Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 383: So Righteous, I Am Very Moved

When the palace soldier was pressed to the ground by Xue Mai, his face was full of disbelief.

He was just the body of an ordinary man, but Xue Mai was tall and strong, and he pinned him to the ground and made him unable to move.

He swallowed a mouthful of mud while struggling and roared, "Who are you? How dare you attack in front of the gate of Changnan Mansion? Where do you think our prefect should be!"

Seeing that the other party had pinned down their leader without a word, the other soldiers drew their swords.

The long swords flew out of their bodies and clashed with each other, and the sharp sword pointing directly at Yu Jiusi was filled with coldness.

The expressions of Captain A and the others did not fade at all. They stared at the palace soldiers with their eyes fixed and slowly stretched their hands behind their backs.

There were flashes of cold light, and the situation became tense.

The people around felt as if their breath was taken away by those long swords. Their throats were blocked and they suddenly couldn't remember why the two sides suddenly started to fight.

Xue Mai stood up, and before the palace soldier on the ground could react, he stepped hard on his back, pressing him down so that he could not move again.

"General, this man was the one who instigated others to disturb the people."

Yu Jiusi threw the sack on his shoulder and walked forward slowly.

With a smile on his face, he lifted the soldier's chin with the tip of his sword.

The sword was icy cold, and it felt chilling when it touched the skin. The soldier shivered for no reason.

He didn't dare to look Yu Jiusi in the eye. He lowered his eyes to the ground and said what he had prepared:

"Nonsense! What do you mean by instigating others? What do you mean by disturbing the people's hearts? It is you who are disturbing the people's hearts! I am a soldier of Changnan Prefecture. It is my duty to protect the safety of the people. You have put unfounded charges on me, but the people have sharp eyes!"

Yu Jiusi chuckled, "This is truly a righteous act. I am deeply moved."

The palace soldier's heart sank when he heard this.

When arguing with others, I am not afraid of those who are unreasonable, but I am afraid of those who are reasonable but unwilling to be reasonable.

Obviously, the boy in front of him, called "Lang Jiang", is the latter - he says nothing, does whatever he wants, and people can't figure out what he is thinking.

His head was pressed back to the ground by Xue Mai, and he stared at the streets in the mansion.

The person who went to report the news a long time ago...why hasn't he come yet?

Yu Jiusi squatted down, followed his gaze, and whispered, "Are you waiting for someone? The tall and thin guy?"

The soldier's pupils shrank sharply, and he looked up in disbelief: "What do you mean?"

Yu Jiusi was very happy to see him like this, and smiled: "I will ask you this question, please wait a little longer, who knows, he may come back soon."

The palace soldier was furious, but he suppressed his uneasiness and forced a smile.

"This...Lang Jiang, is there any misunderstanding between us? You just said that you were sent by the court to deliver food, which proves that you are also a member of the court. And we are soldiers from Changnan Prefecture. There is absolutely no reason for us to be enemies!"

Yu Jiusi smiled back at him and patted his face gently.

"Now you know that I am a member of the imperial court? Who taught you to pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth? But your prefect Ning? I really want to meet him."

The people nearby looked at Yu Jiusi, then at the palace soldiers, all confused.

"What do you mean? Was this young man really sent by the imperial court to deliver food? Then why did he block us in the city just now?"

There were also smart people among the crowd who immediately figured out the key.

He looked around and frowned, "I'm afraid the young general is not trying to stop us..."

"Not blocking us? Then who are they blocking? Our mansion has suffered such a disaster, who is worthy of blocking? No, that's not right... It seems... there really is someone?"

Yu Jiusi stood up, grabbed a handful of food from the ground, and asked, "Did you find out? There are still smart people."

He crushed the rice husk with two fingers and picked up the large white rice grain.

"Right now, there are many people in your Changnan City who have money and food."

He took two steps forward, and under the people's puzzled gaze, he took the cloth bag from a man's hand and weighed it in his hand.

"How many pounds?"

The people's eyes followed his movements up and down, and they answered blankly: "Two catties..."

Yu Jiusi nodded, opened the bag and looked at it. "How much did you pay?"

The common people felt pain in their flesh when they thought of this, and gritted their teeth and said, "One hundred and eighty coins."

The palace soldiers wanted to stop them, but the people now clearly did not resist Yu Jiusi as they did just now, so it was obviously too late to stop them.

Yu Jiusi smiled and looked at him, tilting his head and said, "You know too much. He's a good dog, but not like an ordinary palace soldier. Xue Mai, tie him up and take him with you. Who knows, he might be useful later."

Xue Mai looked at the bright "military merit" on the ground and wiped his saliva, "Yes!"

Yu Jiusi handed back the people's "gold grain" and said for no reason: "Take it home and eat it. Remember how much you have bought and how much you have eaten recently."

Remember to eat?

The people took the bag and asked him, not knowing what was going on: "How do I remember it?"

Yu Jiusi seemed to have answered, but also seemed not to have answered: "Remember it with your brain, and write it down if you can write."

"what......"

The people obviously only had a vague idea of ​​what was going on, but it had to be said that Yu Jiusi's move had completely convinced them.

The person who had just instigated disturbance of the people in the crowd was no longer there, and the only ones left were ordinary people.

Although they were used to hearing rumors, they were not bad by nature, and there were also a few smart people in the crowd. They analyzed the general situation from the conversation between Yu Jiusi and the palace soldiers.

This made them admire Yu Jiusi so much that they spontaneously began to comfort the people and evacuate the crowd.

The people wanted to leave the city at this time, but they were definitely unable to do so. They looked back every few steps and walked into the city.

Xue Mai led his men to tie up all the palace soldiers. A small team came from Changnan Palace against the flow of people, holding three palace soldiers and two constables in their hands.

The people who came were none other than the Gui team, who had already taken off their armor and sneaked into the city.

Team leader Gui walked over quickly, clasped his fists towards Yu Jiusi and said:

"General, it's just as you expected. The boy passed the letter on. One of them went to Ning Mansion, one went to the Chamber of Commerce, and he went to the government office. I intercepted them on the way, and when I came back, I met two constables and took them back."

Yu Jiusi nodded, and he asked, "Lang Jiang, are we going to kill the prefect by surprise?"

"Can't kill."

Yu Jiusi put his sword back into its scabbard, mounted his horse, and led the remaining two thousand soldiers into the city.

Xue Mai and Team Leader Gui rode beside him on horseback, somewhat puzzled, "Lang Jiang, why can't we kill him? Didn't we besiege the city in vain?"

Yu Jiusi pointed at himself and then at the soldiers defending the city.

"We have more than 3,000 men at most? Besiege the city? Where did you put the garrison in this area?"

"Uh..." Leader Gui scratched his head.