Where did the grain come from? I think Gu Jinghong already knows.
The food for disaster relief allocated by the imperial court did not reach the hands of the common people. However, at this time, the little brother-in-law of the eunuch had a large number of new stocks. The relationship between them is self-evident.
It's just that Pei Zhuang didn't expect these people to dare to be so rampant. They even dare to get rich in national calamities. Their conscience is eaten by dogs.
The woman took Pei makeup and gave them rice. She kowtowed to them and was pulled up by Pei makeup.
"Thank you very much. We will remember your kindness all our lives!"
"I'd better get some food for the children. If there's anything else I can do for you, please come to the official post to find Mr. Huang." Pei Zhuang then turned to Gu Jinghong and said, "Grandpa, let's go to the rice shop and have a look. Those unscrupulous businessmen, fish and meat people, bid up the price of rice. We should teach them a lesson."
When the woman heard this, she hurriedly called Pei Zhuang, "no, I don't know about you two. The prince's brother-in-law is a bully in Liuzhou city. He killed people several years ago and didn't know about it. There are many thugs in his family. You'd better not go in this muddy water."
Now the emperor is sitting in the city. Their family is still so rampant. It can be seen that the emperor is not in mind at all.
So Pei Zhuang is even more curious about this brother-in-law. Maybe he is the legendary pig teammate who can find out the fault of the eunuch through him.
When they arrived at the rice shop, they happened to see someone making trouble here. Pei Zhuang was limping to see the bustle.
An eight foot tall man stands out from the rest, being driven by several thugs with sticks. He yells at the rice shop.
"Why do you sell rice so expensive? Your majesty is still in Liuzhou. You are not afraid to cut your head when your majesty knows it!"
The people who were still waiting in line heard this man's words, and they all raised their anger that they had endured for several days, waiting for the rice shop owner to give a statement.
The boss of the rice shop stood at the gate with a mean face and a wry smile. "Ask Liuzhou City, who doesn't know that my brother-in-law is the eunuch, and the emperor came to live in his house. It's a great honor. The emperor came for a long time. Did you see that he took care of you poor people?"
This man is rampant. He dare to speak openly about the emperor in public. He is lawless. How dare a small rice shop shopkeeper if he is not supported by someone behind him.
The big man threw the rice bag on the ground: "father, fellow villagers and relatives, let's go to the imperial palace to ask the emperor now, why don't we give the food for disaster relief to their common people, but we want to give the treacherous merchant the country and the hard money. There is no royal method in the world?"
"Yes, let's find a way now!"
Seeing that they want to move seriously, the boss of Mipu is worried that they really poke things in front of the emperor, so he asks his own thug to stop them and forbid them to go.
Although the eunuch had arranged a heavy guard outside the eunuch's mansion two days in advance, he would never let anyone make trouble, let alone let the emperor know the real situation of Liuzhou, but in case of any incident in the past, he arranged a guard in every street. As long as there was a bit of trouble, the soldiers of the army team would hurry up immediately.
The common people were mixed with the rice shop thugs, many of them were beaten to pieces. The big man was besieged by four or five thugs, and his body was bruised.
Seeing that a hitter's stick was about to hit the back of the big man's head, suddenly a stone flew from the air, just hit the hitter's arm, which hurt so much that he immediately threw down the stick in his hand and was slapped to the ground by the big man's backhand.
Gu Jinghong stood aside and laid down his hands leisurely.
Pei makeup looks at him and chuckles: "or shall we join in the fun?"
"Go." Gu Jinghong raised his hand and made a gesture to the dark guard who was hiding in the dark. They immediately appeared and beat all the thugs and soldiers who came to help them down. The action was so fast that the rice shop owner didn't respond.
"Rebellious, you villains, I want my brother-in-law to catch you all!" The boss of the rice shop jumped with rage.
Gu Jinghong came to him and looked at him coldly: "who do you want to catch?"
In the next moment, he had already pressed the boss of Mipu's shoulder, pressed his whole person's hand on the doorplate and couldn't move. There was a creaking sound of broken bones on his shoulder blades.
Pei Zhuang ran into the rice shop, turned to the account book of the rice shop behind the counter and quickly stuffed it into the cuff. When he left, he saw that the small silver box was not locked. When he opened it, it was full of silver coins and a lot of gold, which were all deducted from the common people.
She took the box out, grabbed the silver in the chaos and ran to the sky, shouting excitedly, "there is silver in the sky!"
For a time, whether it was the people who were begging or talking, or the thugs and soldiers who were busy driving people away, they all squatted on the ground and began to pick up silver, which was surprisingly the same.
At first, the owner of the rice shop wanted to pick up the silver together. Then he found that Pei Zhuang was holding the box with money in his hand. He was so angry that he jumped. How could Gu Jinghong press it hard to move. "You little thief, put down my money quickly. Be careful I will sue the officials!"
"You're a traitor. You're still making money. I'm eliminating karma for you." Pei Zhuang slaps his face with a smile, shakes the silver in front of his eyes and throws it out.
The owner of the rice shop could hear his heartbreak. He wailed and begged Pei to save some for him.
"If you want to leave some silver for you, tell me, where are you from?"
"Naturally, it was shipped in from other places. It took us a lot of time to buy the rice."
It's just farting. The flood in Liuzhou caused thousands of miles of disaster. Where can so much rice be transported. Seeing that he was still dishonest, Gu Jinghong simply tied him with a rope and gave it to Anwei to take him back.
They made such a big noise here, but there was no response from the eunuch's office. Someone had gone to report it, but no officers and soldiers came to suppress it.
"Maybe the eunuch can't come out now. He's trapped in the mansion?" Pei Zhuang tells Gu Jinghong what she thinks.
"Just go and have a look."
The imperial palace is now guarded like a sieve. All the people in and out of it should be checked. It's not easy to mix in.
There happened to be two soldiers coming out of the mansion. Pei Zhuang and Gu Jinghong hid behind the tree and listened to them.
"Chenggong, if I look at the little emperor, I can't do it. How many boxes of account books did the eunuch bring to him? Did he really look at them all night? Are you ridiculous?" Mr. Zhao said to his colleagues.