Chapter nine hundred and ninety third order to suppress
"No, as long as you don't release Mr. Zhong, we won't leave!" someone in the crowd shouted loudly.
Liu Xiu squinted his eyes and looked for the sound. However, there were too many people at the scene. He could only distinguish the specific location of the speaker, but he could not determine which person it was.
"Yes, yes, yes! If Jingzhao Mansion doesn't let them go, we won't leave!"
"What crime is Mr. Zhong guilty of, and why does Jingzhao Mansion arrest him?"
Near the first person to shout, several more people echoed, and soon, these echoes moved everyone present.
People shouted loudly: "We won't leave!"
"Let him go! Jingzhao Mansion will let him go immediately!"
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, because there were indeed too many people at the scene, and people became more and more courageous, and even dared to make noises in front of Jingzhao Mansion.
Li Ying's face was full of anxiety, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. He waved his hands around and said: "Calm down! Everyone calm down first! I have already said that Jingzhao Mansion has not arrested Zhong Qi, but there is a case with Zhong Qi.
Regarding this, please ask Zhong Qi to go to Jingzhao Mansion to assist in the investigation..."
"We don't want to hear these words of yours, we just want your Jingzhao Mansion to release them!"
"Yes! Jingzhao Mansion will release him immediately!"
Long Yuan came closer to Liu Xiu and whispered: "Your Majesty, it seems that the situation at this scene is out of control!"
Xuying also came over and whispered: "You should have listened to Li Ying earlier!"
Liu Xiu's face was expressionless and calm.
Just when people's voices became louder and louder, the gate of Jingzhao Mansion suddenly opened, and immediately, two teams of officers and soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, rushed out from inside. Walking between the two teams of officers and soldiers was none other than Jingzhao Yin and Zhang Chang
.
Zhang Chang first looked at the crowd of people outside the house, then turned his eyes to Li Ying and asked, "What is Li Gongcao doing here?"
Li Ying hurriedly bowed and saluted and said: "I am here to explain to the people..."
"Explain that Zhong Qi is not guilty? Explain that the fault lies with Jingzhao Mansion? Explain that in order to appease the people, you even gave up the majesty of Jingzhao Mansion?" Zhang Chang asked with a serious face.
Li Ying bowed and looked extremely ugly.
"Why did Zhang Jingzhao arrest Mr. Zhong? Should Zhang Jingzhao also give us an explanation?"
"Even Jingzhao Mansion can't arrest people for no reason!"
"Mr. Zhong made great contributions to Chang'an. If Mr. Zhong hadn't led the big guys to rebuild Chang'an back then, we might still be sleeping on the streets now!"
"This time Zhang Jingzhao arrests Mr. Zhong and must give us an explanation!"
The first person to attack Zhang Chang was from the direction Liu Xiu was looking at just now.
He squinted his eyes, turned his head towards Long Zhun, Long Bo nodded slightly, Long Zhun, Long Bo understood, quietly retreated from Liu Xiu's side, and squeezed towards the direction Liu Xiu was paying attention to.
Under the mobilization of these leaders, the people present immediately pointed the finger at Zhang Chang. He seemed to be the target of thousands of people, but Zhang Chang was not panicked at all. He looked around at the people who were pointing at him and even yelling at him.
His expression remained normal, he raised his hand and clapped his hands twice.
Following his applause, several gangsters and gangsters were escorted out of Jingzhao Mansion by officers and soldiers.
When they arrived outside, the officers and soldiers forced the gangsters to their knees on the ground. Zhang Chang stepped forward, pointed at one of the gangsters, and asked, "Who ordered you to spread rumors in Nanshi?"
The ruffian raised his head to look at Zhang Chang, then looked at the many people on the street, lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhang Chang didn't bother with him. He took a whip from his subordinates. Without saying any nonsense, he picked up the whip and slapped him all over his head and face.
The gangster was beaten until he curled up into a ball, rolled left and right on the ground, and screamed in pain. The gangsters and officers and soldiers around him all moved back and dodge.
