You sell swords, I go crazy, I am a father in Shengjing

On the afternoon of the next day, at the Green Forest Army's base, Wu Kui, the commander-in-chief, sat high up in the hall, looking sinisterly at the wounded soldiers kneeling in the hall.

These wounded soldiers were naturally not all the people who went to Qingquan for the night attack, but representatives of various armies who escaped back.

"You mean that Tie Niu and Monkey colluded with the enemy and rebelled, and even took their cronies to join the Qingquan County Magistrate Song Yichun?"

"In reply to the commander-in-chief..."

However, before Zhang Lengzi below could answer, Wu Kui hit him on the forehead with a teapot.

For a moment, blood was oozing from Zhang Lengzi's forehead, and the Green Forest Army who came with him to report were also silent.

"Come here, lock them up collectively, and don't let them return home until I have ascertained the truth!"

"Yes!"

Wu Kui is not a fool. As Pang Tieniu and Hou Jun are his capable subordinates, he naturally understands their personalities.

Even though Zhang Lengzi and others said that there was someone behind the Qingquan, it was not as simple as it seemed, and that Pang Tieniu and the other two were instigated by the master behind the scenes, he had to send someone to verify it.

In fact, even if he didn't say it, he was secretly hoping that this was true...

At least the fact that there is a master behind Qingquan may be able to save his image in the eyes of that adult.

While Wu Kui was thinking this, Feng Xi and Qi Xiao on the other side had already made preparations for the other party to send people over.

Although Pang Tieniu would rather die than surrender, he was always unwilling to cooperate with their work and even went on a hunger strike to show that he would not betray the Green Forest Army...

But Hou Jun is a shrewd man with no bottom line.

Correspondingly, the group of people who followed him were all slick, and even helped persuade some of Pang Tieniu's men.

In Feng Xi’s words:
"It's one day to live happily, and it's one day to be tortured to death by us all day long. Why don't you live a good life with good food and wine? Everyone dies since ancient times, but at least you can't starve to death, right?"

The words are crazy, but the truth is real!
So when the people sent by Wu Kui secretly sneaked into Qingquan and obtained information under the counter-surveillance of Qi Xiao's secret guards, they came to the conclusion that Hou Jun and others had rebelled.

As for whether Pang Tieniu, who has never appeared, has rebelled or was forced, does it matter?

Not important at all.

"Come here, send a pigeon letter to that gentleman immediately! No, no, no, first inform the man named Zhou and have him write the letter with me!"

When Wu Kui got the news, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, but at the same time he was anxious, a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.

Because what his men sent into Qingquan this time saw was definitely not something that Song Yichun, the magistrate of Qingquan County, could arrange.

Abundant food, a brand new county town, and the Qingquan Militia who were clearly superior to their Green Forest Army...

All of this points to one thing, that is, Qingquan has experts guiding him, and these experts are clearly standing against them.

That night, the camp of the army was brightly lit. Jia Li, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, smiled and declined the banquet offered by Crown Prince Feng Jing, and walked towards Mu Qingze's tent.

Even though Mu Qingze is only the eldest son of Marquis Qi Bo and does not hold an office in the court, anyone familiar with the Shengjing circle knows that although the Mu family seems to be far away from the center of power, the network of contacts of Grandpa Mu, a veteran of three dynasties, cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, Crown Prince Feng Jing often tried to win him over, and other people in the army were also respectful to him. When the Crown Prince held a banquet, others had to go through the motions, but he could be noble and self-respecting, staying safely in his tent.

"Prince, there is new news below."

"Oh?"

Mu Qingze raised his head, and there was a rare hint of interest in his narrow and cold eyes.

He had long known that Feng Jing was not a good person. He had also seen that the other party's marching was extremely extravagant and without discipline these days, which made him lose interest at all.

This is perfect. He wants to see how his subordinates are doing. If it is good, he should urge Feng Jing and others to go and finish it so as to completely defeat Feng Xi's lineage.

However, as he opened the two letters, a crack appeared on his handsome face, like a sign of impending storm, which frightened Jia Li, who was waiting beside him.

"Your Highness, is this your expression? Could it be that something has changed in Mingzhou..."

Before Jia Li finished speaking, Mu Qingze threw the letter in his hand at him:

"They are stubborn and stupid. Let them disrupt the situation in Mingzhou and hinder Feng Xi and Qi Xiao, instead of letting them fight for power and profit!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Li's hands trembled, and he quickly read the letter in his hand, his expression changing again and again as he read.

