Yang Jiumei received the report below and realized the seriousness of the problem. She immediately sent city defense troops into various parts of the city to maintain social stability, and at the same time ordered the police to investigate the originator of the rumors. After doing this, he sent someone to invite Wang Laozhi and Fang Jinzhi.
Yang Jiumei exchanged pleasantries with Wang Laozhi and Fang Jinzhi and then took their seats. Yang Jiumei said straight to the point: "You must have felt the earthquake not long ago." The two looked at each other, and Fang Jinzhi said: "Your Majesty called us here, presumably to stabilize people's hearts, right?"
Yang Jiumei frowned slightly and said, "It's not a big deal if there's just an earthquake. It's enough to do disaster relief and appeasement work. But some people are taking advantage of the earthquake to spread rumors and make people panic. This matter must be taken seriously!" Wang Laozhi! He nodded and said: "No wonder we saw that the city was under martial law when we entered the city. I wonder what rumors are there?" Yang Jiumei said: "They are just exaggerating the harm of natural disasters, and far-fetched some of the policies of King Yan. Most of the people are ignorant, and when they hear this, they will naturally feel very frightened. I have implemented martial law measures on the entire city, but this method can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause, so I I hurriedly sent someone to invite you two."
Fang Jinzhi's red lips parted slightly: "We are all subordinates of the leader. If you have orders, please speak out and we will obey them." Yang Jiumei nodded and said, "Thank you!" After a pause, she said, "Since someone is using rumors to To incite the people, we have to use another explanation to reassure the people. The Mingjiao's influence among the people is increasing day by day, and has surpassed Buddhism and Taoism, so we ask the Mingjiao to come forward to clarify the rumors."
Fang Jinzhi and Wang Laozhi nodded, and Fang Jinzhi said: "This is a matter within our scope." Then he stood up, Wang Laozhi and Yang Jiumei also stood up. Fang Jinzhi said, "Let's get started." Yang Jiumei nodded and said, "Thank you." Fang Jinzhi smiled and said, "You're welcome, sir." He bowed slightly to Yang Jiumei, then turned and left. Wang Laozhi also bowed to Yang Jiumei and followed Fang Jinzhi.
At the same time, in a mansion in Yanjing, two people were discussing the current affairs excitedly. One of the two people was Xiao Yu, the former Liao consort and the husband of Yelu Hongling, and the other was Yan Yunshi. Duan Yao, the eldest son of the Duan family, the largest gentry in the six states. The two of them were drinking and talking about what was happening, both looking very excited. Xiao Yu said: "The fact that God has sent such a huge natural disaster shows that the destiny does not lie with him Yang Peng at all! He Yang Peng is just a rebellious minister and traitor, so God is angry with him! If man does not punish him, God will punish him!" Xiao Yu was dancing and gnashing his teeth, looking like he wished Yang Peng would die immediately.
Duan Yao picked up the wine pot and filled the wine glass in front of Xiao Yu with wine, and then filled his own wine glass with wine. Putting down the wine bottle, he said happily: "In this way, the people can finally understand the true nature of Yang Peng. He is a rebellious minister and a traitor. Following him will not end well! The earthquake is a warning!" He picked up the wine glass. , said: "Brother, the time has come for us to achieve great things!" Xiao Yu picked up the wine glass, drank it in one gulp, slammed the wine glass on the table, and said loudly: "Kill this thief now!" Duan Yao also said After finishing the wine, he put down the glass and said: "I have sent people to secretly assemble our people. Brother, please contact the city defense army quickly. At midnight three days later, we will use fireworks as a signal to rise up at the same time to seize Yanjing. Achieve great things!"
Xiao Yu nodded and said: "That's right!" He glanced at Duan Yao and said: "There is no problem in contacting the city defense army. But there are some things we have to talk about up front. After this is done, who will be the master of Yanyun? Duan Yao said: "Didn't we already tell you about this? After it is completed, the lower class will regard Brother Xiao as the king of Yanyun, defect to the Liao Kingdom together, and share the wealth! We people will overthrow Yang Peng." , not for glory and wealth, but to save the people from fire and water, for the sake of Confucian righteousness, we don’t care about anything else.”
Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Young Master Duan is so righteous, Xiao admires him!" After a pause, he stood up with a slap on the table and said loudly, "That's it! I'll go prepare now! In three days, see Fireworks are good, let’s start a fight together!”
In the next few days, reports from various places were sent to Yang Jiumei. The situation in each place was different. The areas south and east of the eyes suffered relatively small losses, while the losses in Shunzhou and Tanzhou north of Yanjing were relatively small. But it is extremely serious. According to current statistics, several thousand people have died. This is not the most serious situation. The most serious situation is in the mountainous areas along the Gubei Pavilion. The terrain has been completely changed due to the earthquake. The mountains actually sank into the ground. The 10,000 Yanyun troops originally stationed at Gubei Pavilion suffered heavy losses. At least 3,000 people were killed, and the rest had retreated into Tanzhou.
