northernbook #300 - The storm is coming
#300 - The storm is coming
Ding Feng and Cao Xian couldn't help but exchange a glance.
If they returned like this after the princess was coerced and taken away by the Taiping Dao, they would certainly lose their heads.
Cao Xian immediately said:
"Since you are taking the princess to seek medical treatment, please allow this old servant to accompany you."
"The princess is of noble birth and needs someone to attend to her."
Ding Feng also said in a deep voice:
"My duty is to stay by the princess's side!"
He could barely stand, but he still gritted his teeth, wanting to protect the princess.
For a moment, even the servants wanted to follow Zhao Xiling.
Liang Jin smiled coldly:
"Ridiculous!"
"Do you really think the Taiping Dao is a place where anyone can come and go as they please?"
Having said that, Liang Jin waved his hand at Lu Qiannan:
"Send these people away."
"Anyone who refuses to leave will remain here forever."
Lu Qiannan pulled on the reins, and the horse beneath her reared up, stomping towards Cao Xian and the others.
Cao Xian and the others hurriedly dodged.
It wasn't that they couldn't fight back, but they didn't dare to.
Once they retaliated, none of them would survive today.
Lu Qiannan, mounted on her horse, pointed at the crowd with her spear and shouted:
"Get out!!!"
As Lu Qiannan's words rang out, the Yellow Turban soldiers thrust their spears forward in unison, compressing the space around the approaching crowd.
At this point, Cao Xian understood Liang Jin's resolute attitude.
He could only sigh and say:
"Great Teacher, please do not harm the princess."
"We can discuss all conditions."
"If you feel that our rank is not high enough and our words don't carry enough weight,"
"Then in a few days, higher-ranking people will come to discuss matters with you."
Having said that, he waved his hand and led the others away.
The Yellow Turban soldiers, with their spears in hand, followed closely, driving Cao Xian and his group from the land and onto the boats on the river.
Only after Cao Xian and the others boarded the boats and left along the river did Zhao Xiling cheer:
"Freedom!"
"Now I can play however I want!"
She excitedly went to Lu Qiannan and, looking up at Lu Qiannan on horseback, said:
"This princess appoints you as a general!"
"Now, listen to my orders and lead the army to capture this city!"
"This will be our first city in the rebellion!"
Zhao Xiling reached out and pointed towards Qingzhou City in the distance.
At this time, the gates of Qingzhou City were already tightly closed, and the entire city was under martial law.
From the moment the Yellow Turban Army appeared, the city had been frightened, and a large number of officers and soldiers could be seen on the city walls setting up defenses.
Lu Qiannan naturally ignored her, only giving her a roll of her eyes.
Then, Lu Qiannan dismounted and came to Liang Jin.
Her face was uneasy, and she was somewhat apprehensive:
Now, Lu Qiannan seemed to realize that her rash act of leading the army to help was somewhat impulsive.
Without this army, perhaps it would have brought a lot of trouble to the Taiping Dao and Liang Jin.
Liang Jin patted her head and said:
"It's okay, it's all about the same."
"Now that the princess is in my hands, the imperial court will regard me as a rebel anyway."
In the current situation, it was obviously impossible not to rebel.
It was only a matter of time.
Now that they had reached this point, they should prepare for everything that would follow.
Hearing this, Lu Qiannan finally felt a little better.
Liang Jin turned his gaze and looked around.
In the distance, disciples of the Guiyi Sect and the Senluo Sect were trying to escape.
"Now that the army has been brought out, it must see blood."
"Qiannan, summon Wu Shan and the Chihuo Sword Sect to encircle and suppress the people of the Senluo Sect and the Guiyi Sect."
"Those who are willing to surrender may live, and those who resist will die!"
"Be sure to seize all the industries and wealth of the Senluo Sect and the Guiyi Sect as well."
"We are about to start a large-scale recruitment of troops, and we need money very much."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qiannan nodded and accepted the order.
She remounted her horse and began to carry out Liang Jin's orders.
Soon.
The Yellow Turban Army and the Chihuo Sword Sect received the order.
They immediately launched a frenzied attack on the Senluo Sect and the Guiyi Sect.
The leaders of the Senluo Sect and the Guiyi Sect had already died, which had caused the two sects to lose their fighting spirit long ago.
When facing the Yellow Turban Army and the Chihuo Sword Sect, some desperately resisted and were eventually killed, while others immediately knelt down and chose to surrender.
For a time, in the wilderness outside Qingzhou City, screams and sounds of fighting rose and fell, constantly echoing.
Zhao Xiling watched all of this with great interest, occasionally clenching her fists in excitement:
"Good! Well done!"
"I finally get to see a battle, it's so much fun!"
One life after another was quickly dying, but the role of these lives for Zhao Xiling was only to add to her fun.
In her excitement, she subconsciously ordered:
"Someone! Bring this princess a table and chairs, and some food."
"This princess wants to sit and watch slowly."
It was not until no one responded that she realized that her servants had all been driven away.
Suddenly without anyone to serve her, Zhao Xiling found it difficult to adapt.