The letters in his hands came from the chess pieces they had placed in Mingzhou, and they were the two most critical ones.

However, the two men attacked each other in their letters, accusing each other of attacking their relatives to hinder their plans.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but there have been many major and minor events in Mingzhou these days. During their struggle for power, Qingquan, one of the five counties, has quietly developed, and its county magistrate is not one of their subordinates.

Now Qingquan has more and more people under his rule, and has even successfully repelled some of the elite rebels...

"Sir, it's clear there's someone behind this. There's definitely something behind this Qingquan!"

"Then who do you think the expert behind this is, Lord Jia?"

Mu Qingze sneered, and his usually noble temperament was clouded for a moment by the stupidity of his men.

"To answer the question, my Lord, of course, it is the Princess Guardian's Mansion..."

Jia Lihan is as small as a bean. Given the current situation in Tianzhao, apart from the princess's family who want to protect themselves, who wouldn't stay away from Mingzhou's affairs?
But that's the problem. Princess Zhaoming and her husband are clearly staying in the imperial city, and their capable subordinates have never left Shengjing. So can they still control the situation in Mingzhou?

Even if they were lucky enough to send out a group of forces, where would Qingquan's expenses come from during these days?

How did they communicate with the people in the capital?

All kinds of doubts gathered in Jia Li's mind, and in the end he could only look silently at Mu Qingze who was sitting in the main seat.

"Come on, follow me to see the prince."

Mu Qingze stood up and quickly regained his elegant and noble appearance, and walked towards Feng Jing's tent.

Only in his slightly drooped narrow eyes did he reveal a hint of coldness that was invisible to ordinary people.

Feng Xi, ah Feng Xi, I thought you were really interesting and wanted to spare your life, but you were so stubborn that you insisted on staying with Qi Xiao.

In this case, don't blame me for being cruel.

While Mu Qingze personally advised Feng Jing, hoping that the army could speed up its march and put down the Mingzhou rebellion as soon as possible, a wind quietly blew into the Green Forest Army camp.

"This matter is of great importance. If you want me to die, then tell others. Not only me, but all of us who come back will die!"

"Qingquan has food, and the adults in Qingquan are fair and strict. We will definitely be blessed if we go there!"

"Instead of staying here and being tortured and becoming a hostage to threaten our boss, we might as well take a gamble!" "That's right, at worst, we two old people will die with our son!"

……

"Don't worry, sir. We, the villagers, are all very tight-lipped. You don't know what kind of life we ​​lived before. If we hadn't been unable to survive, we wouldn't have done this!"

Zhang Lengzi stood shyly in front of a secret guard and reported in a low voice how they went home to inform their families.

As the heads of each household, they have made up their minds, so there is no reason for their family members not to follow suit.

Even some of the timid ones felt sorry for their sons and the head of the family going to the battlefield. They knew they would have a hard time living without them, so they agreed readily.

The Green Forest Army today is not a regular army. They are all farmers and poor people. Who would want to eavesdrop on your conversation behind closed doors?
It's not that they heard it by chance, but their first reaction was not to report it, but to threaten the speaker to take them away with him.

Since even the so-called elite Green Forest warriors are no match for Qingquan, what are they staying for?
Qingquan has enough food and clothing and doesn't have to fight, so why don't they go there?
So when Qi Xiao saw the number of people reported by his subordinates, he couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

"Don't tell me, the people in my fiefdom are just as simple as me."

"Simple means simple?"

Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows. He was already accustomed to Feng Xi's gossip, and at this moment he was even looking forward to what else she would say.

Then she heard Feng Xi say:

"Orcs will never be slaves unless they are provided with food and shelter!"

Qi Xiao: "..."

He wanted to ask her what kind of beast Feng Xi was. Was it a little phoenix beast?
Not to mention the funny things between Feng Xi and Qi Xiao, it is not something that can be done by just talking if so many people want to turn from evil to good.

The first thing Feng Xi had to prepare was new supplies, which also meant she had to make another trip to Qingzhou.

Not only that, Song Yichun and others also have to plan a new residential area, and Qi Xiao has to lead his troops to the appropriate place to support them.

Therefore, after Qingquan made some preparations, Zhang Lengzi and others who had been waiting for news for three days finally got a reply.

That night, fires broke out in many places in the Green Forest Army’s base. As the city was in chaos, Zhang Lengzi and others rushed out of their houses with their families.

Most of those who defected to the Green Forest Army had little property, and even if they did, it had almost all been confiscated by their superiors.

