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

"Grandpa, mother, the news is that the prince has arrived in Mingzhou City today, and will begin to wipe out the rebels in three days."

Deep in the mountains and dense forests, Shen Ge whispered as he brushed off the grass debris on his body.

In front of him, the old general You Long and his mother You Jiao were looking at the map in their hands with solemn and serious expressions.

Not far from their main tent, there were countless exhausted soldiers busy setting up camp.

In order to avoid the eyes and ears of Shen Wan and others, their army deliberately set out several days later than the enemy and chose a relatively difficult mountain road, just to reach Qingquan before the rebellion-suppressing army launched a general attack.

They had to go to Qingquan to provide support, as they had negotiated with the prince consort.

"Rebels? What a rebel! I never thought that the Shen family would be so cruel and mad. They are living people. How can they be so careless about their lives just for the sake of the crown prince!"

You Long clenched his fists. It was not the first day that he knew that the Shen family was profit-driven, but it was the first time that he knew they could be so rebellious.

"Father, it's not just the Shen family, the Crown Prince's party is also the nightmare of the people of Da Zhao. If the future monarch is like this, how can we, the good ministers, have a future?"

You Jiao glanced at her son and finally spoke in a deep voice.

The princess is crazy, but at least she knows the difference between good and evil. She would never use the lives of so many people to make wedding dresses for herself.

Just for this reason, she was willing to sacrifice her life for the princess.

Glancing sideways at his daughter, the old general with gray hair nodded in agreement.

"That's all. The entire army will rest here for an hour. After an hour, everyone will move out."

"Yes!"

While the three members of the You family led their troops to Qingquan, the entire Qingquan also began to mobilize for the upcoming rebellion.

Strengthen the city walls, store food and grass, repair weapons...

When everyone in Qingquan knew the attitude of the city towards them, and realized that they had no way out and could only live and die with Qingquan, everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized.

People are like this; they will scheme against each other, but they will also work together to survive.

Even if they lose, they will make those corrupt officials who bullied them suffer the consequences!

"I never thought that there would be 300,000 rebels in Mingzhou. It's all my good sister's fault. It's really hard for you officials."

In the Mingzhou government office, Feng Jing, dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe, and a group of accompanying officials cordially received a group of Mingzhou officials headed by Zhou Zhiyuan.

Mu Qingze also sat aside with his trusted confidant Jia Li, watching everything indifferently.

Because Feng Jing's plan for the next day and today was very simple, that is, everyone spoke with one voice and blamed all the mistakes of Mingzhou on the Princess Mansion, which had long been at the center of the storm.

They disregard human life, impose heavy taxes, and take bribes and pervert the law...

Feng Xi was charged with all kinds of crimes, but he didn't even have the chance to come forward to defend himself.

This scene seemed funny to Mu Qingze, yet he felt a sense of pleasure for no reason.

Look, in front of real means and interests, the princess who is loved by everyone and the prince consort who has all the halo and glory of the Qi family are nothing but mud that can be squeezed at any time.

"Sir, our people who have been sent out have found out that it is true that the current Qingquan County Magistrate Song Yichun is in charge, but there was indeed a new person in Qingquan not long ago."

Seeing that Mu Qingze was bored, Jia Li immediately reported the news he had received.

"That family came to Qingquan to seek refuge with their relatives. The young couple brought their nephew, and there was also an old man in his 50s at home."

Without Jia Liduo saying anything, Mu Qingze had already taken in all the information about this family.

A family suddenly appeared. The young men were good at martial arts, the women and children were good at medicine, and even the old man was a man of strategy who could give advice to Song Yichun, the county magistrate.

This family's suspiciousness is barely concealed.

But the two guys under him, who thought they were smart but were actually as stupid as pigs, never paid much attention to it.

But come to think of it, who could have thought that even though they were guarding the Princess Protectorate's Mansion so tightly, the other side would still be able to spare some manpower to cause trouble?
Jia Li saw Mu Qingze hook his finger at him, and the next second he leaned over, he whispered in his ear:
"Send someone to investigate tonight, and if possible, it would be best to catch them all in one fell swoop."

The war was about to begin, and he didn't want any unnecessary complications to arise.

That night, the Liu brothers and sisters were busy in the county government office. There were only three people from the Liu family, Feng Xi, Qi Xiao and Qi Zhuo.

There are many things going on in Qingquan now. For the safety of Song Yichun and others, Qi Xiao even sent all his secret guards out.

