It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 629 Feng Heishan's Double Act

Perhaps it was Yang Xianrong's appearance that made Liang Wenbao stunned for a moment. He murmured, "You have only been here for half a day, how come you know everything? Could it be that you are not an ordinary person, but a fairy?"

"I don't dare to be a fairy, but I think more and look more carefully." Yang Xianrong laughed, "Of course, I have a good brother and a good husband, so I am naturally stronger than ordinary people."

"How... did you know that?" Liang Wenbao asked again.

"Okay, let's talk about it in detail." Yang Xianrong wanted to come forward, but Liu Yao refused. He was afraid that she would be too tired to stand with her belly bulging, so he insisted that the guards move a chair. Yang Xianrong felt that she had lost all her momentum, and she scolded, "It's only been more than four months, it shouldn't be like this."

"Don't get tired, I can't bear it." Liu Yao whispered. Yang Xianrong felt warm in her heart and her tone when talking to Liang Wenbao became much softer.

In fact, all the things she knew were heard from her eldest brother Yang Xianyong, and Yang Xianyong already had too many doubts, such as bandits appearing and disappearing in the mountains, the three dogs dared not go forward, the militia members did not seem to have received any training, and the crops outside the city were growing well, and the labor was not abandoned because of the banditry...The most important thing is, if Fengyang City was often looted by bandits, why were there still bustling streets and relaxed people here?
Another thing is the tiles on the roof of the government hall. At first glance, they all look the same. But if you look closely, you will find that the quality is extremely poor and it does not match the image of the government hall at all. I just came in in a hurry and did not take a closer look at the eaves. But when the tiles all fell off, I found something strange.

Many signs indicate that the situation here is completely different from what Liang Wenbao reported to the Jin or Han dynasties.

Therefore, Yang Xianyong also sent some guards to change into casual clothes and pretend to be ordinary people and porters to walk around the city for half a day. After chatting with the locals, they learned that the bandits seldom came to attack the city, and when they did, it was at night, with not many people. They would shout for a while and then retreat... It can be seen that this group of people were performing a double act with Liang Wenbao.

But why do we have to perform a double act?

When we went to Black Wind Mountain, the bandits were obviously playing tricks, and they were just deliberately throwing away their armor. Yang Xianyong picked up some dirt and sniffed it, and it clearly had a foul smell. But he couldn't be sure who left it, so he could only continue to observe.

But if it can make the wild dogs dare not move forward, it must be the urine left by the wild beasts.

Putting all the evidence together, Yang Xianyong suspected that Liang Wenbao was the thief crying "Catch the thief" and that the elusive banditry was probably deliberately arranged by him to disguise himself. To confirm his suspicion, he asked Deputy General Yu to send people to secretly follow the three wild dogs to search. They found that after smelling the discarded weapons, they went straight to Liang Wenbao's small courtyard outside the government office and bit his father.

When the third sister Yang Xianrong arrived, they were talking about these strange phenomena when they heard the tiger roar again. The brother and sister knew each other's intentions just by exchanging glances. Therefore, Yang Xianrong immediately said that she wanted to go and see the tiger. When they arrived at the Huang family's backyard, they deliberately put a live chicken in the cage, with the purpose of seeing if there was any tiger excrement in the cage.

It was obvious that the cage was extremely clean. The tigers might have just returned from the mountains.

The only purpose of the tiger going into the mountains is to scare the troops who are going into the mountains to suppress bandits.

Since then, the Yang family brothers and sisters have concluded that it must be Liang Wenbao who is behind this. After speaking of these suspicions, everyone has already believed it to about 80%, and Liang Wenbao finally sighed and said: "I must have a reason for doing this, it's for the people of Fengyang City."

After he said this, his family members, legal advisors, and yamen runners stopped struggling and just looked at him with sad expressions on their faces.

"Why? Every time someone comes to suppress the bandits, you kill their generals. Is it for the sake of the people? Do you know that those are real lives?" Yang Xianrong was a little unhappy and asked with a dark face: "They are here to help you suppress the bandits, just like us."

"Those people deserve to be killed!" Liang Wenbao stiffened his neck and said bitterly, "Which of those people didn't eat and drink lavishly after coming to Fengyang City? They also emptied our granaries. Even if there were no banditry, their behavior would be even more of a banditry, hundreds or thousands of times worse than the banditry. How can Fengyang City withstand such a torment!"

Liu Yao was very dissatisfied with Liang Wenbao's attitude and snorted heavily. Even the guards in the courtyard drew out their swords, and the atmosphere became much more tense for a while.

Liang Wenbao was not afraid and explained the reason.

It turned out that seven or eight years ago, during the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Jin Dynasty, some people had taken a fancy to the rich resources of Fengyang City and wanted to use it as a base for their military rations. They demanded it without limit, leaving the people of Fengyang City with no food to eat. For a time, the people were living in misery and there were starving ghosts on the streets.

The armies of the Jin Dynasty fought against each other. Today he came, tomorrow he came, and every time he came he would plunder Fengyang City. After a long time, no one could stand it.

Later, Liang Wenbao came up with an idea. He said that there was a serious bandit problem outside Fengyang City and the people here were not able to get enough food. He also wrote to the authorities to see if they could provide him with some help.

This is of course impossible, but there are people who are willing to suppress the bandits and ultimately seize food.

Liang Wenbao dug a hole in the room of the government office and killed several generals at night, creating the illusion that Feng Ye was elusive.

In order to make the trick more interesting, Liang Wenbao fabricated a powerful and sorcerer Feng Ye as the leader of the bandits, and blamed all the problems on Feng Ye. He also pretended that someone was attacking the city and closed the city gate for a few days. Then, he organized a militia to "guard" Fengyang City. According to the official law of the Jin Dynasty, the militia members were exempted from paying money and grain, and the taxes in Fengyang City were greatly reduced.

After saying this, Liang Wenbao looked relieved as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders, and even shed tears. If someone hadn't been holding his shoulders, he would have kowtowed to Liu Yao and Yang Xianrong. He pleaded, "General, I was the only one who created the banditry, and it had nothing to do with others. They obeyed me because they were afraid of me. I will take all the blame, and you can kill me or plunder me. Please let others go, and let the people of Fengyang City go!"

Liang Wenbao's family members on the side were already sobbing, and the legal advisors and others had their eyes wide open, trying to say something, and began to struggle constantly, making it very difficult for the soldiers on Liu Yao's side to tie them up one by one. Those who struggled hard were directly knocked unconscious.