Just as dawn was breaking, the door to the inner chamber was opened by Qiao. Yin was still half asleep when Su Peisheng woke him up.
"Master, the naval port has been surrounded. They claim to be people from Fujin County, saying that our county is so close to the naval port that we are able to live a life of plenty!" Su Peisheng said in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Yin quickly put on his ordinary clothes and left. Before leaving, he specifically instructed Sulan to take good care of Qingyan and not to tell Qingyan about what was happening outside.
Later, Qingyan got up, and Sulan helped her wash up. Qingyan was curious as to why Yin was not wearing a long dress in the courtyard.
"Where is Sisi? Is he in a meeting?" Every morning, Yin would practice his swordplay in the courtyard. Unless there was something special, he would never be absent.
Su Lan lowered her head, not daring to say a word. After the naval port was besieged, Yin issued an order that the servants were not allowed to discuss the matter, and even more so, that no information be revealed in front of the women and children. All the princes' courtyards were closed, and the women were no longer allowed to visit each other freely.
"Tell me, what exactly happened?" Qingyan Yiqiao Sulan's appearance clearly indicated that something was wrong.
Su Lan knelt down on the ground, her lips pressed tightly together, not daring to utter a single word. She could only kneel there and await Qing Yan's judgment.
"Suzhu, you speak!" Qingyan, finding that she couldn't get an answer from Sulan, turned her gaze directly to Suzhu.
"Master, His Majesty definitely wouldn't allow us to say it, so please don't make things difficult for us!" Su Zhu said helplessly.
Qingyan understood that something must have happened at the naval port.
"All of you, leave!" Qingyan dismissed everyone, leaving only the three of them, mistress and servant, in the inner chamber. "Now that it's just the three of us, can you tell me the truth?"
"My lord, the naval port has been besieged. Just after midnight today, many people came out with all sorts of tools, saying they wanted to demand justice from the princes." Su Zhu said fearfully, noticing that her master was angry.
Qingyan was stunned. Were these people not afraid of death?
"Big brother stepped in to resolve it?!" Qingyan understood. They took it back at the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) and went to sleep. If Yin Ruo took it back and left, she still felt something was wrong.
“Yes, Prince Zhi ordered the firearms battalion to climb up the wall and put all the firearms there. He also sent people down to explain the truth, and said that if anyone dared to riot, they should be dealt with immediately!” Su Zhu trembled.
The noise outside was so loud that even the servants could hear it. The common people had come through the night, lit torches, and completely surrounded the military port.
"Are those people's homes far from here?" Qingyan wondered. Since those people weren't villagers from nearby counties, where did they get the information from?
"It's said that even the closest one is dozens of miles away!" Su Zhu replied.
Bayan and his men had already sent people in disguise to go directly through a side gate and blend into the crowd of people to see if anyone was instigating them. Once those instigators appeared, they would be executed in a public and lawful manner.
Dozens of miles of mountain road?!
This distance is not short. The nearby county town doesn't have the fancy decor of the Yuelai Inn, so there's definitely no useful information there.
"Moreover, those people only received the news yesterday!" Su Zhu found it strange, as they should have heard about it on the first day after the shop was smashed.
"After breakfast, let's go take a look ahead!" Qingyan instructed.
After a hasty breakfast, Qingyan went straight to the front, where Yin, Yinxiang, and Yin were all. The four of them looked gloomy and hadn't eaten much.
"Little darling, what brings you here?" Upon hearing Su Peisheng's report, Yin hurriedly came out to greet them. This was the first time Yinxiang and Yin had encountered a similar situation. It was said that many people had come, and they were somewhat flustered.
"I heard the news, so I came to check. Those people might not be there to provide support. How long has the news of the shop smashing gone? Why are they only now coming to besiege the military port?!" Qingyan muttered to himself.
Pfft!
"Sister-in-law, now is not the time for you to have a change of heart." Yin's priority is to protect the naval port, so he must step forward and make the final decision.
"Brother, we can take another look, or send someone over to ask these people what they really want!" Yin Zong felt that things should take a turn for the better.
"Hmm, send someone who can negotiate calmly. Who should go?" Yin knew his servants well; they had no one suitable for negotiation.
"Let Zhang Desheng go!" Yin considered for a moment. Su Peisheng had followed him for too long, so he had developed a bit of an air of superiority and could no longer integrate into the lives of ordinary people.
"Zhang Desheng?!" Qingyan was stunned. The person Yin had recommended was none other than one of her own men. "Fourth Prince, isn't this a bit inappropriate? Zhang Desheng has always been by my side handling trivial matters, but this matter involves the lives of so many officers!"
“It’s him.” Yin made the decision directly. “Eru, you need to explain to Zhang Desheng what to pay attention to and what the bottom line is when you try to persuade him.”
After speaking, Erlu accepted the order and left. The main hall was very quiet, and everyone was waiting for news from Zhang Desheng.
The waiting time was the hardest to endure, and Yin was getting anxious.
"Fourth brother, can it succeed?" Yin did not want to start a massacre, after all, the common people were just trying to earn a living.
"It's hard to say. If it's really just for food this time, Zhang Desheng will definitely succeed. But if he's asking for something else, I can't guarantee it!" Yin also knew his limits. Zhang Desheng was just a litmus test.
As evening approached, Zhang Desheng walked in wearily from outside, his face covered in cold sweat, and knelt on the ground.
"My lord, most of the people have left. Only a few dozen people don't want to leave. They firmly believe that we should only care about the lives of the people around us, and not about the people further away!" Zhang Desheng relayed what those people said, and Yin's face darkened.
"Eru, arrest all those people." Yin bypassed Yin and gave the order directly; these people were probably the ones they were looking for. "Alright, it's time to eat!"
Yin hadn't eaten much all day, and now that he was relaxed, his stomach was growling with hunger.
"Master, even if you're busy, you must take care of your health!" Madam Yin Genjue Luo prepared dinner and told them to have some first.
"Little darling, I just don't want to suppress them. Otherwise, how could those common people be a match for firearms?" Yin smiled bitterly. If he really took action, the most wronged ones would be the common people.
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