There were also many servants of the Zhang family, but they just followed the Zhang family clan and rushed forward in a swarm.
A few of the hundreds still had the guts to do so. When they rushed to the city gate and saw thousands of people rushing towards them, they were immediately frightened and fled in all directions.
Being a slave these days means you really can't survive and there's nothing you can do about it.
Is it okay to let them fight a smooth battle, but to let them fight tooth and nail? I'm sorry, I'm not loyal enough to do so.
Soon there were only a few dozen members of the Zhang family left in the place.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Seeing thousands of people coming from the opposite side, how long will it take if they don't run away?
Liu Guan, Zhang Chen and others slashed and killed all the way, stabbed and chopped down several people, and led the Puyin folks to the Zhang family manor.
The manor was in chaos. The Zhang family usually bullied their neighbors and acted arrogantly. They had always been the bullies, so how could such a thing happen to them?
There was chaos in the house for a while, and the Zhang family members packed up their belongings and fled one after another.
Those who ran fast survived, but those who ran slowly were killed by Puyin villagers and hacked to death.
All the past hatreds were recorded in the general ledger. Under the leadership of Liu Guan and Zhang Chen, the villagers rushed into the manor and slaughtered the entire Zhang family.
Logically speaking, this kind of behavior should be classified as mob behavior.
But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, people would only praise them.
Even in the early days of the new era, there were righteous acts of dividing land between local tyrants and trying local bullies, let alone in ancient times.
On weekdays, the villagers were intimidated by the powerful and did not dare to resist.
But as long as you give them a suitable reason, all the sufferings they suffered in the past will be vented out.
Fortunately, Liu Bei still had sense and stopped the villagers from killing innocent people. He ordered the people to tie up all the Zhang family members and take them to the city for trial.
Thousands of people arrested members of the Zhang family and marched back to the city.
After returning to the city, under the leadership of Guan Zhang, the villagers rushed into the county government office and arrested the county captain, county magistrate and others who were working as collaborators.
There were hundreds of people in total, all tied up, looking disgraced and in a very miserable state.
After hearing that the powerful Zhang family and Puyin officials were arrested, thousands of people from all over the city came out to watch. Countless people gathered in the open space outside the city gate.
Liu Bei seized the Puyin County magistrate's seal and ordered the soldiers in Puyin County to maintain order and interrogate one by one.
"Zhang Ba, oppressing the people, this is an unforgivable crime in the fish and meat village, kill him!"
"Zhang Biao, robbed a village girl, beat and killed a neighbor, kill!"
"Zhang Kai wantonly insulted the people of the county and robbed and plundered..."
After being identified by the local people in Puyin, the evil-doing bully gentry and officials emerged one after another and were tried on the spot.
The common people had been suffering from these powerful landowners for a long time, and they all applauded, making other local powerful people tremble.
Those who had bullied their neighbors had already packed up their rituals and prepared to run away. Those who had not bullied the common people kept rejoicing that they had not done anything bad, otherwise they would be the ones on trial.
A group of people were killed and a group of innocent people were released, and the whole afternoon was lively. At the end, Liu Bei announced that he would distribute the fields that had been taken by Zhang family and the county magistrate to the poor people, and the atmosphere suddenly reached a climax.
While Liu Bei was punishing the landlords, gentry, and corrupt officials, Chen Mu had already rushed to the hospital.
"How is my father?"
After entering the door, Chen Mu asked anxiously.
Chen Meng was waiting outside the door. When he saw him, he shook his head: "The doctor is treating you, and the situation is not optimistic."
"Uncle Meng, go boil some boiling water." Chen Mu ordered.
Chen Meng was stunned for a moment. He saw Chen Mu's face was solemn and seemed to be speaking to him in a commanding tone. He murmured in his heart why this boy had the right to order his clan uncle?
However, considering that Chen Mu was not in a good mood right now, Chen Meng didn't think too much about it and ran to the backyard of the medical center to ask someone from the medical center to help him boil water.
Chen Mu pushed the door open and entered the room. He felt the smell of medicine coming to his nose. A middle-aged doctor was busy.
"go out!"
The doctor heard the noise and gave Chen Mu a hard look.
