Chapter 268: The Lord of Suzhou
The Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lu Garden face each other across the water, and there is such a big movement in the Lu Garden, so naturally they can't hide the Xu family in the Humble Administrator's Garden.
Zhao Hao and Lin Run did not guess wrong, it was the Xu family who fanned the flames behind this civil unrest.
Originally, it was just a traditional drama of weavers and weavers fighting dog eunuchs, but the Xu family took the opportunity to create chaos, making the situation out of control all of a sudden.
But Xu Fan learned to be obedient this time, he was far away in Songjiang remote command, and refused to set foot in the land of right and wrong.
The person who carried out his will in Suzhou was Xu Xu, the head of the Humble Administrator's Garden...... At the beginning, Xu Xu went to the prefect's yamen for help, but because of his bad attitude, he was beaten out by Cai Guoxi with a lot of teeth, and he has always hated it.
This time there is a chance to retaliate, of course Xu Xu wants to point the finger at Cai Guoxi. first lit the prefect's yamen, and then drove him out of Suzhou City, and let out a bad breath.
In the past few days, Mr. Xu has been letting the people below keep fanning the flames everywhere, so as not to calm down the situation, and then turn the big things into small things and small things like before.
The effect was very good, and the riots continued for several days, and there was no sign of stopping.
This made Mr. Xu quite complacent, and even gave birth to the illusion that he was the lord of Suzhou.
It's really called 'people are drunk if they don't get drunk, and people are obsessed with flowers if they don't get charming'.
It wasn't until he heard that several high-ranking members of the Dongting Merchant Gang had come to Lu Yuan from outside the city and convened a meeting of the entire city's weavers that Xu Xu suddenly woke up.
"Lu Kuang, old man dares? How dare you do that? Mr. Xu was so angry that he grinned with a mouth full of gold teeth.
The heart said that if you want to have a meeting, you will secretly have a small meeting, and you have to run to the meeting under the nose of Lao Tzu, which is simply too bad for me to take the lord of Suzhou, Mr. Xu, in his eyes, right?!
"The little one will lead people to surround Lu Yuan, go in and arrest spies and traitors!" The men shouted violently.
"What are you yelling about?" Xu Xu glanced at his subordinates depressedly, and scolded: "The foreman of the courtyard, which one of his hands is not dozens or hundreds of people?" I don't know how angry it is! ”
"Then wait for those weavers to leave, teach the surnamed Lu a hard lesson, and let him know that Suzhou City is now our final say!" The subordinate proposed again.
"It's not appropriate." Xu Xu shook his head and said: "The Lu family is flourishing and powerful, and it offended Lu Kuang and made enemies for the old lady." ”
"Then let them do their little thing?" The subordinates were full of unwillingness.
"Of course not, but you have to use some energy." Xu Xu gritted his teeth and asked:
"From which gate did the surname Liu enter the city?"
"Changmen." The subordinate replied in a muffled voice: "When Xiao Yi of the Lu family led people to rob the door, he said that he was leaving a way out of the city for his old man. But in a blink of an eye, the lackeys of the government were let in. ”
"So, tonight, when the army enters the city, eighty percent will also go to Changmen?" Xu Xu pondered for a moment, and his cold gaze swept over everyone.
"Specify yes."
"Gather people and take back the gate before dark, I don't think the official army can enter the city tonight, who will believe the nonsense of the Lu family and the Dongting Chamber of Commerce tomorrow?"
Xu Xu ordered sharply: "You don't have to be afraid, there are a total of 1,000 officers and troops outside the city, and there is no way to storm it!" ”
Saying that, he stared at him, and said in a dark voice: "The eldest master's side, the impeachment of the official has been arranged, and if it drags on for another ten days and eight days, Lin Run and Cai Guoxi will all get out!" ”
"Okay!" The excited subordinates were immersed in the thrill of confrontation with the government, and they couldn't extricate themselves.
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It was dark, and the torches were shining in the school yard outside the gate.
