"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! What are you in a hurry for? Can you just listen to what I have to say first?" Zhou Xingyun accepted the offer and trotted two steps to stand between the two sides, signaling to the royal guards and the people of Lingdu City not to be impulsive.
To avoid causing innocent casualties.
"What nonsense do you have to say, you bitch! Don't be afraid, everyone! The guards in the capital are all pampered showboats. We have the advantage in numbers. As long as we work together, we will be able to capture the mansion!" Wu Shen shouted to encourage morale, thinking to himself
His martial arts skills are better, and when the two sides are in chaos, he can take the opportunity to slip away and let the thousands of Lingdu residents and royal guards who followed him to cause trouble kill each other.
Zhou Xingyun could not let Wu Shen's plan succeed, so he immediately used his inner strength and shouted: "Fathers and elders of Lingdu City, please take a good look at these powerful and domineering elite soldiers. With all due respect, if you attack the mansion to grab food,
It was really an egg hitting a stone, and absolutely no one could leave alive. The continuous-firing crossbows in the hands of the guards were not for nothing. One sword could kill one person, so what if there were more of you? After two rounds of arrow rain, do you think you can still survive?
several?"
"Everyone, please ignore the dog officer's alarmist talk! Without food! We can't survive either!" Gou Bin was still urging the people behind him to charge, but no one was stupid. They were too scared to step forward when they saw the guards' crossbows aimed at them.
.
"You are the one who can't survive! Not the people of Lingdu City! Have you ever thought about it, fellow villagers and elders, we have confiscated all the food stored at home by the little powerful people who claim to represent you, and you will not get any benefits from being with them. On the contrary,
, but I can meet your requirements and provide grain for everyone, so that you and your family can survive the most difficult days safely."
Zhou Xingyun stood in the middle of the confrontation between the guards and the people of Lingdu City, and clapped his hands calmly.
Seeing Zhou Xingyun's move, Ning Xiangyi, who was in the luxurious mansion, immediately acted according to the plan and had several pots of cooked fish-flavored porridge brought to the door of the mansion.
Zhou Xingyun asked people to grind the fish meat and fish bones into pieces and mix them into the porridge water. Although the rice porridge was a bit thin, the fragrant fish smell really made the hungry people of Lingdu City drool.
"Dear fellow villagers in Lingdu City, do you want to drink porridge? If you want to drink it, just listen to what I have to say. If you don't want to... I will take the porridge to honor the land father." Zhou Xingyun picked up the spoon and took a seat.
A spoonful of fish-flavored porridge was poured on the ground like watering flowers.
Zhou Xingyun's extravagant and wasteful behavior undoubtedly aroused public outrage. However... the hungry people in Lingdu City did not take any drastic action because Zhou Xingyun said that as long as they listened calmly to what he said, they would be able to drink delicious porridge and water.
When Gou Bin and Wu Shen saw this, they both felt something was wrong. Zhou Xingyun's behavior was obviously to seduce the people of Lingdu City.
Zhou Xingyun had been tormenting them since the morning. Thousands of people begging for food in the granary had almost nothing to eat all day.
No, they had a sip of porridge today. When Zhou Xingyun left the granary in the south of the city in the evening, he let them have a sip of porridge, a mouthful of porridge that was still full of meaning.
Later, Zhou Xingyun grilled fish in front of the luxurious mansion, and the smell of smoked fish filled the streets, stimulating the appetite of the people in Lingdu City.
At this time, Zhou Xingyun brought out several pots of fish-flavored porridge, and the people of Lingdu City, who were still unsatisfied, naturally found it difficult to resist its temptation.
"Don't be tempted by the dog officer! Have you forgotten how he tormented us at noon? Look at his behavior! It's unbearable!" Gou Bin shouted in panic in his heart.
Why is Gou Bin panicking?
First, as Zhou Xingyun said before, Huafang's food was confiscated, and he could no longer provide food to the people of Lingdu City.
The second reason is that Zhou Xingyun's nouveau riche behavior is tantamount to telling the people of Lingdu City that I have plenty of food. If you are willing to listen to me and I am in a good mood, I will share the food with you. Otherwise, I will pour the porridge and it will not work.
I'll give you some oil and water.
A man from Lingdu City visually observed that Zhou Xingyun had filled another spoonful of rice porridge, which seemed to be spilled on the ground. He couldn't help but shouted: "Don't pour it! If you have something to say, just say it! Don't waste food!"
"Do I call this a waste of food? Remember when Princess Yongming was humiliated in the downtown area of Lingdu City, how much food did you throw at her?" Zhou Xingyun asked the Lingdu City man pointedly.
"..." The man from Lingdu City was stunned and lowered his head helplessly.
"Do you still remember what I asked you when we were in the granary at noon? To live or to have dignity." Zhou Xingyun put down the spoon in his hand and said unhurriedly: "In a situation where you have no choice but to kneel down and beg, no matter what you choose,
I will not look down on you whether you have to live with food or starve to death with dignity. Because you have no third choice and can only take these two paths. Whether you live an ignoble life or die with dignity, your choice is not wrong.
All can gain my approval.”
"But! When you have enough food, you give up your dignity and ask me for food, and you only need a handful of rice? What do you want me to use to sympathize with you! What do you want me to use to give you alms!"
Zhou Xingyun glanced at the crowd, and then continued: "What kind of people are the northern princes, what kind of people are Qingtian Xiong, and what kind of group Xuanyang Sect is. I may not know, but you have lived in Lingdu City for many years, don't you have any idea in your heart?
