Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 437 Young Deng Ai, the people rebel?

Jingzhou, Nanyang County.

Ever since Cao Cao united the major families and decided to move the base camp from Xiangyang to Changsha, another round of migration of the people and materials in Jingzhou began.

The purpose of this migration was the same as the previous migration of the population from Yanzhou and Yuzhou to Jiangnan.

Once the imperial court marches south, the area north of the Yangtze River will become a battlefield, so Cao Cao plans to evacuate the people and supplies in the large counties of Nanxiang, Nanyang, and Xiangyang.

Xinye is one of them.

Outside Xinye City, many people lined up in a long line and migrated in a mighty manner.

The people all left with their families, food and supplies.

From time to time, soldiers would take people out of the city and send them into the migrating team - these were people who had been hiding in the city and did not want to leave, and were then discovered and caught by the searching soldiers.

There were soldiers on both sides of the migrating team to monitor it.

At this moment, Cao Ren, accompanied by a group of senior officials of the Huang family, was inspecting the migration of the people of Xinye on the city wall.

"This group is the last one. The city has basically been searched. No people or supplies are left behind."

The head of the Huang family stroked his beard and said this, and at the same time he couldn't help but look at Xinye behind him, his eyes full of reluctance.

The Huang family has been living and running business in Xinye for a long time and can be said to have taken root there. But now they have to move south with the entire family and leave the place where their ancestors lived, which makes them feel reluctant.

Seeing the look on the Huang family head's face, Cao Ren advised, "Please be at ease, Huang family head."

"Although the Huang family is leaving Xinye now, when my master leads the army to defeat the false emperor in the future, he will never forget the Huang family's contribution."

"It's just a temporary departure now."

Hearing Cao Ren's words, the head of the Huang family gave a dry laugh.

I let out a long sigh in my heart.

The emperor in Chang'an was now at the peak of his power. He not only established the Lingyun Pavilion, but also built a martyrs' cemetery and erected monuments for all the soldiers, winning the hearts of the military, civilians and the people.

How could such a broad mind and courage be compared with that of the fake emperor in Cao Cao's hands?
The chances of winning are too slim.

But now that he has boarded Cao Cao's ship, there is naturally no room for regret, and Cao Cao will not let him get off the boat.

After Cao Ren consoled him with a few more words, he began to look around Xinye City.

Xinye is a very important place for stationing troops.

He brought his troops here for inspection today, and in a few days a large number of troops will arrive here to deploy defenses.

Just as Cao Ren was thinking about how to defend the city, he suddenly discovered that there was a riot among the migrating people outside the city.

"What happened over there?"

Cao Ren looked over and said with a frown.

Then, without waiting for the head of the Huang family to speak, he walked down the city wall with a few personal soldiers and rushed to the place where the riot occurred.

……

"Hurry up! If you walk this slow, you won't be able to get out of the city before dark. Hurry up!"

Next to the migrating team, Huang's servant was urging them impatiently with a whip.

Since the task of relocating the people was very heavy, Cao Ren asked Huang to send people to help speed up the progress.

The migration procession of people was very long.

Because everyone was carrying their families and various supplies and equipment, the team's marching speed was not very fast.

An old farmer followed the team driving an ox cart.

But for some unknown reason, the ox pulling the cart suddenly stopped and refused to move forward.

The stop of the ox cart affected the entire migration team, and others had to take a detour.

Seeing this, one of Huang's servants came over and cursed, "What are you doing standing here? Can't you see you're blocking the road?"

"Hey! Let's go now, let's go now..."

The old farmer responded while driving the ox cart, sweating profusely.

The servants grew impatient and one of them walked over and whipped the ox hard with the whip.

"You beast! Hurry up and leave!"

The cow was frightened by the sudden whipping and shook its head vigorously.

The servant was hit in the chest by the cow's horns and sat down in a mud pit nearby, looking extremely miserable.

"Ha ha ha ha……!"

Seeing this, several servants nearby couldn't help but laugh out loud with glee.

The fallen servant was so ashamed that he stood up and yelled angrily, "Damn you beast!"

After saying that, he drew out the knife from his waist and was about to chop the cow to death!
"No! No!"