Therefore, most people only carried a small bag, and some even traveled lightly to support their parents. They began to run out of the city in groups.

In the past few days, they had already bribed the people guarding the city gate, and there were secret guards appointed by Qi Xiao to lead the way, so the escaping team did not encounter any difficulties along the way, and the first group of people even successfully occupied the city gate.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Run! Run faster!"

At this moment, Zhang Lengzi and others didn't care about hiding anymore and started shouting at the top of their lungs.

The excitement here soon attracted the attention of neighbors, and some people gritted their teeth, rolled up their bags and ran out.

"They've rebelled against them! They've rebelled against them! Come on, follow me and kill those traitors alive!"

Wu Kui, who was woken up late at night, was furious and was about to kill the fleeing crowd with his men.

However, Qi Xiao was well prepared for this. His secret guards had already organized a large number of young and strong men to cover the escaped relatives.

Looking at the crowd of people in front of them who were ready to die, Wu Kui's elite troops did not fail to charge forward, but they discovered that there were also masters on the opposite side.

What made them even more headache was that the Green Forest Army who followed them in the rear had the same idea when they saw their companions and their families fleeing.

"Damn it! Damn it! Song Yichun deserves to die!"

After cursing three times, in order to prevent the army from losing more manpower, Wu Kui had no choice but to retreat and ordered everyone to stop pursuing.

Poor mountains and bad waters produce bad people, this is really true!

The next morning, Zhang Lengzi and others, who had escaped all night, finally reunited with the militia led by Qi Xiao.

Under Qi Xiao's command, the militia not only distributed bread to everyone, but also set up a stove and cooked porridge.

It’s not that they think this place is safe enough, but if these people don’t eat and rest well, how can they reach Qingquan as quickly as possible.

At the same time, this place serves as a temporary gathering point. Qi Xiao believes that there will be new people passing by and rushing to Qingquan regardless of their lives.

It is said that the people's hearts are like water, which can carry a boat but also capsize it. The tyranny of the Green Forest Army and the enlightenment of Qingquan are the best contrast.

Just as Qi Xiao guessed, after the large army passed the gathering point, many civilians from the Green Forest Army sneaked over one after another.

One part of them were Green Forest Soldiers, and the other part were poor people who finally found an opportunity to escape as most of the Green Forest Soldiers were reduced in number.

In short, the Green Forest Army, a thousand-mile embankment, has been devastated after this ant hole, and it seems that it is about to collapse completely...

"Wu Kui vomited blood? He deserves it! Just because he started a rebellion and threatened the soldiers' families in order to retain them, he is not a qualified commander!"

After Song Yichun received the news that Wu Kui was ill, his spirits, which had been depressed due to being busy for the past few days, were visibly lifted.

Because the more chaotic the situation is on Wu Kui's side, the easier it will be for them to take over.

Not to mention that Qi Xiao also led his troops to raid the Green Forest Army camp in the past few days and brought back a lot of food to replenish Qingquan.

For a time, even if a large number of people flow into the spring, they can still run freely for a short period of time.

As the former second commander of the Green Forest Army, Wen Xing also led his men to run around, picking out promising talents from the Green Forest Army one by one and sending them to the current Qingquan Militia Camp.

Finally, when Wu Kui's troops gradually rebelled and it seemed that they were no longer a threat, Qi Xiao ordered them to be killed.

Although he did not go there in person, he sent twenty elite secret guards to bring back the heads of Wu Kui and his cronies.

However, what Qi Xiao and Feng Xi did not expect was that these twenty people not only returned empty-handed, but five of them were seriously injured. If they had not carried the pills made from Feng Xi's spiritual fruit with them, they would probably have died outside.

"My Lord, we had already surrounded and seriously injured Wu Kui and the others, but unexpectedly, dozens of experts showed up halfway..."

According to the leading secret guard, these people fought with a completely reckless attitude. Even though they were stronger than the other side, they could not withstand the other side's sheer numbers and their reckless attitude.

Therefore, even though five of their men were on the verge of death and they killed dozens of the other side, they still failed to survive Wu Kui and his men.

Judging from the corpses they brought back, they were obviously the assassins of that mysterious organization, and Wu Kui was of great value to that organization.

Just as they thought, the value was proven the next day.

"Sir Song, this is bad! Wu Kui actually led his men to surrender to the Mingzhou government office, and said that you and the former second commander of the Green Forest Army, Sir Wen Xingwen, had joined forces to rebel!" (End of this chapter)