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Chapter 316: Killing to Accumulate Virtue

It's the beginning of the ugly season, the fourth watch of the night.

Everything was quiet, except for the occasional chirping of insects.

A piece of cloud floated in the sky and covered the first quarter moon, which was not very bright. A group of men in black who were lying on the ground took the opportunity to get up and quietly walked towards the east gate of Caizhou.

Du Yirong, Han Jun, Dalang and Erlang of the Lu family and more than a dozen local gentry from Huaiyuan County in Suzhou, led by their nephews or the head of the family themselves, each led dozens of villagers to form a "rebel army" of hundreds of people.

The ones rushing at the forefront were two teams of soldiers from the Yingzhou Left Behind Division, led by a Miao surnamed Yuhou. These more than 200 soldiers were the courage of this group of squire militia.

It is said that the governor of Yingzhou, Guo Tao'er, and the governor of Suzhou, Yu Qi'an, have assembled thousands of soldiers in the rear. As long as the militia and the internal forces staying in Caizhou take down the Marquis' Mansion in Lu'an tonight, control the family members of the Marquis' Mansion, and the army in the rear You can reach Caizhou City in one day.

At that time, not only will you be able to regain your family property, you will also be rewarded by the court, and you will also be able to get rid of the bad temper of being oppressed by the warriors!
Ugly moment.

A team of several hundred people had quietly reached the outside of the urn at the east gate of Suzhou. The top of the city was pitch black and there was no response.

The elder brother of the Lu family, Du Yirong and others couldn't help but feel happy, secretly thinking, something big will happen tonight!

The leader of the Yingzhou Army, Marquis Miao Yu, slipped along the base of the Weng City wall to the city gate. I heard him imitating a night owl and making a short "Oooooo" sound.
There was a moment of silence behind the city gate, and the night owl also responded with its cry.

After waiting a few more breaths, the gate of Wengcheng opened a crack through which only one person could pass at a time.

This is to avoid opening the door too loudly and alerting the defenders, right?Lu Dalang figured it out automatically.

Immediately afterwards, Marquis Miao Yu waved his hand, and two hundred soldiers of the Suzhou Army filed into the city, quietly and without a sound.

Seeing this, Du Yirong, who was lying on the ground, felt calm and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, "It seems that Caizhou is completely unprepared, and there is our insider in the city. We will get revenge tonight!"

The second man of the Lu family who was lying next to him smiled slyly, licked his lower lip, and whispered back: "Then Chen Chu probably didn't expect that this day would happen! I have long heard that all the female family members of the Hou family are in shame, I will be surprised later. To see something.”

But Lu Dalang frowned and reprimanded in a low voice: "Don't cause trouble, Erlang! If you catch Chen Chu's family later, you will have to hand it over to Mr. Wu. Take care of the two ounces of meat in your crotch, and don't delay the important matter by causing trouble." !”

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Hearing that his elder brother was pretending to be serious again, Lu Erlang secretly spat, but did not argue.

Even if I annoy my elder brother again, he is right about one thing. Tonight is a big event and needs to be dealt with carefully.

Shao Qing, two hundred Suzhou sergeants entered Wengcheng. Miao Yuhou, who was at the end of the team, made a gesture to the outside to follow him before entering the city, and then ducked inside.

The Huaiyuan militia stood up one after another, led by Lu Erlang, and filed in through the crack in the door.

The Wengcheng was surrounded by walls, blocking the already dim light. Under the dark lights and blinding the fire, Lu Erlang lost track of Miao Yuhou in front of him after entering.

In order to prevent disturbing Caizhou's army, Lu Erlang neither dared to light a torch or call out to Miao Yuhou, so he could only grope along the walls of Wengcheng.

Militia groups from the rear are still pouring in.

After groping for a while, Lu Erlang finally reached the gate leading into Wengcheng, only to find that the gate was closed.
Lu Erlang subconsciously turned around and saw that the people in Wengcheng were all members of the militia like headless flies. He couldn't help but feel alarmed!
The gate into the city was closed. Where did the people like Miao Yuhou and others who came in first go?

If the gates of Wengcheng were closed again at this moment, wouldn't they be trapped and die here?
At this moment, torches gradually lit up on top of the silent city.

Suddenly, the dark urn city was brightly lit. Lu Erlang looked up and saw a group of Caizhou soldiers on the top of the city with their bows and arrows drawn but not fired.

Standing next to a Caizhou general wearing armor and helmet was none other than Marquis Miao Yu!

The Huaiyuan Militia has become a turtle in a urn
Sold by Guo Taoer!

This was Lu Erlang's first reaction.

Not far away, Squire Han Jun also figured out the situation. He was so frightened that he became furious. He raised his head and pointed his fingers, and cursed at the head of the city, Miao Yuhou: "You unjust warrior! He actually harmed us!"