Because based on his understanding of the situation in the city in the past few days, the forces behind Zhou Zhiyuan and others might have begun to pay attention to them.

And just as they thought, Feng Xi was still tilting his head and fiddling with the silver light on his fingertips, while Qi Xiao, who was handling matters at the table, had stopped writing.

"They are so eager to test our strengths. It seems that the people behind them are not so patient either."

Under the flickering candlelight, Qi Xiao's tone seemed to be tempered by ice, and his phoenix eyes were filled with murderous intent.

He always remembered the tragedy of the Qi family. He didn't understand why their family had suffered such a misfortune, nor did he understand why Feng Xi beside him had the same fate as him.

And today, they seem to finally have a chance to uncover the truth...

"Little Phoenix."

"understood."

The footsteps outside the yard became more frequent, and people came in like cats, with extremely cold light in their hands.

As killing machines, they have long lost their own thoughts and only need to kill, kill, kill!

However, the moment their feet stepped on the ground, a chill rose from the soles of their feet, making them, who had long lost many emotions, feel fear.

Because the bright moon hanging high in the sky was gone, the flowers and plants in the courtyard, the stone table, and even the house that was supposed to be standing not far away were gone...

Even the light disappeared.

There was darkness before their eyes, and only the sound of dong, dong, dong...

That was the sound of corpses falling.

The killer's slender fingertips casually played with the long sword in his hand. There was darkness in his eyes, but he could not hide in front of Qi Xiao. One sword could take a life.

In the Liu residence, brilliant silver light danced on Feng Xi's fingertips. It seemed faint but it enveloped the entire Liu family, sending the assassins who entered into the folding space she had prepared long ago.

"Disturbing someone's sweet dreams is not something a good person should do~"

When the first ray of sunlight in the early morning fell, Jia Li had already hurriedly arrived at Mu Qingze's courtyard.

Looking at the prince's clear and indifferent eyes, he didn't know how to tell him the news he had received.

Of course, he had to say it.

"No one came out?"

Mu Qingze narrowed his narrow eyes, and the danger in his tone made Jia Li couldn't help but take a step back.

Just as he was about to grit his teeth and answer Mu Qingze, he heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

"Prince, Lord Jia, the body has been found!"

By the time the files of the bodies were placed in front of Mu Qingze, the sun had already set over the hillside. "Fifty miles outside Qingquan City? Most of them were killed with one sword? These are the masters you have spent so much resources to train? With so many people, you can't even deal with two or three people on the opposite side?"

Facing Mu Qingze's questioning, Jia Li felt cold sweat on his forehead.

Because the questions Mu Qingze raised were also his...

But now is obviously not the time to hold anyone accountable, but rather the time to explore what exactly happened.

So the next second Mu Qingze threw the file at him and said coldly:
"Go check it out!"

So that night, another group of well-trained killers jumped into the folding space and encountered Qi Xiao who was well prepared.

"Do you think they will come tomorrow night?"

After a thrilling battle, Qi Xiao lowered his head to wipe his sword while asking Feng Xi with a smile on his face.

Feng Xi said madly:

"Good opponents go together, whoever gives in first is a dog!"

It was just that it was still unknown whether the person on the other side was a dog or not. The next day, they first encountered the three members of the You family who had traveled day and night.

As the commander-in-chief of an army of 20,000, You Long naturally wanted to see his future wise leader with his own eyes.

In response, Feng Xi dodged in almost a second and let Qi Xiao behind him move in front of You Long.

You Long: “?”

Although he had heard of the madness of a certain princess, he did not expect her to be so abstract.

"Princess, what are you doing..."

You Jiao hurriedly smiled at Feng Xi. She had not expected that they would be able to see the princess who was supposed to be in the palace here. Her originally uneasy heart now felt much more at ease.

But is there anything wrong with the word "wise leader"?

Why did the princess just move away without saying anything?
Then they saw Feng Xi raised his hand and pointed at himself, then pointed at Qi Xiao and said:
"I'm bad, he's good, wise master, right? I think he's quite suitable."

Master Qingtang Feng Xi did it, but no one else would listen to her decision.

Thinking about how these people worked day and night for her, she felt that it might be possible for her to stay here as a mascot.

At the same time, the atmosphere in Mu Qingze's courtyard was solemn.

Just because everything that happened yesterday was happening again before their eyes today.

"Prince, are we going to continue tonight?"

Jia Li gritted his teeth and asked, but he was clearly rejecting it in his heart.

