signingbooks #166 - Take up arms
#166 - Take up arms
Sun Lixin was stunned.
Clearly, he hadn't expected Head Constable Yan to say such a thing.
"Head Constable Yan..."
He wanted to say more.
But Head Constable Yan directly raised his foot and kicked Sun Lixin away.
"I told you to get lost!"
"How many times have I told you? Your Sun family's case is under investigation. Just go home and wait for news."
"You still come crying in front of the yamen every day. Are you asking for a beating?"
Head Constable Yan pointed at Sun Lixin and cursed angrily.
Sun Lixin cried out:
"Wait?
I've been waiting for so long, but the Yang family is still at large!"
"You say the Yang family committed a crime, so they committed a crime?"
"If you have any solid evidence, then hurry up and present it."
"Don't just rely on your mouth to falsely accuse others, or I'll arrest you and give you a beating with a plank!"
After Head Constable Yan finished scolding, he turned around and returned to the yamen.
Only Sun Lixin remained趴 on the ground, weeping in grief and indignation.
The surrounding passersby shook their heads upon seeing this.
Some, unable to bear it, stepped forward to advise him.
They could only advise Sun Lixin to give up, find another place to start a new life, and forget about this matter.
Fight with the Yang family?
Who didn't know that the Yang family had imperial relatives backing them!
The Sun family was just a small wealthy family, how could they fight against the Yang family?
But Sun Lixin still insisted:
"I appreciate the kindness of you folks."
"But I, Sun, don't believe that there is no justice in this world!"
Seeing that Sun Lixin wouldn't listen to advice, the crowd could only shake their heads and leave.
This person won't turn back until he hits a wall; in the end, he will only suffer.
At this moment.
Suddenly, a burst of voices came from the street in the distance.
It seemed that hundreds or thousands of people were shouting:
"Slay the Sheep Demon!!!"
"End the Plague!!!"
"Slay the Sheep Demon!!!"
"End the Plague!!!"
...
Such shouts were earth-shattering.
Even the yamen was alarmed.
Head Constable Yan, who had just left, ran out again.
He glanced into the distance and hurriedly instructed the yamen runners:
"The people from the Taiping Dao are going to cause trouble for the Yang family again!"
"Quickly close the gate and be on guard."
"In case these heretics break into the yamen!"
Following the main street in front of the yamen, one could reach the Yang family's residence.
Every time the Taiping Dao went to make trouble for the Yang family, they would pass by the yamen.
Although the Taiping Dao had never committed any offense against the yamen.
The yamen did not dare to be negligent and remained vigilant at all times.
The yamen runners busily sprang into action.
They closed the yamen gate and then brought over the door bolt to secure it.
Head Constable Yan looked out through the crack in the door, his face full of helplessness:
"What's going on these days?"
"This Qingzhou City is getting more and more chaotic!"
The chaos in Qingzhou City was not only caused by the struggle between the Taiping Dao and the Yang family.
The most chaotic was the Qingzhou City's yamen and county yamen!
Logically speaking, these two departments should be the sea-calming needles of Qingzhou City, stabilizing all disturbances.
But who would have thought that the yamen and county yamen were already in a chaotic state.
The biggest manifestation was the issuance of government orders.
In the morning.
The county yamen had just issued an order to arrest the Taiping Dao throughout the city.
In the afternoon.
This order was rejected by the county yamen itself.
The next day.
The county yamen issued an arrest order for the Taiping Dao again.
But as soon as a group of county yamen constables arrested a group of people, the yamen issued an order to release them.
On the third day, the yamen itself began to arrest people, arresting the Taiping Dao people they had just released.
As a result, after only two hours, the yamen immediately convened a meeting of officials to discuss.
After an hour of discussion, the people who had just been arrested were released again.
In this way, not only were the yamen and county yamen not unified in their opinions, but even their own internal opinions were not unified.
This caused the yamen runners and constables in Qingzhou City to be completely confused, completely unsure whether to arrest or release.
