Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 75 - Huang Family Mansion

"Sorry, I won't be willful anymore. In the future, I'll always be a good boy. I'll do whatever you ask me to do, wuu …."

"Brother Xiao, you scared me to death. I'm really afraid that I'll never be able to see you again. Wuu …"

After a human had experienced life and death situations, emotions were always the weakest. Hu Niu and Fu Hui actually dared to take the initiative in broad daylight, which was already shocking enough in the Great Qing Dynasty. Everyone on the street was stunned, even the calm Jiu Shuai was stunned. He opened his mouth, but did not know what to do.

"Aiya, this guy is really a foreign devil. Is he rolling around on the streets in broad daylight?" And there was a Manchuria's mistress inside? "Truly a genius, a genius …"

Xiang Shaolong and the rest saw that this was impossible, they quickly formed a circle with their backs facing outwards, tightly protecting the three of them, thus allowing them to avoid the embarrassment.

's excitement was in stark contrast to that of and High Scholar Huang who were escorted away by Zhou Tong. Yesterday, they were famous figures on the ground of Tanggu but now, they had already completely become two useless chicken.

"Brother Zhou, seeing how we've been friends for so many years, please send someone to send a letter to my family. I beg of you …" "Brother Zhou, as long as you help me report the news, I'll tell you where I hid the silver …" High Scholar Huang cried loudly, but Zhou Mingkui was also very sad to hear this.

"Brother Huang, why did we have to do it today?" Now that you know the depth of the water in the capital, why do you have to jump in? "Alright, I'll help you this time …" With that, Zhou Mingkui moved his ear over, and heard the exact location of the silver cellar from High Scholar Huang's mouth.

Zhou Mingkui pursed his lips, a constable immediately ran out of the city to inform the Huang Family.

The entire riot in Tanggu City started at 10: 30 AM when the foreigners arrived. It was only until 4: 00 PM when and High Scholar Huang were arrested that the riot gradually started to subside.

At this time, in the Tanggu City, dozens of pitch black smoke pillars shot into the sky. All of the shops along the street, other than those near the harbor, were robbed. These mob had long since forgotten their true purpose for coming here, they couldn't even remember who the owner of the Letian Firm was.

When the five squads under Jiu Shuai's command started to cooperate with the The yamen of the same knowledge's constables to clear the streets, the riot started to dissipate with the speed of an avalanche. The mutiny was not a spontaneous act of the people after they had been repressed. The participants were poor but had not yet reached the point of rebellion.

These people had only participated because they had a little bit of greed in their hearts. Coupled with the fact that there were always people secretly instigating them, the situation became even more unmanageable. But now, the news of the death of the Xiao Pi Sun had spread throughout the entire Tanggu City.

Not only them, even the special forces planted by Xiao Letian in the mob group had received the latest orders. The mission was already completed, and everyone was gradually evacuating.

"My fellow villagers, all of you should leave now …" Master Jiu Shuai has led his troops into the city. If they do not run now, they will massacre the entire city.

"Run! The slaughter has already started at the pier! The Green Battalion is causing chaos and killing everyone! Run! Run! Run!"

"You guys, why aren't you running for your lives? Do you think you don't have enough oil? "If we continue to rob them, you all will lose your lives …"

All sorts of persuading voices came at the same time from mob. The 'villagers' who led them to destroy the shop immediately changed their appearances in the blink of an eye, and started to beat them to retreat.

As it turned out, the loose and unorganized citizens had no longevity. When benefits and fear could no longer support them, they would instantly turn into little white rabbits and hide in their homes in an attempt to escape death. Of course, there would definitely be some unlucky ones that would be killed, but most people believed that they were lucky enough to survive.

When the people, under the threat of the cavalry and police officers, started fleeing like an avalanche, two of Xiao Letian's subordinates were in a storehouse that had been robbed clean, quickly connecting with Zhou Tong's underlings. When the location of High Scholar Huang's silver storehouse was confirmed, the two of them looked at each other, laughed coldly and disappeared.

After a while, in a group of people fleeing in the northwest corner of Tanggu City, a gray-clothed person suddenly jumped and started cursing. "Damn it, what happened to us? It's been so early in the morning and I haven't gotten any benefits, yet I've returned home for free? "

The four to five hundred people were all stunned at that moment, but the words that followed caused them to gradually become unhappy.

"Fellow villagers!" Think about it. Why did we come to the city today? Wasn't it the High Scholar Huang and Xiao Pi Sun who promised to reduce our rent, only then did we come? "Now that I haven't accomplished anything and have to go back, all my hard work this morning and night has all been for nothing?"

"Look at the thing in your arms, is there a decent one? You, you, you … You useless people, you don't even get a share of the silver and foreign exchange, you should at least give me two taels of copper! Look, you're going to rob this broken shoe too? "You think of this rag as a treasure …"

With the encouragement of the grey-clothed person, the commoners, who were like houseflies, seemed to suddenly wake up from their slumber. They looked at the broken pieces of cloth in their hands that were not worth two coppers, and gradually became unwilling.

"My fellow villagers, the High Scholar Huang wanted us to attack the Letian Firm, and go fight with the Second Ghosts. Only then would we be able to reduce the rent and return dejectedly. Why would he be so foolish as to reduce the rent?"

