Mad wife married: Lord, don't be arrogant!

Chapter 179 Rumored Plague, Civil Unrest in Yangzhou

Shu Yunqing also felt speechless after receiving Gao Gaorui's news.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I decided to put things aside.Now that Wang Zhifu has already started to turn around, and someone started this, don't worry that the criminal officials will not open their mouths.

It's just that she just found ten boxes of tribute salt from Wang Zhifu's mansion, and she still doesn't know how to transport it out of the city.Because the magistrate was taken away, the whole Yangzhou was in chaos.

The local hooligans who were suppressed by the government became more and more arrogant, and even started beating, smashing, looting and burning in the street.If it weren't for the presence of a few well-known local tyrants and squires, the whole of Yangzhou would be in chaos.

In the past two days, Lu Cheng didn't dare to be idle. He frequently ran to the Lu family's shop, and found out the brothers from Water Transport, and set up a strict guard in front of his shop to prevent those rascals from having a chance. Make chaos.

Although the magistrate's yamen has lost its leader, the arresters are still working normally.Except for a few people who went on strike, it was barely able to operate.

The pity is that some villages and towns were already in chaos, but now the magistrates were packed and taken away by Lu Jiashu, and the situation got a little out of control.

Even Shu Yunqing couldn't help complaining in his heart that Lu Jiashu was too reckless, and shouldn't have arrested all these officials in one go without the court making arrangements.

But even so, Shu Yunqing didn't think Lu Jiashu's actions were wrong.

After all, their suppression of the bandits has already scared the snake away. If Wang Zhifu and others are not taken down at this time, the news will spread to the capital soon.

When Chen Jing is ready, it will not be easy for them to take down this group of criminal officials.

Thinking of this, Shu Yunqing simply asked Lue to go to the bodyguard agency, and spent 1000 taels of silver to hire nearly a hundred people to go to the bodyguard agency.

Although there was some turmoil in Yangzhou, there must be a brave man under a great reward, so Shu Yunqing's salt truck left Yangzhou quickly and smoothly.

It's just that there was some turmoil at the gate of Yangzhou City. I don't know where the people heard the rumors that there was a plague in Yangzhou City, and they all had to go out of the city to seek refuge.

Although the soldiers at the gate of the city blocked them repeatedly, they still couldn't stop the panic of the people.

Because the carriages and horses of the Lu family were very conspicuous, the soldiers only questioned them routinely and did not stop them.This caused the people to panic even more.

Even the Lu family ran away, how could they sit still!You know, the Lu family is the richest man in Yangzhou!It's still a royal merchant!
Facing the commotion at the gate of the city, Shu Yunqing felt very uncomfortable. After thinking for a while, she let the convoy that had already left the city wait in place, while her carriage returned to the gate of the city, and she got out of the carriage voluntarily.

"Fathers and folks!" Shu Yunqing stood at the gate of the city and shouted loudly: "Yangzhou City is very safe, and there is no plague!"

"Nonsense! If there is no plague, why are you running!" Someone shouted loudly, and even vegetable leaves flew out.

Shu Yunqing stood far away, the vegetable leaves didn't hit her, but he couldn't restrain the emotions of the people above, more vegetable leaves roared towards her, Shu Yunqing could only stand far away.

"It is true that there is no plague. I went out of the city to transport tribute salt to the capital. If you don't believe me, you can go and see my father-in-law. He is still in Yangzhou. If there is a plague in Yangzhou, how can father-in-law stay?"

I thought that such an explanation would calm the mood of the people in Yangzhou, but I didn't expect that their noise was so loud that few people could hear Shu Yunqing's voice.

"Everyone be quiet! Stop Madam Lu's words!" The soldiers knew that the only people who could comfort people's hearts at the moment were local tyrants, gentry and aristocrats in Yangzhou city. Unfortunately, in this situation, most people chose to protect themselves. Not to mention that there is really no one who stands in front of people.

So when Shu Yunqing stood up, the hearts of the city guards were slightly comforted.

Under the loud voices of the soldiers, it took nearly a quarter of an hour before the noise of the common people gradually died down.

Seeing this, Shu Yunqing simply stood on the carriage and said loudly: "There is no plague in Yangzhou City, so you don't need to panic. The Lu family's carriage and horses went out of the city just to send tribute salt to the capital. The bandits outside the mountains were wiped out two days ago. At this time, the parents and officials are not there because they went to Beijing to report the safety of the emperor because of the bandit suppression. This year is about to end, and they need to report to the court all the big and small things in Yangzhou City, so that they can fight for the big guys in the next spring Some benefits!"

After hearing this, the common people were skeptical: "Who knows if the officials and gentlemen have left the city to avoid disasters! You are left here as a woman and Taoist family to talk nonsense! We don't believe it!"

"You can't say that. If there is really a so-called plague in the city, and the officials and lords ran away, wouldn't they be beheaded by the court!"

"That's right. When I rushed over, Master Lu was still at the pier. The master didn't leave. Even if there was a plague, Master Lu should have left Yangzhou first. There is no example of letting his daughter-in-law go first!"

"How can such an important task as transporting tribute salt be entrusted to a woman!"

"Hey, haven't you heard that Young Master Lu fell ill at home due to excessive romanticism? It's a busy time at the end of this year. It's not surprising that Master Lu stays behind to manage business and asks his daughter-in-law to transport tribute salt to the capital. After all, he is The number one talented woman in Kyoto, didn't she transport official salt with Young Master Lu a few months ago!"

"Having said that, don't you forget that officials of all sizes in Yangzhou were paraded through the streets? Isn't the leader the young master Lu? How can this be explained? Why do you have to go to Beijing to report to the emperor that you are safe because of the bandits? Look, the Japanese pirates are coming in, they abandoned the city and fled!"

"That's right, I saw it too, and the officers and masters of the two cars were all chained and paraded in the prison car. At that time, I wanted to say why Young Master Lu was messing around, but I saw two people who had never seen each other before. The master who passed by rode a tall horse to open the way ahead, and dozens of men who looked fierce and not to be messed with were guarding him, and it didn't look like a fake!"

"We need the truth!"

"Yes, we need the truth! Even if the plague is not raging, then we still need to know why Young Master Lu put the officials and lords into the prison van!"

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The discussion became louder and louder, Shu Yunqing frowned, and raised his voice again: "Everyone, don't panic, because the suppression of bandits has been ineffective for years, so the emperor sent imperial envoys to help secretly, and investigated and dealt with the crimes of corrupt officials in Yangzhou city over the years. Officer, the Lu family is acting according to the will of the Holy Majesty, and my husband is only assisting in doing things!"

Because Shu Yunqing was blocked by her own uncle before, many people recognized her.And because Shu Yunqing went to the gambling house with a knife to look for Lu Jiashu last time, many people felt that she was definitely not an ordinary daughter's family, so Shu Yunqing still had a certain reputation in the hearts of the people in Yangzhou.

After she spent a lot of time persuading, the mood of the people finally calmed down a lot.At this moment, Shu Yunqing's voice was almost hoarse.

The accompanying Lue was very distressed, supported Shu Yunqing and shouted: "My young lady has already made her words very clear! If you still think that there is a plague in our Yangzhou, then tell me where the plague broke out!"

"..."

Asked by Lue, the big guy became dumb, and stopped shouting and making trouble. Except for a few sporadic jumping masters who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, most of the people waved their hands. He waved his hand and turned back to the city.

Seeing that the situation at the gate of the city had subsided a lot, Shu Yunqing felt relieved.

Lu Jiashu's ability to cause trouble is really top-notch, if he didn't drag the officials to parade through the streets, where would all these things come from.

(End of this chapter)