Tibet

Chapter 327: Mass Events
Although there are few clues, more than [-] bounty hunters have signed and pledged. It is like reaching an agreement. After signing the agreement, everyone must try their best to find it, but no matter whether they can find it, they will get fifty guan.

After receiving a drawing of Wu Ying's appearance and the [-] guan money paid in advance by the Wang family, more than thirty bounty hunters set off separately. Most of them went straight to Fuping County.

But Wu Ying was very cunning, as if he had evaporated from the world, he disappeared completely, and it was really hard to earn two thousand coins.

In a blink of an eye, it is November again, and Chang'an has entered the early winter season.

Yunyang County is a subordinate county of Jingzhao Prefecture. This year, it suffered from severe pests and diseases. The harvest in autumn was not good, and the inside and outside of the county was covered by a cloud of gloom. Like other counties in Guanzhong, the wheat fields in Yunyang County were basically divided up by more than a hundred manors.

Taxes and rents are fixed. If the weather is good and the harvest is good, there will be a little more food left, but if there is a disaster, it will be miserable.

This year, wheat has encountered serious pests and diseases, and it is destined to be a year of suffering for farmers in Yunyang County.

There is a temple in the south of the county seat, which usually enshrines a few gods, but a group of people came here these days. The leader is a middle-aged fat man, surnamed Yuan. He has a pair of protruding ears and is nicknamed Yuan Maitreya.

Yuan Cheng shaved his head, wore cassock, and claimed to be the reincarnation of Maitreya. He could accurately tell the situation of every believer's family and the condition of the deceased old man, which caused a sensation in Yunyang County.

In less than two months, more than [-] believers have been developed. If it is just for defrauding money and making money, this group of people also took the opportunity to avenge their personal revenge.

The third child under Yuan Cheng was a native of Yunyang County, named Li Taotao. He fled to Yong County when he was threatened by his enemies to fight for a woman. Now that he has money and so many believers, he began to think about revenge.

Li Taotao's enemy is the fifth son of the Guan family in Yunyang County, named Guan Wei. When he was young, he was also a playboy who walked around all day, but ten years later, Guan Wei gradually became sensible and curbed his bad habits. His father found him a job and became the steward of Wanma Manor.

Wanma Manor has a great background. Its owner is Princess Huo Guochang, the younger sister of Emperor Li Longji. The head of the Guan family, Guan Xu, was the school boy of Princess Huo Guochang's husband Pei Xuji when he was young.

Guan Weineng is eloquent and smart. Princess Huo also likes him very much and promises to let him be an official in the future.

Although Guan Wei has a bright future, at this moment, the troubles he caused when he was young came to him.

In the evening, Li Taotao came to the door with a hundred warriors. Guan Wei was very frightened and led dozens of Zhuang Ding and Li Taotao to fight against him. At the same time, he sent someone to ask his father and the county government for help.

Many misunderstandings happened like this. Most of the thousands of tenant farmers in Wanma Manor were followers of Yuan Maitreya. They were all worried about paying rent and taxes. When they heard that Yuan Maitreya’s people were confronting the manor, the tenants rushed to cheer with hoes and sticks. In the night, densely packed torches formed a sea of ​​flames outside the gate of the manor.

Thousands of tenant farmers shouted in unison: "Exemption from rent! Exemption from taxes!"

This is their voice, more and more tenants joined the team, and the angry condemnation became louder and louder. Li Taotao was also a little scared, and he wanted to run but couldn't. At this time, the gate of the manor was overturned, thousands of tenants rushed in, Guan Wei was trampled to the ground, and the manor was in chaos.

Early this morning, Li Dai received the news sent by the officials of Yunyang County that there was a mass incident in Yunyang County. Mass incidents are the most feared thing of all the officials. If they are not careful, they will make a big fuss, turn into a large-scale mass incident, or even rebel, and they will lose their heads.

Li Dai hurried to Yunyang County with Peng Haiyan, the head catcher, and a dozen other catchers.

In the evening, when Li Ye returned home, he heard his mother's panicked voice, "Hurry up and find Ah Ye!"

Li Ye walked into the courtyard and asked, "Mother, what happened?"

