SFS Chapter 269 The Scholar Kills Without Blinking an Eye
Chapter 269 The Scholar Kills Without Blinking an Eye
At some point, a long team appeared on the pipeline. A group of special agents and some people wearing escort agency uniforms were escorting thousands of horse-drawn carriages loaded with grain bags, slowly approaching.
Qin Zheng's voice rang out: "Fifty thousand dan of grain, isn't that enough?"
"Fifty thousand stones?" Xia Bitu exclaimed.
Everyone was shocked!
They were all confused.
How can there be so many?
Xia Bitu asked in disbelief, "Qin Zheng, where did you get the food?"
Qin Zheng smiled slightly: "Don't even mention tens of thousands of stones, even if it's more, I can get it."
He gave the order: "Set up camp outside the city, at the four gates, and distribute food and porridge at the same time!"
"Yes!"
The special agents immediately took action and prepared to set up rest tents, porridge stalls and places to store grain outside the four city gates.
At this moment, the refugees also discovered the imperial envoy's team and rushed over howling.
Xia Bitu's expression changed: "They are extremely hungry, are they going to rob them?"
Qin Zheng remained calm and composed, immediately issuing an order: "Inform the people that we have 50,000 dan of grain, with more to come. This is enough food for everyone in Guanxi for a month. Every household can receive free food, so don't worry."
However, those who do not follow the rules will not be given any food! Let them wait for the porridge first, and we will release the food when it is ready. We will release the food indefinitely, until the food crisis in Guanxi is eliminated!
The special agents immediately stepped forward and shouted.
Sure enough, after hearing about the large amount of food and seeing the approaching food teams, the victims suddenly lost their previous impulsiveness.
In fact, they were really hungry and really wanted to rob.
But, I was still afraid of the officials.
Besides, now that we have food, we just have to wait.
Soon, the victims surrounding Qinghe City came over after hearing the noise.
Black crowds of people lined up at the four city gates, occupying the entire official road and the wasteland on both sides.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers on the city wall looked out and saw the whole scene...
The special agents set up a pot to cook, and soon smoke rose and the grains were put into the pot.
Qin Zheng was very well prepared and even brought a lot of bowls, chopsticks and spoons.
However, these bowls, chopsticks and spoons are of various kinds, including copper, pottery, stone bowls and wooden bowls.
Xia Bitu's face twitched as he watched. These must have been robbed by killing the rich to help the poor. There must be gold and silver bowls, but they were all exchanged for food.
Suddenly, Xia Bitu's mind raced. "Monkey boy, are you trying to use this method to quickly impact the stubbornly high grain prices in Guanxi? Force those grain merchants to sell off their stockpiles at low prices? After all, the rainy season is almost here."
Qin Zheng smiled faintly, "We have enough food to last until the autumn harvest. Although all the barley in Guanxi has been eaten up, leaving us with nothing to harvest, this year, other regions have had a bumper harvest. Knowing that Guanxi is short of food, grain merchants will surely ship it here. Even with the added freight, the cost will still be much lower than the current Guanxi grain price. The silver we have is enough to last us a few months. A few months? Isn't that enough to solve the Guanxi food crisis?"
Xia Bitu looked at Qin Zheng who was strategizing and felt a sense of fear.
The most terrifying thing about Qin Zheng is his ability to plan and win battles from thousands of miles away.
"I guess the prefect of Qinghe can't sit still anymore." Qin Zheng suddenly said with a smile.
Just as he finished speaking, suddenly, there was a creak and the city gate opened.
A group of aggressive soldiers rushed out, holding whips, and drove away the people surrounding Qin Zheng and others.
Suddenly, there were screams and the people fled in all directions.
Qin Zheng frowned.
Afterwards, an official sedan chair carried by four people came slowly from the city gate.
Behind him followed a group of yamen runners with swords on their waists.
The sedan stopped in front of Qin Zheng and others.
A bailiff lifted the curtain of the sedan chair.
A fat middle-aged official got out of the sedan chair.
The man looked around with his small eyes, and finally set his gaze on Qin Zheng and others.
"Who is the Prime Minister?" asked the fat man.
Xia Bitu frowned slightly: "I am!"
The fat man looked at Xia Bitu unscrupulously several times and said, "I am Qi Daozhong, the governor of Qinghe Prefecture. Liang Heng, the King of the Western Territory, is my brother-in-law!"
Everyone: "..."
Qi Daozhong added, "Prime Minister, now that the relief grain has arrived, please give it to me. In previous years, I, Qinghe Prefecture, was also responsible for the relief grain!"
Qin Zheng and others looked at each other in surprise. Isn't this too crazy?
There are two imperial envoys standing here. You, a mere fifth-rank governor, not only refuse to kneel, but also directly demand relief food?
How brave does it take?
