Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 79 Sister, I'm Here

Xuzhou Prefecture belongs to the boundary of Jiangnan and is the gateway to Jiangnan. After a continuous rainstorm for more than ten days, the water level rose. , did not cause too many losses and casualties, but the people of Xuzhou Prefecture who had survived the flood cheered happily, but a bigger disaster had already quietly come.

During the rainstorm, many people died quietly, and no one noticed anything at that time.

But when the rainstorm passed, when the Xuzhou prefecture suddenly fell ill in bed with a persistent high fever, when the doctor shivered and judged that he was suffering from the plague, and when the Xuzhou prefect died, Xuzhou began to fall into chaos.

What is plague?
Plague is a terrible existence that can kill nine out of ten people in a place. It is a disaster that often leaves nine rooms empty. It is a deadly ghost and the most vicious curse.

For the common people, plagues are more terrifying than rainstorms, floods and droughts.

After the death of the plague in the Xuzhou prefecture, within two days, more than 200 people died in the city. It was almost as if they had heard of the plague. Many people wanted to leave Xuzhou mansion with their families.

If the person who succeeded the Xuzhou mansion who died at that time was capable or caring, even if the plague was terrible, as long as he dealt with it properly, he would not be unable to survive it. If you hold on for a while longer, you can wait for the court's assistance.

However, the one who temporarily replaced the previous state capital was the prefect of Ningzhou, which is close to Xuzhou under him.

Since Ningzhou is close to Xuzhou, there are naturally plague patients and some people died. The prefect of Ningzhou didn't think about how to control the plague and how to calm the hearts of the people, but after temporarily taking over the remote control of Xuzhou, he took control of Ningzhou All those under the prefecture who had the plague or had contact with plague patients, or were suspected of being plague patients, were all sent to Xuzhou.

And all the doctors and spare medicinal materials in Xuzhou were brought to Ningzhou.

Let the city guards guard the gates of Xuzhou and prevent anyone from Xuzhou from going out.

This almost sent everyone in Xuzhou to a dead end.

He didn't send people directly to slaughter those who had the plague.

But what he did was even more ruthless. Those who suffered from the plague could not be treated by a doctor or treated with medicine, and could only wait to die in despair. Those who did not have the plague would also be killed The plague patients were infected and died step by step.

The emperor got the report, but his report did not write everything clearly, and it would be very difficult to know what happened there later, because the prefect of Ningzhou also knew that what he had done was too much. , so he controlled the road from the state capital to the capital, and even the imperial envoy sent by the emperor was intercepted and killed by him halfway.

It was the soldier sent by the prefect of Ningzhou who pretended to be a bandit.

The prefect of Ningzhou felt that he had not only saved Ningzhou in this way, but as long as the matter was properly modified at that time, he would be able to get good political achievements. He was suppressed by the prefect of Xuzhou in the past, and he was inferior to others in every way. , There has been hatred in my heart for a long time, this time I can not only relieve the hatred in my heart, but also make a lot of money.

He sold all the medicinal herbs collected from Xuzhou at a high price, and then those big families in Xuzhou who wanted to come out of Xuzhou or seek medical treatment would hand over most of their property to him. In just a few days, he Searched a lot.

It was these benefits that made the prefect of Ningzhou almost crazy.

But profit makes people crazy, and life makes people even more crazy.

What the magistrate of Ningzhou did has caused public outrage.

People from Xuzhou and people from Ningzhou who were sent to Xuzhou to wait to die, under the infinite approach of death, some people gave up.

After the initial desperation, the person who didn't want to die just picked up all the weapons he could get.

A thousand people gathered and killed the soldiers guarding the city. They rushed out of the Xuzhou mansion and into the Ningzhou mansion, and arrested the prefect of Ningzhou and the other party's family.

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The front of the Yamen of the state capital was surrounded by common people, including men, women and children.

Everyone has hideous faces, as if they are crazy.

In broad daylight, they held flaming torches in their hands, and the ground was covered with blood, messes and dead soldiers and civilians. The once bustling city looked like a Shura hell at this moment, exuding a sense of splendor.

"This is the official, this is the prefect of Ningzhou, it is he who regards our lives as ants, it is he who would rather sell all the medicinal materials to the rich than give us any!"

