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

After losing the leadership of the bandit leader Wu Kui, the Green Forest Army, which was already in disarray, immediately fell apart.

The most vicious ones hid everywhere, fearing that they would be found by their enemies who had bullied them when they were in power before. Those who went with the flow rushed to Qingquan, hoping to get the protection of Song Yichun, the county magistrate.

After all, for those common people who had done nothing wrong and just joined the Green Forest Army on impulse, Song Yichun, who could even protect Wen Xing and others, was obviously a good man in the true sense.

Given their identities as former rebels, they would definitely be questioned if they went to the provincial capital.

However, while Qingquan became a paradise for these people, it also made some timid and weak people want to leave.

We are all ordinary people. Although we are grateful for Qingquan's protection before, what about after the protection?

Are they going to be branded as rebels along with Qingquan and be caught up in the war once again?

This is obviously something they don't want to see.

Therefore, a group of people who thought they were smart packed their luggage overnight and left Qingquan County smoothly under the cover of darkness.

"I said Qingquan was loose, right? Now it's almost become a nest of green forest rebels. If we don't run away now, when will we run away?"

"Heizi is right. If we go to the capital city now, we will not be considered rebels anymore. We can even be ahead of everyone else! Who knows, the higher-ups may even think we are sensible and give us some special rewards!"

"It makes sense, it makes sense!"

……

The group walked forward, talking and laughing, with brisk steps, and it was obvious that they had been doing well in Qingquan these days.

"Brother Xiao, are we just going to watch them go to the capital city for refuge? They eat our Qingquan and take our Qingquan, and when Qingquan is in trouble, we're just going to let them run away?"

In the darkness of night, Qi Xiao and his men slowly fell behind these people.

As the former second commander of the Green Forest Army, Wen Xing is now in a state of panic. He feels that his previous decision has brought trouble to Qingquan, but he is unable to solve this trouble.

But he was not a fool. He saw that Qi Xiao and Feng Xi had been eating and drinking as usual these two days, without any panic like he and County Magistrate Song had on their brows, so he felt that the two must have some way.

However, seeing that the group of people were about to reach the city wall, he remained calm, but several brothers behind him could not.

"The third one!"

Wen Xing was about to scold him when he heard this, but Qi Xiao curled his lips nonchalantly and said:
"It doesn't matter. Since you want to stop them so much, then Commander Wen will take you there."

"Brother Xiao, this..."

Wen Xing wanted to say that it was just that his subordinates were ignorant, and he only needed to scold them a few times, and there was really no need for Qi Xiao to disrupt the plan to accommodate them, but Qi Xiao just said indifferently:
"There's a saying that goes, 'It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words, but no matter how damned a ghost is, we still have to persuade him, right? Go ahead, talk to them nicely, and you won't have to use force."

Seeing that Qi Xiao had made up his mind and several brothers behind him were eager to try, Wen Xing had no choice but to take people forward.

And just as Qi Xiao said, they tried their best to persuade Heizi and others, but what they got in return was a barrage of curses from them.

"Don't bother telling us this. We took Qingquan's food, but didn't we do any work?"

"The imperial army will soon arrive to suppress the rebellion. If we stay in Qingquan, we will die. Why don't we run away?"

"So what if Magistrate Zhou is not a good person? How many officials in the court are good people? Do you think Magistrate Song is a bad person? Even if he is good, he is still just a small official!"

……

"Fuck you guys!"

Several brothers under Wen Xing were so angry that they wanted to shout, but Wen Xing grabbed their arms.

I have to say that Brother Xiao’s judgment was very accurate.

But the other party did not let him come here for nothing, but because he had a message to convey:

"Brothers, I am too lazy to persuade you anymore. I just want to say one thing: if you go today, you may not be able to come back."

"What do you mean!"

Heizi and the others on the opposite side were about to jump up, but unexpectedly, Wen Xing was not afraid of their anger at all and said:

"I mean you won't survive if you go there."

Wen Xing said this with such confidence, coupled with his former identity as the second commander of the Green Forest Army, and his aura that was much stronger than that of an ordinary person, he instantly frightened Heizi and others on the opposite side.

However, Heizi and the others were obviously determined, and the next second they started screaming and wanted to argue with Wen Xing.

But their determination does not mean that everyone in the team is determined.

Soon, a young couple with a child walked out of the crowd. The wife was pulling her husband's sleeve, her eyes full of anxiety and fear.

