Chapter 340 Conflicts Intensify

Chapter 341 Conflicts intensify

After Salah told several senior Mysore officials about his plan and adjusted the details, he rushed back to his post house to report the operation to Lafayette.

After he left, Sheikh Khan looked at the back of his carriage, turned his head and said to the people around him: "If everything goes well this time, Jahanzeb will be beaten to hell."

The thin officer added hesitantly: "But just kidnapping those who are to be released doesn't seem safe enough..."

A sneer flashed in Sheikh Khan's eyes: "These Europeans are indeed smart enough, but they are not decisive enough in doing things. We must act in our own way and ensure that Jahanzeb does not have any chance to make a comeback!"

"what do you mean?"

"This is how we..."

Several other people nodded immediately after hearing this.

…

The next day.

Southeastern suburbs of Mysore city.

Four to five thousand people gathered in the open space outside the city's largest prison, all looking eagerly at the prison door behind more than a dozen guards.

Today is the day when the government announces the release of arrested rumor mongers. More than 370 people have been released.

This made the people of Mysore, who had been suppressed by panic in recent times, breathe a sigh of relief. In addition to the family members of the released persons, more people wanted to come and witness the release process with their own eyes.

After being reprimanded by Tipu Sultan in person, Jahanzeb had ordered to stop arresting the rumor mongers. After this period of severe crackdown on rumors, he believed that even if people were no longer arrested, no one would dare to talk about the British. .

However, the efficiency of the administrative system was much lower this time. His orders were strictly implemented only in Mysore and Selingabadan. In some distant areas, there were troops arresting those who spread rumors.

Jahanzeb hoped that the "demonstration" effect of releasing the arrested people would send the message to the whole country that "the rumor incident is over", thus calming the limelight.

Not long after, the sun had risen to the center of the sky. Under the eager gaze of thousands of people, the prison door has not been opened for a long time. Instead, the number of guards at the door has increased a lot.

"I knew they were lying to everyone!" Sheikh Khan's men placed in the crowd shouted as planned, "The arrest is not over at all, we are still in danger!"

"I heard that the 'devil' asked the officials to arrest people wantonly. Without the consent of the 'devil', they would not be able to release the people!" Another person echoed loudly.

Recently, because "British" has become a taboo word, everyone secretly uses "devil" to refer to the British.

The crowd immediately became commotion, shouting one after another, "Open the door, they are innocent..."

"The child's father has been detained for half a month. If he doesn't come back, the family will not be able to survive..."

"Please, let him go...hasn't Mr. Guan already promised?"

At this moment, a young man suddenly slipped out from the small door on the side of the prison, walked quickly to the front of the crowd, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "No one will be released at all! Dead, they are all dead!"

This person was naturally arranged by Sheikh Khan.

Another "drag" immediately responded: "Who do you think is dead?"

The young man had a look of horror on his face and pointed to the prison behind him: "Those who are about to be released. They were all killed! I saw it with my own eyes!"

His words were like cold water falling into boiling oil. Thousands of people exploded with a "boom", especially the family members of those scheduled to be released. Many women collapsed on the ground and burst into tears.

A middle-aged man from a high caste stood up, pointed at the young man and said, "If you lie, I will put you in jail too!"

"I didn't lie. Those corpses were placed in the open space of the prison..."

The middle-aged man frowned and waved vigorously to the crowd behind him: "Let's go in and take a look!"

Thousands of people responded loudly and, led by dozens of upper-caste people, flooded into the prison.

The prison guard only made a symbolic threat and wisely avoided the crowd.

Some agile people quickly climbed up the wall, and then nimbly climbed over several large trees and reached the building inside the prison.

Then they pointed to the courtyard inside the building and screamed, "They are really dead!"

"There were hundreds of corpses and the 'devil' killed them all!"

"These damned guys, they killed hundreds of people!"

People outside the prison were completely shocked. Since the first batch of people released were people of some status, their relatives and friends were not vegetarians. Soon someone opened the prison door, and thousands of people rushed into the prison with a roar.

What appeared in front of them was an unbearable and vomiting scene - more than 300 corpses were randomly placed on the ground, like slaughtered animals. The hot weather filled the air with a stink, and large swarms of flies hovered over the corpse like black clouds, making a "buzzing" cheer. There were more than a dozen prison guards nearby who were hurriedly wrapping the bodies in straw, but because there were so many dead people, they couldn't even finish processing every corner.

Women rushed into the courtyard with their children in tow, identifying their relatives among the piles of corpses. Sharp cries could be heard, and from time to time some people fainted. What followed was a deafening curse.

Some high-caste leaders took several prison officials out. Under questioning from thousands of people, an official said tremblingly: "Yesterday they were all fine, but this morning they suddenly started vomiting and bleeding from their eyes and nose. Before I could call a doctor, they all died..."

The middle-aged man from a high caste asked: "Are they all the ones to be released today?"

The prison officer nodded.

"Besides them, who else died?"

"No, no more..."

Someone in the crowd shouted: "It was the 'devil' who ordered the Sudanese secretary to kill them!"

"Yes! It must be him!" Someone immediately echoed.

"He wanted to threaten us with the death of these people."

"The 'devils' killed hundreds of people in order to prevent us from talking about their evil deeds!"

“The Sudanese secretary is an accomplice of the ‘devil’!”

"We want justice for the dead!"

"Let's go, let's complain to the Sultan..."

“We accuse the Maharaja of their evil deeds!”

Led by a group of upper-caste people, the angry people escorted several prison officials towards the Ambavila Palace.

The news spread quickly, and more and more people joined the procession of complaining to the Sultan along the way. Of course, this was all the result of Sheikh Khan's men fanning the flames and going door to door to publicize the "massacre of freed persons."

When Tipu Sultan saw the dark crowd gathering around the palace, he almost thought someone was about to cause a riot. It was not until an official from Sheikh Khan's faction came to report the situation that he was relieved.