As they spoke, a pile of stones were thrown on the bodies of twenty-odd men and women tied up in front of the yamen, and blood was everywhere.

Those who were tied up screamed, cried, cursed, and begged for mercy.

"Woo, please forgive me, I don't know anything, I really don't know anything, everything is the idea of ​​the state government!"

It was the subordinate officials of Ningzhou prefect who spoke.

There were wounds all over his body and face, and his lips were extremely dry and cracked. After all, he had been tied up for a long time, he didn't drink a sip of water, and he lost a lot of blood.

"Haha, look, these officials are so pitiful, it's too late to beg us for mercy now."

"You officials don't take the lives of ordinary people seriously, so you should die together."

"It's too cheap to let them die like this. You have to torture them severely, especially this dog officer. I want to eat his meat piece by piece. If it wasn't for his order, how could my two children die? !"

"Yes, eat his meat piece by piece!"

"Grab his skin and tear his bones!"

"His wife, children, and his subordinates were all burned to death. Doesn't the dog officer like to burn to death those who are suspected of having the plague? Then let him watch his relatives be burned alive. Kill people, anyway. My whole family is dead, I am the only one left, I am not afraid!"

"I'm not afraid, as long as I can get revenge! Count me in."

Everyone's faces were full of raging hatred.

Many of those tied up in front of the yamen lost control of themselves in shock, begging for mercy even more urgently.

Instead, the worst middle-aged official who was tied up in the middle and tossed sneered, looking at the mud legs in front of him who he looked down upon before: "You untouchables, you think that if I die, you can pay for your life!" Is it? Let me tell you, if I am dead, all of your nine clans will die. Killing officials of the imperial court and storming the Yamen is a big treason, which is tantamount to conspiracy. Yes, the imperial army is coming, you dared to attack the city gate and the yamen last night, the news must have spread long ago, the army will come today at the latest, when the time comes, you people."

A strange and cruel smile appeared on the bloody face of the prefect of Ningzhou: "Don't even want to live."

His words made the faces of all the people even more angry, but they couldn't help feeling a little afraid and hesitant in their hearts.

It is still Daqing's world now, and there are not many defenders in Ningzhou, so they stormed the city gate and stormed the yamen. Not its opponent.

After all, civilians and well-trained soldiers are two concepts.

"Even if all of us are going to die, we must kill this dog officer first!"

A commoner suddenly yelled, clenched the kitchen knife in his hand, stepped forward two steps to the prefect of Ningzhou, and then raised his hand to chop off at his shoulder.

Seeing that the kitchen knife was about to see blood, the pupils of the prefect of Ningzhou kept dilated, and there was a horrified light in his eyes.

No matter how frightening he was, he was still afraid of death.

Originally thought that these mud legs were frightened, how could they have thought that the other party would choose to do it directly.

A sharp arrow pierced through the air, and the civilian holding the kitchen knife groaned, his body trembling, and a sharp arrow pierced his heart from behind.

A little bright red came out, the kitchen knife fell to the ground with a bang, and the corpses of the people fell on the kitchen knife.

A sharp arrow swished at him, and several people who were near the prefect of Ningzhou all screamed and fell to the ground.

"Those who tried to kill the officials ordered by the imperial court, stormed the yamen, stormed the city gates, and rebellious people, all of them will be captured by this official!"

A leopard-eyed general snarled, and in an instant, the people present were surrounded by armored soldiers, but if they resisted, they would be killed with a single blow.

The bright red blood and the rapidly disappearing life made everyone present stunned. No one thought that things would develop to this point so quickly.

Hundreds of soldiers with armor and knives should deal with thousands of untrained civilians. Don't be too simple, but in a flash, the soldiers brought by the general completely controlled the situation.

"Master Lin, these people are trying to kill officials and intend to rebel. Please take them all into custody, as well as their family members. Tomorrow, I will detain these people in front of all the people in Ningxu and Xuzhou. Behead all the traitors, and let everyone know what happens when people kill officials!"

The magistrate of Ningzhou smiled miserably and said these words.

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"Lord Song, you have gone too far this time. If those people hadn't been pushed to the extreme, they wouldn't be like that. The officials think it's better to just kill some of the culprits."

The leopard-eyed general couldn't help but speak after watching his subordinates take all the civilians into custody.

