kingnovel Chapter 136 Farce
Chapter 136 Farce
"Brother Zhou, I heard from Lao Yan that there is an important person in the city tonight, and he wants to open the gate on the north side of the city to let us in."
Zhou Yan had long known that there was no such thing as a free lunch in the world. He frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.
Just when they were short of food and wanted to enter the city, by coincidence, there was a traitor in the city who wanted to open the city gate and let them in?
This is not as simple as a battle between two armies or the appearance of a traitor.
They are refugees, penniless, and they came into the city to steal food. They would not bring any benefits to anyone, so why would anyone go to the trouble of opening the city gate?
"Let's not take any action tonight and wait and see what happens."
Anyway, there are too many people taking the lead.
As night falls, looking down from the sky, one can at least see some lights inside Jiangzhou City, but outside the city, it is pitch black.
A group of people learned the news from somewhere that the north city gate would be quietly opened tonight.
At first, they thought someone was crazy and spreading rumors.
But the rumors became more and more confusing, and gradually, some people believed them. At this time, there were a group of people guarding the city gate.
It was late at night and the Jiangzhou City, which had been somewhat noisy, was now completely silent.
At first, many people were standing at the city gate in high spirits, holding various homemade weapons, waiting for the city gate to open so they could go in and loot.
As they waited, with no food or water in their stomachs, they either leaned against the wall or squatted on the ground.
As the night grew deeper, there was still no movement at the door. Many people were exhausted and simply sat on the ground, leaving their weapons aside.
The sun rose as usual, and its sharp light pierced through the clouds and fell to the ground.
The bright sun was a bit dazzling, making those who were originally sleeping soundly struggle to get up.
How come they all fell asleep?
Aren’t you going into the city?
The man shuddered and looked at the city gate reflexively. It was still tightly closed as usual.
As expected, rumors cannot be trusted.
The talk about opening the city gates and letting them go and grab food was all fake.
The people in this city are treating them like monkeys.
"Squeak~"
The man just picked his ears. Did he hear any sound?
He hunched his back, tilted his head slightly, and listened attentively.
"Squeak~"
This sound was clearer than the previous ones.
He could also clearly see a crack in the city gate.
"Everyone get up! The gates are open!"
"The city gate is open?"
"Where where?"
Everyone was awakened by his shout and asked.
They looked in the direction of the man's finger and towards the slightly opened city gate.
A loud cheer rang out.
These people didn't care about their empty stomachs, picked up the weapons placed aside, and were eager to try. They didn't even realize that it was already dawn.
Some people with quick brains noticed something was wrong and quietly walked to the back of the crowd, but more people rushed towards the city gate.
The city gate slowly opened, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was discovered that the people who opened the city gate were not the traitors as they had imagined, but teams of soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons.
They had solemn expressions, murderous eyes, and were lined up in neat formation. Just one glance was enough to silence the group of people who were originally clamoring to rob Jiangzhou City.
Someone shouted, "Run!" and everyone ran away. Many people even threw away the things in their hands in order to run faster. As they ran away, they only wished that their parents had not given them two more legs.
The city gate, which was originally crowded with people, was cleared out in an instant.
At this time, the north gate of the city was wide open, but no one dared to approach.
The leading officer and general spat with disdain and secretly called them a mob.
Last night, they caught a thief who tried to open the city gate to let the refugees in. After a night of interrogation, they have determined who is behind this.
Early this morning, the prefect ordered him to take his men out of the city to restore order outside Jiangzhou.
At the command of the general, soldiers from each team rushed out in full force to capture those who had been committing crimes in the past few days.
As for whether the wrong person was arrested, severe punishments are used in troubled times, and coupled with the fact that someone else pointed the finger at him, you can just consider yourself unlucky.
On this day, many fresh heads were hung at the city gate to intimidate everyone.
Those people are all vicious criminals, robbing, killing, cannibalism, and treason...
The strong smell of blood made the remaining refugees dare not approach Jiangzhou, but apart from here, they had nowhere else to go.
The number of remaining refugees is large, and is constantly growing as people flee from all directions.
Most of them are honest and decent citizens who come here in search of a chance of survival due to the pressure of life.
The general did not make things difficult for them. He had killed people to establish his authority. What he had to do now was to appease the refugees.
He thought of what the prefect had said, and he stood on a high place and spoke loudly:
"The prefect has issued an order to resume the daily porridge distribution starting tomorrow."
As soon as these words came out, countless people cheered quietly.
As long as they had something to eat, they would accept everything and become the most perfect citizens in the eyes of countless officials and emperors.
Zhou Yan and others were even more relieved. Fortunately, they did not get involved in this matter and were able to survive.
Then, the general announced a big news:
"Starting tomorrow, the north of the city will be rebuilt and 50 strong men will be recruited. They will receive one pound of coarse grain per day, and meals will be provided."
As soon as these words were spoken, the refugees outside the city erupted like a volcano, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the Jiangzhou city gate.
"Master Qingtian!"
"Thank you, Mr. Prefect! Thank you, Mr. Prefect!"
If one person in a family was selected, the pound of food he brought back would be enough to feed the whole family.
Not starving to death was already a great blessing, and they never thought about having enough to eat.
That is a great blessing.
"Grandma, I'm full. I'm going to review my lessons first."
Ever since he learned that his grandmother had used all her connections to get places for the brothers in Lushan Academy, Li Laibao has devoted all his attention to studying.
Jiang Jiang always paid attention to his health, and forced him and his brothers to exercise together from time to time. As a reward, she often gave the children "candies" of different flavors.
Those were just stopgap measures. There was a famous medical clinic near Jiang Jiang's family, Renxintang.
The clinic is not big, but it has a long tradition. The doctors inside are experienced. They may not be good at some difficult and complicated diseases, but they can treat various common diseases with ease.
Li Laibao's weak constitution was a problem he had from his mother's womb, but slowly nourishing himself would have miraculous effects.
The doctor at Renxin Hall saw that the family was dressed in ordinary clothes and did not prescribe any expensive medicinal herbs. Even so, the monthly medicine fee of up to 300 wen made Sun Qiaoqiao and Li Sheng speechless.
Li Sheng worked even harder after returning to the restaurant, and Sun Qiaoqiao also wondered whether she should find a job to supplement the family income.
Wangfu.
"Master Wang, something terrible has happened. Something terrible has happened!"