Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Chapter 268 Cause of Death: Right Foot First

Ye Qingzhou picked up Sun Jingwei's head, and his momentum overwhelmed the three armies: "The traitor Sun Jingwei has been executed, and those who surrender will be spared!"

The rebel soldiers around hesitated for a moment, then dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

In fact, Ye Qingzhou had frightened them so much in this battle that facing an invincible existence like a ghost or god, they had no intention of resisting at all.

"Master!"

Wang Junfeng rode up with a gun in hand. When he looked at Ye Qingzhou, his eyes flashed with the madness of a pilgrim: "We won, we won!"

Ye Qingzhou threw Sun Jingwei's head, along with the problem of collecting the surrendered rebels, to Wang Junfeng: "Reorganize the surrendered rebels, and kill anyone who dares to disobey."

"Yes!"

Wang Junfeng was extremely enthusiastic at this moment. Following such a powerful man like Ye Qingzhou was the greatest luck in his life.

Three days after the war ended, Liu Chang finally arrived with Nie Shixiong and reinforcements.

"I hope it's not too late!"

When Liu Chang arrived at Anle County, he saw a strange scene that puzzled him: "Why is the word Ye written on the flag in the rebel camp?"

Nie Shixiong and his six followers were looking at the battlefield from afar. He couldn't help but frown and said, "There are traces of fighting on the city wall of Anle County. Many houses in the city have been flooded and there are traces of fire. The rebels should have broken through long ago. Why is Sun the thief not moving now?"

Just when the two were puzzled, a man riding a white horse came at lightning speed.

"Enemy attack!"

Nie Shixiong was born into a military family in Liaodong. He practiced martial arts since childhood and started killing enemies at the age of twelve. Although he is only a young man now, his martial arts have been honed on the battlefield and have reached perfection.

But even so, seeing the young general on a white horse and in silver armor in front of him, he still felt like a little white rabbit facing a lion or a tiger. He was instinctively frightened and uneasy, and even his pupils shrank slightly, and his scalp tingled: "Who is this person!?"

The young general in front of him was the strongest man he had ever seen in his life!
"It's you!?"

Liu Chang recognized Wang Junfeng and immediately asked about Ye Qingzhou's safety: "Where is Ye Changshi?"

"Master said that a distinguished guest has arrived and asked me to go out and greet him personally. Please follow me, both of you."

Then, under the guidance of Wang Junfeng, the two walked into the rebel camp unimpeded. Liu Chang was shocked to see that the camp was well managed.

After entering the general's tent, Liu Chang and Nie Shixiong finally saw the heads of Ye Qingzhou and Sun Jingwei.

Ye Qingzhou's eyes passed over Liu Chang and soon fell on Nie Shixiong, because he saw the blue-red destiny descending from this man and turning into the shape of a tiger.

As early as when Nie Shixiong was within thirty miles of Anle County, Ye Qingzhou saw from the changes in the celestial phenomena that the star of a general was shining on this man, and his brilliant light illuminated the sky.

The young man in front of him was actually another powerful general favored by heaven.

This is a lucky leek that is delivered to your door.

Ye Qingzhou smiled and asked, "I want to establish Xinwu Sect and promote martial arts. Are you willing to become my disciple?"

Nie Shixiong's heart trembled when he heard this, and then he fell to the ground with a surge of emotion, and shouted as a disciple: "Master, please accept your disciple's greetings."

The person in front of me can take the head of the enemy general by himself in the midst of thousands of troops. What is there to hesitate about if I can worship such a peerless strong man as my teacher?
"Master Ye, I also want to join Xinwu Sect, I hope you can help me!"

Liu Chang became anxious upon seeing this. At this moment, he already regarded Ye Qingzhou as his thickest thigh.

Ye Qingzhou glanced at him. His aptitude was so-so, and his luck was also so-so. However, Liu Chang was from a military family in Jizhou after all. He had connections and resources, so he was still of some use.

Therefore, Ye Qingzhou did not refuse, but nodded calmly: "Yes."

Afterwards, Ye Qingzhou talked about the next arrangements: "You lead your troops and follow me into Jicheng to stabilize the situation first."

"I will obey my master's orders!"

Wang Junfeng, Nie Shixiong and Liu Chang all bowed and accepted the order.

The news of Sun Jingwei's death spread to Jicheng along with the fleeing deserters, causing the morale of the rebels remaining in the base camp to collapse and they all fled in panic.

So when Ye Qingzhou brought his men to Jicheng, he took over the former capital of Yan State with armed force without any effort.