The 1,000 officers and men who had rested for half a day were well fed and drunk, and were ready to go.
A group of civil and military officials surrounded Lin Run and came to the officers and soldiers.
Feng Qianhu ordered the soldiers to listen to Zhongcheng's words.
Lin Run only made a brief mobilization, but repeatedly emphasized the military discipline after entering the city.
It is not allowed to take advantage of the chaos to rob, it is not allowed to kill and rape, and it is not allowed to leave the team without authorization.
He knows these guys too well, he is an officer and soldier when he cares closely, and he will become a bandit as soon as he relaxes.
This is also the reason why Lin Run is reluctant to mobilize a large army to quell the chaos, although it is fast, the secondary damage it can cause is even far greater than the riot itself.
"Let's go." After saying all that, he waved his hand, turned on his horse, and led the army out of the school field.
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At the same time, the gate has changed hands.
The house slaves of the Xu family have been stringing up everywhere these days, throwing a lot of money, and really pulling up a thousand-person citizen self-defense force composed of ruffians and hooligans and fighting green skins.
They wore red turbans and carried iron rods with eyebrows, and they were rampant and domineering, smashing and looting everywhere, and most of the chaos in Suzhou today was due to this 'citizen self-defense force'.
In the afternoon, Xu Xu gave an order, and the house slaves gathered the self-defense forces, and as soon as it was dark, they rushed to the gate tower of Changmen City, and beat people when they saw them!
Lu Yi and his less than 200 weavers were caught off guard, beaten to the ground, and fled.
In the blink of an eye, the law enforcement team captured the gate. The cheers of the ghosts and wolves rang out, and everyone had the illusion that they were invincible.
In the midst of the excitement, everyone on the tower of the city gate saw a fire dragon coming from the south outside the city.
"The officers and soldiers are coming, quickly block the city gate!" Steward Xu, who personally led the team, hurriedly ordered everyone to block the city gate.
The Self-Defense Forces hurriedly pressed wooden sticks against the locked gates. Not at ease, he let people push a cart of bricks and stones, and the city gate hole was tightly blocked.
Xu Xu stood at the head of the city and looked at the fire dragon that could not be seen at a glance, and couldn't help but gasp.
"How do you feel like there are more than a thousand people?"
"Yes, at least two or three thousand......" The people below were also frightened.
"Could it be that Lin Run has increased his troops?"
"If there are so many people, if you can't open the door, you will attack it, right?"
Xu Xu's scalp was numb for a while, and he didn't have the courage to go head-to-head with the officers and soldiers.
"Hurry up and transfer people over, let's also make the momentum bigger, so that they don't dare to attack!"
"Yes!"
His subordinates hurried to gather people, but tonight Suzhou City was obviously affected by the curfew of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, and the streets were much more deserted than a few days ago.
They knocked on the street again and shouted gongs, knocked on the door again to call people, and transferred 200 people each from the nearby Panmen and Qimen, and it took great effort to gather 1,000 people to reinforce Changmen.
At this time, there were a full 2,000 people standing on the gate tower and the city walls on both sides, and he didn't feel so panicked.
Xu Xu ordered them to also light torches, and the two or three thousand people outside the city complemented each other, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.
He felt that he was doing it again, and with his hand on his sword, he walked around the city wall with his head held high, cheering his men in a loud voice.
"The officers and soldiers are not as good as bullshit! The only Qi family army that can fight has already gone north, leaving behind a bunch of waste. ”
"Why do they want to attack the city? I can't attack it in eight lifetimes! ”
"Tonight's defense of the city is successful, Lao Tzu will take you to patronize the girls in the flower streets and alleys!"
Just say anything else, at the mention of this, everyone in the city screamed excitedly, and it seemed that their morale was extremely high.
Xu Xu nodded with satisfaction, and was about to continue to live the city lord's addiction, but saw one of his house slaves running up in a panic.
"It's bad for the chief, the officers and soldiers have already entered the city!"
ps. I rested for a long time during the day.,Just finished two chapters.,The next chapter will be there right away.。