120, Civil strife_3

Chen Ji pondered for a moment, "The commoners I know of don't have the gall, unless they're starving to death, otherwise they wouldn't rebel... Additionally, the Heavenly Horse lord has arrived."

Jin Zhu turned around abruptly, only to see a figure in white, the Heavenly Horse, standing on the edge of the city wall's parapet, unnoticed until now.

A sudden sense of calm washed over him.

Chen Ji solemnly instructed, "If someone tries to kill me, it must be a spy from the Liu Family, please, Heavenly Horse lord, shoot them down."

"Wait, what if the grain doesn't arrive? The Heavenly Horse can't stop so many disaster victims!"

Chen Ji calmly said, "I'm betting Lord Zhang will manage to bring in the grain in time."

Jin Zhu gripped the battlements and looked down, only to see the disaster victims weren't surging forth to kill Chen Ji; instead, they slowly backed away a few steps.

The cries of killing abruptly ceased.

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23:45.