Miao Yuhou's face was expressionless, but the Caizhou general next to him suddenly opened his bow. Under the firelight, he saw that the bow was like a full moon, followed by a flash of cold light.
In the dark night, the arrow flew swiftly and silently into the mouth of Han Jun, who was shouting curses.
Entering through the mouth, exiting through the neck, with the remaining strength still intact, and then nailed into the thigh of the person behind, leaving only the tail feathers
There was sudden chaos in Wengcheng.

Hundreds of people, howling miserably, turned around and rushed towards the Wengcheng gate when they came, only to find that the gate had been closed tightly at some point.

The noise started
But I heard a loud shout from the city, and the general suppressed the shouting of hundreds of people, "I am Jiang Huaixiong, the commander-in-chief of Caizhou's left-behind division! You must abandon your sword and surrender as soon as possible! If you are not captured without restraint, I will kill you without mercy!"

It was the general who had just killed Han Jun with one arrow.

In the chaos of war, Lu Erlang and Du Yirong looked at each other and secretly complained in their hearts.
Three quarters of ugly time.

The noise in the east of the city can be vaguely heard in the quiet city.

Wu Weiguang and Sun Changhao climbed up the building and saw the east gate on fire. The latter immediately said: "Brother, it seems that the vanguard of the Yingzhou Army and Huaiyuan Zhongyi have succeeded! Let's take action too!"

However, Wu Weiguang cautiously sent two sergeants to go over at night and get a closer look.

After a while, the bloody Marquis Miao Yu of Yingzhou arrived at the post house first. As soon as they met, he said anxiously: "Master Wu, why don't you take action! We have already occupied the east gate. If the city cannot quickly control the Marquis Lu'an Mansion, we will Those people died in vain!"

Wu Weiguang couldn't help but hesitate, he was still waiting for the two soldiers who went to the east gate to investigate to turn around.

But the noise at the east gate has aroused alarm in the city, and the night watchmen and soldiers on the street were rushing to the east gate with lanterns.

Even in the dark government office, candles were lit one after another.

The key to what happened tonight was 'surprise'.

If the entire Caizhou reacts and the remaining troops of the Jingan Army from the school field south of the city arrive to support them, it will be a big problem.

For the current plan, only by quickly controlling the Hou Mansion as planned can the entire city be held hostage.

At this moment, every second seems precious.

Wu Weiguang did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the soldiers of Prince Lu's Mansion to follow Miao Yuhou, and under the cover of night, they went straight to Sajin Alley.
In the post house, Mrs. Wu, who was so excited that she had not slept all night, had already prepared a memorial place for Wu Yifan in advance. When the dust settled, she would bring the little bitch and humiliate her son severely in front of the soul to comfort her son.

During the ugly time, the soldiers of Prince Lu's Palace successfully entered the Hou's Palace.
What happened next is hard to say.

Similar to the routine used in Wengcheng in the east of the city, in just half an hour, the royal soldiers were killed and captured.

Like a pebble falling into the lake, it casts a faint ripple in the silent night, and then quickly returns to calm.

But the killing cry in the middle of the night still shocked many people.

According to the plan made by the Huaibei clique in advance, the policemen of Ximenxi led by the criminal named Kong Mugou Sheng rode horses into the streets and were scattered throughout the city to take charge of calming the people.

"Sun Changhao, the former magistrate of Caizhou, colluded with thieves from other places to plot rebellion! They have been suppressed by our Caizhou soldiers! In order to prevent the thieves from leaking the net and causing trouble, there is an emergency curfew tonight. The villagers have closed their doors tightly and are not allowed to go out! If you dare to take advantage of the chaos to rob or steal Those who want to kill him must be executed immediately!"

"Now there is."

The shouts resounded throughout the city over and over again, and the common people felt relieved after hearing that the situation was still under the control of their own soldiers.

Some young men who had already carried carrying poles and grabbed hatchets and wanted to help the soldiers catch the thieves had to put them down regretfully.
After all, a curfew has been issued and you cannot go out.

But after being frightened like this in the middle of the night, how many people can sleep peacefully again?
So, in the middle of the night in Caizhou City, families, either father and son, or husband and wife, started talking.

"Rebellion by the prefect? ​​It's really rare. Nowadays, we in Qi have only heard of military rebellion, but this is the first time we've heard of rebellion by civilian officials."

"Then Sun Changhao is a beggar! Have you forgotten that he allowed his nephew to commit murder in the street? It was Marquis Lu An and Chen Tongzhi who beat up the evil servant of the Sun family and helped us Caizhou people get rid of the bad breath!"

