lot of things have happened that have affected a lot of people in Bianliang City. Huang Ji was worried that nothing bad would happen in his heart......
The convoy continued to move forward slowly, the wheels of the car clattering on the ground with a "clatter, clatter, clatter." The convoy was not far from the execution site - Huang Ji also knew in his heart that it would be noon in a short time. That is also the end of Huang Ji's life......
Three thousand miserable hairs are frosty, and the dust road is boundless. When the endless period meets the road, the vicissitudes of life will end up thousands of miles......
Huang Ji was wearing shackles around his neck, but the whole person was still standing upright in the prisoner car. There was both confusion and determination in his eyes. Dark clouds swept over his head. Huang Ji glanced up. Want to find the invisible sun. The grief and indignation in his heart, the cry of fate in the world, although people are not as good as heaven, Huang Ji has also achieved his life aspirations, but is he really as he said before without regrets?
"Although I saved the people by doing this, am I really worthy of myself?" Huang Ji stood on the prisoner cart and muttered softly, "Since I came to Bianliang City. I've always wanted to find out what I'm looking for. Mind the world, the heart of the people, although the heart has a wish. But it was also my father-in-law who taught me, did I really not actively pursue anything...... Now that life is coming to an end, isn't it too late to say this......"
Although there was a yin wind blowing along the way, some of the soldiers who rhymed below still faintly heard Huang Ji's voice talking to himself, but they didn't know what Huang Ji was talking about.
"What is this guy doing, muttering to himself......" one soldier asked casually.
Another soldier replied, "Who knows, people are going to die, who doesn't have a little emotion and regret for the world, we have seen a lot of this......
Gradually, Huang Ji stopped speaking, and his eyes continued to stare ahead......
"What's going on up ahead, the Weishenme army has stopped?" asked the people around him as he watched as the troops in the front row stopped advancing at the turn in the alley ahead.
"I don't know, it looks like someone in front of us is blocking our road......" A soldier in front of him responded, with a distant vision.
Hearing this, Wuliang Habel said angrily: "Who is so bold that he even dares to stop the government's car, is he impatient?"
"General, let's go and see what is going on ahead......" said the guard next to him.
"Hmph, I know it without you saying it!" Urliang Harbel replied angrily, "Go, show me what's going on in front of me, and if anyone dares to stop us, ignore him and rush over to me!"
"Yes—" all the guards next to him replied at the same time.
So, the whole convoy forced itself to the turn of the roadway, but after the turn, everyone in the convoy, even Wuliang Habelle and the imprisoned Huang Ji were stunned-
Standing in the way of Qiaotou Alley were groups of people. What is really surprising is that the number of ordinary people flocked to tens of millions, standing on the commanding heights at a glance, from the bridge to the execution ground behind, and even beyond, the crowd was one after another, and the entire streets and alleys were submerged in the sea of people, and the convoy was simply unable to move an inch at the head of the bridge.
"What the hell is going on?" Urliang Harbelle shouted angrily, "What do these people want to do, do they really want to block the road? Are they all blind, this is the government's convoy, and intercepting the government's car is a capital crime!"
At this time, a soldier in front of him hurriedly ran back, and then knelt down and said: "Lord Hui, these people are crowded here in groups, asking your Excellency to release the prisoner Huang Ji......"
However, before he could finish speaking, the leather whip in the hand of Urliang Harbelle "smack-" and knocked the kneeling soldiers to the ground, and then scolded: "These people are stupid. Are you stupid too? What are you still doing in a daze, rush forward for me, if anyone dares to stand in the way. Kill them all!"
"Let go of Huang Ji-" "Release Huang Ji-" There are constantly such voices in the sea of people, Huang Ji, as a "Bianliang doctor", has helped countless people in Bianliang City, and now seeing that his former benefactor was framed by the government and beheaded him, the people in Bianliang City rose up one after another, wanting to save Huang Ji who was taken to the execution ground.
Listen to the sound of the sea of people in my ears. Looking at the sea of people rushing up to save him regardless of the danger of his life, Huang Ji's heart was not only inexplicably moved, but also had an indescribable feeling - he couldn't believe it at all. All the people of Bianliang City will stand up for themselves.
