The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 272
After staying in the big tent for a while, Wang Zhong found an excuse and came out from inside.

Outside the big tent.

A lean man was already waiting beside him.

Seeing Wang Zhong coming out of the big tent, he didn't make a sound, but just followed quickly, closely following half a body behind Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong kept walking, and asked as he walked, "How is it? The person who asked you to investigate has gained something?"

At this time, Wang Zhong was serious.

Between words and deeds, where is the dullness in the big tent just now?
"Brother really predicts things like a god, that kid is really a problem!"

The lean man complimented him first, and then continued: "If we hadn't brought more than ten good hands over this time, maybe he would have turned the tables and ran away!"

As he spoke, he took out a small bamboo tube from his bosom.

Passing it to Wang Zhong, the man continued: "This is what came out of him. When we led the man in, the man was about to tie this thing to the leg of a hawk!"

Wang Zhong nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Zhong exerted light force on his hand, and the next moment, the wax seals at both ends of the small bamboo tube were directly crushed.

He clasped it on the palm of his hand, and poured out a roll of letter paper the thickness of a little finger from the bamboo tube.

Unfolding the thin letter paper, Wang Zhong hurriedly read it.

"Sure enough, it's exactly what I thought! It's here for Lao Tzu's soldiers!"

Wang Zhong turned his head and glanced at the big tent not far away.

There was no expression on his face.

"Is the one who breeds harpy eagles still alive?" Wang Zhong suddenly asked again.

Hearing the question, the lean man next to him hurriedly replied: "He's still alive! With your order, big brother, everyone knows that he must be saved, so naturally he won't do anything serious."

"That's good!"

Wang Zhong nodded slightly with a smile, and said: "We can still use that man's ability, and he can avoid a lot of trouble!"

Then, Wang Zhong instructed the thin man, "According to what is written in this secret letter, it is estimated that the siege will be arranged in the next two days. Go and tell the brothers to pay attention to each other, and listen to it at that time." After receiving my order, make another plan!"

"Brother, don't worry!"

The lean man hurriedly promised.

Seeing the figure leaving in a hurry, Wang Zhong muttered to himself, "What kind of strategy to deter the court and exhaust the enemy is just to capture this army in his own hands!"

The breeze blows through the broken hair, and the eyes below are slightly narrowed.

"I pulled this team up, so it must be mine!" Wang Zhong's eyes were filled with murderous intent, "No one can take it away! Even if the Heavenly King and I come!"

………………

Outside Shenjing City.

Beside the bustling official road.

Many people looked at the two armies with complex expressions, and gradually disappeared at the end of their sight.

"This time I heard that the miners in Fujian and Jiangxi rebelled!"

Those who are well-informed are already selling (zhuang) and getting (bi) in a low voice.

Sure enough, someone nearby immediately asked: "The miners rebelled? Why? Could there be something inside?"

"Yes, tell me!"

Others chimed in.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, that person did not pretend to be a secret. He first confirmed the authenticity of the news, "This news was told by the nephew of my cousin's third uncle's cousin himself. He is a senior official of the fifth rank!"

Everyone was envious for a while, and they all praised: "It turns out that Xiongtai still has such a relationship!"

"Hey, what's the matter with this!"

The man waved his hand indifferently, his face was full of a contented smile pretending to be successful.

After a pause, the man continued what he said just now, and continued: "It is said that this news was read by the eunuch next to His Majesty at the court meeting on the fifteenth day!"

"It's just that this group of miners rebelled, didn't they seek their own death?" someone asked in confusion.

Before the words fell, someone couldn't help explaining immediately: "It is said that you are looking for a dead end, so you are still not dead? If you really want to continue working in the mine, then you will definitely die!"

"Why it came out like this?"

"Tell me now!"

The center of everyone's attention shifted instantly.

That person was upset before, so Dang even snorted coldly and said, "What other reason can there be? It's not that the local officials exploited too much!"

The person who just explained it immediately agreed.

"Isn't that the case?! Our place is at the foot of the emperor, the most benevolent place. Naturally, there are few such phenomena of oppression and exploitation. Even if it is exploitation, there is a limit, not too much!
But in Jiangxi and Fujian, that's not the case at all! "

"Where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the magistrate is the sky. That's how every action affects the livelihood of the people!"

The previous man continued, "It is said that in the area of ​​Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, the miners are all descendants of their fathers, and when the father dies, the son must take over!

And the few money earned by digging hard every day, after being filtered layer by layer from the magistrate to the servants below, the remaining money is not even enough to buy food for a day..."

Another person added a few words, "A while ago I heard that many miners were exhausted to death in the mine, and the group of officials and lords were greedy for all the pensions from the court, and they even forcibly forced the half-aged miners in the miners' families to die. The child will replace his father!"

The man clicked tut twice, his face full of sympathy, "Poor those half-grown children, they didn't even last ten days, and they died of starvation and exhaustion in the dark mine..."

Everyone fell silent immediately.

"The Great Zhou has been established for less than a hundred years, how did it become like this?"

In the crowd, a voice suddenly sounded, "It's nothing more than raising taxes every year for wars, and the lords of the government are also intensifying their efforts to lie on the heads of the people and suck blood, causing wars everywhere and making people miserable!

Moreover, it has never been heard that His Majesty in the palace took action to govern those officials and lords, and if things go on like this..."

"Silence!"

"It's not fun to say that!"

The faces of the people next to him turned pale with fright.

It's just a curiosity to eat melons, why did the words that were pulled out in the end get more and more over the top?
"Don't get together, let's go!"

After a hasty sentence, they didn't even have time to say hello, and they all left like burning their butts.

……

The crowd dispersed, leaving only a young man with a long gun standing in place.

The man is tall and tall, with a slightly ordinary appearance, but it is difficult to hide his heroic spirit.

Although he was wearing coarse cloth clothes, they were washed quite cleanly.

At this moment, the man couldn't help sighing when he saw the people scattered away.

"Compared to the end of the previous dynasty, how can today's world be better? Corrupt officials are rampant, the people are living in dire straits, and the entire Great Zhou has begun to rot from the root!"

"If this trend continues, it will not be a few years before the world is in chaos!"

"It's time to find a place to go! I heard that Jia Wuhou is the superintendent God who came to the world, and there is a white tiger around him to cast himself, and the force in his body is also first-class and powerful. Why don't you go and see him?!"

While muttering to himself, the man's eyes gradually lit up.

"Go find him!"

(End of this chapter)