Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 228

Except for Shen Congxi, all the people standing at the door were old people.

Among the dozen or so people, the leading one had a scar on his face. He smiled and said: "We dare to rebel against the emperor, so why don't we dare to break into a private house? You are all very old, so be honest and take the valuables." Give us all your things, and I’ll spare your lives!”

Shen Congxi was a little angry and cursed: "Open your dog eyes and look, there is a young man here! You can't even think of taking a penny from here!" Shen Congxi is not strong in martial arts, but he still knows a little bit about the fists and legs to strengthen his body. Facing the light of swords and shadows, his man's iron blood also came to his head.

The scar-faced man looked at it and waved his hand, and a dozen rebels rushed over.Shen Congxi pushed Shang Hong into the house and faced him. Several veterans also waved hoes and started fighting with the rebels.But after all, there was a huge disparity in strength, and several rebels rushed into the house through the gap.

Ling Shuang first faced him with his sword. Ling Shuang was fighting with a rebel army. The scar-faced man also came in with two people. When he saw it, he laughed again: "Oh! I didn't expect there were two girls inside! Brothers, finish your work quickly, take your money and your women and leave!" With that, he walked towards Haitang.

Hearing his shouting in the room, Shen Congxi became even more anxious. It was already difficult to hold on, her heart was in chaos, and her hands were full of flaws.He saw that the rebel army on the opposite side was raising a knife to chop at him, and suddenly it slowly fell to the ground.When Shen Congxi saw it, it was Yan Shiyi who had arrived and shot the thief through the heart with an arrow.

Shen Congxi shouted anxiously: "The Crown Princess is in the house!"

Xie Ruitang who rushed over was furious, and ran directly into the house, only to see that there were already four rebels lying on the ground in the house, one was fighting with Ling Shuang, and Shang Hong picked up the tea pot on the table and smashed it to pieces The head, and the other three were hit by the princess's rainstorm pear blossom needle.The princess was holding an empty syringe and sat on the ground in shock.

When Xie Ruitang saw Cheng Haitang sitting on the ground, his tense nerves relaxed and he felt a little sore in his heart.He strode forward, squatted down, took out the syringe that she still held tightly in her hand, and then hugged her whole body. Haitang hugged Xie Ruitang's neck tightly and pressed her head firmly against it. In his arms.

Cheng Hanbai and Yan Shiyi, who rushed in after him, were relieved when they saw that Cheng Haitang was fine.Yan Shiyi walked over, picked up the silver needle barrel on the ground and said with a smile: "I didn't expect this thing to be really useful. Go back and ask Tang Yu to make more."

Cheng Hanbai kicked the rebels lying on the ground over. It was the leader with a scarred face. He said bitterly: "Poor people must be hateful. Those who dare to rebel usually bully men and dominate women." It is not a pity to die!"

Cheng Haitang finally raised his face buried in Xie Ruitang's arms. The familiar face that came into view was full of guilt and concern.Haitang smiled and said, "I'm fine. I just feel a little scared when I think of killing someone in front of my children."

"What are you afraid of? Don't be lenient when killing bad guys. Our children may encounter more risks in the future. This is the first lesson that father and mother have taught him." Xie Ruitan smiled again and said: "Tomorrow, we I have to teach Wan Qing a lesson!"

"You mean those people pretending to be refugees?" Yan Shiyi didn't forget this either.

Xie Ruitang led Haitang to sit down on the chair, and said to the merchant who had been looking at him: "That's right. We are also fake refugees. We will go to meet those who pretend to be real tomorrow. Let's use the 'flowers on the tree' trick to make the The catfish that disturbed the water have been driven away, and order has been restored here, so that the evacuation and resettlement of the refugees can be carried out in the future."

Shang Weng laughed: "It seems that it's time for me to leave here!"

The next day, when Xie Ruitan and the others got up, they saw that the yard had been cleaned by the veterans, and the floor of the main room had been washed with water, as if the fight last night had never happened.

Several people were still dressed as refugees and walked towards the refugee area.Walking in the refugee area, there is a dusty feeling of depression and uneasiness everywhere.There was a fire in the cottage last night, and the sound of swords was heard constantly. Everyone guessed that the officers and soldiers went up to the mountain to clear out the rebels.Fang Junbao is probably in dire straits.

