Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 380 The cause of death and the siege

Obviously last year was fine, but as soon as the Chinese New Year turned around, those weavers and boatmen who relied on selling their strength to support their families suddenly couldn't find work in large numbers.

Or even if there is an employer willing to hire someone, the wages offered are only half, or even a third of what they were last year, and they are still rushing to do it...

Because they have no land in their family, the whole family relies on the income from working to support them. Once they cannot find a job, their life will be in a desperate situation.So until March, the situation has not improved.It is conceivable how frustrated the workers are.

Today is another day of no improvement.Workers squatted on Guanqian Street early on, stretching their necks longing for someone to recruit workers.

Whenever they saw a passerby who was dressed like a shopkeeper or a shopkeeper, they would gather around and ask in a hurry:
"Are you looking for a job, Boss? I'm cheap, forty cash a day..."

"I'm fine with 35 texts, and I can do everything from dyeing and winding to jacquard..."

"I have thirty coins..."

But involution can't solve any problems, people are just passing by.

The workers returned to their original place in disappointment, and someone scolded: "Damn it, the minimum in the industry is forty renminbi a day! Why did they go down by themselves before they even opened their mouths?"

"You are all old calendars. Who will hire you now forty cents? What's the use of sticking to it?" The one who just voluntarily lowered the price had something to say.

"Why is it useless? How many times have I said that the difficulty is only temporary!" The optimist said loudly: "Now it's just the ignorant king of Chu who is messing around and not allowing private sea trade, which has caused the big households to dare not produce. It’s a good job. This situation won’t last long—the gentry are pleading for our lives! Everyone has seen that Master Lu even risked his life!”

Lu Yuan was on Guanqian Street, and the wreaths and banners placed outside were clearly seen by everyone.Of course, I also saw the tragic scene where the government took Lu Zhonghe's coffin away, and the Lu family wept and followed.

So I couldn't help but feel sad when I heard the words.

"Hey, Master Lu is a great kind person. How many of us have been fed by his loom?" A middle-aged man sighed, "I hope that his death will make the emperor show his noble hand and let us live."

"Go ahead and dream!" Suddenly a sharp voice sounded, and a man with triangular eyes said harshly: "Don't you know? Not only will the court not stop, but it will intensify - the sea ban will be implemented soon, and a No planks are allowed to go into the sea! Let’s just wait for the northwest wind!”

"What, the board won't go into the sea?" Everyone was stunned. "Then we have no way out at all?!"

"That's not true!" The triangular eyes urged vigorously: "Everyone, don't expect the imperial court to find out. As long as they have a little conscience, Master Lu will not commit suicide in despair!"

"Yeah, Master Lu is dead, do we still have a way to survive..." The workers couldn't help but feel very depressed. Hunger, exhaustion and despair were intertwined, making the atmosphere on Guanqian Street more and more stagnant.

"Damn it!" At this time, another black-faced man suddenly jumped up and roared: "You old man, if you don't give us a way to live, then we won't live either. Come on, follow me to surround the government office, Kill the dog emperor's henchman, and take back Master Lu's coffin!"

"Let's go together!" The black-faced man had a high prestige, and many people immediately got up and echoed loudly: "You can't let Master Lu die in vain, you have to make things big to force the court to abolish the sea ban! "

"That's right, Suzhou is a place of wealth and wealth in the world, the old man can't afford to make a mess!" Triangle Eyes also echoed loudly, leading many people to follow.

The workers were already full of resentment, once someone took the lead, they couldn't hold back immediately, they got up one after another, and headed towards Yaqian Street in a mighty manner.

Among the crowd, someone took the lead in shouting slogans: "Abolish the market ship, open the sea ban, and avenge Master Lu!"

"Abandon the market ship, open the sea ban, and avenge Master Lu!"

"I want to eat, I want to live!"

"To eat, to live!" That extremely provocative slogan quickly caused everyone to shout in unison.

And the loud slogans attracted more people to join the team from all directions.The team marching towards Yaqian Street got longer and longer, and when they arrived in front of the Yamen of Suzhou Prefecture, there were already more than [-] people...

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In the magistrate's yamen, Wuzuo's room.

Liu Ying stood by the bed with her hands behind her back, staring at Wu for an autopsy.

Both of these are the work of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs that he brought from Beijing, and he has a lot of experience.

"Uncle, according to the physical signs of the deceased, combined with the judgment of the "Washing Injustice Records", the deceased should have died one to two days ago."

"The cause of death of the deceased should be caused by someone covering his mouth and nose and choking his neck."

"Oh, didn't you take poison?" Liu Ying's eyes froze.Mr. Lu and Uncle Lu Heke both said that Lu Zhonghe committed suicide by taking poison.

"Probably not. Although the deceased's lips were purple-black, his hands, feet, and nails were all normal yellow-white, and there were no signs of poisoning in the internal organs. Of course, the poison was faked in the mouth after death..." Wu Zuo said with certainty .

"Interesting..." Liu Ying couldn't help sighing secretly, the emperor was indeed wise, this Lu Zhonghe really didn't commit suicide, but was 'suicide'...

At this time, outside Wu Zuo's room, there was a sudden knock on the door, followed by Li Heng's anxious voice: "Uncle, something serious happened."

"Let's go ahead and make detailed records." Liu Ying ordered, turned around and left the room.

"what happened?"

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At this time, it was already dark, but the outside of the government office was still brightly lit by fire and full of voices.

Li Heng and Liu Ying stepped on the ladder, climbed up the outer wall of the government office from a position far away from the gate, and took a look, only to see thousands of citizens chanting slogans gathered outside the gate of the government office.

The officials of the government office and the officers and soldiers brought by Liu Ying shouted to the crowd outside through the gate, trying to disperse them.It's a pity that the sound was directly drowned out, and no one could hear it at all...

Looking up at the distance, there are still winding fire dragons coming here.

"What are they shouting?" Liu Ying stared at the angry crowd outside with a livid face.

"It seems to be shouting, 'Abolish the city ship, open the sea ban, and avenge Master Lu'..." Li Heng has not been in Suzhou for a long time, so he can barely understand Wu dialect.

"This is a rebellion!" Liu Ying said coldly, "Prefect Li, have you notified the nearest guard?"

"I have already sent someone to sue Suzhou Wei." Li Heng wiped his sweat and said, "Wuxian and Changzhou counties should come to help soon."

"Well, arm the people inside and be prepared to resist, and don't let the mob rush into the government office." Liu Ying said in a deep voice.

"Hey, the lower officials have already ordered preparations." Li Heng nodded and said in a low voice: "But when there is chaos, no one knows what will happen. The government office has a secret passage leading directly to the river. The lower officials are responsible for guarding the land. Uncle, hurry up." Take your nobles and hide away."

"Absurd!" Liu Ying snorted, and said completely ungratefully: "As an imperial envoy, how can I shame the emperor? I won't be a deserter when the guards die!"

(End of this chapter)