Yang Jiumei immediately wrote a detailed disaster report and ordered the horse to be sent to Tianjing New City. At the same time, more troops were sent to Tanzhou to prevent any unexpected events.
It was late at night, and the entire Yanjing City was silent. However, there was a bit of uneasiness in the silence.
In several large courtyards in the city, hundreds of thousands of people gathered. They were dressed in various colors, holding messy weapons in their hands, and their eyes showed excitement. The leader of the group was the eldest son of the Duan family. Duan Yao and his father Duan Wenrui.
Duan Wenrui looked at the sky, swallowed nervously, and asked Duan Yao: "Yao'er, is it time?" Duan Yao couldn't help but swallowed, shook his head and said: "Not yet, I haven't struck the third watch yet. ."
Duan Wenrui said nervously: "As a father, I am really worried as a father. I don't know, I don't know if it will succeed?" Duan Yao was also very nervous and said a little irritably: "Father, don't worry, we have been planning for so long. There is no reason for failure! Even if only a few of our noble clans rebelled, we could capture Yanjing City, not to mention that Xiao Yu now leads the city defense army to revolt! This time the rebellion is sure to happen, absolutely foolproof! When Yanjing City is captured, Yan Yun Sixteenth The states will definitely respond one after another. When we cede territory and become kings and surrender to the Liao Kingdom, the big thing will be decided, and our name will go down in history!" Duan Yao became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the fear in his heart gradually disappeared.
After hearing what his son said, Duan Wenrui's originally uneasy heart calmed down.
Not long after, the sound of the clock finally came from the street outside. Everyone couldn't help but become nervous and listened carefully. Duan Yao said: "Here, it's the third watch." He turned to look at his subordinates and found that nearly a thousand people were staggering around sparsely. Some were leaning against the trees with spears in their hands and shooting. Some were sleeping, and some were sitting on the ground chatting. Duan Yao suddenly became furious and shouted: "Stand still for me!"
When everyone suddenly heard Duan Yao's roar, they were startled and hurriedly stood up. This time it finally looked like an army.
Duan Yao said excitedly: "The time has come, everyone is ready to take action! Everyone will be rewarded with a big reward when everything is done!" When everyone heard that there was a big reward, their eyes radiated green light. Duan Yao turned to the old housekeeper beside him and said: "Send the signal!" The old housekeeper responded, hurriedly ran to a large firework not far away, put the torch close to light the fuse, and then ran away.
But as soon as he took two steps away, the firework that was originally stuck on the ground actually fell down, and it fell towards the crowd. When everyone suddenly saw such a situation, they were all frightened, and they screamed and ran away. In the commotion, the fireworks made a loud roar, flew into the crowd, and then exploded into a large ball of red. Sparks and screams came one after another, and the scene was as chaotic as a pot exploding.
"Quiet! Quiet! Everyone stand still! Everyone stand still!..." Duan Yao shouted at the top of his voice. The scene gradually calmed down, but those injured by the fireworks were covering their cheeks and even their buttocks and shouting.
Duan Yao looked at the scene in front of him, his face was livid, and he shouted: "What is it called?" The screams of pain at the scene suddenly became much quieter. Duan Yao said: "Everyone who is injured should go down and apply medicine, don't be embarrassed here!" An injured guy shouted: "I won't go down, I will follow the master in uprising!" Other injured people also shouted like this. These guys are not even injured, and they don't want to miss the opportunity to rob the treasury and make a fortune just because of a minor injury.
When Duan Yao saw everyone saying this, he was naturally very happy. He nodded in approval and said: "They are all good. I really did not misjudge the person!" Then he turned to look at the old housekeeper, his face darkened, and he shouted angrily: " What happened?" The old housekeeper looked resentful and muttered: "You villain, I don't even know, it fell down on its own."
Duan Wenrui walked to Duan Yao and whispered: "I'm afraid it's unlucky to have something like this happen from the beginning, so why not..."
Duan Yao said: "Father, don't worry, this is just a small accident. All aspects have been prepared. We are sure of victory, how can we give up halfway!" Duan Wenrui felt that his son was right, so he said nothing more.
Duan Yao shouted to the old housekeeper: "Why don't you bring another firework over here!"
The old housekeeper responded quickly and ran down. After a while, he came back with another firework and stuck it on the grass. In order to prevent what happened just now, Duan Yao went to check it himself. After confirming that it was correct, he stepped aside and said to the old housekeeper: "Send the signal quickly, it has been delayed a lot of time!"
