Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

They were just as panicked as the girl.

But compared to them, the girl calmed down quickly.

"Why are you here..."

Keqing asked, and the girl quickly explained.

Their own thoughts, the abominations of the dog officials, and their gratitude to Keqing.

"Since the imperial court doesn't care about us and wants us dead, we will not let them do what they want!"

"We want to live! Live well! I heard there's a Goddess Cult in the south that believes in equality for all!"

"Those officials who only care about collecting taxes and oppressing us don't care why our officials live better than us, and why they force us to sell our children! We should not wait for this court!"

Having said this, the girl looked at Keqing with a determined expression.

"It was our benefactor who saved us. We are willing to follow him and rebel against the imperial court together."

As she spoke, the girl quickly took out something and handed it to Keqing.

Keqing took a closer look.

It is the official seal of Qu County...

“Hmm…I see…”

Keqing blinked. She didn't expect that this girl was so brave and had such thoughts in her mind.

When other people heard her words, they felt as if she had expressed her true feelings.

Yes, why.

Why can they exploit them? They can enjoy themselves while we have to work like slaves.

The uneasiness in my heart instantly turned into anger, as if it was about to burst through the sky!

"Why? We work so hard, but the land tax we pay every year can't even support our wives and children. How can we maintain such a world?"

"Bah! My dog ​​was bullied by the yamen runners because he was not paid for labor service, and his legs were broken! Poor my son, no one wants to marry him because of his broken legs."

"Damn you, you dog official. Seeing that my daughter is pretty, he even wanted to take possession of her."

They vented, vented their emotions, and seeing their faces turn red and they looked ferocious, the anger began to spread.

They are just waiting for Keqing's order, and they will follow the example of the Goddess Cult, killing officials, beating up the tyrants, stealing food, and becoming a group of mobs.

At this moment, Keqing suddenly felt what the general trend and public opinion meant. Even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered.

Perhaps the court had good ideas and good policies, but after so many years, without a strong emperor, the court gradually became corrupt, like a dam built over the years, with water accumulating little by little. One day the dam will collapse, and the surging flood will pour out and submerge everything.

The lower classes were corrupt and colluding with each other, and the imperial court was completely unable to control the local tyrants. The Great Zhou Dynasty might have reached its end.

Seeing the girl looking at her with great energy, holding up the official seal, and others looking at her expectantly, Keqing felt that her small body had taken on an undue responsibility and burden.

No, do you really trust a little kid like me?

She blinked and suddenly looked at the girl seriously.

"Is it possible that I am actually a member of the imperial court?"

"Eh? Someone from the imperial court?"

The girl was stunned.

"Ah, benefactor, please stop joking. You want to kill that official, how could he be a member of the imperial court?"

"Besides, you are so young, how could the court have an official as young as you?"

The girl thought Keqing was joking and quickly made a joke.

Keqing sighed and took out a token.

"Speaking of which, I haven't been allowed to introduce myself yet. I am the princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, canonized by the imperial court. My title is Leping, my fief is Tongzhou Prefecture, and I enjoy a fief of 100,000 households."

"That is to say, whether it is Qu County or Tongzhou Prefecture, they are all my fiefdoms..."

There was a hint of curve at the corner of Keqing's mouth, which was meaningful.

There was a hint of playfulness in his eyes, and he looked like he was enjoying a good show.

"So, when you ask me to rebel, are you rebelling against myself?"

! ! ! !

Everyone was shocked...

Is the benefactor the princess? So they are rebelling in front of the princess?

I don’t know if it was because the people were frightened, but the girl in front of me also turned pale and pale.

Seeing her tightly grasping the official seal and biting her lip with an anxious look on her face, Keqing chuckled.

"Don't be afraid, I won't attack you..."

"Aren't you doing a good job? If you are a dog official, just kill him. I will kill him if you don't want to."

Eh?

The girl looked up suddenly, and the others were also a little at a loss, with confused expressions.

Didn't she say she was the princess? The dog official was her man, so wouldn't they blame her if they killed him?

"You think I'm angry?"

Seeing the girl nodding subconsciously, Keqing put her finger to her lips, looking puzzled.

"Why should I be angry... The dog official is my man, so aren't you my men?"

"Tongzhou Prefecture is my fiefdom, and the people under my rule are also my people. This dog official abused his power and colluded with the Goddess Cult to harm the people. It would be easy to kill him. His death would not be enough to appease the people's anger. Why should I be angry for him?"

"The officials are officials of the Great Zhou, but Tongzhou Prefecture is the fief of this princess. Since you pay taxes to this princess, you are naturally her people. You are protected by this princess. If he bullies you, it is just a blow to this princess's face. Don't worry, no one will pursue you. Just kill him. This princess will protect you."

Although she looked small and her voice was childish and crisp, Keqing's words shocked everyone present and inexplicably moved them.

The benefactor said that they were her people and she would protect them. It was obvious that they were just civilians and they had killed an official appointed by the imperial court. However, the other party said that it was nothing and it would be easy for those who bullied her to die.

This feeling of being protected can't help but touch people.

Keqing sighed softly, with a hint of sadness on her young face.

"Thank you for your hard work. Tongzhou Prefecture is the fief of this princess, but I didn't notice the problem here in time."

"If this princess had not come to the fiefdom under the imperial order, I would not have known that a natural disaster had occurred here, and that corrupt officials had concealed the truth, harmed the people, and even embezzled the disaster relief grain."

After hearing Keqing say this, they suddenly understood.

No wonder...

It turned out that the benefactor was unaware of the disaster here. These corrupt officials deceived their superiors and subordinates, just like those housekeepers who stole their masters' things and deceived the masters!

