Chapter 26 Planning to Earn Shangyu
The truth of the Yuyao Incident has not yet reached Shangyu. When the sun gradually rose in the morning, Shangyu County was no different from usual, and a new day began.
The soldiers guarding the city gate opened the city gate and let people inside and outside the city go in and out. Zhou Agen has done this kind of work many times. After opening the city gate with his companions, he walked to the city gate, watching the people passing in and out, while talking to his partner Zhang Zhao.
Ordinary people’s gossip is nothing more than talking about trivial matters on weekdays, and at most they can add some rumors and interesting stories on the streets and alleys. Now is not the information age, can they still talk about topics such as the Sino-US trade war? But even so, this kind of gossip is also a daily pastime for Zhou Agen and his friends. Otherwise, it would be too boring to be at the city gate from morning to night every day.
He had just talked to Zhang Zhao about the lively situation of Mr. Zhao Wu of the county marrying a concubine a few days ago. He heard a few conversations among the crowds passing by the city gate. Zhou Argen was stunned.
"Hey! Hey, I'm talking about you, stop looking at me, just call you, come on."
Zhou Agen drank a man dressed in a businessman. The man saw Zhou Agen calling for a while and didn't understand what was going on.
"June, the little one has paid the money to enter the city." The man pointed to a wooden box placed at the gate of the city. There was a hole next to the wooden box, which was specially used to pay the money to enter the city.
"Who asked you what money to enter the city? I asked you, what were you talking about just now?" Others took care of the money to enter the city. This had nothing to do with Zhou Agen, but the content of the conversation between the merchant and his companions just now attracted him.
Seeing that Zhou Agen was not asking for trouble for him, Xing Shang sighed and smiled: "When Jun Ye said that, we are talking about Yuyao in front of us."
"What's going on in Yuyao? What's the rare thing in Yuyao?" Zhou Agen, who loved to inquire, said puzzled.
"Mr. Jun, all the roads on Yuyao have been blocked in the past few days. If you don't leave, you don't know what big things happened. You also know that the villains are all traders. You have to go back and forth several times a year when you go to Yuyao's business roads. This is the first time that this happens. Everyone is a little confused and chats a few words." The trader replied, and the few people around him also nodded and said yes. One even told Zhou Agen that a fellow villager should have returned from Yuyao's business a few days ago, but now it's been delayed for almost three days and no one has seen him. He sent someone to inquire and don't know what's going on. It's just that he learned that the pipeline in Yuyao has been blocked.
"It's sealed? Who is so bold to seal the official position? Let's talk nonsense." This was the first time Zhou Agen heard about this and was surprised.
"June, this is really not a foolish propaganda by the young people. If you don't believe me, go and ask?"
"Brother Zhou, I have heard of this. Don't you think there are many fewer people coming from Yuyao these days?" Zhang Zhao said, and others nodded repeatedly, but no one could tell what happened.
Zhou Agen thought about it but couldn't figure it out. He was just a soldier looking at the city gate. Of course, he had a tall top in this big matter. No matter what happened to Yuyao, it was not their Shangyu. So he asked about it. He just heard a few curious questions.
Waving his hand and letting the Shangshang leave, Zhou Agen continued to look at the city gate boredly, and soon threw this matter behind his mind.
In less than half an hour, the originally crowded city gate gradually became sparse with the flow of people. The busiest time after opening the city gate has passed. There will be fewer people coming in and out next, and there will not be more people until the evening.
Just as Zhou Agen was planning to go to the foot of the city wall to have a few walks, footsteps came from outside the city, which made him look outwards.
Through the city gate, I vaguely saw a large group of soldiers coming towards the city gate, and there were a few riding horses leading the team.
"Brothers are all more energetic! Some adults are here!"
The heads of the city gate, Zhou Agen and others, shouted at everyone. Look at the situation, probably the yamen came to Shangyu, and maybe they were still a high-ranking official. In front of these high-ranking officials, these little soldiers were nothing, but if they didn't cheer up, if the adults were unhappy, they would definitely not have any good results. Then, there would be no place to extort you if you whip it.
Hearing the hello, Zhou Agen stopped drinking tea. He quickly ran to the city gate to stand with his spear. As for Baichang, he rushed out of the city gate and prepared to greet Shangguan.
The team came from the east, and now it was the time when the sun was rising. From the dark to the light, I couldn't see the other person's face even though I had a long time. However, it seemed that there were quite a few people from afar. It looked like there were at least more than a hundred people.
The other party's speed was not slow, and it was a distance of more than 100 meters in a blink of an eye. Baichang smiled on his face, and took the initiative to beat him up and said, "Sir, I am a humble master, the guardian of Shangyu County, Wang..."
The war horse trotted at a constant speed suddenly began to accelerate. Before the hundred-year-old could react, he arrived in front of him. Before he could finish his introduction, he didn't have time to say anything even when he called Wang. He saw the strong man riding on the horse grinning at him, and a knife came up in the head.
The sword flashed and the head flew up. When the long head rolled to the ground, the smile on his face was still there, but there was a trace of incredibleness left in his unsightly eyes.
"Brothers! Kill me with me!"
Wang Yousan shouted, clamped his mount with his legs and rushed towards the city gate hole. Behind him were his iron subordinates, and more than a hundred fully armed rebels.
Not only that, there were also bursts of shouts of killing outside the city. One after another, flags were erected in the wilderness and the official roads. A dense crowd suddenly appeared like a god descending from the sky. At the center was a powerful general wearing Zhu Kai, and two large flags were erected beside him, one flag was the anti-Qing marshal and the other was the Yuan flag.
The more than a hundred people led by Wang Yousan were wearing Qing military uniforms that were taken off the officers and soldiers. Although they were a little unfit and some were even stained with blood, it was still possible to accidentally deceive the city gate in this way. As expected, Wang Yousan led the way and slashed Bai Chang's head with one knife and rushed into the city gate directly. When the shouts of killing sounded, the soldiers guarding the city gate had just reacted.
At this time, it was too late to close the city gate. The two soldiers leaning against the city gate were clean and neatly and were chased by Wang Yousan and others without having time to run. This shocking scene scared Zhou Agen. Fortunately, his position was at the closest to the city gate. When he saw that the other party was so fierce and murdered without blinking, he was so scared that he didn't even care about the spear in his hand, and threw his legs to the ground and ran into the city.
In a blink of an eye, Shangyu City Gate fell into Yuan Qi's hands. Except for Zhou Agen who escaped quickly, the rest of the soldiers guarding the city gate were killed on the spot. When Yuan Qi brought a large group of troops into Shangyu County, the entire Shangyu County was already full of war and chaos.
Chapter completed!