When the sun reached its zenith, surrounding merchants and taverns sent food to the righteous men sitting in protest, but Zhao Qingcang refused it and chose to fast.
"I will not eat, nor do I dare eat!" Zhao Qingcang said with complete detachment.
The others soon understood. Zhao Qingcang was now their leader; the nobles of Handan did not dare come out to confront them face-to-face, but they might very well have poisoned the food.
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