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Chapter 329 Riots ()

In the following days, we encountered three waves of hungry people intermittently.

The smallest wave had only a few dozen people, and the largest wave had 200 people.

Everyone was on their way, and they didn't want to and couldn't get too entangled, so just like last time, they distributed a few kilograms of rations to the hungry people they met. It can be regarded as a good name for the princess.

Jiang Shaohua's mood became increasingly heavy, and he whispered to Chen Jinyu: "The hungry people encountered along the way are all from northern counties. This shows how serious the disaster is in the north."

"The imperial court sent imperial envoys to help the people, but I'm afraid they won't get the results they deserve."

Chen Jinyu comforted the princess: "This is something that the imperial court should worry about. There is the emperor, Prime Minister Wang, and Zheng Shangshu, and there are the empress dowager and empress dowager in the harem. In short, it is not the princess's turn to worry about it. We will arrive in Nanyang in a few days. My Majesty, please relax."

Even if you are as close as Chen Jinyu, there are some words you cannot say. For example, the past life she experienced, such as the turmoil caused by the chaos in the north.

Jiang Shaohua sighed softly: "How can there be a complete egg in the nest? If the north is completely in chaos, can Nanyang County still have peace?"

Chen Jinyu scratched his head, feeling a little distressed: "What should we do? There are so many hungry people. How can the princess alone manage them? A lot of food has been scattered along our way..."

Suddenly there was a scream outside.

Jiang Shaohua's complexion changed slightly, and he quickly lifted the car curtain and looked outside. However, a group of dark people appeared out of nowhere, and it was impossible to see how many there were. There were more hungry people than we had encountered in the past few days combined.

They were holding shovels, poles, or even kitchen knives, and they rushed over with shouts.

Chen Jinyu's pupils trembled: "Princess Princess! It's a mob!"

When the hungry people saw this long convoy, they rushed over as if they were seeing meat, risking their lives.

At this moment, they are bandits.

Never be merciful.

Jiang Shaohua's eyes flashed with coldness, and he opened his mouth and shouted angrily: "Whoever dares to rush over will be shot to death!"

The guards loudly accepted the order and suddenly drew their weapons.

Clang, clang, clang, the long sword was unsheathed, and the sharp arrow was cocked.

"Stop everyone!" Song Yuan shouted loudly: "Don't come near."

The rioters at the front looked at the gleaming swords, their hearts trembled, and they subconsciously slowed down. There were people behind them rushing forward continuously, and the people at the front couldn't stop at all. He was pushed forward and rushed over.

Song Yuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he let out an arrow with a whoosh.

A rioter was shot in the chest and fell down screaming. More people rushed forward from behind, trampling the dying mobs who had been hit by sharp arrows into rotten flesh.

The second hungry man fell again, and the third and fourth... a wave of arrows killed more than twenty people. However, there were too many people in this group of rioters. The people behind them screamed and rushed forward. No matter how many people were dead or injured in front of them, they could not stop the people behind them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Yuan jumped off his horse, rushed forward and brandished his sword. Qin Hu, Meng Sanbao and other soldiers also dismounted and waved their swords expressionlessly to kill.

Those insurgents didn't even have weapons, they just rushed over with their bravery and passion. In the past, when meeting the families of wealthy businessmen or ordinary officials, so many people were enough to scare them into surrendering and asking for mercy. What we encountered today were Nanyang elite soldiers. Like baskets of eggs hitting a boulder. No matter how many eggs you have, it will be difficult to shake the boulder.

The convoy was guarded in the middle. The rioters were firmly blocked thirty meters away, but the miserable screams could not be blocked, and they rushed into their ears one after another.

Chen Jinyu had never experienced such a battle before, and her pretty face turned pale.

Ma Yaozong was calm, and quickly drew out the knife and held it across his chest: "Don't be afraid, Princess and Chen Sheren, no one can rush over as long as I am here."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a soft sound beside him.

Whoosh!
The sharp arrow leaves the string. It couldn't be seen clearly with the naked eye. The next moment, the arrow only passed through the body of one hungry man, and then penetrated deeply into the chest of the second hungry man. The two rioters screamed and died almost at the same time. Their bodies were leaning against each other, unable to fall to the ground. They just stood upright and died.

The shouting mobs were shocked, and finally fell silent for a moment from their crazy shouting and charging.

Ma Yaozong turned to look at the princess in shock.

Jiang Shaohua narrowed his eyes, calmly took out an arrow from his quiver, and quickly put it on the bowstring.

"Whoever comes forward again will be killed without mercy!"

Song Yuan shouted loudly.

There was obviously a leader among the rioters, and they started making noises in the middle: "Don't be afraid, everyone, we have more people, they have fewer people. Charge up and kill them. The food and money in this convoy belong to us. There are four more people over there. Beautiful girls are all ours.”

The mob's eyes turned red again and they continued to rush forward.

Song Yuan's heart boiled with anger, and he showed no mercy, using the long sword with a majestic and sharp sword, and slashed twice. Blood splattered on the chest of one rioter, and the head of another rioter flew directly up.

Jiang Shaohua stared closely at the shouting leader of the rebels, silently adjusted the bow and arrow in his hand, and then released the arrow without hesitation.

An arrow seals the throat.

The leader of the rebels was pierced by a sharp arrow in his throat and fell suddenly.

As soon as the leader died, the mob became visibly agitated. The soldiers were ruthless and killed without batting an eye, which frightened the mob even more.

What's even more frightening is that the girl standing on the horse in the distance keeps drawing her bow and shooting arrows, and the arrows are all fired. Each arrow pierces one person and takes the second one with him. The power is amazing.

I don't know who shouted in fear: "That's the female King of Hell, run quickly."

One turned around and ran away, and soon there was a second and a third. In just a few moments, most of them ran away.

"Don't chase!" Jiang Shaohua ordered coldly: "Kill all these rogues."

……

Half an hour later, the sudden riot finally subsided. Except for the rebels who ran away, all those who were left behind were killed, leaving only two alive.

Qin Hu and Meng Sanbao, one in each hand, took the two alive aside for interrogation.

Song Yuan strode up to Jiang Shaohua: "Princess, are you okay?"

Jiang Shaohua's voice was quite calm: "I'm fine. Is uncle injured?"

Song Yuan was covered in blood, but it was all other people's blood: "Princess, don't worry, the general will not be injured."

Jiang Shaohua nodded slightly: "I ordered you to go down and collect all the corpses of the rioters and send them to the county government together. I, the princess, will write another memorial and send it to the court."

Song Yuan accepted the order and retreated to count the corpses and the number of injured on his side.

There were seventy-three corpses of the rebels, five of the soldiers were injured, and several others were too exhausted to move and were sitting or lying down to rest. Dr. Sun, who was accompanying me, usually had nothing to do, but today he was so busy that he couldn't even touch the ground.

The bloody smell outside rushed into his nostrils, making him sick.

Jiang Shaohua was sitting in the carriage with a solemn face and writing a memorial. In addition to the memorial, he also wrote two letters, one to Empress Dowager Zheng and the other to the emperor.

The memorial and two letters were sent to the capital that night.