Seeing Zhang Chang beating the ruffian desperately, the shouting people involuntarily closed their mouths, widened their eyes, and stared blankly.
After an unknown amount of time, the gangster who was beaten until his body was covered in blood finally couldn't bear it anymore and kept shouting: "I said...I said..."
Panting, Zhang Chang stopped beating and glared coldly at the gangster on the ground. The gangster got up from the ground, knelt on the spot, and endured the pain and said: "Yes... Mr. Zhong asked us to go to Nanshi to say, Wei
Xiao did not seek refuge with Gongsun Shu. The reason why the imperial court sent troops to Liangzhou was because the imperial court was afraid of Wei Xiao's power in Liangzhou..."
After staring at the gangster for a while, Zhang Chang finally looked back and asked loudly: "Did you all hear clearly? Zhong Qi instigated these people to spread rumors in Nanshi. Based on this alone, shouldn't Jingzhao Prefecture arrest him?"
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"This is just a one-sided statement from your Jingzhao Mansion!"
"That's right! Who knows if you are setting up a frame-up?!"
"Don't think that just by finding a few gangsters to frame Mr. Zhong, you can convict Mr. Zhong!"
"Let him go, let him go, Jingzhao Mansion will release him immediately——"
The noise that had just subsided at the scene gradually became louder again. Zhang Chang looked around at the people present. Without any warning, he drew out the sword under his ribs, turned around, aimed at the gangster who was covered in wounds, and slashed with his sword.
Go down.
There was a snapping sound in the helix of the ear, and the gangster's neck was broken. The severed head rolled down the steps. The people nearby screamed and backed away in fear.
When several other gangsters saw their companions being beheaded, they were so frightened that they cried out: "We are all under the orders of Mr. Zhong. We are indeed under the orders of Mr. Zhong..."
Zhang Chang walked forward with a bloody sword in hand, grabbed a gangster by the collar, and without saying a word, stabbed him down with the sword. Poof! The white blade went in, the red blade came out, and a section of the gangster's back was revealed.
A three-inch long sword blade.
Pulling out his sword and throwing the body away, Zhang Chang raised his sword and walked up to the third gangster. He struck another blow with his sword and beheaded this gangster.
At this time, Zhang Chang was like a madman whose eyes were red with blood. One after another, he executed all the seven or eight gangsters who were escorted out with his own hands.
His move shocked the officers and soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion, shocked the people at the scene, and also shocked Liu Xiu and others who were mixed among the people.
There were no more curses or shouts, and the scene suddenly fell into silence.
Seeing the corpses scattered in front of the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, the people trembled involuntarily.
Just now, some people were shouting that these gangsters were deliberately recruited by Jingzhao Mansion to frame Zhong Qi. Now, no one is shouting like this anymore. With Zhang Chang killing them all with his own hands, such accusations are naturally not attacked.
Self-destruction.
Zhang Chang held a bloody sword and paced back and forth in front of the Jingzhao Mansion, shouting loudly: "Kui Xiao is plotting to rebel against the Han. Your Majesty is driving a personal expedition to defeat the rebels. The war is imminent, and a fierce battle is about to break out. But at this time,
But there are people who spread rumors in the city, make evil words to confuse the public, and so on, and we will never tolerate them. Once discovered, they will be killed without mercy and executed immediately!"
As Zhang Chang glanced across, people lowered their heads involuntarily, not daring to breathe.
Zhang often pointed at the corpse on the ground with his sword and said sternly: "They have confessed that they were all ordered by Zhong Qi to spread rumors in Nan City. Based on this alone, I cannot take Zhong Qi back to Jingzhao Mansion for questioning.
Really? When you come to Jingzhao Mansion and keep saying that Zhong Qi is innocent, do you dare to risk your lives to guarantee him?"
"..."
People looked at each other and lowered their heads.
Zhang Chang said word by word: "Tonight, I will put my words here first. From now on, whoever dares to make lies and confuse the people in the city, even if he is a relative of the emperor, I will severely punish him!"
