Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 175

Chu Feihuan didn't evade this time, and looked at her directly, "I love you dearly, and I really want to have a chance to take good care of you and give you a life that is truly free and free from hatred."

He stretched out his hand to cover Qin Changge's hand. His cool palm conveyed deep thoughtfulness and enthusiasm, and he said, "Changge, I think I can occupy your time, not much... ..."

Stretching out his hand to cover his lips, Qin Changge said softly, "Don't say it, it won't, it won't... it won't..."

She repeated those two words over and over again, but the more she said, the more confused she became.

Chu Feihuan suddenly kissed Qin Changge's palm lightly, as lightly as kissing a newly blooming flower.

Qin Changge was taken aback, but his face blushed slightly in the darkness, and he subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand.

Chu Feihuan immediately raised his hand, grabbed her hand, and didn't let her hand move from his lips. It was rare for him to be so persistent and strong. Qin Changge looked at him deeply, and gave up and stopped.

Chu Feihuan didn't look at her, but moved her hand slowly to rest on his forehead, his voice was as low as a groan: "Changge... Changge...you see...I'm probably burnt out ...you don't need to talk to me..."

His fingers trembled, and there was some heat on his forehead under his palm. Qin Changge stared at Chu Feihuan in shock, not because of the heat, but because of his unique fragility and confusion. What a strong and resolute person Feihuan is?What kind of heavy heart made him confused and incoherent?

Qin Changge approached him slowly, and said in a low voice, "Feihuan...I'll answer..."

"It's on fire!"

A loud shout suddenly sounded in the ears like a thunderbolt, and the infinite panic in the voice made the two of them suddenly look up. Only then did they realize that the red light of the grain storage warehouse in the southwest corner of Youzhou lit up half of the sky, and the fire must have been ignited. Just now, they turned their backs to the grain depot, and their thoughts were confused, so they didn't notice when the fire broke out.

Huo Ran turned around, Qin Changge asked Wen Zhengting who came in a hurry, "What's the matter? Why did it catch fire when it was fine? Did someone rescue it?"

"It's already gone, all the government officials and servants have already rushed away," Wen Zhengting's face was blackened, and only the bright eyes were full of anxiety. It was ignited by multiple fires together, it was very fierce, and I was still ten feet away, and the hair on my forehead was gone, so I couldn’t get close at all.”

set fire!

Qin Changge and Chu Feihuan looked at each other, and at the same time, this thought flashed in their minds. Originally, they planned to release food for disaster relief tomorrow, but the news had already spread throughout the city, and victims from all directions were rushing into Youzhou City. After this matter, once the victims who hope to be wiped out riot, the consequences will be disastrous!

As for who set the fire and why, it was too late to think about it.

Baozi rubbed his eyes and shook out, and was immediately startled by the red sky, "Big fire!"

He seemed to be very afraid of fire, and immediately jumped into Chu Feihuan's arms. Qin Changge looked at him and knew that the fire when he was about one year old had left a terrifying shadow on the child that he didn't even realize. Subconsciously, he is afraid of fire, so that's good, so he won't have to sneak away to join in the fun.

Hastily said: "I'll go and have a look." Just as he was about to take a step, Chu Feihuan said: "Army rations."

Nodding understandingly, Qin Changge said: "Got it." Ba Zuo and Wen Zhengting rushed to the grain depot, and saw countless hungry people rushing to the south of the city along the way. Looking back, seeing that there was no hope of rescuing food, many hungry people began to cry on the ground. In the bright red flames, their black faces were washed out of ditches by tears, and their naked bodies showed their emaciated bones.

Seeing the hope of life being cut off, the victims were crying out in grief, and the news was passed on layer by layer. Countless people cried bitterly, watching the grain depot gradually burnt to the ground, and the entire city of Youzhou was shrouded in desperate wailing. middle.

Someone beat the ground hard, blood dripping from the hammer, "...my family...waited for five days... Yao'er is dying..."

Beside him was a woman who was as thin as a handful of dry sticks, holding a dying child, her tears gushing like a fountain, but she could no longer cry out.

Wen Zhengting's tears were already rushing out, and he stomped his feet and was about to speak when Qin Changge grabbed him.

"There are hundreds of thousands of hungry people in the city, how many can you save?" Qin Changge looked at the dark crowd with a cold expression, and said slowly: "Once you save this child, countless hands will immediately reach out to You, submerge you, you open the governor's mansion, and countless people will pour in immediately, and the whole mansion will be overwhelmed, and then, some people will die and some will be injured."

"This..." Wen Zhengting stared blankly at the dying child, "Should I just do nothing? I am a state shepherd, and I want to watch the hungry people die because they were not rescued in time? Raise a batch of food from thousands of miles away, and most of the people here will die!"

"It's not a question of raising food now," Qin Changge said coldly, "Now it's a question of how you and I survive."

Before she could finish her sentence, a loud roar suddenly burst out from the mourning crowd.

"Those dog officials! They don't give relief! They burn the food! They want to starve us to death!"

"Dog officer!"

"Kill them!"

"There are two officials here!"

"Throw them into the fire!"

