Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty

The tide rises swiftly and suddenly. On the night of August 11th, in the streets and alleys of Qingpu Town and Jinkou County, many postings with similar content and different handwriting suddenly appeared. With one hundred thousand taels of silver, Chen Rongjun, the county magistrate, corrupted the law and swallowed 60,000 taels of silver, and shipped them back to his hometown in Jiangxi.He also said that Chen Rongjun did not care about the life and death of the victims, but he was arrogant, and his luxury was comparable to that of a saint. Some of the posters had poems, and some of them recited:

At the same time, in the county seat, Qingpu and the villages and villages in the county, rumors about the arrogance and lust of Chen Rongjun, the county magistrate, were circulating everywhere.An old man in Lianhua Bridge who claimed to have served Chen Rongjun as a cook said: After the June storm came ashore, the water was full of dead bodies. Chen Rongjun didn't think about disaster relief, but was eating goose paws. A table required dozens of fat geese The method of eating is also really elegant. First put the goose in an iron cage, light a fire under the cage, drive the goose to run quickly in the cage and die, then chop off the goose's feet, and throw all the goose body out of the wilderness.He also said: Lao Xianzun is even more particular about eating fish. At least ten live carp weighing five catties are used, and as many as twenty. They are hung on the boiling pot and their heads are constantly beaten, so that the blood of the fish flows into the boiling water. , After the fish is dead and blood is gone, a bowl of fish soup is just made.Some people also said that the old dog Chen took advantage of the famine to buy and rob people's daughters by force, and that yellow flower girl ruined three of them in one night!

This is unbearable for the people of Jinkou!As the lord of a county, he greedily hides the relief money, fishes the people, and robs the people's daughters, is there any law for the king?The people of Jinkou have to fight this corrupt official for the sake of His Majesty and His king's law! Since ancient times, the government has forced the people to rebel, and it is not a crime to rebel against the people! The people of Jinkou were forced to rise up, and were forced to use violent means to eradicate corrupt officials for the holy sage.When they rebelled, many of them naively and stubbornly believed that the Qing sages far away in the capital would not blame them. They just wanted to eradicate corrupt officials and had no intention of embarrassing the Qing sages...

The place where the incident first started was Qingpu Town.Lu Niupi saw the magnificent scene on the day of the incident, and he concluded from this that he had experienced the most glorious day in his life. That morning, when the sky had just turned gray, Lu Niupi heard a burst of "boom boom" gongs coming from far and near.He knew that it was Ruan Dacheng's brother Ruan's signal to start an uprising, so he immediately tied the two-inch wide and three-inch long white floating cloth he received last night around his wrist with twine, took a big knife, and rushed to the street. superior.The street was already full of people, and those people also had floating cloths tied around their wrists, holding big knives and spears in their hands and shoulders.Together with them, yelling and roaring, he fled along the main street to the Dragon King Temple in the west of Zhenxi.Along the way, he knocked down a boy holding a knife, knocked over a stall selling porridge, and fell himself.When he fell, a shirtless man stepped on him, and he cursed very sharply. I don't know if the shirtless man heard it.

The gong beat loudly.It seemed that several gongs were beating at different places at the same time, like thunderclaps, rolling over his head continuously. When he ran past a silk shop, he saw a brother surnamed Hong riding on the back of the silk shop. Gongs on the roof. The clanging gong gave him joyful stimulation after another, and he felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest.Four years, four full years, has he been looking forward to this day from time to time?He worked tirelessly, ran around, worshiped group after group of allies, isn't it still for this day?This day finally came, and his Lao Lu finally had the opportunity to settle the score with that old dog Chen from Jinkou County!He remembered the pain of being beaten and shackled by Chen Laogou three times, and he wanted to kill someone with an itch in his heart—it doesn't matter who it is!

After the June tide, his three huts collapsed, and the poor thing in the house was washed away by the flood!He went to Lu's mansion to look for Mr. Xiaolian from his family, but Mr. Xiaolian ignored him.Master Xiaolian served porridge outside the side door as usual, and he was only allowed to drink three meals of porridge a day.He had no choice but to drink porridge, not only by himself, but also with his wife and children, but after only two days of drinking, his mouth became crooked and his eyes slanted.Is his noble belly of Lu cowhide a guy who serves porridge?His belly is the worst, so he needs to stuff some pig intestines, pig ears and so on.

In desperation, I still went to look for Brother Ruan—although I had already looked for Brother Ruan many times, this time I still had to look for him. Brother Ruan was really generous, and he gave him five taels of silver at one time, which made him survive the first match The ten or so days after the tidal disaster were the most difficult days. Unexpectedly, the second turmoil came ashore again. After spending five taels of silver, he took the lead and led the whole family to eat porridge in front of the Lu residence. After eating for more than ten days, he lost all his good fat Not to mention, he vomited and diarrhea for three days.At that time, his hatred was beyond words. He scolded Mr. Xiaolian of his family, Mr. Long, and Old Dog Chen in Jinkou County.

