Seeing those people so aggressive, each holding an axe or even a hoe in their hands, Su Rong keenly realized that this was not an ordinary matter - these people were all civilians, local people in Yunnan! They could quell the riot, but could they attack the civilians? !
If the civilians were to be massacred, let alone what the imperial court would think and how it would judge, even for Mu Tong, it would be like a pie in the sky!
He was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, looked at Xiao Heng and asked, "Is it related to Councillor Yang's matter?"
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Councillor Yang disappeared and they were preparing to come back to deal with Madam Yang's plan to frame Su Yao, and then so many people surrounded the Ji family. Looking at the people's expressions, they were clearly filled with righteous indignation, as if the Ji family had done something extremely evil.
Xiao Heng frowned and narrowed his eyes without comment: "It's possible."
At the same time, he winked at Sanjiu behind him.
Sanjiu was smart and got off the horse immediately. He mixed into the crowd. After a long time, Sanjiu squeezed out of the crowd and ran to Xiao Heng and his friends who had already dismounted. He said softly, "Your Highness, these people are all Miao people. They are from the Yang Family Ancestral Hall. They said that because there was a witch in the Ji Family who offended the goddess and smashed the Yang Family Ancestral Hall, they came to seek revenge on the witch."
Needless to say, the witch they were talking about must be Su Yao.
Ancestral Hall... ..
Su Rong's brows were grim, and he quickly grasped the key point of the matter: "The Yang family's ancestral hall?"
Sanjiu responded, but he didn't understand what the relationship was between the two things, which made these people act like crazy.
Judging from the situation, with so many people coming in continuously, the total number of these people might be several thousand or even tens of thousands!
The worst thing is that these extremely angry people have begun to smash the walls and gates of the Ji family. The Ji family has an imperial guard to protect them, but at this time, these guards are also in a dilemma, because if they attack the people, things will probably get out of control.
Because of this, they could only guard behind the door and cut down a few trees from the Ji family to prop up the door.
But even so, the door was still shaking.
What's worse, some people even climbed over the wall and tried to break into Ji's house, but they were pushed out by the guards with bamboo poles.
Tang Qingfeng led his men to patrol back and forth, but there were not many guards left, only more than 300 people at most. It was not easy for more than 300 people to fight against tens of thousands of civilians, especially when they were in a delicate situation and restricted everywhere.
The guards were all very skilled, but they were also in a very bad state at this moment.
However, even so, they remained very restrained and did not have any direct conflicts with those people.
At the same time, Mrs. Ji and others in the inner courtyard also received the news.
Mr. Ji and Mr. Ji took the men to the front to check out the situation. Mrs. Ji stayed in the backyard to calm down the ladies who came to ask various questions. Only then did she have time to stop and have a sip of tea.
Seeing that she was exhausted from working non-stop, Mother Ji couldn't help but feel distressed: "I don't know what's going on, those people... "
Naturally, they had already heard the reason. Precisely because they had heard it, how could Mrs. Ji not know what had happened
She sneered, "It really makes me laugh. What goddess or witch? The Yang family really thinks they are the gods of Yunnan! If we are talking about ethnic groups, don't we have a small population of Bai people? We haven't seen anyone as arrogant as them. The Yang couple are so blinded by greed that they self-righteously gave their daughter a name of being born strange. Fortunately, there are those idiots who believe it! How can they smash the ancestral hall? This is destroying the golden rice bowl of the Yang couple!"
If this incident had not been caused by Senator Yang, Mrs. Ji would have really written her own name backwards.
Mother Ji massaged her shoulders and said helplessly, "Yes, but the people of the Yang family have always been united. They value the ancestral hall more than their lives. Apart from anything else, the ancestral hall has been destroyed now. I'm afraid things will be difficult to deal with now."
The master and servant looked at each other and both thought of the imperial envoy who hid in the ancestral hall and was almost surrounded and starved to death.
Although the Ji family is wealthy and powerful, merchants are not allowed to raise private soldiers. They just took advantage of the special situation in Yunnan and secretly raised some guards. However, compared with these people, it is just a drop in the bucket.
Mrs. Ji was filled with worry. She waved her fan and sighed, "Forget it. What's the point for us women to worry about these things? We can only wait."
There was a lot of noise outside, and even the backyard was inevitably affected. Madam Yuan was holding Niuniu and drinking medicine. When she heard the noise, she said angrily: "The ancestral hall was smashed, and you took your anger out on women. You just came here recently, and you don't even know where the Yang family ancestral hall is. This move is clearly caused by someone's strange instigation. What can we do..."
But there are so many people.
At this time, Councillor Yang sneered complacently, raised his eyebrows, leaned back in the recliner, and swayed comfortably a few times.
They were in the old house of the Yang family, which was a walled house, solid as a fortress. Now that he was inside, he had no worries except worrying about his wife and daughter.
His cousin Yang Binqing came in from outside in a hurry. Seeing that he was calm and composed, he wiped the sweat off his head and complained: "I'm very busy here, but you are so happy, brother. Look at you enjoying yourself here, drinking sour plum soup. Look at me, I'm almost dead from exhaustion!"
Councillor Yang glanced at him and asked, "Is it done?"
"Don't worry, it's done. Spread the news that our ancestral hall was smashed by the Ji family. The reason is that the eldest son of the Ji family wants to marry the county lady. In order to please the county lady, he took action against the Yang family who offended the county lady. The clan members spread the news one by one, and now they have all gone to the Ji family to ask for an explanation." Yang Binqing was full of confidence. He sat down again and looked at his brother, raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother, you are really bold! Do you really want to make such a fuss?"
Councillor Yang sneered.
Of course we have to make some noise!
The bigger the fuss he makes now, the greater the pressure on Xiao Heng and the others.
It is easy to deal with unarmed civilians, but if you really want to deal with them, do you still want to quell the riot? !
The people of Yunnan will first hate the imperial court and the imperial envoy to the core.
He just didn't believe that Xiao Heng had the courage!
Seeing that Councillor Yang had his eyes closed, Yang Binqing moved closer to him and coughed, "Brother..."
But before he could finish his sentence, a huge rock suddenly fell from the sky in the yard.
The round wooden table next to Senator Yang made a loud bang and fell down with it.
Senator Yang and Yang Binqing were both startled and jumped up to look up at the sky.