The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 489
When a ray of breeze in the morning blows away all the mist on the Slender West Lake, a round of red sun slowly rises from the east, shining brightly on the entire Yangzhou City, and Yangzhou City once again falls into prosperity.

On the long street, dozens of hooligans mingled in the crowd and shouted loudly, constantly motivating others to join in.

Zhen Ruyun died as well, and the saddest person should be the Zhen family far away in Jiangning.

It has nothing to do with the gangsters in Yangzhou.

But if you can use this person to inspire the hearts of the people, and then they get a reward, then they immediately become close friends, or congenial brothers.

Therefore, hundreds of poor people in Yangzhou City took the money, their eyes were red, and under the instigation of the local hooligans, they took sticks and shouted slogans to kill corrupt officials, and went straight to the Xunyan Yushi Yamen.

Chen Zhao had already waited with peace of mind.

Under his order, the gates of the Yanxunyan Censor's Yamen were all opened, and a Taishi's chair was placed in the middle. Facing the door, one could see the street at a glance, and Chen Zhao was sitting on the Taishi's chair, looking leisurely. color.

He even had the leisure to hold a bowl of tea and sip it slowly.

All the officials and Qing guests naturally hid in the backyard, together with the servants of Lin Ruhai's family, protected by the priests sent by the emperor, while in the front yard, there were some people gathered by Sun Xiaodong and Chen Zhao.

Sun Xiaodong whispered beside Chen Zhao: "Lin Dianshi, everything is arranged!"

Chen Zhao nodded slightly, looked outside the gate with a little expectation and said, "I hope those who sing today will not let me down!"

While speaking, a yamen servant rushed over, prostrated himself in front of Chen Zhao and respectfully said, "Master Chen, there is a group of mobs, about several hundred people, coming in a threatening manner."

Chen Zhao chuckled, and said to Sun Xiaodong, "The curtain has opened!"

At this moment, a loud noise came from outside the yard.

"Kill corrupt officials, reduce salt tax!"

"Bring back the bright and sunny days in Yangzhou!"

Relying on the power of the salt merchants covering the sky with one hand, they have incited countless people along the way. There were only a few hundred people at first, but the number tripled when they arrived at the Yamen Gate.

There are more than 1000 people.

At this time, it was already dark outside the gate, and the servants guarding the gate had already been scared and hid, which further increased the courage of these people.

Among the crowd, at the front were a group of gangsters with savage faces, each holding a stick and other weapons in their hands. Coupled with the large number of people, it looked very shocking at first glance.

A guy with a tuft of hair on his face was holding a whistle stick in his hand, and he moved a stone from nowhere. He stood on it and shouted loudly: "Fathers, folks, Lin Ruhai, Chen Zhao and other dog officials rely on the emperor's strength." Believe me, trick the emperor to levy more taxes on me in Yangzhou. Zhen Ruyun, a merchant in Jiangning, was killed by this corrupt official just to argue with reason. People from other places are so courageous. Can we Yangzhou people lose their blood? They want to skin us and pump us Blood, what are we going to do!"

"Kill corrupt officials, kill traitors!"

"Avenge Zhen Ruyun!"

"Murder for life!"

The sound of shouting and killing rushed up to the sky, not to mention the horror in the hearts of the people in the front yard, even the back yard could hear it.

Jia Min held Daiyu in her arms and comforted her in a low voice: "Daiyu, don't be afraid, Big Brother Chen will be able to repel the bad guys soon!"

Daiyu hugged her mother, nodded repeatedly, but trembled involuntarily.

Lin Ruhai sat on the teacher's chair with a calm face, but when he looked at Jia Min and Daiyu, there was guilt in his eyes.

He worked hard for the emperor, but made his wife and daughter fearful.

If it wasn't for the son of an old friend to finish it for him, Lin Ruhai wouldn't know how to deal with it.

At this time, in the front yard, Chen Zhao got up slowly, strode forward, and walked directly to the gate. He didn't seem to pay attention to the mob in his eyes, and these mob seemed to have never thought that Chen Zhao would be so bold. Instead of running away, they walked towards them. For a moment, everyone became quiet and stared at Chen Zhao one by one.

Chen Zhao swept his eyes and saw that the crowd was full of strong men, so he couldn't help smiling.

Linzhou and Suzhou violently resisted taxation and beat tax officials to death because the power in the hands of these tax officials was not as strong as that of the locals.

And what about the power in Chen Zhao's hands?
Some things are copied blindly, I'm afraid it's just a matter of time and money.

In the distance, a private room on the second floor of a restaurant.

Above the tall pavilion in the distance, some people who had arrived early were watching from afar.

Thousands of Yangzhou people who were bribed and encouraged to come here because of Zhen Ruyun's death surrounded the gate of Xunyan Yushi's Yamen. It can be said that this time Lin Ruhai is already a turtle in a urn, and that Chen Zhao is also unable to fly.

You must know that the story of the "Tombstone of Five People" in Xuzhou in the previous dynasty came first, and the people behind the scenes understand it very well.

We must know that the law does not blame the public, even if Lin Ruhai and Chen Zhao were beaten to death, and their family members were insulted, in the end, as long as a few "righteous men" were randomly selected as the scapegoats, wouldn't the matter be settled?

