"Master, what should we do now?!" Lu Qing was in the main hall of the government office at this time, with a look of anxiety in his eyes. This was only the second day, and the entire Danyang City was already agitated.
If these people are allowed to make trouble, Lu Qing and Master Hu will also be implicated. It goes without saying that the final result will be that once things get bigger and bigger, even the people behind them will not dare to protect them.
At this rate, if we don't think of a way, it will spread to the neighboring Zhoufu, and then to Kyoto. Can't hold it down.
"Sir, I think we should consider that boy Yunze's suggestion. He came here yesterday just to give us a way out."
"It's just that we didn't react yesterday. Now it seems that everything is under the control of that kid. He...can't be messed with, whether it's the person behind him or the kid's methods."
"He founded a newspaper some time ago, and he was probably waiting for this day. Sir, we can't fight that kid. The only solution now is to obey him...otherwise, we will all be doomed!"
The master replied quickly.
Although, they were still skeptical about what Yunze said, and they had not thought about actually cooperating with Yunze.
After all, who knows if Yunze is here to trick them. You must know that this is how the Huang family and his son were tricked to death. It is impossible for them not to be wary.
But now it seems that they have no choice but to surrender. Yunze directly makes them unable to fight back. They even thought that if Yunze went to the capital to run a newspaper, he would expose this matter in the newspaper!
Thinking about it, they all felt scared. With Yunze's methods, newspapers would definitely be able to be run in the capital, especially Yunze's endless novels, which were like poison.
Even people like Lu Qing and Master Hu are full of expectations for those novels and are waiting for updates every day.
While the two were discussing, there was a sudden noise outside, and then a government servant ran in in a panic. The yamen servant looked extremely miserable, with rotten eggs and vegetable leaves all over his body.
"Sir, it's bad. Some people are making trouble in front of the government office. Let us give them an explanation. We want us to put the Zheng family and his son in jail and find out the case..."
The yamen officer's words made Lu Qing look stunned, and he couldn't react for a moment. What kind of case was he investigating? Investigate the case of setting fire to a restaurant! Or investigate the case of women trafficking by the Zheng family and his son! Aren’t these all concluded?
"Sir, haven't you read the new newspaper? It exposed all the evil things the Zheng family has done over the years. Many witnesses have come to expose the Zheng family."
The yamen servant looked at Lu Qing and Master Hu in astonishment.
His words made Lu Qing and Master Hu's expressions change slightly, and they quickly sent someone to pick up the newspapers delivered today. Because of the development of the situation, they were not in the mood to read the newspaper for the time being.
But who would have thought that just a short time later, the Zheng family would report it again, and this time they would even mobilize those who had been persecuted by the Zheng family to express their grievances.
Previously, the Zheng family had the support of the magistrate and Master Hu in Danyang City, and they almost walked sideways. Although the victims were unwilling, they did not dare to cause trouble to the Zheng family again.
But now, the entire Danyang City is full of unfavorable remarks about the Zheng family, and some people are encouraging the victims to come forward to sue the Zheng family. Therefore, everyone in the Zheng family is now calling for beatings.
Before Lu Qing and Master could understand what was going on, the injustice drum sounded outside the government office, followed by voices shouting injustice.
Then, many people poured into the inner hall. Their hands were full of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves. It seemed that if the prefect ignored this matter, he would be ready to make a fuss in court.
At the same time, the father and son of the Zheng family listened to the angry voices outside, as well as the stones, feces, rotten eggs and vegetable leaves thrown into the courtyard from time to time. Their expressions were panicked, and their eyes were full of anger.
"Yunze, you are so stupid, you actually bullied me like this..." Zheng Gong smashed everything in the room to pieces, but he still seemed to be upset. No matter how stupid he is, he still knows that Yunze has taken action against him.
He never expected that Yunze would mobilize the hatred of the whole city with just one newspaper. Now almost everyone is targeting the Zheng family.
The restaurant was smashed, the shop was burned, and even the Zheng family would be beaten until their noses were black and their eyes were swollen, and they couldn't even get out.
He never thought that he wanted to use bad means to destroy Yunze's restaurant, but he didn't expect that the restaurant was not destroyed and now he was in a dilemma.
"Dad, what should we do now! Are we going to find Mr. Lu? The only one who can help us now is Mr. Lu!" Zheng Ying said quickly. He placed all his hopes on Lu Qing.
"Yes, Dad, we send Mr. Lu so much money every month. Now that something happens to us, he can't just sit back and ignore it. Besides, if our Zheng family collapses, no one will give him money!"
