Chapter 52: Weizhou City Closure
One cart after another was pulled from the back door of the governor's mansion to the military camp.
The people also got up early today.
Just to go to the governor's mansion to collect rice and vegetables, many of them waited all night and couldn't sleep.
"What are these?"
The people looked at the cardboard boxes, which they had never seen before, and were a little curious.
"It looks like something from the military. You see they're all heading out of the city."
They all made way.
Sudden.
Some people from the Prime Minister's Mansion pretended to be refugees, rushed to the middle of the road from both sides, and knelt in front of the carriage.
There was a baby in her arms.
"Please, adults, give us something to eat."
As he said this, he was about to kowtow to them, completely ignoring the oncoming cart, as if he was risking his life.
The man pulling the cart was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
The cart was not moving very fast, but it was loaded with a lot of heavy supplies. Due to inertia, it could not stop the cart immediately, and in order to avoid it, it had to fall to the side and hit the stone pillar nearby.
Cardboard boxes were scattered all over the floor.
The rice and vegetables inside were all exposed.
The woman sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion looked at the thing in front of her, and her eyes lit up.
The feeling of success.
She cried on the spot and begged, "My lords, please give us a chance to live. We have been hungry for a long time. Yesterday, His Highness said that rice and vegetables were being delivered to the governor's residence."
"But when I got there, I found there were only a few supplies. How could that be enough for everyone to share?"
Most of the supplies in the governor's mansion were placed in the open space in the front yard as soon as the entrance was entered.
Closing the door can prevent people from stealing.
It is also convenient to pick it up the next day.
Only a few boxes that couldn't fit in the courtyard were piled outside the door. The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion were referring to those boxes outside the door.
The team was forced to stop.
People gathered around to watch.
"What's going on?"
The team leader was Jiang Yu’s second uncle.
He was riding at the end of the team, and when he saw the horse in front suddenly stopped moving, he hurried over from the back to see what was going on.
Looking at the woman on the ground, she looked familiar.
Isn’t this someone from the Prime Minister’s Mansion?
There were many spies in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but only a few women. Furthermore, this woman had tortured the Jiang family in prison, so Second Uncle naturally remembered it.
"Get out of the way! This is a delivery of supplies for the army, get out of the way!"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the second uncle could not beat or kill the woman, so he could only warn her angrily.
But he ignored the current situation.
As soon as he finished speaking, the people who didn't know the truth began to chatter and make a fuss:
Among them were many people from the Prime Minister's Office.
“So many things are for the army?”
"What about us? We were asked to come get supplies, but now all the supplies have been given to the army. What are we going to eat?"
"That's right! Return everything we were promised!"
After listening to what the troublemakers said, the second uncle guessed that it was people from the Prime Minister's Mansion who were causing trouble again.
Having fought on the battlefield for many years and having a straightforward personality, he is no match for their roundabout ways.
I saw someone taking the lead in grabbing the rice scattered on the ground.
I can only whip my horse whip in anger:
"Just be quiet!"
"These are military supplies. Go to the Governor's Mansion to collect yours. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be arrested!"
The words of the second uncle made the people who were originally just watching feel incited.
Pushing:
"Is the military superior to everyone else? We are all citizens of Daliang, why should we support the military first?"
It’s a pity that they were thinking about Your Highness’s goodness all night last night.
So that's how it is. The things given to them were only a small amount, and when they got there they were told they had all been distributed. Isn't this just kidding?
"Let Her Highness come out! She promised us!"
"If you don't give us food today, we won't let you go!"
But there are also those who have always loved Jiang's army.
I wanted to step forward and speak a few words on behalf of my second uncle, asking everyone to calm down. However, my voice was completely useless in front of a group of irritable and easily influenced people.
Not far away.
Jiang Qingqing, along with a few guards, was about to go to Zhang Yuan's residence to search for other treasures.
I didn't expect to see this farce.
My second uncle was so annoyed that he thought of just arresting the person.
Jiang Qingqing, who happened to meet him, stopped him.
"etc."
Jiang Qingqing's arrival made the people even more excited.
They surrounded her.
"Your Highness! You said yesterday that you would send us rice. You can't go back on your word!"
"Why don't you just give them to the army? Give them all to us!"
Everyone spoke in a different way, and what they said became more and more outrageous.
There was even a secret agent from the Prime Minister's Mansion who took out a dagger and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill Jiang Qingqing with a single knife.
The second uncle had sharp eyes and saw the reflection of the dagger. He was afraid that something might happen to Jiang Qingqing, "Your Highness, be careful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he drew out his sword and slashed the man's neck.
Blood splattered, which made the people who had surrounded Jiang Qingqing and wanted to argue with her suddenly panic.
And getting more angry.
They just wanted to seek justice for themselves, but they didn't expect that they would end up killing people!
Zhang Yuan only wanted their money, not their lives. Now that a new leader has taken over, he doesn't even care about the lives of the people.
The Jiang family army is no longer the army that simply protects everyone.
"Hurry up! Things have changed. The Jiang family has changed! They've started to deduct money from the people!"
"This is worse than Zhang Yuan! What a bullshit His Highness!"
“…”
Jiang Qingqing looked at the group of people who were fleeing in all directions without any stance of their own.
I feel a little chilled in my heart.
Everything happened so fast that she didn't have time to explain.
The situation was developing in a direction where the people no longer trusted her.
Thinking about the dilemma that Xuzhou was about to face, Jiang Qingqing felt that it would be better to clear out the people in the city first.
Otherwise, with internal and external troubles, even God cannot save us.
“Wait!”
Jiang Qingqing called out to them.
"Today I will only say this once: all the people of Daliang can receive a portion of rice and vegetables for free in front of the Governor's Mansion. Anyone who comes will have a share."
"One more thing. Starting from midnight tomorrow, the gates of Xuzhou will be closed for a long time."
"The city of Weizhou will be sealed off at that time! No one will be allowed to enter or leave."
"Those who want to leave, please make plans to leave as soon as possible. Once the city gates are closed, they will not reopen in the short term!"
After Jiang Qingqing finished speaking, the second uncle also began to explain:
"The man I just killed was a spy from the Prime Minister's residence! He was holding a dagger and wanted to assassinate Your Highness!"
"And that woman is also from the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Whether you believe it or not, you can judge for yourself."
Although my second uncle is straightforward, he is not a fool.
He would never do something like this that would make things easier for others without any explanation.
Just now, I was just confused by the fact that I saw this group of people dared to rob the army's supplies.
Their words were like bombs dropped into the pool to the people who were fleeing in panic.
Xuzhou is going to be closed?
When the enemy invaded Yingzhou, the city was never closed even at that critical moment. Does this mean that the current situation is even more dangerous than when the enemy invaded?
This means that they have to choose openly whether to support the Queen Mother's party or the Jiang family representing Emperor Liang.
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