The old farmer was horrified and rushed forward to stop them.

This ox is the most valuable thing to their whole family, it is their lifeblood, how could it be chopped to death?

"Get out of my way!"

The servant was very angry. He kicked the old farmer away and walked towards the ox with a knife.

"stop!"

At this moment, a childish voice suddenly came.

A young child stood up without knowing when.

The child was only about six or seven years old. He was standing in front of the soldier, his young face full of anger.
"According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, no one is allowed to kill oxen without permission, otherwise they will be punished!"

"You are just a servant of the Huang family. Besides, this ox is not your private property. How dare you kill it?"

The child had a slight stutter and spoke haltingly, but his aura was impressive.

The servant was intimidated by his aura and seeing that he was dressed in extraordinary clothes, he did not dare to act rashly for a moment.

"Who are you from, kid? Get out of the way when the Huang family is doing this! Otherwise, I'll chop you down too!"

Another servant came over and threatened ferociously.

However, the child remained unafraid and said, "Who I am has nothing to do with you. I am just discussing the matter, that's all!"

"The Huang family is also a famous and powerful family, but you are relying on the name of the Huang family to bully others. Could it be that all the people taught by a powerful family like the Huang family are villains like you?"

The child's words were so sharp that the servant's face turned red, and he was unable to refute them.

Seeing more and more people gathered around, the servant became more and more ashamed and angry, and cursed: "Fuck it, get out of here!"

After saying that, he was about to slap him.

He still didn't dare to kill anyone in front of so many people, but he dared to beat someone up.

But at this moment, a sharp arrow flew from somewhere and shot directly between the servant and the child.

The servant was startled and took several steps back.

Everyone looked in the direction where the arrow came from, only to see Cao Ren and the Huang family's entourage walking over at some point in time.

The head of the Huang family looked very unhappy and yelled at the servant, "Who told you to do that? Get out of here!"

The servant had already turned pale with fear. Hearing this, he dared not stay here any longer and quickly put away his knife and ran away.

Cao Ren glanced coldly at the servant who ran away in panic, and then said calmly: "Master Huang, although the master asked you to lead the people south, it is better not to bully the people by taking advantage of your power."

The head of the Huang family felt ashamed that a servant in the clan had done such a thing, and he nodded quickly when he heard it, "General Cao, be careful, I will order the servants to be restrained, and will never let this happen again." Only then did Cao Ren retract his gaze and then looked at the child with deep admiration in his eyes.

"You are quite courageous, little boy. What is your name?"

He saw the whole scene just now. Although this child was young, his courage was extraordinary and attracted people's attention.

Facing a group of important figures in front of him, the child bowed solemnly and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am Deng Ai, the younger generation, and I am honored to meet the general."

Hearing the child introduce himself, Cao Ren raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Deng Ai... are you a descendant of the Deng family?"

There was some surprise in Cao Ren's tone.

The Deng family was once a prominent family in Xinye, but has now declined. However, he had heard of the Deng family.

"Exactly!"

Deng Ai nodded, and then said: "May I ask, General, why does Sikong insist on making the people move south?

"There are many old and young people among the people. How can they endure such a long journey?"

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"Is this the emperor's order, or is it the prime minister's order?"

He had seen Cao Cao forcing the people to migrate south and move out of the city recently, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

Although he is still young, he has been well-read since childhood and has extraordinary talent and a strong sense of ambition.

Regardless of whether the emperor in Xiangyang City was real or fake, in his opinion, a monarch who disturbed the lives of the people was not a wise monarch, and a minister who disturbed the lives of the people was not a virtuous minister.

That's why he dared to ask questions directly when facing Cao Ren.

The question Deng Ai asked was exactly what countless people wanted to ask. At this time, a large circle of people had gathered around, whispering to each other.

"Yes, you guys can fight if you want, why do you have to force us to move?"

"We are the people of the Han Dynasty. Why do you treat us like this?"

"Yeah, we don't want to leave!"

"My family has lived in Xinye for three generations. We won't leave!"

"How are we going to survive in the south where we don't know anyone? Isn't this just pushing us to death?"

……

The people around kept complaining.

