Chapter 38 The first confrontation
"This is just a one-sided word, I'm afraid I can't convince everyone, right?"
Ye Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the person who was talking. This person was a bit anxious and wise.
"Yes, this is indeed a one-sided word, but the official's voice is here, and the official's people are here. Zhang Wu has been beaten into the clinic by you now. On that day, there were not only gentry in the city, but also hundreds of onlookers on the side of the people. Is this official a one-sided word? Have you ever really studied it?"
Ye Zhao looked at everyone and said loudly: "Since he entered the officialdom, he has been in a straightforward manner. What I said has never been ruined. I dare to guarantee this with my official voice and wealth and life. I will never commit any false public service to personal gain. But have you ever thought that those who incite you and others to besiege this county government may be able to provide evidence that you believe in to prove that this official wronged the good person?"
Thinking about what Ye Zhao did after taking office, many people calmed down completely, and many people even began to disperse quietly. After all, this gathering of people to attack the government is not a trivial matter. Although the law does not blame the public, if the court really wants to pursue the investigation and capture some typical examples, who knows whether it will fall on him?
"Don't listen to his evil words to deceive the public!" The man in the crowd couldn't help but be anxious when he saw this. He had planned it. As long as Ye Zhao refused to come out, the public grievance would become more and more aggressive under their incitement. Although there were still a few months before the agreed uprising, Suiyang was a major city. He would harm the guards here in advance, and the uprising would be more successful at that time.
But no matter what, he never expected that Ye Zhao would dare to come out. He saw too many officials in the Han Dynasty who were afraid of death. Especially in the past two years, the emperor sold official positions and awarded titles, which made fewer and fewer responsible officials. He had never even heard of those who dared to stand up like Ye Zhao in such a surging crowd.
"The evil words confuse the crowd, I want to see who is confuse the crowd! Dian Wei is here, take this person down for me!" Seeing that the people who were originally crowded into a large group began to loosen, Ye Zhao's eyes turned cold and he shouted sternly.
"Here!" Dian Wei, who had already been a little impatient, agreed loudly when he heard this, stepped out, and his burly body rushed into the crowd, as if it were like an ancient bulldozer, rushing through a path among the crowd. The man was shocked to see this, turned around and wanted to escape.
"I want to leave!" Dian Wei's pace was extremely fast. When the man turned around, he had already rushed behind him and reached out to grab him. The man was quite burly, but in Dian Wei's hands, he was no different from a chicken. Dian Wei took it out of the crowd.
"Die!" This man was also a ruthless person. Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, he took out a short sword from his arms and stabbed Dian Wei's chest and abdomen.
"Ba~"
Dian Wei is a fierce man who has been with beasts all year round. His vigilance is better than ordinary people. He noticed this man as soon as he made a move. He grabbed the man's wrist with his empty left hand, smiled grimly, and flashed sideways by two short knives stabbed in the crowd, and his wrist suddenly exerted force.
"Crack~" With a crisp sound, one of the arms holding the sword twisted strangely, and the whole face also twisted. The man was tough and his whole arm was broken, but he just groaned and did not scream.
When the people around him saw an armed fight, they had already dispersed, and immediately exposed those who were ill-behaved in the crowd. Ye Zhao pointed to the people who were still alive and said, "Take all those who hold sharp weapons!"
"Here!" Ding Li, Fang Yue and others rushed forward without saying a word. Although these people were not as weak as the people, they were no different from ordinary people in front of Ye Zhao, who were well-trained and trained on the battlefield.
Just a charge, he was disarmed and the stubborn resisters were killed on the spot. The blood stained the ground. The people hiding in the distance were even more frightened and dared not stay anymore. Except for some bold ones, the rest were all dispersed as birds and beasts.
The people went all out, but from all directions, hundreds of men holding various weapons rushed out. Seeing that Dian Wei was holding his leader, they all shouted and rushed towards him.
"Don't worry about me, run!" The man grinned in pain, but he quickly tried to stop his companions from rescue when he saw this.
He could see that the people around Ye Zhao were not good at all, and they were not at the same level as the county soldiers they usually met. Now rushing up is no different from seeking death.
"It seems like a big fish!" Seeing this, Ye Zhao's eyes lit up. He originally wanted to arrest the incitement people to shock the morale of the army, but he did not expect that arresting a Ma An would lead to the Taiping Cultist lurking in the dark for so many years to jump out. He was just an ordinary manager, which alarmed so many people. Ye Zhao became more and more curious about Ma Yuanyi's identity.
"Since I'm here, it's not easy to leave!" A sneer was held at the corner of my mouth, and Ye Zhao said loudly: "Dian Wei, let me take a look at this man. I will interrogate him in person later. Don't let him die!"
"Here!" Dian Wei carried the man in the crowd and swung him as a weapon, knocking away the Taiping scholars who were approaching him. He rushed back to Ye Zhao with his strode and threw the man to the ground, and directly threw the man away. Two county guards came forward and tied the man up, and stuffed a strip of cloth into his mouth.
Seeing that the leader was arrested, and with the other party's previous orders, the other party had lost their fighting spirit and scattered. Ding Li and others took advantage of the victory to pursue him and captured a lot on the spot, but many people still couldn't catch him and ran away.
"Lord, a lot of people have left!" Ding Li and Fang Yue came back and bowed to Ye Zhao.
"How are our casualties?" Ye Zhao asked.
"The county guards have been in the dozens, but one person is gone, and there are many people who are affected." Fang Yue bowed and said.
"Shi Gongcao Shi allocated some money from the treasury to the suffering brothers and the people who were affected. In addition, the whole city was martial law and informed that all the party members were arrested and rewarded with thousands of dollars!" Ye Zhao frowned and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Sheng, you take the county guard to the outside of the city and seize Mazhuang. If there are those who resist, kill them!"
Although I know there will probably be no gains there, at least that property must be taken back to subsidize the losses of the treasury.
"Here!" Jiang Sheng agreed upon hearing this. They were not good at fighting tough battles, but they were more skilled in raiding the house than the people brought by Ye Zhao.
"Qiu Chi, immediately write a document and hand it over to the Prime Minister's Office, asking Prime Minister Liang to allow us to carry out martial law and send someone to notify the major families in the city and ask them to help them too." Ye Zhaosu said.
"Here!"
Chapter completed!