Desperate crowds are the most likely to be provoked to anger and hatred, but with just a few words, the riots of the hungry people, like a mountain torrent and tsunami, began unstoppably.

Countless arms were raised, and countless people rushed forward, picking up bricks, stones, wooden strips, and even using their own heads, trying to smash or smash these "dog officers" to death.

The yamen sergeants of the governor's mansion tried their best to stop them, but compared with the hundreds of thousands of hungry people, this little man was as weak as a drop in the ocean, and was soon staggered and pushed down, and then many pairs of feet covered with plaster rushed up and trampled on it.

The momentum of tens of thousands of people roaring and rushing through the street immediately smashed all the old things around the street, and with a bang, a low dilapidated house beside the street was squeezed down, and the falling clods of thatch were instantly brought into countless double-decks. The soles of the feet were stepped on again.

The black tide advances like a gale, and every time it passes by, it is like a huge wave rolling over, beyond recognition.

Qin Changge fled in almost embarrassment.

In front of an unparalleled and powerful crowd, personal power is extremely weak, especially when one cannot kill people wantonly.

Qin Changge couldn't help smiling wryly, Feng Shui took turns. A few days ago, he was watching the fire from the other side, watching Cao Guangshi and Li Han struggling under the attack of the Wanjun, and now it was his turn.

No, I am more unlucky than them. At least they still have Chinese army guards. My army is stationed outside the city and cannot enter. I am not surrounded by brave companions, but a cumbersome scholar who has no ability to protect himself.

Reluctantly using all his strength, Qin Changge grabbed Wen Zhengting and fled to a narrow street in front of him—fleeing to a narrow place, the crowd would not allow too many people to enter, and the pressure would be lighter.

Her Biluo magical power was at [-]%, and everyone she passed was shot away from a distance. Qin Changge did not hurt people. Hurt people and kill people at this time, which is tantamount to suicide.

Relying on her tyrannical skills, she broke into the street from the thousands of surging crowds, dragging a long, endless, violent and angry black crowd behind her.

Grabbing Wen Zhengting, who was dripping with sweat, he said, "Go to Lingzhou immediately, and adjust the military rations in the Lingzhou grain depot! I am here, responsible for stabilizing the emotions of the victims!"

"You're crazy!" Wen Zhengting's eyes widened. "Army rations are not allowed to be used unless it is an imperial decree. Those who use them will be regarded as treason and punish the nine clans. How could they transfer the rations for you!"

Qin Changge said angrily: "Go if you are told, I will bear all the blame!"

"I'm not afraid of guilt!" Wen Zhengting glared back immediately, "I'm a civil servant, without soldiers, and I go alone. They will listen to me? Only you go, you have an army outside the city, and you still have martial arts!"

His eyes lit up, Qin Changge said: "Do you know that you will die when I go?"

"When a man dies, he dies! What's the difference between being buried in an eight-foot-wide grave and being buried in the hands of the common people?!" Wen Zhengting's eyes were shining, and he stood upright like a pine tree.

"Okay!" Qin Changge patted him on the shoulder while chasing him away, "I didn't let you go wrong!"

"Ah?"

Qin Changge ignored Wen Zhengting's astonishment, and with enough energy, he tried to find a way to calm the victims and try to save the scholar's life. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden noise outside the crowd. After the noise, it miraculously gradually quieted down.

Startled for a moment, Qin Changge was about to speak when he suddenly heard someone speaking in front of him.

That voice didn't sound like one person's voice, but like many people shouting in unison.

"Please get out of the way, let me go in, and die with people!"

"Let me go in and die with people!"

Startled, Qin Changge's face turned pale, and the victims looked at each other. The content of these words was really surprising. Who didn't know that a siege of ten thousand people is equivalent to death?Someone actually wants to go in by himself?In astonishment, they also forgot their anger and pursuit, and the shouting gradually died down. After shouting again and again, the crowd finally became completely quiet.

There was only the sound of the burning fire in the distance, and then someone coughed.

His voice was low and his breath was low, and he knew he was seriously ill as soon as he heard it.

In the eyes of everyone, he said:

"Everyone, please let me in. The person you hunted down and besieged is my brother. If I can't save him, I hope to die with him."

Everyone was silent, Qi Qi looked at the pale man sitting in the wheelchair, his face was as cold as cold jade under the moonlight, his eyes were calm but determined, he was so thin and weak, he had no energy, even the loud screams that he originally intended to make noise could not be suppressed. Dozens of guards need to shout in unison, but as long as one looks at his eyes, everyone knows that he is not joking.

The smell of burnt flames and iron wafted in the wind, and a waning moon hung on the top of a skinny tree. Under the starry sky, tens of thousands of eyes stared at the silent and quiet man, and tens of thousands of people suddenly held their breath. .

He heard him say: "Just now, the person who was hunted down by you, intending to put him to death, was Zhao Moyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. Those who killed were all poor people, and those who killed were all the heads of corrupt officials. Just a few days ago, he did not spend a single soldier, and disintegrated the rebellious army with a single word, and kept the three states of Youpingling. Trapped in the flames of war and trampled by the iron hooves of the rebellious army, the people of the three places were saved, and they were never displaced."

(End of this chapter)