Qin Yining has seen the appearance of famine with his own eyes, so he is more aware of what crazy things the hungry ordinary people will do under starvation.
Qin Yining stood beside Pang Xiao, looking at the scrawny people in front of him, looking at their yellowed and thin faces with twisted and angry expressions, and looking at their hands holding up broken bowls like dry branches, their hearts felt as if they were being beaten. Whoever hollowed out a piece was uncomfortably breathless.
These people were not supposed to live like this!
Dayan's dizzy monarch was not good to them, and now that the emperor of Dazhou has been replaced, they still take their life seriously.
They have been suppressing anger and despair in their hearts, but they dare not attack because of their low status.
After experiencing all kinds of disasters, but not being regarded by the Son of Heaven as a human being, if he can continue to remain calm, wouldn't everyone become a saint
Qin Yining felt that anyway, she couldn't do it without hating at all.
Moreover, now under the fear of famine.
"What to do, what to do." Qin Yining grabbed Pang Xiao's hand unconsciously.
Pang Xiao felt the cold touch of Qin Yining's fingers, and couldn't help clenching it in his hand distressedly, using his palm to keep her warm.
Such a scene, even for her to watch, is really wronged to her.
Pang Xiao soothingly rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb, and then said loudly, "Folks and folks, be quiet, please listen to what this king has to say!"
"No! We don't listen!"
"You are all corrupt officials! You have devoured the disaster relief food that the court gave us! Every day you use some porridge with clear soup and little water to fool us!"
"We came from Dayan who surrendered, so in the eyes of you Zhou Dynasty people, we are not human!"
"We want food! We want food!"
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The people were chattering. If it was normal, such a scene would have caused the crowd to be excited and shouted. But the hungry people didn't have the energy to shout at all. Even if they talked to Pang Xiao like this, they had to say a few words and then take a breath.
They are not pure mob, so Pang Xiao is reluctant to use violence to suppress violence, so he can only say loudly: "Everyone be quiet. Everyone knows that the years of war in Dazhou were originally a new mess in Beiji. , In addition, Dayan's original Taishanghuang specially exploited the people's fat and people's cream, and also exchanged those taxes and grains for money and hid them.
"These people are all extremely smart people, and they are a bit poor in governing the country, but they are all masters in Zang Xin. They hide their money, so that Da Zhou doesn't have that much money at all!
"The Holy One is dedicated to the people, but everyone understands that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. What's more, we are the hardest hit area. After the earth dragon turned over, the roads in and out were blocked by the boulders rolling down from the top of the mountain, or it was cracked and damaged. The carriage The delivery of food is nowhere near the city,
"In order to get food for everyone, the princess had to travel all day to get some rice and sweet potatoes. In order to allow more people to live and wait for the food and grass to be rescued by the Holy Lord, we had no choice but to The limited food was made into gruel. To satisfy everyone's hunger."
Pang Xiao's deep voice should have spread far out of thin air, and the chaotic scene was quiet for a while.
"This king assures you that whether it is the sage, this king, or every court official and errand here, everyone's purpose is the same, that is to let the people in the disaster area live and let more people live. go down.
"The Holy Master has been thinking about this place all the time, and the silver and rice grains are coming soon. I can empathize with the hunger of all of you, but no matter what, everyone should insist on living."
Speaking of this, Pang Xiao laughed at himself: "Everyone knows that I am a demon who kills people without blinking an eye, so I will carry this name on my back. Now I just hope that everyone can stay sane and save energy, Try to wait for the rescue of the capital to come. In order for the majority of people to survive, I, the devil, have to be a bad person. If anyone instigates it again, this king will never forgive me.”
Pang Xiao's words made everyone present quiet down.
At this time, everyone seemed to remember that Pang Xiao was not the kind of worm who was pampered and pampered, but he was a solemn soldier, even more generous than those who came from the rivers and lakes.
What he said, he should get what he said.
The people's hearts have turned out such thoughts.
But they only delivered trust and hope once, what did they get? It is the abandonment of the court, betrayal!
It was like this in the previous dynasty, and now the Great Zhou Dynasty is still like this. They will only coax them with nice words. When the time comes, they are still the ones who were sacrificed.
The common people were already sobbing and crying.
Someone shouted in anger: "You are threatening us! There are so many of us, no matter how powerful your people are, how many can you have!"
"That's it! Hand over the grain, hand over the grain!"
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Unexpectedly, Pang Xiao's generous remarks did not let the riots die, but there is a tendency to become more and more intense.
Under the hunger and anger, the victims rushed forward like a tide.
