Fleeing from famine! A rough hunter has a fox husband

Chapter 307: The City Lord Fainted with Anger

"Then we'll cook for ourselves next time."

Originally, Qin Yan wanted to cook for himself, but he got up a little late this morning. Song Zhen and the others happened to have cooked porridge, so he served some over.

"All is fine. These are fine too. It's just that A-Yan has spoiled my palate these days, so I can't get used to them for the time being."

Shen Nuo arched his eyebrows at Qin Yan.

"As long as Nuonuo likes it, I'll cook next time. Nuonuo can eat whatever he wants."

Qin Yan just wanted to make Shen Nuo live more comfortably, so he changed out some breakfast and side dishes in the space.

"Nono, eat these. Let me have this bowl of porridge."

The silver they received last night was enough for them to use for a very long time, and Qin Yan would not save money on Shen Nuo.

Shen Nuo did not refuse. He picked up a steamed dumpling and ate it, and then took one and stuffed it into Qin Yan's mouth.

"You eat too."

Qin Yan opened his mouth and ate. The steamed dumplings with meat filling gave off a burst of delicious fragrance when he bit into them, which instantly satisfied his appetite.

After breakfast, Qin Yan took Shen Nuo out and saw people around shouting at the city gate.

"Where is the relief grain sent by the imperial court? Your government office could have embezzled all the relief grain. Come out now."

The man shouted loudly, and the people around him also became angry, their faces filled with despair.

Shen Nuo looked at the person who was shouting and saw clearly that the person was Song Zhen's deputy general Li Zhu.

Most of the people who followed suit were Song Zhen's men, but they were surrounded by many equally angry people.

It’s not that they weren’t hungry, nor did they have no opinions about the people inside, they were just afraid that the people inside would kill the person who started the commotion.

They are also afraid, but now the people inside really won't give them food. They are very anxious, and their family members are starving.

When there is no way to survive, if someone takes the lead to charge, they will naturally follow.

In this way, more and more people followed Li Zhu. Many of them were the pillars of their families, almost all of them were men, and they all wanted to fight for food for their families.

After that, more people joined in. Some boys and girls even carried their children on their backs and stood by. They were so hungry that they could not speak and could only support silently.

Just like that, more and more people gathered at the city gate, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall, who had originally not taken it seriously, began to panic.

"What should we do? Should we go back and report to the Lord? These lowly people down there are desperate."

"Go ahead. It would be bad if you crash into the city gate later."

They sent people back to tell Hongqi and Tong Yun about the situation at the city gate. However, when the officers and soldiers arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, they were all confused.

Is this really the luxurious city lord's mansion from the past? This empty place, are there thieves?

Thinking about it, he shook his head again. No, it is impossible for a thief to get in so cleanly.

The stone lions at the door are gone. This thief is really too strong.

When he walked in, he saw the city lord lying on the ground. There were only the old housekeeper, the city lord's wife, and several children in the city lord's mansion.

There were still a few servants who had not obtained their indentures, and the rest were some officers and soldiers.

The City Lord's Mansion didn't even have a door, so Hong Qi could only lie on the ground while the doctor took his pulse.

Hongqi's wife and children kept crying. They couldn't believe why there was nothing when they woke up.

They were clearly sleeping in their own bedroom, but when they woke up they found themselves on the floor, and there was nothing in the bedroom.

Everything else in the mansion was gone, even the red lanterns hanging at the gate. They all wondered if they were having a nightmare.

But the fact is, all of this is true, and they can't even find the murderer. There's nothing they can do except cry.

When Hongqi saw the soldiers guarding the city coming, he had a bad feeling and asked the soldiers to speak quickly.

The soldier reported what happened at the city gate truthfully. Hongqi, who had vomited blood in the morning, vomited blood several more times when he heard that someone was going to rebel, and then fainted.

Little did they know that the same scene was happening in the prefect's residence on the other side.

Tong Yun fainted when he came back in the morning. After waking up and hearing the news, he fainted again.

When the legal advisor of the government office heard the news, he immediately ordered all the officers and soldiers to be transferred to the city gate.

Originally, the prefect could only have a few thousand officers and soldiers, and the same was true for the city lord. But here, on the grounds that the area under their jurisdiction was large, they had a full 20,000 officers and soldiers.

At this time, they hurriedly sent all the officers and soldiers to the city gate. If the victims outside the city made trouble, they would send troops to suppress it.

The people at the city gate didn't know, but Shen Nuo saw it clearly, and he went straight over to talk to Song Zhen.

"They have prepared 20,000 soldiers. When will the people you mentioned arrive?"

Song Zhen took out a flare from his arms and released it into the sky.

Not long after, Shen Nuo saw a flare launched into the sky about a few thousand meters away from Huanghua City.

"It will take half an hour. These are the 10,000 soldiers I transferred from other places. Add to that the 3,000 that were originally here, and it will be enough."

Song Zhen was very confident in the soldiers he brought with him. In fact, with only 10,000 soldiers, they could capture the city lord's mansion and the prefect.

These good-for-nothings could never be a match for soldiers like them who have been trained for years.

Shen Nuo nodded: "Okay, our people will be there too."

Qin Yan and Lin Yuanshan had gathered all the men together, and even He Fang brought some boys and girls with better skills.

"You just stay behind to protect the people, and leave the charge to us."

It’s not that Song Zhen looks down on them, on the contrary, he admires such people very much.

But he is a general, and the soldiers he leads receive salaries from the court, so they should do their best to protect the people. What's the point of hiding behind these people?

Qin Yan did not refuse. He certainly wanted everyone to survive safely. Since Song Zhen said so, there was no need for them to fight to the death.

The people at the city gate shouted louder and louder, and they even started shouting slogans.

"The people inside are rich but unkind. We must enter the city and take back the food that belongs to us. That was given to us by His Majesty. Why should they steal it? What a bullshit city lord, what a bullshit prefect. We must charge in."

At first, all the victims were wondering when the people inside would be able to distribute food, but after hearing what Li Zhu said, they gradually started to think about how to enter the city.

"Everyone, there are two corrupt officials living in the city. They have hidden all our food. Should we rush in and take back all our food?"

"Charge!! That's our food, we could have eaten our fill!!"