The assassin's face was unclear in the darkness. After he killed the prefect, he actually carried the prefect's body forward and walked forward.
Such thugs make everyone more panicked.
"Stop him."
As shouts spread, several more people rushed out of the mansion.
Uncle Lei narrowed his eyes and looked around. Everyone in the magistrate's mansion was a good man. If he hadn't been here for many days and was familiar with the situation around the magistrate's mansion, and seized the opportunity to catch him off guard, it would have been difficult to kill the magistrate at once.
Now he wants to run with the corpse of the prefect in order to disrupt the entire Fengyang City.
Seeing the prefect's guards chasing after him, Uncle Lei still ignored them because there were still people arranged by Master Song to help him. Although they were not many, they cooperated inside and outside, which was enough to achieve the goal.
The prefect's guards and officials were all stopped, and the people in the prefecture were even more anxious: "Hurry...arrest someone...someone..."
The people came out of their houses and looked at all this blankly, whispering to each other and asking for news.
"There is a rebellion, someone is plotting a rebellion."
Shouts came, followed by the sound of gongs and drums, which was the watchman's warning.
Officers and soldiers from the guard station and the Yamen appeared on the street. The footsteps of the officers and soldiers seemed to make the whole city tremble, and the mountains not far away were lit with flames.
People began to take to the streets and shout.
Everyone woke up from their dreams, this was going to be a war, maybe thousands of soldiers and horses would flood into Fengyang soon.
"The prince of Shunyang County was arrested, the prefect died, and Fengyang was in chaos."
Merchants in Fengyang City have already started running towards the city gate with their young and old in tow. If they don't start, it may be too late.
The gate guards heard the chaos in the city,
Reluctant to let him go, amidst a commotion, someone made a move first, and the city gate was immediately pushed open by everyone.
"Go quickly..."
The carriages and horses ran out of the city gate.
Zhang Zhenren looked at the crowd with a smile on his face.
…
"Master Magistrate, he... was killed."
Fengyang Tongzhi couldn't help being shocked when he heard the news: "What's going on?"
"The streets are full of officers and soldiers from the guard station. I heard that the prince of Shunyang County was kidnapped, and the prince of Shunyang County found the guard station."
Why go to the health office instead of coming to the Yamen?
Tongzhi felt that there was something wrong, and the county magistrate never came to report it to him. The most important thing was, what were those people doing by kidnapping the Prince of Shunyang County? He had not received any news that the Prince of Shunyang County was coming to Fengyang.
There was no such prince among the royal family who worshiped their ancestors in Fengyang.
Not quite right.
"The people all fled out of the city, but our people stopped them at the gate... There were too many people and we couldn't stop them."
"The prefect was really killed? A corpse?" Tongzhi was very calm. He couldn't panic. There were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed at the imperial mausoleum. As long as he held firm, nothing big would happen.
The officer said: "He was dragged to the street and scared many people. Sir, he is in such a miserable state."
The prefect is gone, the city is in chaos, and he still hasn't figured out the purpose of those people.
"How is it on the mountain?" Tongzhi continued to ask.
"There is chaos on the mountain. You can see the fire from the city. The soldiers and horses of the guard are heading over there."
No, there was something fishy about the whole thing. It seemed that it had been planned long ago. Some people were dealing with the people in the mountains, and some were dealing with them, and they were so neat that they killed the prefect directly.
Once the magistrate dies, the officials and people in Fengyang Mansion will panic.
It's no coincidence, those people seem to have a purpose.
At this moment, Tongzhi suddenly calmed down. Someone may have noticed that they have been stationing troops here for many years, and they don't know if something happened to their master.
Either someone snooped out the news, was accidentally discovered, and had to kill someone.
Who heard about them?
Moreover, these people seem to be able to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the guard. Are they from the imperial court?
The imperial court sent a secret envoy into the city, possibly Prince Shunyang. Prince Shunyang discovered those soldiers and horses. Ge San had a conflict with Prince Shunyang's people, and then Prince Shunyang went to inform the guards.
Tong knew: "Immediately go and investigate the movements of the surrounding guard posts. All soldiers and horses near Fengyang must be investigated."
If there is any abnormal movement among these soldiers and horses, then it is certain that the imperial court is going to attack them. They cannot just sit back and wait for death. They must know that the crime of rebellion will be punished by killing the nine tribes. Since they have found the prefect, how can they miss him.
…
Master Zhang was galloping all the way on horseback. He also wanted to notify the surrounding soldiers and horses to surround Fengyang. He didn't have much time. He had to let the imperial soldiers and horses fight with Fengyang's troops so that the people in Fengyang could not defend themselves.
They were charged with rebellion.
Alas, he is so miserable.
Both legs were about to be lost, and it was hard to find a helper, who only knew how to set fire to cause trouble.
Alas, as I get older, no one will feel any pain.
If the junior sister were here, could she still give him a tap on his legs and rub his waist?
"Hurry up," Zhang Zhenren couldn't help but look at the hesitating people outside the city. "All the officials in Fengyang have rebelled. You should go to the capital quickly... The center of the capital is the safest.
Lord Fusheng Boundless, please protect these innocent people!"
"Thank you, Immortal."
…
Its daybreak.
It's snowed for a few days and the weather has become particularly nice.
Xu Qinghuan raised his head and saw a paper kite flying high. Feng Chu pulled the string in his hand from time to time. Yin Gui squinted and looked over: "Don't be lazy, don't let the paper kite fall."
"It's because the wind is too light." Feng Chu muttered.
With the voices of the two girls talking, the whole palace seemed to be a little more lively.
The soldier guarding the door almost yawned.
Li Xu's eyes also fell on the paper kite, and then he looked at the figure in the yard. She was sitting in a chair, holding her chin and dangling her feet leisurely, as if everything outside had nothing to do with her, she only cared about
This is a small world in front of me.
"King Cheng is missing." Cheng Ruhai walked over with a gloomy expression. The court should have known about this for a long time, and it was only now that it reached his ears.
Li Xu looked calm and didn't seem too surprised.
This is a very important part. If King Cheng is still here, I don’t know when the case will be solved. Things will be different once King Cheng leaves.
The innocent will not abscond.
Li Xu said: "Do you know where King Cheng has gone?"
Cheng Ruhai said: "After the palace discovered that King Cheng had left the palace, people searched everywhere and found that King Cheng was heading northwest.
Huijing is from the northwest, Duo Gansi and Wu Zang often cause trouble, King Cheng may have colluded with them, and there may be chaos in the northwest soon."
Sounds reasonable.
"Is the imperial court ready to raise troops?" Li Xu asked again.
The emperor kept Cheng Wang in order to lure out Cheng Wang's accomplices. Now that everything is clear, the Ministry of War may take action.
Cheng Ruhai nodded: "It's a pity that King Cheng disappeared when he arrived in the northwest. Officials in the northwest were suspected of hiding King Cheng. The emperor was furious because of this. He summoned me to discuss countermeasures."
Li Xu thought about Cheng Ruhai's words and suddenly said: "If the imperial court raises troops to the northwest, and if there is another movement elsewhere, there will be no spare power to deal with it."
Cheng Ruhai was a little surprised: "The King Cheng Rebellion in front of us is a big deal. We can put everything else aside for now. Besides, we just won the battle in the southeast and the north is still relatively stable. What trouble will happen somewhere? You are thinking too much."