Thinking about it now, he was really right.That old dog is really nothing, he not only likes to beat and shackle people, but he is also fucking greedy!How dare he steal 60,000 relief money at once!What a black heart!Let him leave this matter alone, and he can't hide 60,000 yuan-he can only steal 30,000 yuan at most! Therefore, have the opposite!This is not the opposite of the previous, is there a natural reason? The sound of the gong is still ringing, the sound of the gong behind is far away, and the sound of the gong in front is getting closer again.At this moment, he was covered in sweat, and his face and forehead seemed to have been washed by water.As he ran, he lifted his skirt to wipe his sweat.While wiping his sweat, he saw a thin dog barking in panic and anxiety on the side of the road. He stepped forward and kicked it, and quickened his pace.

At this time, he heard someone calling him. He stood up, looked back, and looked at his eighth brother, Little Bean Sprouts.Little Bean Sprout had a floating cloth tied around his wrist, his arm holding a knife was exposed, and half of his ribs, which looked like abacus pearls, were also vividly exposed. Little Bean Sprout was dressing while running: "Brother Lu, Brother Lu, I...I slept through, and as soon as I opened my eyes... I heard the sound of a gong!" Lu Niupi said: "Don't be nagging! Don't be nagging! Run! Run! Brother Ruan is already waiting for us in front of the Dragon King Temple!"

"Yes Yes!" Little Bean Sprout ran to Lu Niupi's side, quickly put on his sleeves, and said to Lu Niupi: "Brother Lu, if we break the county, we can have whatever we want, right?" Lu Niupi said: "That's natural! As long as the county is broken, you can go with me! I know the ticket numbers and the location of the bank! You just have to prepare your pockets for money!" " Little Bean Sprout was very excited, and said again: "Since that's the case, why don't we take the Nansipo in the town first, and then go to Najinkou County?" Lu Niupi scolded: "You know what! Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests!"