He didn't hesitate to let him kill officials and soldiers, but he couldn't bear to let him kill so many innocent people.

The most important thing is that he is the person involved, and he knows how innocent those people are. If the prefect of Ningzhou did not force him too hard, who would want to do this.

"Master Lin, what do you mean? Have you softened your heart?"

The magistrate of Ningzhou sneered: "Don't forget, we are grasshoppers on the same rope. You helped me in all the things I did. Without you, who killed the imperial envoys sent by His Majesty? No You, who ambushed those Suzaku guards? You have already had no way out like me, and it is useless to be soft at this time!"

He lowered his voice: "We have already walked 99 steps, and Xuzhou is already in chaos. As long as these people are killed, the south of the Yangtze River and even the whole south will follow. The emperor's order, the master's request will be fulfilled, do you want to ruin the master's plan?"

General Leopard Eye opened his mouth, thinking of the Lord's viciousness and his imprisoned family members, he didn't make any more noise after all.

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Not long after leaving the capital, Xie Jinhua asked more than half of the people to escort the medicinal materials and food behind, while he and Bailifeng led a small group of people to go ahead.

The situation in the south is unknown, so they explored the way in advance, and Bailifeng had no objection to Xie Jinhua's idea.

Not burdened, Xie Jinhua and Bailifeng rushed all the way, and it took three days to reach the southern boundary.

Xie Jinhua decided to go to Xuzhou first. After all, Xuzhou is the gateway to the south of the Yangtze River, and the place where the accident happened in the emperor's memorial is also related to Xuzhou.

It's just that Xie Jinhua and the others had just stepped into the border of Xuzhou, before entering the city, they were attacked and killed.

It was a group of people dressed as bandits, but without Bailifeng reminding him, Xie Jinhua could tell that they were all soldiers, well-trained soldiers.

There is an essential difference between bandits and soldiers. As long as you have seen real bandits and soldiers, you can tell the difference between their movements. Xie Jinhua happened to have seen both in his previous life.

"The situation in Xuzhou is unknown. We have a small number of people now, so we will retreat first!"

Bailifeng pulled the reins of Xie Jinhua's horse, and dodged a knife that cut a person rushing in front of him in half.

Bailifeng only brought 50 people with them now, but there were more than 300 people who came to surround and kill them.

He brought all elite soldiers. It's not that he was unsure of fighting these soldiers pretending to be bandits, but he would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and Xie Jinhua's safety was not guaranteed.

Now that the situation is unclear, Bailifeng decided to avoid the edge for the time being, and figure out the cause and effect of the matter before we talk about it.

Xie Jinhua shot an arrow to death a big man not far in front of him. Hearing Bailifeng's suggestion, he nodded directly: "Let's go!"

As he spoke, he reined his horse and jumped three or four zhang. Bailifeng whistled, and the soldiers under him were still wielding long knives, but retreated while fighting.

Seeing that Xie Jinhua and his group were about to leave the attack range.

"Want to leave? It's not that easy, save your life first!"

With a muffled roar, a man among those dressed as bandits ran up and threw an ax at Xie Jinhua's back.

His movements were extremely fast, the ax was heavy, and an ax shadow spun out of it in mid-air.

The whistling wind blows past, the momentum is heavy and the speed is fast, that is a master.

Bailifeng didn't expect that there were masters hidden among these people. Seeing that the ax was about to be thrown on Xie Jinhua's back, his complexion changed drastically. He put his toes on the horse's back and jumped towards Xie Jinhua. His reaction Soon, but one step too late: "Be careful!"

Before it was too late, a black shadow leaped down from the wind, just landed on the back of Xie Jinhua's horse, and threw her forward fiercely.

The bodies of the two were close to each other, Xie Jinhua leaned tightly on the horse's back, and the ax flew over the heads of the two close to the scalp.

A strand of black hair fell from her eyes, it was not her hair.

The aura that was close to her was inexplicably familiar, Xie Jinhua was startled, and hesitantly asked, "Ah Zheng?"

You can feel a little tremor on your back, and a little warmth around your ears and neck: "Sister, I'm here."

The boy's voice was hoarse and somewhat low, but in the gust of wind, it was inexplicably clear.

(End of this chapter)