Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 51 It’s You, Aunt Mei

The White Lotus Sect has a long history and also has a professional nickname - professional rebels!
During the Song Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect rebelled against the Song Dynasty;
During the Yuan Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty;
During the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Rebellion rebelled against the Ming Dynasty;
During the Qing Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect rebelled countless times.

Especially in this era of corruption of the Qing Dynasty, the presence of the White Lotus Sect can be seen almost throughout the country.

It can be said that since its birth, the White Lotus Sect has been either rebelling or on the road to rebellion.

Therefore, the attitude of successive dynasties towards the White Lotus Sect was basically to ban and suppress it, but it continued to exist despite repeated bans, which really proves the saying that where there is oppression, there is resistance.

To some extent, the White Lotus Sect can be seen in history as an anti-imperialist, anti-feudal, and anti-oppression uprising organization.

However, in history, the White Lotus Sect was not highly regarded, and there were many controversies surrounding its praise and criticism. As time went on and the White Lotus Sect grew rapidly, many branches emerged within it. Different branches had different doctrines, and some branches of the White Lotus Sect simply used the sect as a banner to gain their own interests and create chaos and fool the people.

Therefore, Guan Shaoqing's attitude towards the White Lotus Sect was not very good. If the White Lotus Sect really just wanted to deal with foreigners in eastern Guangdong, it would be fine, but if they wanted to create chaos and make profits, Guan Shaoqing would not be polite.

After warning the White Lotus Sect, Guan Shaoqing led his troops out of the city.

The leader of the White Lotus Sect turned pale and blue in color when he heard Guan Shaoqing's words, because he could not fail to hear the warning from Guan Shaoqing.

But his White Lotus Sect has always been lawless and is not afraid even of the imperial court and foreigners, so how could it be afraid of a warlord?

When I find the chance, I will kill your Guan family.

The leader of the White Lotus Sect thought for a moment, then continued to march forward with the followers behind him.

"Sir, Shaoqing Guan has led his troops out of the city. On the way out, he encountered members of the White Lotus Sect and warned them." Meanwhile, in the Admiralty's Mansion, Nalan Yuanshu quickly received the news as Shaoqing Guan led his troops out of the city. "I think this might be an opportunity to provoke a conflict between the White Lotus Sect and the Guan family and use the White Lotus Sect as a diversion to deal with the Guan family."

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yuanshu raised his hand and waved.

"Now that the Guan family has become the dominant force, with over 50,000 soldiers and horses at their disposal, even if the White Lotus Sect really wants to confront the Guan family, it will be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and will be destroyed in an instant. We don't need to pay any more attention to this matter. Regardless of whether the White Lotus Sect confronts the Guan family or not, we should not interfere."

As the commander-in-chief of land and water who had guarded eastern Guangdong for many years, Nalan Yuanshu was very clear about the strength of the White Lotus Sect in eastern Guangdong. Although they had a large number of people and were powerful, they were basically a group of rabble and it was difficult to organize them on a large scale. They were no match for the current Guan family.

Even he himself did not dare to show any hostility towards the Guan family at this moment, because the difference in strength was too great.

"How's the investigation into the rebels going?"

"Your Excellency, according to my investigation report, there seems to be a roster among the rebels, which records the names and identities of all the rebels. If we can find it, we can definitely catch the rebels in one fell swoop."

"Make every effort to find this roster."

"Yes."
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"Young Marshal, Huangjia Village is just ahead."

At noon, Guang Shaoqing led his troops to Huangjia Village in Xin'an, and a village nestled among farmlands at the foot of the mountain came into view.

But at this moment the whole village was silent without any sound or movement, as if it were an empty village, without even the barking of dogs or the crowing of chickens.

On the outskirts of the village, you can also see groups of villagers from other surrounding villages coming to watch.

"Send someone to inquire about the situation. Who discovered the situation in Huangjia Village? Remember to be polite. Everyone else, follow me into the village."

"Yes."

Ta Ta Ta -!
Then Guan Shaoqing rode his horse and led his troops into Huangjia Village.

"It's the army. The army is coming."

Seeing this, the people watching around also stepped aside and looked at Guan Shaoqing and others.

As soon as Guan Shaoqing led his troops into Huangjia Village, they saw several corpses of villagers lying on the main road in the middle of the village, with blood coming out of all seven orifices and terrified faces, as if they had been frightened to death.

"Search across the land, find all the bodies, pile them up, and see if there are any survivors."

Upon seeing this, Guan Shaoqing gave an immediate order.

"Yes."

The army immediately dispersed into groups of two or three and began searching house to house throughout the Huangjia Village.

