"You foolish ruler, we, the people of the countryside, are in no position to argue with you. Let me ask you, what will you do with us, the victims of this disaster?"
"But you don't look like a disaster victim at all. Man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat for a meal, you will be hungry. How did you get the strength to not eat for several days?" Baili Tang laughed, "You are so strong, why do you need disaster relief from the court? Disaster relief is just a slogan. The real purpose is to usurp the throne!"
Without waiting for the man's answer, Baili Tang asked him again, "Do you know how many days it takes to plant the rice seedlings?"
Why did Your Majesty ask such a simple question? Most of the victims present were farmers, so how could they not know?
"Two, two..." This guy was at a loss for words.
Baili Tang smiled: "Erhu, you tell him how many days it will take!"
Erhu shouted, "The 20th!"
This guy: "What I want to talk about is the 20th!" It's just that I couldn't answer it at the moment!
It takes about twenty days to pull out the seedlings and transplant them, and about fifteen days if they are transplanted.
Liang Erhu just found it funny: "Your Majesty, this man doesn't even know such common sense. He must not be a good person. No wonder his wife would get together with his cousin."
The young men of Liangjiazhuang all started to make a fuss! This big man was so angry!
The big man thought to himself that the tyrant had gained the upper hand with just a few words, and many of the victims were beginning to waver. So he pointed at Liang Erhu and said, "This boy is the man from Liangjiazhuang who drowned that day. Folks, we all know that people who drown cannot survive. How did he survive? There's a lot of reason behind it. He's just a showman sent by the tyrant!"
Liang Erhu was so angry that he couldn't bear it. "Brother Erhu was almost drowned by the flood. Is this true?" He said, "If you don't tell me the truth today, I, Liang Erhu, will...will..."
The big man sneered, "What do you mean? Your hair has all grown out. Hurry back to your mother and ask for milk!"
Liang Erhu was defeated and thought that he would need to practice his speaking skills more after returning.
Liang Qiuyu sat beside Eunuch Yang. She couldn't understand how someone in the world could so distort right and wrong. Erhu had indeed drowned that day, and it was His Majesty who had saved him. Could this be fake? Or was it just a show?!
Baili Tang laughed heartily as if he had heard a huge joke: "You bastard, you are insulting my intelligence!"
IQ?
What does it mean?
Insulting my intelligence... well, maybe it's insulting Your Majesty's wisdom.
This makes a lot of sense.
The historian made another note.
"I am willing to pay a hundred taels of silver. Who dares to come and try? Prove my innocence! If something unfortunate happens, I will provide a pension of three hundred taels and treat their family well!"
As soon as Baili Tang finished speaking, the big man shouted, "You idiot, you are taking human lives lightly and don't treat us as human beings. My fellow villagers have seen..."
The victims started talking, but few could hear what he said.
On the contrary, Baili Tang gave Meng Fang a look to those who were relatively calm and unmoved, asking Meng Fang and others to pay attention to these people at all times.
Meng Fang understood and made a gesture to inform the soldiers to get ready.
Zhang Dongzheng: "Your Majesty, I am willing to give it a try!"
"I am willing to give it a try!"
Many officials came out.
Baili Tang waved his hand: "Wherever you feel cool, take it there. This great opportunity to make money is given to you folks by me!"
The big man laughed: "Did you hear that? A tyrant king only protects his own people..."
A clear voice rang out. It belonged to a haggard girl of twelve or thirteen. She walked to the front with her five-year-old brother and pulled him to his knees. "Your Majesty, I am willing to give it a try. But could Your Majesty please give me the hundred taels of silver first?"
Baili Tang was in high spirits. Unexpectedly, it would be such a little girl who stood up first: "Come here, give me a reward!"
"Xiao Lian, you're fooling around!" A tall, dark-skinned man knelt down. "Your Majesty, Xiao Lian is ignorant, but I'm willing to give it a try! All I earn will go to Xiao Lian and her brother!"
"Seventh Uncle..."
"Nonsense! I won't tolerate your nonsense! Someone, get a bucket of water!"
Liang Qiuyu wanted to say something, but Eunuch Yang quickly winked at her, saying that His Majesty would never do anything without confidence, and asked her not to worry.
The old imperial physician and Lu imperial physician had a gleam in their eyes - could that day be a coincidence?
"Sister! Sister!"
Xiaolian pushed her brother aside and walked in resolutely. It was truly admirable that such courage was possessed by such a young girl.
If you try it, you will get one hundred taels, and after you die, you will get another three hundred taels, which makes a total of four hundred taels.
But why are the victims unwilling?
If you lose your life, you lose everything.
They haven't despaired yet.
Unlike Xiaolian and her brother, they have lost their mother and home, and the man they called Dad has long abandoned them!
"Master Zhang, if this girl were to drown, His Majesty would probably arouse public outrage."
"Lord Wang, please relax." Zhang Dongzheng said thoughtfully.
Then, Xiaolian asked a yamen runner from Xiyun County to hold her in the water for more than two minutes. A normal person would not be able to endure it, let alone such a haggard little girl.
Xiaolian never struggled and was ready to die.
Imperial Physician Lu immediately went to check Xiaolian's breath: "Your Majesty, she has no breath or pulse."
"Sister! Sister!" The little boy cried and struggled hard. If Uncle Qi hadn't held him, he would have rushed in.
The big man who started the commotion said: "Did you see that, folks? The tyrant emperor Baili Tang is taking human lives with a chuckle!"
As soon as he shouted, hundreds of people in the crowd responded: "The tyrant Baili Tang is taking human lives with a chuckle!"
Baili Tang asked them, "You've confirmed she's dead, right? I didn't act in concert with her, did I?"
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