Zheng Ming also quickly followed. He thought simply. He felt that as long as he found Lu Qing and asked him to take action in the name of the government, he was afraid that Yunze would not stop his action and that the people would dare to touch them.
Hearing this, Zheng Gong nodded and walked towards the back door of Zheng's house with his two sons. Now he could only leave Zheng's house and go to the government office for help. He felt that the only one who could save them now was Lu Qing.
The people outside were so angry that they didn't even dare to stay at home, for fear that the common people would rush in and kill them if they didn't know the importance of the situation.
After all, among these people, there are probably many people who were persecuted by the Zheng family. The Zheng family is used to being arrogant and domineering. Not to mention all the people in Danyang City have been harmed by them.
At least nearly one-third of the people have been harmed by them indirectly or directly. There are definitely not a few people who want to kill their father and son. In addition to the Huang family and the Hou family, the Zheng family is also one of the three pests in Danyang City.
The three of them sneaked out of the back door. Seeing that no one was blocking the way, they got on the carriage and slipped to the government office.
As for the government office, as soon as everyone rushed into the inner hall, the expressions of Lu Qing, Master and others changed drastically. Lu Qing was worthy of being the prefect, and he still had official authority.
"You unscrupulous people, what do you want to do... leave the government office immediately, otherwise I will punish you for breaking into the government office privately and causing trouble in the government office!"
He shouted angrily, and immediately suppressed most of the people here. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, their eyes full of flinching.
After all, if the people do not fight with the officials, fighting with the officials is a dead end, and it has never ended well since ancient times. Seeing these people were so frightened that they were about to run away.
But at this moment, someone in the crowd threw a rotten egg at Lu Qing's face. The smell almost made Lu Qing spit it out.
"You dog officials are actually colluding with the government and businessmen. The Zheng family is clearly poisoning the people, but you don't care. You still want to arrest poor people like us. Do you really think we are easy to bully!"
"You guys are such a bully. How much money have you received from the Zheng family?"
As the sound rang out, the people present immediately reacted and started shouting.
"That is, if your Excellency is unwilling to make decisions for us, has he accepted money from the Zheng family? If that is the case, then we will go to Beijing to complain! We will never give up until the cancer of the Zheng family is removed..."
"Yes, if you don't give us an explanation today, we will go to Beijing... we will go to Beijing..."
The rising and falling voices in the crowd gave everyone a lot of confidence. There were so many people... As long as someone took the lead, they would be more courageous.
You must know that when it comes to bringing down the emperor, as long as there are many people, it is not impossible that no one will dare to do it, not to mention that there is only a prefect in front of him.
"Dog Officer, you are not a human being..." The person who spoke first in Renjun suddenly cursed again, and at the same time, he threw several more rotten eggs.
Lu Qing had just wiped the rotten eggs off his face and was about to see who threw them at him, but the rotten eggs were thrown at him again and he was immediately stunned.
Before he could shout angrily, a lot of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves were thrown at him in an instant. When the master and others behind him saw this scene, they all backed away in fear for fear of harming Chi Yu.
Lu Qing was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he opened his mouth to ask people to arrest these people.
"Come here, arrest these unruly people!" Following his voice, the government officials and police officers who reacted wanted to arrest them.
When a group of people saw this, they were so frightened that they hid behind them. They wanted to run away when they saw someone. These people were actually just a mob. It was difficult to rely on them to achieve anything!
It's okay to let them join in the fun, and they can slap a few bricks in the back, but if something happens, they will still scare away.
In the crowd, Ye Chen and Fang Hu saw this and were so angry that they wanted to kick these cowardly people. However, not everyone will run away. At least nearly half of them are really not afraid of death.
He really went all out and wanted to punish the Zheng family.
But compared with those policemen and government officials, they were still far behind. A few of them were about to be arrested, and the rest might not be able to escape. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
Luo Xuan appeared in front of the Yamen with hundreds of city guards. He glanced at the arresting officers and said calmly: "Master Lu, you have such great official authority. When the people come to redress their grievances, you actually Arrest people instead. I will definitely report this matter to the Holy One, and let the Holy One punish you for causing harm to the people, oppressing good people, colluding with officials and businessmen, and bullying the emperor."
Luo Xuan gave Lu Qing several hats at once. With cold eyes, the government servants and police officers were so frightened that they hid back.
