GBP Chapter 127
Chapter 127
When Ye Chen was leaving the lakeside cottage, a member of the imperial guards dressed as a commoner rushed onto the carriage and whispered to Shen Qiu.
As soon as Ye Chen got on the carriage, Shen Qiu, who had followed him, said to him, "Your Majesty, a large number of people suddenly rushed out of the Lushang Inn and the Chamber of Commerce."
"There were a large number of them, moving quickly through the streets and alleys, causing great chaos. The people I arranged in the surrounding area were unable to stop them."
Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but narrow his eyes and asked, "Did you catch anyone?"
"We caught some, but the situations of those people were somewhat special."
Shen Qiu's eyes suddenly became complicated, and he said.
"What special method?"
"Your Majesty, those captured by the Imperial Guards appear to be ordinary civilians who have been imprisoned and persecuted before."
Hearing this, Lin Ziyun was slightly stunned, then he understood.
"Those Lu merchants released all the prisoners? Are they trying to escape among the crowd?"
Ye Chen's eyes became very sharp, but he saw the essence of the matter at a glance.
"Could it be that these Lu merchants discovered something was amiss, and then took action before I could?"
Ye Chen's face darkened, and he almost instantly guessed that this group of Lu merchants suddenly released all the prisoners in order to disrupt the deployment of the imperial guards and then run away.
"Qiu'er, have someone speed up. Let's go over there quickly. Have the imperial guards surrounding the Lushang Inn and the Chamber of Commerce keep a close eye on any people who are dressed differently from ordinary people and escape. If they do, arrest them immediately or send someone to follow them. We absolutely cannot let them get away like this."
Ye Chen immediately gave the order.
Following his order, the carriage accelerated and soon arrived at the street where the most traveling merchants gathered. At this time, the street was in chaos.
The carriage was quickly stopped by traffic.
Ye Chen lifted the curtain and looked outside, and saw many people running on the street, with noisy sounds everywhere.
"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous to get off the car now. Let's wait until the situation stabilizes."
Seeing this, Shen Qiu immediately said to Ye Chen.
"Ah."
"Let Liu Zhong and the others blend into the crowd and investigate together to see if there are any suspicious individuals."
Ye Chen didn't expect that the entire main street would be in chaos. How many people did Lu Shang detain?
"Yes."
Shen Qiu immediately went to pass on the order.
Chu Ji and the other eight people who had been running behind the carriage immediately dispersed and mixed in with the crowd.
They were gangsters, and they were naturally best at walking around the streets. Almost in an instant, they hid among the people.
Ye Chen observed his surroundings and found that among those running around there were street vendors and peddlers, but more of them were people with ragged clothes, yellow skin, and very thin bodies. Most of these people had injuries on their bodies, and some could only make a humming sound when they opened their mouths, as if they were mute.
Some of those who were not mute shouted that they would go to the police to report the crime, as if they had suffered a great injustice.
It was these people who blocked the streets, preventing carriages from passing, and making many peddlers and vendors avoid them as much as possible.
"Strange, why do these merchants on the street deliberately avoid these people?"
Ye Chen felt vaguely strange.
Isn’t it human nature to watch the fun?
Suddenly, there were so many people who were suspected of being abused, but the vendors on the street did not gather around to see what was going on. Instead, they fled as if seeking refuge, which made Ye Chen very confused.
But his doubts did not last long, as he saw the answer.
"I'm coming!"
"The city defense troops are here!"
"Run!"
Ye Chen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of soldiers appearing on the street.
The soldiers of the city defense corps were all dressed in black iron armor, and they marched with astonishing momentum.
"Gather all the refugees entering the city and drive them out!"
A rather burly figure riding a white horse appeared right in front of the soldiers, raising his neck high and roaring loudly.
All of a sudden, everything was going crazy.
As soon as these city defense soldiers took action, they rushed towards the people who were ragged and obviously persecuted. But in the process, any innocent people who blocked the road were all arrested as refugees, and were beaten on the spot if they showed any disobedience.
"Your Majesty, our people have clashed with the city defense troops!"
Shen Qiu's face changed and said.
"Show your identity as the Imperial Guards and have the City Defense Force maintain law and order. They are not allowed to arrest or assault civilians! Have them release all the people they've captured!"
Ye Chen's face darkened slightly, and he immediately said to Shen Qiu beside him.
"Yes!"
Shen Qiu quickly jumped out of the carriage and quickly went to meet the soldiers of the city defense army.
Ye Chen also walked out of the carriage, but he wanted to see whether the people from the city defense army would be obedient.
"You Imperial Guards can only take care of the affairs within the palace, how can you interfere in matters outside the palace?"
"My military department is responsible for public security outside the palace. These refugees are disrupting public order within the city and must be expelled immediately!"
The general riding on the white horse obviously did not buy into Shen Qiu's account and shouted.
"This is His Majesty's order!"
Shen Qiu's face darkened and he said angrily.
"As the deputy commander of the Military Affairs Department, this is my duty. If the city's security is disturbed and the superiors blame me, I will bear the responsibility. Can you bear this responsibility?"
"Your Majesty, if you want to blame someone, you can only blame these refugees and the superior who gave the order, not Mi."
Mi Cheng smiled coldly, then gave an order: "Keep going, drive all those refugees out!"
"Anyone who dares to stop us will be treated as a refugee!"
Behind Mi Cheng, more than 300 soldiers from the city defense army stepped forward step by step and continued to drive away the itinerant merchants and civilians.
"presumptuous!"
"Mi, you are disobeying the imperial decree. Do you want to rebel?"
A roar, like thunder.
Ye Chen's face darkened slightly, and he jumped off the carriage with big strides. His robes fluttered, and his aura suddenly burst out, captivating everyone.
Mi Cheng's expression changed slightly, and he turned around suddenly to see Ye Chen walking towards him step by step.
"You, who are you?"
Mi Cheng frowned, but felt a pressure coming towards him, and was a little surprised.
"Commander of the Emperor's Imperial Guards!"
"Humph!"
Hearing that it was just a commander of the imperial guards, Mi Cheng quickly calmed himself down and snorted coldly.
"How dare a mere commander speak so arrogantly to me? Come on, drag him away!"
Mi Cheng waved his hand and soldiers immediately came forward.
Seeing this, Ye Chen's face completely sank, and he looked at the soldiers who wanted to move forward.
"Do you want to rebel too?!"
"Anyone who disobeys the imperial decree is guilty of treason and shall be exterminated along with his entire clan!"
All the soldiers stopped, looking hesitant.
Mi Cheng's face darkened and he said, "He's just a commander, just bluffing. Hurry up and act!"
However, the next moment, Ye Chen raised his hand and pointed at Mi Cheng.
"You dare not obey the will of the emperor? You are a traitor. Capture me!"
Ye Chen shouted.
Mi Cheng didn't care. He was in the military formation and didn't believe that Ye Chen could do anything to him.
However, the next moment, the crowd around was in commotion.
A large number of imperial guards and people from the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion who had been transferred in took off their disguises and surrounded them.