"Ridiculous! This is absolutely ridiculous!!"

In the prefectural government office, a middle-aged man with a round face, a mustache, and a big belly was walking around the hall, whining and cursing, "This gang of villains is really lawless! They caused trouble and I have to clean it up for them? How can this be! How can this be!!"

"My lord, please calm down! My lord, please calm down!!"

The attendant who came to report the news was still standing by the side with his hands drooping. The several staff members beside him had solemn expressions, not as calm as before, but were eager to appease the prefect.

They said they were doing it for the country and the people, but in reality they were worried about their own future and lives. The situation in the Great Huan Dynasty was not good. King Ning and King Yi had lost power one after another, and King Qi and King Ling were fighting each other. There were grassland barbarians in the north and green-clothed thieves in the south, and the whole world was in turmoil.

Now the local tyrants and city defense soldiers in Su City have come into conflict with the Green Army, which is really putting the people in the government office in a difficult position.

The prefect, Lord Sun, listened to the advice of his staff and suppressed his anger. Time was running out and he had to carefully consider how to express his position today. Lord Sun could not help but say harshly, "That Sister He is restless. The peace agreement was just signed not long ago, but she started to make trouble again. Not only did she write some inflammatory words in the newspapers, but she also spread them everywhere among the people and distributed those leaflets? She has caused unrest in Sucheng and beyond!"

"Your Excellency is wise, that's exactly what happened. The green-clad thieves are so arrogant this time, I'm afraid they are well prepared!"

The attendant who brought the news also knelt down and interrupted, "I saw it with my own eyes. The green-clothed thieves were equipped with countless magical weapons. They held pitch-black objects in their hands, which could emit red dots, shining all over people. If there were people standing near the gate, the green-clothed thieves would shine them into their eyes, and those people would cover their eyes, turn around and stagger away like crazy. Some even fell into the moat, but fortunately the weather was not cold, so they were able to swim to shore by themselves."

After hearing what he said, everyone in the room was shocked to find out that there was such a magical weapon.

Lord Sun frowned and stamped his feet, saying, "If someone dies, I'm afraid it will be out of control! If it gets out of hand, it will be hard to report to the higher-ups!"

An aide said quickly, "There are many women in Suzhou, and the Green Thieves are arrogant. This is a very difficult matter. If we ruin the peace agreement, we won't be able to explain to the higher-ups. We may have to use you to give an explanation to the Green Thieves! If we curry favor with them and deal with the rich and local tyrants, we will disappoint the taxpayers, who will definitely insult us for being cowardly and incompetent. Taxes in Suzhou have always been difficult to collect, and now it will be even more difficult."

Lord Sun thought for a while and said, "We can only put this matter on hold for now. We cannot offend the Green Bandits. If we cut off trade, the higher-ups will definitely hold me accountable. If these wealthy families and local tyrants in Sucheng don't pay taxes properly, the higher-ups will send troops to put pressure on them. These people are really hateful. They are determined to cause trouble for me."

The lawyer's eyes rolled, and he immediately said, "It's time to deal with these people ruthlessly and clean up the atmosphere in the city. It's time for peace talks to be established and for both sides to be harmonious. Women can only be of great use, so we can just take some away. The green-clothed thieves only have a few ships, how many women can they smuggle in a day? It's really making a fuss out of nothing! The seeds for next year's spring plowing and Master Tian are the top priorities. After we have a feud with the green-clothed thieves, we won't have them! The one above will be furious and start with the people below."

Lord Sun found the seeds and Master Tian for next year's spring ploughing. With this reason, his face looked a little better. He nodded and said, "That's right! Spread the word and investigate this matter strictly! Those who instigated the riot will not get a single high-yield rice seed for next year's spring ploughing!!"

No matter what, let's stabilize the situation first and then do other things.

Just as everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, they saw another personal attendant running over in a hurry, panting and shouting, "Sir, it's bad! Sir, it's bad! The city defense battalion has sent more than a hundred soldiers to surround the green-clad soldiers' yard and try to break down the door. The green-clad soldiers are coming out with muskets!!"

"what!!!"

Everyone exclaimed, and Lord Sun felt a sharp pain in his chest, almost unable to breathe, and quickly covered his chest and rubbed it a few times. The attendant beside him quickly took the Musk Heart Pill, and Lord Sun quickly put one under his tongue, closed his eyes and rested for a while, and then he recovered a little, and said impatiently: "Quick! Prepare the sedan chair! No! Prepare the horse! Quick, quick, quick!"

As he said this, he threw himself on the servant's back and let the servant carry him to the backyard. As soon as he landed, he jumped on the horse and didn't care about the ceremonial guard at this time.

In the courtyard of the Green Army, the people who were still talking in the meeting room heard the sentry at the gate coming over and saying, "The City Defense Battalion has sent more people over. We estimate there are more than a hundred of them."

There are only about 30 green-clad soldiers in the yard now, including the 40-odd people who stayed behind in the stronghold and the -odd people who came into the city last night.

There are several thousand people in the city defense camp of Su City, plus the people in the government office, servants kept by the rich families, and thugs kept by the local tyrants. In comparison, the number of people in the Green Army is too small.

However, the Green Army has the support of the country and powerful weapons in hand. It is too early to make a final conclusion on who will win.

Zhang Chuan, the person in charge of the Sucheng stronghold, took out a notebook and said, "Go turn on the speakers." Then he climbed up the sentry tower in the yard and said with a loud speaker, "Hello? Hello? Can the people outside hear me?"

On the roof of the courtyard gate, there are two speakers 20 or 30 centimeters high. Zhang Chuan stood on the sentry tower and looked at the people outside: "It's getting late. If you want to break in, hurry up. The muskets are ready. If you come into the courtyard, I will treat you to a "dinner"!"

Zhang Chuan flipped open a book, "I have a blacklist here. Those who are causing trouble today must be those on the blacklist. Or they are the ones who instigated you to come! As long as the Green Army members get a little skin broken, they'd better not stay in Su City, and don't get caught by the Green Army. No male in the family will be spared."

Zhang Chuan opened the book: "Let me read it and see if your names are there. Li Feiran, the eldest son of the Li family, Zhang Huai of the Yuanjiang Zhang family, Zhou Wenjing of the Shuyuan Zhou family..."

Lin Zisu approached Su Ling and asked, "Is there a blacklist?"

Su Ling: "Yes! Of course there is a blacklist! Anyone who goes against the government will be on the blacklist!"

Li Xin: "Hehehe... Actually, what Zhang Chuan wanted to say is that when the Green Army enters Su City in the future, no one on the list will be able to escape! He just said it in a more euphemistic way!"

Lin Zisu thought, yes, even if they have homemade weapons and modern weapons, they are not in the advantage of numbers, and they are on someone else's territory. The other side has more people, and if the two sides fight, the Green Army will not be able to kill all of them. But if a fight really breaks out, it will be the fuse, and He Zhaoyu will have a reason to attack.

Prince Ling is about to be attacked from both sides, he is not stupid.

No matter how the situation develops, the country will not lose out. Of course, if the situation worsens today, some people will inevitably be sacrificed.

In the backyard, the women who came for refuge really had no way to survive. This was the worst case scenario.

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