Chapter 100 First Release "Master Jia, what is that?"...
"You're talking nonsense!" Cheng Lian was furious and suddenly said, "I only took one or two, not all of them!"
Jia Ren sneered, as if he didn't hear Cheng Lian's rebuttal at all.
"Have you ever considered that with the empire divided into three parts and warlords rising up everywhere, in the midst of the chaos of the time, if you had robbed the imperial grain, how many victims would have gone hungry, leaving corpses and starving people strewn across the land?"
"You stopped the caravan, and while you didn't kill anyone, you took all their money and goods. How many people lost their livelihoods?"
"The little you mentioned is already enough food for so many people. You embezzled most of it. The little that slipped through your fingers, can you still call it relief for the people?"
Jia Ren shook his head, the anger on his face fading. "You know, you didn't kill Bo Ren, but he died because of you."
The sound was carried away by the river breeze and heard by everyone present. The sun was shining brightly, revealing all the darkness.
Mu Tong, who was standing at the side, listened and remained silent, glancing at Song Linsheng from time to time.
But Song Linsheng in his sight frowned and remained silent, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"You're talking nonsense! You're spouting nonsense! You, you're slandering me!"
Cheng Lian seemed to be crazy and started talking nonsense.
"Even so, you shouldn't have killed my child!"
If Jia Ren hadn't killed his child, all these things wouldn't have happened today!
When he said this, everyone on the riverbank was shocked.
Song Linsheng frowned, and the shape of his eyebrows became a small "川" (Chuan). He raised his eyes to look at Cheng Lian above him, as if thinking about how credible his words were.
Just now he only said that his child was harmed, which was an indirect act, but now he directly said that it was Master Jia who killed his child, which was a direct...
These... Song Linsheng was not clear about them. He turned and glanced at Mu Tong on the side. The two of them went to investigate separately, wondering if Lord Mu would get any results. However, he saw that Mu Tong also had a confused look on his face and didn't know what to say.
Jia Ren's heart moved, and he wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he couldn't say anything. However, his hesitation gave Cheng Lian the opportunity to criticize him.
"Hahahahaha, you have nothing to say."
Cheng Lian was no longer like an ordinary person. He pointed at Jia Ren on the riverbank and smiled strangely.
"Since you don't refute it, you agree. It was you who killed my child!"
Wen Yu was also startled when she heard this. She quickly turned to look at Shen Sheng. Earlier, when she and Shen Sheng were chatting, he had mentioned that this "Brother Zhao" had a child about his own age, but he hadn't said much. Now, it seemed that he was dead?
Shen Sheng's eyes were filled with shock and fear, and he obviously knew nothing about this matter.
When he saw Wen Yu looking at him, he didn't know what to say in response. In a panic, he waved his hands hurriedly.
He just followed Brother Zhao...or Brother Cheng, to do some business and act as the accountant of the caravan. He knew nothing about the rest of the facts.
Seeing his expression, Wen Yu must have no idea what was going on. She withdrew her gaze and refocused on Cheng Lian and Jia Ren. Cheng Lian's previous remarks about some disagreement with Lord Jia were dismissed as a minor incident.
Now, human lives have been involved for no reason.
After listening to the two of them arguing just now, Wen Yu had originally leaned towards Lord Jia, but now, Cheng Lian's words were like a thunderclap, hitting her and her group's feet directly, making the situation full of twists and turns and a reversal of the two extremes.
Wen Yu was also somewhat unsure of the current situation.
She looked at Song Linsheng and Mu Tong on the riverbank and saw that they were standing still without moving, probably waiting to see what would happen.
Wen Yu also kept silent, believing that the best strategy was to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.
"What's going on?" Cheng Lian shouted, his gaze sweeping over Jia Ren, Song Linsheng, and the others, as if asking a question, "Your respected and beloved Tongzhi is the murderer who has been hiding for years!"
"Hahahaha, how ironic, how ironic!"
Cheng Lian's voice was rough to begin with, and he shouted with all his might, so for a moment his shouts echoed throughout the Yuanshui River and the jungles on both sides.
It's like thunder in the ears or the sound of a trumpet.
His sudden increase in voice was already very suspicious.
Song Linsheng suddenly became alert. Although there was a river between Cheng Lian and his group, they were not very far away. He could hear the conversation between them clearly.
But Cheng Lian suddenly raised his voice, which was really suspicious.
Oh no! Song Linsheng suddenly seemed to remember something and turned around to look into the jungle behind him.
The mountain mists overlap, the green gradually turns red, and among the swaying branches and leaves, there are bursts of sounds and vibrations coming from behind the jungle.
Mu Tong looked back with Song Linsheng. The sound naturally did not escape his ears. However, he concentrated and listened for a moment, but suddenly his face changed and he said hurriedly, "Master Song, this is not good!"
Almost at the same time as he heard Mu Tong's reminder, Song Linsheng immediately understood what was wrong.
What was surging in the distant jungle was not a green wave made up of grass, trees and branches, but a dense crowd of people.
I don't know who brought the people of Jiangyang here, but now they are rushing through the jungle and heading towards the riverbank without any hesitation.
It’s really not good.
Song Linsheng suddenly turned around and looked at Cheng Lian on the boat——
He said that deliberately so that the people could hear it in order to stir up public anger.
