The sound was not loud, but it sounded extremely clear when the entire audience was silent.
"Who is talking? Who dares to speak nonsense!?" Beside Xu Jiyuan, Yang Jingshi, the official, opened his eyes and shouted loudly.
He is a clerk in the accounting department under Xu Jiyuan, but after staying in the Gyeonggi Province Cleaning Bureau for a long time, he has already acquired the aura of an official.
Not to mention that after opening the warehouse to release grain for disaster relief, all he heard every day was the flattery of the victims and his soldiers. The temperament of being aloof and looking down on the people had long been developed.
Before Xu Jiyuan opened his mouth, he was already furious.
A group of officials on the high platform of the porridge shed followed the sound and looked into the victims, but they saw that the victims were tough-minded, and none of them backed away. Instead, they had a vague intention to protect the person who made the sound.
Then I saw an imposing man emerging from the crowd, looking at the officials in front of him with a solemn expression and saying:
"You can count the grains of rice in the rice porridge provided by the porridge shed, but no one will say, outside the capital, at the feet of the emperor, is there any royal law!?"
Xu Jiyuan looked at Li Yun carefully and found that he was a teenager, wearing relatively wealthy clothes. He couldn't help but sneered.
He himself belonged to the Gyeonggi Province Qingli Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs and was not a central official, so he was not qualified to go to court to see the emperor.
Seeing Li Yun's appearance at this time, I thought he was a son of a wealthy family in the capital, who came to pray for the people after being well fed.
Then he yelled and cursed:
"You're a cunning person, are you from the capital city? You don't go to the city to enjoy the blessings, but you come here to talk nonsense with these victims, imitate others and come to ask for help for the people? You don't even know what you are!"
He has lived in the capital for a long time, so he naturally knows that there are many dandies in the capital who have been well-dressed and well-fed since childhood. However, many of them consider themselves noble and think that they are born to save the lives of the people.
He just squandered his wealth and money, but never thought about where the money in his pocket came from.
Be a bitch again and build a memorial arch.
Moreover, relying on the power of the elders in the family, these young people often act arrogantly and domineeringly. He is the one who bullies men and dominates women, and he is the one who sees injustice on the road, all based on his own whim.
Although he didn't know which family the young man in front of him was from, Xu Jiyuan was ready to operate on him, kill the chicken to show the monkeys, and also shock the victims.
Li Yun shook his head and said:
"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Does it still depend on status? Today you are corrupt and perverting the law. If you dare to take food from the victims, I will take care of it."
With that said, he walked into the porridge shed.
Xu Jiyuan did not stop him. He was ready to let the young man toss around him. When he had done enough and had said all that needed to be said, he would order him to be taken down.
I am not a harsh person to begin with, I have always been open-minded and love the people like my own son. If you want to talk nonsense and plead for the people, just say it. After that, if I can change it a bit, I will give it your last name! Arrest people as you should, whip them as you should, and beat them with whips and boards as you should.
What if you want to use your own background to put me down? Hehe, among the officials in this dynasty, I have never seen anyone with a better background than me!
Xu Jiyuan squinted his eyes and stroked his mustache, with a mocking smile on his face, and let Li Yun walk into the porridge shed.
When the official Yang Jingshi and the military attache from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division saw that the chief officer Xu Jiyuan did not speak, they immediately understood that Mr. Xu was trying to tease the young man, and they also smiled and waited to see the good show.
It is no longer much fun to find a sense of superiority over those victims. After all, to them, the victims are not even human beings, at most they are just animals for them to play with.
Now there is such a young man from the capital who is so powerful that he just has a new gadget to play with, which can be considered as accompaniment to wine and food.
Otherwise, it would be too hard for these three noble officials to do their business in this wilderness.
There has to be some new fun.
A few people were thinking, but in front of everyone, Li Yun had walked into the porridge shed and came to a large iron pot on the stove.
Picking up a piece of bamboo chopsticks next to him, Li Yun looked at the porridge that could almost reflect the figure of a person, and said slowly:
"According to the laws of the Great Wu Dynasty, in the year of great disaster, when a warehouse is opened to provide porridge for disaster relief, sufficient food must be provided before the porridge can be cooked. This disaster relief rice porridge is tested by inserting bamboo chopsticks into the pot. If the chopsticks do not fall over, the rice porridge If the chopsticks are enough, the head will fall to the ground!"
