The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 120 Lu Guanying Kneels

"The master is back!"

On a secluded island, Da Hu was sitting on the beach. When he saw a small boat floating over from afar and recognized Guo Jing, he immediately shouted excitedly. Everyone on the island also came to the beach, waiting for his arrival.

Guo Jing did not ask Dahu to conceal the news of the incident at Guiyun Villa. It was impossible to hide such a big commotion, so it was better to tell them directly.

Seeing the figures on the shore and their hopeful and nervous eyes, Guo Jing suddenly realized that he had unknowingly become the backbone of these people, even though he was younger than them.

"Sir, what's going on outside?"

"Sir, what happened at Guiyun Manor?"

……

As soon as he got ashore, his men surrounded him and asked questions, but Guo Jing just stood there quietly, looking at them expressionlessly. Gradually, their voices became smaller and smaller, and thanks to the prestige he had built up before, no one dared to look him in the eye.

He glanced at everyone and landed on Da Hu, "Da Hu, has all the food been delivered?"

Da Hu held his head high and answered as if to seek credit, "Sir, a batch of grain was about to be sent to Guiyun Manor, but it has been transferred here. We rushed to transport it last night, but only 10% of the grain was left."

"Well done." Guo Jing gave him an appreciative look, "Everyone follow me."

Afterwards, everyone came to the valley in the center of the island. There was a flat land covered with weeds. Guo Jing found a large bluestone to sit on, drank some water to moisten his throat, and slowly said in the inquiring eyes of everyone, "Guiyun Manor was destroyed by the imperial court."

"What? Guiyun Manor was destroyed?"

"How can this be?"

Hundreds of people were talking about it with panicked looks. They were all led here by Guiyun Manor. Now that Guiyun Manor is gone, what if they and their families are implicated? What should they do?
Someone boldly asked, "Sir, may I ask why Guiyun Manor was destroyed?"

Guo Jing glanced at him calmly and slowly uttered two words, "Anti-Jin."

Everyone was furious, because being destroyed by the imperial court for resisting the Jin Dynasty was too absurd. It would be absurd in other dynasties, but this was the Song Dynasty, which only controlled half of the country.

Guo Jing stood up and explained to everyone, "Guiyun Manor held an anti-Jin conference, and the imperial court was wary of only inviting the heroes from Jiangnan, so they sent troops to suppress it."

"When I went there, Guiyun Manor was on fire and there was an explosion. The people inside were in great danger. Most of you came here because of Guiyun Manor. You all wanted to fight against the Jin people and protect your country."

"But the imperial court doesn't allow us to fight against the Jin, and they are trying to kill Guiyun Manor. If any of you don't want to participate in the fight against the Jin, and don't want to implicate your family, I will let you go, but only for today, and no one else will be allowed."

After saying this, Guo Jing turned around and faced everyone.

In addition to the bandits who had just been captured, the young and strong men who had been trained and disciplined by Guo Jing before were all gritting their teeth and full of resentment. Each of them knew the story of Yue Fei, and they had heard it since childhood. Now, such a thing seemed to be happening to them too.

Resentment and unwillingness spread in their hearts and eventually turned into anger. The Song Dynasty court was really disappointing!
"Master, we are not leaving!" "Yes, I came here to kill the golden dog. I will never go back until I kill one!"

Guo Jing's words not only did not make them retreat, but instead aroused their bloodiness. Although the Song Dynasty court was disappointing, they might have various reasons for coming here, but they had only one purpose, which was to fight against the Jin people and defend their homeland.

At this moment, Da Hu came hurriedly and whispered beside him, "Sir, there is a boat coming outside."

Guo Jing frowned slightly, "You take everyone to hide here and don't go out. I'll go take a look."

After saying that, he shot out like an arrow and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

On the lake, a black-sailed boat was gradually drifting towards the island. Guo Jing came to the shore and looked into the distance. After a while, the boat approached and a familiar figure came into his sight. Suddenly, he was excited.

Soon, the boat docked. Guo Jing quickly came forward and said excitedly, "Brother Lu, it turns out you are still alive. That's great!"

The people who came here were Lu Guanying and his group. They had been fleeing for most of the day, using the terrain to avoid the pursuit of the Song army, and found a boat to come here. At this time, Lu Guanying was no longer the handsome young man he used to be. His body was covered in blood and scars, and his face was extremely haggard, but his eyes were brighter than ever before.

"Brother Guo, you are here after all!" Lu Guanying held his arm tightly, with a complicated mood. No one expected that Guiyun Manor would be surrounded and attacked by the imperial court. Before this, he had never taken these small islands seriously. Who would have thought that this place would become their last hiding place.

Originally, Guiyun Villa had a larger water fort on Taihu Lake, but now that Guiyun Villa was gone, it would definitely not be safe there, so Lu Guanying thought of Guo Jing and brought his men directly here.

Guo Jing glanced at the others, but didn't see Lu Chengfeng. A bad guess came to his mind, "Could it be Uncle Lu?"

Lu Guanying nodded silently, his eyes empty, "Dad doesn't want to drag me down, so he stayed in Guiyun Manor to buy us some time."

Guo Jing sighed inwardly and asked, "I went there last night. Guiyun Manor caught fire and exploded. Was it the government who did it?"

Lu Guanying didn't ask him why he knew about Guiyun Manor so quickly. His expression became more and more sad. "My father had someone set the fire. The explosion was also caused by gunpowder buried underground in Guiyun Manor."

Hearing this, Guo Jing took a deep breath. His uncle was really brave to bury explosives in his own house.

Guo Jing patted his shoulder gently and did not ask any more questions. "You haven't eaten yet, right? I'll have someone prepare some food."

Afterwards, they all had their meal and rested for a while, and they finally recovered. Lu Guanying's spirits also improved a lot. Guo Jing knew clearly what happened last night, but he was still confused about the specific process, so he wanted to ask in detail.

"Brother Lu, I sent people to deliver food last night, but something happened at Guiyun Manor, so I had to transfer people first. When I rushed over, there was an explosion on the boat in the manor. I arrested an official and interrogated him, and then I found out that the encirclement and suppression of Guiyun Manor was an order from Prime Minister Shi Miyuan."

"However, Guiyun Manor was built with great efforts by my uncle. How could it be easily breached?"

However, upon hearing this, Lu Guanying's eyes shone with hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said, "There are traitors. There are government officials in the Anti-Jin League. They attacked Guiyun Manor from the inside and outside."

Then, he recounted in detail how they broke through and what happened on the way. After that, he stood up and walked to Guo Jing. His knees went weak and he knelt down in front of him!
(End of this chapter)