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Chapter 76: The Brutality of the Regent King Seduces the Fair-skinned Young Eunuch 22

As a result, word spread quickly and more refugees than those in Pingyang County gathered in the two places. Under the leadership of some people, they directly rushed into the granaries of the Cui and Wang families.

"Brothers, think about our relatives in Pingnan County. We must bring these grains back to Pingnan County. They are still waiting for us to save their lives!"

"We also have to take back our land. These black-hearted people want to force us to sell our land and our children, and then enslave us and suck our marrow out of us! We have to go back and take back our land!"

When the first call came out, not many people were moved, but after the second call came out, everyone was excited.

Land is always the most important thing in the minds of ordinary people. People without land are like rootless drifting wood and will never have a sense of belonging.

After everyone's emotions were aroused, several ox carts stopped silently beside them.

When one person starts loading grain onto the ox cart, two, three, and finally everyone will follow suit.

Then the food was transported towards Pingnan County under the escort of a huge mob.

These things happened after Huo Chen and his team left Hexian. After listening to Tang Yuan's report, Lin Yi couldn't help but admire Huo Twelve. This move clearly calculated people's hearts, which also showed that he came from the bottom and knew the needs of ordinary people best.

The Cui family and the Wang family are used to being high and mighty, and they never know that the poor people who are forced into desperate situations can go crazy and tear them to pieces.

After Huo Twelve's disturbance, the reputations of the Cui and Wang families that had been accumulated for hundreds of years were destroyed. Reputation is something that takes several generations of effort to accumulate, but it can be destroyed in just a moment.

This is also the reason why the Cui family and the Wang family failed this time. They are very careful about their reputation, and they are both trying to sell and establish themselves. They always do things slowly, and they care about having a legitimate reason!

But Huo Chen has always been self-willed and doesn't care about the judgment of the world. The old emperor accused the Huo family of treason, so he confirmed the crime and never thought about rehabilitating the Huo family. The Cui family and the Wang family wanted to create a riot to kill Huo Chen, so he did the same thing, creating a riot first and then using public opinion to nail the Cui family and the Wang family to the pillar of shame.

The incident happened suddenly. When the guards of the Cui and Wang families arrived, the food had already been moved away. Some indignant refugees who did not have time to participate spontaneously gathered together and rushed straight to the ancestral home of the Cui and Wang families.

After all kinds of filthy things were thrown into the two yards, the refugees were still not satisfied, and the most important thing was that they did not get any substantial benefits.

Therefore, the Cui family and the Wang family were looted by the mob before their guards could return.

The chaotic situation was no longer under the control of the government office, so they could only ask for help from the army. The army was now under the absolute control of Huo Chen. They had been lurking nearby when Huo Twelve planned the riot, and were ready to deal with emergencies.

Now the Hexian County Magistrate and the Cui and Wang families invited them to suppress the bandits, and they certainly had no choice but to do so. But when the army arrived at Hexian County slowly, they could only detain the refugees who had not yet escaped and the ruffians who took advantage of the fire to rob. As for the property lost by the Cui and Wang families, I'm sorry that I didn't see it. Now in order to deal with the greedy mess of your two families, the army has traveled a long distance and is exhausted. You two families should reward the army!

As the saying goes, it is easier to invite a god than to send him away! Not only did the Cui and Wang families fail to recover their losses, they also lost a large sum of money. The army that received the reward volunteered to take the detained rioters to chase the rioters who fled to Pingnan County.

Crowds of people came in waves, leaving the Hexian County government and the Cui and Wang families in ruins.

At this time, Huo Chen was riding his horse contentedly, looking at the mob transporting grain following behind him, feeling extremely relieved. He did not expect that before he arrived in Pingnan County, not only had the grain problem been solved, but the Cui and Wang families had also been dealt a critical blow. It was estimated that these two families would not be able to trip up Huo Chen for the time being. Now Huo Chen could implement his reforms step by step.

Soon, the sound of horse hooves came from behind Lin Yi and his convoy. When they turned their heads and looked back, they saw a cloud of dust sweeping towards them.

A burly man riding a maroon horse first appeared in Lin Yi's sight, and soon rushed to Huo Chen's side.

"General, I, Cai Chuan, have fulfilled my mission and come here to report!" Cai Chuan pulled the reins of his horse and said loudly.

"Not bad, half an hour faster than I expected. It seems that you have trained this cavalry well.

"Thank you for the compliment, General!" Cai Chuan said, and smiled naively, as if it was a great thing to receive the compliment from Huo Chen.

"Okay, let's continue. We must reach Pingnan County before dark." After Huo Chen gave the order, Lin Yi clearly felt that the carriage was speeding up.

The closer you get to Pingnan County, the hotter the climate becomes, the more disaster victims there are, the land becomes dry and cracked, and there is almost no green vegetation.

When the disaster victims on the road saw the grain transport convoy, they had no idea that the grain was looted. Seeing so much grain, they just felt that there was hope for survival, and then the grain transport convoy became larger and larger.

Finally, they arrived in Pingnan County before dark. After entering Pingnan County, Lin Yi was shocked.

On both sides of the deserted streets, people were sitting or lying down, looking emaciated from hunger and with dead eyes. When they saw the people entering the city, they were indifferent. They no longer had any will to survive, or perhaps they were so hungry that they no longer had the strength to stand.

Since Huo Chen entered Pingnan County, the murderous aura on his body has been rising steadily. When the magistrate of Pingnan County came with many officials and gentry, before the magistrate could kneel down, Huo Chen shot a flying gun and directly nailed the magistrate and the two people behind him to the ground. The people who followed the magistrate were so scared that they fled in all directions. The magistrate and the two people stared with their eyes wide open, stretched out their hands, struggled a few times, and then died.

This was the first time that Lin Yi witnessed Huo Chen killing someone. Although her stomach was churning with extreme discomfort, Lin Yi was not afraid, but only felt relieved.

Looking at the bloated county magistrate and the two ruddy officials, Lin Yi thought of what Huo Twelve had said before, that they had stored the relief grain in the granary instead of distributing it to the people. Lin Yi felt that it was too easy for them to die like this.

Huo Chen, who had just finished killing someone in anger, glanced at the pale-faced Lin Yi and asked, "Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid, I just think it's a bargain for them!" Lin Yi replied with gritted teeth, enduring the discomfort.

Hearing Lin Yi's answer, Huo Chen's expression eased a little. At this time, the grain transport team also entered the city. Huo Chen ignored the officials and gentry who were trembling with fear just now. Instead, he immediately ordered people to set up pots and cook porridge. These people had been hungry for too long, so they could only drink porridge to slowly recover.

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