"Hey! Why are you so anxious? I didn't say that the person named Sun is good. I'm just curious about the prefect's rebellion. What's his plan?"

"What do you, a woman, want to do? We don't care what he wants. Anyway, whoever the Marquis and Mr. Chen say is bad, that person must be bad!"

"That's true. I heard from my maternal cousin who works in the government office. Nowadays, Caizhou is rich and has aroused the covetous eyes of many people."

"Hmph! There's no point in being greedy. Anyone who wants to rob us of our good life must first ask the Marquis about the swords in the hands of that [-]-strong army!"

"How proud are you? It's as if the [-]-strong army is under your command!"

"Long hair and short knowledge! Although the army has nothing to do with me, if someone wants to harm Caizhou, I dare to fight with them with a kitchen knife! Didn't you listen to what my son said? At the beginning of the year, the Marquis went to the school to speak to the students, saying, 'Caizhou The state is mine and yours too'!"

Compared with the common people who simply evaluated what happened that night based on their likes and dislikes, the scholars in the Caizhou Official School dormitory who were also awakened thought much more deeply.The prefect is plotting rebellion?
It's so inconsistent with common sense. After all, Sun Changhao represents the imperial court.

If we continue to speculate from this, the truth is about to come out. The conflict between Huaibei and the imperial court may have reached the point of getting out of control.

After coming to this conclusion, the dormitory fell silent.

Officials and scholars had different statuses and classes. Some were descendants of gentry, some were the sons of merchants, and some were children of poor farmers.

The interests of each family are not very consistent, but in just two or three years, they have seen Caizhou's rapid changes and vitality.

Compared with other poor counties in Daqi, no one wants to let Caizhou return to its previous appearance.

However, if tonight's events indicate a break between the imperial court and Huaibei, then the imperial court will definitely put the wealthy Caizhou into the pockets of the big guys in Tokyo.
No one is willing to accept such a result.

At the end of the ugly time, the noise outside gradually returned to silence. In the darkness, someone suddenly said something that had been discussed in private in recent months, "Huaibei autonomy!"

It's the second quarter of Yin time.

Teams of soldiers patrolled the city constantly on the streets to prevent any fish that slipped through the net and caused chaos in the city.

So far, everything tonight has been carried out according to the pre-arranged plan.

except one thing
The original plan was to capture the soldiers of Prince Lu's palace and the Huaiyuan squire, and then send these people to the government office for urgent interrogation. The confessions of these people would be the bargaining chips between Caizhou and the imperial court.

But until the city was completely safe, Chen Jingyan and others did not wait for the soldiers to bring these people. When they asked someone, they learned that they had all been taken to the Hou Mansion.
It is said that it was the order of Cai Sanniang.

With Sanniangzi's moody and sinister temperament, these people were afraid that disaster would happen, so Chen Jingyan and others hurried to the Hou Mansion.

However, they ignored one thing.

In this world, there is only half of Cai Hua who can be controlled, and that is Chen Chu who is not in Caizhou at the moment.

Why do you say half?

Because sometimes Cai Hua might not even listen to his words, let alone crooked people like Chen Jingyan, Ximen Gong, and Xu Bang.
Cai Hua is not difficult to find. She is on the long street outside Sajin Alley.

The streets were already filled with blood.
Sixty or seventy of King Lu's soldiers captured tonight had been killed in the street.

Oval heads rolled across the street.

Looking from a distance, it looks like a watermelon field in July.
Cai Hua, on the other hand, was sitting lazily in a big chair, with a low table next to her and a thin tall curved-mouthed wine bottle. She just sat there, as comfortable as singing to the wind and admiring the moon.

Even, in order to prevent the blood flowing everywhere from flowing to the feet, a circle of incense ash was carefully placed around it.

When Brother Chen Jingyan saw his head rolling around on the ground, he was shocked at first and felt nauseated in his chest and abdomen.

Looking at Cai Hua's indifferent appearance, several people couldn't help but feel numb. Even Ximen Gong, who was used to seeing life and death, couldn't help but secretly admire the fifth brother for being such a good guy!That is to say, the fifth child. How dare you marry such a woman and go home? Don’t you feel so scared when you hug her to sleep at night?

Chen Jingyan stepped forward bravely and said: "These people are the soldiers of King Lu, and we have to use them to bargain with the imperial court!"

'ch~'

A few feet away, another soldier's head fell to the ground, and a cluster of blood mist spewed out from the smooth neck like a goddess scattering flowers.

Cai Hua narrowed her fox eyes, took a sip of wine from the pot, and said without even looking at Chen Jingyan: "What do these soldiers and crab generals do to the court? Just keep Wu Weiguang, and the confessions of the others have been recorded. , let them eat our Caizhou food?"

"Then we can't kill recklessly! They have already surrendered."