Even if the emperor in the capital believed in Lin Ruhai again, as long as Chen Zhao was killed, even if Lin Ruhai survived, he would be nothing but a tiger with no teeth, and an eagle with broken wings, could he still have an egg?
The capital is more than a thousand miles away from Yangzhou, and the emperor has just ascended the throne. Could it be that he will kill a useless censor?
It only needs to withdraw a few scapegoats, and the emperor is helpless.

In short, in the end, the emperor will understand that the salt tax in Yangzhou cannot be collected.

Chen Zhao said with a calm expression: "You hold murder weapons and gather crowds to besiege the imperial government's yamen, intimidating officials and subordinates. You know that this is the capital crime of killing officials and rebelling!"

The crowd was in an uproar, and many people sneered suddenly.

"Kill officials and rebel" the words come out, doesn't it appear that this Chen Zhao is a stern and soft-hearted person?
A pinch of hair waved his whistle stick and shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't listen to the threat of this dog official and dude. We kill corrupt officials to do justice for the heavens. As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public. Can the emperor kill us all?" No?"

Chen Zhao sighed slightly, looking at these guys with fierce faces.

Obviously, these guys are already familiar with gathering crowds to commit murder.

No wonder the salt tax in Yangzhou is decreasing year by year.

"Since you are obsessed with obsession, then don't blame this history for being rude!"

While speaking, Chen Zhao shouted loudly: "The mob gathers a crowd to rebel, and they will be executed according to the law. Boys, get ready!"

Following Chen Zhao's order, the mob at the door suddenly looked puzzled.

At this moment, Yan Ding, who was fully armed, had jumped onto the wall and lined up.

They are all orphans raised by Chen Zhao, and they don't have a deep relationship with Yangzhou people, so they dare to fight and kill.

Everyone held a strong bow in their hands, with a sharp arrow on the bow, and the tip of the arrow shone in the sun, which made people feel frightened.

A group of Mao and others saw the many archers surrounding them, and the arrows were pointing at them from afar, and their expressions changed drastically.

Although there were only a dozen bows on the wall, more than a dozen people stood in a row, bending their bows and setting arrows. This power directly shocked many people.

Immediately, someone threw the stick in his hand, as if to shrink back.

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

The sound of sticks falling one after another attracted a large crowd of people.

When there are more people, the herd effect will start.

If one person retreats, others will inevitably retreat again and again.

At this moment, a scholar dressed as a scholar shouted: "Everyone, don't panic, don't be chaotic, the Yanyan Yushi Yamen has no right to kill people, they are just threatening everyone!"

Many desperate mobs shouted loudly one by one as if they were grabbing at straws: "The law does not blame the public, and Chen Gouguan will never dare to kill wantonly!"

The clump of hairs also regained its ferocious expression, and strode forward two steps, ripped off the shirt on the chest with a "stab", exposing the furry flesh, and shouted: "Traitor! If you have the ability, come and kill me! It's you!" This little doll with no hair at all, have you ever seen a dead person? Back then..."

"Snapped!"

With a clear sound, the triumphant tuft of hair was blown away, and his whole body was whipped like a spinning top, flying across the air, knocking down more than a dozen people along the way, and fell to the ground, looking half dead.Everyone could even see that the left side of this guy's face was swollen from the slap, and the whole bone of his face was probably broken.

The crowd suddenly fell silent.

Chen Zhao sighed slightly, he didn't want to beat these ordinary people, but there are always some people who provoke him, especially these mobs, who are completely accomplices, and it would not be a pity to kill them!
So after he slapped this slap, he immediately shouted: "Shoot an arrow for me!"

Following Chen Zhao's order, more than a dozen archers immediately shot arrows out of their hands, and the mob screamed and begged for mercy.

You must know that in ancient times, it took at least two or three years to train an archer, and the longest period of time for these people under Chen Zhao's hands was only two months.

It stands to reason that an excellent archer cannot be trained in two months.

But things are different now.

Even though the place was crowded, you didn’t even have to aim your arrow to hit someone.

jingche "Forgive me, my lord, please forgive me..."

"Don't dare, don't dare again..."

"I don't want the money, I want to go home!"

Hundreds of people fell to the ground at least a dozen people in an instant. Seeing their companions fell to the ground one by one, these mobs had never seen such a cruel situation before, and they all collapsed immediately.

Especially when someone saw an arrow stuck between the necks of their companions and fell in front of them, their legs trembled in fright, and they fell limply.

Facing these people's begging for mercy, Chen Zhao turned a blind eye to them, not even taking a look at them.

As soon as he beckoned, the servants brought the grand teacher's chair over.

Chen Zhao sat down again, took the bowl of tea that was still warm, and closed his eyes leisurely to rest his mind, neither paying attention to the mob nor the spectators in the distance.

And in the private room on the second floor of the restaurant in the distance, a group of people who were expecting to see a good show were all dumbfounded.

"How dare he?"

"That kid is crazy! How dare he kill someone!"

"He is so cruel! He will be infamy for thousands of years!"

"I'll post the post to the magistrate of Yangzhou as soon as possible, and I will definitely put this violent person in the sky prison!"

(End of this chapter)