From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

Feng, the Feng of the Marquis of Dingyuan's residence!

Beneath the banner, a middle-aged man clad in dragon-scale armor rode a tall, robust black horse. From afar, he appeared imposing and majestic, with the bearing of a dragon and the grace of a phoenix.

Only the direct descendants of the Marquis of Dingyuan's family can use the banner bearing the character "Feng".

This person was not Marquis Dingyuan Feng Lin. Feng Qi and Chen Shi had already met him. Moreover, Feng Qi was a scholar and did not participate in the suppression of the rebellion.

Then there's only one person!

"That's Feng Ji!"

In an instant, Chen Shi's face turned extremely gloomy.

One of the Feng family's finest talents, he possesses exceptional martial arts talent and has already become a fifth-rank grandmaster just over thirty! He is the elder brother of the contemporary Marquis of Dingyuan and a fourth-rank Mingwei General in the imperial court.

He was also the ideal husband that Gu Tingliang chose for Gu Hanying.

Thinking of this, Chen Shi felt as if an unnamed raging fire was burning in his chest.

Ah!

A scream rang out, instantly pulling Chen Shi back to reality.

The setting sun was like blood, and Feng Ji's soldiers were killing people.

As soldiers, our duty is to kill.

But those they killed didn't seem to be rebels.

In reality, there are no obvious signs of rebels; as long as they take up arms and rebel against the imperial court, they are considered traitors.

But since they are soldiers, they are at least young and strong men.

The people killed by Feng Ji's soldiers included the elderly, women, and many children who had been imprisoned and were waiting to be slaughtered.

The elderly, the weak, women and children did not look like rebels at all.

What are they doing?

Kill innocent people and claim credit for them!

As Chen Shi watched those people cut off the heads of the corpses and throw them onto the carriages, piling them up into small mountains, a word instantly popped into his mind.

Military merits are awarded with the heads of the enemy, but there are no inscriptions on the enemy's face.

So, as long as you have a brain, you can generally earn military merit.

Compared to the enemy, wouldn't it be easier to kill more unarmed civilians?

Therefore, some inhuman monsters will turn their swords against civilians, cut off their heads, and claim military merit.

Of course, even if someone were to kill innocent people and claim credit for it, they would at least have to be an adult male.

The heads of the elderly, especially women and children, clearly did not belong to soldiers.

But Feng Ji was different.

He is the elder brother of the Marquis of Dingyuan. As long as he hands over the head, who would dare to say a word?

That's exactly what it means to be fearless and complacent.

However, none of this has anything to do with Chen Shi.

Feng Ji's men should have already seen him, but since Feng Ji dared to be so unscrupulous, he was naturally not afraid of being seen, let alone killing someone to silence them.

Therefore, if Chen Shi simply turns and leaves, everything will be as if nothing happened, and nothing will occur.

"stop!"

Just as Chen Shi was about to leave with his men, a loud shout suddenly came from the side, and the little nun Ruru jerked the reins and rushed out.

"..."

Chen Shi's eyes widened instantly, as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Let go of those children!"

Shouting loudly, Ru Ru charged straight at the front of Feng Ji's army.

He rolled off his horse, ran to the group of children who were about to be killed, and stretched out his arms with a determined look on his face.

"Where did this little nun come from?"

On horseback, Feng Ji stood ramrod straight, glanced down at Ruru, and gave a disdainful smirk.

That little nun is utterly reckless.

"From Jixiang Nunnery!"

Ruru raised her head, introduced herself without the slightest hesitation, and then shouted loudly.

"If you want to harm these children, you'll have to kill us all!"

"you?"

Feng Ji turned his head to look at Chen Shi, his eyes narrowing slightly.

They are from the Jing'an Marquis's residence, but as long as they are not Gu Chenglie or Gu Chengxun, it's fine.

A hundred heavily armored soldiers will be a bit troublesome to kill.

"I……"

Upon hearing Ruru's deliberately loud shout, and then seeing Feng Ji turn his head in their direction, Chen Shi, who had just come to his senses, widened his eyes again.

What the hell does this have to do with him!

He cursed inwardly, "Damn little nun, she deliberately dragged me into this mess. If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled her the moment we met."

But it was too late to say all that. Chen Shi's face was solemn. He whispered a few words to Shen Bi beside him, then flicked the reins and spurred his horse forward.

Upon arriving, he should have dismounted and paid his respects, but the next moment, Chen Shi took a deep breath and clasped his hands in a fist salute from his horse.

He didn't want to bow down to Feng Ji.

"Chen Shi, the chief steward of the Marquis of Jing'an's residence, greets Second Master Feng."

"Chen Shi".

Feng Ji hesitated for a moment, then looked Chen Shi up and down.

I had heard before that the new steward of the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion was not yet twenty years old, but I never expected to meet him here today.

Although he is not a direct descendant of the Gu family, one should consider the owner before beating a dog. If Chen Shi is killed, it might cause the Marquis of Jing'an to lose face.

Then he looked at the hundred heavily armored men who were waiting in place for Chen Shi. He thought that unless he killed them all and didn't let Marquis Jing'an know, he would be fine.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly saw one of the heavily armored infantrymen run away.

They were moving quite fast and didn't look like ordinary soldiers.

Feng Ji looked at Chen Shi again, his gaze cold.

If he were to kill Chen Shi now, he would surely report the situation to the Marquis of Jing'an after leaving that person.

Clearly, Chen Shi intentionally instructed that person to leave behind a witness so that he wouldn't dare to act rashly.

"snort."

A slight smile appeared on Feng Ji's lips as he beckoned to someone behind him.

Several trusted men understood and immediately rode off in the direction the man had fled.

Judging from their figures, their cultivation levels are probably not weak.

Chen Shi frowned secretly, wondering if Shen Bi could handle it.

"He was promoted to the position of chief steward before he was even twenty years old. I thought he was a smart person, but who knew he was so muddle-headed that he couldn't even tell what he should and shouldn't be in charge of."

Feng Ji looked at Chen Shi, his tone calm but his posture arrogant.

"The Marquis of Dingyuan's mansion and the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion have been on good terms for generations. Moreover, I am about to marry your fourth young lady. Unless absolutely necessary, I do not want to make things difficult for you."

"...Injustice will be spoken out!"

Chen Shi originally wanted to explain to Feng Ji, but when he heard Feng Ji mention Gu Hanying and shamelessly say that he wanted to marry Gu Hanying, he was instantly filled with rage.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, he chuckled and said sarcastically.

"These were all civilians that Master Feng killed. Could it be that he was trying to kill innocent people and claim credit for it? Tsk tsk, the second master of the Marquis of Dingyuan's mansion, one of the finest members of the Feng family, actually did something that angered both heaven and man. It's truly unexpected."

"Commoners? Where are these commoners?"

Faced with Chen Shi's accusations, Feng Ji remained unfazed and gave a light snort.

"These are clearly traitors!"

"Old people, women, children! They are clearly ordinary people, how could they be rebels!"

"Weren't the rebels all civilians at the beginning? What about the old, weak, women, and children? As long as they take up arms, they are rebels!"

Feng Ji glanced at Chen Shi, still maintaining an arrogant and condescending attitude.

"I say they are traitors, and they are traitors! Even before your master, Marquis Jing'an, they would still be the same!"

"Turning black into white, do they really think there is no justice in the world?!"

"Of course there is justice in the world, but you, hmph, are not qualified to uphold that justice."

Feng Ji snorted coldly and gave an order to his subordinates.

"Kill all the remaining rebels! Anyone who dares to obstruct us will be considered an accomplice and executed as well!"