Qi Baoer was calm and continued: "I asked Cui Biaotou and the others that on the night when the mob entered the city, they did not immediately come to besiege the government office. Instead, they closed the city gate and started causing chaos in the city.
There were one hundred and twenty government officials in Pingcheng, and there were twelve people mixed with the mob. However, due to the sudden incident, the prefect Sha was not able to recruit all the other government officials that night, and only led those who were in the government office that night.
Fifty-seven government officials fought against the mob.
Afterwards, they were surrounded, fifty-seven government officials died tragically, and Magistrate Sha was seriously injured.
Because Magistrate Sha and others were resisting at first, Cui Biaotou and others were able to successfully hide in the government office. They only waited for Cui Biaotou and others to escort the helpless women and children into the government office, and then turned around to help Sha.
By the time the prefect arrived, it was already too late.
They could only rescue the 'corpse' of Governor Sha in the dark and move the bodies of other government officials back to the government office.
The yamen servants who are still in the yamen now were all brought back one by one later.
The mob rioted in the city for two days, and around seven o'clock in the evening on the third day, they all surrounded the government office. Because the news that Magistrate Sha was still alive was leaked, they shouted to the people in the government office to hand over Sha.
Prefect."
Prince Li frowned: "So, among the violent people, some of them came specifically for Magistrate Sha?"
Qi Baoer said, "Not necessarily."
"Um?"
"Master Ren is indifferent to fame and fortune, and he does not occupy any power or profit in the court. As for Prefect Sha, he has not gained much benefit from Master Ren; and Prefect Sha himself is doing his duty.
Targeting a person either blocks one's own way, or offends someone. Tell me, if someone targets someone like Zhifu Sha, and there is such a big battle, what could be the reason?
"
Thoughts swirled in Prince Li's mind, "Could it be that Magistrate Sha knew something?"
Secrets can only be kept by the dead.
Could it be that Magistrate Sha accidentally knew some terrible secret?
"This is possible, but what is certain is that the initial riot by the victims was not directed at Magistrate Sha."
Prince Li: "Yes, you just said that in the first two days, the mob was causing chaos in the city. They didn't rush into the city and went straight to the government office."
However, after saying so much, Prince Li still failed to understand why these mobsters were defined differently.
Qi Bao'er saw the doubts of Prince Li, and this time did not lead him any further, but said bluntly: "The real victims who rioted because they had no way to go would not close the city first after entering the city.
Instead of entering the city gate, they rushed into the city, looted everywhere, and then fled quickly.
This is one of them.
Secondly, the people's fear of officials has long been ingrained in the people's bones. Zhifu Sha led more than fifty government officials to fight against the rioters. If the rioters were really ordinary victims, their first reaction would not be to fight against Zhifu Sha and the others.
, but to escape.
Thirdly, the number of people who died in the city is the same as that of the massacre. The original number of people in Pingcheng was more than 116,000, but now less than 10,000 have survived. If the victims of the disaster really broke out, killing one person would be enough.
Although these two words are easy to say, in practice, few ordinary people can do it."
After a pause, Qi Bao'er continued: "Because the governor of Muzhou colluded with King Xuan, 'bandits' were once rampant in Muzhou. Some of these 'bandits' were fake bandits, and some were real bandits.
In the past two years, because the White Ghost Sect has been rampant, and because the prince's hand has reached into the south, the governor of Muzhou also wants to suppress the bandits.
Some of those former bandits merged into the White Ghost Sect, and some..."
Qi Bao'er didn't say the rest of the words, but Prince Li also understood, "The violence among the victims this time was caused by bandits?!"
Qi Bao'er nodded without denying, "Yes, there are indeed many victims among them, but the people who led them are bandits."
"Pingcheng was already poor. After the disaster, the disaster relief money and grain were withheld or even refused by the prefect. There was no way to provide disaster relief. Occasionally, we still relied on the wealthy households in the city to give porridge outside the city.
Several counties below Pingcheng were either flooded or lacked water and had no harvest. The victims did not dare to go to Lingnan, and too many victims flocked to Mucheng. The victims around Pingcheng had no choice but to surround Pingcheng.
Besides, at least here there are wealthy households taking turns giving porridge every day.
However, giving porridge to wealthy households cannot always keep them fed and drink enough, so they can only barely survive without starving to death every day.
In this case, the bandits only need to reveal to them that the imperial court's disaster relief money and grain have arrived in Pingcheng, but were blocked by Pingcheng officials, and they can arouse public outrage."
And that's exactly what the bandits did.
The victims did not live in Pingcheng, and they had only heard about the character of Zhifu Sha. On the premise that they were about to starve to death, to put it bluntly, none of them were the ones who had eaten Yi Yizi.
No one had ever done it before, so it became not difficult to accept the idea of rushing into the city to find the government to 'reason'.
Prince Li was completely silent this time. He only felt a surge of sadness in his heart and his throat became uncomfortable.
Qi Bao'er didn't say anything else. She was a cold-hearted person and it was often difficult to get along with others. She just talked about the things she just said. Although she felt a little uncomfortable mentally, she really didn't feel sad or angry.
Qi Baoer would occasionally doubt herself. Did she really become an 'outside person' because she had seen too much, or cultivated her spiritual power, or was she born lacking one of the seven emotions and six desires?
However, she also understood what Prince Li was thinking at this moment. The real victims who participated in the riot were really pitiful and deplorable!
And Magistrate Sha is really... worthless.
After eating, Prince Li took his stick out of the mansion again. This time, unlike the previous Zhong Zai participation, he went out full of anger.
Qi Baoer threw himself into rescuing people again. He saved a few who were near death, but there were still a lot of seriously injured ones.
After being so busy, it was already dark before I knew it, and lanterns were lit in the house.
Everyone was too busy to go to the dining hall to eat. As a last resort, Mrs. Sha led a group of women to carry buckets and share dinner with everyone.
This is the first time that Qi Baoer has seen Mrs. Sha. She is in her early thirties and looks gentle, but her face is not good. She is not dressed in silk, silk and gold like other prefect wives.
Silver, but extremely simple.
When distributing cakes to everyone, her attitude was not arrogant. On the contrary, she smiled when she saw everyone, and everyone was extremely enthusiastic towards her. Almost everyone could talk to her freely.
"Princess Princess."
Mrs. Sha handed over the big cake with some embarrassment, then turned to fill the soup in the big bucket carried by two strong women.
"The food is simple, I hope the princess will not blame you."
Qi Baoer took the soup bowl and smiled, "I'm easy to feed, I can eat anything."
With such kindness, Mrs. Sha's nervousness eased a lot. She bowed to Qi Bao'er and turned to the next doctor to hand out food.
Qi Bao'er didn't pay attention to her anymore, and continued to observe other injured patients in the room while biting the pie.