At this time, another man in black suddenly spoke up. "Your words are simple, now that the Xiang Army has started to kill people, are we going to throw our lives away?"

"That's right, I heard that the High Scholar Huang and his men have been captured by the army. Even if we continue to go overseas, no one will reduce our rent!" The crowd discussed animatedly.

As the crowd's emotions became more and more chaotic, with more and more unwilling to accept this, the grey-clothed man suddenly jumped onto a dilapidated cart beside the road. "Fellow villagers, we cannot go to Tanggu City, but we can go to High Scholar Huang to negotiate! "That Huang guy has been captured, but his wife and son are still here. Let's let them go and reduce the rent. That would be three tons of rice …"

"Fellow villagers, from morning till night, you all have not eaten a single hot meal. The other party made the first move. With a bunch of foreign currency and silver horns, is it even worth us to unluckily kick two pairs of broken shoes? Are you willing? "

The commoners were all furious. They had been busy all day and already they were hungry. There were no benefits in their hands, and once they heard about the three tons of rice, everyone was going crazy.

"I can't accept this … "We don't want to …" The crowd suddenly went crazy.

"The house of the Huang Family is about five kilometers northwest of here. Let's go together and find an explanation …" The gray-clothed man waved his arm and called out. All of the people present had lost all sense of reason. They only had one thought in their minds, and that was that they couldn't afford to lose, and if they didn't go, they would be idiots.

Along the way, the hundreds of people absorbed a lot of mob, and in a short five miles, they quickly became a vast army of a thousand people, their target being the Huang Family Manor.

It was already five in the evening, and the summer sky was still bright outside. Outside the Huang Family mansion, at the edge of the bonfire's ruins, High Scholar Huang's daughter-in-law was sitting on a chair, looking at the black smoke in the city with malice in his eyes.

"Burn it, burn it, burn Tanggu to death! My grains have all been burnt, don't even think about it …" The flesh on the pig-like woman's face was trembling. It was clear how deep the ruthlessness in her heart had deepened.

The fat woman had already sat here for an entire day, she was excitedly waiting for the man to bring her good news. In her heart, her man was the emperor of the land of the Tanggu, there was nothing she couldn't do.

At this time, a shy little girl beside her suddenly whispered, "My lady, why are there smoke pillars coming from all over the city?" Normally, the old master would only go to deal with a foreigner. Even if there was a fire, it should only be in a place with a fire … "What's more, why are the sounds coming from far away so terrifying …"

"Shut up!" "You little hoof, you dare curse the old master …" The fat woman crazily used her long nails to scratch the maid's face, while she tried to pinch the girl to death.

"How shameless. Daring to curse the old master, I'll sell you to the brothel tomorrow. I'll make you curse …" "I told you to curse again …" The vile woman cursed and pinched the servant girl, causing her face to lose all its flesh.

"I don't dare, madam, I don't dare anymore. Please spare me …" The chattering servant girl knelt on the ground, wanting to hide but didn't dare to. She could only helplessly use her arms to resist. None of the other maidservants dared to go up and persuade her.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the main road. At first, it was not clear, but soon, everyone understood.

"Let's go together … Go with... Three Dollars... "We want three pieces of rice …" The sound grew louder and louder until it finally came crashing over like a tsunami. At this time, the fat woman finally woke up from her stuffy state. She looked at the smoke and dust rising from the main road in a daze, her mouth wide open so that two steamed buns could be stuffed inside.

Suddenly, a black shadow emerged from the small forest around the corner. It was a black mass of people.

"Let's go, let's go … "Three pieces of rice, our three pieces of rice …"

The crowd roared as they charged at the Huang family's mansion. Everyone's eyes were filled with a greedy light, even some of them had turned blood-red. Only the heavens knew what he was about to do.

"Charge in …" In the Huang Family Mansion, ten thousand taels of gold and countless pieces of silver … "Break open the door, we're going to fight for it …" The man in gray knew that the crowd was in a state of high spirits and was waiting for him to make a move.

At this time, High Scholar Huang's wife finally understood what was going on. These crazy commoners were plundering his home. "Ah …" The fat woman ran into the mansion at a speed he had never seen before.

"Close the door!" "The manor guards …" The fat woman ran as she shouted, but she had already forgotten. Today, more than half of the guards had been taken away by her man. There weren't even 30 men in the mansion who could fight.

"Charge!" "Kill ah …" High Scholar Huang has already been sent to prison and is about to be executed. Don't work for them anymore, we will rob them together … "

A thousand mob s rushed over like a tide, the more than thirty manor guests were so frightened that they battled between the two sides. When they heard that the Old Master was no longer around, no one dared to stop him, and they all scattered on the spot.

"All of you who just slaughtered me with a thousand knives, stay here. Protect me, I'll give you all a reward …" "You ungrateful bastards, your eight ancestors …" The fat woman cried and rolled on the ground.

While she was cursing, a kick flew out from the side and knocked her down to the corner of the wall. F * ck, laozi has already suffered enough from you. You deducted our wages every day, yet you dared to hit me with your hand when you opened your mouth? laozi will be the first to snatch you away today … "Brothers, fight over this …"

Under the lead of one of the manor guests, the manor guests and maidservants who were being suppressed by the High Scholar Huang couple all joined in the robbery.