For a time, no one dared to act rashly again.
Everyone hoped that the officials above would quickly give a clear signal so that everyone could act freely.
And in this chaos.
The conflict between the Taiping Dao and the Yang family intensified.
The Yang family's actions became more and more ruthless, and they began to send martial artists to directly kill the people of the Taiping Dao.
The Taiping Dao was not to be outdone. Not only did they recruit more and more members during this period, but their offensive against the Yang family also became more and more fierce.
Now, all the Yang family's shops in the city have been smashed and had to be closed.
All the members of the Yang family could only shrink back into their residences, not daring to go out even a step.
Everyone could see that Qingzhou City was about to be in great chaos!
"Slay the Sheep Demon!!!"
"End the Plague!!!"
"Slay the Sheep Demon!!!"
"End the Plague!!!"
...
Accompanied by earth-shattering shouts, a group of people wearing yellow turbans slowly walked past the yamen gate.
Sun Lixin sat on the ground, staring blankly at this group of people.
During this period, he had also heard about the deeds of these people.
Suddenly.
An old man wearing a yellow turban stopped in front of Sun Lixin.
His pair of cloudy old eyes looked at Sun Lixin, as if he could see through him.
"Are you crying out for justice?"
The yellow-turbaned old man asked.
Sun Lixin nodded:
"The Yang family has destroyed my Sun family. The law will surely punish them!"
The yellow-turbaned old man laughed as if he had heard a great joke.
Along with him, the surrounding yellow-turbaned people also laughed.
This filled Sun Lixin with anger:
"What are you laughing at?"
"I am risking my life to clear the name of my Sun family. What's so funny about that?"
Sun Lixin's stern roar slowly subsided the laughter of the yellow-turbaned people.
A look of pity emerged in the eyes of the yellow-turbaned old man.
His expression also became serious, and he introduced himself:
"My name is Wei Nan. I serve as a libationer under Zhang You, the chief libationer of the Taiping Dao."
"I am laughing at you, laughing at your ignorance!"
Sun Lixin's face turned red upon hearing this.
He struggled to get up, making a gesture to have a good argument with the old man who called himself Wei Nan.
But Wei Nan just said to himself:
"My Dao's Great Virtuous Teacher once said a word."
"Bad people are not afraid of you using the law as a weapon to deal with them."
Sun Lixin asked coldly upon hearing this:
"Has your Great Virtuous Teacher ever said what bad people are afraid of?"
Wei Nan nodded.
He stared at Sun Lixin with his eyes, saying word by word:
"Of course, he said, the Great Virtuous Teacher said this."
"What bad people are afraid of is you abandoning the law and picking up weapons."
Sun Lixin couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing this.
Abandoning the law... picking up weapons?
This...
At this time, Wei Nan picked up a knife and a piece of yellow turban and threw them at Sun Lixin's feet.
"Do you want the law, or do you want weapons? Choose for yourself."
After speaking, Wei Nan led a group of yellow-turbaned people and ignored Sun Lixin, heading towards the Yang family in the distance of the street.
Their shouts were still loud.
And at this time, these shouts were not only heard in Sun Lixin's ears, but also in his heart.
He looked at the bright knife on the ground, his whole body couldn't help but tremble.
He thought of his father who died unjustly in prison, his younger brother who died unclearly.
He also thought of his missing clan uncle and his crazy younger sister.
Sun Lixin cried.
Since the Yang family could treat his Sun family like this, then why couldn't he treat the Yang family the same way?
An eye for an eye, blood for blood!
So, Sun Lixin picked up the steel knife and picked up the yellow turban and tied it on his head.
He followed the Taiping Dao's team, standing in the middle of this group of people also wearing yellow turbans.
He was also shouting hoarsely with them:
"Slay the Sheep Demon!!!"
"End the Plague!!!"
"Slay the Sheep Demon!!!"
"End the Plague!!!"
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