Under Ye Qingzhou's order, Wang Junfeng quickly restored order in the city, and this military rebellion, which was likely to devastate the four states of You, Ji, Qing and Bing, ended in a shocking manner.

A few months later, the battle of Anle shocked the world and shocked everyone.

Sun Jingwei led an army of 100,000 and attacked Yuyang County with an overwhelming force, but was stopped by Ye Qingzhou in Anle County.

One man, one sword, sweeping away thousands of enemies!

Ye Qingzhou, in his invincible manner, declared that times had changed.

The historical stage of the future will no longer be dominated by civil officials and military generals, nor by aristocratic families, but an era belonging to martial artists!

After the death of two thousand people, Sun Jingwei's so-called 100,000-strong army scattered like birds and beasts. After all, they were just a mob that was not much more powerful than bandits.

When the battle is going well, there are things to loot, which can barely maintain the morale of the army.

Once you encounter a headwind, the rain will be blown away immediately.

Over the past few months, the king's flag has been flying on the city walls of Jicheng.

As the chief military officer, Ye Qingzhou took over the largest city in Youzhou. He then used thunderous means to execute all those who dared to stop him as "remnants of traitors".

After a huge killing, the local noble families and powerful people finally obediently sold their property to help the disaster and voluntarily donated a large amount of food and money so that Ye Qingzhou could use it for disaster relief and pensions. This stabilized the people's hearts in Jicheng and restored the morale of the army.

Ye Qingzhou even had enough spare capacity to provide work-for-relief, recruiting landless refugees to reclaim wasteland, carry out spring ploughing, and restore agricultural production order.

Food is the most important thing for people. Even martial artists need to eat, and their appetite is much larger than that of normal people.

Therefore, if you want to vigorously promote martial arts, you must harvest more food.

Ye Qingzhou has even been thinking about how to start the reform. He would nationalize all the land of the aristocratic families and wealthy clans, and then distribute it to landless farmers for cultivation and to engage in large-scale production and construction.

In this way, the supply of food can be guaranteed and the foundation of the martial arts career will be laid.

Xinwumen can even use the form of a "martial arts cooperative" to promote it in rural areas, so that everyone can practice and increase their strength as quickly as possible.

Millions of thought energies surged towards Ye Qingzhou like a surging wave, and were all transformed by him into thousands of lights.

"Among the nine great divine fires, the Danyu Holy Flame is reborn in Nirvana, the Suzaku Divine Fire repels all evil, the Fiery Sun Heavenly Fire is extremely strong and masculine, and the Burning Universe Demonic Flame destroys the heavens and the earth. In comparison, the lights of thousands of homes seem a bit tepid and insignificant. I never thought that this fire is the gathering of human hearts. It is not very useful when it is just a few bits and pieces, but once it forms a prairie fire, it is enough to change the world."

More importantly, the lights of thousands of homes are the only special flame among the nine divine fires that does not rely on vital energy, because its essence is the burning of the soul and the rejuvenation of the spirit.

As long as there is a world of intelligent creatures, it can light up thousands of homes.

"It is indeed easy to practice in the government."

Ye Qingzhou now controls Jicheng and holds the lives and deaths of millions of soldiers and civilians. He feeds the lower-class people and border troops by cutting the flesh of the aristocratic families. He has successfully won the hearts of the soldiers and the people and received their heartfelt support.

His spiritual cultivation level improved steadily, and as a result, his physical body became stronger as well.

At the same time, Ye Qingzhou finally discovered the secret of Yuan Qi!
With the joining of Nie Shixiong, the "stream" of Xinwu Avenue expanded again, and a strange energy was also input into the Cangyuan Realm from the spiritual world.

"vitality?"

Ye Qingzhou was secretly surprised. At first, he thought that the Taixu Divine Dynasty's sense of touch extended to the Cangyuan Realm. Then, after careful sensing, he found that the vitality was very pure and quite "original", with absolutely no toxic side effects.

"No, that's not right."

Ye Qingzhou looked excited: "This energy comes from the spiritual world, it should be called spiritual energy."

The so-called spiritual energy, in Ye Qingzhou's view, is more like a kind of dark matter energy. This energy uses the Avenue as a bridge and is guided from the spiritual world by the beliefs of intelligent creatures.

All matter and energy in the world of the living are difficult to interfere with by spirit and will, but the aura of the spiritual world is different. It exists on the opposite side of the material world, and therefore is extremely susceptible to interference and influence by intelligent creatures.

