Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

However, surrendering and becoming a traitor is punishable by death.

As a commander, he did not have the prestige to make the soldiers obey his orders.

The deputy commander seemed to have finally caught the opportunity to replace his superior. Upon hearing this, he immediately said in disappointment:

"Commander, how could you betray the court so easily and even drag your brothers into rebellion with you!"

After saying this, he turned to look at the five thousand imperial guards present and shouted:

"Brothers, it's easy for the commander to betray us, but we must not be the traitors who betray the court..."

Before he could finish his words, a breeze blew by, and a figure in white clothes appeared out of thin air about ten feet away in front of him.

Before he could react, he saw the beautiful woman in white reaching out her hand towards him, and a vine shot out from nowhere and tied him up like a dumpling.

Then, he felt a sense of weightlessness and saw the commander of the imperial guards who was very close to him.

"Demon, let me go!"

He finally realized that he was being hung opposite the commander by a man in white who appeared out of nowhere.

Then, his mouth was blocked by something. No matter how hard he tried, he could only make grunting sounds and was unable to utter even a single word clearly.

The woman in white calmly faced the five thousand imperial guards and said:

"I am the Venerable Du'e. As your commander said, I rose up in rebellion to save the people from danger."

The voice was not hysterical, but it was clearly heard by every soldier present.

"Now, there are two choices before you. First, submit to me. Second, die!"

The last word "death" is so loud and full of pressure that it makes people subconsciously afraid.

As if in response to her words, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard felt the ground behind them shaking, and there were many footsteps getting closer and closer.

Looking back, I saw countless soldiers in cotton armor running towards this side with high spirits.

What made them even more frightened was that at the front of the team were several cannons pulled by carts.

The black muzzle of the gun was pointed at them fiercely.

Obviously, if they didn't surrender, shells would fall on them immediately.

A white horse came out from the crowd, and the female general on top shouted loudly:

"Listen, the imperial guards on the other side. All the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Nandu Garrison Camp have already surrendered to the Divine Lord Du'e. The Nandu City has now been completely occupied by the Garrison Camp."

"If you continue to resist, you will die!"

Obviously, this person is Hui'an, the newly appointed garrison commander of Nando.

The walls of Nando were high and thick, and there were cannons guarding the city.

The reason why they were able to attack the city so quickly was naturally because there was no siege at all.

Because the defense of Nandu City was originally the responsibility of the garrison battalion.

The soldiers of the garrison camp, carrying the order for change of guard, easily entered the city and took the city gate.

Afterwards, Hui'an personally went into battle and captured a thousand households on the city gate. He also ordered the soldiers under Zhang Liu to eloquently tell the soldiers in the garrison camp how good the treatment in the garrison camp was now and how powerful the god they followed was.

The defenders at the city gate surrendered without a fight.

Faced with a force twice their own size and cannons of enormous destructive power, the leaderless Imperial Guards were thrown into chaos.

"All soldiers, listen to my command. Lay down your weapons and surrender immediately!"

The commander of the imperial guards gave orders again.

This time, there was only the sound of metal hitting the ground.

Five thousand imperial guards dropped their weapons and surrendered on the spot.

At this point, Chen Qingzhu took over the entire Nandu City almost without bloodshed.

She performed the invisibility spell, tapped her toes, and after a few jumps, she landed lightly in front of Hui'an, revealing her figure.

"Guanzhu!"

Hui'an immediately bowed in worship.

Chen Qingzhu nodded slightly and gave the order:

"Immediately close all the gates of Nandu. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order!"

The time has come for her to close the shop and start slaughtering pigs.

In the south of the Yangtze River, land annexation is extremely serious.

The powerful people in the southern capital city control more than half of the wealth and land in the entire Jiangnan region.

When the whale dies, all things come to life.

Only by distributing the land in their hands to the people can the people have a way to survive.

Restore the three to five acres of land per capita at the beginning of the founding of the Wei Dynasty, and use half an acre of every five acres to plant cotton, and the rest to plant grain.

Light taxes and levies ensured that the people would have enough food.

In this way, ordinary people will no longer be easily frozen to death or starved to death due to a snowstorm, drought or flood.

(Not finished yet, will add more than 1,600 words around 2 o'clock.)

In the residence of the Minister of War, Madam Li called a concubine who was a former actress to sing a little song for her. She drank tea while waiting for good news from the government office, looking very content.

Suddenly, a servant rushed in with a panicked look on his face:

"Madam, something terrible has happened! All the imperial guards who went to the government office have surrendered to the God of Du'e!"

Mrs. Li's hands suddenly shook, and the scalding tea spilled all over her body.

However, she didn't even bother to clean herself up, and immediately asked in a harsh voice:

"How is it possible? How could so many imperial guards suddenly rebel? Did you see it wrong?"

The servant hurriedly said:

"I was standing on the roof of a distant restaurant, and I did see those imperial guards dropping their weapons and kneeling. I also heard them paying homage to the God of Deliverance!"

"It seems that they surrendered because they were surrounded by another force."