"Young Marshal, I've made inquiries. It was the villagers from the neighboring village who entered Huangjia Village early this morning and discovered the situation. Last night, they had heard terrifying noises and screams coming from Huangjia Village, but no one dared to come over. It wasn't until this morning that a group of villagers bravely came over. Upon arriving at the village gate, they discovered the bodies of the Huangjia Village residents. No one dared to enter again."

At this time, the soldiers who heard the news also came back to report to Guan Shaoqing.

Guan Shaoqing nodded slightly when he heard this, and his eyes carefully looked around.

From Huangjia Village, Guan Shaoqing also felt an extremely ferocious aura of evil spirits and a tremendous resentment. Even the dead villagers of Huangjia Village might have been affected by this resentment and turned into wronged souls. If it is not eliminated, the entire Huangjia Village will become a den of ghosts in the future.

It was indeed the work of an evil spirit.

"Young Marshal, we found a child!" A moment later, the army found a living child from Huangjia Village.

The child looked to be about ten years old, but he had obviously been frightened to the point of being mentally ill. When he was found, his eyes were dull and he was muttering to himself in fear.

"Aunt Mei, don't kill me, don't kill me."

"Find a way to wake him up and find out the details."

Guan Shaoqing glanced at the child and gave instructions.

"Yes."

Soon after a while, the entire Huangjia Village was searched. At this time, the bodies of more than 300 people in the village were found and piled together in the open space at the entrance of the village. They all died with blood oozing from all seven orifices, and their faces were terrified as if they had seen something extremely terrifying before they died.

Even the chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs and other livestock in the village were all dead. Except for the little boy who was found earlier, there was no one alive in the whole village.

This clearly looked like revenge from a ghost, but how much hatred would it take to commit such a massacre of an entire village, and why did the little boy survive?

More than 300 bodies of Huangjia Village villagers with blood gushing from all seven orifices and the corpses of countless chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs and other livestock were piled up at the gate of Huangjia Village.

This scene was extremely horrifying, and the villagers from the neighboring village who were watching from a distance all had expressions of horror on their faces.

Even the soldiers under Guan Shaoqing's command looked pale.

"Young Marshal, what should we do now? How do we deal with these bodies?"

"These corpses were killed by evil spirits. People who died suddenly are most likely to transform into corpses. Let's burn them all, just in case."

"Then why don't you just burn the village down, Marshal? Otherwise, if we leave this village here, I'm afraid no one will dare to enter in the future."

"Let's keep the village for now. I'll come back to deal with the ghosts of these villagers tonight."

"Young Marshal is saying that these villagers have also turned into ghosts."

"Ah."

"hiss--"

“Crackling—!”

Soon, accompanied by the crackling sound of sparks, a raging fire erupted at the gate of Huangjia Village. The bodies of the villagers were thrown into the flames and began to burn. The strong aroma of meat lingered for hundreds of meters. The aroma was so strong that it made everyone present feel nauseous. Even Guan Shaoqing felt nauseous.

The whole process lasted until the afternoon, and all the bodies were burned.

"Young Marshal, the child is awake and has found out the truth."

At this time, good news came. The child who was previously found from Huangjia Village woke up and knew the situation.

"Bring him here."

Guan Shaoqing said immediately, and the child was quickly brought to Guan Shaoqing. At this moment, his expression was no longer dull, but the fear remained.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Xiaoqiang."

"Tell me what's going on."

"It's Aunt Mei. It's Aunt Mei who has turned into a ghost and returned for revenge."

After listening to the child's story, Guan Shaoqing finally figured out the whole story.

But the aunt he was talking about was named Chu Renmei. She was originally the wife of Huang Zhiming, the son of the village chief of Huangjia Village. However, Huang Zhiming met a rich lady in the city. In order to marry the rich lady in the city, Huang Zhiming designed to find a gangster from outside to molest Chu Renmei, and then asked his father, the village chief of Huangjia Village, to bring people from Huangjia Village to falsely accuse Chu Renmei of stealing a man, and then killed Chu Renmei according to the clan rules.

Huang Zhiming and his son truly demonstrated what it means to be a man without cruelty. The original plan was flawless because everyone in Huangjia Village is a member of the Huang family.

But as luck would have it, their conspiracy was seen by Xiaoqiang, and Xiaoqiang, who had been taken care of and loved by Chu Renmei since he was a child, could not help but secretly run to Chu Renmei's body and tell her the truth.

Needless to say, after Chu Renmei learned the truth, she was filled with resentment and turned into a fierce ghost. She slaughtered the entire Huangjia Village in one night, and only Xiaoqiang survived.

Guan Shaoqing immediately understood after hearing everything.

Good guy, old corpse in the mountain village, it’s you, Aunt Mei.

(End of this chapter)