They were originally very resistant to migrating south, and after what had just happened, coupled with Deng Ai's words, they felt even more angry.

The emperor in the north would never be like this!
Suddenly, people all shouted that they would not migrate anymore and wanted to return to the city.

Cao Ren's face turned pale, and he shouted sternly: "Stop right there, General!"

Following his order, the soldiers who were just watching on both sides stepped forward and blocked the retreat of all the civilians.

The sharp blade of the spear flashed coldly in the sunlight.

Cao Ren said coldly: "You will migrate south, and the court will naturally arrange a place for you."

"This is your majesty's order. No one may disobey it, or it would be disobeying your majesty's order!"

Cao Ren spoke in a stern tone and glanced at Deng Ai with an unfriendly look.

"Considering your young age, I will not take your nonsense to heart. Why don't you leave now?"

If Deng Ai dared to say any more nonsense, he would kill him directly without caring whether he was a child or not.

"I--"

Deng Ai looked angry and opened his mouth to speak.

But at this moment, a middle-aged man squeezed out from the crowd and shouted at him, "You bastard! Shut up!"

This man was Deng Ai's uncle.

He went straight forward and pulled Deng Ai to his side, then politely saluted Cao Ren and the head of the Huang family, and said apologetically:

"This kid is young and ignorant. What he just said was just nonsense. I hope the general and the head of the Huang family will not take it seriously."

"I will definitely discipline him when I return."

The Deng family was also a famous family. Cao Ren did not want to cause any more trouble, so he just said "hmm" softly and turned away.

The head of the Huang family did not say much. He told the servants to restrain themselves and then left.

Under the supervision of the soldiers and Huang's servants, no one dared to clamor to return to the city. The people could only swallow their anger and continue to follow the migrating team.

The riot died down.

The middle-aged man brought Deng Ai back to the carriage and then scolded him, "Are you looking for death?"

"Luckily you met Cao Ren today. If it was someone with a hotter temper, my Deng family would have suffered a great disaster just based on what you said!"

"How can you be so ignorant and talk nonsense?"

He was really pissed off by Deng Ai.

Deng Ai pursed his lips tightly, his face full of stubbornness, and whispered: "Nephew just thinks this is wrong."

"The emperor in Chang'an treats the people well, but the one in Xiangyang City harasses the people. How can he be like a real emperor at all?"

"Uncle, do you think that the emperor of Xiangyang City is real?"

The middle-aged man interrupted Deng Ai and whispered, "This is not something you should consider!"

"We have no control over whether the emperor of Xiangyang City is real or fake, but if you continue to talk nonsense like this, my entire Deng family will lose their lives!"

At this point, he paused again and continued, "However... in this battle between the true and false emperor, the one in Chang'an will definitely win, and Cao the thief will definitely lose."

"You should study hard now, and wait until the world is at peace before you make a name for yourself, become an official in the court, and revive the Deng family!"

Deng Ai was shocked after hearing this. He looked up at his uncle, bowed deeply, and said, "My nephew will remember this!"

……

What happened during the day was just a small episode.

However, Deng Ai's face-to-face questioning of the heads of the aristocratic families and the generals of the time has always been discussed privately and talked about with relish.

It is extraordinary for a child of six or seven years old to have such courage.

In addition, the soldiers brought by Cao Ren actually drew their swords and pointed them at the civilians, which also caused many people to complain.

"Those bastards are so unhuman!"

Dozens of young and strong men gathered around a bonfire, warming themselves by the fire and cursing at each other.

"That's right. How can you force people to move with knives? We are all civilians of the Han Dynasty, not enemies! Why are you pointing knives at us?"

A young man also said angrily.

"I think what the kid named Deng Ai said is right. The soldiers of the emperor in the north never treated ordinary people like this!"

"Yes, and I heard that life in the north is very good now. The court has reduced taxes and exempted labor service, and other policies are also good. I am really envious."

Another person sighed, his tone full of envy.

Once this topic was brought up, a group of people began to discuss it, talking about the wise deeds of the emperor in the north.

The people don’t care who is real or fake. What they care about is who is good to the people. This is what is related to their interests.

When the discussion was at its most intense, someone suddenly said, "How about we rebel?"

(End of this chapter)