The rise of the prince

Chapter 267 Confrontation in the Princess Mansion + Cult
Qi Fang was a little uneasy and full of anger.He rode his horse and rushed towards the west of the city, and ordered people to go to the yamen to transfer the Xiang army and yamen servants as a precaution.

Chengxi, why go to Chengxi
As she walked, she couldn't help thinking, isn't the west of the city the location of the Princess Mansion? There are many mobs gathered there, and it has been like this for dozens of days. Those mobs all believe in the words of the Great Immortal, and Luzhou is full of disasters because of Qing'an The princess is a demon girl who came from a disaster star, and she brought the disaster to Luzhou when she married here, so they besieged the son-in-law's mansion to kill the princess.

In fact, Qifang knew in her heart that everyone was just afraid of Ding Yi. They were afraid that if the princess's head was not handed over, the [-] troops from Suzhou would crush Luzhou. Yes, so rumors spread that even I lied to myself
"Hurry up, send someone to urge them, let them hurry up!" Qi Fang felt uneasy, and hurriedly urged, and after a while, the people from the Yamen and the rest of the Xiang Army came over, and more than 800 people were scattered here and there.

During this period of time, the people did not dare to go out at night, the law and order in the city was in chaos, and there were looting almost every day.

The common people were bewitched by the great immortals, and they did not farm all day long. They were worshiping the immortals, and the Xiang army also ran away a lot. Most of the rich and wealthy families left Luzhou for refuge with their families.

There were more than 800 people, many of them were disheveled, procrastinating, and some of them didn't even have any decent weapons, so they came up with dung forks.

Qifang also knew that they couldn't blame them all, after all, although the government pays money, food is expensive in Luzhou now, and their little money can't buy much food at all, and they can't support themselves, so they can only sell things for food.

Some weapons were also stolen by deserters, and the newly added soldiers didn't have any decent weapons and equipment at all.

"Let's go, go to the west of the city, be careful on the road, a fight may occur at any time." After Qi Fang finished speaking, he led the nervous team and began to walk to the west of the city.

To the west of the city is the son-in-law's mansion. Of course, as long as it is Luzhou people, it is called the princess mansion.

Because everyone knows that Princess Qing'an is actually in charge of the Liu family. Her son-in-law is a useless idiot who can only be sensual and has no skills at all. It's called the Princess Mansion, to satirize the incompetence of the son-in-law.

Qi Fang was a little anxious as he led the team on horseback towards the Princess Mansion quickly.

Princess Qing'an is one of the people she admires the most. After all, she is also a daughter. She knows how difficult it is for a woman to achieve such a level. In the noble family of the emperor, she looks noble, so she must have no choice. .

She married far away at a young age, thousands of miles away from the capital city, a daughter's family is all alone here, if it were an ordinary person, she would have collapsed long ago, not to mention there is an incompetent husband who doesn't care about things.
While feeling emotional in her heart, she was getting closer and closer to the west of the city. She heard a sudden thunder-like dense sound in the distance, and the horse on her crotch was startled, almost throwing her off the horse: "What's going on?"

Qifang was terrified, and the soldiers were also a little flustered. She quickly stabilized the crowd and continued to move forward.

Turning the corner, you can already see the high walls and courtyard of the Princess Mansion, red bricks and blue tiles, which are more conspicuous than the surrounding houses.

From a distance, she could already smell a strange smell, as if something was burnt. When she got closer, she was surprised to find dozens of corpses piled up outside the gate of the Princess Mansion. The ground was full of blood, and the smell of blood was very strong, indicating that These people had just died, and rows of sergeants she had never seen were guarding the door.

Those sergeants were all carrying a strange stick, a knife on their waist, and wearing fine soft armor. When they saw them approaching, the sticks were all pointed in this direction, half kneeling in the front row and standing in the back row. He raised his head and said: "Stop those who come, let Shenji take care of things, and if you go any further, you will be killed."

Qifang suppressed the anger in her heart, and raised her hand to stop the team from advancing: "I am Qifang, the leader of the Luzhou Xiang Army. Who are you, trespassing on my Luzhou City?"

Nadu stepped forward: "We are Shenji Camp under the command of Pingnan King. The Tianjia Pingnan King is doing business, and the idlers are avoiding it."

Qifang became even more angry. The other party seemed to have only 300-[-] people. Not only did they break into her Luzhou city, but they still spoke so arrogantly. What are idle miscellaneous people? !

But she still held back her anger, because maybe Luzhou really came to a prince. Although these people don't know what the strange sticks in their hands are, they are wearing high-quality sabers, wearing fine soft armor, and neatly arrayed. Faced with people several times his own, he didn't panic. He looked like an elite, which was not comparable to the local army.

"I want to see King Pingnan." Qifang said.

