Chapter 1124
The yellow-robed man was frightened, his face turned pale, but his hands still held the motionless child tightly in his arms.
At this time, the woman in the Chinese costume had also crawled to the ground and grabbed the feet of the yellow-robed man. When she saw that the yellow-robed man had not fallen, she stood up from the ground in a panic. It's just that she has been kneeling on the ground for a long time, and she has just stood up from the ground, and her legs have not yet stood up straight, only to feel a tingle in her knees, and she fell to the ground again.
The man in the yellow robe was quick to hold up, and when he saw that the woman in the Chinese robe was about to fall to the ground again, he grabbed the wide jade belt tied around the waist of the yellow-robed man with his left hand and pulled it gently. The yellow-robed figure couldn't help but take two steps back, and happened to be beside the woman in the Chinese costume. The woman in the costume leaned on the legs of the yellow-robed man, and grabbed the yellow-robed man's body with both hands, so that she did not fall. The yellow-robed man hugged the child in his arms tightly with his left hand, and supported the woman with his right hand to stand up slowly. The two looked at each other at the same time, with a mixture of concern, sadness and shame in their eyes.
At this time, everyone could clearly see that the man in the yellow robe was a man in his forties. The man was short and fat, with a thief's grin on his face. At this time, he crossed his hands on his hips and stood beside the yellow-robed man as if nothing had happened.
The official stretched out his hand and pushed the yellow-robed man in a hurry, but he didn't expect him to be so poor that he actually fell backwards, which startled the official. He thought to himself, although this person is down, but after all, he is still a royal prince, if he is injured or killed by his own push, it will be a big crime for the Nine Clans. Although the officials of the Chengdu Prefecture must try their best to help themselves cover up, the adults of the Ministry of Rites will not sit idly by and watch themselves be imprisoned. But a bit of favor is indispensable, and I don't know how much money it will cost to settle this matter. It wasn't until Humpty Dumpty suddenly appeared and supported the yellow-robed man that the official breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to have any more entanglements with the yellow-robed man, and when he saw that everyone was looking at the yellow-robed man, he immediately turned around and wanted to sneak away.
At this moment, I heard the Humpty Dumpty laugh and say, "This lord, do you want to leave?"
The official was stunned, stopped, turned away, and looked at Humpty Dumpty carefully. Seeing that this person was in shabby clothes and had an ordinary face, he looked like a porter. He sneered and said, "Are you talking to this official?"
But he saw Humpty Dumpty deliberately looking around, and said to himself: "Is there a second high-ranking official here?!" It's just that when he said the word "high-ranking official", he deliberately couldn't say it clearly, and it sounded like he was saying "dog official". The people around him burst into laughter, and many of them pointed at the official and whispered about it.
The official knew that Humpty Dumpty was deliberately ridiculing him, so he was furious, and turned his head and shouted: "Ma San, Zhang Jin, you two kill talents, and you don't teach this Diao people a lesson for the master?!"
Ma San and Zhang Jin were the official's personal servants. After the three of them left the prefect's yamen, they were originally going to return to the inn, but they were stopped by the yellow-robed man after walking a short distance. This official had already heard from the Chengdu prefect that the yellow-robed man was bent on making trouble with the officials of the Ministry of Rites. It was because he was sitting in the sedan chair, and he heard the noise outside the sedan chair, and when he heard Ma San say that the yellow-robed man wanted him to theorize, he knew that something was wrong, and took advantage of the chaos to sneak out of the sedan chair and slip away. It's not that he's afraid of the yellow-robed man, it's just that although the other party is a down-and-out royal prince, he can't beat or scold, and he doesn't have to get into this trouble. However, the yellow-robed man saw him get off the sedan chair, ignoring Ma San and Zhang Jin's obstruction, and desperately chased after him. The official was wearing an official uniform and official boots, and it was difficult to run, so after escaping two streets, he was still stopped at the corner by the yellow-robed man. Ma San and Zhang Jin were a little slower because they were going to take two sedan chair drivers with them, and when they arrived at the street entrance, there were already many people around. Although the two wanted to stop the yellow-robed man, they were wrapped in the crowd by the people watching the excitement, and they couldn't come forward to help.
At this time, hearing the shouts of the master, Ma San and Zhang Jin, who were blocked in the crowd, squeezed into the circle with their lives. Both of them were strong men in their thirties, wearing silk shirts sewn with high-quality Shu brocade given by the Chengdu prefect, and grabbed Humpty Dumpty in front of him violently. Zhang Jin pointed at Humpty Dumpty's nose and scolded: "A thief who doesn't have long eyes dares to be rude to my master, see that Lao Tzu doesn't beat you all over the ground to find teeth!"
