Chapter 268 The Lord of Suzhou
The Humble Administrator's Garden is across the water from Lu Garden. Such a big disturbance in Lu Garden can naturally be hidden from the Xu family of Humble Administrator's Garden.
Both Zhao Hao and Lin Run were right. It was the Xu family who fanned the flames behind this civil unrest.
Originally, it was just a traditional drama of weavers and weavers fighting dog eunuchs, but the Xu family took the opportunity to create chaos, making the situation unstoppable.
But Xu Fan learned his lesson this time. He was far away from Songjiang to command remotely and refused to get involved in the place of right and wrong.
The one who carried out his will in Suzhou was Xu Xu, the chief manager of the Humble Administrator's Garden... When Xu Xu went to the prefect's office to seek help, but because of his bad attitude, he was knocked down by Cai Guoxi and felt deeply hated.
This time, if you have the opportunity to take revenge, Xu Xu of course had to point the finger at Cai Guoxi. He first ignites the prefect's office, and then drives him out of Suzhou City, and lets out his anger.
In the past few days, General Manager Xu has been asking people to keep fanning the flames everywhere to prevent the situation from calming down and turning big things into small things like before.
The effect is very good. The riot lasted for several days and still had no intention of stopping.
This made General Manager Xu quite satisfied and even gave birth to the illusion that he was the Lord of Suzhou.
It’s really called ‘Wine is not intoxicating, everyone is drunk by itself, and flowers are not fascinating, everyone is confused by itself’.
It was not until he heard that several senior executives of the Dongting Merchant Gang came into Luyuan from outside the city and called a meeting of the whole city to weaving houses, that Xu Xu suddenly woke up.
"You old man Lu Kuang dares you? How dare you do this?" Mr. Xu was so angry that he grinned with his golden teeth.
I thought to myself that if you want to have a meeting, you will secretly hold a small meeting and have to run under my nose to hold a meeting. This is simply too unfair to take my dignified Mr. Xu, the leader of Suzhou, seriously?!
"The little one took people to surround Lu Yuan, go in and catch spies, and catch traitors!" The subordinates shouted fiercely.
"What are you yelling around?" Xu Xu gave his subordinates a depressed look and cursed: "Foreman in the yard, which one of them is not dozens or hundreds of people under him? I don't know if the public is angry and can't be offended!"
"When those weavers leave, teach the Lu a lesson so that he can know that we have the final say in Suzhou City now!" his subordinates suggested again.
"It's not appropriate." Xu Xu shook his head and said, "The Lu family is full of branches and leaves and has too much power. He offended Lu Kuang and made enemies for the old man for nothing."
"Then let them make small moves?" The men were angry and unwilling.
"Of course not, but you have to use the strength on it." Xu Xu gritted his teeth and asked:
"Which gate did the person named Liu enter the city?"
"Zhangmen." The subordinate replied in a muffled voice: "When Xiao Yi of the Lu family led his people to grab the Changmen, he said that he was leaving a way out of the city for his old man. But in a blink of an eye, he put the government's lackey in."
"So, if the army enters the city tonight, 80% will be leaving the Changmen?" Xu Xu pondered for a moment, and his cold eyes swept across everyone.
"Specify Yes."
"Gather manpower and take back the Changmen before dark. I think the official army will not enter the city tonight. Who will believe the nonsense of the Lu family and the Dongting Chamber of Commerce tomorrow?"
Xu Xu ordered sternly: "Don't be afraid, there are only a thousand officials outside the city, and there is no way to attack!"
As he said that, his eyes froze and said in a dark voice: "The master has arranged for the censor to impeach him. If you delay for another ten or eight days, Lin Run and Cai Guoxi will all get out!"
"Okay!" The excited subordinates were immersed in the pleasure of confronting the government and could not extricate themselves.
It was getting dark, and the torches in the schoolyard outside Panmen shone on the sky.
