Return of the Swallow

In a word, it was as if a floodgate had been opened.

The sound of cursing was like a flood, and the noise spread.

All the refugees were pointing at the prefect Yang and cursing.

"Corrupt officials! They must have taken money from Gao!"

"Gao Dianshi has done so many bad things, and you drive people away when the little Prince Pang sees injustice. Do you deserve to be a magistrate like you?"

"Dog officials, officials and officials protect each other, and don't give us ordinary people a way to survive!"

"Dog officer, dog officer!"

"Kill him! Kill him!"

The anger of the refugees had already been appeased by Pang Xiao's act of justice, but Yang Zhifu's actions pushed the anger of all the people to the next peak.

Everyone grabbed the mud and stones on the ground and threw them at Zhifu Yang.

The entourage and guards of the prefect Yang hurriedly protected him among them, opening their arms like old hens, for fear that the magistrate might be injured. However, a lot of dirt and stones were still thrown on Yang Zhifu's face and head.

Where did the magistrate Yang suffer such aggrievedness?

He hurriedly said loudly: "It's not that the government doesn't deal with Gao Dianshi, but that Prince Zhongshun has exceeded his authority, he..."

"Go eat shit! You dog official, stop talking nonsense here!"

Before Yang Zhifu finished speaking, he was hit in the face by a ball of horse manure coming towards him.

"Bah, bah, bah, bah!" Yang Zhifu wiped his face and coughed violently. The look of embarrassment has never been seen before.

However, the people didn't give up. They couldn't find anyone to avenge them. Qian Dashan was seriously injured and fell to the ground. He was carried aside and is still unconscious.

They had nothing to eat, nothing to drink, no warm clothes, and they didn't know where their next meal would be. It was so hard for someone to offer them a job, but the magistrate Yang refused. In a pretentious way, he said that he exceeded his authority. Isn't this because he is protecting his subordinates?

Their future is no longer in sight. Being bullied like this, instead of silently starving to death or freezing to death, it's better to let out a bad breath now!

The refugees couldn't bear it anymore and rushed forward angrily. Some rushed to the yamen, some rushed to Yang Zhifu and Gao Dianshi,

Others rushed in the direction of Gaofu.

Not only that, the desperate refugees were very hostile to the wealthy families, and some of them felt revenge and rushed to other irrelevant families.

Yang Zhifu took a look and quickly waved his arms: "You all stop! Whoever you want to punish, the government will agree. Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive!"

However, in the chaos, who else could hear the cries of Yang Zhifu?

Everyone rushed to vent their anger, yelled and vented, and rushed around.

Prefect Yang was in a cold sweat.

If this continues, won't the families near the Yamen all suffer? That was an unprecedented event in a hundred years! He, an unknown magistrate, should be recorded in the history books because of this kind of thing?

Even if the Holy One knew about it, there would be no good fruit for him!

Yang Zhifu looked left and right, not knowing what else to do. Turning around suddenly, he happened to see Yu Chiyan and Gu Shixiong who were huddling together and shrinking back at the corner of the wall. Prefect Yang was furious immediately.

Okay, Yu Chiyan is a thief! This mansion protects your people, but you just shrank your neck and ignored it for a while, what are you!

But the crowd was chaotic, no one could hear what he said or scolded.

We can't let this matter go on!

Yang Zhifu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, he could only squeeze in the direction where Pingnan Army left. And his entourage and bodyguards were all busy helping him fend off the refugees who rushed up to beat him up.

"My lord, my lord, please stay! My lord, please stay behind!"

Yang Zhifu no longer cared about his image, he yelled in the direction of Pang Xiao like crazy.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were dirty, and horse manure was thrown on his face, but at this moment he couldn't care less about these.

In fact, Pang Xiao didn't want to leave at all, otherwise, wouldn't their cavalry disappear in the blink of an eye, and it would be Yang Zhifu's turn to chase after him?

Hearing Zhifu Yang's voice, Pang Xiao turned his head, and the Jinghu Guards immediately went forward to pick up Zhifu Yang, lest he be beaten to death by refugees before he could speak to the prince.

"My lord!" Yang Zhifu was out of breath, and said anxiously: "Your lord, the city is in such a mess, how can you just do nothing!"

Pang Xiao turned over and jumped off the horse. After standing still with Qin Yining in his arms, he turned to look at Yang Zhifu, and said amusedly: "Didn't the Yang Zhifu just say that the king is overstepping? If you let the king go, the king will have to go. You don't Let this king intervene, and this king has no choice but to not intervene, why is this king doing nothing now? Yang Zhifu must be too difficult to serve!"

Zhifu Yang knew that Pang Xiao was blaming him, and he couldn't care less about his face at the moment. If the chaos continued, his life and the lives of the whole family would be lost.

Yang Zhifu hastily swept the ground and begged: "I beg the prince to let the soldiers and horses take action to calm down this disturbance. Otherwise, if it continues to develop, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Pang Xiao said: "You asked me to take care of this. Didn't this king act beyond his authority?"

"No, no." Yang Zhifu was so angry that his stomach hurt.

Pang Xiao turned around and said to Qin Yining: "Princess, do you think this king should take care of it?"

At this moment, Qin Yining could not bear to laugh, in fact, he had already endured very hard.

Pang Xiao is not a random person, nor is he a person who caress about human life. He has already arranged for people to guard the gates of the surrounding people. This is just to scare Yang Zhifu and let him come to beg him.