After he finished speaking, he formed a fist with his right hand and struck straight at Humpty Dumpty's face. When the people around them saw that they were moving, they became more and more excited and rushed forward. The few people standing at the front were caught off guard, pushed by the crowd behind, and fell to the ground. At this time, there were thousands of people around, and they didn't know what was going on in the circle, and everyone wanted to see it clearly, so they squeezed forward one after another. The people fell to the ground, and before they could get up, the crowd behind them had already crowded up, and they were about to trample them under their feet.
Zhang Jin was swinging his fist at Humpty Dumpty, but the crowd behind him squeezed up. A man was hit by the crowd behind him, stumbled under his feet, and fell forward when he landed, hitting Zhang Jin's waist headlong. Zhang Jin was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a "plop".
After Zhang Jin fell, the crowd rushed up in an instant. Countless feet stepped on, and they were about to trample Zhang Jin and several ordinary people who fell to the ground.
Between the lightning and flint, a figure flashed out, quickly grabbed several people who fell to the ground and Zhang Jin's side, and at the last moment, picked these people up from the ground, and dragged them back a few steps casually, so that they were not trampled to death by the crowd.
Seeing the people around them rushing forward, it was like a wall, and the situation was very staggering. Humpty Dumpty pulled the yellow-robed man and the woman in fancy clothes back a few steps, and then reached out and pulled the two children who were kneeling on the ground up, protecting them behind him, and then let out a long howl. Although there was a lot of people around, the whistling sound was sharp and piercing, and it clearly reached everyone's ears. Everyone only felt a ringing in their ears, and involuntarily reached out to cover their ears. As a result, the crowd who were desperately trying to squeeze forward involuntarily stopped. Everyone just covered their ears, never wanting to hear this strange shrill whistling sound again.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Humpty Dumpty shouted, "Stand still, everyone!
When the people who watched the excitement heard Humpty Dumpty's angry shout, their ears buzzed, and everyone was shocked, knowing that Humpty Dumpty was right. They stood on the ground one by one, and they no longer dared to crowd indiscriminately.
By this time the crowd had reached the back of the official, and almost pushed him to the ground, leaving him pale and trembling with fright. Fortunately, Humpty Dumpty first let out a long howl, and then a roar, calming the people. The officer ran a few steps forward acutely, fled to Humpty Dumpty, and then calmed down.
It was Li Qiufeng who rescued Zhang Jin and several people who fell to the ground. He saw that Humpty Dumpty had drunk the chaotic people with his deep internal strength, but the crisis had not been eliminated. These thousands of people have become frightened birds, and at this time, the slightest wind and grass is a little bit of a storm, but I am afraid that they will be chaotic like headless flies again. At that time, trampling on each other will surely be a tragedy. It was he who said loudly: "Don't panic everyone! Everyone standing on the outermost step back first!"
At this time, all the people had come to their senses, and they all knew that the chaos was going to go down, and they would never be able to please them, so no one dared to move. Hearing Li Qiufeng say this, the people standing on the outermost side slowly retreated. According to Li Qiufeng's plan, he wanted the people to retreat slowly one by one, so that there would be no more chaos. I didn't expect that these people were not an army, so where did they know what the law of advance and retreat was. After the outermost people retreated, the remaining people didn't wait for Li Qiufeng to speak, so they turned around and ran. Li Qiufeng was startled, and was about to say something to stop, but he saw the crowd tumbling backwards, where did anyone pay attention to what he wanted to say. Fortunately, hundreds of people had retreated before, and the crowd was no longer as crowded as Fang just now, and the people turned their heads and fled, but they did not collide with each other. In the blink of an eye, more than 1,000 people had fled dozens of paces away, and the entire street became empty.
Humpty Dumpty stood triumphantly at the corner with his hands on his hips. Li Qiufeng stood beside him, and the two of them protected the yellow-robed man, the woman in fancy clothes, and two children, a man and a woman. The Ministry of Rites official stood to the side, his body trembling to himself. Zhang Jin hid behind him, poking his head out from time to time to look at Humpty Dumpty.
After a while, I saw Ma San walking out of the crowd dozens of steps away with a frown, walking up to the official with an embarrassed face, and just called out "Lord Wang", the official waved his hand and slapped him, and scolded viciously: "Slave of abandoning the master, what does Lao Tzu want you to do?!"