After scolding, he said again: "Run! Quick!" So, run. After running for a few steps, Lu Niupi changed his mind again: "If... if Brother Ruan tells us to rob Nansipo, we will grab it. Maybe Brother Ruan wants to grab it, but Brother Ruan can grab it if he wants to!" Little Bean Sprout naturally admired Brother Ruan, and immediately responded: "Yes! As soon as Brother Ruan calls for grabbing, let's do it right away! Brother Lu, I said, we have to grab the 'Tianfu' number first, not only grab it, but also kill it." The two foreign donkeys and John Li were slaughtered! Brother, do you still remember that time in the second year of Daoguang..." "Remember! Remember! We must take advantage of this chaos and chop off the undecapitated dog's head for a urinal!" As he spoke, he ran, and unknowingly arrived at the gate of the Dragon King Temple, but saw a mass of black human heads on the open space at the gate of the Dragon King Temple. The gate of the temple. Four Eight Immortals Tables are placed side by side at the entrance of the temple. On the Eight Immortals Tables stand Brother Ruan, Master Du, and Master Qi. Brother Ruan is dressed in plain white: white clothes on the upper body, white trousers on the lower body, a large red silk belt tied around the waist, and a sword on his waist. .Master Du and Master Qi did not wear swords, Master Du was shaking a huge folding fan in his hand, and Master Qi was leaning on a bright red crutch in his hand. They stood on the left and the right, like two statues of gods, standing quietly in front of Brother Ruan. around. Brother Ruan was talking, his voice was like a bell, his face was flushed red.Brother Ruan scolded Chen Rongjun, the magistrate of Jinkou County, for his tyranny and innocence. He also told the details of his greed and hiding of the relief money, and the fact that the fish and meat people were extravagant and promiscuous. He roared: "Fathers and folks, Chen Laogou and his gang of corrupt officials bully the imperial court and oppress the common people. They only care about themselves as domineering and do not care about the lives of tens of thousands of hungry people. Can we bear it any longer? Shouldn't we Go to Jinkou County to argue with that old dog? Today, I, Ruan, will risk my life, show my head, show my face, and go to that county to argue with that old dog! I, Ruan, are now penniless. There are no worries, even if you die in the hands of that old dog, your heart is clean!" Brother Ruan spoke sadly and passionately, and from time to time there were bursts of sighs among the crowd.Lu Niupi was the first to be shocked, and thought to himself: Brother Ruan is really right!Brother Ruan is a benevolent man, a man of righteousness. Brother Ruan was forced to a dead end, so he definitely would not raise his flag to rebel!He, Lu Niupi, has long thought of turning his back on him, but Brother Ruan just forbids it!It's all right now, brother Ruan's house was robbed by pirates, and he also found out about Chen Laogou's greed for money, so he had to turn his back on it.Therefore, Lu Niupi thought that it might be a good thing for Chen Laogou to hide the money for relief!Old Dog Chen dared to be greedy, and Brother Ruan dared to rebel. Once Brother Ruan rebelled, and the people rebelled, he could take advantage of the chaos and make a fortune. Brother Ruan said something next, but Lu Niupi didn't hear it. Later, Master Du who was shaking the folding fan spoke. Master Du asked in a hoarse voice: "Brothers, old and young folks, do you dare to go to Jinkou with Uncle Ruan, wipe out Chen Laogou's gang of corrupt officials, and get back the money we deserve?" There was a chaotic roar in the audience: "Yes! Yes!" "Cut old dog Chen, you fucking bastard!" "Yes! Cut old dog Chen! Smashed the county government office!" "Go! We all go with Uncle Ruan!" ... The roar rang for a long time. After the earth-shattering clamor subsided, Brother Ruan said again: "Since brothers and men have the same heart, let's raise the flag and burn incense, and swear to heaven that no matter how bad things get, we will live and die together, and we will share weal and woe. ! I don’t know what everyone thinks!” The brother surnamed Hong who was mixed in the crowd was the first to shout: "Raise the flag, raise the flag, we swear!" Other people who didn't know the inside story also shouted: "We swear, we will live and die together with Uncle Ruan!" Lu Niupi noticed that Brother Ruan didn't smile until this time.Brother Ruan waved his hand while laughing, and among the crowd in the front row, two bamboo poles suddenly stood up, and with a flick of the bamboo poles, the large flag curled up on the top was thrown out.The two big flags are both triangular in shape with white and red borders. One reads "Practice the Way for Heaven" and the other reads "Kill all corrupt officials". Two large flags were planted on both sides of the high platform made up of four Eight Immortals tables. Brother Ruan, Master Qi, and Master Du who were on the table of the Eight Immortals all jumped down, and a few brothers surnamed Hong carried the prepared incense burner to the table, and suddenly the table of the Eight Immortals was filled with cigarette smoke. Brother Ruan, Master Qi, and Master Du took a few steps back, held incense in their hands, and knelt down in front of the incense burner first.Everyone behind them also retreated one after another, kneeling down one by one like the felled wheat field. Brother Ruan recited the incense with both hands: "The emperor is the Buddha, and the god of the earth is the witness: We, the people of Jinkou, were originally the sons of the imperial court, but because of corrupt officials and lack of righteousness, we were forced to act righteously to survive. Today, I swear the incense, willing We will live and die together. We only want to eradicate corrupt officials and never disturb the common people. Anyone who is ungrateful will be thundered from the sky." Brother Ruan said something, and everyone buzzed and said something, as if waves of long-suppressed thunder were constantly rolling in front of the Dragon King Temple. After the oath was recited, Du Tianxing, Master Du told everyone the result of asking for a lottery and divination, and said to everyone with confidence that this act of righteousness will surely bring good luck and no risk.Lu Niupi and Xiaodou Sprout listened engrossedly, feeling in a trance that they were not raising a flag to rebel, but listening to books and singing operas. Master Du described the important event as easy as going to the market. Finally, Master Qi said it again. Mr. Qi said that in terms of the situation, he did not need to participate in the righteousness. He saw the injustice of the heavens, so he took the initiative. He claimed that he had been the county magistrate in Guiping for many years and knew the people's feelings and the hearts of the people.He also said: "Old Dog Chen is greedy and hides the relief money and deceives the court. It is not a big deal for the people to act righteously. Even if the county government is smashed and corrupt officials are killed, the Holy One will not blame it!"The sage, the sage, knows everything! These words touched everyone's hearts again, and it was like giving everyone a reassurance.As soon as this reassurance pill was taken, everyone's mood became even higher--since Mr. Qi, who was once the magistrate of the county, said so, then what are they afraid of!Since they have nothing to worry about, why don't they take this opportunity to turn the world upside down? There was another burst of noise like boiling water among the crowd. Amidst the noise, several training regiments formed in the town gathered one after another, preparing to leave for the county seat. Unexpectedly, at this time, Qian Er, the second son of the Jinkou County Yamen, sweating and panting, came to investigate the report, saying that Chen Laogou had sent more than 20 yamen servants to Qingpu to collect money. The first one to take is Ruan Dacheng, brother Ruan. Brother Ruan sneered, and said to Mr. Zhu Renfu and Mr. Zhu beside him: "If you don't do it, you won't stop! First cut down those bastards with me, and then go to Jinkou!" Both Lu Niupi and Xiaodouya heard this, and immediately followed Uncle Zhu to go, but they were worried about the money of "Tianfu" firm Zhanbushi and John Li.They agreed that it was unreasonable for Zhan Bushi and Li Yuehan to deposit so much money in their own business!When he walked through North Street with Brother Zhu, Lu Niupi tore off a pair of old blue cloth trousers that were probably new from a bamboo pole that was drying clothes in a household, and prepared to use them as pockets for silver...