"Compared to Yuan Qi, Ling Qi has more changes, but it is very chaotic and difficult to control."

Ye Qingzhou quickly analyzed the difference between Yuan Qi and Ling Qi. Yuan Qi is like a processed "smart product" with a very low threshold for use, and almost anything can be used.

In contrast, Reiki is the unprocessed 'raw material'. To use a more vivid metaphor, it is like the difference between buying a mobile phone with your own hands using raw materials such as gold, silver, nickel, magnesium, plastic, glass, and silicon crystals. The difficulty of the two is incomparable.

Feeling the thin strand of vital energy in his body, Ye Qingzhou was overjoyed: "It turns out that the vital energy is transformed from spiritual energy, but it is stamped with the martial arts mark of the Taixu Divine Dynasty!"

This is very important to Ye Qingzhou, as it means that the Xinwu Sect he founded in the Cangyuan Realm can continuously obtain spiritual energy from the spiritual world after it grows up.

With these spiritual energies, Ye Qingzhou will be able to open up his own martial arts path and truly have the capital to compete with the Taixu Divine Dynasty.

Just when Ye Qingzhou was full of confidence, Liu Chang came hurriedly to report an important news.

"Master."

"What's the matter?"

"King Chong has arrived."

Prince Chong is a member of the Daliang royal family. The current emperor is just his nephew and has an extremely noble status.

What's even more terrible is that he holds a golden mace bestowed by the emperor, which can be used to strike down tyrants and treacherous ministers, and to execute first and report later, with special permission from the emperor.

Ten years ago, King Chong served as the governor of Youzhou. While in office, he encouraged people to engage in agriculture and sericulture, and appeased foreign tribes outside the Great Wall such as the Donghu and Tianlang, so that the people under his rule could live and work in peace and contentment.

Therefore, to this day, King Chong is still missed by many people in Youzhou.

Jicheng, the governor's residence.

A middle-aged man with a refined demeanor was surrounded by stars at the center. He was King Chong.

Those present today are all the leading figures of Jicheng, including Song Dezhao, the attendant of the Beijia, Yu Xing'an, the attendant of the Zhizhong, Yang Shunrong, the chief clerk, Li Yingxian, the clerk of the Bingcao, etc. They are all celebrities of Jicheng who hold real power. Each of them was born into a famous family and has complex influence.

Even after Sun Jingwei occupied Jicheng, he mainly tried to win over these people, promising them high positions and generous salaries.

In addition to them, there were several Sirius nobles dressed in costumes from outside the Great Wall. They seemed to be old acquaintances of King Chong. As soon as they met, they played the emotional card, expressed their remorse, and wanted to ask for forgiveness from the court.

King Chong, who had always advocated peace, took advantage of the situation and forgave the mistakes of the Tianlang people in front of everyone. The atmosphere on the scene was joyful, as if the rebellion that almost destabilized the four states had never happened.

Until Ye Qingzhou arrived.

"General and Chief of Staff!"

"It's Ye Changshi who has arrived!"

Song Dezhao, Yu Xing'an, Yang Shunrong and Li Yingxian, who were talking loudly just now, suddenly shut up and even shrank their necks subconsciously. When they looked at Ye Qingzhou, their gazes were evasive.

Ye Qingzhou walked over lightly, and the crowd at the scene automatically made way for him.

He walked up to King Chong and looked at this prince who was said to be well-known among the people: "Greetings, King Chong."

"Are you Ye Qingzhou, the 'Sword Master'?"

Sword Lord means the king among swords.

But at this moment, King Chong said these words in a very contemptuous tone, which showed how much he disliked Ye Qingzhou.

King Chong was born into the royal family and was born a nobleman, so he looked down on those crude warriors who were only good at fighting.

As for the rumors that Ye Qingzhou defeated 100,000 rebel troops alone, he scoffed at them, believing them to be nothing more than rumors among the people.

This is normal, after all, people always cannot believe things beyond their understanding.

Ye Qingzhou looked at King Chong with a caring look, and then his eyes fell on the two Tianlang nobles behind him: "People from the White Mane Tribe and the Black Mane Tribe? How dare you appear in front of me?"

When the two saw Ye Qingzhou, they were like seeing a ghost, their knees were shaking, and they hurriedly shouted: "Sword Lord, King Chong has pardoned our crimes, don't mess around!"

"Master Ye, the White Mane and Black Mane tribes of the Heavenly Wolf Clan have surrendered to the imperial court. Please do not cause any more trouble."