"Also, don't think that just because you have a large number of people, Jingzhao Mansion can't do anything to you! These are extraordinary times, and any behavior that disturbs the stability of Chang'an needs to be severely punished! By gathering a crowd to besiege Jingzhao Mansion, you are helping Wei Xiao
, is treason and rebellion. Those who dare to rebel, no matter how many in number, will be killed and their clans will be exterminated!"
Following his words, the sound of rumbling footsteps was heard, and a large number of government troops wearing helmets and carrying halberds and spears ran out of Jingzhao Mansion.
At the same time, more government troops climbed onto the courtyard wall, one by one twisting their bows and setting arrows, getting ready to release arrows.
In fact, many people at the scene relied on the fact that the law does not punish the public and came to build up their momentum. Now that they saw Jingzhao Mansion taking serious action, people were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and many timid people had already begun to disperse.
Seeing that tonight's operation might fail, the troublemakers among the people shouted: "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid, everyone! Mr. Zhong is not guilty. Jingzhao Mansion has slandered Mr. Zhong. We cannot let Mr. Zhong suffer unjust consequences."
injustice!"
"Yes! We have to rescue Mr. Zhong!"
"Let's work together to rescue Mr. Zhong!"
As they shouted, one person suddenly rushed out of the crowd and ran straight to the gate of Jingzhao Mansion.
Before he could get close, he was blocked by several officers and soldiers holding halberds and spears horizontally. The man shouted loudly and charged forward desperately.
Seeing this, a dozen other people rushed up and followed him towards the officers and soldiers. Many nearby people saw this and were also eager to try. When Zhang saw this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he waved his sword and shouted: "Kill!"
Li Ying was shaken, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "You can't do it! Zhang Jingzhao, killing people indiscriminately will cause big trouble!"
Zhang Chang looked directly at Li Ying, his eyes almost bursting with fire. At such a critical moment, instead of standing on the side of Jingzhao Mansion, your majestic meritorious officer actually undermined Jingzhao Mansion?
He waved his hand violently, pushed Li Ying away, then raised his sword, pointed at Li Ying, and said in a solemn voice: "I, Zhang Chang, will bear all the consequences of today! As long as I, Zhang Chang, can still
Jing Zhaoyin, I will kill anyone who dares to rebel in Sanfu, whether they are stupid people or officials from various governments!"
Li Ying was also frightened by Zhang Chang at this time. It was also the first time for him to see the now red-eyed Zhang Chang. Li Ying subconsciously took two steps back, lowered his head, bowed his body, and said nothing.
Won't come out.
Zhang Chang withdrew his gaze, looked at the surrounding government troops, and shouted loudly: "Anyone who dares to collide with the government troops will be shot to death!"
At this time, Zhang Chang indeed showed extraordinary courage. The war was imminent, and the most important thing for both the emperor and the court was the stability of Chang'an.
Hearing that the people of Chang'an were besieging Jingzhao Mansion, Liu Xiu, as the emperor, did not dare to mobilize troops to suppress them for fear of causing greater unrest. However, at this moment, Zhang Chang issued an order to suppress them.
However, Zhang Chang's order was not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, but to order the government army to kill civilians who dared to attack them.
Following Zhang Chang's order, the government troops were no longer polite, and everyone shouted in unison: "Hoo——"
Crash! One after another, the halberds and spears were lifted up, and their sharp points were pointed outwards.
When the people who were shouting and swarming over saw the halberd and spear points in front of them, they were so frightened that they rolled and crawled back. The majesty they had just now disappeared in an instant.
Zhang Chang watched coldly with an expressionless face. Seeing that there were only a few people who dared to risk their lives to attack the government troops, he felt confident and shouted loudly: "Enter!"
"Enter--"
"Roar--"
The government troops present shouted in unison again, and then, people took a step forward with halberds and spears in their hands.
The crowds of people on the opposite side were like a tide, retreating one after another. Even Liu Xiu and others who were mixed in the crowd were pushed back by the crowd.