This also finally allowed her to slowly calm down from the playfulness and excitement she had just felt.
She walked to Liang Jin and, looking at Liang Jin, said:
"What, do you really want to rebel?"
"First, you used talisman water to treat illnesses and widely recruited believers."
"Then, you secretly raised private soldiers and accumulated strength."
"Now, you have seized the opportunity to kidnap this princess as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the imperial court."
"Great Teacher, you are really born to be a rebel."
"How about it, are you interested in cooperating?"
At this time, the silly look on Zhao Xiling's face was gone, replaced by a bit of cunning.
Liang Jin looked at her indifferently:
"How does the princess want to cooperate?"
"I don't have time to play with you."
Zhao Xiling chuckled, as if Liang Jin's words were a joke.
She jumped in front of Liang Jin, her dark eyes blinked:
"I don't want to play for now, I want to talk to you about serious business."
"I understand you rebels very well, either you have committed a crime and don't want to be caught, or you have no food to eat and want to survive, or you want to seek wealth and glory."
"These are not problems for this princess."
"As long as your Taiping Dao is willing to rely on this princess and listen to my dispatch,"
"Then this princess can satisfy any of your requests."
Speaking of this, Zhao Xiling smoothed the hair that fell to her shoulders.
When she raised her head again, she actually had a royal aura that was inviolable.
Only to hear her say in a deep voice:
"Your martial arts are very high, and I'm afraid you won't find anyone within the fourth rank who can deal with you."
"But I can easily mobilize second-rank and third-rank martial artists to deal with you, and you won't be able to cope with that, will you?"
"Although your Taiping Dao has tens of thousands of troops, I can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands or millions of troops to come."
"You can use talisman water to treat illnesses and cure thousands of people."
"And I can issue an order to have the heads of those thousands of people you saved fall to the ground in an instant."
"Therefore, Great Teacher, we can cooperate."
Liang Jin smiled faintly.
A carrot and a stick?
It seems that this Princess Kunning has finally stopped being silly.
That's right.
Liang Jin could already confirm that there was something wrong with this princess's head.
Sometimes she would be very silly.
Sometimes she would be very smart.
She wouldn't always be smart, otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen to the point of being kidnapped by Liang Jin today.
Once she encountered novel and interesting things, her intelligence would easily drop when she became playful.
"What does the princess want the Taiping Dao to do?"
Liang Jin asked.
Zhao Xiling replied:
"That's none of your business."
"As long as you submit to me, I can make the Taiping Dao the largest sect in the world."
"Let countless people believe in the Taiping Dao, and let you gain unprecedented power and glory."
"All I want is your loyalty!"
Liang Jin laughed out loud.
He didn't expect that this playful princess actually had her own ambitions.
If she didn't have ambitions, why would she bother so much?
It's a pity…
She has some ambition and a little cleverness.
But all in all, she is still not smart enough.
So much so that her words seem so ridiculous.
Zhao Xiling asked unhappily in a cold voice:
"What are you laughing at?"
Liang Jin replied:
"I do have a suggestion, the princess might as well listen to it."
Zhao Xiling frowned:
"What?"
Liang Jin replied:
"Why doesn't the princess submit to me and be my maid, helping me massage my shoulders and legs and pour tea and water on weekdays."
"If the princess agrees, then I might be able to save the princess's life."
"Oh, I almost forgot."
"You were rescued by me, so your life is mine to begin with."
Hearing this, Zhao Xiling seemed to have suffered a great humiliation.
Her eyebrows stood on end, and she scolded angrily:
"Presumptuous!"
"How dare you, a mere commoner, speak to this princess like this?!"
Her fists clenched, and her delicate body even trembled slightly in excessive anger.
Liang Jin had a smile on his lips.
The next moment.
His face became cold and stern:
"Zhao Xiling, what do you think I'm doing?"
"Is it a fun game? Is it playing house with you?!"
"Now that you are in my hands, you better obediently accept your fate."
"Don't worry, I won't kill you easily."
"But don't cause me trouble, otherwise…"
"Your hands and feet will be broken."
Liang Jin's last sentence was as cold as if it came from the Nine Nether Hells.
Zhao Xiling shuddered inexplicably.
She couldn't figure it out, and she didn't understand.
Clearly, everyone she had seen since she was a child was pursuing promotion, wealth, and glory, and was pursuing the opportunity to work for the royal family, and was afraid of being punished by the law and the royal family.
Why is this person different?
Does he… really not fear death?
You must know that a person only has one life, and if it's gone, everything is gone!
Faced with a person who is not afraid of death and does not seek wealth and glory, Zhao Xiling really didn't have any good way to deal with it for a while.
But how could she know that the Great Teacher in front of her was just an external avatar.
Liang Jin raised his head and looked at the sky.
The sky had already become gloomy and dim, with thick, lead-gray clouds covering the sky, and the cold wind was strong.
This Qingzhou is about to change.
Liang Jin stood in the wind, he knew that the situation was already developing rapidly.
He had to be fully prepared before the storm came.
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