Lin Jingmo couldn't believe it when he heard this, why would the emperor be so stupid? The amiable brother-in-law before has now become a stupid emperor? Even though he was a little emotional in the past, he still knew how to treat the people! How come he has become so stupid now?
A tyrant who brought disaster to the country and the people?
Fortunately, she has money now. As long as she uses the money to buy some food in a nearby county, it may be able to solve her urgent need.
So Lin Jingmo asked again: "Excuse me, store owner, who is the leader of the people's uprising?"
The store owner didn't answer, but just closed the door. Seeing that Lin Jingmo refused to give up and held the door open, he pointed to the end of the road and said: "If you want to find the leader, you can go to the Chenghuang Temple at the end of the street.
Let’s look for it.”
After hearing this, Lin Jingmo thanked the store and then drove his carriage to the end of the street. As expected, he was stopped by people as soon as he arrived at the end of the street. Those people saw that Lin Jingmo was dressed exquisitely and drove a very gorgeous carriage, so they asked
:"Where are you from?"
Lin Jingmo replied: "I want to see your leader!"
"Bah!" one of them said angrily: "Looking at your dress, you must be an official's family, right? They are all corrupt officials! We have worked hard for a whole year and paid tribute to the court, but now we have to
We regard you as a rioter! You are not a good person either!"
Lin Jingmo explained: "I am not a member of the official family. I have brought money. Just inform your leader and we will go to the next county town to buy some food. This way at least no one will starve to death and we can save our lives for a long-term plan!" "Hmph!" The man said again: "You are not from Nanling, how can you be so kind? Bah!"
When Lin Jingmo saw this and didn't know what to do, someone came out of the ruined temple.
Lin Jingmo took a closer look and saw that it was Chen Tiehu!
Lin Jingmo shouted: "Little tiger! Little tiger! It's me!"
Chen Tiehu trotted all the way and looked again and again in the direction of Lin Jingmo. He found that it was Lin Jingmo who hurriedly pushed away the people surrounding the carriage. He was surprised and happy to see Lin Jingmo holding Lin Jingmo's carriage.
Asked: "Madam, why are you here in Nanling?"
Lin Jingmo looked at Chen Tiehu's darkened face and replied: "I heard something happened in Nanling, so I made a special trip here. What about you? Aren't you in a mountain village on the outskirts of the capital? Why are you back in Nanling?
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Chen Tiehu helped Lin Jingmo out of the carriage and said sadly: "The village was burned down by the imperial court, and my brother also died in the village. I have no relatives in the capital, so I returned to Nanling. Unfortunately, I met him just after I escaped.
When it came to the corrupt officials, they took all the money and food distributed by the court for themselves. The people had no food to eat and they all went to the fields to catch field mice! I had no choice but to follow them to rob the grain depot. Instead, they wrongly accused me of being a rebel and wanted to revolt.
!When we heard that the imperial court was coming to suppress us, all those with connections and those who could escape ran away, and those who couldn’t escape, we all hid.”
"So that's it. I didn't expect that so many things happened, and Tielong actually..." Lin Jingmo raised his eyes and looked at Chen Tiehu and asked, "Don't you stop doing those things of robbing families and homes? Why would the imperial court send troops to suppress it?"
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Chen Tiehu replied: "It's that stinky bitch! Mr. Shang's cousin!"
"Zi Lan?" Lin Jingmo couldn't help but be startled and said in surprise: "How could it be?"
Chen Tiehu said: "I heard from those who surrounded and suppressed our village that this woman went to ask Zhongshu Ling, and Zhongshu Ling sent people to kill us. Unfortunately, my eldest brother originally planned to take the people in the village back to his hometown, but he was attacked instead.
Such a disaster!" He then looked at the hungry and listless looks of the people around him, and said: "Think about it carefully, even if you really go back to your hometown, you will still have to endure hunger, and even if you are not beaten to death, you will still be starved.
Death is really strange. What did we Nanling people do wrong? Anyway, we can only die!"
Lin Jingmo felt very guilty after hearing this. If Shuangyin hadn't bribed Chen Tielong to kidnap Han Zilan, they wouldn't have died innocently because they offended Han Zilan.
Lin Jingmo said to Chen Tiehu: "The most important thing now is to fill everyone's stomachs. There are a lot of jewelry in my carriage. Together with this carriage, we can buy them together for some money. Then we will buy some food for the surrounding victims first."
Eat."
When Chen Tiehu heard this, he immediately said happily: "Madam, is this true?"
Lin Jingmo shook his head and said: "Don't call me madam anymore. I am no longer madam. Just call me Miss Lin."
Chen Tiehu was stunned for a moment and said: "You and Mr. Shang..." The words came to his lips, but he didn't know how to say it, so he had to say: "Then I will call you Miss Lin!"
The two of them took several more victims to the nearby county and exchanged the gold jewelry that Shang Shixu gave her and the horses and carriages of his palace for money. Then they bought food and returned to Nanling, where they set up a porridge shed in the Chenghuang Temple.
The victims in Nanling still have a place to eat.
What Lin Jingmo didn't expect was that the fellow villagers they went to the capital with were now imprisoned in Zhao Prison in the capital for kidnapping imperial officials. This time Chen Tiehu returned to his hometown and became the oldest person, so he was one of the consuls.
People.
After Lin Jingmo learned about this, he was very shocked and told him that he should never rob the court's grain depot. They were ordinary people and not bandits in the village. How could they imitate Chen Tielong?
Why go and rob them if you don't agree? Now what was reasonable has become unreasonable, and even the imperial court came back to suppress it. It was just an impulse of a few rough guys in the village for food, but now the imperial court sent troops to suppress it. How can they hide?
What about the past?
Although Chen Tiehu felt very guilty, he didn't know what to do.
Lin Jingmo thought for a long time and said: "Do you know who came to Nanling to suppress it personally this time?"
Chen Tiehu shook his head and said: "We only know that Mr. Shang will also come this time."
Lin Jingmo was a little surprised and said: "Shang Shixu is coming to Nanling?" Then he realized why he stayed in Prince Zhao's Mansion. It turned out that he planned to come to Nanling with the imperial court's suppressive army?
Chen Tiehu said: "It's a pity that my elder brother and I didn't realize that Shang Shixu was such a ruthless person. We rescued him at the beginning, but now he wants to bring his army to Nanling to suppress us! If I had known this, I shouldn't have saved him in the first place.
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Lin Jingmo lowered his head after hearing this, not knowing what else to say, but he understood that the cause and effect in this world could not be explained clearly in one sentence or two. He had just left him, and now he would meet him again soon.
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Lin Jingmo continued: "Since we are just ordinary people, I think the troops sent by the imperial court will be able to find out everything. I will personally go to Shang Shixu to make it clear and ask him to spare your lives."