As he spoke, he inserted the bamboo chopsticks in his hand into the pot.
The rice grains in the pot were clearly visible. It was just a pot of clear porridge with a slight grain flavor. As soon as the chopsticks were inserted to the bottom and Li Yungang let go, the pair of bamboo chopsticks immediately fell down and floated up in an instant!
Seeing this scene, the surrounding victims who were watching all let out angry exclamations, and immediately there was a commotion.
But Xu Jiyuan, Yang Jingshi and the military attache from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division looked at each other, as if they had seen some funny scene, and actually laughed out loud.
Yang Jingshi smiled and said:
"I didn't expect that this kid was not just a brainless dandy. He actually understood the laws of the Wu Dynasty."
Li Yun turned to look at the several soup kitchen officials on the high platform, with a frosty face and said:
"Since the three of you are the leaders of this soup kitchen, you should be beheaded in public, skinned and stuffed with grass, as a warning to others!"
Hearing this, Xu Jiyuan, who was initially disapproving, became furious and snorted coldly:
"You don't know how high the sky is! You have learned a few rules and yet you dare to talk nonsense here! There are hundreds of thousands of victims, how can they get so much food in Jingcang? Just having a mouthful of gruel to drink and hang their lives is already considered a big deal for them. It’s my blessing that the imperial court has shown mercy! But it’s unlearned and unskilled people like you who come out to stir up trouble. Come on, come on, catch me!”
As he spoke, several soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division rushed towards Li Yun and wanted to capture him on the spot.
At this moment, I saw the young man with a calm expression, standing with his hands behind his back, and said slowly:
"Where is the Jin Yiwei?"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of muscular figures rushed out of the crowd. They took out their embroidered spring swords from their sheaths, stepped forward and chopped down the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to the ground!
Zhou Quan took the lead and rushed towards Xu Jiyuan and others on the high platform.
He had been watching the crowd for a long time with a group of spies from the imperial guards. When he saw these officials being so disrespectful, he was already furious and was waiting for the emperor's words!
Xu Jiyuan did not expect that the other party would rush out with so many people. Seeing that the soldiers had been thrown to the ground, and their whole bodies were in front of him in a flash, he couldn't help but take a few steps back and exclaimed:
"Come quickly! The victims are rebelling! The victims are rebelling!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Zhou Quan had already kicked him to the ground, blood was flowing from his mouth, and a long knife was pressed against his neck.
Yang Jingshi and the military attaché named Qu Feng who were beside him were also knocked down by several people and pinned to the ground.
The incident happened suddenly. Na Qufeng struggled desperately to pull out the sword from his waist, and at the same time shouted loudly:
"Quickly, catch these thieves! Come to me!"
The hundreds of soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were guarding the left and right sides of the porridge shed immediately stepped forward with swords.
Xu Jiyuan continued to shout loudly:
"In broad daylight, at the feet of the Emperor, you dare to murder an official of the imperial court. This is a grave crime against the nine clans!"
Zhou Zhou showed a ferocious smile, and casually pulled off the robe that covered the outside, revealing the Feiyu Sui embroidered spring knife underneath. He held his belt high and shouted:
"Jinyiwei is doing some work, and all the idle people should get out of here!"
At the same time, the dozens of Jinyiwei spies beside him pulled off their robes at the same time, revealing a flying fish suit underneath. Their long swords were unsheathed and pointed at the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were rushing over.
The soldiers had originally seen Xu Jiyuan and others being subdued, and were about to teach these ignorant people a lesson. At this time, when they saw the embroidered spring knife and flying fish uniform, and heard Zhou Quan's words, they immediately felt their legs weaken and did not dare to go any further. Take a step forward.
These patrols from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division occasionally interacted with each other on weekdays, but most of them cooperated with each other based on their status as Sun Tzu. At this time, seeing the arrogant and domineering eyes of dozens of Zhou Quan's men, they immediately determined the identity of the other party.
It’s really Jin Yiwei!
