"Your Highness, Librarian Gao went to visit Magistrate Yang today. Our people investigated carefully and found that it was Magistrate Yang who sent someone to look for Librarian Gao. Librarian Gao didn't take the initiative to visit him. "Jing Zhe had arranged for someone to secretly observe Librarian Gao. Now that he received the news, he immediately came to report.
Qin Yining frowned slightly, pursed his lips, and muttered, "Magistrate Yang has been staying at home all this time. It seems that he doesn't want to interact with people, and he doesn't want to get involved in the chaotic situation in the old capital. Librarian Gao has angered the public and is now involved in trouble. If Magistrate Yang went to look for him at this time, it would go against his principles. "
"Your Highness, you're right. Magistrate Yang has always been neutral. When Wang Ye came, he didn't come out to welcome him. As for Zhennan Wang, Magistrate Yang has never shown any intention of getting close to him."
Qin Yining stood up and thought for a moment, then felt relieved. "The city looks peaceful now, but in fact, the people and nobles are very dissatisfied with Librarian Gao. Since Magistrate Yang is a person who avoids disputes, he definitely doesn't want to see his subordinates cause trouble for him. He probably asked Librarian Gao to go over to tell him what to do next. "
"That's right." Jing Zhe nodded and said mockingly, "Librarian Gao kidnapped the old madame, but he didn't expect to get himself into trouble. Not only did his son get into trouble, but he also angered the public. I don't know if he regrets taking the old madame away now that he thinks about it."
Qin Yining shook his head and laughed. "He was just following orders. Moreover, the person in charge of this matter must be someone who wants the south to be at odds with each other. To be more certain, this matter was most likely ordered by Zhennan Wang. Librarian Gao thought that he was on the right side, but he made the wrong decision. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't regret it. "
"That's right. If I were him, I would have some self-awareness and wouldn't cause trouble blindly. Not only did he bring bad luck to himself, but he also made the people around him suffer. "Jing Zhe's mockery was even more obvious.
Although he was a silver-masked spy, he didn't like the Dayan royal family at all. He despised incapable rulers and didn't have a good impression of cowardly rulers.
Now, it was clear whether the Yuchi Yan wanted to restore the Dayan for their own dream of becoming the emperor or for the welfare of the common people. Ever since Dayan submitted to Da Zhou, Da Zhou did not treat the people of Yan differently. Instead, their lives were more stable. It was rare for them to have such stability. If he was an ordinary person, he would definitely hope that the people in power would stop messing around.
After thinking for a while, Jing Zhe said, "There's one more thing. Our men saw a special guest in front of the Yang Residence. "
"Special?"
"That's right. Magistrate Yang and his family came out to welcome them personally and even opened the main door to let them in. "
Qin Yining was astonished.
Normally, the main door of a wealthy family would not be opened. What's more, Magistrate Yang and his family opened the main door to welcome them personally. In Family Qin, when the Yuchi Yan visited the Qin Residence when he was still the Crown Prince, their family had welcomed him in such a grand manner.
"Did you see what kind of guest it was?"
"Yes. They said that it was a beautiful woman dressed in men's clothes. Because they were far away and the other party's voice was not loud, they only heard the woman call Magistrate Yang uncle. "
Qin Yining nodded slowly. "It's almost the New Year. Relatives will come to visit."
What was strange was Magistrate Yang's grand attitude.
In today's world, women's status was lower than men's.
With Magistrate Yang's status, if this woman didn't have a noble or special status, why would he open the main door to welcome her with his family? Qin Yining didn't believe that they were uncle and niece.
But now that she had something important to do, she didn't care about Magistrate Yang's private affairs.
In the afternoon, Master Zhong, Zhao Yinuo, and Lu Dehan all came back.
"Princess Consort, will we start the operation tomorrow?"
"Let's start tomorrow," Qin Yining said with some guilt. "Tomorrow is the New Year. It's a bit cruel to do that. But it's easier to succeed during the New Year. "
Master Zhong said disapprovingly, "Princess Consort, you're too kind. You've already done your best to help everyone get through this harsh winter. You don't owe them anything, and you don't have the obligation to feed them. You won't harm their lives. They won't die from starvation for a day. You can continue to give them porridge after rescuing the Old Madame. How can your kindness to them not offset their hunger for a day?"
"Even so, I still feel a bit guilty. After all, although I sincerely helped them, I also took advantage of their anger."
Master Zhong smiled and shook his head. Qin Yining was still young after all. He was too soft-hearted.
Since they had decided on a plan, everyone went to prepare.
The next day, when the commoners went to the square to get their porridge, there was no steaming pot under the porridge stall. They also couldn't smell the rich aroma of rice.
"Everything was fine yesterday. Philanthropist Lu even brought the shopkeeper to give us porridge. Why isn't he here today?"
"Could it be that Philanthropist Lu went home to celebrate the New Year?"
"No, Philanthropist Lu wouldn't abandon us. He said yesterday that he would give us porridge as usual today! "
"Could it be that he was caught by Historian Gao? Historian Gao specializes in catching good people who do good deeds! "
… …
It was not known who said this, but very quickly, the news of Grand Historian Gao arresting the Great Philanthropist Lu, who had once again given the people hope for survival, spread from one to ten to ten to a hundred. In the end, the rumors became conclusive.
"Librarian Gao has gone too far! Previously, there was an Old Madame who wanted to do good deeds, but because she didn't give him enough money, she was thrown into prison. Then, he caught Philanthropist Qian in front of us. Now, he's caught Philanthropist Lu. He's deliberately trying to destroy us! "
"F * * k that Historian Gao! He doesn't care if he eats well and raises a son who chases chickens and dogs. Instead, he wants to bully us poor people! He doesn't even give us a bowl of porridge to eat. He's forcing us to die in front of his house! "
"Die, what die! If I want to die, I'll beat that bastard to death first! "
A few of the refugees couldn't take it anymore and started cursing. Everyone's anger was raised another level by those vulgar words.
They had been suppressing their anger for a long time. When they saw Philanthropist Qian being beaten and caught, they became cowards in order to eat their fill. Their hearts were already filled with guilt. Now that they heard that Philanthropist Lu was also caught, where were they going to find another good person to let them eat and drink for free?
"Since Historian Gao doesn't want to give us a way out, we'd rather drag him down with us!"
"Brothers, let's go raid his house and save all the good people who did good deeds!"
"Yes, let Historian Gao release all the good people!"
If they saved the good people, they would have food to eat and hope to live!
With so many people, they weren't afraid that Historian Gao wouldn't agree!
The starving refugees roared angrily and squeezed in the direction of the Gao Residence.
Because the porridge was given out for a long time, the refugees who heard the news from the old capital all came over. Now, the group of refugees was no longer the initial hundred people, but a few thousand people.
Other than the elderly, women, and children who didn't have any strong men in their families, those who were queuing in the cold to receive the porridge in thin clothes were mostly men in their families.
Even if their stomachs were stuffed with hunger and their flesh was eaten away, making them as thin as reeds, the dignity and anger that belonged to men in their hearts finally exploded under the pressure.
Therefore, when this group of nearly a thousand refugees, more than half of whom were men, rushed to the front of the Gao Residence, the gatekeeper was so scared that he bolted the door shut.
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