The old housekeeper responded quickly and lit the fuse with a torch. This time, everyone had learned from the previous lesson. When they saw the fuse ignited, they all took a step back subconsciously, with nervous expressions on their faces. This time, nothing unexpected happened. The fireworks flew into the night sky with a roar, and then a gorgeous red flower exploded in the night sky. At this time of complete silence, this firework was particularly eye-catching.
Duan Yao pulled out his sword, raised it high towards the gate, and shouted: "Action!" A thousand people immediately shouted, rushed out of the gate, and rushed straight towards the palace of King Yan.
Duan Yao and others had previously formulated a detailed action plan. According to the plan, once the signal was sent, the troops of his Duan family would rush straight to the palace of King Yan. In addition, the troops of the Sun family and the Zhao family would attack the government office, while Xiao Yu would lead the uprising. The city defense troops completely annihilated the rest of the city defense troops and controlled the four gates. The Sun family and Zhao family here are also famous gentry families in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. They are slightly inferior to the Duan family. They can be said to be the second and third Shilin families. In recent times, these The Sun family and the Zhao family have been plotting rebellion with the Duan family. In fact, these three families were not the only ones participating in the rebellion. Many Shilin families participated, but the power in the hands of these Shilin families was allocated to the three largest families, Duan, Sun, and Zhao.
The total number of troops put into action by these Shilin families exceeds 3,000. Please do not misunderstand and think that these more than 3,000 people are all scholars. In fact, these three thousand improvised so-called 'rebels', except for Duan Yao and a few other leaders, are all servants and long-term workers of each family. In order to overthrow Yang Peng's control, these Shilin families put these families under control. All the slaves were organized.
Just when Duan Yao sent out the signal, Xiao Yuzheng was leading thousands of city defense troops who had been bribed by him to gather in the school grounds of a military camp and wait. Suddenly seeing the signal, Xiao Yu immediately became excited. He immediately turned to the majestic general in armor and cloak standing behind him and said: "Xiao Feng, take action!" Xiao Feng, a former Liaoning general, is now a Yanjing general. The commander of the city defense army is responsible for the security of Yanjing. Among the entire Yanyun system, only Yanjing, Tianjing New City and Jingzhao Mansion have special city defense armies. Their command positions are very high, second only to those of the main legions. Legion Commander, I didn’t expect Xiao Feng, the commander of the Bianliang City Defense Army, to be bribed by Xiao Yu.
Xiao Feng nodded, raised his right hand, and waved forward, and the five thousand city defense troops immediately moved towards the outside of the military camp. …
Thrilling shouts suddenly rang out from all over the city, and many people who had fallen asleep were violently awakened. Hearing the noise coming from outside, they couldn't help but be surprised and rushed to the windows and behind the door to look outside.
Duan Yao led more than a thousand of his men to open the gate of King Yan's palace and swarmed in. He saw all the servants, maids and guards in the palace fleeing towards the backyard. Duan Yao didn't expect that things would go so smoothly, and everyone on King Yan's side would actually run away without a fight. He was so excited that he was overjoyed. He felt that he was really a great hero, an unparalleled hero, even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Song Zu, and Li Mubai Since then, it has been greatly inferior compared to myself.
Duan Yao shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't let them run away! Chase after me!" More than a thousand people shouted in unison and poured into the backyard in a chaotic manner.
A large group of people rushed into the backyard, and no one was seen. Everyone in the palace disappeared. These mobs no longer pursued the enemy, and scattered into various houses and courtyards to plunder the things they had before. For a while, you were holding vases, scrolling calligraphy and painting, and were very busy. , these guys have been slaves of scholars for a long time, and they are all very knowledgeable people. They know that these calligraphy and painting vases are very valuable when they are taken out. Duan Yao was very angry when he saw that his men were only focused on looting. He ordered everyone to gather immediately and continue to search for the enemy. But at this moment, money and silk were already attractive, who would listen to his order?
Just when the chaos was overwhelming, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the palace, like a thunderbolt from the blue. The 'rebels' who were looting everywhere in the palace were all startled. Duan Yao shouted loudly: "What's going on?" A person next to him said, "Let me go out and take a look!" The man said and walked toward him. Run to the front door.
After a while, everyone saw him stumbling back and running back with a look of extreme fear, as if he had seen a ghost. He ran to Duan Yao, his feet weakened and he knelt down, stammering and trembling: "No, no, no, sir, we, we, we are, are, surrounded by Yan Yun's army!"
Duan Yao was shocked and shouted: "This is impossible! Xiao Feng led the army to destroy the city defense army, how could there be an army to surround us?" "Qian, it's absolutely true!" At this moment, there was a sudden sound from outside the palace. A cry, like a tsunami. The hearts of all the 'rebels' jumped, and then the shouts came one after another, with momentum like a rainbow and thrilling. The 'rebels' were horrified, like ants on a hot pot, terrified, and they didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, the thrilling shouts stopped, and a majestic man's voice came from a distance: "Listen to the rebels inside, you have been surrounded. If you want to survive, quickly put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise the army will Attack and you will be destroyed!"