If it was their subordinates who failed to do their job well before, then what happened last night proved that the other party was definitely not a good person.

If they continue to target the other side, they will be suspected of seeking their own death. It would be better for them to wait and see what happens, and let the army to suppress the rebellion tomorrow go and test the other side's strength first.

If Jia Li could think of it, Mu Qingze would definitely think of it, so he quickly said in a deep voice:
"Send someone to watch outside Qingquan County. If anything happens, report to me immediately."

"Yes!"

At the same time in Qingquan County, You Long had received a mission from Qi Xiao and secretly left the county with his daughter You Jiao.

Shen Ge, the former prince consort, stayed in the Liu family, ready to be at the disposal of Feng Xi and Qi Xiao at any time.

In fact, Feng Xi and the others didn't care whether Shen Ge stayed or not, but the father and daughter of the You family were obviously very sensible. They said that they would keep Shen Ge to serve them, but in fact he was keeping him as a hostage.

As long as Shen Ge is still in Qingquan, he and his daughter will never flee from the battlefield.

Shen Ge had no objection to this. Instead, he entertained Qi Zhuo in the yard, allowing Feng Xi and the others to go to the Qingquan County Government Office with peace of mind.

It wasn't that the two of them wanted to come, but the spies sent by Qingquan had just returned and brought them the news that the army that had suppressed the rebellion had eaten and drunk their fill and would definitely come to attack them tomorrow.

Even though Qingquan now claims to have 300,000 rebels, more than half of them are elderly, children, women and children, and there are also some weak and sick people who have been oppressed for many years...

Even the tens of thousands of young and strong men who were sure to take action to resist the enemy were just a motley crowd of the Green Forest Army. They would not be put to good use after a few days of training by Qi Xiao and others.

Therefore, the only people in Qingquan County who can really challenge the rebels are at most more than 10,000 people headed by the militia battalion.

But it was ten thousand against a hundred thousand, even if the other side was attacking the city, Song Yichun and others were still worried.

After all, they are the imperial army...

Therefore, after the news came out, there were different voices among the upper echelons.

The most popular call was to sacrifice all the leaders of Qingquan in exchange for the lives of most of the innocent people in Qingquan County.

Because once they really rebel, the whole city might be finished.

On the contrary, if they surrender, the other side might give others a chance to live.

Even if the others were exiled, it would be a better situation than the current one.

Of course, such a decision could not be made just by Song Yichun, so they invited Feng Xi and the others over.

Originally, Song Yichun and the others thought that Feng Xi and Qi Xiao would object, but Feng Xi sat down and said:
"Isn't it just surrender? Just surrender. It's just the lives of the people in a city. If they're gone, they're gone."

If these words were spoken by someone else, Song Yichun and others would definitely think that the other person was extremely unethical and even had no humanity.

But it was Feng Xi who said this.

"Why are you all looking at me? You are willing to be gamblers and use the lives of the people in the city as bets, so you take the responsibility, is that okay?"

At this moment, Song Yichun and others who heard this fell silent.

They knew very well that they were gambling, betting that the Crown Prince Feng Jing and the rebellion-suppressing army still had a trace of humanity.

But they really have no other choice.

Fortunately, after Feng Xi finished mocking him, Qi Xiao quickly took over the conversation and calmly analyzed:
"You may surrender so that the other side can spare some of the old, young, women and children, but what about the tens of thousands of young and strong men? Should they die?"

The army wants to suppress the rebellion, and those young and strong men are their military merits and the cornerstone of Crown Prince Feng Jing.

Without these young and strong people, the old, young, women and children will have no one to rely on and no one to take care of them even if they survive. Will such a life be a good one?

"Everyone, Brother Xiao is right. We have no choice but to fight this battle. We cannot retreat whether we win or lose."

Finally, Song Yichun was the first to stand up and support Qi Xiao's decision, and his tone was unprecedentedly firm.

He didn't know whether Qi Xiao and the other two had any backup plans, and whether Her Royal Highness the Princess would care about them. At least he had to have a clear conscience and not let down all the people of Mingzhou who were willing to follow him.

So that night, Song Yichun rarely visited all the camps and encouraged everyone in Qingquan with his not-so-flowery words.

What surprised everyone was that Feng Xi, who usually never went out unless there was something important, actually followed them to all the Qingquan camps today.

Not only that, she always had a friendly smile on her face, which made people wonder if she had a problem with her brain...

Well, maybe he was frightened by the upcoming war. (End of this chapter)