Chen Mu knew that he had disturbed the doctor, but he still insisted on closing the door. He stood inside the door with his hands raised and said, "The injured are my father and brother. I came here to ask the doctor whether the cloth bandaging the wound can be sterilized with boiling water."
The doctor was stunned for a moment and said, "You also know medical skills?"
"I don't understand, but I know a little bit about wound infection. If the bacteria and viruses are not killed, it is very likely to cause secondary infection."
Chen Mu replied respectfully.
He respects doctors very much because he was seriously ill when he was in junior high school and was sent to the hospital by his parents. The doctor was very kind and she performed two operations and took good care of him after the operation to save him from death.
"I don't know what bacteria and viruses are. However, Hua Tuo, a native of Qiao County, said the same thing as you, saying that there is evil wind on the cloth belt, which can be removed by boiling it in boiling water."
The doctor nodded: "I have cleaned the wounds of your father and brother and are preparing to apply medicine and bandage. Since you must have a cloth bandage boiled in boiling water, go out and order my child to get it."
"promise!"
Chen Mu responded.
Wei means accepting an order, and Nuo means "got it".
The meanings of these two are equivalent to the current answers of "yes" and "ok".
The former is for people of lower status to respond, and the latter is for people of the same or higher status to respond to people of lower status.
I went out to get the cloth and went to the backyard. Chen Meng was boiling water with the medical boy from the hospital.
"Nephew, how is my brother?"
Chen Meng saw him coming and asked.
Chen Mu's face calmed down a little and he replied: "The doctors have cleaned the wounds. They are all external injuries. They should be fine."
"That's good, that's good."
Chen Meng nodded.
However, after saying this, Chen Mu still felt a haze in his heart.
The medical skills of the Han Dynasty were no better than those of modern times. Modern medicine is so advanced that problems with the internal organs can be detected and targeted treatments can be carried out.
The ancient medical skills can at most treat trauma. If you have a headache or a fever, you don’t know what the disease is for a while, so you can only drink herbal medicine to try your luck. Diseases like tuberculosis are almost terminal illnesses and there is no cure.
It would be fine if my father and younger brother were only injured and could recover for a while.
They were afraid that if they were injured internally, any problem with any of their internal organs would be fatal.
So Chen Mu can't be said to be relieved now, he still has to continue to observe the situation. He just hopes that his father and brother can be lucky and survive this crisis.
After cooking the bandage strips, Chen Mu sent them to the doctor.
The doctor had wiped the wound with a boiled towel, cleaned it, and applied herbal juice. After the cloth was delivered, he wrapped it around and tied it into a knot to use it as a bandage to fix the herbal medicine.
Chen Qing, Chen Zhi and his son were still in a coma, but when the bandages tightened around their wounds, they were still moaning in pain, which made Chen Mu feel uncomfortable.
Although it can't be said that he was heartbroken, he still couldn't control the anger in his heart when his father and brother were beaten like this in this life.
This is because he has gained power and gained social status.
If he were an ordinary villager, even if he was beaten to death by powerful men from the Zhang family, there would be nowhere to redress his injustice.
Chen Mu knew that he could not be of much help here, so he simply left the medical clinic, took a few villagers from Chenjia Village, went straight to the county government office, and found the main bookkeeper's office.
I found a blank bamboo slip and a writing brush in the main register room, wrote hundreds of words angrily, wrote a memorial, reported the matter, and impeached Zhang Chun, the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, for indulging a distant branch clan and causing harm to the local people.
In this case of impeachment, it does not count as the evil person complained first, because the evil person is not him, but Zhang Chun.
Zhang Chun was from Yuyang, and the Puyin Zhang family of Zhongshan was a distant branch of his family. After he became the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, he received numerous benefits from the Puyin Zhang family.
This point was made clear when the Zhang family was tortured before. The reason why the Puyin Zhang family became more and more arrogant was also because of Zhang Chun's connivance and protection. In addition, the Puyin Zhang family insulted the people and plundered the land, which would all be given to Zhang Chun.
Being filial made Zhang Chun turn a blind eye and ignore the suffering of the people.
How could Chen Mu feel dissatisfied after learning that he was the one behind the scenes? He immediately wrote a letter to preemptively take the lawsuit to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
That night, he rode out of Puyin and headed for Yecheng, the seat of Jizhou.