"Not long after the reinforcements of the Imperial Guards arrived at the government office, a large army blocked their retreat. I even saw them carrying artillery carts... The strange thing is that the group of people seemed to be flying the flag of the garrison camp..."

Old Madam Li frowned, totally confused as to what had happened. She just felt inexplicably panicked.

At this moment, another servant came to report:

"Madam, those ladies have come back and are now gathered at the door to see you!"

"Please ask them to come in immediately."

She hoped to get some useful information from these ladies.

However, there was useful news, but it made Mrs. Li even more panicked and frightened.

It turned out that the news of the blockade of major city gates was soon known to the families of the powerful and wealthy in Southern Capital.

The families of the powerful and wealthy, who had just returned home, all felt something was wrong, and immediately harnessed their carriages and headed to the Li Mansion again to inquire about the situation.

In the flower hall of the Li family, Mrs. Li was surrounded by the anxious relatives of the rich and powerful, who asked in a flurry:

"Madam Li, what is going on? I heard from the servants that all the gates of Nandu are closed, and the soldiers guarding the city said that no one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of the God of Du'e!"

"Isn't the garrison army temporarily led by your Lord Shangshu? Now, why do those garrison soldiers say that they need the hand order of the Lord Du'e to leave the city?"

"Could it be that your Lord Shangshu secretly surrendered to the God of Du'e?"

"If not, why would the city defenders suddenly do such a thing?"

"You are so rude. You didn't even inform us of this important event. Now we are all trapped in the city!"

"Yes, if we had known the news earlier, we could have packed up and left the city to avoid the limelight, and come back when the situation stabilizes. Now we are all trapped in the city, and it is up to the rebels to kill or chop us up, right?"

Old Madam Li's face turned pale, and she had no intention of listening to the accusations of the noble ladies anymore.

Because she was very sure that her grandfather had always been extremely dissatisfied with Cihang Temple and would never secretly serve the God Du'e.

Moreover, before he left the city, he had someone send her a letter, which indeed said that he was going to capture the rebels in Cihang Temple in order to redeem himself from his crime.

He also told her and the people in the mansion to watch their mouths and never admit that they were devout believers of Cihang Temple and had made generous offerings.

But now, the city gate has changed hands, and a large number of troops from the garrison camp have appeared in the city.

All these signs can only indicate one thing, that is, all the troops in the garrison camp have surrendered to the service of the God Du'e.

Then...what about her grandfather?

After a long while, Mrs. Li forced a smile and said:

"As a woman, I can't explain what's going on outside. When my old man comes back, we'll know the truth."

Even though she was unwilling, she had to admit that it was safer to surrender to the Lord Du'e now.

But if the imperial court launches a counterattack, admitting this now will definitely give rise to criticism in the future.

Therefore, her words were ambiguous, and it seemed as if she had not said anything.

Everyone couldn't get any definite answers from her, so they could only focus their attention on the wife of Duke Dingguo.

"Madam, your family is a devout believer of the Lord of Departure. Have you heard any news?"

The wife of Duke Dingguo was also unsure.

They have always taken what they need from the Dingguo Mansion and the Cihang Temple.

The reason for such devout offerings is purely because what Cihang Temple can offer is so tempting.

They are not pious enough to rebel together with Lord Du'e.

But the situation changed too quickly.

In just three days, the God of Du'e went from being a rebel hated by everyone to the master of Nandu City.

She also couldn't be sure whether her master, the Duke of Guo, had secretly contributed behind the scenes, or was simply detained in the government office.

After learning from Madam Li that the imperial guards of the government office had also surrendered, the group of noble ladies became even more at a loss.

All the troops in Nandu City are controlled by the God Du'e. Even if the imperial court immediately leads troops to attack Nandu, it is likely that they will not be able to break through the high walls of Nandu within a month.

How would they survive before the imperial reinforcements arrived in the city?

Moreover, can they really live until that day?

"We often go to the Cihang Temple to make offerings. Since the deity is the temple master, why don't we go and ask her how she can let our family go?"

Someone suggested.

This statement was immediately opposed by others.

"You are crazy! Du'e Goddess is a traitor. What's the difference between asking her for help rashly and surrendering to her? If the court investigates in the future, you will be in big trouble!"

"Yes, if I really do this, once something happens, my husband will definitely blame me when he comes back. A letter of divorce is the least of my worries. I'm just afraid that I'll be pushed out to take the blame, and even dying to atone for my sins won't be enough..."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

As women, they are not qualified to make such a big decision.

It seems that the only thing we can do is to wait.

Waiting for the men in charge to come back, or waiting for the guillotine of fate to fall.

*

Chen Qingzhu, the lord of Nandu, was also waiting.

There were so many pigs, she didn't have time to kill them all.

She had to wait for her butchers to return to Nandu.

According to the time, Yuan Songbo and his crew's ship should be arriving near the coast of Songhu soon.

She had to go there in person to bring them back to Nandu.

At the same time, I also wanted to see Zheng Yuannai's reaction in person.

At Mrs. Qin Dafu's speed, she should also arrive at Songhu.

She needed to know what choice Zheng Yuannai would make when faced with the sudden change in Cihang Temple being labeled a traitor.

This will determine how she uses him in the future.