Pei Sanniang hurriedly said: "Just now someone from the government office said that Yunyang County sent a pigeon letter, saying that your father was besieged by mobs and the situation was dangerous. What should we do?"

"Don't worry, I'll go to Yunyang County to have a look."

"You can't go, you're too young, it's dangerous!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Mother, I was surrounded by tens of thousands of troops and I was killed. What is a group of thugs?"

Pei Sanniang had no choice but to agree after thinking about it, "Then you must be careful!"

Li Ye nodded, "I'll get ready!"

Li Ye put on his armor, took bows and arrows, flying knives, and swords, got on his horse and ran towards Yunyang County.

Yunyang County is about eighty miles north of Chang'an. Li Ye felt a tense atmosphere when he entered Yunyang County. Although it was two o'clock at night, there were quite a lot of people on the official road. Farmers in twos and threes walked in a hurry, and many of them were from other counties.

Li Ye's heart moved, and he followed them quietly. There were also many people riding donkeys and mules, and they were dressed in various ways. Some wore moldy leather armor, and some even wore extremely rare cloth armor. Li Ye was alone, and he was mixed with the crowd of livestock riders. It was midnight, and no one could see his appearance clearly, so no one doubted him.

Not long after, Li Ye followed the flow of people to Wanma Manor, and saw that there were at least [-] people here, most of them were unarmed, but there were also many people with hoes and sticks.

Dozens of warriors stood at the gate, questioning each one.

Li Ye quickly took off his helmet, took out a cloak to wrap around his body, and walked inside.

"Where did it come from?" a warrior asked him.

"I'm from Xinfeng County, looking for relatives!"

The accents of the counties in Jingzhao Prefecture are still somewhat different, but the accent of Xinfeng County is exactly the same as that of Chang'an.

"Heh! Heh! There are also people from Xinfeng County. After entering, walk along the wall to the right. You will see many people riding horses at the end of the walk. You should stay with them, and someone will greet you."

Li Ye was not suspected, and urged his horse into the manor. Just after walking not far, someone caught up behind him and whispered: "Mr. Li! General Li!"

Li Ye was startled, and when he turned around, he saw a tall and thin man with clothes wrapped around his head. He approached Li Ye and lifted the clothes covering his head. Li Ye recognized at a glance that it was Peng Haiyan, his father's captor.

"Brother Peng, why are you here?"

"Li Shaoyin asked me to rush back to the capital to ask for help. I managed to get out, and I happened to see Young Master."

"How is my father?" Li Ye asked anxiously.

"It's all right now, but it's hard to say after dawn. He and his brothers are trapped in the warehouse."

"Take me there!"

Peng Haiyan carried a big bag on his back and said with a smile, "This is the bow and arrow I stole while they weren't paying attention. Brothers only have knives. Once they attack, they won't be able to stop them at all!"

He led Li Ye along the high wall, and when Li Ye saw the crowd, he asked, "What happened, why are there so many people gathered?"

Peng Haiyan sneered: "A group of people who don't know where they came from pretended to be the reincarnation of Maitreya. Tens of thousands of farmers rioted yesterday, demanding rent and tax cuts. Then these people took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the farmers and falsely claimed that it was Maitreya. They called on the people to gather and prepare to fight against the government. It is said that tens of thousands of people will be called to march to Chang'an."

"These people are ambitious!"

"It's ambitious!"

Soon, they approached the warehouse. The warehouse was a tall building with a flat roof made of green bricks, covering a large area and filled with grain.

Hundreds of warriors gathered in front of the warehouse, and surrounded the gate of the warehouse with a sandbag wall, which was filled with torches, and the fire shone like daylight. The warriors held spears, bows and arrows, and stared at the gate dozens of steps away.

Peng Haiyan said in a low voice: "I turned out through the transom at the back, or I turned in again and opened the door to meet the young master."

Li Ye said coldly: "No need, I will open a way for you!"

Li Ye threw away his cloak, put on his helmet, got on his horse, waved his saber, and charged towards the warrior in front of him.

　The mass incident was a real event in the middle Tang Dynasty. Maitreya believers rebelled violently, and Lao Gao changed the time and place.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)