When the refugees saw some remaining rebels, they quietly disarmed their weapons and disappeared into the crowd. They knew that the Taiping Army no longer existed, and they didn't know what else could be used to fight against the government.If they don't fight, who knows if the government will let them go.
Shen Congxi took out two written notices and posted them at an intersection with the most people. There were only four big words on the notices: Notice of Anmin.The following are several directions, including allowing the refugees to leave the mountains and return to their hometowns, or wait for the government to move into the mountains and resettle them on the spot.Shen Congxi said loudly: "This is a measure that the government is preparing to implement. You can make plans in advance according to your own situation. We heard that adults outside are already fighting for us. After the new county government is established, taxes will be reduced or exempted to reduce everyone's burden. "

Before he finished speaking, several burly men walked over and tore off the notice posted on the tree. One of them mocked: "Why do you represent the government? How could the government be so kind and give us tax exemptions instead of treating us Squeeze them dry, they will not give up! We are determined not to leave!"

Yan Shiyi had long recognized that these people were the ones who took away people's land and had disputes with them that day.He winked at Xie Ruitang and walked over.

"Brother, where did you come from?" Yan Shiyi asked with a smile: "The government posted a notice at the exit of the mountainous area, asking everyone to leave the mountainous area and return to their hometowns, because a new county government will soon be established here. There will be troops entering the mountain to manage it. Why do you say this news is false?"

Seeing Yan Shiyi's white skin and face, the man didn't take him seriously and sneered: "I didn't know that there are people in the refugee area who dare to interfere in grandpa's business! I think you are looking for death!" Before he finished speaking, , his fist hit Yan Shiyi, which was a standard military fist move.Yan Shiyi confirmed his judgment.

Over there, Cheng Hanbai had already called out: "He is fighting military boxing! He is not a refugee, he is a spy sent by the Qing suppression army!" The people around him started talking one after another.Cheng Hanbai stepped forward in two steps and lifted the clothes of one of them, revealing the short sword of the army hidden inside.Now, the people watching could really see clearly.

Someone pointed at them and shouted: "They are the ones who came to rob our land yesterday and injured all our people! It turns out they are the lackeys of the imperial court!"

"That's right! It's them! They've been hanging around here for several days, and they've stolen our food for nothing! Drive them out! Beat the lackeys! Beat them!"

People like to follow others' opinions and push back the wall. As soon as someone starts scolding this group of people, everyone will follow suit, as if they will suffer a big loss if they don't scold them.Those who have a grudge throw stones in front, and those who don’t know the truth also pass stones behind.The imperial prince Xie Ruitang smiled bitterly and pulled the imperial general Cheng Hanbai to retreat quickly.

Ling Xue, An Qing and the others also helped throw stones, accidentally hitting all the holes. Those people were surrounded by the crowd, how could they have any room to fight back?Holding his head and screaming, he ran towards the mountain pass.

When leaving the villa, Han Bai had to leave Tuxue Zhuifeng behind.Its leg injury has not healed yet, and it cannot travel long distances yet.Han Bai left a soldier to take care of it, and then brought it back to the capital after it recovered.

Cheng Hanbai returned to the camp with his soldiers and Fang Junbao's head.

Wan Qing and Zhang Heng couldn't help but be shocked: The man and his horse fell off the cliff, and the man they had been searching for for days without finding them came back intact. Is this a human being or a ghost? !

Cheng Hanbai burned down Taiping Village and chopped off the heads of the remnants of the rebels. Their victory over the rebels was finally completed.Cheng Hanbai took out another refugee resettlement proposal written overnight and handed it to Wan Qing.Wanqing had no choice but to comply with the previous agreement and ask him to find a local government office to jointly report the matter and handle it together.

Over there, Shen Congxi also sent a letter to the capital about the "local settlement" and other strategies, and Shen An recruited Sun Yang, Fan Yongcheng and others to join forces with Shangshu.Thinking that he could collect more taxes in the future, Cao Baoli also agreed to their proposal and sent his resettlement opinions to the governor of Huguang in the form of an imperial edict.

County government management in Jingxiang District has gradually entered the agenda.

(End of this chapter)