If there were still Pang Xiao's Hu Ben army present and obeyed the command, that's all.
But the twenty-odd Longxiang Army and Pang Xiao who were present did not have that kind of tacit understanding at all. In addition, there were already officials in the yamen. Even if these people punched and kicked in the crowd, they still could not stop the victims.
Seeing those people running towards the yamen one by one, Pang Xiao hurriedly pulled Qin Yining to the side.
I saw the victims rushed into the already dilapidated government office like locusts in transit.
Xu Shi was startled by the tents and collapsed walls in the yard, and everyone did not go any further.
Some victims let out a choked cry.
"It's not right for us. Li Zhixian and we have always shared weal and woe. If we don't have a house, we will live in the government office. If we don't have anything to eat, we will eat gruel with us."
"Yes, the court has no money to buy rice for us. The food we eat these days is donated by Prince Zhongshun and the princess. They have been with us all the time."
"If we collide like this now, we have become who!"
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Among the victims, these voices took the lead, and soon some of them were relieved of their hostility, and the mood of revenge and destruction was not so serious.
But the rest still wanted to rush in.
And after the crowd, some people shouted loudly: "They must have food, and they were all hidden by Prince Zhongshun and Princess!"
This sound was too abrupt and completely inconsistent with the words of the people before, Qin Yining immediately realized that something was wrong.
"My lord, someone is fanning the flames from behind!"
"I know, I've called someone to investigate."
Pang Xiao had appeased Qin Yining, but his words had no real evidence to appease the people who were about to starve to death.
With the roar just now, some people in the team of the victims rushed to the government office unwillingly. Some people do not want to go, but they are also carried inside by the crowd. There are also those who have no strength to be squeezed and fell down, and they have no chance to stand up under the feet of everyone.
It was a chaotic and bloody scene.
The roars of adults, the cries of children and women, the victims who were trampled to death on the ground, and the victims who were smashed and rummaged in the government office. These chaotic scenes made Qin Yining unable to continue watching.
She closed her eyes and murmured: "It's not the way to go on like this, only one Yang County is like this, what about the other county towns? And what about the old capital? I do suspect that someone is fanning the flames behind the scenes, but the most important thing is that we There's really no food left."
Pang Xiao frowned and took Qin Yining in his arms, and said in a low voice, "The food is in the hands of the big households. But they won't let go. I can only continue to negotiate with them."
Qin Yining moved her fingers, only to realize that her fingers were freezing cold.
Such a chaotic scene really frightened her.
Not to mention her, even Li Zhixian and others behind Pang Xiao and the Longxiang Army were all pale, and no one had ever seen this battle, and now they have seen it.
The people who could not find food and grass began to cry.
Li Zhixian stood at a high place and began to appease the people.
At this time, Hu Zi and two elite tiger guards pressed a ragged woman to the front.
"My lord, my princess, I caught a suspicious woman."
Pang Xiao glanced at the woman and found that she was a young woman in her early twenties with fair skin and fair skin. Although she was ragged and had black ashes on her face, she could see at a glance that such a healthy appearance was fundamentally healthy. It can't be a disaster victim.
Pang Xiao said: "Take it to a secluded place first, and ask carefully what is going on, and who instructed her to incite the people. If she refuses to tell, then use military methods to pry her mouth open."
"Yes." Hu Zi responded immediately, pulling the woman back with the two elite tiger guards beside him.
Qin Yining looked at the woman's back and said, "Why do I think that woman is so familiar, it seems that I have seen her somewhere."
Pang Xiao said: "Do you think about it again?"
Qin Yining frowned in thought.
She had really seen this face, but this person was dressed like this, and the eyes interfered with her memory, and she really couldn't remember it for a while.
At this moment, the disaster victims in the yamen rushed out again.
There was a male voice who had been shouting for the people and shouted: "They can't hand over the food, so they must have hidden the food somewhere! They caught the Prince Zhongshun and the princess, and asked them where the food is!"
"Yes, it must be a corrupt official who hid it!"
"Catch them and let them tell the whereabouts of the grain!"
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The people were screaming and screaming and rushed towards Pang Xiao.
The guards and Longchung's army quickly stopped him and pulled out half of the saber.
At this time, someone had sneaked into the crowd and silently arrested the man who had stirred up the crowd's emotions.
Pang Xiao said with a sullen face: "You guys save some energy. The food that you managed to get these days is not for you to rebel if you have enough energy!
"I know everyone's fear. I can assure you that food will be brought in! Even if you don't believe me, you should believe in yourselves. You feel your conscience and say, after I come, will I try my best to protect you all?"