Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 369 Rebellion
Inside the thatched cottage, scholars gather and write in splashed ink, just like a grand literary event.

The city's dignitaries, wealthy daughters, scholars and literati all gathered here. Originally, such a grand occasion would last until night, but at this moment, a scream sounded.

A scholar suddenly felt a pain in his back, and was knocked down to the ground by a soldier with a knife. In an instant, blood gushed out and splashed everywhere.

"Ah~!" The scholar fell to the ground struggling and screaming. After a while, he lost his breath and became a corpse.

Hearing this scream, all the scholars nearby turned their heads and turned pale with fright when they saw a group of ferocious soldiers rushing towards them with knives, especially when they saw a scholar who was directly shocked. Hacked to death on the ground, the appearance of blood spattering made his legs weak.

"Well, what's going on here?"

When these scholars were blindfolded, the excitement in front of them was too great for them to accept for a while.

"The Maitreya sect in the south of the Yangtze River rebelled, and some evildoers sneaked into the Hou's mansion. This general was ordered to arrest the Maitreya sect disciples. All those who knew how to surrender fell to the ground and surrendered, and those who refused to surrender were killed."

General Ji yelled angrily, raised his knife and chopped it down: "You guys still want to escape? You must be a Maitreya believer, you should be killed."

Another scholar screamed and his neck was chopped off, blood spattered and his body fell to the ground.

General Ji rushed into the thatched cottage with his own soldiers without blinking his eyes.

These soldiers are not considered to be killing everyone, but killing one person every five people, which is the rule of killing one every five people. The people who are killed will be slandered as Maitreya believers according to what the young master said. After all, Xiaohou The Lord also promised that the Hou Mansion will take care of the aftermath.

"Military Minister Fu Tianchou must be inside." General Ji's eyes were violent, and he rushed straight to the inner hall with his own soldiers.

His real purpose this time was to kill Fu Tianchou, the servant of the Ministry of War. If the court found out that this man wanted to check the empty salary, he would have his entire family executed.

For a moment, screams continued in the thatched cottage, these scholars were all powerless, how could they be the opponents of these personal soldiers.

At this moment, in the inner hall.

Hearing the screams and noise outside, you are drinking tea, and the officials enjoying the scenery became puzzled.

"What's going on outside, why is it so noisy?" Song Yuan asked suspiciously, but his heart jumped inexplicably, as if there was the sound of swords and soldiers, and the sound of shouting and killing.

This is strange, a good literary meeting should be the sound of the piano, the sound of the music is right, how can there be such a sound?
However, at this time, suddenly a scholar fell into the inner hall, his face was full of horror: "Kill, kill."

"How is it proper to be in such a panic?" The leader, Lord Li, slapped the table suddenly, and stood up angrily; "Don't you know that the Lord is drinking tea with several adults?"

There was a panic in the house, and he was very shameless as the host.

"Butler, where is the butler, and what happened outside?" Li Houye asked.

Then I saw a housekeeper running in crying and screaming; "Master, something is wrong, something is wrong, the general led his troops into the thatched cottage, killing everyone, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's the opposite."

General Ji rebelled?
Li Houye was stunned for a moment, and then he became furious: "He dares to rebel even with a general of his own name? This Marquis will go and have a look."

"It's already a mess outside, sir, don't go out, you'd better take refuge with a few other adults, swords have no eyes." The butler knelt on the ground and persuaded.

"Hmph, this General Ji weighs a few pounds, and Ben Hou knows that he dared to rebel, and Ben Hou skinned him." Li Hou was furious, but he ignored the housekeeper's persuasion, and strode out.

Fu Tianchou, Song Yuan, and several other local officials were in shock at the moment, and some officials were even trembling with fright.

It is not unheard of in the Yangzhou area to rebel.

In the past, there were robbers and bandits who ran rampant and ransacked villages. In recent months, heresies such as the Maitreya Sect have emerged in the Jiangnan area, and there is a tendency to rebel. In the past, there were also big sects such as the Wutong God Sect and the White Lotus Sect. For a while, the government wanted to avoid it, but luckily these big sects did not rebel.

But today, the rebellion of a general in the barracks is much more serious than the Maitreya Sect and the Wutong God Sect.