These 'rebels' were just a temporary piece of work put together by domestic slaves. There was no fighting will at all. As soon as they heard the shouts outside, they had the idea of surrendering, but there was no one to take the lead, so they were still hesitating for a moment.
Duan Yao said to everyone: "Don't be afraid, everyone, they are bluffing! Huh, there is nothing wrong with my calculation. We are sure of victory. This city defense army must be just a patrol passing by! Each of us can spit Drown them!" When everyone heard this, their original fear suddenly disappeared and they all laughed.
Duan Yao raised his sword and said loudly: "Brothers, let's go out together and kill them all!" Everyone shouted: "Kill all the Yanyun dog thieves, kill all the Yanyun dog thieves...!" Duan Yao was very excited. , first ran towards the gate, followed closely by the 'rebels', shouting endlessly.
A large crowd poured into the front yard and then through the gate. Suddenly, hundreds of city defense soldiers were lined up in formation, ready to go. The rebels at the front were shocked and stopped one after another. However, the people behind were still rushing forward, and as a result, they were pushed towards the Yanyun front outside the gate. The 'rebels' in front saw the murderous city defense troops getting closer and closer, but they couldn't help themselves. They couldn't help but become very anxious and angry, and started shouting and cursing one after another.
The officer in Yan Yun's army raised his right hand and waved forward. The crossbowman who had been ready to go fired his arrow immediately. There was only a loud sound of whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, and the 'rebels' were immediately shot over. ten people. Immediately, the sergeants with long spears came out and stabbed the 'rebels'. There were loud screams and blood flying. The 'rebels' fell down like wheat being harvested. In the blink of an eye, corpses were everywhere on the ground. The 'rebels' were so frightened that they trampled on each other and rushed back to the palace.
Duan Yao had just recovered from the shock, his face was pale and he said in horror: "This, what is going on? Why, why are there so many city defense troops?"
At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise at the door. Everyone was already there, and then someone stumbled over to report: "No, it's not good! The city defense army, the city defense army has come in!" Duan Yao was shocked. Before he could speak, someone shouted loudly: "Escape quickly! Let's run away quickly!" Run to the back!" Suddenly, everyone was scrambling and running towards the backyard. However, just as he ran into the backyard, he suddenly heard the sound of neat and huge footsteps coming from the direction of the back door, and saw hundreds of city defense soldiers, holding torches in one hand and weapons in the other, surging towards them.
The 'rebels' were so frightened that they turned around subconsciously, only to see the city defense troops coming in from the front yard approaching them. Thousands of city defense troops surrounded the "rebels" at the lake in the backyard. The "rebels" were unable to escape. Everyone was extremely frightened and didn't know what to do.
A Yanyun officer shouted loudly: "Put down your weapons!" Then all the soldiers shouted in unison; "Put down your weapons!!" The sound was like rolling thunder. The 'rebels' were already frightened, but when they were shouted at by Yan Yun's army, they were so frightened that they threw away their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. However, Mr. Duan Yao stood alone among the crowd. He was the only one standing in the middle, very conspicuous. His face was extremely frightened, and at the same time there was a look of disbelief. He still couldn't accept this fact until now. He probably still thought that the scene in front of him was... An unreal nightmare.
A Yanyun officer ran over, grabbed his collar with one hand, dragged him out, threw him to the ground, and cursed: "You idiot, you dare to rebel, you are so fucking impatient!"
Duan Yao finally came to his senses, raised his head and glared at the officer, and cursed viciously: "Don't be complacent. When our people come over, you will die!"
Several officers laughed, and the laughter was full of mockery. Duan Yao was furious and shouted: "What are you laughing at?" Several officers laughed even harder, as if they thought Duan Yao was an idiot. Duan Yao was furious, and even though he wanted to explode, when he thought of the situation at this time, his anger disappeared in an instant.
An officer said jokingly: "You will see your people later." Then he said to an officer next to him: "Take them down and imprison them until Lord Yelu handles them!" The officer promised and He waved his hand to summon the sergeants and took Duan Yao and all the 'rebels' under him into custody.
Duan Yao was locked in a small room alone, restless, and kept longing for the troops of the Sun family, the Zhao family, and Xiao Feng to come and kill all Yan Yun's troops and save him. Time passed quickly at this time, and Duan Yao felt extremely tortured. Finally, there were clattering footsteps outside. Duan Yao's heart moved. He hurried to the window and looked outside. He was shocked to see dozens of people walking into the courtyard under the escort of the city defense army. Among them was the Sun family. , Zhao family and other leading figures. Duan Yao was horrified to the extreme. He could no longer understand the situation in front of him. The Sun family, Zhao family and other 'rebels' that he had been longing for to save him were completely ruined just like his Duan family!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
