Chapter 136 Qiu Shenji, the one who took the blame
It would be great if these Buddhas could help me work...
With their omnipotence, it is not difficult at all to make Chang'an look like what the Uighurs sing about.
The problem is that Buddha will only stand aside and watch you work and live, but will not give you any help.
People, after all, have to rely on themselves.
Yunchu waited for three days, hoping to receive a reward from the emperor. After all, his Jinchangfang has now become the cleanest, safest and highest happiness index in Chang'an.
Unfortunately, there was no movement at all.
Since the emperor has not given rewards for a long time, others have no interest in giving any rewards to Yun Chu. It is estimated that those who gave him gifts before now regret it.
However, it doesn't matter. The plum trees planted by Yunchu began to grow leaves, and the bamboos began to sprout new leaves, which were light green and very similar to the color of his official uniform.
Yu Xiurong came to Jinchangfang to play for a whole day. Everyone could see her, except Yun Chu. Everyone said that it was Yun Chu's blessing to marry such a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, only Yun Chu had not seen her.
Her whole picture.
Holding the pipa and half-hiding her face is a beautiful artistic conception. Yun Chu still wants to see the whole picture of Yu Xiurong, instead of just knowing everything about this woman through a passing glance.
I heard from Naha that Sister Xiu Rong likes her brother very much.
I heard from Ms. Cui that Xiu Rong has a deep love for Yun Chu.
The words of these two people cannot be accurate, because Naha believes that all women in the world should like her brother who is good at roasting marmots.
Mrs. Cui believes that her husband is worthy of all the women in the world, and all the good women in the world should compete to marry him.
This is a natural favoritism from relatives, just like a mother who likes a prodigal son. She has no choice.
Yu Xiurong has only been to Jinchangfang once, but the little maid named Zijuan runs to the Yun family very diligently. She will come to the Yun family almost whenever she has time, and eat and drink under the leadership of Naha.
drink.
Sometimes, Grandma Sun would come. She took over some quilt-making work from Mr. Cui and brought it back to make some money.
Yunchu pretended not to know.
This is a period of mutual testing between two people, and it is only in line with common sense to go slower.
Just when Yunchu was reviewing the canteen's account books, Di Renjie hurried over.
He brought news that could not be said to be good or bad.
Qiu Shenji provoked a civil uprising in Feng'anfang, and he himself was assassinated by the villagers. Now his life and death are unknown. However, two Tai students who helped Qiu Shenji have been beaten to death with sticks.
Di Renjie saw that Yun Chu didn't seem to care about this matter at all and was still calculating the cost of the canteen, so he said angrily: "Why does this happen?"
Yun Chu put aside a red arithmetic chip representing hundreds, picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, spit out the tea foam in his mouth, and said nonchalantly: "Overthrowing tyranny and killing tyrants, what's so strange about this?
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Di Renjie frowned and said: "What you mean is that I imposed Shang Yang's harsh laws. Although it did not harm the people, it still made the people unhappy. So, will I end up like Shang Yang?"
"No, Shang Yang was killed because he tampered with the cheese of the nobles of the Qin State. You didn't touch the cheese of the nobles, you just brought a bunch of bitter people to fight with life. Why do people care about you?"
"But, Qiu Shenji's life and death are unknown?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "Those who have been evildoers actually know that they will be punished one day, so they are smarter. As long as they find that something is wrong, believe me, he will be the first to run away. He did
No matter how evil you are, you know how powerful the backlash will be. Only those who are minions and bully others will feel that those they bully are weak and can be bullied.
They must be the ones who die for the evildoers in the end."
"Should I change my strategy for managing Liquanfang?"
Yun Chu looked into Di Renjie's eyes and shook his head: "Don't give up. Once you give up, you will completely fail. What the people above want to see is whether your strategy can work, not whether it will harm the people."
help.
At the same time, your strategy has been familiar to the people in Liquanfang and basically recognized it. Changing your strategy at this time will confuse those who believe in you and no longer recognize you."
"So, will Qiu Shenji's incident affect us?"
"No, it won't affect Qiu Shenji. After all, the three of us are chess pieces thrown out by the big shot to find a way out. If we fail one or two, the blame is not on the chess pieces."
Di Renjie found a teacup, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and poured two more cups in a row. After drinking it, he felt better.
"You are obviously younger than me, but why do you look so much more experienced than me?"
Yun Chu secretly said he was ashamed in his heart, but he said it with his mouth.
"Although I am young, I have lived in the windy and sandy Western Region all year round. I have experienced countless life and death hardships. You have not had these experiences. Once you experience more, you will slowly become calmer."
"Let's go to Feng'anfang and have a look. I still feel uneasy."
When the two people arrived at Feng'anfang on horseback, things here were already beyond control.
