The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 856: cause civil unrest
Chapter 856 Causing Civil Unrest
Regarding the matter of King Liang and the Emperor trading a thousand boys and girls and the Nine-Layered Platform for the throne, Bai Jinxiu did not send anyone to inform Bai Qingyan because she was worried that there were other generals around Bai Qingyan.
If other generals knew about it in advance, then… when they saw the miserable scene of the people on the way back to the capital, they would not find it so shocking because they would be prepared. Only when they see it without knowing anything about it… will they be more touched.
Bai Qingyan was furious, and said to the emperor and Liu Hong: “Prince Liang has taken control of the imperial city and the emperor! What is his purpose in doing this? Could it be that Prince Liang originally asked the emperor to build the Nine-Layered Terrace? Could it be that Prince Liang originally asked the emperor to gather a thousand boys and girls?!”
If Bai Qingyan’s guess was correct, the emperor probably made a deal with King Liang for the throne, requiring King Liang to build the Nine-story Platform within ten days and collect a thousand boys and girls for him within ten days. Then… the emperor would pass the throne to King Liang!
This… Liu Hong must have guessed it, but Liu Hong was unwilling to admit that it was the emperor’s fault.
Bai Qingyan turned to look at Liu Hong and raised his voice: “General Liu, you are not a mediocre person. Can’t you guess that the emperor is using the throne to make a deal with King Liang?”
Liu Hong pursed his lips tightly, yes… he could think of it, but he didn’t want to think of the emperor in such a bad way.
“Who are you?” Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on the yamen runner who was pointed at by Yang Wuce with a sword.
“Reply…Reply Princess Zhenguo, I am a bailiff from Chunmu City!” the bailiff replied.
She asked again: “Are the children locked up in the government office?”
The yamen runner nodded cautiously: “That’s right!”
“General Liu, let the army rest here. Thank you for your hard work… Come with me to the government office!” Bai Qingyan said to Liu Hong that there were some things that Liu Hong had to see with his own eyes before he could understand them.
Liu Hong nodded: “Okay!”
“General Lin, you stay here and watch the army! We’ll be back soon!” Bai Qingyan said.
Lin Kangle originally wanted to go with them, but military orders were as firm as a mountain, so he had to clasp his fists and say yes.
Bai Qingyan leaned over to the young woman who was holding the child tightly in her arms and said, “Don’t be afraid! No one can take your child away!”
Seeing that the young woman looked at Liu Hong and seemed to be a little hesitant, Bai Qingyan said again: “I am a member of the Bai family. I have been taught since I was a child to protect the people and keep them safe! I, Bai Qingyan, swear by the ancestors of the Bai family that as long as I am here… no one can take your child away!”
Liu Hong looked at Bai Qingyan and saw the woman crying and kowtowing to Bai Qingyan to express her gratitude, and he had a vague premonition in his heart.
Soon, Bai Qingyan, Liu Hong and Yang Wuce led a hundred light cavalry into the city.
Before Bai Qingyan and his companions arrived at the government office gate, they heard cries of pain coming from afar.
When they and the yamen runners were about to arrive in front of the government office, they saw that the gate was filled with people kneeling, some were women, some were couples, and even elderly people, all of whom were begging the yamen runners guarding the gate to let them in to see their children for the last time. Their cries were so miserable that people cried.
When the people saw the armored soldiers riding horses to the gate of the government office, they thought their children were going to be taken away. Their crying became more hysterical, and several elderly women even fainted from crying.
For a while, the wailing was deafening. The parents and relatives of the children didn’t know what to do. They pounded the ground and pounded their chests. Some even knelt down and hugged the legs of the yamen runner, saying that they would offer all their wealth and beg him to let their children go, or at least see their children once if all else failed.
Liu Hong’s emotions were surging. How could he force the people to such a point? !
There was even a brave man with a lame leg, with tears in his eyes. He stood up, supported himself with a cane and shouted loudly: “Damn it! I lost my legs fighting for the State of Jin! Now this dog emperor wants my son’s life to make elixirs for him! A thousand children! A thousand children just to prolong the life of this dog emperor! If such an emperor is really immortal, is there any way for us people to survive?! Folks… let’s rebel against these dog-days!”
I don’t know if it was because of the words of this heroic man that inspired the people to stand up one after another.
“They are the bastards who rebelled!”
“Whoever wants to kill my child! I will take his life!”
“Fellow villagers! Our child is in the government office! Isn’t it for the sake of saving a child that we have been running around all our lives?! We will fight these bastards! As many children as we can save will be saved!”
The people responded one after another. They were unarmed, but for the sake of their children, they rushed like crazy towards the gate of the government office that separated them from their children.
The yamen runners were horrified and shouted, “You bunch of untouchables! Are you planning a rebellion?!”
The lame man stepped forward with his cane, raised it and hit the yamen runner on the head. The yamen runner fell to the ground and couldn’t get up. “Rebellion?! I’m going to rebel today! Whoever stops me today… I’ll kill him! Folks, go ahead and save the child!”
As soon as the man said this, the mothers who were originally in tears and at a loss rushed forward to fight with the yamen runners, and the front of the government office became a mess.
The yamen runners who led Bai Qingyan hurried forward to help and stop the people.
The horse under Liu Hong’s crotch was frightened. He grabbed the reins tightly and shouted to Bai Qingyan: “Princess Zhenguo! We can’t let the people get into chaos!”
Seeing that Bai Qingyan was sitting on a high horse and had not given any orders, Yang Wuce remained indifferent. He allowed Liu Hong to look at him, and he remained motionless like a mountain.
“Princess Zhenguo!” Liu Hong shouted again.
Bai Qingyan saw that the people were very excited and worried that they would get hurt, so he turned around and ordered Yang Wuce: “General Yang!”
Yang Wuce took the order, stepped forward with the reins in hand, and shouted in a mighty voice, “Stop!”
But at this moment, the people were concerned about their own children who were locked up in the government office and crying for their mothers and fathers. How could they listen to Yang Wuce’s orders?
The clothes of the yamen runners were torn off, and the people roared and banged on the gate of the government office. Soon the gate was knocked open, and the people rushed in, crying out their children’s names, stumbling around in search of their children following their cries and shouts.
Yang Wuce rode back quickly and clasped his fists towards Bai Qingyan: “Princess Zhenguo! We can’t stop them! The people have already rushed in!”
“This won’t do! It will cause civil unrest!” Liu Hong was panicked.
“General Liu, do you think this is not considered a civil riot?” Bai Qingyan did not look at Liu Hong, his voice was icy cold, “This is just Chunmu Mountain. Wherever the decree is issued in the territory of Jin State, who knows how many such disturbances will arise!”
This is exactly what Liu Hong was worried about!
“Quick! Go and call for help. We must stop those people. If we let them take the child away, none of us will survive!” The head of the yamen runners shouted loudly.
The yamen runner who led Bai Qingyan saw this and hurried over to the direction of Bai Qingyan and Liu Hong. Seeing them coming with a hundred light cavalrymen, he bowed and said, “Princess Zhenguo and General Liu, please help us!”
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