Su Xiaoman was very angry and thought to herself, if I leave it to you, you will be walking into a tiger's mouth.
I looked at the adults worriedly, but they didn't really follow the rules and gave it to him.
Judging from his fat head and big ears, he is definitely a corrupt official!
Wu Xiaoyou looked at the arrogant Qi Daozhong and was certain that this fat guy was doomed. The adults hated people like this the most and had zero tolerance!
Qin Zheng suddenly looked at Xia Bitu and asked in a low voice: "Have you checked? Should he die?"
Xia Bitu shuddered: "You want to kill him?"
Qin Zheng frowned: "Don't dither like a woman, answer me!"
Xia Bitu quickly said, "His crimes are extremely heinous and he deserves to be cut into pieces. However, he is Liang Heng's brother-in-law..."
The words have not yet fallen.
Qin Zheng suddenly drew out the imperial sword from the scabbard held by Wu Xiaoyou beside him.
The cold light flashes.
Qin Zheng stepped in front of Qi Daozhong, raised his hand, and swung his sword!
No hesitation!
Click!
A fat human head flew up and fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
The headless body suddenly released pressure in its neck, and a stream of blood spurted out, rising more than one meter high.
It seems to spray!
Gudong!
The fat corpse fell to the ground, raising clouds of dust again!
Everyone, including Qin Zheng's men, Xia Bitu and his men, as well as the common people and Qinghe officers and soldiers, were all stunned and their souls flew away!
No one expected that this imperial envoy, who seemed to be a scholar, would suddenly kill someone.
Even people like Wu Xiaoyou and Tao Yong who have followed Qin Zheng till now have never seen Qin Zheng personally kill anyone.
In their eyes, Lord Qin was a talented man, but he was just a weak scholar who was too weak to even kill a chicken.
Qin Zheng's murder overturned all their understanding of Qin Zheng.
I guess the adults are really angry!
Su Xiaoman was shocked. Oh my god, my parents usually don’t dare to kill chickens, so how could they dare to kill people?
Could it be that my master is really crazy?
Su Xiaoman suddenly felt sympathy. The adults were so pitiful. They were sick, but they still insisted on working.
From now on, I have to serve you well, sir.
Those civilians and Qinghe officers and soldiers did not recognize Qin Zheng. At this moment, they were extremely shocked, terrified, and confused.
Who is this?
He even dared to kill the Western King's brother-in-law?
Don't want to live anymore?
Xia Bitu was looking at Qin Zheng, who killed people without blinking, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
He has always believed that Qin Zheng is definitely not as weak as he appears to be.
I have always believed that Qin Zheng is definitely a ruthless person.
Qin Zheng never gets angry because there are not many things that can make him get angry!
It was because he saw through Qin Zheng's true nature that he always regarded Qin Zheng as a strong rival.
At this moment, only he understood that the monkey boy was determined to kill the King of the West.
Otherwise, how could he have killed Liang Heng's brother-in-law with his own hands?
Qin Zheng said one word, with so many men under his command, who can't kill this idiot Qi Daozhong who is relying on the power of others to bully others!
If Qi Daozhong was any smarter, he would not have taken the imperial envoy lightly.
You can approach close to greet him, but you must never overstep your bounds or trample upon the Emperor's majesty.
The imperial envoy represents the emperor.
Just because Qi Daozhong refused to kneel when he met the imperial envoy, he was guilty of deceiving the emperor and was sentenced to death.
But, this is the brother-in-law of the King of the Western Territory, and this is Guanxi, Liang Heng’s territory.
I guess Qi Daozhong was also so domineering towards previous imperial envoys.
But, you big idiot, why don’t you find out who the imperial envoys are this time!
If Xia Bitu came alone, no matter how rude Qi Daozhong was, he really wouldn't dare to kill him!
Xia Bitu suddenly turned around and glanced at Uncle Nan, who also had a shocked look on his face.
Uncle Nan immediately understood the meaning in Xia Bitu's eyes.
This requires him to quickly transfer people!
This is the beginning of a fight with the King of the West!
With fewer people, they definitely won’t be able to escape from Guanxi.
Uncle Nan whispered a few words to an old man next to him.
The old man's face changed slightly, and he turned and left quickly.
Qin Zheng killed Qi Daozhong, his expression remaining calm as he spoke indifferently, "It has been verified that Qi Daozhong's crimes are extremely heinous and he deserves death! This imperial envoy is ordered to execute him on the spot."
As he said this, he handed the bloody imperial sword to Wu Xiaoyou.
Wu Xiaoyou was about to sheath his sword when he heard Qin Zheng say, "According to investigation, the officers and soldiers of Qinghe were accomplices to the evildoers and committed heinous crimes. Their crimes are unforgivable. Kill them all!"
Everyone was shocked again. Killing?