Du thought for a moment: "I'll call someone to inform, you wait here, don't move rashly." Then he waved his hand and sent someone in to inform.

Qifang took the opportunity to examine the corpses on the ground carefully, and found that some were still alive, and about a dozen people were dead, all of whom were mobs who besieged the Princess Mansion, and couldn't help feeling anxious.

This prince doesn't know the seriousness and people's hearts at all. Did he think killing a few people on impulse would be enough? This matter will only intensify!If you kill ten people today, you will be able to bring hundreds and thousands of people tomorrow, and then the Princess Mansion will be in danger!

Regardless of whether the other party is a prince or not, the imperial court has long ignored their Luzhou. What right do they have to point fingers at this time? Luzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital. Here, she has the final say. I hope that King Pingnan can understand this truth. If he doesn’t understand , let him understand.
Thinking of this, Qifang's face gradually darkened, and then she signaled without a trace, let the elite soldiers in armor stand at the front of the queue.

She also wanted to see who was this prince who was so courageous that he dared to go thousands of miles south and penetrate the rebel territory into Luzhou.

Probably because of his age, he is arrogant and rude, and he also has the experience of leading troops to fight. After all, marching thousands of miles south is not a joke. Without experience, ordinary people can't do it at all.

She saw the famous flags in the army formation, the flag with three dragon patterns, the word "Li" in gold on the yellow background, the king of the county, the king of Jing Dynasty is very strict, and the kings of the county from all over the country can be counted with one hand. Which county is it? Only the king will venture south.
Soon, the crowd became commotion, and after a while, the sergeants at the gate parted ways in an orderly manner, and then the king of Pingnan County appeared in front of her.

Qifang froze for a moment.

It's not about the other party's appearance, but because he is too young, so young that she can't believe her eyes. The prince in front of him is only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his childishness is still intact. Ordinary children of the same age are taller.

Is "this" wrong?

Qi Fang was still thinking this way, the young man said lightly: "This king is here, are you going to talk to me right away?"

Qifang thought about thousands of ways to meet each other in his mind, how to speak, how to politely speak, how to show prestige, but he never thought that the situation would be like this, he suddenly lost his position, and when he heard this majestic voice, he turned over subconsciously Dismounted, then knelt down on one knee and said, "All the troops in the Xiang army of Luzhou Qifang have seen the King of Pingnan County!"

Kneeling down, Qifang suddenly realized, no!She is going to give King Pingnan a blow
Just when he wanted to stand up without listening to his words, to show his tough attitude, the young King Pingnan answered at the right time again: "Let's get flat, this king doesn't have such a big air."

Immediately, Qi Fang froze in place. When she got up, she obeyed King Pingnan, but if she couldn't get up, could she still kneel?

Under the entanglement, she still stood up, and the soldiers behind her were also a little bit weaker, because in their view, they all had to completely obey the orders of King Pingnan in front of them.

Qi Fang was anxious and wondered why she always felt that since she met Ping Nan Wang, everything she said and did was controlled by him?You can see his immature face, fifteen or sixteen years old
Illusion, this must be an illusion, probably just a coincidence, this King Pingnan happened to say a few words at the right time, and then the blind cat met the dead mouse.

Thinking of this, Qifang immediately took the initiative, arched his hands and said: "The official didn't know that King Pingnan was coming, and he was far away to welcome him, but there is one thing that is unclear. Why did King Pingnan kill the sergeant at the top of our city? According to our city defense, the situation in Luzhou is currently in turmoil. , the rebels are eyeing, every sergeant is the most important thing to protect the country, and I ask the prince to give an explanation to the officer."

She spoke neither humble nor overbearing, and at the same time stepped back half a step without showing any signs, making the armored soldiers standing behind her more conspicuous.

Qifang has been smart since she was a child, and she learned a lot from her father. She knows when and how to speak, how to do things, and how to take advantage of the situation. Many people can't handle it when they talk to this level.

But slowly, the smile on Qifang's face froze.
Because the young King Pingnan didn't panic at all, he seemed to be looking at her with a smile in his eyes, and that contemptuous look made her very unhappy.

"Are you talking to the king?"

"Exactly!" Qi Fang also became angry.

"That's just right, this king was about to talk about this, but the defenders of Luzhou actually refused to enter the city with the king's flag, and wanted to close the gate to keep this king out, which is really a crime of disrespect!

According to the law of the Jing Dynasty, it is reasonable for me to kill them, but I don't know if they were done by one person or were ordered by others. Even if they were not ordered, it is the fault of the Shangguan. Miss Qi, do you think it makes sense? " he asked lightly.

Qifang's breath was stagnant, and suddenly found that she was forced to a dead end by a few words
"My lord!" She had to bite the bullet and emphasized her tone: "This is Luzhou. As the official of Luzhou's parents, the subordinate officials have the right to protect the city of Luzhou. Don't worry about superfluous things."