Chen Jingyan tried to persuade him again, but because of the cold and cold evil aura on Cai Hua's body, his tone couldn't help but become more polite.

Cai Hua then turned to look at Chen Jingyan, pursed her lips and smiled, and then her face became cold again, "Chen Tongzhi, have you ever thought about it, if my family falls into their hands, I want to die a happy death, can you get your wish?" ."

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Chen Jingyan couldn't answer this.

Whether it is a political struggle or a military struggle, 'survival or death' is almost a term tailor-made for the female relatives of the losing side.

Then, Cai Hua looked at the bloody long street like a Shura field, and said solemnly: "My Marquis wants to do something big, and he will definitely make a lot of enemies in the future. I want to set a rule for them tonight, whoever dares to hit me The idea of ​​the Chen family’s female family members all ends like this!”

"Happy! From the fifth family, brother, I support you!"

Ximen Gong laughed and expressed his attitude first.

He even used a rural slang term like 'Lao Wujia' to call Cai Hua. This title could not tell whether he was his wife or a concubine. It sounded kinder than 'Sanniang Zi' and made Cai Hua happy than 'Aunt Cai'. .

I feel like I'm trying to flatter Cai Hua.
Everyone felt like they were getting to know Cai Hua again. Everyone said that Cai Sanniang's temperament became much softer after she and Chen Chu got along.

Tonight, everyone discovered that Cai Sanniang had not changed at all. Her so-called gentleness was only shown to Chen Chu, Ren Yunong and other family members.

Who dares to touch her family? The ferocity in her is still scary, even worse than Chen Chu.

Seeing this, Chen Jingyan stopped trying to persuade him, knowing that it would be useless. They had been here for a long time, but Liu Siliang, who organized the execution, did not hesitate at all because of his previous advice.

It seems that if Ms. Cai Sanniang doesn't tell her to stop, he will kill her until the end of time.
At the end of Yinshi, the sky in the east has turned white.

On the long street, heads were rolling in and blood was rising to the sky.

Cai Hua covered her mouth and yawned.
On Liu Siliang's side, the leaders of Huaiyuan Squire's gang had been killed.

"I have written a confession truthfully. It was Xia Zhizhong and Mr. Wu who deceived us! Why do you want to kill me, madam? Madam, please spare my life. I am Lu Er. No, no, I am the Lu family. I will make cows and horses for the Marquis and his wife in return."

When Lu Erlang was dragged out, his legs were so limp that he could no longer walk.

But the execution sergeant ignored him at all, and pressed the man on the wooden pillar before swinging his knife.

I don't know whether it was his begging for mercy that had an effect or other reasons. Cai Hua turned his head and glanced at the sky, and suddenly said: "Baoxi, how many people have been killed?"

"There are 99, this is 1" Baoxi, who had been paying attention, replied.

"99 is quite auspicious, so let's do it."

When Cai Hua spoke, the execution sergeant immediately sheathed his knife. Lu Erlang, who had walked through the gate of hell for a while, was even more limp, with tears and mucus pouring out uncontrollably.

But the next moment, Cai Hua frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Hey! Let's make up a hundred people! A little guy happened to come to the house. If we make up a hundred people, it means longevity! The bento is prepared for me. Pray for the good deeds of our unborn children!"

Seemingly impressed by her good idea, the smiling Cai Hua clapped her hands like a little daughter.

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To accumulate virtue?Killing to accumulate virtue?Killing 100 people means longevity?

Baoxi, who didn't study much, always felt that Aunt Cai's suggestion was a bit outrageous, but when the Marquis left, he told him to listen to others, and today he told him to listen to Aunt Cai again.
Aunt Cai said that killing people will accumulate virtues, so kill people to accumulate virtues.

Baoxi scratched his head and made a continue gesture to the execution sergeant.

But Lu Erlang was pulled numb.

He said that this way of accumulating virtue is fucked.

How can one hundred be 99 lucky?
But before he could express his dissent, the sergeant behind him swung his sword.
Chen Jingyan and others were equally horrified. In the end, Lao Chen couldn't hold it back and said: "Sister, there is a wedding in the house next door. Either burn incense and pray for blessings, or release fish and birds to pray for blessings. This is the first time I have heard of killing people to pray for blessings!" I don’t know what my fifth brother will think when he finds out!”

"Cut~"

Cai Hua curled her lips and said: "Killing one of the evil people in the world will eliminate one evil obstacle! If I kill a hundred people, it will be such a good relationship! In the future, this unborn baby of my family will definitely be enlightened throughout his life!"

This logic seems quite reasonable!
Cai Hua stretched out, looked back at the people, smiled, and said, "I'm going to the post house to meet Mr. Wu, who wants to go with me?"

(End of this chapter)