"Rush over to me, and whoever dares to stand in the way will be killed!" Urliang Habel scolded, and sent his soldiers to forcibly drive him away.
"Adults think twice—" At this time. One of the guards beside him said immediately. "If you anger all the people in the city at this time, then the entire Bianliang City will be in chaos!"
"Don't be verbose, his little Huang Ji can also bring out such a big movement, if he doesn't let it go, won't it be against the sky in the future?" Wuliang Habelle continued, "The policy of Meng Yuan has always been to oppress them, and constantly oppress them. They won't listen until they're scared. Otherwise. If you are consistently indulged, the people will be disorganized, and things like this will continue to happen today...... So, now let me forcibly expel me, and whoever dares to stop me will be killed directly!"
Sure enough, the soldiers in the front row received the order and pulled out the Miao knives on their bodies, and then the soldiers formed a line and forcibly attacked the people at the bridgehead in front of them with their shields.
The people standing at the mouth of the bridge are all strong men who usually work as coolies, and their strength is naturally not less than that of these escorted Mengyuan guards. Since the soldiers all rushed up with their shields, they had nothing to fear, so several big men slammed into the shields of the soldiers in the front row. The impact of multiple people combined forces, and the soldiers in the first row were instantly knocked to the ground.
"It's all against these Diao people-" Wuliang Habel couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded angrily, "All go up and kill all the Diao people who stand in the way!"
So when the order was given, the soldiers who were afraid were very "direct", and the Miao knife they pulled out was directly slashed at the people in the front row.
"Ahh
However, the people who wanted to save Huang Ji had no idea what to do, and when they saw that Meng Yuan's soldiers dared to kill people casually, they let go of themselves. In order to avenge the dead people in the front row, dozens of strong men who were afraid of the back swarmed up, throwing the Mengyuan soldiers who drew their knives in the front row directly to the ground, and even engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
"Ahh......h
"Folks, you all stop it-" Huang Ji wanted to roar loudly to make the people stop the senseless sacrifice, but the fighting at the mouth of the bridge was noisy, and no one heard Huang Ji's screams at all.
Huang Ji didn't care about anything, he wanted to use internal force to break the shackles around his neck, and rely on his liliang to stop the out-of-control scene. I had no choice but to be seriously injured by Wang Ersheng and Wang Sansheng yesterday, and now I basically can't use any internal force, let alone break the lock on my neck, and it is not realistic to get out of the prisoner car and escape from the encirclement of the Mengyuan soldiers around me.
The fighting at the bridgehead mouth continued and did not stop, and the number of dead and wounded on both sides gradually increased. However, it was the unarmed civilians who died more, and they didn't care about their lives in order to save Huang Ji. But in Huang Ji's eyes, this scene was extremely painful, and blood was constantly dripping in his heart.
Urliang Harborle looked at the out-of-control scene and wanted to continue to give orders and increase the expulsion of the people. This time, the guard beside him couldn't hold back any longer, and said regardless of the obstruction: "My lord, stop quickly, if the officials and people of the entire Bianliang City break up, then the entire Bianliang City will be in chaos!"
Wuliang Habelle looked at the scene in front of him, and he was also impatient and hesitant in his heart: "I didn't expect that a mere 'Bianliang Doctor' would make such a big move, which is enough to shake the entire Bianliang City." What the hell is weishenme, are these ordinary people really not afraid of death......"
The "carnage" at the bridgehead continues. The Mengyuan soldiers obviously had the advantage of weapons on their side, and they advanced one after another. On the side of the people, the number of corpses lying in pools of blood is constantly increasing. But all the people did not want to retreat at all, and continued to move forward regardless of life and death. Soon, there was chaos on the bridge again, the soldiers killed the people who came to stop them with knives, and several strong men also threw the Mengyuan soldiers directly into the river under the bridge......
"Stop—" Huang Ji had already shouted in his throat, but the faint and feeble shouts were soon drowned out by the sounds of fighting and screaming......
