"Sir, the Japanese pirates are here. They are beasts who kill without blinking an eye. Before the Japanese pirates besiege the city, please open the city gate quickly and let us all escape."
"We want to get out. Open the city gate and let us out."
"Servant, do you know who our master is? He is the fifth master of the Long family, one of the five great families in Jingnan. If you know what's best for you, open the city gate quickly. In the future, our fifth master will definitely reward you handsomely, with gold, silver, jewelry, beautiful maids and young wives. You will definitely get them."
After the city gates were closed, the refugees who gathered in front of the city gates emotionally threatened and bribed Liu Dadao and others to open the city gates and let them escape while only the vanguard of the Japanese pirates appeared at the east gate and had not yet surrounded the city.
"My fellow countrymen, it's not that I don't want to open the city gate, but it's not safe outside now. The Japanese pirates are burning, killing and looting outside the city. If we go out of the city now, we will undoubtedly run into the Japanese pirates' knife edge. Our Jingnan County has high walls and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as we work together to defend the city, the Japanese pirates will not be able to break into the county. Staying in the city is the best choice now. What's more, the vanguard of the Japanese pirates has reached the city. If the city gate is opened, if the Japanese pirates take the opportunity to sneak in, with the cooperation from inside and outside, all the people in the city will suffer." Liu Dadao and others stood firmly in front of the city gate, shook their heads vigorously, and explained earnestly.
The earnest persuasion of Liu Dadao and others was not accepted by the crowd. As soon as they finished speaking, everyone booed.
"Don't listen to him. The walls of this bullshit city are high and thick, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is best for you to stay in the city. Let's not talk about the distant ones. Let's just talk about the recent ones. In just a few years, our Jingnan County has been breached by Japanese pirates twice."
"That's right. I experienced it myself once. I was stabbed in the back, but I was lucky enough to survive. In our county, there is no ban on beatings. It's like an eggshell. It will break if hit."
"If we stay in the city now, won't we be trapped in a jar? When the Japanese pirates break into the city, we will have nowhere to run and can only watch them chop off our heads."
"I'm still young, I haven't married yet, I don't want to die, please open the city gate and let us out.
"If you want to die, don't drag me down with you. I want to get out, let me out, wuwuwu, let me out..."
People became more and more agitated, shouting and crying, and kept pushing Liu Dadao and others, demanding that the city gates be opened.
"There are more and more Japanese pirates outside..."
I don't know who shouted, but it was like a drop of cold water dropped into a boiling oil pan. People suddenly exploded and became even more excited. They punched, kicked, pinched and scratched Liu Dadao and other yamen runners, demanding that the city gates be opened.
"Back off! No one is allowed to open the city gates without the order of the county lord. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"
Liu Dadao and others were like canoes in the raging sea and had to draw their swords to maintain order.
"Bah! The powerful and wealthy have all run away, leaving us here as bait to buy time for them to escape..."
"Li Da, the county magistrate, was the first to run away with his family. I saw it with my own eyes. Several wealthy families in the county also ran away. Why didn't you close the city gates when they ran away? Why did you wait until they all ran away before closing the city gates? What are you thinking? You just want us to stay in the city as bait!"
"Only the officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps! Why can the officials leave the city, but we can't?"
"Open the city gate and let us out!"
Under the pressure of the Japanese pirates approaching the city, people were excited and gathered together like a raging flood, sweeping away Liu Dadao and others, making them shaky and in danger of capsizing in an instant.
"Look, who's that walking down the street? Isn't that the county lord?"
"The county lord is here!!"
At this time, the sharp-eyed people saw Zhu Ping'an walking in the street in his official uniform, and they couldn't help but shout loudly. Their voices attracted everyone. When they heard that the county lord was coming, they turned their heads and forgot to attack the city gate. This greatly reduced the pressure on Liu Dadao, who was on the verge of collapse. Liu Dadao took the opportunity to command the yamen runners to pile bricks and stones behind the city gate to block the city gate.
It was indeed Zhu Ping'an who came.
In everyone's sight: Zhu Ping'an, wearing an official uniform, carrying a quilt tied to his chest with a rope, holding a long sword in his hand, strides all the way towards the city gate...
Uh, the county lord's outfit looks so familiar? !
People looked at Zhu Ping'an, then looked down at themselves, and then turned their heads to look at the people around them. Ha, doesn't he look familiar? This county magistrate has the same style as us, the standard style for fleeing.
That's right.
Zhu Ping'an's outfit was indeed similar to that of the refugees, and most of the refugees who were crowded in front of the city gate were carrying quilts and bags. It can be said that quilts are one of the essential equipment for refugees. With a quilt, you don't have to worry about being cold at night.
Seeing Zhu Ping'an's image, people were both excited and angry.
People were excited because the county magistrate had also fled, and they could flee the city with him.
People were angry because the county magistrate was actually abandoning the city and fleeing for his life!!! This is so much nonsense. He ran towards the city gate like his ass was on fire. If this is not fleeing for his life, then what is it!!! As the parent official of Jingnan County, as the guardian of Jingnan County, the Japanese pirates haven't even surrounded the city yet, but the county magistrate is actually abandoning the city and fleeing for his life! Bah! This is the parent official of the people of Jingnan! When he encounters danger, he runs away on the spot.
We are so unlucky to have met such a kind official!
well!
Poor us.
Pooh!
We have been praising you recently! We were blind at first, and were deceived by your hypocritical release of a few prisoners and your lucky escape in solving a small unsolved case, and we failed to see the true face of you, a scumbag official! Bah! Bah!
The people who were crowded together in front of the city gate, preparing to escape the city, were filled with mixed excitement and anger, and lamented endlessly.
"The county lord is running for his life with his quilt on his back, why don't you open the city gate quickly!"
"Wu Na man, didn't you say that you would not open the city gate without the order of the county lord? Now the county lord is here and wants to flee the city. What else do you have to say? Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and open the city gate."
"Open the city gate quickly! The county lord is also trying to escape!"
I will scold this dog official later. Now the Japanese pirates are approaching the city, so it is more important to escape. The people in front of the city gate put away their excitement and anger, turned around, and shouted at Liu Dadao and others, urging them to open the city gate. The voices of condemnation gathered together were as loud as thunder and as turbulent as a tsunami.