King Chong looked at Ye Qingzhou sternly, his words full of reproach and warning.

Ye Qingzhou smiled coldly when he heard this: "Surrender? Have they returned the women and property they looted? Have the people who raised the butcher knife been brought to justice? How can this be considered surrender?"

In this rebellion, the Sun brothers have been executed, but the 3,000 Sky Wolf Cavalry who took part in the rebellion got away with nothing. And the White Mane and Black Mane tribes who took advantage of the situation to loot and commit rape, robbery and all kinds of evil, committing numerous bloody crimes.

Wherever the wolf riders went, innocent civilians were killed and more than 100,000 people were captured.

Just say surrender now and pretend nothing happened?

Ye Qingzhou has seen the boiling resentment among the people in Youzhou through his divine eyes. They work hard in the fields, endure hardships, perform corvée labor, pay taxes, and work like slaves for the court.

As a result, the cavalry of the Sirius tribe came to kill them, bullied their wives and daughters, killed their loved ones, robbed their property, burned their houses, and captured them and used them as slaves.

The imperial court didn't care at all and even pardoned these werewolves?
What kind of logic is this!
"Shut up!"

King Chong was furious and shouted, "You are just a warrior who only knows how to fight and kill. What do you know about governing a country? The imperial treasury is empty now. How can you start a war so easily? Why can't you understand the difficulties of the imperial court?"

As a prince, he was actually contradicted in public by a mere warrior. King Chong had already decided to kill Ye Qingzhou. He would never allow anyone in Youzhou to dare to defy his will.

Ye Qingzhou was also very disappointed with King Chong. Is this the "virtuous king"?
To put it bluntly, he is just a paperhanger who tries to cover up the truth.

Ye Qingzhou looked at King Chong expressionlessly, his tone even colder: "Your Highness asked me to understand the difficulties of the court, but has the court ever understood the difficulties of the people? As for where the money and food for foreign wars will come from, don't they still have it?"

After he finished speaking, his cold gaze fell on Song Dezhao and other local noble families in Youzhou: "Who is not willing to contribute money and food to help the court resist foreign enemies, step forward."

Song Dezhao, Yu Xing'an, Yang Shunrong and Li Yingxian took the lead in retreating, and the other heads of the wealthy families were so scared that they rolled and crawled, retreating frantically.

He was afraid that if he ran a step slower, he would become the dead soul under Ye Qingzhou's sword.

Ye Qingzhou looked at Prince Chong: "Your Highness, you see, they are all patriotic and are willing to pay this money."

"you!"

"you!"

King Chong was furious.

He just didn't understand what these noble families who dared to be rebellious in front of him and bargain with the court were afraid of.

As for it?
Ye Qingzhou didn't bother to care what King Chong was thinking. He looked at the envoys sent by the White Mane and Black Mane tribes of the Heavenly Wolf Clan and said in a cold voice, "I will give you three days to exchange the captured people and property, and use cattle, sheep and horses to compensate for the economic losses caused to Youzhou. At the same time, hand over the soldiers who participated in the rebellion to us for public trial. If you fail to do any of this, your clan will be exterminated. Do you understand clearly?"

"Yes, yes, we will definitely bring the news back."

Both of them had cold sweat on their backs at this moment. They hurriedly agreed and then turned around and left as if they were escaping.

"and many more……"

"Sword Master...do you have any other instructions?"

"It only takes one person to pass on the message."

Zheng~
Ye Qingzhou drew out the Jingzhe sword in his hand and chopped off the head of the envoy from the Black Mane Tribe: "You actually dared to take the right foot first just now, which is really a taboo for me."

After killing the man, Ye Qingzhou picked up a piece of white silk cloth and wiped the bloody sword blade, saying in an unhappy tone: "There should be applause here."

Bang bang bang~
Song Dezhao took the lead in applauding, and then Yu Xing'an, Yang Shunrong and Li Yingxian also came to their senses and clapped their hands hard. They did not dare to stop even when their palms turned red.

Led by these four people, in addition to the confidants brought by King Chong, the local aristocratic families and powerful forces in Jicheng were all applauding.

They were applauding, clearly slapping King Chong and the imperial court in the face.

Ye Qingzhou's move was to demonstrate to King Chong, telling him that in Jicheng and Youzhou, it would be better to distinguish between the big and small kings first, and not to get in the way.

Looking at Ye Qingzhou's back as he turned and left, King Chong's face turned ashen.

(End of this chapter)