The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Immediately afterwards, another luxurious carriage pulled by four horses slowly came, followed by another one, and three more!

From afar, a strong man in the crowd said to a young man hurriedly, "I'll watch from here, you go and report to the incense master!"

The young man nodded and walked out of the crowd.

The chancellor led several runners to kneel down, while the people around remained standing, staring at the slowly approaching carriage with cold eyes.

Just as the first carriage approached, there was a sudden commotion among the crowd, and then they began to surge.

The officer on duty became nervous and shouted, "Stop it! Don't move!"

The soldiers turned their spears around and used the butts of their spears to poke the people in the front row.

Teams of musketeers came running over with their muskets raised high, shouting, "Retreat! Retreat!"

The people in the front row were frightened by the gleaming bayonets and the black muzzles of guns, and they retreated one after another. However, there were too many people behind them, and the crowd still rushed forward.

The dense sound of iron hooves rang out, and the cavalry guarding the carriage rushed forward, swinging long whips at the heads of the people in the back row. The crowd then retreated.

The convoy did not stop and drove straight to the government office.

Looking at the carriage going away, the men looked at each other and walked out of the crowd.

After the last group of spearmen passed by, the chancellor led several runners to follow, wondering why there was a big flag with the words "Duke of Lu" hanging on the flagpole. Where was the big banner? Could it be that the Duke of Lu was not in the carriage? !

As Wang Yaozu expected, the convoy slowed down. The streets were crowded with people, and some people kept pushing the people in front to attack the convoy, which forced the soldiers guarding on both sides to stop and help the soldiers on martial law to resist the surging crowd.

The result was that there were fewer and fewer soldiers guarding both sides of the carriage.

In the crowd, several strong men exchanged smug glances.

The closer to the government office, the more ruins there were on both sides of the street, and the more people gathered to watch, with many ordinary people even standing on the ruins.

In the ruins of the Bell and Drum Tower, the incense master of Qinglong Hall and two burly men were lurking.

At this time, a strong man spoke up: "Master, why doesn't anyone come to search?"

Another strong man: "This is just perfect!"

“I always feel a little uneasy”

"Coward! If you're afraid of death, get out of here. I'll throw that stone lion of yours away."

"you"

"Alright!" The incense master of Qinglong Hall stopped them, raised his head slightly, and looked towards the street. A grand procession passed by.

The head of the Azure Dragon Hall passed over the large flag fluttering in the wind and glanced at the carriages behind the musketeer. He was immediately stunned. Why were there three carriages? !

The two sturdy men also saw it and looked at the incense master of Qinglong Hall together.

The incense master of Qinglong Hall was in a dilemma. Among three carriages and two stone lions, how to choose?
At this moment, roars of killing rang out from the ruins on both sides of the street, and countless people dressed in ordinary people's clothes rushed towards the convoy, holding a variety of weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, and even sickles, kitchen knives, hoes, axes, etc.

All the sword and shield soldiers drew their swords!

The musketeers who followed also raised their muskets!

The well-trained officers and soldiers quickly formed a battle formation!

The onlookers were in chaos and began to flee in all directions. Some of them drew their weapons and stabbed the soldiers in front of them.

At this moment, the muskets fired, and flames spurted out from the muzzles. It was obvious that they had been prepared in advance. The muskets fired all kinds of shotgun shells, which were still a ball when they came out of the muzzle, and they were already a piece of the assassin. Some civilians who were fleeing were also affected, and their bodies were blasted with honeycomb-like holes, and blood immediately flowed out. They lay on the ground and rolled over and wailed.

The distance was so close that there was no need to aim, and one salvo cleared a large area.

The battlefield was cruel, with screams, wails, and a large number of bloody people rolling on the ground. The instigated people were scared, and many of them fled screaming. Some young and strong people who had participated in the city defense and street fighting rushed over with a group of White Lotus remnants with shaved heads.

However, they were still greeted by dense gunfire.

The two strong men were anxious: "Master!"

The incense master of Qinglong Hall was pale. He did not expect this to happen. It was a completely one-sided massacre.

But the arrow had to be shot, and the three carriages
The leader of the Qinglong Hall gritted his teeth and said, "Attack the last two carriages!" Before he finished speaking, the two strong men rushed out like arrows, ran to the pair of stone lions, roared, lifted the stone lions up, and then exerted force with both arms to throw the stone lions out.

The distance between the two sides was only a dozen steps. There were two loud noises, and the two carriages were torn apart. However, there was no sign of Li Hu in the carriages.

