Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1449

Chapter 1449: Chapter 1444: Where Is the County Magistrate?

The woman frantically screamed and struggled against the soldiers dragging her, crying uncontrollably: "You beasts! My husband only wanted to steal back the body of the King of Hancheng, yet you caused his death, and now you want to kill me and my daughter! Oh, heavens! Open your eyes and see! The current Official Government doesn’t stand up for the people but oppresses them! The Emperor of Zhou has never considered us, the old subjects of Daliang, as his own citizens, has never treated us as human beings!"

Seeing the young girl with blood covering her head, the woman unable to break free, the hot-blooded men from the coast couldn’t hold back. They rushed forward and started grappling with the Government Officials, risking everything to save the woman who cried out for justice for her husband, and to call for fairness for the King of Hancheng.

Amidst the crowd, someone shouted: "Everyone, don’t act rashly! We need to demand that the Official Government retrieve the body of the King of Hancheng and give an explanation to the righteous men! We are not here to fight to the death with the Official Government!"

But that voice was drowned in the blood-thirsty roars of the people.

The woman was soon rescued by the crowd from the hands of the Government Officials. She almost crawled out of the crowd to see her daughter, holding her daughter and covering the wound on her head, crying heartbrokenly.

The woman’s hair was disheveled, her body in disarray. She protected her daughter with her body, looking blankly and fearfully at the angry crowd fighting with the Government Officials. She hadn’t expected things to escalate to this extent.

The conflict between officials and civilians worsened. Someone led the charge, snatching the sword from the waist of a Government Official, and started slashing at the Official. The men, full of righteous indignation, saw blood and became even more uncontrollable, raising their swords to rush toward the Government Office.

The Government Officials, helping their wounded colleagues, held up their swords but kept retreating until they were almost against the door panels of the Government Office, as if the life-and-death clash between officials and civilians was about to erupt.

Bai Qingjue, leading a team of incognito imperial guard with Xie Yuchang, arrived on horseback at the gate of the Government Office just as the people started rushing in. The Government Officials were slammed against the door panels, unable to resist.

He shouted sternly: "Stop!"

But Bai Qingjue’s voice was drowned out by the cries of the people rushing in.

Seeing this, Xie Yuchang turned and shouted to the soldiers in combat attire: "Arrest them all!"

"No!" Bai Qingjue hurriedly stopped him, pulling the reins tightly, "Go, get some buckets of cold water! Splash them!"

"Yes!" Xie Yuchang turned around and ordered.

During this time of public outrage, intervening to stop these people would only embolden them further.

Out of the corner of his eye, Bai Qingjue saw Bai Qingyan riding up. He turned his horse and looked at Bai Qingyan, serious on a white horse: "Eldest Young Lady... I was still a step too late!"

On the way here, Bai Qingyan heard many people talking about the events at the tavern yesterday, with much dissatisfaction towards the Official Government and the Zhou Dynasty, and even toward Bai Qingyan as the Emperor of Zhou. She asked an old man about the incident at the tavern, and soon the shop assistant and the small vendors at the tavern entrance gathered to criticize the Zhou Dynasty.

Before they could finish speaking, news came that the butcher who had stabbed the soldier last night died in jail. His wife went to the Government Office crying for justice, and soon there was news of a disturbance outside the Government Office.

In front of them, atop a white horse, stood a woman draped in a black cloak, her eyes dark and deep, her attire simple yet agile, exuding an uncontainable aura of nobility. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

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