"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Chiling. May God have mercy on you!"
"Woo, woo, woo. Mom, we're so hungry. When will we have food?"
"Our ancestors have been farming here for generations, and we're just living a peaceful life. But we've been brutally attacked by villains. Your Majesty, you must help us!"
In Niu Jiao Town, at the foot of the defensive fortress, a dense crowd of old, weak, sick and disabled residents were kneeling.
They cried and shouted, like the most miserable people in the world.
The most conspicuous person among them was naturally the old woman Jian Ru. She knelt at the foot of the long staircase, holding high the imperial edict of the late emperor in both hands, as if petitioning the people.
She knew that Jiang Li had walked up these stairs a few days ago. There were also imperial guards guarding the stairs, so everything that happened there would definitely reach Jiang Li's ears.
Now Jiang Li hasn't shown up yet, he must be afraid of them.
With the imperial edict in one hand and the suffering of the people in the other, even the current empress is powerless to resist.
Jian Ru instructed the people around her, "Let them continue crying. Don't stop. If the child doesn't cry, pinch him until he starts crying. The crying is not loud enough. If anyone doesn't work hard, we won't give him a penny."
After a while, the crying of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people in the audience became louder.
Some people even straightened their bodies and fainted from crying.
At this time, Blind Zhao, with a gloomy face, quickly groped over and said to Jian Ru:
"Oh no! News has come from the front. The Shenji Battalion is coming."
"What?" Jian Ru was also surprised.
Blind Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "No wonder Jiang Chiling is so fearless. It turns out that the Shenji Camp has arrived. However, my death squad is no pushover. You guys keep crying and shouting. It's best to lead others to charge forward and make sure to call Jiang Li out. That way we have a chance."
"OK!"
Jian Ru agreed immediately, she also knew that it was a matter of life and death.
Immediately, she called two pregnant women to support her, and they walked up the stairs step by step.
"Stop!" The imperial guards immediately stopped them.
But it seemed that Jian Ru was holding the imperial edict, and she was an old woman with gray hair. The two women next to her were pregnant with big bellies, so naturally no one dared to use force to stop it.
"Your Majesty! Please, come out and see us! This is the late emperor's decree!"
Jian Ru held up the imperial edict, knelt down and shouted loudly.
The densely packed elderly, weak, sick and disabled people behind him also shouted loudly, until they were hoarse.
It really makes those who hear it sad and those who listen to it cry.
Boom boom boom!
Suddenly, a dull sound of footsteps was heard in the distance.
A powerful army of the Shenji Camp has already rushed over, and at the forefront is a huge thunder lion.
Lin Che glanced at them and said loudly:
"Two clan leaders, it seems you don't take my words seriously!"
Jian Ru and Blind Zhao in the crowd finally recognized Lin Che at this moment, and both exclaimed:
"It's you!"
Blind Zhao's first reaction was to wink at his men. Coincidentally, there were assassins lying in ambush next to him who could attack Lin Che.
Of course, it would be best to wait until Liu Ji invited the successor of the Eight Gates of the Divine Palace. But time is running out, and it seems that we can't wait any longer.
Jian Ru stood on the stairs and raised the imperial edict in her hand: "I don't care who you are, but I have the imperial edict of the late emperor. This place does not belong to you. If you dare to mess around, it will be disobeying the imperial edict..."
Crash!
She was responded by the densely packed Shenjiying soldiers, who rushed directly into the crowd and surrounded everyone.
Jian Ru's voice trembled: "What are you going to do? Shenjiying, are you going to kill us unarmed civilians? You simply don't take the laws of Dagan seriously."
Although Blind Zhao has a lot of assassins under his control, he doesn't dare to act rashly now.
After all, the shock given to him by the Shenjiying was too strong.
"I repeat, from this day forward, all these towns belong to me. Everything belongs to me—including your lives."
"You're talking bullshit! If you have the guts, just kill us all. We are absolutely not afraid of you!" Jian Ru was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
The old, weak, and sick were all startled, thinking about the money given by the four major families. On weekdays, they also relied on the four major families to make a fortune. They immediately gritted their teeth and followed suit.
"Kill us all if you dare!"
"We have not committed any crime. Do you dare to use force under the Empress's nose?"
There were even hundreds of scholars dressed in Confucian robes who came forward, pointed at Lin Che and started cursing:
"He's a heinous criminal. How dare you touch a woman or a child?"
"King Yanyun, you're nothing but a bully. Our heads are at stake. If you're not afraid of eternal infamy, then strike."
"Under bright daylight, under clear skies and a clear sky! Thousands of eyes are watching you. I urge you not to do evil. Otherwise, I can ruin your reputation with just one poem!"
Lin Che's lips curled up slightly. "I am full of righteousness, why should I be afraid of you little bastards?"
"I, Lin Che, am fighting for the survival of the human race. How can you stop me?"
"Come, capture a thousand people!"
Crash!!
A group of Shenjiying soldiers rushed directly into the crowd, captured one person each and dragged him out.
Even though they are old, weak, sick and disabled, they are definitely not law-abiding civilians. Those who dare to make this money are all cruel and vicious.
If they were really hardworking farmers, they would have hidden at home and not dared to go out long ago.
So, when these people were being dragged, they punched, kicked, and bit the soldiers of the Shenji Camp. When they found that the soldiers of the Shenji Camp were all protected by their true qi and could not be beaten at all, they simply spat yellow phlegm, cursed crazily, and rolled on the ground.
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