Chapter 260 Before the housekeeper finished speaking, he had already completely aroused public indignation.
Ruan Mian knew very well that once their own interests were involved, no one would sit idly by.
It wasn't long before the entire Governor's Mansion was completely surrounded by people, and countless people began shouting at those inside.
"Governor! It's time for you to step forward and give us an explanation! Where did the disaster relief funds from Wuheng City go? Why haven't the houses in the city been repaired yet? Why are innocent citizens being forced into slavery?"
"Give us back our disaster relief money!! Give us back our disaster relief money!"
The sight of the world collapsing frightened the servants in the mansion so much that they didn't dare to go out and speak.
Only the housekeeper dared to go out. However, before he could say a word, he was kicked away by several refugees and started beating them up.
The angry housekeeper cursed: "You...you are so bold! How dare you break into the Governor's Mansion without permission? Someone, someone! Quickly arrest all these bastards and lock them up..."
Before the housekeeper finished speaking, he had already completely aroused public indignation.
Immediately afterwards, his painful roar was heard. The servants in the mansion looked at each other in confusion. Some of them hurriedly ran to report to Chen Bozong, while others ran away to save their own lives.
But before Chen Bochong could react, the refugees rushed into the mansion.
The entire yard where Chen Bozong was was blocked.
Chen Bochong was already angry. Not only did Princess Jiacheng run away, but at this critical moment he was also being shouted at and cursed by the refugees. He was so angry that he immediately called the guards in the mansion!
"Catch them all! Don't let any of them go!"
Chen Bozong's eyes were fierce, and he flicked his sleeves and issued a death order.
Unexpectedly, the guards and refugees clashed together, and the entire Governor's Mansion fell into chaos in an instant.
Ruan Mian stood beside Xie Huaian, and the two of them watched the scene from a tall tree outside the mansion.
She blew the bone whistle, and seven or eight people suddenly rushed out of the alley and ran towards the city, shouting as they ran.
"Oh no, oh no, the Governor is going to kill someone! The Governor is going to kill someone!"
Such a big commotion even alarmed Huo Zong's military camp.
Huo Zong heard the messenger report: "General Huo, there is chaos in the city. Countless refugees have broken into the Governor's Mansion, and the situation is out of control! I don't know who is accusing Lord Chen of embezzling disaster relief funds and ordering the guards to beat the people who came to ask for justice. This has aroused public anger and caused chaos."
"Is this really true?"
Huo Zong immediately called his subordinates and led his troops there.
However, when he arrived at the Governor's Mansion, he found that Chen Bochong had been beaten to death. A group of people gathered around him and beat him with fists and feet. Even some guards could not withstand the beating from so many people.
It was General Huo who led his troops to stop this ridiculous scene.
After the crowd was evacuated, there were few people left alive in the Governor's Mansion, and many were injured.
After all, Chen Bochong was still a court official, and Huo Zong had the responsibility to calm the matter down.
But after he angrily asked Huo Zong to detain those people, Huo Zong said: "Master Chen, the cause of this matter still lies with you."
"Huo Zong." Chen Bozong sneered weakly, "Don't you want to care about my life or death? If my father-in-law, or perhaps His Majesty, knew that you tolerated such a big incident, then..."
"Master Chen, before you teach those people a lesson, if you could explain to them clearly what happened to the imperial government's disaster relief funds, I can then make my next plan."
"Disaster relief money? Are you like those ignorant bastards, thinking that I embezzled it? What a joke! Ahem..."
He slapped the bed excitedly. Huo Zong stood up and left without saying a word.
Chen Bozong endured the severe pain and called his attendant over: "Go call the doctor! Give me some writing materials and I'll write a letter!"
This matter also reached the ears of the princess.
She had now recovered some strength, and even though she had to endure the pain, she had to walk out of the room and ask Ruan Mian to take her back to the mansion.
Everything was going according to her plan.
She also knew the princess's reason for going to the Governor's Mansion regardless of her health.
When she pushed open the door, Chen Bochong thought it was the doctor invited by the attendant, so he quickly propped himself up and tried to sit up.
What he saw instead was Princess Jiacheng with an expressionless face.
His face immediately fell, and he shouted to his attendant: "Come here!"
But the princess just calmly locked the door, slowly walked to the bed, saw his legs deformed by the beating, and saw his miserable state of being unable to get out of bed, and suddenly laughed out loud.
Thinking back to yesterday's beatings and his cold indifference towards me, as well as the tragic scene of his sister being humiliated and killed, seeing him being beaten like this before my eyes, wasn't it a kind of pleasure? !
She sat down in front of the bed, her dark eyes fixed on him. "Chen Bozong, why did you harm my sister? Aren't there enough women for you to humiliate? Why did you harm the people around me?"
"You've been putting up with me for too long, haven't you? Do you think I haven't been putting up with you for too long?"
The princess loosened her belt and tore it into several pieces. Taking advantage of his inconvenience in moving his hands and feet, she tied his limbs to the bed.
Chen Bozong was furious: "Why don't you let me go! This is not your Prince Shuo's place! I am your husband! Since ancient times, women have obeyed their husbands. How dare you disobey me?"
The princess turned a deaf ear to him, her mind full of her dead child and her dead sister.
She felt cold all over, as if she was soaking in icy river water.
The hands pinched his neck just like he pinched himself yesterday.
The slender fingers were deeply embedded in Chen Bozong's flesh.
As he gradually increased his strength, Chen Bochong's breathing was cut off. The strong feeling of suffocation made him open his eyes wide and glare at the princess fiercely.
His face was flushed red, but Princess Jiacheng ignored him and resentment overflowed from her eyes.
"For so many years, I have been wrong! I let the wolf into the house and harmed Cheng'er, and also my child! Chen Bozong, do you really think I am someone you can bully? I am the daughter of the great King Shuo, of noble status, how can you trample on me?!"
"Today, you will go to hell and kowtow to my Cheng'er and the children and confess your sins!"
Chen Bozong wanted to open his mouth in disbelief, but she didn't give him any room.
At the same time, Ruan Mian had already arrived at the warehouse of the Governor's Mansion.
After the previous incident, all the servants in the mansion were seriously injured, and there was only one servant on duty outside the warehouse.
After one stick of incense was burned, the man fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
This was not the first time she had come to the warehouse of this mansion.
She walked in familiarly, and after going around the winding paths, she came to the innermost room. After lighting the tinder and candle, she was shocked to find that there were several loads of silver neatly stacked in the corner.
The box was still sealed with the seal of the imperial treasury.
If this was her first time here, she might not be able to find this inner warehouse.
Unfortunately, despite all Chen Bozong's calculations, he didn't expect that he had emptied the warehouse once.
So this secret inner room was no problem for Ruan Mian.
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