Ordinary people are afraid of death, especially they are afraid that their newborn babies will die with them.

As the couple came out carrying their child, a dozen or so people in the crowd soon backed out.

In response to this, Heizi's eyes were filled with sternness, and he immediately cursed a few words:

"You useless bastards! You were born by a mother but never raised by her! Good riddance! Don't even think about settling down in the city again after you leave. You'll just rot there with Qingquan..."

People in the capital city said that as long as he could bring a group of people to the capital city, he would not have to worry about having no future!
Wen Xing and the others ignored Heizi's curses and led the dozen or so people who were retreating to retreat.

Seeing that the dozen or so people could not be persuaded to come back, Heizi led his people back to the provincial capital. His smug look made the dozen or so people who came back with Wen Xing feel very uncomfortable.

The husband of the couple even complained to his wife:

"It's all because of you, a cowardly woman. You said something like the children are still young and what not. If they really go in safely, we will regret it..."

However, before he finished his words, he saw a fire suddenly lit up above the city. In the interweaving of the fire and the horn, he seemed to hear a few words that made his back chill.

"Enemy attack!"

"There is an enemy attack!"

"Hurry up and draw your arrows! The Green Forest Army is leading their troops to attack the city!"

……

What siege?
Not only that man, but all the people who came back with Wen Xing and others, including Wen Xing who was walking in the front, couldn't help but feel cold all over.

In fact, he did say what Qi Xiao meant, Heizi and the others would die if they went there, but he didn't think so in his heart...

However, when countless arrows really fell from the city wall, some of Heizi and others were shot in the head by one arrow, while others were hit by several arrows, and they couldn't even utter a word.

A team of nearly a hundred people...

How could those people in the prefecture city do this...

How can I do this...

So Brother Xiao knew this would happen a long time ago?
Wen Xing looked up at Qi Xiao who was not far away, and saw the young man standing indifferently under the moonlight. It was obvious that he was not surprised at all that Fu Cheng shot and killed Heizi and others.

Wen Xing's throat was a little dry. He wanted to ask the other party why they didn't forcibly stop Heizi and others from going to the capital city, but he quickly understood.

If they forcefully suppress Heizi and his people, they will only resist more fiercely, and even more people in Qingquan will have dark speculations about them.

If there is no black man, there will be others, and even more people. It is hard to persuade the damned ghost with kind words.

But the death of a damned ghost can persuade countless people who should have died.

The next morning, the news of Heizi and others' death spread throughout Qingquan.

It was not what Qi Xiao and Wen Xing promoted, but the dozen or so people who escaped death because of their cowardice.

They are so scared that they have to talk to others to relieve their emotions.

"Dead, all dead! Blood, all blood, the area under the tower is full of blood!"

"I saw them trying to run towards us, but there were too many arrows, too many..."

The spread of this matter made the noisy Qingquan even more restless. Song Yichun soon received news from his subordinates that many people had begun packing their luggage to leave Qingquan.

"When they came here, they begged us to let them in. What about now? They are all smart people, and they all want to escape when disaster strikes!"

Angrily throwing the sword in her hand to the ground, Liu Rong was so angry that she couldn't even eat the food on the table.

Not only her, but even her brother Liu Yin had a gloomy look on his face.

Only Feng Xi comforted them while picking up food for her nephew:

"These people are so ungrateful. How about this, you two go put knives to their necks right now and make them either stay or die!"

Liu Rong: “?”

Liu Yin: “?”

Well, there's no need to be so radical.

"No, cousin, aren't you anxious at all?"

Looking at Feng Xi's indifferent look, Liu Rong almost blurted out, "Those are all your people!"

It was just her fault that she was too sensible and finally managed to hold back.

"Oh, I'm in a hurry."

He also picked up a piece of braised pork for his adopted nephew, and Feng Xi was so anxious that she picked up two pieces for herself.

Liu Rong and Liu Yin were speechless. They felt that if they continued asking, the giant Buddha in front of them would not be anxious, but they would be anxious to death.

But since they didn't continue asking, Feng Xi was too lazy to say anything. She was anxious, and she felt that there was someone more anxious than her!
At the same time, in the Mingzhou government office, Zhou Zhiyuan was personally hosting a banquet to entertain the noble Shen Wan.

Although Shen Wan and they are not from the same faction, they have the same goal.