Who knows, maybe he had used some trick to lure these curious people here early on.
It was strange that Master Jia didn't refute what Cheng Lian had just said. Could it be that what he said was true...
However, regardless of whether what Cheng Lian said was true or false, it would be wrong to involve the people who do not know the truth before the matter is concluded.
He simply wanted to use the people to expand his influence, create public pressure, and put pressure on the government.
Song Linsheng turned around and stopped looking at Cheng Lian behind him, and instead looked at Jia Ren beside him.
Lord Jia, who usually speaks and does things with ease, now stopped on the riverbank, facing the surging crowd, and seemed a little at a loss.
Jia Ren was stunned for a moment. He seemed to feel nothing, including the people in front of him, the cargo ship behind him, the sky above his head, and the sand and stones under his feet. Everything around him was quiet.
It was like falling into a deep ancient well, narrow and cramped, dark without any sunlight, or like running into an endless wilderness, with only this body and no one else.
He just stood there blankly, unable to move, until Mu Tong beside him called out to him several times, and then he slowly reacted.
"Master Jia, what is that?"
Jia Ren looked in the direction Mu Tong was talking. He had previously deployed a team of men equipped with bows and crossbows in the jungle, while he and Lord Song only brought enough men to move boxes and cages. They had made two preparations, so as not to alarm the newcomers too much and also to be prepared for emergencies.
The group of people, led by Yang Sheng, were now following the people, chasing their pace in a disorderly manner.
The one who was far behind was Yang Sheng.
Jia Ren looked at Yang Sheng's figure from afar. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he gave up because they were too far apart.
At the same time, the scene changed——
"Slow down, fellow villagers, slow down!"
Yang Sheng was so anxious that he was sweating all over. He had originally been ordered to ambush here, but for some reason a group of people suddenly rushed out, shouting that they wanted to go to the riverbank.
He couldn't stop them, and he couldn't not stop them. The relationship between the people and the officials had always been delicate. They always had to go along with the people and there was nothing they could refuse.
After some negotiations, he was unable to stop the people. In addition, some troublemakers interfered and suddenly started pushing and shoving. In a few seconds, some people rushed out of the jungle.
Although he had not obtained the permission of Lord Song or Lord Jia, he could not hesitate any longer because of this mess. He had to clean it up now.
One reason is to protect the people, and the other is to stop the people.
Although Yang Sheng knew that it was not the right time for him and his companions to show up, he could not hide away, let alone retreat. He could only bite the bullet and follow the people, shouting at them to be careful while thinking about how to explain to the adults later.
He watched from afar, and although he could not hear clearly, he could see that the man on the boat had kidnapped the lady surnamed Wen who was beside Lord Song, and was confronting his Lord Jia.
I think that person wants ten thousand taels of gold, and this is just an ordinary kidnapping for money, which should not be difficult to handle.
Thinking of this, Yang Sheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although the people were not easy to appease, as long as the matter was not serious, there was still room for improvement. Even if it spread, it would not have any extremely bad effects.
The crowd in front of him was thronging, and the chaos and noise were getting more and more intense. Yang Sheng quickly held his breath and concentrated, and together with the yamen runner beside him, he tried to persuade the people.
Yang Sheng's running figure appeared on the riverbank, with strands of golden light jumping in his hair. His whole body was covered with a layer of dazzling color. Under the sunlight, his shadow was also stretched out.
Jia Ren looked at Yang Sheng in the distance, and without thinking too much he could roughly understand the current situation.
The participation of the people must have been planned by someone with ulterior motives, and one doesn't need to guess that that person is Cheng Lian behind him.
Cheng Lian's wild laughter echoed in his ears, like an airtight net, surrounding him and making it difficult for him to breathe.
But what he was thinking about now was something else.
Jia Ren turned his back so that Cheng Lian on the boat could not see his expression.
Cheng Lian's gaze passed over Jia Ren and looked straight to the other end of the jungle. The movement there did not escape his eyes.
He smiled with a hint of sarcasm. Well, that was something he had expected. After all, it was he who ordered it to happen.
He only hated that there weren't enough of them—
But it's fast enough.
"Jia Ren! You have been smart all your life, but you never expected this day to come!" Cheng Lian said sarcastically.
I don't know if Jia Ren could hear what he said, but he just stood there straight, still with his back to him.
Even when he said this to Jia Ren, he didn't turn around.
Seeing that Jia Ren was still looking at the direction where the people were coming, Cheng Lian thought that he was frightened by the scene, and thus he became even more arrogant.
He glanced at Wen Yu and Shen Sheng beside him, and then looked at the crowd that was approaching.
It's almost time.
"Mr. Experience, Mr. Co-magistrate, hahahahaha Mr. Jia, what I couldn't do that day, I will definitely be able to do today."
As Cheng Lian said this, he raised his hand to grab Wen Yu, but the two of them were far apart, so he reached out in vain.
Wen Yu frowned when she saw this, but did not dodge. Everything had begun to deviate from her original idea. Now she really didn't know what Cheng Lian was up to.
As the saying goes, if you don't learn the tiger's acupoints, you won't get the tiger cubs. Wen Yu made up her mind and made a decision. If she could get the truth by sacrificing her, then why not? What's more...
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