It's very simple, this general has soldiers in his hands, and he has already led them to kill him.

"The officer will also go out to have a look."

Fu Tianchou couldn't sit still anymore, immediately put down the teacup in his hand, frowned and strode out.

"If someone really rebelled, my lord should take refuge." Song Yuan next to him said worriedly.

Fu Tianchou said without any fear: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War. This time I came to Yangzhou to stabilize the morale of the army. If there is a real rebellion, I will not be able to get rid of the responsibility. How can I retreat? And eat the king's salary and bear the king's salary." Worry, I will be responsible for any mistakes in the Yangzhou area, don't say too much, you should go back to the Yamen to mobilize your own soldiers, no matter whether you rebel or not, the current situation should be stabilized."

At this moment, Li Houye was struggling to squeeze out of the thatched cottage, and he could vaguely see soldiers hacking and killing scholars outside.

Immediately, he was furious and terrified.

It's okay, if something like this happened in my house, I'm afraid that my Marquis will be the end.

"Ji Jiang, what are you doing? Are you really going to rebel? Stop it now." Lihou Ye jumped up and roared angrily.

However, there were too many scholars fleeing towards him, and his voice could not be heard at all. Instead, he jumped up and roared angrily, and when he landed, he fell to the ground because he couldn't stand firmly.

For a moment, countless feet trampled on his body, making Li Houye who fell on the ground scream and wail again and again.

"Get out of the window."

Fu Tianchou who came from behind saw that the front door was blocked, and wanted to rush to the inner hall, so he made a decisive decision and went out through the window.

Avoiding the crowd, Fu Tianchou came outside, his expression changed suddenly.

At this moment, the thatched cottage was full of mess and blood spattered. Some scholars fell to the ground trembling and begging for mercy, and some scholars were directly hacked to death on the ground, blood and internal organs flowed out, which was horrible.

"It's really a rebellion." Fu Tianchou was shocked.

Anyone who rebels is the first to kill the officials in the city, so as to successfully seize the city.

Today, the Hou Mansion held a literary meeting, and all the officials gathered together. This is naturally the best opportunity to make a move.

"General, that is Fu Tianchou, the servant of the Ministry of War." Suddenly, a soldier beside General Ji pointed at the middle-aged man by the window and said.

At this moment, General Ji didn't think about why the soldiers around him knew Fu Tianchou. He knew that the purpose of his trip was to kill Fu Tianchou and let him die in chaos. It's a matter of empty pay.

Immediately, he took a pair of big bows, squinted his eyes, raised the bow and shot at Fu Tianchou without the slightest hesitation, just to take his life.

Fu Tianchou panicked the moment he saw the general raising his bow, but it was already too late, the arrow had already flown towards him.

At this time, Fu Tianchou felt as if a big palm pushed his back, staggered, and fell to the ground. Turning his head, he saw the silhouette of a burly general flashing in the sunlight, but It disappeared quickly, I don't know if it was an illusion.

"Hey~!"

The arrow missed, and Song Yuan was unlucky behind him. He was shot in the forehead by an arrow, fell to the ground and twitched, and it seemed that he would not survive.

"Come with this general."

General Ji and his soldiers went straight to Fu Tianchou without hesitation.

Since you can't hit it, you can only do it yourself.

"Father, come on, let's go."

At this time, two women rushed out from the nearby crowd, grabbed Fu Tianchou's hand suddenly and ran out.

"Qingfeng, Yuechi, you go, don't worry about being a father, this man will kill me, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and you will be murdered if you follow me, run away and find that Li Xiuyuan, this man is extraordinary in martial arts, can protect Get out." Fu Tianchou said loudly, at this moment he thought of Li Xiuyuan.

In this forest garden, there are no guards and no one who is proficient in martial arts.

Only Li Xiuyuan, a scholar who is very eccentric, has extraordinary martial arts, which is enough to save lives at this time.

Now he regrets that he intentionally punished Li Xiuyuan just now, leaving Li Xiuyuan isolated, so that he left the thatched cottage early, otherwise, with him around, it would be enough to temporarily stabilize the situation.

(End of this chapter)