"Could it be that Dowager Consort Yu and her son are plotting some malicious scheme? I heard recently that several large boxes were moved out from the Prince's Mansion. Everyone says they were filled with gold, silver, and jewels, but no one knows where they were taken."
"Surely, the Prince's Mansion has run out of money, so they're thinking of squeezing some profit from us poor folks."
"Heaven and earth as my witness, we are so broke that our pockets are emptier than our faces. Where would we have any money?"
The general who personally led the troops heard the whispers of the people. He felt helpless, but he understood that if the citizens were so easily convinced by them, they wouldn't even know how they died.
"You, go get a gong." He turned to a soldier beside him and instructed.
"Yes, General."
The soldier obeyed and went to find a gong. Soon, he returned with a fairly large one.
