Dongguan County, county government.

Before dawn, Old Man Du came here, like hundreds of thousands of other people in the county.

As for why he came, it was entirely because old man Du's clan relatives were arrested by the county government last night.

The crime is: privately growing hibiscus flowers!

Old Man Du was so frightened that he knew very well what kind of outcome his relatives would face once this crime was proven true.

Kill without mercy!

Those who came to the county government office like Old Man Du did not mean that their family members were also arrested, but simply because they were worried.

Because planting hibiscus flowers is not done by one family, but tens of thousands of households across the county participate.

If all the people arrested this time were killed, it means that they could not escape the fate of being beheaded by the government.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad.

That's why early this morning, people from all over the county surrounded the Dongguan County Government Office.

Seek justice.

"Obviously, your yamen ordered you to plant hibiscus flowers in the first place. You said that you can make a lot of money by growing this thing. Who knew that growing this thing is illegal? Besides, didn't Li Yanzong promise at that time that even if something happened, it would be settled?

"

"Yes, yes, now that the crown prince is here, you officials are so scared that you want us ordinary people to be the scapegoats. How can there be such a reason?"

The common people blocked the county government offices and kept making noises and shouting.

"Let Li Yanzong get out!"

"Let Li Yanzong get out!"

The yamen servants who usually stood guard in a showy manner had long since disappeared. The cinnabar gate of the county yamen was tightly closed, and remained motionless despite the raging crowds of people outside.

"The officials are nothing. If they don't open the door, we rush in."

"Yes, rush in!"

The excited people picked up weapons such as sickles and dung forks, and were about to rush into the county government office when the gate of the county government office slowly opened with a creak.

An official in his forties came out.

Facing the crowds of heads and countless angry faces in front of them, the officials were nervous and frightened, but they still held back and spoke tremblingly.

"Fellow folks, folks, please listen to what Wu has to say, please listen to what Wu has to say."

Under the hoarse shouting of the man surnamed Wu, the noisy people temporarily stopped moving, but they still stared at the official angrily, with a strong tendency to take action if they disagreed.

"Wu knows that the villagers are very dissatisfied. Not only you, I am also the same. Our family is also the same as yours. If we plant this hibiscus flower, if the court really takes action, my Wu family will also die."

Officials do understand what empathy is, and by doing such a tragic thing, they are on the same page as the general public.

"We were all deceived by Li Yanzong, but Li Yanzong is not in our county government now."

"Tell me, where has Li Yanzong gone?"

"He has long been captured by the chief envoy Si Yamen and taken to Guangzhou."

Old Wu pointed in the direction of Guangzhou: "Folks, if Li Yanzong doesn't admit that he was the instigator, then we will all take the blame for Li Yanzong. Therefore, we have to go to Guangzhou to petition and petition the court to kill Li Yanzong as soon as possible."

When the folks heard this, they realized that this was the truth.

As long as Li Yanzong dies, they can blame all the crimes on Li Yanzong.

If the law does not punish the people, it is impossible for the imperial court to kill all the hundreds of thousands of people in Dongguan County.

"I promise, I promise the folks, as long as Li Yanzong dies, we will all be fine. If the court still blames me, you will put the blame on me, Wu Chengzhi. Even if I die, I will still keep my life."

Folks."

After saying this, Wu Chengzhi waved his hand and saw a group of government officials walking out with dozens of people who had been arrested last night.

"It was obviously Li Yanzong who committed the crime. Why should we arrest our fellow villagers and let them go?"

The government officials obeyed the orders and released all these people.

As soon as the shackles fell to the ground, dozens of people who had been worried all night rushed into the crowd. Old Man Du also waited for his brothers and nephews.

"Oh, thank God, thank God."

Old man Du bowed his head and bowed down, hugging each other and crying with his whole family.

The joy of this family reunion also made all the people trust Wu Chengzhi even more.

"Folks, the current family reunion is only temporary. If the court cannot let Li Yanzong be executed, then we will still have to suffer."

Wu Chengzhi waved his hand.

"So, let's go home now, prepare dry food and water, and join me early tomorrow morning to go to Guangzhou to petition!"

"Yes, go to Guangzhou to petition."

Echoes rang out from the crowd, which then led to even larger echoes.

All the people were moved by Wu Chengzhi's words, and immediately returned to their homes, preparing to carry dry food and go to Guangzhou with Wu Chengzhi to petition the court to execute Li Yanzong.

Here, Old Man Du also returned home with his family of relatives, but Old Man Du stopped his relatives.

"We are not going to Guangzhou."

"Why?"

Old Man Du's brother didn't understand, and immediately became anxious after hearing this: "If we don't go to Guangzhou to petition, then unless Li Yanzong dies, we will still have to die."

Old man Du didn't understand, so he just shook his head.

"Brother, my family Qitai wrote a letter saying that this matter is not that simple. In short, he will not let us start making noises and we must trust the court."

All the relatives looked at each other, and finally the eldest brother spoke.

"Second brother, I know that your family is very promising and is an official in a company in Guangdong. But, second brother, this is something that can make you lose your head at any time. I don't care if I die at my old age, but your nephews

Can't die.

I can't put all my hope on the so-called belief in the imperial court. For now, only by killing Li Yanzong can we truly survive.

Even if the court settles old scores in the future, I will be cut off by the court if I am an old man."

Old Man Du stamped his feet, but he also knew that he could not persuade his elder brother.

After all, it is a matter of life and death. Whose child does not care for whom?

Now even if Confucius were alive, don't expect to be able to persuade the eldest brother of the Du family not to go to Guangzhou.

There is no bullshit theory that an old father should care about more than the life of his own child.

"That's all, I'll go with you."

Since he couldn't persuade him anymore, Old Man Du simply said: "We don't understand what Qitai said, but since we are a family, Qitai was able to be where he is today because of the care of the big guys when he was a child. This kindness must be repaid."

The situation of Mr. Du's family is also the situation of the entire Dongguan County today.

Every family, every household, made the same decision.

Just like that, early the next morning, more than 100,000 people came out of Dongguan County, supporting the elderly and the young, and rushed to Guangzhou.

If it weren't for the fact that he was holding dry food instead of weapons, those who didn't know it would have thought that there was an uprising in Dongguan.

Even so, when Jiang Zhengxun heard the news, his face instantly became solemn.

This is a multi-pronged attack!


Chapter completed!