This villain has become a ghost

Pei Duo had already informed the two generals about Quanzhou's intention to rebel. Even if they opened the city gates now, combined with what had happened before, this matter was set in stone and there was no way to escape it. No amount of explanation would be of any use.

and many more.

A string in the Quanzhou governor's mind suddenly clicked, and an unbelievable idea was about to emerge, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

...No, he shouldn't have run away just now.

Everything just happened too fast, leaving him no time to think carefully. No, someone was forcing him to think in that direction.

But now it seems that the Wuzhou governor has not left yet. If I run away, wouldn't it be like a thief with a guilty conscience, confirming my guilt, and what Pei Duo said would be even more legitimate...

Besides, it's impossible for the two generals to catch up so quickly, unless... they were heading this way from the beginning...

The sound of the wind in the empty fields was like a whisper from ancient times, and the crackling sound of burning torches.

Before he could think deeply, a "bang" pierced the long night, and the unpleasant smell of gunpowder hit his nose.

A bloody hole was clearly visible on the aide's forehead, piercing straight through his throat. He clutched his neck tightly with both hands, making a gurgling sound in his throat as he slowly collapsed.

The cold muzzle of the gun was pressed against the temple of the Quanzhou governor. The girl who had been weak and fearful just now now appeared behind him like a ghost. At the same time, a sharp dagger was pressed against his neck, making it impossible for him to move.

The commander was also shocked by the scene before him. He picked up his sword in confusion and shouted sternly: "...How dare you! Let me go!"

The governor of Quanzhou stared at the bloody hole on his aide's head. Although he didn't know how she did it, he was still scared and broke out in a cold sweat.

"No...no, don't move!"

Now, everything is becoming clear...

She was in cahoots with Pei Duo from the beginning to the end!

In the eyes of the Quanzhou governor, women are just playthings that can be slaughtered at will, no different from objects. He can play with them whenever he wants, but when he gets tired of them, they are just a pile of rotten meat that can be discarded.

Therefore, he also subconsciously felt that she was just a woman and could not cause any trouble. She was just a tool for men's struggle for power.

But the tool developed its own consciousness, and he actually underestimated her!

Now with a knife against his neck and a gun against his temple, it would be useless for him to regret it!

The Quanzhou governor retracted his neck and gritted his teeth, saying:

"This...this girl, let's discuss this. What do you want? Money? Power... Pei Duo is just a bandit. Whatever he can give you, I can give you!"

"Hush," Yue Liuyun chuckled, "...If you want to stay alive, you'd better behave yourself."

The governor of Quanzhou swallowed all his hatred and stopped talking.

Yue Liuyun then turned his threatening gaze towards the commander beside him and said calmly:

"Go open the city gate."

The commander's eyes widened.

"This……"

Yue Liuyun seemed to have no patience at all and immediately said, "...If you don't go, first, I will kill your master with a single blow to his throat, and second, as you just saw, I have the ability to kill you too."

The Quanzhou Governor's expression darkened, and he said in a deep voice:

"...I was wrong. You are neither Pei Duo's nor Liu Zeyin's. You have been a member of the official family from the beginning..."

"...How many people have you deceived..."

Yue Liuyun said, "...Your Excellency is too kind. I was more sincere with the others, so I only lied to you."

She frowned, and then continued, word by word:

"Open the city gate!"

"No," the Quanzhou governor suddenly grinned and said sinisterly, "The city gate cannot be opened!"

"Even if you kill me, Commander Wu will kill you without hesitation. You can't dodge the arrows of the soldiers around you. Only with me in your hands can you use me as a bargaining chip. You won't kill me!"

He shouted to Commander Wu, "No, don't listen to her. The city gates cannot be opened!"

Commander Wu: "..."

Can you give me a definite answer, what's the matter with him being caught in the middle?

Is he a very mean person?

I thought Yue Liuyun would be angry and embarrassed, but who would have thought that she actually laughed.

...Unexpectedly, at the critical moment of life and death, the Quanzhou governor's little brain suddenly started to work.

Yue Liuyun escorted the governor of Quanzhou to the entrance of the city wall. The soldiers around her pointed their weapons at her and stared at her intently.

Under the city wall, Xia Ruozhi and Chu Shiqing looked at each other. They could both see that the girl had taken the Quanzhou governor hostage and held him on the city wall.

Yue Liuyun suddenly turned his gaze towards Commander Wu and said inexplicably:

"Commander Wu, do you have a wife and children?"

Commander Wu stood there in a daze, his grip on the sword tightening.

Wife, children and the elderly...

The famine in Quanzhou became increasingly severe, and countless people died of starvation. If these people had not been eating public grain, they would have starved to death long ago.

But his family couldn't.

He has no family left.

Yue Liuyun looked at the surrounding soldiers again and asked, "...and you, do you still have a home?"

The Quanzhou Governor snorted coldly and said:

"Quanzhou is their home, so they won't open the city gates for outsiders!"

"Really?" Yue Liuyun took a knife and drew a bloody mark on his neck.

"You describe families where people trade their children for food, sell 'vegetable people', and leave corpses strewn across the land. People walk the streets naked and hungry... As a ruler, you yourself indulge in sensual pleasures and debauchery, leaving 'rich people feasting and drinking, while the poor freeze to death on the streets.'"

The governor of Quanzhou rebuked:

"That's just..."

"...Just what?" Yue Liuyun interrupted him, saying, "...Are you trying to say that it's simply because the imperial court has never shown sympathy to you, that border areas like Quanzhou and Wuzhou have long been abandoned, and since the imperial court doesn't care about you, you can naturally establish your own factions?"

The governor of Quanzhou choked.

Yue Liuyun sneered. These words sounded like nonsense to her.

She said coldly:

"As for the famine, ask yourself honestly: didn't the imperial court allocate grain? Are you still tempted to say it's due to layers of exploitation? But the system has been changed this year. The grain shipped to local granaries is now directly under the imperial court's control. You know whether the grain reached you and where it went."

"If there really is no food, then why are there endless delicacies in your house, and all the women in the city are sent to your house, enjoying music and dancing day and night?"

"You said... Quanzhou was their home, yet you devoured their flesh and drank their blood. You trampled on the corpses of everyone to maintain your current life of extravagance."

Yue Liuyun's gaze swept over the soldiers around him one by one, and his voice was carried to their ears by the wind, evoking the voices in their hearts.

"...Is it true that no one among you hates him? No one wants to kill him?"