The 1,000 officers and soldiers who had been resting for half a day had enough food and drink, and were ready to go.
A group of civil and military officials surrounded Lin Run and came to the officers and soldiers.
Feng Qianhu ordered all the soldiers to listen to the Central Chief's lecture.
Lin Run only made a brief mobilization, but repeatedly emphasized the military discipline after entering the city.
No robbery in the chaos, no murder, no rape, no escape from the team without authorization. Orders must be enforced, otherwise military law will be carried out!
He knew these guys very well, and if he saw that they were officers and soldiers, he would become bandits as soon as he relaxed.
This is also the reason why Lin Run is unwilling to mobilize the army to quell the rebellion. Although it is so fast, the secondary damage can be caused far exceeding the riot itself.
"Let's go." After all, he waved his hand, turned over and led his army out of the schoolyard.
At the same time, the Changmen has changed hands.
The Xu family's slaves have been connected everywhere these days and spent a lot of money, which has really brought up a Thousand-Man Citizen Self-Defense Force composed of gangsters and gangsters.
They wore red turbans and iron sticks with eyebrows, were domineering, smashing and looting everywhere. Most of the chaos in Suzhou today is thanks to this "Citizen Self-Defense Force".
In the afternoon, Xu Xu gave an order, and the slaves gathered the self-defense force. As soon as the sky got dark, they rushed to the gate tower of Changmen and beat everyone when they saw it!
Lu Yi and his less than 200 weavers were caught off guard and were beaten to the point of being beaten and fled in panic.
In a blink of an eye, the law enforcement team seized the Changmen. The cheers of ghosts and wolves cried and howled, and everyone had an illusion that they were invincible.
While excited, everyone on the city gate tower saw a fire dragon coming from the south outside the city.
"The government army is here, block the city gate quickly!" Manager Xu, who led the team in person, quickly ordered everyone to block the city gate.
The Self-Defense Force quickly used a wooden stick to hold the locked city gate. He was worried, so he asked someone to push a cart of bricks and stones to block the city gate holes tightly.
Xu Xu stood at the top of the city and looked at the fire dragon that could not see at all, and couldn't help but suck in the air.
"Why does it feel like there are more than a thousand people?"
"Yes, it looks like two or three thousand..." The people below were also frightened.
"Is it because Lin Run has increased his troops?"
"If there are so many people, you will be able to attack if you can't open the door, right?"
Xu Xu's scalp became numb, but he didn't have the courage to fight head-on with the officers and soldiers.
"Call people here quickly, and we will make the momentum bigger so that they will not dare to attack!"
"yes!"
The subordinates rushed to summon people, but tonight, Suzhou City was obviously affected by the Dongting Chamber of Commerce's curfew, and the streets were much deserted than the previous few days.
They were yelling on the street, knocking on the door and calling people, and they also transferred 200 people from the nearby Panmen and Qimen. After a lot of effort, they gathered up a thousand people to reinforce the Changmen.
Now, two thousand people were erected on the Changmen Tower and the city walls on both sides, and he felt less panicked.
Xu Xu ordered them to set up a torch, which complemented the two or three thousand people outside the city, making it difficult to separate the Xuanyuan.
He felt that he was doing it again, put his hand on his waist knife, and walked on the city wall with his head held high, cheering his subordinates loudly.
"The government army is not as good as the bullshit! The only Qi family army who can fight has already gone north, and all that are left are a bunch of waste."
"They also want to attack the city? They can't attack for eight lifetimes!"
"I'll be successful in defending the city tonight. I'll take you to the girls who are patronizing the Huajie Streets!"
It would be fine to say something else, but when we mentioned this, everyone in the city screamed excitedly, and looked extremely motivated.
Xu Xu nodded with satisfaction. Just as he was about to continue to enjoy the city lord's appetite, he saw a slave under his subordinate running up in a panic.
"The general manager has broken, the official army has entered the city!"
Chapter completed!