The corpses of two limp imperial students were hung upside down on the gate of the square by the furious villagers. Countless villagers armed with kitchen knives, daggers, forks, and sticks were confronting the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard.
Just between the Jinwu Guards and the residents, there were still a dozen or so bad-looking people lying there, shouting loudly for help, but no one paid any attention.
The Jinwu guards had already unsheathed their bows and swords. If these villagers did not put down their weapons and surrender on the spot, a massacre would be difficult to avoid.
Just when Yunchu was wondering why the Jinwu guards were so reasonable today instead of using force to quell the civil unrest, he saw Pei Xingjian standing at the front with a cold face.
Di Renjie pointed at Pei Xingjian and said, "Why is he here?"
Yun Chu said: "I guess he has been transferred to Jinwu Guard."
"Why is he transferred so frequently?"
"Because he is the future general of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally he must be given countless opportunities to practice, so that he can be qualified for a big job."
Facing the brightly-armored Jinwu Guard soldiers, the residents of Feng'anfang were obviously desperate. They clamored endlessly and shouted loudly to embolden themselves. Several times, some overly excited people wanted to escape from the gate.
He rushed out, but was dragged back by some sensible people.
At this time, Yunchu saw that Pei Xingjian had begun to remove his armor. The first thing he took off was his helmet. Then, his subordinates untied the silk ribbons that bound his armor and removed his armor.
Pei Xingjian passed through the bad guys who were still begging others to save them, and came to the gate of Feng'an Square. He looked at the angry residents and said loudly: "Surrender, immediately."
"If we don't surrender, we will die if we surrender. It's better to fight!" A strong man holding a butcher knife in his hand waved the butcher knife to show his courage, but he did not dare to rush out.
Pei Xingjian looked at the strong man with disgust and said, "Are you their leader?"
The butcher immediately shook his head and said: "I'm not, it's the village chief who is bullying us. He wants money today and money tomorrow. He has been here for less than a month and has already asked us for money eight times. I am just a butcher who sells meat. I earn money."
He took away some of my money. Master, you can't bully people like this. We also have a big family to eat."
Pei Xingjian didn't wait for the butcher to finish his words, and yelled: "Since you are not the leader, then get out of my way. Today, I will only kill the chief culprit and never ask who is the leader. If you don't want everyone in the village to be harmed,
I’ll be buried with you, or I’ll get out and die on my own.”
The butcher timidly licked his lips and asked Pei Xingjian.
"My lord, do you really only punish the first culprits and never ask questions about others?"
Pei Xingjian ignored the butcher and yelled like thunder: "Who is the leader? Come out and die."
Seeing that Pei Xingjian seemed to be getting more and more impatient, among the group of people crowded at the entrance of the square, several people were suddenly pushed out of the crowd.
The butcher immediately pointed at one of the old men and said: "My lord, he is the chief culprit. He did not want to give the village chief money, and the village chief wanted to sell his daughter. He did not want to, so he killed an imperial student. He is the chief culprit."
The old man got up from the ground, closed his eyes tightly, and stood there without saying a word.
Seeing the old man confessing his crime, the butcher seemed to get more excited, and he pointed at a strong young man and said: "Liu Laosan, he was the one who killed another imperial student, and he was also the one who hung the imperial student's body on the door of the square.
He liked Old Man Chen's daughter, and he had long heard that they were having an affair. The village chief wanted to sell Old Man Chen's daughter, but he couldn't bear it, so he helped Old Man Chen kill people."
The few people who were pushed out by the crowd closed their eyes one by one and did not argue. They seemed to have accepted their fate.
Pei Xingjian called a few Jinwu Guard soldiers, tied up those people, escorted them to the back, and said to the talkative butcher: "What are you doing there with a knife? Do you want to kill officials and rebel?"
The butcher's hand trembled, and the butcher's knife fell to the ground. He no longer showed his crazy bravery.
After pushing those people out, the anger in the people of Feng'anfang seemed to have dissipated, so they all dropped their weapons and followed Pei Xingjian's instructions, kneeling down to wait for their fate.
"Is this the end?" Di Renjie felt a little unbelievable. Just now, this group of people were still roaring and roaring to fight to the end. Now they knelt down and waited for defeat?
Di Renjie bumped Yun Chu with his shoulder again and said in a low voice: "Is it true that he only kills the culprit and never asks anyone else?"
Yunchu sighed and said: "How can such a good thing happen? This is an important area in Gyeonggi Province. Even if you steal something, the punishment will be heavier than if you steal the same thing elsewhere, let alone something like rebellion.
If they are not punished severely this time, what will happen if something like this happens again in the future? There is no way they will be spared lightly.
You know the law better than I do."
When Di Renjie heard this, he sighed and seemed a little lonely. If he had not competed with Yunchu, perhaps the people in Feng'anfang would not have suffered such a disaster.