The first carriage was also overturned by the frightened warhorse, and it was empty with no one inside.

Bai Wu, the leader of the White Tiger Hall, roared and led his sword and shield men to attack.

The Qinglong Hall's incense master's head exploded: "White Tiger Hall Master, how is it possible?"

With two screams, the two strong men were chopped to the ground by the White Tiger Hall Master.

The incense master of Qinglong Hall finally woke up and turned around and ran away.

The White Tiger Hall Master shouted loudly: "Chase him! Chop him into pulp and feed him to the dogs!"

Countless sword and shield soldiers chased after him with their swords raised high.
The prime minister guessed correctly. Li Hu did not enter the city, but stayed at the reception pavilion.

The big flag representing the entire army fluttered in the wind, and it was this big flag that was captured by the general.

Outside the reception pavilion, Wang Daniu was squatting in front of a small charcoal stove, fanning himself, boiling medicine, and looking into the pavilion from time to time.

Li Hu, wearing a cloak, was leaning against the pillar of the pavilion, reading a letter with a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood.

Standing beside him was a personal soldier, still covered in dust.

After reading the letter, Li Hu folded it carefully and said to the soldier, "Go back and tell the master that after I finish dealing with the affairs of Nanyang Prefecture, I will go north to Luoyang, then go east along the Yellow River embankment, first visit him in Xuzhou, and then go south to Anhui."

The personal soldier: "Yes."

Li Hu: "Master, are you okay? How's the food?"

The personal soldier said: "Okay, the master must eat a bowl of red rice porridge and a tray of steamed buns every morning, and two snacks before dinner. According to the general's instructions, the master's dinner will be four meat dishes, four vegetable dishes, eight home-cooked stir-fried dishes, and a large bowl of green rice."

Li Hu nodded, as long as it was edible.

The guard continued, "The young lady sent her guards to deliver some supplements and clothes to the master at the beginning of the month."

Li Hu smiled, and Lin Daiyu also gave him a gift, as well as a sachet embroidered with mandarin ducks, which contained a handful of beans, half red and half black. Having been with Lin Daiyu for three years, he naturally understood what she meant. Half a liter of raw red beans plus half a liter of raw black beans made up a liter of raw lovesickness.

The color of the acacia beans is half red and half black.

This is Lin Daiyu, romantic, interesting and poetic.

Thinking of this, he touched the sachet in his arms.

The guard hesitated for a moment and said softly, "The master has not been in a good mood recently."

Li Hu: “Oh?”

The personal soldier said: "According to the court's rules, if the land has been left fallow for more than a year and a half, as long as the common people cultivate it, they can register it with the government. After the master took office as the governor of Shandong and Henan, he issued an official document, but this is a mess. No one knows whether the land has been left fallow for more than a year and a half. After the common people reclaimed the land and replanted it, the gentry who fled home returned."

"Which places are the most violent?" A cold light flashed in Li Hu's eyes.

The personal soldier said: "In Luoyang, Kaifeng and other places, the bandit riots were the first to happen. Most of them took more than a year and a half before the common people dared to open up the wasteland and replant. The second master of Rongguo Mansion is a bodhisattva, he only knows how to mediate."

Li Hu raised his hand and said, "Go back and tell the master that I will handle this matter and tell him not to worry."

The personal soldier: "Yes."

At this time, a scout came riding over and reported to Li Hu what had happened in Nanyang City.

There really is someone who dares to assassinate!
Li Hu sneered, what a bunch of clowns.

Bald, monk? Then destroy all the temples in Nanyang Prefecture and kill all the monks, leaving no one alive!
As for the common people, Dashun basically inherited the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, but soon the "Ren Ding Bian Ni" replaced the Huang Ce system.

According to regulations, every ten households in a county or city or town should have a head of the family, every ten heads of the family should have a head of the village, and every ten villages should have a chief of the village. The chief of the village could read and write, and he would give each household a sign which clearly recorded the number of people in the family, their ages, and other information.

And this information would be recorded in two books. One of them, which was collected and preserved by the court, was called "Xun Ce", and the other, which was kept in the hands of the head of the village for emergency use, was called "Huan Ce".

Back then, Huang Chao could eliminate various noble families according to the family tree, so he could naturally eliminate the people who tried to assassinate him according to the ring book!
Thinking of this, Li Hu stood up, went into the city, and killed people! (End of this chapter)