Shipin Dalizheng

After all, the second and third masters still had some impressions of their childhood life. They admitted that they lived a very wealthy life in their childhood. They didn’t know from which day, about twenty years ago, the family suddenly tightened their belts and could only maintain a superficial appearance.

The Third Master was defeated and suffered from long-term torment of family ethics, so he confessed that he and Boss Feng conspired to burn his biological mother to death. He now has no illusions about living and only hopes to die quickly to be relieved.

Their confessions undoubtedly proved that there must be a hidden treasure house in the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion. The Yong'an Marquis was extremely excited. Although he had not yet found out the specific location, he had already sent thousands of imperial guards to surround the Feng family, and six or seven hundred of them were searching with torches.

The land above the Feng family had long been stripped bare, leaving nothing behind. Yong'an Hou's search target was underground. He had his men dig from a corner, digging three feet deep and then pushing forward inch by inch, determined not to find a secret passage.

Torches were flickering in the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, and the treasure hunters were excited. Inside the palace, several black figures were moving around like ghosts.

Not long after, a fire broke out in Yukun Palace. Empress Sun was awakened by the palace maid and fled in a panic. Of course, she did not forget to take the jade seal.

Just as they were about to flee the palace, a stone flew from the darkness and struck Empress Sun in the knee. She stumbled and fell to the ground, and the imperial seal flew several feet away. At this moment, a clear voice rang out, "Your Majesty, be careful."

He helped her up, picked up the yellow silk bag containing the imperial seal and gave it to her, then turned around to put out the fire.

Empress Sun was still in shock, and her personal nanny also came to her senses and quickly took her away from the fire and to a safe place.

Fortunately, the fire only broke out in an uninhabited side hall. With everyone's concerted efforts, the fire was finally put out at dawn.

Empress Sun was exhausted. She moved to another palace with the imperial seal and fell asleep again.

Two hours later, she woke up and checked the jade seal again. When she unwrapped the bright yellow package, she suddenly let out an earth-shattering cry, "Ah..."

At the same time, Rong Tang had received a pigeon message from Feng Qingqing, saying, "The jade seal has been obtained."

He finished reading the note and handed it to Li Dequan. After reading it, Li Dequan felt mixed emotions. "Young Master, logically speaking, we have completed our mission. Even if we leave now, we can still explain to His Majesty."

"Walk?"

Rong Tang pointed at the skinny soldiers and said, "Now we have gathered 50,000 soldiers, including their families, and the lives of 200,000 to 300,000 civilians. Do you have the heart to just walk away and let them fend for themselves?"

Li Dequan couldn't bear it. Although he was a eunuch, he was not a pervert and still had some compassion.

He is also afraid of death. These days, he has been running around with Rong Tang. To put it nicely, it's a war, but to put it bluntly, it's all robbery.

Wherever he went, he would first find out which family was rich and which family had surplus food. He would leave some food for those who had a sense of morality, and would kill and rob those who were rich and unkind.

They robbed and distributed food along the way, and when they encountered small groups of bandits occupying the mountains, they either fought or persuaded them to surrender, using threats and inducements to the utmost. In this way, they collected more than 10,000 people who were able to fight and had weapons. The remaining 30,000 or so were refugees who were starving and had to eat only porridge.

Even with such a motley crowd of 50,000, he was able to manage them in a balanced way, dividing them into the vanguard battalion, the main force, the logistics support, etc. However, in this strange army, most of the combat power was in the logistics support department, responsible for looting, no, collecting food.

The vanguard army was composed of several bandits who had surrendered, and they were led by several veteran soldiers from Fuxin Village. They were mainly responsible for fighting against other rebels, trying to persuade them to surrender first, and then beating them up. If they didn't surrender, they would be recruited again and incorporated into the vanguard camp.

This group of people does not have the highest individual combat power, but they have strong psychological qualities and are really brave enough to fight in battle. Their loss rate is the highest in the entire army, but they also get the greatest rewards.

Rong Tang fairly distributed the most food and property to them, and promised that everyone would have the opportunity to be promoted.

The main force consisted of civilian soldiers, represented by Rong Dahai. They were selected from among the many who had joined the army, those who truly desired a military career. They lacked combat experience and were selectively participating in combat while training. Currently, they served as auxiliary vanguards, encircling and intimidating the enemy, and occasionally engaging in combat to capture a few who had slipped through the net.

The logistics department was quite impressive. Basically, after the Jianghu people finished their physical work, the others would do the lifting and carrying, with little risk to their lives. Of course, the more you put in, the more you get. Apart from the Jianghu people, they could barely make ends meet.

Youzi's scout team grew to hundreds of people, each with a horse. They went back and forth all day long to report where there was a rich man with money and food, where there was a food store, how much it sold for, and where officials had heard about the robbery and wanted to flee with their families.

Based on the information collected from various parties, Rong Tang drew an irregular circle around the imperial capital. So far, it was known that the places where the imperial capital suffered disasters, the prince fled, and local rebellions occurred were all within a radius of only a few hundred miles.

That's great. Thanks to this society with slow transportation and delayed information, as long as he is given enough time, he can quell the riots in the shortest time.

He pointed to several important traffic routes marked on the map and said, "Block them all. We won't stop those who try to escape, but leave all the food and property behind."

Li Dequan's mouth twitched wildly. The young uncle had no shame at all and was robbing people on the road.

Of course, he also knew in his heart that Rong Tang would not force people into desperate situations. He did not stop ordinary people from fleeing, and would even give them some food and drink if they had nothing to eat or drink. As a result, many people saw that this man still had some humanity, and instead were unwilling to leave, and wanted to follow him to "rebel."

He muttered to himself, "I wonder how you'll get away with this. It would be strange if you weren't eaten alive by the world's scholars."

Then he heard Rong Tang say, "Block all entrances and exits. Disguise yourself as bandits, from Lazi Mountain, Maoer Mountain, Chegulu Mountain, whatever place you can think of. When their evil deeds inflict public outrage, our new army will step in to quell the banditry. We still have to be humane in the future, so we can't leave too many handles."

Li Dequan was stunned.

Rong Tang patted his shoulder and said, "Boss, isn't it exciting to follow me?"

Li Dequan slapped his hand away fiercely and said sharply, "Don't call me the boss. I don't know you. I want to write a military newspaper to accuse you. This is not my intention. It was all your idea."

What an honest and dutiful eunuch he is. He would never take all the money given to him as tribute by the younger eunuchs, but would always leave some for them. What bad luck must have happened in his previous life that he got tied to such a bastard devil!

Early the next morning, Li Dequan appeared at a major traffic intersection, where a hundred or so people set up checkpoints to intercept those fleeing.

Tears and blood flowed in his heart. Rong Tang said that those who didn't work wouldn't be given food. That bastard really dared to starve him!

"Robbery!"

"Robbery!"

"Robbery!"

At this time, he had a big beard and was holding a machete, and he had committed more than a dozen robberies in a row.

At dusk, a large group of people came onto the road, with more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages. Although Li Dequan was not an expert, he could tell from the wheel marks that the carriages were loaded with heavy goods. He swung his machete and said, "Hey! I own this mountain and planted these trees. If you want to pass by, leave some money for passage."

The hundreds of servants and guards around the carriage immediately became alert and made attacking gestures with their swords in hand.

Li Dequan's heart was pounding, but when he thought of the enemy's retreat, he immediately regained his composure and said, "Why don't you surrender now? When will you be captured?"

The team didn't say much, they just picked up their weapons and started fighting, scaring Li Dequan so much that he almost shit his pants.