Most of the day passed.
Emperor Jing sent people to deliver sweet potatoes to the Hanlin officials twice, but no one ate them because they were angry.
Second, from time to time some rotten branches and leaves, leftover leaves and various insect corpses floated over the water.
No one has the stomach to eat this scene.
Although everyone is slightly hungry now, it is still bearable.
It was already midnight. In order to prevent accidents, many carriages were parked around the Hanlins, with torches on them and people on duty in the carriages.
The main purpose is to prevent someone from being exhausted and drowning in the water.
On the other side, Li Yuanzhao took advantage of the darkness and started dispatching with his health team members.
Each of the dozen team members carried a large bucket and hurriedly ran on the street.
Since I basically work in the dark in such an environment on weekdays, I am already very familiar with darkness.
Li Yuanzhao took the lead and kept pointing the way. Finally, when he was near Yimen, he could already faintly see the light of the fire, and Li Yuanzhao stopped.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and stretched it to the sky.
The handkerchief was blowing gently in the breeze.
Li Yuanzhao took back his hand and said to the people behind him: "That's right, this is the position."
Captain Wang next to him wondered: "Brother, why are we bringing swill here in the middle of the night?"
Li Yuanzhao chuckled: "Don't worry about anything else. Just pour it forward and in the direction of the wind! Don't make a mistake."
"You can all go back after everything has been emptied. It's time to go to sleep."
Captain Wang didn't think much and whispered instructions behind him.
A group of health team members began to pour swill into the water. Upon seeing this, Li Yuanzhao hurriedly stayed away, pinched his nose and laughed.
How dare these scoundrels find fault with me and Lao Fang.
If you are willing to speak for Yan Guoan, then just kneel down and I will give you a treat!
"Brother! Can you let go of the dead mice and snakes?"
"Let it go! Let it go! Throw the dead mouse away from me. Have all the snake teeth been pulled out?"
"I pulled them out, and they are all non-venomous snakes."
When everyone saw this, they no longer hesitated and threw out the dead rats and snakes with teeth that had been prepared.
Li Yuanzhao laughed strangely when he saw this, and walked away step by step with his hands behind his back.
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All the Hanlins were already drowsy, but no one dared to sleep for fear of falling into the water and losing face.
Being in the water is physically demanding, and the cold weather at night made it even more difficult for everyone.
Many people were soaked in cold water and wanted to relieve themselves, but no one mentioned it. Everyone solved the problem in the water with tacit understanding...
The only advantage may be that it is somewhat buoyant and my knees don't hurt so much, but the hunger in my belly has become more and more serious.
Yang Yingcai was also anxious when he saw this.
Everyone is kneeling here with the determination to remonstrate to death! It has only been a day and morale has dropped to this low level.
If we bow our heads in front of the emperor this time, will everyone still have status?
Anxiously, Yang Yingcai said loudly: "Cheer up, everyone! If this continues, we will be defeated without a fight before His Majesty agrees to our request!"
"Aren't I kneeling with you at my age? Which one of you is younger than me, not to mention that I have rheumatism!"
"It's already extremely painful after a day of soaking, but what is this pain compared to the Qingming Festival in the imperial court?"
After some encouragement from him, everyone managed to regain some energy.
Han Lin, who was next to Gu Tian, whispered: "Brother Gu... I think I can't survive. I'm so hungry... I seem to be hallucinating from hunger."
"Now I always feel that I can vaguely smell the smell of vegetables... there is water spinach... fish..."
As he spoke, Gu Tian drooled: "Yes, I am also hungry! If I had known this, I should have eaten two Shengshi potatoes, so that I could endure it for a while longer."
"But don't tell me, I also smell the smell of vegetables... Could it be that you are extremely hungry?"
People around heard the conversation between the two of them, and they all interrupted: "I heard it too, but the smell of this dish is a bit mixed..."
"Yeah! It seems to be getting heavier and heavier. I feel a little sick..."
"Is it possible that hallucinations can be affected by the dirty water down there?"
So many people began to look at the dirty water below.
Suddenly someone felt as if something touched his hand, and he fished it out without thinking.
As soon as I took it out, my face immediately turned green.
Against the backdrop of the firelight around him, he could clearly see that what he was holding in his hand was a fish bone with a few noodles hanging on it.
The man hurriedly threw the fish bones out.
Soon one after another, some people felt weak shocks under the water.
Then a large number of swills arrived from behind, and a large number of egg blossoms, rotten vegetable leaves and oily flowers were floating on the water.
The extremely unpleasant smell and the unforgettable scene finally made the crowd panic, and they couldn't help but start shouting.
"Damn it! Why are there so many leftovers in the water!"
"No! No! There are no such things during the day. There must be some unscrupulous people dumping swill... Everyone should be killed!"
"I can't stand it anymore...everyone...I really can't bear it anymore, I want to...vomit~~~"
The smell was so strong that even cotton couldn't stop it.
Finally, someone couldn't hold on any longer. After a day of torture, his willpower had been exhausted.
The strong smell of swill was mixed with dirty water, and someone finally couldn't help but spit it out.
This vomiting was even worse...the vomit spread quickly.
When the people around saw this scene, they were so nervous that they even vomited...
For a time, less than half of the one hundred and twenty people vomited into pieces.
A guard who noticed something was wrong came out to inquire about the situation and was shocked by the scene.
Then I vomited while standing on the carriage...
Yang Yingcai looked at the scene in front of him with a pale face.
What kind of evil have I done to deserve such torture...
Before he could think about it, he suddenly felt something in the water keep touching his hand, and he picked it up.
It's slippery to start with....
His eyes were a bit uneasy, and when he came to see it, he suddenly felt like he was dead.
A snake was holding a dead mouse in its mouth and kept biting it.
"Snake!! There is a snake in the water!!"
Yang Yingcai couldn't help but howled, and hurriedly threw the snake away.
This swing was directly thrown into the crowd, and then someone screamed, followed by the sound of falling into the water.
One after another people found the snake, and they didn't know if it was the same one.
In short, everyone was panicked, but even so, they did not dare to stand up from the water. There were guards on the carriage watching for His Majesty!
Gu Tian tightly grabbed the corner of his clothes and howled, surrounded by colleagues who were frightened by the snake and fell into the water.
"Brother Li! Don't hold me back! Let go! Let go!"
"Gulu gulu gulu..."
"Someone! Come on, help!"
Seeing that the situation was too serious, the guards on the side finally reluctantly jumped into the water and ran to save people.
At this time, Yang Yingcai was heartbroken and murmured: "Yan Guoan...I was mistaken..."
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