Chapter 252 The murderer is here, please open the city gate
"Let us out. We are law-abiding people. Why are we kept locked up?"
"Yes, we are going out, you have no right to seal the city!"
"Please open the city gate. I haven't returned home for six days. My mother-in-law can't take care of herself. I'm wailing...how can they live without me -"
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Outside Ganling City, a large number of people gathered, led by hawkers who came to buy and sell from small towns or farms outside the city. Looking out from the city tower, on the two-mile long street facing the city gate, the people were rubbing shoulders with each other, and there was no gap in the crowd.
There were angry shouts, hoarse begging, and helpless cries.
Master Yinglang came in person to discuss with the Zhonglang general at the city gate. There were people from the Zhou family standing next to him. The other party was in a dilemma, so he simply pretended to be injured and hid, and the city gate turned into a confrontation between the Ying family and the Zhou family.
The Ying family hoped to open the city gate and let the people pass; the Zhou family insisted that the city gate would be opened immediately as long as the Ying family handed over the murderer of their third son.
The people below became increasingly anxious and began to crowd in, trying to push past the spear-wielding military guards and break through the city gate.
It’s not that the Zhou family didn’t use force to suppress it. It was still effective in the past two days. Today, for some reason, the people are particularly angry. The leading general of the Zhou family knew that it must be the Ying family who sent people to incite it again, but he had no choice. Just now he tried to launch a small-scale riot.
No matter how hard they suppressed them, they unexpectedly encountered a tough situation and lost more than a dozen guards, further fueling the people's arrogance.
Seeing that the people below were united and the situation was not good, General Zhou shouted in a rough voice: "If you want to leave the city, all you need is Master Ying to hand over the murderer of my son, and the city gate will open on its own. It's not me.
I don't want to open the door, but I want the master to protect the murderer, regardless of your life or death!"
His voice was particularly loud, suppressing the commotion in the city. The people were eager to get out of the city. They cast their hopeful eyes on Lord Ying. Suddenly, an old woman was pushed out. She crawled and knelt down in front, kowtowed to Lord Ying and begged.
: "Master, Master, please hand over the murderer and let us all leave the city. The old woman lost her husband in her early years and her son in middle age. She only has one grandson. He is only three years old. When the old woman entered the city, she took him
If he stays in the neighborhood and never returns home, he will be alone and afraid that he will have no way to survive..."
She was kowtowing and sobbing. The blood on her forehead mixed with the tears in her eyes, which was unbearable to watch.
With her taking the lead, many people found Zhou's toughness and could only turn to beg Ying, who was known to be kind.
Just as Master Ying was about to speak, the person from the Zhou family spoke loudly: "Master Ying, please don't deny who the murderer is. Master Ying saw the murderer kill my young master with his own eyes!"
The Zhou family did not directly say that Ying Wuchen killed Zhou Chengtao. If he found out, he would have to settle the score with the Ying family.
To deal with the Ying family, we can only start from Ganling City and strangle them by the throat.
It is only said that Zhou Chengwu was killed in Mangshan and the murderer fled to Ganling City.
Master Ying's words were blocked, and below him were the people pleading and begging. Some of them were already angry. The Ying family was seeking fame and reputation, and in order to protect the murderers, they did not care about the lives of the people.
Just when the situation took a turn for the worse, a gong sounded, stopping the commotion. When everyone looked around, they saw the young man in troubled times, wearing a long gown with wide sleeves and a clear breeze and bright moon. He came from outside the city.
After going up to the city tower, he walked up to General Zhou and said in a clear voice: "The murderer is here, please open the city gate."