For example, at this moment, someone hurriedly came to report that a lot of people were pouring out of Qingquan, and they seemed to want to escape to the other four counties, and they all put down their chopsticks at the same time.

"General Shen, look at this..."

Zhou Zhiyuan looked at Shen Wan with a smile. They all knew about the Green Forest Army's "attack" last night, and it was also their joint decision to shoot them on the spot.

Now they naturally have to deal with the subsequent impact of this decision together.

Moreover, Shen Wan, who is anxious to support the crown prince to ascend to the throne and must ruthlessly trample on the lineage of the Princess Protector of the Country, will only be more anxious than those of them hiding in the dark.

As expected, Shen Wan quickly pretended to be deep and said:
"The rebels have caused a lot of losses to the people of Mingzhou. If we can't gather them in Qingquan and catch them all, there will be many twists and turns in this rebellion. What do you think, Lord Zhou? If you let these people go to other counties and continue to harm the people, you, as a parent official, will probably feel guilty, right?"

"This……"

Zhou Zhiyuan showed a trace of difficulty on his face, but he quickly recovered under Shen Wan's cold face and said:

"General Shen is right. If we allow these rebels to scatter and harm the people, how can we ever have peace in Mingzhou? Don't worry, I will fully support your decision!"

Shen Wan nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this, and immediately called over several of his close friends to say:
"Pass the order down. From now on, anyone in Mingzhou who dares to shelter the Qingquan rebels will be punished as an accomplice of the rebels by this general!"

"Yes!"

That night, the soldiers under Shen Wan spread the news to all counties in Mingzhou, letting the people hiding in their homes know.

Now that the Green Forest Army has been defeated, although the people of Mingzhou still cannot get enough food, they can now support themselves at home.

As long as they can stay alive, they are naturally willing to do what the rebels want.

Don’t they know that Qingquan today is no longer the Green Forest Army, but the paradise they once longed for?

I know, but they have little influence and have never actually seen it, so how can they have the time to speak up?
Therefore, when the Qingquan refugees returned to their respective counties after much difficulty the next afternoon and wanted to start a new life, they were met with collective boycott by other local people.

They were branded as rebels, driven out, stoned, and even begged not to stay.

They are like a plague, scaring their former family and friends.

Why is this happening?
They are just ordinary people!

But there was no one here to answer them.

Finally, someone couldn't stand this kind of treatment anymore and set out on the journey to Qingquan again.

One, two, three...

numerous.

Because they know clearly that even if they stay in their hometown, other people around them will not tolerate them and will only regard them as rebels.

Once the anti-rebellion army arrives in Mingzhou, they will be handed over without hesitation by other civilians.

The oppression they suffered from Minnesota officials over the years has completely made them lose hope that a judge would come and clear their names.

Rather than surrender at home, they decided to return to Qingquan.

If you want to die, you should fight first before dying, right?
Song Yichun, who was almost bald from worry about the comings and goings, no longer looked so sad.

If an enemy comes, he will fight back; if a flood comes, he will block it with earth. Even if he dies, he will stand guard for the people for the last time.

Not only him, but other officials and managers of Qingquan are the same.

Because at this moment even a fool can see that they don't want to rebel, but the people above them want to force them to rebel.

It was clear that the rebellion had been pacified when Wu Kui was defeated and the Green Forest Army was disbanded, but how could the 100,000-strong army that came to quell the rebellion be put down so easily?
How can the big shots at the top get what they want?

On a deeper level, if there were no mountains of corpses and seas of blood and the weeping of the people, how would the crazy princess who was so doted on by the emperor be expected to die?
How can others get ahead if she doesn't die?

Therefore, it does not matter whether the rebels are real rebels or not. As long as they exist and as long as they resist fiercely, as long as they can accumulate merits for the people who come and put the blame on the crazy princess, it will be fine.

It was in such a tense atmosphere that the 80,000-strong rebellion-suppressing army led by Crown Prince Feng Jing finally arrived at Mingzhou City and successfully joined forces with Shen Wan who had arrived earlier.

The officials in the city were delighted, and the people in the city lined the streets to welcome them. Everything seemed as perfect as it had been at the beginning of the conspiracy, and they could proceed to the next crucial step at any time.

Feng Jing, who ate, drank, walked and stopped along the way just to see the rebellion in Mingzhou intensify, could not wait to send troops to help his hateful fifth sister.

"All soldiers, listen up. Three days from now, I will lead you to fight against the rebels!" (End of this chapter)