Qin Yining pretended to ponder and said: "Actually, the prince was framed for overstepping his authority, and this concubine felt very uncomfortable...but the prince still cooperates sincerely with the prefect of Yang to ensure the stability of the old capital."

"Alright then." Pang Xiao said with a smile: "Then listen to Wangfei."

The Jinghu Guards have long been accustomed to the love between Pang Xiao and Qin Yining. But the elites of the Pingnan Army didn't know.

They only thought that Pang Xiao was a reputable tough guy, who would have thought that this tough guy also had a tender side? Moreover, the prince doesn't mind showing his love for his wife in front of outsiders, and is even willing to let her express her own opinion on such matters. Not any man can give such respect to his wife.

The men have long been convinced by Pang Xiao these days, and now they see Pang Xiao loving his wife so much, and the tenderness of the tough man, which is even more precious in the eyes of everyone.

Everyone laughed.

Pang Xiao turned back and said loudly: "Brothers, hurry up and stop the refugees, don't stand here and laugh."

"yes!"

Pingnan Army, Jinghuwei, and Pang Xiao arranged for people in plain clothes in the dark to cooperate immediately.

But after a while of incense, the scene of the riot subsided, instead of the shock of thousands of people roaring, only occasionally someone swearing.

Pang Xiao stood in the middle of the open space and said loudly: "Folks, everyone, be quiet and listen to what I have to say."

Huzi and Mu Jinghu, who were squatting in the crowd, looked at each other.

Huzi immediately said loudly: "Don't make noise, listen to what the prince has to say!"

Mu Jinghu also used his arm to turn the people around him, "Listen to what Wang Ye said, Wang Ye is a good man."

Some people mixed in with the refugees passed each other, and the emotions of the refugees quickly calmed down, and everyone was quiet.

Pang Xiao said loudly: "Folks, just now the prefect Yang said to this king that he is willing to agree to any request from everyone to work, as long as the big guy can stop making trouble. The king thought that what Yang prefect said was for everyone's benefit. So Just help him make peace with everyone.

"Look, if the trouble continues, everyone's outcome will be bad in the end. And those who want to rob others in a fit of anger, do you think that behavior is right? If they are caught by the court, will they have to beheaded? ?

"You have been wronged, and it is human nature to curse and curse people in anger. Anyone who knows will sympathize with everyone. But once everyone really becomes a murderer who caused a riot, the only way for the court is to send troops to suppress it. Quit civil unrest!

"Those people in history who gathered crowds to make trouble, do you know what happened to everyone?"

Pang Xiao's voice was loud and clear, and what he said was easy to understand. When everyone calmed down, he gently explained Cheng Po's strength clearly. Although he didn't express any intention of blaming him, he did a good job of scaring him.

It only took a while for the common people to be dazed by their anger. Everyone is used to keeping their own place. How many of them have the guts to bear the sanctions of the law? Who would sincerely want to do evil? Who is not afraid of death?

So when Pang Xiao said what he said, everyone who said it consciously shut up and became flustered.

Pang Xiao paced quietly, giving all the refugees enough time to think about what would happen to them if they continued to do evil, until everyone knew what fear was, and then continued:

"So now that Prefect Yang has agreed to these conditions, he is really taking care of everyone. Prefect Yang is a scholar, with a somewhat pedantic mind, but a good heart. If you have any difficulties, just bring them up. I'm here to help as a witness.

"We big guys have gone through wars, famines, and survived with great difficulty. There is no need for water to do things that hurt people. Do you think so? Isn't it our purpose that our wives and children can live well?"

"Yeah, we just want to live." In the crowd, someone covered his face and sobbed.

This cry really made everyone cry with sadness.

Everyone started to cry.

Hungry, braving the cold wind, making such a big fuss, almost lost his life after several twists and turns, and finally got a chance to negotiate terms with the official. In everyone's heart there is a kind of fear and panic for the rest of their lives, and the infinite panic and fear of the future.

"We just want to survive, to have something to eat."

"We want Gao Dianshi to be punished as he deserves!"

"Let Gao Dianshi release the benevolent man he captured!"

"Also, we want a warm place to live.

"If the conditions are not good, it doesn't matter if we grown-ups are a little bit cold, at least give my baby and my eighty-year-old mother a warm place to spend the winter!"

...

Everyone raised conditions in a hurry.

But none of their conditions were excessive.

The conditions they proposed made Qin Yining feel sad when he heard it.

These are simple people.

They have no ambitions, nor do they want any glory and wealth.

They just want to live, they want their families to live, they want to be filial to the elderly, and they want their children to live better.

To put it bluntly, what they want is nothing more than the most basic human dignity.

But in this chaotic world, even such a simple wish cannot be realized.

Qin Yining's desolate drooping eyes already contained tears of sadness.

Standing in the corner of the wall, Yu Chiyan, who was still in shock, felt an unspeakable sadness, pain and deep guilt at this time.

These are his former children. His people just want to live like a human being, but he, the emperor, can't do it.

He lost his country, lost his family, killed his wife and concubines, and now he is still alive, trying to regain the power of Dayan. He has no close contact with these people, so he has never considered the thoughts and feelings of these people.

In the cold wind, Yu Chiyan looked at the refugees in ragged clothes and listened to their humble begging and crying, and for the first time asked her heart very seriously.

He did it, right?

Pang Xiao's heart was also extremely heavy.

He looked down at Zhifu Yang who was beside him with a tense expression and asked in a deep voice, "Prefect Yang, did you hear that?"

Yang Zhifu pursed his lips for a long time before nodding heavily.