It’s not that the princess doesn’t care about them, it’s these corrupt officials who are wrong!

Thinking of this, everyone suddenly felt relieved!

Then it rises

Anger towards dog officials!

It's all these guys' fault. If it weren't for them, they would have saved them long ago with their benefactor's nature. Why would they let them fall to this state?

With just a few words, Keqing shifted everyone's conflicts about the court onto Cao Zhi, those people who were unworthy of being officials.

Although the imperial court also made mistakes, the fault lay in the fact that the people under its rule did not speak up, its policies were not implemented, and it was incompetent.

But this is my own concern, not the people's concern.

Keqing feels that there shouldn't be a second Goddess Cult as this will only make the situation worse.

Chapter 582 Distributing Food (4000)

The riot that was about to break out was annihilated by Keqing's words.

Everyone already had a sense of awe and gratitude towards Keqing, and now that they knew she was a princess, they felt even more awe.

This is the princess. Even the county magistrate has to listen to her. They were actually saved by the princess, and the princess even said she would protect them.

What an honor it is.

Unconsciously, he felt extremely excited, but at the same time, the uneasiness in his heart gradually disappeared. The uncertainty and worry about the future brought about by killing the dog official had disappeared at this moment.

After all, the princess said that such a dog official should be killed. He was corrupt and colluded with bad guys, causing everyone to go hungry and poorly clothed. He also embezzled relief food. Such people are a disaster when they are alive, and they should be killed when they are dead. And they still say that it is a good thing to kill them.

In this way, they won’t have to worry about being caught by the government and living a life of displacement. Wouldn’t the uneasiness in their hearts disappear?

"So if Cao Zhi is dead, then he's dead. Did you kill all the people in the county government as well?"

Keqing asked, and the girl beside her quickly stood up and explained:

"No, not yet... Princess, we killed only bad guys, those who oppressed us. I didn't kill any good people. I definitely didn't kill innocent people!"

She hurriedly explained, fearing that Keqing would misunderstand her. Even if she had ambitions and wanted revenge, she was just an ordinary person before. No matter what, she would not be so angry as to kill anyone she saw. She was not a murderer.

Therefore, when deciding to overthrow the corrupt official, the girl discussed with everyone not to kill people at will, but to arrest all the people in the county government one by one, to see who are the bad guys and what evil things they have done, and then prepare to deal with them.

Needless to say, those yamen runners were all bad guys and there was no need to show any mercy. They were all hacked to death with their swords. And just now they only killed the county magistrate, and the others were still being caught and not dealt with yet.

"Yes, yes, Princess, we didn't touch most of them, we just arrested them together."

"We are not those who bully others by taking advantage of our power, nor are we those who kill people indiscriminately."

Everyone followed suit, fearing that they would be mistaken for traitors and be killed on sight.

After Keqing revealed her identity, their views of her suddenly changed. Coupled with the strength that Keqing had demonstrated before, they couldn't help but speak of her with awe.

Afterwards, they quickly pulled out some of the tied people and piled them up in front of the county government office.

"I won't blame you, as long as you don't kill people indiscriminately. As for the rest, you can handle it yourself. I won't interfere."

Seeing those gagged people looking at her expectantly, Keqing remained unmoved.

You reap what you sow. Paying debts and killing for revenge are all natural and right. What right does she have to say?

How many people in the county government are innocent?

When they heard that Keqing would not intervene, everyone's eyes lit up and they pointed out a few people.

"This housekeeper, in order to occupy my wife and daughter, even slandered me for stealing their things. He is not a good person."

"This person is the same. He relies on his position as a county official to do whatever he wants in our village. He even pushed down an old man, causing him to bleed to death."

"This person is not a good person either. Although he looks good, he is often molested by others and..."

They arrested people and accused them at the same time. Those who did evil things by taking advantage of others and had no serious consequences were let off, but those who caused others to be separated from their wives and children, seized their property, and took lives were killed directly and efficiently.

It makes people feel refreshed.

After some treatment, half of the people in the county government were killed. Although the remaining people did not suffer any bad consequences, it does not mean that there are no good people. Keqing asked everyone to see if they could find out something from their mouths.

If they can reveal any useful information, we will release them. If not, we will lock them up and deal with them later.

This made those people very anxious, and they revealed some treasure places one after another, which allowed everyone to find some good things. These included the treasure places of some housekeepers, wives, and concubines, as well as several places where Cao Zhi stored grain.

Keqing asked everyone to search one by one, and they found a lot of food, which made everyone's eyes widen.

"So much food, my God, it will last me for a long time."

"This damned official, damn it, he didn't even give us so much food..."

"Wow, there is so much food. Even if we share a little bit, my son would not have been killed ten days ago.

starved to death."

Everyone was excited and angry.

They were excited that they had food, but they were sad and angry that so much food could not fall into their hands, causing them to be separated from their wives and children and their families to be destroyed.

If there wasn't much food, everyone would just be helpless and angry and blame God, but... there was obviously so much food, why, why not give them some!

Damn county magistrate, he deserves a miserable death!

The group felt that killing the dog official directly was too easy for him. He should be made to experience hunger for more than ten days and eat tree bark every day.

There were curses, resentment, some were crying, some were happy, and the appearance of so much food made the scene a little chaotic.

Things like giving birth to a son without an anus, cutting into pieces, etc. After hearing those dirty words, the girl also reacted and looked at Keqing, afraid that what they said would defame the princess. After all, the princess is such a noble person, what if she heard these things, would she dislike their rudeness?

However, when she looked back, she saw the princess squatting down, grabbing a handful of food with her hands, and she didn't seem to care. The girl breathed a sigh of relief.