Point B? What benefits can you get from seeking skin from a tiger?"
Zhou Xingyun said as he walked up to the man from Lingducheng who just told him to stop: "Brother, do you have any elderly parents at home?"
"My father is still alive, what do you want?"
"It's not easy for you to support five children by yourself." Zhou Xingyun observed carefully and found that the man in Lingdu City had a blessing bag hanging on his waist. On the blessing bag was embroidered a boy, a girl and three children. In addition to his old father, there should be six people.
people.
If you guess based on this thing, you can show off if you guess right, but if you guess wrong, it doesn't matter...
"How do you know we are a family of six!" The man from Lingdu City looked at Zhou Xingyun in surprise.
"How I know you are a family of six is not the point. The point is that Lingdu City is now under heavy siege and the food supply is insufficient. It will take at least a month for the rain to clear up. Do you hope that you six people can survive the crisis safely?
?" Zhou Xingyun asked with an enigmatic smile.
"What do you want me to do?" The Lingducheng man knew that Zhou Xingyun was definitely not giving away free food.
"I admit that I am not a good person, but if you are willing to cooperate with me, I can meet your needs." Zhou Xingyun raised his head and said to the people present: "You only need to hand over the grain reserves at home, and I will ensure that your family, young and old, will not be affected by it."
Worried about starving to death."
"Why should we believe you!"
"That's right! If you take the food and ignore us, what should we do?" After listening to Zhou Xingyun's speech, the people of Lingdu City immediately understood his intention.
Zhou Xingyun confiscated Huafang's grain, and the situation couldn't help but turn around.
Originally, the people of Lingdu City only needed to beg a handful of rice from Zhou Xingyun to be eligible to join Wu Shen and others and share the grain reserves in Hua Fang. The conditions for joining were still to turn over the grain reserves at home, and Wu Shen and the three small dignitaries would distribute the food uniformly.
Now that Zhou Xingyun has confiscated the boat to store grain, he has taken the initiative. The people of Lingdu City can cooperate with him and save the effort of begging for "a handful of rice".
However, Zhou Xingyun's credibility is very doubtful. If he takes the food and ignores everyone, it will be really doomed.
"Can you use your brains? Once I break my promise to you, no one will turn over the food. For long-term benefits, I can't let you starve to death. Understand!"
"Fellows and elders! You must not listen to the slander of this dog official! The royal family is unkind and unjust! If we compromise, we will definitely not end well!" Wu Shen said anxiously. After all, the current situation is not good for him, and he should hate the royal family.
The residents of Lingdu City gradually compromised after Zhou Xingyun's hard and soft efforts.
"That's right! Lord Qing's 30,000 city guards are outside. Soon, this rich and unkind dog official will be killed by Lord Qing!" Gou Bin hinted that Qing Tianxiong has 30,000 soldiers. If anyone dares to surrender to the royal family,
, the end will definitely be a bad death.
"Are 30,000 Northern City guards impressive?" Zhou Xingyun sneered disdainfully: "Qingtian Xiong has been king and hegemon in Lingdu City for many years, but we haven't driven him out of the city. To put it bluntly, 30,000 Northern City guards
, they are just a homeless army! Let me tell you the truth, the capital only sent out the vanguard cavalry and captured Lingdu City. Once the large troops from the rear arrive in the north one after another, your Lord Qing...heh."
"He's a lackey of the royal family! Don't stay here. This is appalling! Folks and elders, don't believe him! Once the soldiers from the capital invade the city, we will all be slaughtered! Don't forget that when Princess Yongming was humiliated and the royal family lost face, we are all the same.
Witness! The royal family will not let us go!" Wu Shen signaled to the people of Lingdu City that they had offended the royal family a long time ago, and now they can only win together with Qingtian Bear.
"What nonsense are you talking about? The person who wants to massacre the people of Lingdu City is Qingtian Bear! By the way, you guys don't seem to know the truth. Whatever, today I will let everyone understand how much Qingtian Bear loves you, the people of Lingdu City.
.”
Zhou Xingyun clapped his hands again. Seeing this, Qin Beiyan, who was waiting in the mansion, immediately pushed a wooden wheelchair and brought out an old man who was covered with wounds from the fire.
"He is an old fisherman who lives in the north of the city? Why is he here?"
"There was a fire in the north of the city. I thought everyone living on North Street was burned to death by the fire."
When the residents of Lingdu City present saw the old man, they immediately started talking, wondering what Zhou Xingyun had asked him to do.
"Dear fellow villagers, the fire in Lingdu City a few days ago was started by Qingtian Xiong! In order to escape from Lingdu City, they not only burned down the granary, but also set fires along the way. Fortunately, the eldest princess ignored the previous grudges and rescued us from the sea of fire, and also let us go.
The imperial doctor healed everyone's injuries. People living in Beicheng, those who survived the fire, are now receiving generous kindness from Her Highness the Princess." The old man's voice was hoarse, and he said with tears: "Princess Yongming is a princess who loves her people like a son.
Good princess! Qingtian Bear is the enemy of our people in Lingdu City! Everyone, wake up and stop pretending to be confused!"
"The humiliation of Her Royal Highness in Lingdu City was planned by Qingtian Xiong. Although you are guilty, your crime will not lead to death. You can atone for your sins. As for what to do..." Zhou Xingyun knocked on the big pot filled with porridge water: "