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Upon hearing Mo Bai's voice, Qingyu blushed.

At first, Mo Bai entrusted him with the task of knocking on the door, but not only did he fail to open it, he was also insulted by the other party. How could he stand in front of Chen Nan after this?

However, since Mo Bai had asked, he couldn't remain silent, so he could only awkwardly reply, "Alas, this general truly did not expect that these people would be so stubborn."

Mo Bai didn't laugh. He had seen it for himself; he realized that this group of people couldn't be dealt with using conventional methods.

"General Qingyu, please step back a little. Let me demonstrate to you how to open the door in this situation."

Qingyu was taken aback. In this situation, he knew how to open the door; he would simply force his way in.

But Chen Nan was still watching from behind. Chen Nan had always given him the impression that he could subdue the enemy without fighting and would never use violence unless absolutely necessary.

This is also why he never allowed his soldiers to force their way in.

Hearing Mo Bai say this, his curiosity was piqued, and he wanted to see how Mo Bai would open the door in this situation.

Qingyu took two steps back, and Mo Bai stepped forward, saying softly, "Listen up, you inside, I am Mo Bai!"

"I'll give you three breaths to open the door, and we can talk anything then. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Hahaha, what kind of bastard is Mo Bai? I've never even heard of him!"

Inside the mansion, that undisguised smile struck the hearts of everyone behind him.

Qingyu shook his head helplessly; he had thought Mo Bai had some good ideas.

They were just like him, knocking on the door politely, the only difference being a few more threats.

However, if threats were truly effective against them, they would have opened the door the moment they heard Qingyu's name.

But the next second, Mo Bai sneered, "Don't recognize me? That's great, I was actually afraid you would recognize me!"

Mo Bai couldn't help but chuckle to himself. He was afraid that the other party would recognize him and then attribute all the things he had done to Chen Nan.

Upon hearing that the other party didn't recognize him at all, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Mo Baikao began to count: "One!"

"two!"

"three!"

After three calls, the other party still did not open the door.

Mo Bai pulled Qingyu aside and waved his hand gently. At that moment, the five soldiers in the first row behind him stepped forward and began kicking the wooden door in front of them.

Seeing this, Qingyu gaped in shock: "General Mo Bai, this... Didn't the Prince say we must treat the people well? But this situation..."

Qingyu was confused. In the morning, Chen Nan had personally told them that the main thing to do when dealing with the people was to appease them, and not to take action unless absolutely necessary.

But now, what did he see?

Under Mo Bai's command, the soldiers were no different from bandits, expending all their strength on the door in front of them, probably without even breaking it.

Mo Bai chuckled: "General Qingyu, that's not right of you."

"The prince did say that the primary approach to dealing with the people should be to appease them."

"But we are not dealing with ordinary people at all; they are all powerful clans."

"They are vampires entrenched in our Northern Wei, who have taken all the land, grain, and house deeds of the people into their own pockets."

"General Qingyu, why don't you put yourself in his shoes? If you weren't a general of Northern Wei, but just an ordinary citizen, how would you feel?"

"Do we really want such people to exist in our Northern Wei Dynasty?"

"Furthermore, General Qingyu, have you forgotten that I just called myself Mo Bai? What does my name, Mo Bai, have to do with the Prince of Zhennan?"

"Besides, the other party also said that they don't know me at all. Since they don't know me, what am I afraid of?"

With Mo Bai's thoughtful explanation, Qingyu finally understood that their purpose in bringing troops here was to become bandits; she just hadn't understood the meaning correctly at first.

As the two were talking, the soldier who had kicked down the door came up to Mo Bai and said, "General Mo Bai, there's probably someone bolting the door from the inside, and someone is also holding it up. We brothers can't possibly kick the door open with just a few of us!"

Qingyu looked at Mo Bai with a puzzled expression. He also wanted to know what method Mo Bai would use to open the door under these circumstances.

Mo Bai smiled cruelly: "My goal today is to open the door. I don't care if you use wooden stakes to ram the door or any other method."

"Even if you set fire to the Liu residence, I don't care. I only care about the result."

"Remember, the people inside are all traitors to our Northern Wei. They are no longer subjects of our Northern Wei!"

For a moment, Qingyu's already wide-open mouth stared in disbelief.

He looked at Mo Bai carefully for a few moments and never expected that this person, who looked fair-skinned and scholarly, would have such a side.

The soldier smiled and said, "General Mo Bai, rest assured, with your word, I will definitely open the door."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier stepped back and directed the soldiers behind him to bring over a huge wooden stake. At the same time, he warned those inside the mansion, "I'm warning you to back off. We're about to start ramming the gate. Don't blame us if anyone gets hurt!"

Qingyu was even more puzzled. If you're going to bang on the door, why bother warning the other party?

Mo Bai noticed the confusion in Qingyu's eyes and explained, "Does the general think that warning the other party is unnecessary?"

Qingyu nodded.

Mo Bai spoke again: "The warning was just a reminder. We have done everything the prince said, to be courteous first and then use force. We have given all the necessary reminders."

"If anything unexpected happens later, it will have nothing to do with us."

"After all, we did give them a heads-up, but they just wouldn't listen."

Just then, a voice came from inside the mansion, sounding somewhat unsure of itself: "How dare you talk such nonsense! I don't believe you'd actually dare to break down the door?"

"Even the Prince of Zhennan said that we must treat the people well, so we don't believe you would really dare to break down the door!"

"General Mo Bai, do the people inside the mansion know we are under the command of the Prince of Zhennan? Why do they still dare not open the door?" This night completely overturned Qingyu's worldview.

"Hehe, they all said they didn't know us at first."

"When we try to reason with them, they want to resort to force. Now that we're resorting to force, they want to reason with us again. There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world!"

Mo Bai gave the other side no chance at all and immediately ordered his soldiers to ram the door.

With the help of the wooden stakes, the once immovable gate was quickly forced open.

The moment the door was flung open, everyone saw several figures fly backward at the same time.