Chapter 278: Sweet dates and hammer to quell the chaos!

On street corners, in restaurants and teahouses.

With a smile on his face, Mr. Liu said to the core family heads in front of him, "See? These powerless people, as long as they unite, will unleash enough power that no one can underestimate them."

"Tell me, who will be more unlucky if today's incident gets out of hand?"

"The Cai family or the Kuai family?"

"Maybe it's the Kuai family?"

"After all, Cai Mao was smart enough to send his younger sister, who was known as the 'most beautiful woman in Jingxiang', away."

Old Master Liu laughed loudly: "I said that no one can escape punishment. How could Ye Feng change his mind because of his daughter if he has come this far?"

"Come on, this good show is not over yet, let's continue watching."

In front of the state pastoral office.

Nearly ten thousand people came here in anger, which naturally attracted the attention of Xu Shu, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang in the governor's mansion.

Cai Mao sighed softly: "Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. As expected, you guessed it right. These people actually intend to use public opinion to oppose the will of the lord. Don't they know that they are playing with fire?"

"Playing with fire is the easiest way to get burned."

Kuai Liang twirled his beard lightly: "They think of themselves as the smartest people, and always think that even if things go wrong, they will never be implicated."

"But they don't know that in troubled times, controlling the military power means controlling the power of life and death."

"With just one word from the superiors, their heads will be chopped off without any reason."

"Yidu, Brother Degui, you two should handle this matter."

"We can't let the situation escalate further. This is the first mission the Lord has given us. If something goes wrong, we won't be able to expect to be reused in the future."

Kuai Yue and Cai Mao did not refuse. They looked at each other and walked slowly outside.

Outside the mansion.

Under the secret instigation of some people, public opinion was surging and everyone was moving towards the gate of the government office. Even though there were more than a thousand soldiers who had prepared early, they still couldn't stop these people who were about to lose their minds.

"Creak."

The door slowly opened, and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue walked out together.

After all, the two of them were the heads of the first and second ranked aristocratic families. When they appeared, the originally surging public opinion was suppressed a lot.

But some people still shouted, "You are all from Jingxiang, and now you have climbed up the ladder, but you don't care about our lives. You are such ruthless people, hurry up and call out the Duke of Zhenbei, we only trust him."

"Yes, we no longer trust you two. We want to see Duke Zhenbei."

"We want Lord Zhenbei to give us an explanation. Didn't we agree that everything would remain the same? Why aren't we given room to survive? Why are the prices of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea rising so rapidly?"

Kuai Yue listened to these dissatisfied voices, took two steps forward, and said calmly: "Everyone, calm down."

Although the voice was loud, few people were willing to listen to Kuai Yue's words.

Kuai Yue shook his head and nodded at Cai Mao.

"woooooo"

When the horn sounded, the people on both sides of the street instantly discovered that something was unusual.

Unexpectedly, countless war horses appeared on both sides of the street corners.

The sound of horse hooves rang out, and thousands of cavalrymen appeared with a murderous aura. Huo Jun, the leader, drew the spear from his waist and shouted sternly: "Do you want to rebel?"

"If you want to rebel, I won't be polite. With just your few men, how many times can you stop my charge?"

"Cavalry, listen up! Archers draw their bows and prepare to attack!!" The originally chaotic crowd quieted down. No one was not afraid of Huo Jun's threat. After all, the cavalry and archers were already ready. Only one order was needed and the massacre would begin.

Can they withstand the charge of these cavalry?
Outside the street corner, instead of being frightened, Old Man Liu laughed excitedly and said, "Kill him!"

"The more people we kill, the more chaos there will be in Xiangyang City, and then our chances of success will be greater."

"Spread this news throughout the city, the sooner the better."

"Also, get those people moving and try to cause bloodshed."

In front of the governor's mansion, seeing the people being frightened, Kuai Yue smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone. The duty of a soldier is to protect the country, not to oppress the people. We asked them to show up today not to deal with you, but to deal with those who are plotting rebellion."

"They hid among you, sowed discord among you, and made you surround the governor's mansion."

"From now on, if anyone interrupts me, it means they have something to hide. I will never show mercy to people with such ill intentions."

"It is better to kill the innocent than to let the guilty go. Therefore, all good people, please do not move and obey the instructions."

These threatening words made those who were ready to make a move hesitate in their hearts.

Is it useful to jump out at this time?

However, some loyalists still jumped out and said, "Don't listen to the officials. How can they understand the sufferings of ordinary people like us?"

"We work so hard every day but can't even get enough to eat, how can they..."

Before he finished speaking, a few people around him who had just agreed spoke up, and a dozen dark shadowy figures appeared.

"kill!!"

The sword flashed, and in just a cup of tea, all the assassins who wanted to deceive the people were killed.

This thunderous blow made all the people tremble with fear.

Only then did they come to their senses and realize that they had always been meat on the chopping board and could not resist at all.

Seeing that the scene had calmed down again, Kuai Yue spoke again: "Cai family, Kuai family, we have lived in Jingxiang for a hundred years. You have seen everything we did in the past."

"Do you think we are the ones who oppress the people and take office without doing anything?"

"We all know what happened in Xiangyang City, but everything happens for its own reasons. We need time to find the problem, but I promise you that within three days, Xiangyang City will have stable prices."

"But before that, you need to go back and live a normal life for a while."

Cai Mao also stood up at this time and said with a serious face: "If your family is really in trouble, my Cai family is willing to take out all the rice and grain in the house."

"But you need to pay according to the previous price."

"Do you have any other questions now?"

All the people felt relieved. They had no intention of subverting the order in Xiangyang, and naturally would not fight to the death.

Seeing that Cai Mao and Kuai Yue were willing to resolve the issue and promised to do it in three days, everyone shouted excitedly.

"We are willing to trust the two Patriarchs. How could you deceive us?"

"We came here because we were bewitched, otherwise we wouldn't be here today."

With the appearance of rice, the last trace of doubt completely disappeared.

At the street corner, Mr. Liu showed a bitter look on his face, and the others cursed: "These useless rubbish, rubbish!"

"They are all fence-sitters, all cowards who are afraid of death!"

"Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)