Qu Feng, the military attaché of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, could not help but tremble all over. Then he lay on the ground and tried to raise his face, and said to Zhou Quan:
"It turns out to be the uncle of Jin Yiwei. Didn't this flood wash away the Dragon King Temple? My family doesn't recognize my family anymore. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. This is all a misunderstanding. Let me go quickly. I will set up a trap in Deqing Tower tonight." Banquet, three drinks as a penalty... no, six drinks as a penalty, what do you think?"
Xu Jiyuan also looked stunned at this time, and then said angrily:
"Jinyiwei? Who gave you permission to beat the imperial officials? This is rebellion! I am Xu Jiyuan, the chief of the Department of Cleaning and Officials of Gyeonggi Province, Ministry of Household Affairs! I must go to the court to ask for an explanation!"
Yang Jingshi, the accounting clerk next to him, turned his head and glanced at Li Yun. He suddenly shivered and his face turned pale, as if he had thought of something extremely terrible.
Zhou Quan sneered, stepped on the chest of the military attache Qu Feng, leaned over and looked at his face, then spat fiercely and cursed:
"Are you worthy of marrying our Jinyiwei? Who is in your family!"
Then he looked at Xu Jiyuan and said:
"The imperial court official? Do you still know that you are the imperial imperial official? What the hell!"
Although they, the Jin Yiwei, often ransacked homes and took people, and often did cruel and cruel things, they were only targeted at court officials. He also looked down on things like humiliating victims and taking food from the dead.
Then he sneered and said:
"Master Xu, don't you want to go to the court to seek justice? So that you know..."
Having said this, he cupped his fist at Li Yun, knelt down on one knee, faced the dense crowd of victims below, and said loudly:
"The person in front of you is the current Holy One, my Majesty the Emperor of the Great Wu Kingdom!"
Then he kowtowed to Li Yun and said:
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor! Your Majesty, a group of corrupt officials in this soup kitchen have been captured. I respectfully request your Holy Judgment!"
As he spoke, a look of righteousness appeared on his face, but his heart was already filled with joy.
He had wanted to say these words for a long time, but the eunuch Gou Zhong had beaten him to it last time, and now he had to shout them out by himself, which was really impressive!
At the same time, after hearing Zhou Quan's words, the accountant Yang Jingshi couldn't help but look pale and his whole body was limp. And everyone present, whether they were the disaster victims, Xu Jiyuan and Qu Feng, or the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, this time Everyone was in an uproar!
In front of them was actually the emperor of the day, Emperor Shunlong!
The previously circulated "Shunlong Private Interview in Private Service" has spread throughout Gyeonggi Province. Many victims have heard similar rumors and couldn't help but look happy immediately.
Among the crowd, the old man who had just taken two sesame seed cakes from Li Yun was so excited that he burst into tears and said in a trembling voice:
"It's the same day! How can I be so virtuous as an old man... It's dawn, it's dawn..."
Xu Jiyuan and Qu Feng also heard the storyteller in the brothel tell the story of the emperor's private visit in disguise. They originally thought it was a joke, but they never expected that they would actually encounter it!
Xu Jiyuan said quickly:
"Misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding! I...my uncle is Xu Wenxu Ge, the chief academician of the current cabinet! This is all a misunderstanding! Hurry...let me go..."
This relationship with Xu Wen is what he is most proud of, and it is also the reason why he dares to be so blatant.
Thinking of the fact that the emperor was just a puppet, he immediately felt that his waist became a little harder.
Xu Wen was the leader of the Dongzhu Party and the representative of the entire family in the court. He was not comparable to Tong Hongtao, the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
Even the eunuch Enhai, the leader of the eunuch party, had to give way to Xu Wen in order to maintain the operation of the court.
Even the emperor would think twice when hearing Xu Wen's name.
Besides, he just withheld some food and sold some women. It was not a serious crime. At most, he would be put in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and be released in the blink of an eye.
Just as his mind was settling down a little, he heard the emperor in front of him say calmly:
"Tie up these three people who are corrupt, perverting the law and taking human lives. They will be skinned and stuffed with straw to serve as a warning to others!"
(End of chapter)
