Chapter 69: Riot
After knowing these situations, Lord Chen was no longer in a hurry and planned to do it slowly. It was his first time farming, and he reclaimed an acre of land right away. His back and waist were already sore at this time, but he just wanted to plant and harvest earlier, so that it would be easier when his wife and daughter arrived in Nanman.
However, the seedlings have not grown yet, and it will take him a while to plant them after he has cleared the land. And most importantly, he is very tired.
"Then I'll go change my clothes!"
Lord Chen walked towards the screen not far away. Chen Xue had emptied the house, so the screen was naturally not left behind, and their wardrobes were also moved in.
"We need to build a few houses in the space when we have time!" Lord Chen suddenly turned around and said to his wife and daughter. Without houses, it would be inconvenient for them to rest.
Although there is a bed, it feels like sleeping in the open air.
In addition, it is inconvenient to take over the shower and other things.
Chen Xue nodded, "Dad, can you build a house?"
She won't anyway.
Lord Chen was speechless for a moment. This was a problem. He didn't know how to build a house either.
There is a servant who knows how to do it, but it is impossible to call him into the space. After all, it is a secret concerning my daughter and cannot be known to more people.
"When I have time, I'll learn how to build a bamboo house."
Bamboo houses are simpler and easier to build, and they only require bamboo and not too many other materials.
"Then we should find a way to get more bamboo."
Chen Xue's eyes suddenly lit up. She had seen many movies in her previous life. In a certain valley, there stood a small bamboo hut, with gurgling water beside it and little fish swimming happily.
The dense bamboo forests shade each other, and a bluestone path extends from the bamboo house, through the bamboo forest and across the stream.
Beside the bluestone, there are colorful flowers, butterflies flying and bees dancing, what a fairy-like scene.
In my previous life, I had also fantasized about this kind of secluded and immortal life, but it was impossible. I didn't expect that after traveling to this world, I would have the opportunity.
Although I am exiled now, I have space at hand. Who says it can't get better in the future?
So she told her parents about her idea, and Chen's mother also became interested. Naturally, Mr. Chen would not object, but chose to support her instead.
"Then we must plan carefully!"
The few of them started chatting again and had no intention of leaving the space. They didn't even know that there was a lot of buzz outside because of their disappearance.
…………
outside world.
Captain Sun brought his men to the carriage where the Chen family was. He wanted to confirm whether the Chen family had really run away.
He also sent people to search the surrounding area. Even if the Chen family ran away, they wouldn't be able to get far.
"Open the carriage!"
As soon as Captain Sun finished speaking, a yamen runner walked towards the carriage. As soon as the Chen family servant rushed over, he was forced away by the yamen runner with a knife.
Chen Yi ignored the injuries and risked his life to stop them, but the yamen runner chopped his leg with a knife, causing his leg to go limp and he fell to one knee on the ground.
The other yamen runners took the opportunity to run towards the carriage, preparing to lift the curtain of the carriage where Chen Xue and others were.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a noise all around, which soon became louder and louder, and flames appeared all around.
Everyone turned around, their faces filled with shock and curiosity. At this moment, a yamen runner stumbled over, his face full of fear.
"Captain, the prisoners are rioting, and many have escaped!"
“Damn it!”
Captain Sun couldn't help but curse. Although he had expected it, this scene still happened.
Compared to checking whether the Chen family has escaped, suppressing the riot is the most important thing. After all, if all the prisoners ran away, he would not have enough heads to chop off even if he had ten.
"kill!"
"Whoever dares to run will be killed!"
Captain Sun drew the knife from his waist and roared at the people around him, "Don't hold back, kill anyone who runs away, I will take responsibility for the consequences."
Upon hearing this, the other yamen runners were no longer afraid and would raise their swords to kill the prisoners who tried to escape.
"Kill them, kill these yamen runners, and we will be free!"
A short man pointed at the yamen runners and shouted, "Think about how they bully us every day. They beat and scold us. They eat good food, but they give us pig food..."
"We have only just started walking, and they are treating us like this, exiling us to the South Barbarians. I'm afraid we won't even get there in a few months, and we'll be tortured to death by them."
"Are you still going to endure it?"
"Don't you think about yourselves? Don't you think about your children? They're still so young. Do you really want them to waste their youth and their lives in exile, and waste their entire lives in the South Barbarians?"
"Now is our chance. If we kill these bailiffs, we can escape and be free!"
The man's words gave the originally hesitant prisoners confidence, as they were all high-ranking officials.
They fell from heaven to hell in just an instant, so they couldn't accept it for a while. The arrogance in their body and mind did not disappear, but was just hidden.
They had been enduring the beatings and scoldings from the yamen runners, but now seeing the crowd rioting and hearing these words, the resentment in their hearts was instantly released.
"kill!"
"Kill these damned yamen runners!"
"That's right, there are hundreds of us, and they are only a dozen or so. There's no need to be afraid of them!"
The prisoners roared, picked up stones and sticks and rushed towards the bailiffs.
When the short man saw this scene, a smug look appeared in his eyes. He hid in the crowd and secretly left in another direction with his men.
Obviously, what he said just now was just to incite the prisoners to attack the yamen runners and delay them so that he could have a chance to leave.
The prisoners did not notice this situation. They were so excited that they didn't care about anything else and only wanted to take revenge on the yamen runners who had bullied them.
"court death!"
The bailiff snorted coldly and mercilessly killed the man who rushed in front. Then he pulled out a big knife and blood splattered all over the ground.
The prisoners behind him shuddered when they saw this.
Many of them are officials and have never seen such a scene.
Some servants were relatively calm, after all, they had watched the beheading at the Meridian Gate many times.
There were also some people who seemed to have a good relationship with the person who was killed. When they saw this scene, they were immediately aroused.
"You bastard, prepare to die!"
Looking at the crazy criminals, the bailiffs retreated step by step even with knives, after all, there were too many people.
"what to do?"
"Captain, we can't stop it!"
The yamen runners retreated back to Captain Sun and looked at the dense crowd in front of them, swallowing their saliva.
They had never experienced a riot before, so they were a little at a loss for a moment, but even Captain Sun, who had experienced it, could not think of any good solution.
"You must understand!" Captain Sun shouted, "Under heaven, all land belongs to the king. Where can you run to? Can you hide in the mountains forever? How is that different from being a savage? How is that different from being exiled to the southern barbarians?"
"If you escape, you will die. Exiled to the Southern Barbarians, you still have a chance to survive. If you perform meritorious deeds, you can restore your household registration and even return to the officialdom."
"Think it over now. Put down your weapons and stay quiet. I can let bygones be bygones for what happened just now and pretend it never happened."
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