"Dare I ask, what are you going to say?" An Wuniang asked carefully.
"It's about Liu Weili's rebellion. Anyone who can capture or kill him will be heavily rewarded. Even if he can't be captured and killed, as long as he can report relevant clues, there will be a reward!" someone else replied!
"Then, will people who are related to Liu Weili also be implicated?"
"That's natural!" The person being questioned laughed: "You woman, this is a major case of treason! Do you understand? According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, at least someone from the Yi tribe must be involved in treason, do you understand? Yi means to kill all, parents, wives, and other three clans must all be killed——"
An Wuniang could no longer hear clearly what the man said behind her. She only saw the man in front of her opening and closing his lips constantly, with red lips and white teeth turning around. He was like the skinned rabbits on the chopping board. She was in a daze. It seemed that it was also lying on the chopping board, with the steel knife at its neck, about to be skinned and chopped into large and small pieces for the pot. At this time, she felt dizzy and fainted.
When she woke up again, she had been moved under a locust tree by the roadside. Chen Qi said with a smile: "There are many people inside and the smell is dirty. It's better to come out!"
"Thank you!" An Wuniang said with a forced smile. She had something on her mind. She struggled to stand up and was about to go back to the store when she heard a sound from the crowd: "What, what's going on?"
"I don't know!" Chen Qi looked back and said, "Listen again, it seems like long live it!"
An Wuniang listened intently, and there were sparse cheers from the crowd, but the vast majority of people remained silent. The crowd was like a gloomy and suppressed rage, as if there was some kind of terrifying giant hidden underneath. Even An Wuniang could feel the strange and uneasy atmosphere around her.
"Let's go quickly. Things are not right here. There seems to be something terrible!" An Wuniang whispered.
"Okay, let's go!" Chen Qi also felt the terrible smell. Just as he was about to reach out to help An Wuniang up, a scream suddenly came from the crowd.
"Yes, help me, my legs are a little weak!" An Wuniang grabbed Chen Qi's right hand and was about to say something, but the next second her voice was drowned in a commotion, anger, fear and Thunders of hatred rolled in from all directions, swallowing everything up. "You bastards!" "Eighty cents for a bucket of rice, I can't live anymore!", "The emperor wants to take all the people from Chang'an to Anxi and replace them with people from Guandong", "Food, we want food!" "Don't go to Anxi, stay here In Chang'an!"
An Wuniang could see the crowds surging towards the wooden platform with bounties stacked at the entrance of the West Market. The soldiers were slapping the crowd with their spears, trying to maintain the line of defense, but rocks, soil, and various dirt were whizzing from above their heads. Whooshed by. "Open the granary!" Thousands of mouths shouted together in the next second. All other slogans were thrown aside, and only this one occupied every mouth. "Open the granary!" the people shouted in unison. "Open the granary!"
"Quick, run!" An Wuniang grabbed Chen Qi's right hand and, like a mindless puppet, instinctively spread her legs and ran. When she looked back for the last time, she saw the flag on the high platform. It was torn off, and was immediately torn into pieces by countless hands. In an instant, it became invisible. A staggering guy ran past her, his face was covered with blood and he looked crazy. Farther away, a column of smoke rose into the sky.
Jinfu.
"It's so comfortable!"
Wang Wenzuo opened his eyes. The fatigue from staying up all night had disappeared, and abundant energy returned to his body. However, he did not intend to get up immediately. While this laziness had not completely dissipated from his body, he would lie down for a while. There is no such thing as comfort.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Bells? This is not a good sign, but with so many Forbidden Army officials in Chang'an City, it seems that it is not the turn of a fifth-grade official like me to worry about them, right? Wang Wenzuo closed his eyes, determined to pretend he didn't hear anything.
But soon, bursts of hurried footsteps were heard in the yard, followed by terrified screams: "Fire, there's a fire over there in the West Market, and there are also smoke pillars rising in the nearby squares!"
"Damn it, can't you just let me feel comfortable for a long time?" Wang Wenzuo jumped out of bed angrily. For any city in the medieval world, fire was a disaster that made people jealous, with dense population and flammable materials. Mainly buildings, poor fire protection design, basically zero rescue
The fire team, even the small group of people at the top of the power pyramid, will not be immune to fire.
"Black Teeth Changzhi, Ijirenbode, Dinghui, what happened?" Wang Wenzuo shouted loudly.
"Lang Jun!" The door was pushed open, and Hei Te Changzhi walked in: "Something happened over there in the West City!"
"Is it a fire?" Wang Wenzuo asked while putting on his shoes: "Where are Dinghui and Ijirenbode?"
"To be precise, it's a commotion. It's said that thousands of people robbed the Western Market and set fire to it. Several nearby squares were also robbed. There are more and more thugs. The commotion is spreading this way!" Black Tooth Changzhi! He whispered: "Sadae and Ijirenbodou are with the members of the mission, they should be here soon!"
"Envoy?"
"Yes, it is the Japanese envoy. There are more than thirty people. In addition to five scholarly monks and two craftsmen, all of them are good at archery. They plan to work for you now! Donghui and Ijirenbodou Go and get them armed, just in case!"
"Well, then the envoy will be commanded by Ijilenbod! My entourage will be commanded by you!" Wang Wenzuo nodded with satisfaction. At that time, the Japanese were still in the stage of clan aristocratic politics, with civil and military affairs not yet separated. The nobles had received considerable treatment since childhood. Archery training, the members of the mission are no exception. Now that they have just gained their freedom, once trouble occurs in Chang'an, their first reaction will naturally be to arm themselves.
"Here!" Hei Teochang said.
"Where's Brother Renshou?"
"I went to the East Palace at noon, but I haven't come back yet!"
"In comparison, I'm still a little slack!" Wang Wenzuo showed a wry smile.
Black Teeth Changzhi remained silent, holding his sword in his right hand and stopped talking. Wang Wenzuo sighed and stood up: "Let our people gather in the yard, I hope they won't be needed!"
Soon, Wang Wenzuo's courtyard was filled with people. The sergeants who escorted Wang Wenzuo back to Chang'an were on the left side of the courtyard, and on the right side were the attaches of the Japanese mission who had just joined Wang Wenzuo's command. Compared with the sergeants' long spears, big bows and horizontal knives, The equipment of these newcomers is much more messy than the large shields. They are basically wearing round-necked short robes, holding vine bows, with a quiver hanging on one side of their waist and a protective short sword hanging on the other side. They don't look like they are preparing to fight, but like It's time to go hunting.
"Forget it, I guess I can just stand on the wall and shoot arrows anyway, and there is no need to fight face to face!" Wang Wenzuo thought to himself, and he said in a deep voice: "Now there are thieves in Chang'an, and since we are officials of the Tang Dynasty, we should kill thieves ourselves. If you have accomplished meritorious deeds, you all must obey my orders and act accordingly. When the deeds are accomplished, I will reward you according to your merits!"