Looking at the heavily armed city guards rushing over, they felt chills in their hearts and their whole bodies were trembling with fear. Luo Xuan has a bad temper. If he is offended, he might kill someone with a knife.
He is a military commander, and besides fighting and killing, he probably won't think too much about anything else.
Lu Qing was so angry that his face turned green when he saw that his government servants and police officers were too scared to move. He shouted angrily at Luo Xuan: "Luo Xuan, you led troops into my government office privately, do you want to rebel?"
Leading troops to break into the government office is really suspected of rebellion. If this is a stabbing at the top, Luo Xuan may not be able to bear the consequences if he confuses right and wrong again.
"No... no... I don't have the guts to rebel. I just heard that some unruly people were attacking the government office, so I brought troops to suppress them." Luo Xuan shook his head, with a playful look on his face.
When Lu Qing heard this, he almost spat in Luo Xuan's face, "You have such a good ear and clairvoyance. Just when the people came to make trouble, you brought your troops here, what a coincidence!" You guys have definitely been waiting for something to happen here, and then barged in.
"In this case, General Luo should arrest those unruly people. The unruly people are right in front of you. Luo Xuanjun invites you!" Lu Qing pointed at the people in front of him with a look of stinky egg liquid on his face and said coldly. .
Hearing this, all the people were so frightened that they hid back, with a look of despair in their eyes.
However, just when they thought they were finished, they saw Luo Xuan smiled faintly and said: "Cool people! Where did the cunning people come from? I didn't see it, but I did. Mr. Lu showed his official power, Taking action against innocent people, trying to suppress them! If this matter comes to the Holy Lord, Mr. Lu, just wait to be beheaded in public!"
As soon as Luo Xuan said these words, the people around him looked happy. They didn't know that Luo Xuan was here to support them. Now that the city guards are behind them, what do they have to fear?
When Lu Qing heard this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Luo Xuan did it on purpose. He didn't see Diao Min, so why are you here? If he didn't see Diao Min, the rotten eggs and vegetable leaves on my face are nothing.
He was almost killed by someone, but Luo Xuan turned a blind eye. At this time, he was as embarrassed as he wanted to be.
He hated Luo Xuan in his heart, and he also hated Yunze. He knew that all this was done by Yunze behind his back, and he was now being treated like a monkey by Yunze.
But what he hates the most is the Zheng family and his son. If these three father and son were not useless and wanted to provoke Yunze, why would he have to suffer the humiliation today. He wished he could cut the Zheng family's father and son into pieces.
Moreover, the Zheng family and his son had to give up now. Didn't you see that the people were already making trouble? Didn't you see that Luo Xuan wanted to take advantage of the people's troubles and send a memorial to the superiors!
If the people didn't make trouble, Luo Xuan's memorial might not be of much use, but with the people making trouble like this and the Zheng family's affairs becoming known to everyone, he couldn't help but give up!
He is a villain, but what a villain like him likes to do most is to betray his teammates and then protect himself. After this quarrel, the Zheng family father and son were completely given up by him.
Even if he hates Yunze and Luo Xuan now, he has to reconsider. Moreover, Yunze's conspiracy gave him no chance to stand up.
Just when he was angry, there was a shout from outside the door.
"Let us go, we are here to report to the government, why are you arresting us... You are city guards, not government officials... Let us go quickly, otherwise, I will file a complaint against you to Mr. Lu!"
The person who spoke was Zheng Gong. As soon as the three father and son arrived at the government office, they were captured by the officers and soldiers who suddenly broke out.
They didn't know that the reason why there was no one in their backyard was because Yunze didn't let those people go there and cause trouble. As soon as the three father and son left the Zheng family, Yunze had people keep an eye on them. Then, he sent people to ambush not far from the government office.
If they had not been caught, when they arrived at the government office and saw so many people in front of the government office, they would have turned around and ran away in fear.
When Lu Qing heard that Zheng Gong still wanted to drag him into the water, a cold light flashed in his eyes. By mentioning him in front of so many people, wasn't he trying to drag him into the trap with him?
Lu Qing abandoned such a helpless and evil partner in an instant, and even Master Hu shook his head.
Didn't you see in the newspaper that it was hinted, intentionally or unintentionally, that the Zheng family and Lu Qing were in collusion? He is now so blatantly saying that he wants to complain to Lu Qing. It seems normal, but it is really misleading!
Lu Qing, whose face was as grave as water, didn't wait for Luo Xuan to issue an order. He snorted coldly and said: "Where are the police officers? Arrest the three crazy criminals, the Zheng family and his son!"