On the other side of the "bloody battlefield", Zuo Junbi, the provincial leader of Bianliang City, and Wang Gubu, the commander of Bianliang City, were standing on the city tower in the distance. Looking at the scene of the riot at the opposite bridge, I thought a little in my heart.
"I didn't expect that a little 'Bianliang Doctor' could win the hearts of the people. What is this weishenme......" Zuo Junbi thought in his heart, his eyes were worried.
"My lord, hurry up and give the order, otherwise the scene will continue to get out of control!" Wang Gubu stood beside Zuo Junbi. Request now.
"But. What should we do to calm down the people in the city and not let go of what Huang Ji did?" Zuo Junbi continued to mutter.
"Otherwise, just kill Huang Ji on the spot to prevent future troubles!" Wang Gubu Zatai said, "When the people saw that Huang Ji was dead, they might have been even more angry at that time, but after this period of suppression, Huang Ji also died, and the people had nothing to be nostalgic for." When the time comes, the will will still be in our hands—"
"No!" Zuo Junbi immediately retorted, "Don't do this." Otherwise, the scene will be out of control! As a Han Chinese, I naturally know the backbone of the Han people, and if I rashly kill Huang Ji, the people will definitely be excited, and the scene will no longer be able to control it......"
"Then what should I do?" asked Wanggubu Zatai again.
Zuo Junbi thought about it, put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and then said: "There is a plan to alleviate this situation......
"What way?" asked Wanggubu Zatai again.
Zuo Junbi continued to reply: "The order to change the sentence and order to revoke the death warrant against Huang Ji so that the people will not riot again...... But he can't do nothing with Huang Ji, since Huang Ji can win so many people's hearts in Bianliang, then he can't stay in Bianliang anymore. I only need to give an order and order Huang Ji to leave Bianliang City before noon tomorrow and never come back, so that I can not only quell the people's riots, but also solve Huang Ji's affairs once and ......."
Wang Gubu Zatai listened to Zuo Junbi's method, and thought that it was indeed quite reasonable, and both parties had taken care of it, which not only calmed down the people, but also did not cheap Huang Ji. So, Wang Gubu arched his hand and said: "My lord is really wise, as soon as this plan comes out, it will definitely be able to solve the urgent need of Bianliang City!"
"But it's just to solve the urgent need, but now there is no other choice......" Zuo Junbi calmed down, and then ordered to the Wang Gubu beside him, "Pass the order, immediately pass on the judgment I just made to the bridgehead, and be sure to quell the riot as soon as possible!"
"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will do it!" Wang Gubu Zatai agreed, and then immediately went down to order the men.
The remaining Zuo Junbi continued to look at the riot scene at the entrance of the bridge, but it was difficult to calm down in his heart: "A 'Bianliang Doctor' shook the entire Bianliang City, could it be that Mengyuan's government has really come to a decline......
At the mouth of the bridge, the scene was still out of control. The Meng Yuan soldiers had retreated to the other end of the bridge, and the bodies of soldiers and civilians were lying on the bridge.
Blood, conflict, and riot, this is a terrifying scene that Huang Ji has never seen. Although it is said that these people came forward to compete with the government in order to save themselves, Huang Ji saw it in his eyes, and his heart was like a thousand knives......
"Ahh............h The once bustling streets of Bianliang were shrouded in an unprecedented haze of terror......
The number of dead and wounded continues...... The confrontation between the two sides has not stopped...... Huang Ji looked at the bloody scene, and there seemed to be a trace of despair in his heart......
Suddenly, a figure crossed the sky and crossed the Mengyuan soldiers advancing on the bridge with light skills. The figure flew past all the Mengyuan soldiers in an instant, and Zuihou stopped at the border where the two sides were facing each other......
As soon as this person appeared, Huang Ji's eyes lit up. Uliang Habel, who led the troops, was also stunned for a moment, the appearance of this person, the conflict between the two sides was temporarily stopped, and it seemed that the comer also wanted to prevent the conflict from continuing to happen.
Huang Ji stood in the prisoner car in the distance, but he could still clearly judge the identity of this person. He himself couldn't believe that the person who came to stop him was actually Nangong Luo, the head of the Nangong family...... (To be continued......)