This is more straightforward, and he also told Pingnan Wang that he is the master here, if he can understand.

"Coincidentally." Suddenly, the young King Pingnan took half a step forward with his hands behind his back, and looked down at her: "This king has always only eaten from the kitchen, and never drank downstream water."

For some reason, facing the little child, she actually felt an inexplicable sense of oppression, and involuntarily took two steps back, feeling anxious from the bottom of her heart.Kitchen in the middle of the meal means that the host cooks and receives guests, and eats first in the kitchen, and the downstream water also means staying next. This is what Pingnan Wang
King Pingnan looked at her with no expression on his face: "Generally speaking, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a snake. However, a dragon is a dragon and a snake is a snake. The dragon enters the nine heavens and calls the wind and rain, and the snake enters the thick soil. Be careful. If the snake annoys you If the dragon is killed, everyone will die, do you think the snake will die first or the dragon will die first?"

Qifang looked into his deep eyes, cold eyes, and listened to his meaningful words, suddenly felt as if the cold was piercing into the bone, trembling in the bottom of her heart, subconsciously agreed: "Snake dies first, maybe."

"Yes, at least on this issue, we can reach an agreement. Now, Ms. Qi is still the official of Luzhou's parents, and still controls Luzhou, but the premise is that the dragon precedes the snake, understand."

Qi Fang could only nod obediently.
Li Xingzhou found that things always go in circles, and he can't jump out of it. After he finally became a good person, he had to become a villain again.

As a person from later generations, he has seen countless such situations in history books. When people fall into despair and have no way out, their spiritual sustenance collapses, and they are easily bewitched and brainwashed by some fallacious and heretical remarks, even if they sound unbelievable. , Nonsense remarks, more people believe.

For example, by burning to death one's so-and-so skill to go to the new world, to cultivate immortality by eating no more than how much rice every day, and so on.

Faced with the crazy crowd besieging the Princess Mansion, Li Xingzhou had no choice but to order the shooting.

At this time, it is useless to naively think about reasoning. Fortunately, these people are not crazy enough to be completely brainwashed, and the instinctive fear of death still makes them run away.

Li Xingzhou took the opportunity to enter the consort's mansion.

The son-in-law's mansion was in a dilapidated state, with bows, crossbows, knives and guns everywhere, and armored warriors everywhere, just like a small city. Most of them had dark circles, sunken eye sockets, very sloppy, and scribbled on their faces. full of anxiety.

When he heard that the court reinforcements were coming, several men cried out on the spot, and some people happily ran to call the princess. Afterwards, he finally saw his sister-in-law Li Nianqiu who was very kind to him despite being thousands of miles away.

She wore a woman's bun, haggard makeup, and a beige dress. She was a beautiful woman in her thirties. When she saw Li Xingzhou, she froze for a moment, then hugged him and burst into tears.

Li Xingzhou didn't know how to comfort her.

After crying for a long time, I took his hand and began to ask, how did he come here, was he hurt, how many people he brought, etc.
When I heard that he only brought a thousand people, my sister-in-law cried again, and at the same time scolded him for being ignorant, not because he disliked the fact that he brought few people, but because he didn't care about the severity and was too risky, and dared to go south with a thousand people, If you're not careful, it'll all be gone
But at this time, someone reported to him that the Xiang army in Luzhou had ordered Fang to see him.

The sister-in-law specially told him that Qifang is the daughter of Qidong in the Huaihua Mansion of Luzhou, she is a very capable person, and has always been good to the Princess Mansion.

That is a strong woman, so Li Xingzhou has already guessed Fangji's purpose.

Sure enough, just as he thought, although there are discrepancies, the discrepancy is that this woman's desire for rights is stronger than imagined, and her methods are sophisticated.

It's a pity, in front of Li Xingzhou, these things are not worth mentioning. He has also studied for half his life in his previous life to play tricks.

After defeating Fafang, he asked the soldiers of the Shenji Camp to leave the city and retreat into the city. They set up camp near the son-in-law's mansion. Because this place is big enough, after settling down for the time being, there was no time to rest, so he talked about the situation in Suzhou with his sister-in-law.

After learning more about it, Li Xingzhou discovered that the situation was really complicated. Unlike what he had imagined at first, there was indeed internal fighting in Luzhou, but it was not the government and the rebels, but the government and the cult.

To some extent, cults are more terrifying than rebels, because people who have been brainwashed are not afraid of death.
The Universal Immortal is really a tricky person.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xingzhou asked about the specific things about this universal immortal who is respected by the people. My sister told him in detail, but the more she talked about it, the more Li Xingzhou found it inexplicably ridiculous. Slowly, he felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)