My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 691 - 221 The Wind Rises

Governor Mansion.

Cave Mansion in the back mountain.

"My lord."

It was yet before 5 a.m., and the sky was still a dull gray.

Si Qin cautiously called out.

"Mr. Su Can, Su Can, is looking for you, saying that there's something urgent."

"I know."

Chen Sansi slowly opened his eyes and took the Spiritual Pearl before leaving the cave mansion.

Arriving at the mansion's gate, he saw Xia Cong who had been waiting for a while. As soon as he saw Chen, he hurriedly came forward to report, "Master, there's been a big incident, villagers outside of Liangzhou City are causing trouble, they want to rebel."

"Rebel?"

Chen Sansi asked, "Because of the Spiritual Grain?"

The land in Beiliang.

Usually cultivates twice a year, after autumn harvest there's also the fall planting, wheat would also be sown in the fall, they would never let the land lie fallow for such a long time, this also concerns whether there would be surplus grain next year, whether they could have enough food. These two years, because of issues with the Spiritual Grain, there's been no shortage of disturbances.

"Yes..."

Su Can narrated, "According to the imperial decree, after this year's autumn harvest, each acre of farmland needs to plant an additional half yield of Spiritual Grain, but the peasants flatly refuse to comply, they even threw away the seeds distributed by the court."

"So the Governor of Liangzhou from the government office, Mr. Wu, personally went to persuade the villagers. During the process, his men killed the village chief of Qingping Village, and the villagers then stopped him, not allowing him to return all night, only the constable could return to send a message, saying the villagers plan to kill the Imperial Officer and revolt."

"A moment before, General Pan of the Great Halberd Camp led two thousand soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion..."

"Wait."

Upon hearing this, Chen Sansi interrupted, then without a word, he rode his White Horse straight towards the city outskirts.

A civil servant of the Governor's level should have bodiesguards refined to the Refining Internal or even Hua Jin level by their side, how could he be stopped by villagers?!

...

Qingping Village.

Outside a dilapidated tile-roofed house, a dense crowd of villagers blocked the way, holding hoes and sickles, their anger palpable.

The leading man spoke out with a high voice, "Wu Youde! You've lost your conscience!"

"Eliminate the Spiritual Grain!"

"Give an explanation for our village chief!"

"Otherwise, you won't be leaving this place!"

"..."

"..."

Inside the tile-roofed house.

Amid the chaotic shouting, Governor Wu Youde, clad in a green official's robe embroidered with white pheasants, drank tea with composure, as though everything outside had nothing to do with him.

"Sir, that's a brilliant plan."

The bodyguard said admiringly, "This is called, 'the strategist risks himself in the game'!"

"I was also forced into a corner,"

Wu Youde said shaking his head with a sigh, "If these commoners don't follow the imperial decree, in the end, it's my head that's on the line."

"Don't worry, sir."

The bodyguard said, "I've already notified General Pan of the Great Halberd Camp. When he gets here later, using 'quelling the rebellion' as a pretext, we'll directly kill a batch of them, and the rest will naturally fall in line."

Ever since the imperial decree was issued, Liangzhou's peasants flatly refused to comply, and moreover, adopted the attitude 'the law does not punish the masses', acting recklessly because of their numbers.

Especially the village chief of Qingping Village, who ate the imperial grain, yet led the disturbances, a particularly thorny issue.

And the Liangzhou Governor Mansion was too by-the-book and didn't allow people to be arrested indiscriminately.

Wu Youde had no choice but to devise this play.

First, he had his men "accidentally" kill the village chief with a whip, provoking public outrage, and deliberately let himself, an Imperial Officer, be trapped here, thus transforming the nature of the incident.

From simply not complying with planting Spiritual Grain, it became "rebellion", which gave a legitimate reason to kill, to shed blood, and naturally, the matter could then be continued.

Placing down his cup, Wu Youde frowned and asked, "What's the name of the one leading them outside?"

"Qi Dazhu."

The bodyguard reminded.

"Right, start with him," said Wu Youde, "Let General Pan slaughter this 'ringleader' first, I can't believe the rest won't fall in line after that."

...

"Big Brother Zhu!"

Outside, the villagers said, "Or shall we just break in and tie up that Governor?"

"Yes, yes."

"He committed murder first!"

"We'll take him to the Governor Mansion, right?!"

"The Governor Mansion will definitely handle this matter!"

"Exactly, exactly! And let them know about the Spiritual Grain, maybe they'll cancel it."

"..."

Qi Dazhu, who was naturally strong, clenched his fists, gritting his teeth, "Alright!"

He was about to kick down the door.

When suddenly, the ground began to tremble, followed immediately by the thundering sound of horse hooves.

The villagers exclaimed in alarm.

"The soldiers are coming!"

"The soldiers have arrived!"

"..."

There they were.

A troop of Heavy Cavalry clad in heavy armor, wielding great spears, trailed by billowing clouds of dust, it was indeed the soldiers from the Great Halberd Camp.

After they surged into the village, they immediately surrounded the rioting villagers.

The villagers, who just a moment before looked ready to take on the world, now suddenly seemed incredibly insignificant.

"Don't panic, everyone, let me go forward and explain!"

Qi Dazhu was not scared, stepping forward: "General, you've come at the right time, yesterday Governor Wu Youde came to our village and without a word, beat our village chief to death. Shouldn't there be an explanation for this?"

"Explanation?"

The Main General of the Great Halberd Camp, Pan Luo, smiled coldly and then suddenly rebuked them loudly, "A bunch of troublemakers!"

"The court raises troops and invites Immortal Masters to protect the people! If not for the court, you would have long been wiped out! How is it that just because you're asked to plant a bit more Spiritual Grain, you make such a fuss?!"

"Mr. Wu kindly came to advise you, but instead of being grateful, you attacked Mr. Wu and detained an Imperial Officer—does your village wish to rebel?!"

Rebel!

The villagers were taken aback.

They did not expect to be immediately slapped with such a severe accusation.

"Don't be afraid, everyone!"

Qi Dazhu, filled with righteous indignation, retorted, "What do you mean by 'just planting a bit more Spiritual Grain'?!"